The Wikicast

By Clark and Maw

Simon and Dan go on a random wikipedia article and chat about it - it's the Wikicast!... more

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The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.

The Wikicast episodes:

June 02, 2023Where the Bears Are - Wikicast 118
This just in: Simon is aware of twinks.
Dan talks about househunting in London, Simon is a bad influence, and the wheels come this close to falling off the podcast car. Everyone: email in to force Dan into getting a Switch!
Game Grumps impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2Pxcg1aaw
Web series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_series
Wikicast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/
Never Mind The Bullocks: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oSGRiPmQh7HitgA5vcIPI?si=tMaoq9i8R6Sz3jZ-qA82rw
DCPOTW: Non vos relinquam orphanos (Byrd) https://open.spotify.com/track/6je8JyUGwmEchHFeZpaU6Q?si=721798565d1942b9
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Bears_Are
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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52min
May 14, 2023Into the West (song) - Wikicast 117
A special episode. The boys talk about Simon's dad and the role he played in both of their lives.
Some things never change however: Dan talks about choral music, and Simon is mean about some children. Also, urine.
DCPOTW: The Lark in the Clear Air https://open.spotify.com/track/0BOGgqnXESn2xd6jisx4Hz?si=c8f96537818242e9
Christopher Tin, Waloyo Yamoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4wsgVYfjM
Wikicast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/
Handel’s Solomon: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ywg2FQNI0zytfMtVL693U?si=4decdd35c0994468
Barry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_(TV_series)
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_West_(song)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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57min
April 01, 2023Franklin County Jail (Benton, Illinois) - Wikicast 116
It's been a while since the last episode. Simon opens up about why.
Also: chatting about the Dungeons and Dragons movie, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, and possibly the most chaotic Corin’s Pondence corner we’ve ever recorded.
Rice’s Church Primer: https://www.ribabooks.com/rices-church-primer_9781408807521
Simon’s DnD one shot with Jasper: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1777333997
Simon’s documentary on the history of global warming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGQMZFP9IA
DCPOTW Magnificat for Double Choir by Charles Villiers Stanford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTlGIJECPE
The Last of Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)
Everything Everywhere All At Once: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once
Allelujah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelujah_(film)
Pokemon Rimworld streams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSp-8FGBzxkDhSb2PizB8993IQkS6LPA
Hat Films Vault Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW1Yb5N9dD8dBLk9NoQw4mhdPJuKEE25Q
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County_Jail_(Benton,_Illinois)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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February 01, 2023 Adam Abell - Wikicast 115
Simon and Dan bring in the new year with... 12 months of monastery soups. Warning: this episode contains some certified Dan Maw moments.
The boys read out some excellent correspondence, swap stories of Christmas, and reminisce about times spent together in Amsterdam
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56min
December 24, 2022Father Christmas - Wikicast 114
A new episode of the Wikicast? It's a Christmas miracle! Simon and Dan chat about Christmas in its various forms, singing, movies, and... well, the usual guff. But with a festive hat on! Also, Simon is sick. Sorry about that.
This episode arrived on a paddle steamer before getting on a horse.
Thank you to everyone who has come with us on the Wikicast journey in 2022! Sorry for wasting all your time. We're excited to serve up fresh nontent for you in 2023. Now where's the brandy...
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St Nicholas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
Mummer’s play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers%27_play
Sinterklaas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas
King Wenceslas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia
DCPOTW: Of the Rose, Cecilia McDowell: https://open.spotify.com/track/6VOFE4Oe7vSOt2oEgDj2N9?si=8e719c0f89b64d94
Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=IFqtWLjuSYiMIjlJaSNbzQ
Cacophony: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cacophony-great-classical-music-that-makes-life-better/id1451741203
Chart Party: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXSZMIiUfFSe4gpc8PLDECqViWi-2we3
Yogscast University Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nPbTZ275n0
The Longest Johns: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5k979N1TnPncUyqlXlaRSv?si=HC18-pp3RW-KpHFq-9wUmA
RPGeeks Christmas Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsEs6H_Sk4
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Christmas
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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54min
November 05, 2022Chatterton (horse) - Wikicast 113
Simon gets on his high horse to rant about racehorses, while a sweaty Dan sneaks up on him with a fistful of dreamies, speaking Dutch the entire time.
It's one of those episodes.
#blorko
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Big Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)
Potoooooooo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-8-Os
