14/04/2025

"I bought my first bluetooth earphones"

I prised the buttons off my friend's keyboard but it wasn't a prank, honest! This episode I swallow my pride as we talk tonsils, loot boxes, and gacha games.

Oxford New Words

That's An Organ Tonsils

Not A Joke

Elemental Cerium

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

31/03/2025

"I didn't get the memo"

Divorced, beheaded, died... just speeds up naming planets? We're getting historical this episode, and can someone please tell me what Off Peak means? Listen on for broiling instructions!

Psycholoscopes Elvis Presley songs

Mnemonics Wives of Henry VIII

Name Nerd Capital cities

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

17/03/2025

"If you're running a Speed Dating event, you have to do the maths right"

Is it pronounced Pink or P!nk? So what? That's what she'd say. This episode we're burning lime and trying Turkish delight, by which I mean a devoiced "R". Sean Connery would love it!

Ministry of Rightspeak Football teams

What's Dis Concrete, Cement, Mortar

Double Platinum Discs Pink - So What

Wonder Where I Am

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

03/03/2025

"Fried onion wakes you up in the morning"

Genghis Khan-do attitude, that's what I say. And what do eclairs have to do with blitzkriegs? This episode we're talking pastry etymologies! Don't miss the Navajo spinal clip and my Marina and the Diamonds travel game.

Harvey Dudgeon Leaders of the Mongol Empire

Etymology Pastries and cakes

Great Women of Science Rachel Dreilinger

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

17/02/2025

"You know I like logical fallacies"

Polish vampires and allergic reactions this episode! Get your logic hat on because I'm yammering on about an argument I won five years ago! Don't miss the chat about poison ivy and Mandarin Chinese consonants.

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Poison Ivy

Snog Mythology Avoid Lamia, Bakunawa, Upiór

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

03/02/2025

"Knock knock, it's the Jehovah's Witnesses"

Full moon, half moon, total eclipse of the heart. This episode we're winning pub quizzes by travelling the solar system! Listen on to hear why Jesus is like a goose, and why I always answer the door in my underwear.

Psycholoscopes Haribo

Mnemonics Bodies of the Solar System (by size and mass)

Deep Dive Moons

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

20/01/2025

"They've ruined the top deck of the bus"

Why is it so "satisfying" to have a rival podcast? Listen on for why I risked it all with my recycling bin, and the difference between goats and mountain goats. Which one would happily eat a pickleball?

Ministry of Rightspeak Homophones

What's Dis Goat, Mountain Goat

Cambridge Analytics

Wonder Where I Am

Something Different Feng Shui for the workplace

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

06/01/2025

"Condoms are such an easy win"

Goodness gracious, this is herbaceous. That's right, it's getting hot in here as we dive in to the etymology of herbs! Listen on for Kamehameha (a historical figure) and the Mrs Vajayjay of Dragonball Z.

Harvey Dudgeon Swiss Army knife

Etymology Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

Not A Joke

Elemental Livermorium

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

23/12/2024

"Rafael Nadal was in an advert with my friend Steve!"

Here's a sketch about pronouns, I'm sure that won't be controversial! Listen on for the spooky spleen, Star Trek's nifty names, and the sport that uses a coward's weapon.

Oxford New Words

Doctor Organs Spleen

Something Else Thy Pronouns Please

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 12: Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth

Name Nerd Star Trek characters

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

09/12/2024

"We don't really do Junior here in the UK"

I've found my soulmate! Pity she was born in 1902. This episode we're figuring out if Skip and Trey are real names. Hint, they're not! Tune in to hear if I would date an Australian drop-bear or a legendary Russian horse!

Psycholoscopes Ham

Snog Mythology Avoid Drop Bear, Lidérc, Sivko-Burko

Mnemonics Critical Thinking

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley