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

10/06/2024

"All the spaceships and the lasers are fine"

Holy moly do I have a tremendous respect for great apes. As long as they stay the hell away from me! But Captain Picard can beam down any day. We're through the looking-glass this episode!

Ministry of Rightspeak Final syllable emphasis

What's Dis Monkeys and Apes

Cambridge Analytics

Snog Mythology Avoid Mapinguari, Leshy, Tom Hickathrift

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

27/05/2024

"I know it's perfectly safe"

Why must you flee the x-ray? Checkmate, dentists! Wait, checkmate? Listen on to find out how the beautiful game gave us cheques and bodychecks.

Harvey Dudgeon Snow White

Etymology Chess

Wonder Where I Am

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

13/05/2024

"Lost in Translation was a hatewatch"

Sofia Coppola is not a Racist(TM) and neither am I! But let me tell you what colours poo can be, that's my kind of horoscope! I'm a Crapicorn.

Oxford New Words

Doctor Organs Gallbladder

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 4: Hear me when I call

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

29/04/2024

"Here's a good trolley problem"

It's only Adolf's clone! Plus we're memorising the countries of Africa. Listen on to hear my take on whether Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual or just soaned. Did he mean "stoned"?

Psycholoscopes Quiches

Mnemonics Countries of Africa - part 1

Double Platinum Discs Green Day - Basket Case

Great Women of Science Mae Jemison

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

22/04/2024

"M. Night Shyamalan used to be good"

Owls, owls, owls! And what do they have to do with cloche hats? Or an Italian uncle? The twist ending is that there is no twist! That's right, this episode's an M. Night Sham.

Ministry of Rightspeak Gendered pairs

What's Dis Owls

Not A Joke

Elemental Rubidium

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

08/04/2024

"I got him orange flavoured toothpaste"

I'm sinisterly dextrous because I write with both hands. And what does Sodium Laureth Sulfate taste like? I do the experiment so you don't have to! Listen on to find out why I won't date the sphinx.

Cambridge Analytics

Etymology Left and Right

Harvey Dudgeon Greek philosophers

Snog Mythology Avoid Penanggalan, Sphinx, Hyperborea

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

25/03/2024

"I went out at midnight to see the full moon"

Who said plants can't do slapstick? Whoops! I've dropped all my sediment! Said the ocean waves hitting the mangrove forest. And what does gutter water taste like? Tune in to find out!

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Mangroves

Motor Scrap Auto Service Immobiliser

Wonder Where I Am

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

11/03/2024

"I went to a new ice cream place recently"

Just who the hell does Richard of York think he is, giving battle in vain? Was he feeling indigo? I mean blue. Listen on to find out why he didst putte creame in a paile withe strawe!

Psycholoscopes Berries

Mnemonics Colours of the Rainbow, Electromagmentic Spectrum

Stress Ball

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 80: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley