Podcast Episodes

Microwaves

Episode 30

How did squirrels help invent the microwave? Why don't ants mind microwaves? What's the big problem with microwave clocks?

Dedicated to Nigella

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Beer

Episode 29

Why shouldn't you tilt your glass when you pour a pint? Which city has an underground beer pipeline? Why did the Ancient Egyptians drink their beer t…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Salt

Episode 28

What’s the saltiest place on Earth? How can salt win a war? And why does some salt taste like egg?!

7 months ago

Cheese

Episode 27

How do they put the holes in swiss cheese? Who eats the world's hardest cheese? Why would you put Parmesan in a bank?

7 months, 1 week ago

Vanilla

Episode 26

Which 12-year-old boy do we have to thank for all the vanilla we have today? What links vanilla to a beaver's anus? What hack lets you use your vanil…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Butter

Episode 25

How did butter cause the Catholic Reformation? Where does extra-yellow butter come from? Who wants a buttershag?

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sandwiches

Episode 24

Why would you eat a cotton wool sandwich? What is an earth sandwich made of? Who once ate a $275 sandwich containing over 8000 calories? 

8 months ago

Pastries

Episode 23

What on earth is a Piecaken? Why are some croissants curvy and some straight? Which pastry was invented by a literal idiot? 

With special guest Edd Ki…

8 months, 1 week ago

Strawberries

Episode 22

What does the opposite of a strawberry taste like? Who liked to bathe in strawberry juice? What have strawberries got to do with a beaver's anal glan…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bonus: Wimbledon

Happy Wimbledon everyone! Who's got room for an extra-creamy second helping this week? 

8 months, 2 weeks ago