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The Rough Corner: The B*tshit Life of Leon “Buttons” Kirkbeck (Part One)
A talking rock, why scorpios suck, and conversations with horses. Leon Kirkbeck a.k.a. Buttons will be familiar to listeners of The Cryptid Factor, h…
2 years, 5 months ago
#23 Inside a Secret Society: John Hodgman and the Curse of Heidi
Episode 23
"I walked up to the front door... and I woke up in the hospital"
John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of the acclaimed coll…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Rough Corner: Virgin Mary Visits, Europe's Oldest Sandal and the H-Bomb Hypothesis
Night time visits from Madonna (not that one), Mike Tyson's favourite cartoon and £3-a-pop Yeti pubic hair. Plus, the Big Stretch conspiracy is buste…
2 years, 5 months ago
#22 The Podfather: Richard Herring and the Journey to the Edge of Sanity
Episode 22
"Stone clearing? I have to stop. Because I get too into it"
Richard Herring is a comedian, writer, blogger and one of the OG podcasting GOATs. He's al…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Rough Corner: Shabbat Cheat Codes, Massaging the Truth and the Big Stretching Conspiracy ft. Kyle Gordon
Comedian, actor and pop sensation Kyle Gordon talks for the first time on record about one of the most sinister conspiracies of our time: Big Stretch…
2 years, 5 months ago
#21 Think Yourself Lucky: Richard Wiseman and the Number Plate of Limited Cosmic Significance
Episode 21
"We need to take our dreams more seriously"
Richard Wiseman holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the Univer…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Rough Corner: How to Run a Paranormal Society with 'The Ghostess with the Mostess'
Leanne Burnam-Richards a.k.a. 'the ghostess with the mostess' joins Dan to talk about running the UK Paranormal Society. Plus, Dan's magic manhole sa…
2 years, 6 months ago
#20 The Ghostwriter: Into the Uncanny with Danny Robins
Episode 20
"The closest I've got to believing in ghosts is meeting people and feeding off their certainty"
Danny Robins is the go-to ghost hunter. An award-winni…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Rough Corner: Interstellar Balls, Joanna Southcott’s Mystery Box, and Albert Camus’s Stranger Thing
Astrophysicist Dr Phil Sutton from the University of Lincoln weighs in on Avi Loeb's mystifying metallic spheres - are they remnants of an alien beac…
2 years, 6 months ago
#19 Dream Comedian: Sara Pascoe and the Paddington Bear Manifestation Challenge
Episode 19
"I'm a vegetarian, but not a great vegetarian. I sometimes eat pirates"
Sara Pascoe is an actress, writer and one of the UK’s most-loved comedians. Yo…
2 years, 6 months ago