Wikishuffle

Our founding father and resident Snorlax has returned after a six week hiatus trekking wild Pokemon in the depths of Northamptonshire.To celebrate Jack's renewal of hosting duties and hopefully cash in on the maelstrom of Pokemongo that's ravaging the known universe, we let him chat about his new-found hobby.Other than that, we very nearly make it to the end of an article in New Zealand without making a Peter Jackson reference, Phil recounts toiletry abuse and we correct an assertion from last week's podcast, trashing the good name of a BBC broadcaster in the process.

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In her sixth and final outing on Wikishuffle (for now, at least), Ruth Bradley spends most of the episode making crude hand signals, willfully unaware of the limitations of audio podcasting.Phil regails us with some actual first hand (and not very flattering) experience of our first random article subject, before we all set about hitting you with our laser beams, much to the chagrin of 80's BBC Radio One presenter Mike Read.Jack will return next week. Do try and contain your excitement.

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Second outing for Amy Walker to pick some more Wikipedia articles for us to take a look at.Two articles of European history this week. We examine some evidence that suggests 93% of all Russian men are called Yuri, and ponder the question of what to do when you've got more Parisian nannas than you have loft space.Ruth sits in for Jack once again, and devises the new crime-fighting duo Ballyhoo & Cockwobbler™.

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There's about three minutes in the middle of this week's episode where we're not speaking about bums, but even then we make the phrase 'visa bungle' sound vaguely bummish.So we're talking cod science, Olympians and IOOPP (incidental out-of-place poops).A special big thank you to Chris (and his thigh gap) for posing for this week's cover photo. I see a bright future ahead for him.

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Thanks to Amy Walker for being our special guest article selector this week. You can find her writing at http://trans--scribe.blogspot.co.uk/.The first article she brings along is intended specifically as an insult to Phil (so kind), but backfires on poor Ruth and Chris.And then, as we've come to expect with guest selections, we aim for the soft target of conspiracy theory crackpots.

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In which we attempt to dupe the gold diggers and hamburgers of the internet into a yachting adventure with Paul Hollywood, explain how you can buy a camel and let Chris record the outro.No Jack again this week, so Ruth Bradley's sitting in again, helping us to give the hacking victims of Ashley Madison precisely the level of sympathy that they deserve.

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No Jack this week, but don't let that worry you (I know, you weren't), as we've got Ruth Bradley instead.Having Ruth visit at Wikishuffle HQ certainly hasn't made us raise the tone any. In fact, it's just a matter of time before the conversation inevitably descends to looking up pictures of poop on the internet.And our first article is surprisingly handy for helping you survive the neofascist landscape of post-brexit Britain (sorry, European listeners - we still love you, even if our countrymen can't be trusted to act in their continent's best interest).

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Other potential titles for this episode included, but were not limited to:- The Emotionless Tattoo- Swiping Right on a Klansman- LARPing in a Pret- Marvin Lee Aday Keeps the Doctor AwayThat last one was obviously the best, but it was too long to fit in the show graphic. Them's the breaks.It's another emergency episode this week, but fear not, none of us are dead or trapped in a sink hole, we've just been too busy attending podcast awards and watching the football to record this week. Normal service will resume in seven days.

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Sure, you might be semi-interested in some ancient Indian religious relics, or the fact that this is our most Jeff Goldblum-centric episode to date, but what you really want to hear is the announcement of our new spin-off podcast. You, and everyone you know.

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Just a few days left to vote for Wikishuffle for the 2016 New Media Europe Best Podcast 2016 award. We'd be proper grateful for your support. Head over to wikishuffle.co.uk to find out how to vote.This week (after Chris finally turns up), we analyse some disco lyrics, mourn the death of some Victorian Miners (with or without a memorial) and find little to no sympathy in our hearts for Johnny Depp.Plus! Hear about how Jack once sexually assaulted a nun. High jinx all round.

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