I'm joined by writer, sociologist, Dad, Jew and metal fan Keith Kahn-Harris who has written a wonderful book that uses the warning messages in Kinder Surprise eggs as the start of a journey through language around the world. I didn't let him talk about his book and instead made him sample every Kinder, Nutella and Ferrero product I could find.

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Keith can be found at https://kahn-harris.org/

Keith's book is at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babel-Message-Love-Letter-Language/dp/1785787373

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I'm joined by physicist, engineer, YouTuber, folk musician, morris dancer, chocolate lover and Derby product Leah Morgan to revisit our lives in the East Midlands' second city, taste delicious Derby bars from Greece, slag off US pronunciations and compare inuries.

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Leah can be found on YouTube at https://youtube.com/leahlovescience

The Derby Ram is a real song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsQ43jWo0A

So is the King of Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97SXJR8cVo

Nottingham Forest and Derby County are currently bottom and second-bottom of the Championship.

Leicester is not relevant.

Derby bars are available in the UK from Agora Greek Deliciacies https://www.agoragreekdelicacies.co.uk

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Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways. In the final part they've survived so much, and finally the place where gunPOWder is made is before them. Can they vanquish this evil from the world?

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay

Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne

Caterina is a mystery

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Is Live Action Role Play (LARP) cool? Or is it awful? Is it the more physically-active cousin of Dungeons and Dragons, or is it participatory theatre where the actors don't get paid (ha ha, that's ACTUAL participatory theatre I'm thinking of). We find out with LARP boss Amy-Marie Mason

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Amy can be found at https://linktr.ee/AmyMarieMason

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This episode is all about odd collections, as Lucy Eckerlsey and Becci Cooper talk us through their skulls. We look at how to get into skull collecting, as well as touching on the ethical implications of piling bones up in your house.

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Lucy can be found at http://www.punkbiologist.com

Becci's Badger Group is https://www.facebook.com/oxonbadgers

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Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways. In part two they've formed a plan t attack science, and it begins 1001 feet up in the air. 1

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay

Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne

Caterina is a mystery

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Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways.

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay

Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne

Caterina is a mystery

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Prof. Sir Roger Benson FFS FRS AMS ASS is Britain's greatest living scientist, and his discoveries and inventions still resonate across the entire technological landscape. He also doesn't exist. In this improvised episode Sam McKay tries to extract lessons for us all from his life.

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay

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Some of us have a lot of things and partners that say we don't need them. In this new format for cyclists, musicians, tech nerds and collectors, we explore one person's group of very important tools and find out why Actually, They Do Need Them All.

Dr Martin Zaltz Austwick is a podcaster and musician, maker of Song by Song and part of the team behind Maddie's Sound Explorers, Answer Me This! and The Allusionist. You can find him at http://www.martinaustwick.com

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

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Dr Anna Ploszajski has written THE popular science book of the year. So you'd think that it would be a good idea to interview her about it, right?

WRONG AGAIN

We got a text AI (Inferkit) to rewrite Anna's book, then made her read it in her crispest and most ASMR podcast voice. Enjoy Anna and Steve trying to work out why computers hate the French so much!

Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x

Anna can be found at http://www.annaploszajski.com

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