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#38 Australian Idol: John Robertson and the Anime Social Club
Episode 38
"I thought prayers worked better during a full moon"
John Robertson is a comedian, streamer, author, improviser, actor, videogame writer, insult comic…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Rough Corner: Medium Mums, West Mars Attacks and Baked Bean Secrets ft. Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace MBE is a writer, TV presenter, and weight loss coach. Best known for TV shows MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef, MasterChef the Professi…
2 years, 1 month ago
#37 Horror Nerd: Elf Lyons and Our 11 Soul Mates
Episode 37
"In lockdown I went fairy hunting every day"
Elf Lyons is an award-winning comedian, clown, theatre practitioner, teacher, writer and podcaster. Elf L…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Rough Corner: Strange Maps, Mythical Continents and Apocalyptic Octopuses ft. Frank Jacobs
Map collector Frank Jacobs joins Dan to explore the lost (and, probably, very fictional) continent of 'Lemuria'. Plus, fake towns that become real, m…
2 years, 1 month ago
#36 Beyond the Meme: Kathleen Hale and the Slenderman Stabbing
Episode 36
"They came to believe Slenderman was sending his army after them"
Kathleen Hale, originally from Wisconsin, writes about crime and social media. Her f…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Rough Corner: Sex Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Comedy From Beyond the Grave ft. Dr Kate Devlin
Dr Kate Devlin is a Reader in Artificial Intelligence & Society in the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Will Artificial Intel…
2 years, 2 months ago
#35 Fly Girl: Dr Erica McAlister and the Crime-Busting Maggots
Episode 35
"There can't be zombies if flies exist"
Dr Erica McAlister is the Natural History Museum's Senior Curator of Diptera and Siphonaptera (A.K.A Flys and …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Rough Corner: The Chalk Giant Mystery… Solved!
A centuries-old mystery, shrouded in chalk, surrounding the origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset has been unravelled by two intrepid academics.…
2 years, 2 months ago
#34 Into the Liminal: Shaun Keaveny and the Baths of Gong
Episode 34
"I do a lot of chat with the cosmos"
Shaun Keaveny is one of Britain's best loved radio DJs. He is formerly of BBC Radio 6 Music and is now the host o…
2 years, 2 months ago
Best Of... The Strangest 'Soft Rocks'
To celebrate the birth of We Can Be Weirdos in 2023, Dan looks back at some of the strangest unexplainable experiences a.k.a. 'Soft Rocks' from guest…
2 years, 2 months ago