Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)
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Episodes: 148
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It’s the podcast where neuroscientist and author, Dr Dean Burnett (The Idiot Brain, Psycho-logical) and his oldest friend in the world, Simon Feeley (some guff on BBC radios 4 and Wales, years ago) present each other with things, things they find confusing and perplexing, and have a little chat about them.
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Episode 147: "Maximum Break" (with Dave Steele and Michael McCann)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 146: “Ice melts and rocks exist”
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Episode 145: “Are you an egg man?” (with Michael McCann)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Episode 144: “Beak on the box”
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Episode 143: “Nobel, no charisma, no chance”
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 142: “The bad beef years are coming”
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 141: “A man of the soil”
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 140: “A Full Three”
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 139: “The Screaming Dog”
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 138: “Neuroscientist and Friends” (with Carys Eleri)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 137: “I can smell the memory of a horse”
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 136: "A face with a balloon drawn on"
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 135: “A slug, a cow, a rabbit and a train.”
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 134: “The Fish Adventure”
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 133: "Accidental Movie Episode"
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 132: “A full three tube meal”
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 131: “Nine pence a tooth”
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 130: “Our intention is to never disappoint”
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 129: "Christmas Special 3: Drinking cosmetics for attention" (with Dave Steele, Michael McCann & Dan Mitchell)
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Episode 128: “Cat capsule. Catsule.”
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 127: “Dairylea but goaty”
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 126: “Taxiing Zippy around”
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 125: “My awful outputs”
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 124: "Your only potato"
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 123: “The Love Pug”
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 122: “Bald and wearing a crash helmet in Ladbrokes”
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 121: “Halloween Special”
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 120: “Enforced with curse”
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Episode 119: “Monkey of honor”
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Episode 118: “Organic Nasal Stimulation”
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Episode 117: “The creepiest of the spaghettis” (with Dave Steele)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Episode 116: “Knock up a squirrel”
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Episode 115: "Weeping"
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Episode 114: “You do one, two, or nein”
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Episode 113: "The jazz of reading"
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Episode 112: “The feeling of iron”
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Episode 111: “Consider drifting to Baglan”
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Episode 110: "I love my wife"
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Episode 109: “Ugly things are important” (with Charlie Webster)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Episode 108: “The spirit of rock’n’roll as embodied by this rabbit”
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Episode 107: “What is a sport?”
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 106: "Goalposts made of rainbows"
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Episode 105: "Damp is damp"
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Episode 104: "Give my hat money to the originator"
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Episode 103: "You are the vibe" (with Michael McCann)
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 102: “Soft Fanged Saddo”
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Episode 101: "Gazumped by Wellard" (with Dave Steele and Michael McCann)
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 100: “Fax machine tongue” (with John Rain)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Episode 99: “Space mushrooms? Great!”
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May 28, 2024 |
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Episode 98: “I sneak in and eat the cheese, I love the cheese"
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May 21, 2024 |
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Episode 97: "Pantyhose Piggy-bank"
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May 14, 2024 |
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Episode 96: “Dashboard Cucumbers”
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 95: “Gassing away” (with Mat Troy)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 94: "Well cool, real cool"
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Episode 93: “Classic Mellor”
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Episode 92: “Crime and Punishment Special” (with Dan Mitchell)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 91: “Neglect is a word”
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 90: “Scab sharks, boo”
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 89: “His anatomy is strange”
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 88: “Mrs Smith’s Boogie Wonderland”
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 87: “You are a snitzer-snotz baby”
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 86: “Can your car do this?”
