Why Would You Tell Me That?
by Neil Delamere Dave Moore
Why Would You Tell Me That? Award-Winning Comedians and Broadcasters Neil Delamere and Dave Moore take turns seeking out incredible things they think everyone, including their co-host, should know. In each episode, with the help of a genuine expert, one of them will answer the question, “Why Would You Tell Me That?!” @neildelamerecomedy @davetodayfm @whywouldyoutellmethat Presented and Produced by Neil Delamere & Dave Moore Edited by Cathal Minogue Music by Dave Moore Artwork by Ray McDonnell
Episodes
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Nuttier than a Squirrel Dropping
Dave is on his way to MC a charity night and has done the minimal dress up possible: a cowboy hat and a 100% perfect Wild West accent. Enjoy that. You can donate to Swords Down Syndrome Centre here: https://downsyndromecentre.ie/ New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and...
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Hairy Panic
Neil takes the wheel this week with a triple bill of facts. Why the coyote could catch the roadrunner. Why gullible 15th century Europeans thought ancient mummies were a health food. And what exactly is a Hairy Panic? Australia town consumed by 'hairy panic'...
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New Mug
Neil is just back from gigs in England, where he had business in the iconic BBC Television Centre, and adds an exclusive new mug to the WWYTMT’s studio's stack of mugs. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To see Neil on tour check out...
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Drive Beyond Zero
Dave is stranded at Neil’s for the hours it’ll take his car to charge so they may as well bonus. They discuss running out of fuel before Neil recounts a recent moral quandary he faced. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To see Neil on tour check out...
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Proper Sandwich
A treatise on cutting deli rolls in half is Dave’s way of setting up the eye-opening tale of how a scientist firing experimental lasers at his Thanksgiving leftovers led to one of the most remarkable advances in modern medicine. (It also spares this episode from being titled “Ablative...
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The Instagram Game
Back during our six week Patreon experiment, Dave and Neil played a weekly game where they'd be given the name of a celebrity and they had to guess said celebrity’s follower count. Please enjoy this high-stakes, high-performance tournament of The Instagram Game. New full episodes every Thursday....
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Reissue: The Movie That Broke Netflix!
This is a remastered reissue of one of the first WWYTMT episodes, prompted by last last week's Tippi Hedren fact. It's a film special as Dave explores on-set disasters from the movies you know and love, including tyrannical directors and wild animal attacks. And in Part 2, Hollywood casting…
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Five Star Soundness
After a bout of rowdiness at the start, Dave gives an extended shout out of gratitude to Charlotte of the Lyrath Estate Hotel. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour...
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Black Tie Dave
Dave attended the IMRO Radio Awards over the weekend, out of his element and in his tuxedo, which prompts a discussion on formal menswear. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour...
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The Jocks of War
After shocking revelations about Dave’s bearded past, and beard-absolutist present, Neil explains how Alfred Hitchcock is connected to the rise of nail saloons and the wartime origins of the world’s most popular article of clothing. Tippi Hedren helped launch the Vietnamese-American nail salon...
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U2's School Reunion
Dave got invited to another cool one-in-lifetime event, not far from Neil's doorstep, and didn't tell Neil. A surprise U2 gig at the school where they all met. To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour https://www.neildelamere.com/neils-on-wheels-tour To...
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A Sponsor from our Words
Exciting times for Neil and Dave as a brand has expressed interest in sponsoring the podcast. To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour https://www.neildelamere.com/neils-on-wheels-tour You can watch the podcast on Youtube...
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Murder She Swabbed
We have two bizarre mysteries for you this week. Dave tells us about The Phantom of Heilbronn, the female serial killer who never existed and Neil has the The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio…
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Wrapping Schoolbooks
Neil and Dave answer some listener email and discover that wrapping schoolbooks in anything paper-based isn't just an Irish thing and the lads have a new challenge for listeners,. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out...
