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Worms! Everybody loves worms! Worms! What are the very best 10 worms in all of the wormy world? Have a listen and find out! WORMS! WOOHOO! WORMS!In addition to the very best of worms, we also discuss dead whales, Tremors again, Foundation, unwanted clones and Quantum Dave.TIMESTAMPS02:02 - Bone-Eating Worm07:15 - Bloodworm11:35 - Giant Amazon Leech15:32 - Flying Buttocks19:17 - Giant Tube Worm22:33 - Guinea Worm28:30 - pretty Bristle Worms31:29 - Bobbit Worm35:18 - Velvet Worm38:53 - Ribbon Worm47:11 - RankingHonourable mentions: Tapeworm, Horse-Hair Worm, Hammerhead Worm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liquids! Like solids but better because they can sploosh about and stuff! But which are the best of all the liquids? Find out here! Also, we discuss eye eating, Orbital, spiders, Wormbursters, Mrs Potts who gives out the sweets, the butter-bog gods and worms.TTP Tndex (Time To Parasites): One minute and 15 secondsTIMESTAMPS:0:11:06 - Water0:20:51 - Olive Oil0:26:39 - Tea0:41:13 - Cone Snail venom0:47:43 - Custard0:49:40 - Horseshoe Crab blood0:55:38 - Liquid Helium-20:58:27 - Alcohol1:00:28 - Soup1:01:13 - Crude oil1:03:13 - Ranking! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's finally time to do the TOP 10 PARASITES! HOORAY! One of my absolute favourite subjects, I am SO HAPPY WE ARE DOING THIS ONE. Find out about some absolutely GREAT parasites here. YEAH! PARASITES! WOOOOOOO!In addition to ranking parasites, we also discuss The Borrowers, tongues, colonial organisms, horse-eye sausage extrusion, immortality and cats.This episode has a presumably unbeatable TTP (Time To Parasites) index of 10 seconds.Timestamps! In case you want to skip to your favourite parasite!02:58: Brain-Eating Amoeba05:48: Tongue-Eating Louse11:50: Figs13:38: Wasps20:35: Cordyceps23:47: Sexually Transmitted Dog Cancer30:10: Crab Barnacle34:20: Green Banded Broodsac40:50: Toxoplasma47:38: The Human Placenta56:17: Top Ten ranking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who are the 10 very best women ever to have lived? Find out here! Is your favourite featured? Only one way to be sure- give it a listen. This is the final and definitive list of the best 10 women who have ever lived.This week, we have a very impressive TTP (Time To Parasites) index of 41 seconds!We discuss: Parasites, Eastenders, polonium and armadas.Timecodes, in case you want to skip to a particular excellent woman:03:58: Cleopatra09:53: Marie Curie15:17: Harriet Tubman19:02: Florence Nightingale24:11: Ada Lovelace30:35: Boudica38:44: Elizabeth I47:29: Emmeline Pankhurst54:02: Jane Goodall57:50: Ella Fitzgerald1:00:26: Ranking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the Top 10 Men! Who are the best men there ever have been? Find out here! Do you think you might be on the list? Are you one of the greatest men ever to have lived? Give it a listen and see if you are featured! Don't be sad if you're not, though.Rathergood Chat ep77 - Top Ten People Part 1: MENIn this episode, as well as the top 10 men, we also discuss electromagnet tennis, black holes, Mr Weebl, taxidermy and Victorian facial hair.Here are some timecodes for the people we talk about, in case you want to skip forward to a specific chap:02:35: Albert Einstein21:36: Spike Milligan26:16: Alexander Von Humboldt30:30: Genghis Khan38:11: David Attenborough43:36: Charles Darwin45:39: Leonardo Da Vinci48:01: Charles Dickens50:11: Dick Van Dyke53:33: Isaac Asimov57:17: Ranking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are the best numbers? I bet you have opinions, but those opinions might be WAY WRONG! Listen NOW to find out what the absolute definitive list of BEST NUMBERS EVER is! Maybe your fave number is on there! Maybe it isn't! Only one way to find out!In this episode we talk about lettuce, gnomes, the Rolling Stones, pork pies, the fundamental nature of the universe, bingo, and lobsters.Timestamps!1:45: Pi18:08: -1/1227:03: Root231:36: 835:43: 639:19: c41:46: 242:56: 1044:08: The Planck Constant45:20: 10046:28: Ranking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are the very best reptiles? FIND OUT HERE! What's your favourite reptile? Will it feature in this, the definitive and final top 10? Only one way to find out! Give it a listen!In this episode, Joel does his best ever introductory song, and we discuss eyes, soft-shelled crabs, cephalopods, piranhas and Ray Winstone.Here are the reptiles we discuss with timecodes, so you can jump to your favourite scaly creature if you like:03:05 - Horny Toad09:37 - Armadillo Girdled Lizard13:09 - Komodo Dragon18:27 - Minute Leaf Chameleon22:45 - Dragon Lizard26:42 - Green Anaconda31:01 - Gecko33:47 - Gharial37:33 - Turtle/Tortoise43:37 - Salt Water Crocodile47:24 - Top Ten Ranking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the best mammal? FIND OUT NOW! Whatever you are thinking, there is a good chance you are WRONG! This list of the best 10 mammals is a scientifically rigorous, final and definitive list that is immutable and perfect. We discuss: snoots, Michaelangelo, dragons, mermaids, St. George, Aboriginal hunting methods, Liverpool and Mars Bars.TIMESTAMPS:09:22 - Pygmy Shrew16:21 - Pink Fairy Armadillo21:56 - Long Beaked Echidna31:03 - Narwhal37:33 - Dugong41:44 - Gorilla48:23 - Giant Pangolin51:06 - Rhino55:33 - Tiger58:07 - Dog1:02:24 - RankingTTP Index: 26 minutes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are the best fish? Find out here! Are you a fan of dace, haddock or cod? Find out if your fave is in the official chart!Are you a plaice fanatic? Do you think John Dory smashes the other fish with its sheer awesomeness? Do you feel like Dover Sole is the pinnacle of subaquatic amaze? Have you got a problem with Monkfish? Is Tuna right up your alley?Get together with your friends and put a bet on who supports the official best fish! Dress up in a costume, reflecting the type of fish you choose to champion. If the wrong fish turns out to be the winner, then bludgeon your enemy into submission! It's a fun parlour game for all the family, and invite some guests you have never met before so you can all bond over your mutual competition regarding the better or worse type of fish that you like and stuff!YEAH!The results of this scientific enquiry are final and binding. The order of merit we apply to the top 10 fish is legally watertight, and if you disagree, you are wrong.In addition to the top 10 actual fish, in this episode we also discuss the Brazilian Winky Fish, Dracula, swedes and snakes.Here are the fish we talk about and the timeciodes in case you want to check out a specific awesome fish:10:38 - Sand Tiger Shark15:12 - Tassled Wobbegong17:24 - Red Lipped Batfish24:06 - Stone Fish32:12 - White Margin Stargazer 38:26 - White Margin Stargazer tongue (You send me a pic to look at during the recording)40:56 - Flying Fish44:56 - Barrel Eye Fish47:33 - Giant Oarfish50:24 - Koi Carp52:11 - Sunfish52-54 - Hairy Frogfish53:15 - Blobfish53:41 - Those eels with a hinged mouth that makes up a third of their body length53:59 - Handfish54:18 - Male AnglerfishWhoop whoop! FISH! YEAH! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Which are the very best birds in the world? FIND OUT HERE The best 10 birds in all of creation! AMAZING! Today we have a chat about birds, as well as horses, Nike Airs, worms, rabbits and tigers. Most importantly, though, we give you a definitive list of the 10 very best birds in all the whole wide world!Whoop whoop! Who will win? Who is your favourite bird? Will it be in the Top 10? Only one way to find out! Listen in and expand your brain!Which birds do we discuss, you ask? Well look, here is all the info!TIMESTAMPS!03:53 - Shoebill11:23 - Frigate Bird20:41 - Cormorant24:05 - Cassowary28:42 - Crow37:18 - Spoonbill39:29 - Barn Owl44:38 - Emperor Penguin52:01 - Albatross54:52 - Woodpecker56:35 - Top ten listThe final ranking.... You will just have to listen to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ancient Greece! Amazing birthplace of the modern world, Western culture and democracy. Where mighty Spartans hoiked people into wells shouting "THIS IS SPARTA" all day, every day, for thousands upon thousands of years. Imagine a whole culture built on the single foundational activity of hoofing people into holes while shouting your location. What a dream society! What a wonderful place! We are all the poorer for abandoning this wonderful and noble way of life.In today's episode, we discuss cows, lion-men, skeletons, remote tribes, peristalsis and mechanical wings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Exorcism! The ancient art of removing those lovely demons that sit in our minds and direct our actions. Everybody's got a few. Sure, they cause us to commit all kinds of horrific evil but they are at least company and we should value them for that. Today, we discuss chainsaws, Christmas, rock wigs, God, Roman military divisions and mealworms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedy! The art of distracting from the utter horror and nausea of existence by finding something absurd to say that makes people laugh briefly, before the unending nightmare of life resumes once more. Today, we discuss organs, ants, eggs, smoking, and TV shows that make Dave cry... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cardboard! Ideal for making boxes to store all your things, as long as those things aren't seeping blood and other fluids, because if they are doing that then the cardboard will get soggy and the bottom will fall out. In today's episode, we discuss business baths, banking, viscera, Mars, videogames and klezmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I scream! You scream! We all scream, all the time! It never ceases. Ice Cream! The nicest, coldest semi-liquid food there is! OR IS IT? In this episode we also discuss walruses, 70's British wrestlers, the scientific method, the Renaissance and piping hot mince. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Apocalypse! The welcome end to all this awful, nauseating existence, A blessed relief that we are all impatient to embrace. Hooray for the Apocalypse! In this episode we discuss vehicles with faces on the front, Jeremy Worldsmasher, cosmic ordering, axes, gudgeons, crumble, legstenders and pancake day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Underground! The ideal place to hide from all the horrors of the world! The dread won't find you if you are buried beneath a thousand tonnes of dirt. Get into a hole right now, it's the only way! In this episode, Joel has the wrong tea and we discuss pirates, troglodytes, Camberwick Green, dibbers, dobbers, and Stripy Garold the enormous blood-hungry murder bee.Also this episode's Time-Till-Parasites (the TTP index) is an impressive 26 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bags! Use them to carry the trinkets that shield your soul from the awful horror of your existence! Fill your bag with purchased items! They matter! Your life has meaning! Today, in addition to bags, we discuss: Bagger 288, Budgens, spiders, pianos, the Windmills of Your Mind, mustard, gudgeons, bins and Devon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Old diseases are the best diseases! Let's hear it for such classics as scurvy, rickets and leprosy. So much classier and more demure than the brash modern rubbish we all have to get infected with these days. In today's episode, as well as classic diseases we discuss ferrets, Ski Sunday, Rupert Grint, gin, insufferable wizards and halberds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jokes! The funny little things we say to blot out the sheer horrifying nausea of existence! Hooray! Today, we discuss squirrels, cats with Phil Collins' face, time-travelling Soviet murder-chimps, monkey bars, extended families, ballet, Spike Milligan, and how to survive a shark attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Skin! It keeps your insides in! Should your family be at risk of starvation through abject poverty, you can always trade your valuable hide for food. What a boon skin really is! Hooray for skin! Today, as well as wonderful skin, we discuss napalm, autocannibalism, Pork Force, rats, bears, melons, Joss Whedon, custard, and sentient tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weevils! Amazing little cutey critters! They have boots and snoots! Today we discuss weevils in all their glory. Strap yourself in and prepare for a wealth of weevily goodness. I bet you never knew how awesome weevils are! Also, we discuss optimising giraffes, chickens, snoots, sharks, the rings of Saturn, Tarzan and albatrosses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beans! Amazing little blobs of potential! They can grow into things! They can be eaten by human men and women! WOWZORS! In today's episode, we discuss guns, stew, kohlrabi, chainsaws, bisection, acid and krill. Hooray! also BEANS of course! Woo for beans! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aliens! Creatures from space that want to inhabit our bodies and control our minds so that they can escape their own benighted worlds! Nearly everyone has one in them now. You probably do already. Lucky you! In today's episode about aliens, we discuss humans, parasitic worms (yet again,) Batman, turbines, Steven Seagal, Oumuamua, crabs and baffling internal mouths. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hair! Stringy bits of weird body stuff that your head extrudes to cover your shameful brains! Find out more about this wonderful substance here and now! We discuss Ilfracombe, haircuts, electrocution, blubber, Queen, inverse monkeys, Claudia Winkleman, and the life cycle of the Ant&Dec. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's communicate! Using methods! Woohoo! From trendy semaphore to kid-friendly Morse, we all use amazing methods to communicate! Find out more here! In today's episode, we discuss: Screaming, coal, THE YACHTMASTER, Dyson spheres, holograms, whelks and foot-fingers. Whoop-de-dooooooo! