This week we're talking about Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day, which is important to Alison as she gets to eat many pancakes! We're also looking at the difference between 'shy', 'embarrassed' and ashamed' - and our intrepid detectives Davidson and Roberts can 'smell a rat' in the latest Idiom of the Week.

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This week’s podcast features incidental music from Incompetech:

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/