The Worst Prime Minister and Ghosting Ghosts
For the last of the current season, John has a tricky question for Otto; who is the worst British PM? While John has it a bit easier when Otto quizzes him on whether ghosts are real. Learn more about ...
15 Aug 202434min
Dolphins and Guillotines
Are dolphins more intelligent than humans? Was the inventor of the guillotine killed with his own invention? Otto and John on the hunt for tosh, piffle, balderdash - or the two extremes of utter bollo...
25 Jul 202432min
Bugger Bognor and Sex in 63
John and Otto investigate King George V's famous last words, and Larkin's contention that sex only really began in 1963 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Jul 202428min
Saving Corporal Hitler and the Weirdness of Water
More mind-boggling conundrums from Otto and John as they explore the famous story of a British soldier saving the life of soon-to-be notorious Austrian corporal in World War One, and the universal str...
11 Jul 202432min
Shakespeare and Saint George
John asks Otto why St George is a English icon, while John delves deep into that perennial mystery: did Shakespeare write all his own plays. AI Jo Scanlan sets the record straight, or does she? Learn...
27 Jun 202431min
Chinese Glass and North Korean Golf
This week Otto asks John whether the invention of glass gave the West a technological edge over China, while Otto reveals to John how the North Korean leader scored a perfect round of golf in 1994. Le...
20 Jun 202431min
Losing Religion and Bad Politicians
Otto and John break the dinner party rule and challenge the large language model of AI Jo to some awkward questions about religion AND politics. Is the UK really a 'Christian' country. And who qualifi...
13 Jun 202429min