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Stand-up Stood Up
Strap in and brace as Dave runs a gauntlet of abuse and aggrievement as he's only gone and jilted Neil at yet another Olympia show. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732…
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Orcas are Only Messing
Neil brings us the story of Jo Nagai, the 10-year old entomologist from Japan who rewrote the book on butterflies and Dave does a deep dive on orcas. 10-Year-Old Discovers That Butterfly Memories Survive Metamorphosis and Can Be Inherited https://mymodernmet.com/jo-nagai-butterfly-study/ New full...
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Week Mocked, Mongoose Watched
Neil caught up with his old Panel-mates on Mock The Week and listener Ian Martin took up Dave’s challenge of watching and reviewing the Simon Pegg movie that was made about the Gef the Talking Mongoose. Ian’s review of “Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose” can be read here:...
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Morning-maxxing
Neil had a big, busy week and you’re going to hear about it. From meeting the long-time listener with the submersible, to plane delays, to a last minute TV show booking, to collapsing an old lady’s sense of reality. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To…
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A Flute with a Foot
This week, Neil lets Dave take the wheel and take us on an all-animal fact-finding expedition. From pigeons seeing in slow motion, to which animal has the strongest bite to the fact that the innocent-seeming echidna is packing something nightmarish in its undercarriage Thank you to Annie Wagstaff...
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Wheels Sheehy
This bonus is a hero's journey as we cover Dave's mam's life of crime before Neil's more lucrative side hustle as a quiz show back-up makes the lads grow disillusioned with true fact podcasting before an inspirational email from long-time listener Andrew Farrell's makes them grow reillusioned…
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Squirrels with Leprosy
Neil didn’t get to do this choice fact in the main episode so please enjoy the remarkable reason why humans and squirrels in medieval England gave each other leprosy. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/03/leprosy-passed-between-medieval-squirrels-and-humans-study-suggests New full...
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Reissue: Your Geography Teacher Was Wrong!
This week the UN voted to adopt a new map of the world, replacing the Mercator Projection that's been the standard since 1569. So we decided to reissue our 2022 episode where BBC presenter, geographer and author, Nicholas Crane, gives the lads the lowdown on the map that changed the world, why it...
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Countries with Direction
New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour…
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They Do Dave Dirty
A lot of people needed a shower after this year's mud-swamped Electric Picnic, but none more than Dave Moore. This is his story. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To…
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The Windpipe of St Patrick
On this week's high energy pod, Neil relates how Welsh footballer Mark Hughes played two different games for two different counties, in two different countries, on the one day. And Dave tells us how St Laurence O’Toole's 800 year old heart went missing for six years....
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Two Day Weekend
Dave reaches a milestone in parenting when he double books a (The) Weekend away. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out...
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Small Talk
Neil explains how small talks is better for people than its reputation suggests and why he has always loved doing crowd work at his gigs. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out...
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Mark Wahlberg's CrossFit Gym
After a quick teaser for our brother podcast Prose Bros, where literary alphas maximize their brotential, Dave tells us about the surprising journey of bubble wrap from novelty to usefulness and Neil discovers that people are speaking less words a day....
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Where in Z World?
Please enjoy this bonus where Dave tests quiz-shark Neil with a geography teaser. Listener Paul has a tip for the pod on The Unkillable Soldier who retired to Cork, and the lads exchange their most embarrassing (potentially career-ending) social media gaffes. To listen to Dave on the radio check...
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Our Man in Finland
The podcast's Finnish correspondent Marko Silanterä returns with some gorgeous quirks of his language for polyglot Dave Moore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutinative_language To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check…
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Wild Mongoose Chase
This week, Neil explains why India's vulture population has dwindled, a story of how the randomness butterfly effects can upset the balance of nature, and Dave tells us how the Isle on Man was haunted by a talking Mongoose....
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Master of Transport
Michael in Kenmare asks the podcast - if they could be master of any method of transportation, what would it be? To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out https://www.neildelamere.com/reinventing-the-neil-tour...
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Jetski Warning
Dave is dressed up for Croke Park to see Man Utd v Leeds and Neil learned a REALLY important safety tip for personal watercraft. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out...
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Windscreen Wash Saves Lives
From the deck of Neil’s billionaire yacht comes three tales of pure fact. The life-saving reason you should always add washer fluid to your windscreen wiper reservoir, the family without fingerprints and the men who put maps on the Google. Windscreen water infection risk...
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The Just A Medic Quiz
Dave springs a pop quiz for Neil and you can play along at home. It proves surprisingly hard, even for a winner of The Chase. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out...
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The Devon-Cornwall Scone Wars
In this bonus, Dave tells us about taking a trip with his family to England, Neil was at the All-Ireland Hurling final as part of BBC's push to get the UK into GAA, and we even get a few facts in. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the...
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Where People Only Rent Their Graves
Dave leads with the unsolved mystery of the world's most expensive bonnet ornament and Neil reports on the Greek graveyard crisis, where the last few generations have been priced out of owning their own grave....
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Blind Trust
Since it came up lately, here is, for the first time to the public, Dave being asked to try a food blindfolded. Also a bonus fact about why scientists can never get that last 0.1% of bacteria Donate to Rebs’ cycling fundraiser here for Leukemia & Lymphoma NI and Laurel House Chemo Unit...
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Mo Mowlawn and Lawn Moore
Neil's grass has finally met the approval of his father-in-law thanks to his new robot lawnmower. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out...
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God's Biggest Typo
Neil takes the helm this week with history's most far-reaching typos, from the medieval bibles that shook the church to the digital age of very embarrassing mistakes. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/may/01/scanner-ebook-arms-anus-optical-character-recognition New full episodes...
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Finnish Army Sauna Supremacy
Our (possibly only) Finnish listener Marko Silanterä has a brilliant email about saunas and long time fan Ronan has a head-melting would-you-rather for us. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out...
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The Odyssey: Schemers and Curs
In the final of our post-Odyssey broadcasts, listener Nick asks a great question: In the world of The Odyssey, what character would you end up being? New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out...
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Argentina's Fake Kit
To ease you through your World Cup comedown, Dave has the story of why Diego Maradona and his teammates weren't wearing their official kit when they won the 1986 final. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out...
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The Odyssey: Celebrity Hall Pass
Neil and Dave go deeper into the spectacle of The Odyssey and someone get on to the subject of "celebrity hall passes". (No real spoilers for the film; mild ones for the ancient poem.) New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check…
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The Odyssey: Good Will Boating
Neil and Dave went to the fancy Irish premiere of The Odyssey together and had such a good time, they're recorded a Nolan trilogy of bonus episodes. No real spoilers for the film; mild ones for the ancient poem. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen…
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Overnight Oaths
Francis De Groot https://www.tiktok.com/@glasnevinceme... New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see Neil on tour check out...
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Our Unpopular Opinions
Prompted by listeners' emails, Dave and Neil share their least popular opinions and their popular culture recommendations. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To listen to Dave on the radio check out https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 To see…
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It's a Date!
To finally make up for missing Neil’s big gig, Dave invites him to the fancy film premiere of the season. Then the first of the fan designs for our podcast crest arrives. Donate to Rebs’ cycling fundraiser here for Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI and Laurel House Chemo Unit...
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The Most Famous Person in the World
Dave and Neil debate on who the most famous person in the world might be before Dave gets into a butterfly effect deep dive on how the world wouldn't have Taylor Swift if it wasn't for Dwight's cousin from the Office. New full episodes every Thursday. Bonus mini-eps on Sundays and Tuesdays. To...
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Dave makes a show of himself
Dave has another tale from the Metallica Snake Pit but this one he probably shouldn't be telling anyone. Kirk Hammett played the legendry guitar Greeny a few feet from Dave which caused him to fanboy too close to the sun....
About this show
Why Would You Tell Me That?
Award-Winning Comedians and Broadcasters Neil Delamere and Dave Moore take turns seeking out incredible things they think everyone, including their co-host, should know. In each episode, with the help of a genuine expert, one of them will answer the question, “Why Would You Tell Me That?!”
@neildelamerecomedy @davetodayfm @whywouldyoutellmethat
Presented and Produced by Neil Delamere & Dave Moore
Edited by Cathal Minogue
Music by Dave Moore
Artwork by Ray McDonnell
Hosted by
Neil Delamere Dave Moore