Hecatoncheires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatoncheires
DCPOTW Messa di Requiem, Ildebrando Pizzetti: https://open.spotify.com/track/0UBUqDw285jP7P3F8zkCs7?si=222d3d5cac654742
Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=IFqtWLjuSYiMIjlJaSNbzQ
Man in Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9VGZeqMfo
The man who tried to fake an element: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatterton_(horse)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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58min
October 11, 2022Rubaboo - Wikicast 112
Yet more conversation between your two favourite British metrosexuals. This time discussing the Queen's funeral, sweat stories, and how to change the past.
How would you change human history if you went back in time by 4000 years? Email in!
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Northern grasslands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_short_grasslands
Lyon film museum: https://en.lyon-france.com/discover-lyon/culture-and-museums/museums/cinema-and-miniature-museum
Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy: https://marianamazzucato.com/books/mission-economy
Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Changes_Everything_(book)
DCPOTW: Rachmaninov vespers https://open.spotify.com/album/6IC3DSM06TNJqXRZu499gx?si=Fa0wEMFyStS0l898knD3Wg
Who Shall Separate Us?, Macmillan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqftlBY9uTc
Song for Athene: https://open.spotify.com/track/4q8nTqZQlOhl8YqkXtpiCI?si=3e347b8b9db6492b
Dominion: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43885149-dominion
Hat Films Ranch Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiNb913hlNKv7ZfGaB9Jykg92sdFmk0l
Bumps racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumps_race
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaboo
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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57min
September 14, 2022Wedding - Wikicast 111
It's a special episode people! Dan and Simon talk about tying the knot. (No, not them). Introducing pixel wife to the canon!
Simon and Dan talk about the big day, perfume, books, the perils of being a lawyer, and for the first time in a while attempt some German tongue twisters...
Do you have any wedding stories? Email in!
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Fragrantica https://www.fragrantica.com/
Blessed Be the God and Father, Wesley: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZPDHmvX02cSGUmyp52Kee?si=e5c4fd88dc79431d
Ubi Caritas, Duruflé: https://open.spotify.com/track/4zXsxw9BJqLfLdL4iekEcI?si=0b9193a3b28f4cae
Ave Maria, Biebl: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HnknbjLQhAkEpRzsfy27K?si=7889b4505beb46fb
Simon's post about the wedding on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7GW-lDscB/
DCPOTW: In The Beginning, Copland: https://open.spotify.com/track/3EHq925KfAqsJGORPHxQN1?si=5831f4151c184c38
Dominion: https://open.spotify.com/track/3EHq925KfAqsJGORPHxQN1?si=5831f4151c184c38
Highest point in the Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Scenery
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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57min
July 05, 2022Snettisham hydroelectric power plant - Wikicast 110
One house move, a stag do, a set of exams, and a whole load of bollocks later, Simon and Dan are back with a fresh serving of nontent!
This week the boys talk about the first female novelist in the English language, some exciting viewing recommendations, and ZE FRENCH PART OF ALASKA HON HON HON
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DCPOTW: Shine by Wickman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yud1ggCgofk
Stormzy gets a doctorate: https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-given-honorary-degree-by-university-of-exeter-3252733
Simon's new house video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JZFVzeAkmQ
Simon's Warhammer stag do: https://www.instagram.com/p/CegqL7IDgTR/
Bobby Broccoli: https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyBroccoli
Aphra Behn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn
Chris Hemsworth acting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJBPb4RXNk
Repair Shop: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l581p
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snettisham_hydroelectric_power_plant
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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55min
May 21, 2022Erwin Kreuz - Wikicast 109 (with depthsofwikipedia!)
Dan and Simon are joined by a professional shitposter, Annie Rau from depthsofwikipedia! Annie introduces our heroes to a dazzling series of wikipedia articles, and we talk about... well... everything?
Check out depthsofwikipedia everywhere, but here is Annie's Instagram! https://instagram.com/depthsofwikipedia
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Buttered cat paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox
DCPOTW: The Mozart Requiem: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wNvwhS6pLo6jFydj10KCt?si=jHEZoaF-SoaIKpDWr6tOSw
Series of tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
List of nicknames used by Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump
Shortest History of the Soviet Union: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59679063-the-shortest-history-of-the-soviet-union
The Wikipedia Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Revolution
Thinking about the immortality of the crab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_about_the_immortality_of_the_crab
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Kreuz
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
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FAQs about The Wikicast:

How many episodes does The Wikicast have?

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