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 85: “Good evening, Lady Aga Khan”
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 84: “Serve an orange Simon”
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 83: "Fuzzy astro vibes"
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 82: “Moussaka with Edward”
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 81: “The insight to words ratio is off”
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 80: “Wire up the toilet”
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 79: “Air B&B for Draculas”
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 78: "Throbbing Spreadsheet - The Second Annual Report" (with Dave Steele)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 77: “Christmas Special 2: Christmas Roadshow” (with Liam Schewitz, Dan Thomas, Sarah Breese and Carys Eleri)
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 76: “Mousey goodness”
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 75: "Pumpkin Spice Imperium"
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 74: “Release the Bishop”
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 73: “The imaginative world of twins”
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 72: "I don't like a wet slimer"
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 71: "A beautiful bollard"
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 70: “Chewy drink/Slippery drink" (with Sarah Breese)
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 69: “Car door binbag”
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 68: “Follow the crisp literature”
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 67: “Sad beef and fat onion”
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Episode 66: “Bag lips” (with Michael McCann)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 65: “Some mothers would like a dining experience”
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Episode 64: “Laserquack”
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 63: “Smash it all together and hope for the best”
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 62: “Clive Cough Clough: The Inevitable Distress.” (with Trevor Williams)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 61: “A full brick of British Butter”
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 60: “Toto’s wormy wood”
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Episode 59: "All my work is plus birds"
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Episode 58: "Governance by Thunderdome" (with Drew Davies)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 57: “A 3x3 Grid of Gail Platt”
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 56: “Double bagged for its protection”
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 55: “Graffiti Special”
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Episode 54: "The loaves and fishes caper" (with Liam Schewitz)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Episode 53: “They’re all circles or rods”
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 52: “Distressingly pink. Unnecessarily pink”
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 51: “Little stinking old worm”
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 50: ”Bookboy vs Wasp-Pope“ (with Dan Thomas)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 49: "It's Terminal: The Musical"
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 48: “If it’s green, it’s on”
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Episode 47: “Piu, Piu, Piu”
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 46: “Gout of the Soul” (with Dave Steele)
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 45: “Unfamiliar lumps”
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May 16, 2023 |
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Episode 44: “The chimera episode”
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May 09, 2023 |
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Episode 43: “The cloaca people”
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May 02, 2023 |
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Episode 42: “The debilitating stage of puberty” (with Nick Pettigrew)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Episode 41: “Teenagers with their receding hairlines”
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 40: “Chekov's clown”
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 39: “Cement filled green sock”
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 38: “Built wrong” (with Charlie Webster)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Episode 37: “Get that spider dancing”
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 36: “Pet themed Poppers”
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 35: “Teeth tend to last a long time”
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 34: “The odd person of stature” (with Carys Eleri)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 33: “Harness the power of the egg”
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 32: “Pizza Hut, in itself, has gone weird”
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 31: “hashtag no time for nonsense”
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 30: “OJ Rayner” (with Dan Mitchell)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 29: "A real party zone" (with Dean's dog)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode 28 – "I will edge towards crime"
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 27: “I might be fat but I'm a free man”
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 26: “The First Annual Performance Review (with Dave Steele)”
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 25: “The benefits of a tall horse”
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 24: “Dean and Simon’s Noel’s Christmas House party” (with Adam Williams, Ryan Clark and Michael McCann)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 23: "Miami Special – Dean's report from Wonderland "
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 22: "I guess I'm the kettle guy now"
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 21: "The number one top bird”
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 20: “The major problem areas of the face (with Michael McCann)"
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 19: "The phases of the moon"
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 18: “Danger burgers”
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 17: "Licky beak"
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 16: “The functions of a shoe (with Suzi Gage)”
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Episode 15: “Who goes honk?”
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 14: “Point proved”
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Episode 13: “The very definition of a pirate”
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 12: “Some sort of Beefy Vampire (with Trevor Williams)”
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Episode 11: “We are carrying a heavy burden daily”
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Episode 10: “The Homepride Fight Club”
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Episode 9: “The usual morning cadaver”
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 8: “Daveification (with Dave Steele)”
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 7: “Whatever the Italian is for squirrel”
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Episode 6: “Nick Hancock bearing down on Jeffrey the Giraffe”
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 5: “Ye olde beany”
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Episode 4: “The ethnology of the Sugababes”
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 3: “Goose. Geese. Goise?”
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 2: “Technologically impossible and morally sickening”
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 1: “Free range heads”
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 0: "Teaser Trailer"
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Jul 10, 2022 |