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Small things! Amazing aren't they! If something is so small you can't see it that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist- maybe it's just a denizen of THE MICROSCOPIC REALM! In today's episode about things that are small, we discuss jellyfish, curses, mythological Greek punishments, colonies, consciousness, food preservation and KWAARF. Hooray! Also, there is a little bonus bit at the end after the fade-out if you keep listening. Hooray again! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taste! It's the thing that makes food nice! Use your tongue to give it a go! Taste everything around you! Taste all the things! Go on! Do it! Do it now! Today, in our episode about tastes, we talk about the irrepressible nature of Monkey, the Tooth Fairy, eggs, crabs, parasitic wasps, subatomic particles, cess pools and death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prehensile things are amazing! Grip with them! Lift, swing and defeat your enemies! YEAH! In today's episode we construct a wildly confusing but scientifically definitive index of prehensility, and also discuss slippers, sky bums, science jocks, moustaches, wrenches, penguins, tree-running and beaks. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eggs! Ovoid containers of albumeny yolky goodness! Harbingers of new life, birdous or turtacular. Even Snakey! Wow! Eggs! Let's talk eggs! Whoop whoop! Today, we discuss pythons, bananas, cats, dogs, sharks, wasps and dinosaurs. Also eggs. YEAH! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cheese! It's milk made solid and delicious by bacterial cultures! DELICIOUS GOODNESS OMG! Today we discuss replacement Daves, Tower Bridge, lava, the Terminator, worms, processed foods and terroir. The specific replacement Daves are Meat Dave, Skin Dave, Cheese Dave and Wasp Dave.We also discuss cheese. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 1980s! Cultural high point of humanity! Microcomputers in the home! Big hair! What a time! Today we talk about: Nye Bevan, malevolent seaside eyeballs, phlogiston, o-rings, candles, bicycles, coincidences, post-war austerity, Qualcast Mutilator, emotions and maggots. Also the 1980s! Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tubers! Things that grow in the ground! Potating happily, God bless them! Today, we talk about: magma, horsemeat, brown, worms and slugs, tubes, gourds, raisins, katsu curry and sousaphones. Also tubers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time! Our pitiless enemy, dragging us relentlessly towards the abyss of death. Hooray! Today, we talk about: chariots, camels, beans, jackdaws, the culture war, the Hun, head cheese, galactic winter, and rubbing chilli into your eyes. What else would you expect from a podcast episode about time? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's 2025! Oh my gosh! Quarter of the way through the century! How on earth did that happen? Anyway, today we talk about jumping, solipsism, escalators, the shadowy global elite, Aussie Rules Football, vermin, Advocaat, tongues, monarchs and the heat death of the universe. Also the new year of course! HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN! WOOHOOOO! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's CHRISTMAS! HOORAY! Today we talk about Christmas obviously, but also about: grit, the apocalypse, hair, livers, bisection, swords, laser-tag, and Joel's bafflingly comprehensive lack of Christmas movie knowledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Electricity! Incredibly useful power source for lights, computers, executions and bringing monsters to life! YEAH! Today we discuss numerical scoring systems, lunch, Bobbit worms, elephant murder, Roman emperors, public information films, boats, cows, Satanistic head rotation and posh kids. Also electricity! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Games! Play them to avoid falling prey to the overwhelming horror and nausea of existence that will inevitably consume you if ever allow yourself to think about it! Today we discuss the cruelty of the universe, tentacles, metaphor, cheese axes, casinos, 80s computers, fighter planes and wood chips. Also games of course! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dance! It's a rhythmic movement of your body to movement! WOW! Find out about this amazing new innovation here! Today we discuss the French Revolution, rifling, school plays, Brazil, TikTok, parenting, sports, and rizz. Also dance, of course! Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bones! The hard crackly bits that stop your flop. Nobody wants to be a meaty flopster. Hooray for bones! Today we discuss crabs, centaurs, venomous bums, prehensile limbs, wheelbarrow/rug/professional wrestling injuries, swedes, the thoughts that keep Dave awake at 3am, butchers, Greek music, elephants, shield bugs and needlessly gendered toys. Also bones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buildings! Live in them! Work in them! Avoid spending time under the horrid sky by being in them! Today we discuss sheep, German conceptual art, gigantic mechasnails, Children of men, our favourite turbs, black pudding and buildings! