You Use These Phrases Every Day, But Do You Know Where They Come From? Part Two

You Use These Phrases Every Day, But Do You Know Where They Come From? Part Two

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you Ever said under the weather, mind your Ps and Qs, or steal your thunder and wondered who on earth came up with that? We pull the thread on the sayings we use every day and discover a trail through docks, pubs, theatres, carnivals, and battlefields. It turns out a lot of our go-to phrases are stubbornly literal: sailors ducked below deck to escape storms, stagehands burned lime to make a spotlight, and jockeys eased over the l...

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Useless Inventions That Somehow Exist

Useless Inventions That Somehow Exist

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you A USB pet rock that plugs into your computer and proudly does nothing might be the most honest tech product ever made. We’re Hannah...

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Why These Dystopian Stories Still Matter - Part Two

Why These Dystopian Stories Still Matter - Part Two

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you What if the scariest dystopias are not about the far future, but about habits we already have? We go back into the bleak stuff and i...

1 Okt 47min

Dystopia Feels Uncomfortably Close - Part One

Dystopia Feels Uncomfortably Close - Part One

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you Your phone is your diary, your bank, your memory, and sometimes your unfiltered thoughts. So what happens when the tools we rely on ...

24 Sep 45min

Pop Em Or Exile Them - Zombie Apocalypse Plan Part 2

Pop Em Or Exile Them - Zombie Apocalypse Plan Part 2

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you Support the show

17 Sep 44min

No Cornetto No Chance Of Survival - Zombie Apocalypse Part One

No Cornetto No Chance Of Survival - Zombie Apocalypse Part One

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you Zombie apocalypse stories are fun until you treat them like a real planning exercise. We do exactly that, starting from the moment t...

10 Sep 42min

Ghost Apps And Badly Explained Movie Plots - 3rd Birthday Episode

Ghost Apps And Badly Explained Movie Plots - 3rd Birthday Episode

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you A ghost app says “David” the moment we open it, and that single weird word kicks off one of our most chaotic catch-ups yet. Hannah h...

3 Sep 45min

We Try To Play Jeopardy Properly And Mostly Succeed

We Try To Play Jeopardy Properly And Mostly Succeed

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you Jeopardy is meant to be a slick game show. Ours is a father daughter version where the points are real, the banter is ruthless, and ...

27 Aug 38min

Finish The Sentence Part Two

Finish The Sentence Part Two

Send us a Comment, Question or Request, we'd love to hear from you We set out to finish our Finish the Sentence questions and immediately prove why this father-daughter podcast can never stay on one ...

20 Aug 48min

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