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01/09/2025

"A cast list is so exciting"

Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea!

Ministry of Rightspeak False rhymes

What's Dis Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus

Double Platinum Discs Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

18/08/2025

"Liar Liar has aged pretty well"

Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude!

Harvey Dudgeon Horse breeds

Etymology Blue

Cambridge Analytics

Great Women of Science Alma Levant Hayden

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

04/08/2025

"Self driving cars are... here?"

Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in to find out!

Oxford New Words

That's An Organ Caecum

Snog Mythology Avoid Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

21/07/2025

"You can wear clothes inside out"

It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the people I've kissed! TMI.

Psycholoscopes Mint plants

Mnemonics and Deep Dive Shakespeare's plays

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Knights of Cydonia" Written and performed by Muse.

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio Performed by Heath Ledger, from the film "10 Things I Hate About You" Performed by Morton Harket, from the film "Coneheads" Instrumental version by Atomic Karaoke, from YouTube.

07/07/2025

"This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..."

What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it!

Ministry of Rightspeak Multiple different vowels

What's Dis Aardvark, Anteaters

Something Different Sega P.Y.S.S.

Wonder Where I Am

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

23/06/2025

"Katy Perry won the battle, but Gaga won the war"

The Tongue Map was such BS! It certainly wasn't to my taste. But how do you say sour, salty, bitter, and sweet in other languages? What's halva got to do with it? Or myrrh? Listen on to find out!

Harvey Dudgeon Dutch provinces

Etymology Sour, Salty, Bitter, Sweet

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

09/06/2025

"I was quite judgmental about blasphemy"

What's your papal name? Which pope are you? I'm buzzfeeding it up with my very own quiz! Tune in to hear about the invention of velcro, and the delicious taste of Dandelion and Burdock.

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Burdock

What's Your Papal Name? Pope Quiz

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

26/05/2025

"Who is the real Mo Farah?"

Emma Stone? Emily Stone? You want to see stones, start digging! This episode we're memorising Geological Periods, plus we're asking what's in a name? Emma-Lee Stone?

Psycholoscopes Architectural columns

Mnemonics and Deep Dive Geologic Periods

Cambridge Analytics

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

12/05/2025

"It's cute when a dog is in the way"

Don't eat raw cassava! Tune in to find out why, and hear about the Wang Fallacy. I mean Phallus-y. It's also called the Outgroup Homogeneity Bias but I prefer wang!

Ministry of Rightspeak IOUS

What's Dis Sweet Potato, Cassava, Yams

Snog Mythology Avoid Nüwa, Dungavenhooter, Hecatoncheires

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

28/04/2025

"Black Mirror is back baby!"

Piranha's aren't endangered! Phew! I feel much better about that time I fished in the Amazon now. This episode it's Ps and Qs, what links pentagons and quintets? Or Helios and Sol? Tune in to find out!

Harvey Dudgeon Salad Dressings

Etymology Mind your Ps and Qs

Great Women of Science Gulielma Lister

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley