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Episode 860
Neal reminisces on how a terrifying boiler house was once serene, traces the suprising number of life stages that come after old age, considers leaving your mind to science without donating your brai…
Published on 10 hours ago
Is Your Only Child Corrupting Your Only Dog?
Episode 859
In a feature length episode Neal defends his pronunciation of typer writer, talks you through waking up on an operating table, shows how an only child leads an only dog astray, scrutinises the practi…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Elite Special Forces Bin Collection
Episode 858
Neal ponders the practicalities of being Greek god of thunder, reveals why air crash survivor guilt is a good thing, worries about your supermarket trolley deposit, explains what palaeonthologists an…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Lucky Bags and Death at the Bodega
Episode 857
Neal grudgingly gives a dog some credit, issues a stark warning about video game points, considers the reported last words of Mother Teresa, prescribes a mental workout involving your bathroom window…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Signatures Should be Assigned at Birth
Episode 856
Neal makes the case for government assigned signatures for new borns, considers how sitcom kids have become so sophisticated, explains his virtual toast rack invention and how it relates to Mary Popp…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Your Cat's Bar Tab and the Law
Episode 855
Neal discusses Smurfs versus Avatar, explaining ball point pens to a cat, the argument against Meccano, early childhood memories: were those nurses or aliens, hand-me-down Lego management, raising ch…
Published on 2 months ago
The Miming Submariner's Post Apocalypse Raincheck
Episode 854
Neal discusses how to eat a spring roll, cuckoo clock apartments, how many cats an ark needs, how the Mona Lisa ended up like that, lubricated uphostery, Mr Crow from Wandarly Wagon, where America sh…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
One Simple Lie to Bring Out the Best in Your Doctor
Episode 853
Neal discusses whether dogs are cultural appropriators, why Dracula is science fiction, building a house inside a barn, theme park castles, pet spiders, TV dramas The Sullivans, House MD and The Good…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Clockwork Orange Treatment for Potholers?
Episode 852
Neal discusses having something in common with Dan Rather, sidewinder glass lengths, the Mandela Effect on Special K cereal, a memorable brush with law enforcement, one person operated toilets, findi…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Keyboardist, the Judge and the Stenographer
Episode 851
Neal discusses demystifying Road Runners and Coyotes, a very bad use of a Maigret paperback, saving a Genesis keyboarist from jury duty, court stenographers versus keyboard players, flying baggage tr…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago