About Museums: Can you steal the Mona Lisa?
How do museums work? What’s the point of them? How would Joe break into one? And do they even have insurance? Sarah, a listener, who is also a museum director, has come to see Joe and Tom to explain a...
23 Aug 202257min
About Gangsters: The truth about about the London mafia
Stephen Gillen was a career criminal before turning his life around. He spent more than a decade in prison, some of it with Charles Bronson, and now he’s sat with Joe and Tom in their studio. For mo...
16 Aug 202256min
About Lifeguards: Rescue stories, children's parties and Baywatch
Want a story about Joe, a Danish couple and some stray dogs in Thailand? Well, this is the episode for you. It also includes Emma, a lifeguard, explaining why swimming caps are important, how ‘poonami...
9 Aug 202255min
About Cheerleaders: This sport is not what you think it is
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? It's Will. A listener, who spent five years as a cheerleader, and is contemplating a comeback. Is cheerleading exactly what we think it is? Probably not. T...
2 Aug 202256min
About Groundspeople: Everything you ever wanted to know about grass
Meet groundskeeper Terry - a listener who knows when to pour water onto grass that’s too dry. He also knows about seeds, how to make golf greens faster, and he has a story about someone taking a dump ...
26 Jul 202258min
About Opticians: How do eyes actually work?
How do eyes work? Joe and Tom speak to listener Mark who is also an optician and ask some of the best and worst questions they’ve ever asked. All because glasses are cool now. To get official show soc...
19 Jul 20221h 3min
About Artificial Intelligence: Will robots take over the world?
Will robots take over the world? What’s the point in humans? Do insects have ears? And is a toaster just a toaster? Joe and Tom speak to Lydia, a research data scientist at the Alan Turing Institute, ...
12 Jul 20221h 3min
About Personal Trainers: James Smith on narcissism, steroids and Mark Wahlberg
Are all personal trainers narcissists? Why is Mark Wahlberg getting up in the middle of the night? Joe and Tom speak to James Smith to ask about all this and more. To get official show socks, click ...
5 Jul 202258min
