Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)

In this episode, Dave Steele (Will Riker’s Sex Beard Podcast - https://willrikerssexbeard.buzzsprout.com) returns for an episode of learning. Lessons learnt include:  

Why Dean is wrong about Spirographs.

Why the Spanish jump over babies.  

What’s the most rubbish fish is. 

and  

What the Slenderman does for a living. 

Spirograph - https://youtu.be/9XbZJSH-T1I?si=UYpAfmhjCR5Edex5  

El Colacho Festival - https://youtu.be/b7EXSKI2NMs?si=0HieSpbZ_lWqzXvL  

The Devil Hole Pupfish -  https://youtu.be/McUgViRo5bU?si=2TyCy8BxbqcM1KGD  

Wikipedia – Slender Rising - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Rising  

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In this episode, Dean and Simon promote Dean’s new book (available below and in all good bookshops) by discussing taxidermy marital aids and daft felt headwear for protecting the gentleman motorist before finishing themselves off by dialing in on Wikipedia. 

Squirrel head buttplug - https://imgur.com/nrzT3fA  

That video Dean mentioned about a squirrel assault course - https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg?si=xfzRo85MTfhSqPGN  

Felt safety cap advert - https://imgur.com/xGo5Apw  

Wikipedia – 999 (number) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(number)  

Link to buy Dean’s new book - https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9780241679593/why-your-parents-are-hung-up-on-your-phone-and-what-to-do-about-it  

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In this episode, Dean and Simon remember a challenging egg game and then literally look up a dinosaur. At the end of the episode Simon learns about someone and likes them. 

Dizzy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_(series)  

Photo of a dinosaur’s fluffer - https://imgur.com/UIw5qI6  

Wikipedia – The Nanny Season 5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nanny_season_5  

Fran Drescher’s speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4SAPOX7R5M  

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In this episode, your hosts watch an instructional video from an American politician and then monkey about with an expensive ape before Dean gets quizzed on bands in an exciting Random Wikipedia Section that defied the editor. 

Sen. Eric Adams Combating Gun Violence - https://youtu.be/sk2Wc4Y5CxE?si=2p92ev480uF1XXoc  

Lifesize ape man figuring - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/763447854/lifesize-ape-man-figurine-surreal-large?load_webview=1&bid=tGfW4Ohlj7g4p0oUdMGmgYtBXzoZ  

Wikipedia – Hurricane Festival - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Festival  

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In this episode, Dean and Simon get all cheesy as they watch a man waste food and then they have a look at some cubic dogs. This week's Random Wikipedia Article section brings up the rear as information on a historic publishing company leads to a discussion of poetry, peep-hole publicans and the mildly erotic French arts. 

3 Day Grilled Cheese Sandwich - https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/1ef9cws/3_day_grilled_cheese_sandwich/  

Cubic Dogs - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/03/shaving-dogs-heads-cubes-straight-lines-shapes_n_7500536.html  

Spherical dog - https://imgur.com/a/V8JmD8z  

Wikipedia - Chapman & Hall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall  

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In this episode, Dean and Simon have a look at a machine for forcing trees to return your affection and then they witness the latest developments in androids – they can smile now listener. Finally, in an extraordinary development, all the threads are pulled together as they take a visit to a very small place in Germany. 

Tree hugging machine - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4uGkCjoteN/  

Smiling Robots - https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/nx-s1-5022578/robot-smile-face-skin-uncanny-valley  

Wikipedia - Velsdorf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velsdorf  

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In this episode, Simon calls in to help  Dean criticise a coffee shop that demands to see the customers’ smile, then an analysis of a surfing competition for dogs descends into spoilers for the first ten minutes of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Finally, marsupials are discussed and Dean reveals which former guest is a Taco Bell hound.  

Shop that makes you smile for the camera before you are allowed in - https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1e6lj6p/a_cafe_has_developed_a_sensor_whose_door_only/  

Dog surfing competition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6TXBzUV9g  

Wikipedia – Calaby's Pademelon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaby%27s_pademelon  

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In this episode, Dean and Simon look at mascot for a defunct fast-food chain with baldness and depression and then Simon grills Dean on his dog habits as they look at a dog’s bandana/billboard. They finish off by ranking the intolerances in a science heavy Random Wikipedia Article Section. 

Nathan Rabin’s article on Rax’s Mr Delicious advertising campaign - https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2020/11/9/the-short-sad-strange-life-of-mr-delicious   

‘I love my wife’ dog bandana for dogs -  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196279353108?itmmeta=01J47HS0BF0BFNQD257SDQ4JDJ&hash=item2db3293f14:g:jSQAAOSwdjZl5-5q&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwD70vGZcseqL6ytJuPqIOCip9oYmt%2BdXrtYnzVuBJVVXtMsRYFOS7xacL7UcgT84wus9rtPXT8%2FWyzpthAleNg8UGVFN31MVB1ojP1c%2BJNXagtlxBEHUUgweC4O8%2FqHa7yuSgNGLyGJG1WRVa3QwRRf9pv%2FyMWqMI5Wz1ZQuiG6vrCVtgPcvXFIejUnjHBGobbFOAvqCQU2GTWKGX0ShGJK7H8%2BZPf6wwjgfu2ILMPRNI6jxFnibFxKKZDU30x1ybg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-qF5PGhZA  

Wikipedia – Lactate racemase - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactate_racemase  

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In this episode, Charlie Webster rejoins your hosts to search for fun. Dean brings up nude cyclists and Simon lets the group know about a foul fowl product. Charlie tells everyone about some crud he’s collecting and storing in his basement and then the three of them reminisce about bygone bovine emergencies as they besmirch an Italian luthier. 

Naked bike ride Cardiff 2024 picture gallery - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gallery/14-daring-pictures-people-cycle-29540179  

Virgin boy egg video - https://youtu.be/rPIvDJG1etI?feature=shared  

Virgin boy egg Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg  

Wikipedia – Carlo Raspagni - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Raspagni  

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In this episode, Dean complains about children’s television again but this time it's about a theme song so that’s a bit different I guess? Then, Simon tells Dean about a pop-star's yeast extract in a section which listeners will either love or hate. They finish off the episode by finding out where Dean hasn’t been and Dean reveals his most reactionary opinion. 

Peter Rabbit theme song - https://youtu.be/8xLq3q63NQk?si=0Grze1m7Glc2c70L  

Elton John Marmite - https://imgur.com/xsrSQQF  

Wikipedia – Borth Lifeboat Station - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borth_Lifeboat_Station  

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