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adverts! They are everywhere and we've made a good few ourselves. Marvel at our expert insight into the world of advertising. In today's episode we discuss Spanish meats, murderous water horses, chickens, Attack of the 50ft Woman, Quiznos (obviously,) the FU response, the Algorithm, the firehose of crap, and Egg Benedicts. All this in addition to, obviously, advertising, which we talk about in-depth. We have made lots of commercials, and this is your chance to gain the benefit of our extensive wisdom and experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flying creatures! Are they real? Are they magical? FIND OUT NOW! Today, we talk about: Autoclaves, reverse evolution, spiders, badgers, hedgehogs, sea urchins, flightless birds, ears and horsebats. Obviously, we discuss flying creatures at length. Bees are a flying creature so we discuss those a bit, despite having used up most of our bee facts last week. Still, there's always more to discuss where bees are concerned. Gotta love those bees. Also, can Dave lick the back of his own ears and if not, how does he get them licked? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cephalopods are wonderful things. Squids! Bendy, tentacley, suckery beak-wielding monstrosities of our deepest nightmares and general awesome aqua-wiggly-dudes! WOW! Today, we talk about: mantlepieces, striped animals, Three Bean Salad, Vietnamese food, the Wokerati, insects, dunces, extinct animals, Russian literature and blood-squirting reptiles. Also cephalopods obviously. Squids and octopuses are in there. Oh yeah! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Submarines are the very best things there are! I want one very very badly. Where's my submarine? WHY DON'T I HAVE A SUBMARINE GODDAMIT? Other than submarines (which is Joel's favourite subject so far) we take time to discuss grammar pedantry, Indiana Jones, tinned food, lurking and - at length - worms.We do discuss submarines a lot though. Submarines are amazing. AMAZING. I really want a submarine. I REALLY WANT A SUBMARINE GIVE ME A SUBMARINE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Birds! Magical creatures that float aloft, mocking the laws of physics and us poor benighted ground-dwellers. Find out more about these bizarre and mysterious creatures here! Today we discuss Toenail eyeshades, Russia, Antlers, Paint Your Wagon, dinosaurs, SPARTA!, Time travel, Chairman Mao, Spitfires and Dave's very rational hatred of anglers. We also discuss birds! Amazing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Windows! Magical walls that let you see the world outside without having it touch you! AMAZING! Today we discuss Rubik's shapes, machicolations, mythological warriors, floral names, mind-shattering garden plants, classic cars, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, earwax, bricks, vandalism, mills and gas giants. All the stuff you would expect to cover in a podcast about windows, basically. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phones! Incredibly useful technological marvel and worst curse ever to afflict mankind! Do you love them or hate them? Today we discuss gourds, dirty old men, Dave's complete lack of interesting anecdotes, gruel, Greek mythology, THINK MINK!, mind bullets, Wikipedia, anger management and also phones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything has a shape! Even hexagons, although nobody knows what shape they are. It's the last great mystery of science. We discuss accidental minibeast murder, our dark lord Satan, forbidden geometry, Plato, cosmic horror, Tales of the Unexpected, our favourite leaves, the diameter of the Earth, Joel's pyramid collection, cats, the Scooortish Aaaahccent, and whales.Hooray for shapes! What's your favourite shape? Why not contact us to let us know? Maybe we could make a chart out of the results- and you know what? That chart would be A SHAPE! AMAZING! WOW! MIND BLOWN! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art! It's the pinnacle of human achievement! Or is it maybe a load of old nonsense? Let's talk art! Today we discuss dentistry, plaster, child-rearing, zeppelins, collective punishment, Prince William, drones, miniguns, toxoplasmosis, Elon Musk's catsuit, Kim Jong Il and Roman horse-punchers. Also Joel's general disinterest in art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.