28/10/2024

"I have never met an easily triggered youth"

Stephen Fry! Why must you say these things? Tune in for a long rant about the Clone Wars. I mean the Culture Wars. Well, they both involve appropriating a Maori man's look.

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Cogongrass

Not A Joke

Elemental Chromium

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

14/10/2024

"Greek mythology is back baby!"

Aslan is Turkish for "lion" but the Slavs completely missed the memo! And what the hell is an exabyte? Or a zettametre? Listen on to find out!

Psycholoscopes Coal combustion waste products

Mnemonics Kilo Mega Giga, Milli Micro Nano

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

30/09/2024

"A banking app for children?"

Discover your brand new zodiac sign! Are you an oddball or an even-keel? This week we're also talking about whales. Are you feeling Blue, or full of Sperm?

Ministry of Rightspeak Vowel digraphs

What's Dis Blue whale, Sperm whale

The Zoddiac Towerer, Concerto, Monocle, Octopod, Devotee, Peloton, Reveler, Hegemon

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

16/09/2024

"Bridgerton's gone woke!"

What's the oddly smooth way other languages say odd and even? Tune in to hear how the amazing Wu lets us communicate with aliens. It's not woo!

Harvey Dudgeon British universities

Etymology Odd and Even

Great Women of Science Chien-Shiung Wu

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

02/09/2024

"Lady Gaga's Artpop has a couple of questionable songs"

Was that woman really named a racial slur? Listen on for the terrifying Pit and the Pendulum inside your eye, plus the mythological sprite born of Margaret Thatcher.

Oxford New Words

Doctor Organs Lens

Cambridge Analytics

Snog Mythology Avoid Thrymr, Anaye, Knocker

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

19/08/2024

"What do you call the upstairs hallway?"

Vowels ho! Huh? Huh! Find out what exclamations I'm inventing this week, plus we memorise all the countries of West Africa! Hah! And how!

Psycholoscopes Eggs

Elemental Europium

Not A Joke

Mnemonics Countries of Africa (Part 2)

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

05/08/2024

"QI chose to be Quite Interesting rather than Quite Accurate"

We're getting fruity this episode with peaches, nectarines, and apricots! What's the difference? And listen, Yahoo is definitely not an acronym, I was right. I was right!

What's Dis Peach, Nectarine, Apricot

Ministry of Rightspeak Binomial synonyms

Wonder Where I Am

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

22/07/2024

"Thanks for mansplaining the sun to me"

You'll never guess what medical field Baron Brain worked in! Alright, you got it. But what is Christmas Disease? And why did I find a Torah at the departure gate?

Harvey Dudgeon Longest rivers

Etymology Eponymous diseases

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 124: If it had not been the Lord

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

08/07/2024

"Here's a riddle that's wrong"

Listen here Shania, does anything impress you much? How about pitcher plants being used as bat homes and vole toilets, listen on to find out more! Still no? Shania, please!

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Pitcher Plants

Double Platinum Discs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Great Women of Science Laura Bassi

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

24/06/2024

"Frankly my dear I certainly do give a damn"

Why are Germans better at maths? It's because of their mnemonics! Why do Spanish people not care one "bledo"? And was scientist Niels Bohr a good footballer? Listen on to find out!

Psycholoscopes Oranges

Mnemonics Order of operations

Not A Joke

Elemental Bohrium

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley