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23/03/2026      "The telephone gesture isn't going away"      Ask for W-cheese! In Japan they know what you mean. This episode we're time-travelling, from Elizabethans to Millennials. Or is it time-TRAVELING? We gave you that L in 1776, they say. But what does it mean? Will I shut up and take the L? Listen on to find out!      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Bulrush / Cattail       Deep Dive Generations         Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley      Also featuring the song:  "X-Men '97 Theme"  by The Newton Brothers.

09/03/2026      "I used to have this waking nightmare"      Get your big oar out because we're going Port and Starboard! Listen on to hear why homemade chilli oil can give you fatal paralysis, yikes! And where do the names Webster and Brewster come from?      Psycholoscopes Fast and Furious films         Mnemonics  Port and Starboard        Not A Joke         Elemental  Xenon        Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley     Also featuring the song:  "Miraron Llorar a un Hombre"  by Vicente Fernández. 

16/02/2026       "I listened to Gangnam Style before it was cool"       Who doesn't love Psy? Maybe lobsters because their multiple ganglia can process the true horror of "Heeey sexy lady!" quicker than our brains can. Listen on for some erudite poetry plus Grandpa Kit telling you Facebook used to be good.       Ministry of Rightspeak      Phrasal verbs       What's Dis       Crabs, Lobsters       Name Nerd      Olympic athletes       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

02/02/2026      "I love foxes, but..."      Who doesn't love Fantastic Mr Fox? Apart from your pet chickens. Time's up as we're diving into all our yesterdays because tomorrow never dies! Plus a cheeky bit of sexy mythology, tune in for white nights with white ladies!      Harvey Dudgeon    Vikings     Etymology     Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow     Snog Mythology Avoid     Dames Blanches, Iolaus, Eglė     Cryptic Corner     -     Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

19/01/2026      "Am I being racist..."      That's not a good sign! Then again, Fresh Meat isn't a good sitcom. But it does make me reminisce about my uni days, why didn't I join Breakdancing Soc after Japanese class? Listen on to learn about the human salivary glands!      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Salivary glands       Cambridge Analytics  Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

05/01/2026      "Buffalo buffalo? Buffalo sh**!"      Was Jesus the son of God? Is Buffalo Buffalo a grammatical sentence? This episode it's the twelve disciples! Let's memorise those blessed buddies, cherubic chums, messianic mates. Listen on for the book of Q (not a Star Trek reference) and how to pronounce Q in Arabic!      Psycholoscopes Leather         Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Twelve Disciples  Four Gospels       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley 

22/12/2025       "I used to hate buying presents"       Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree!       Ministry of Rightspeak Quintuplicate letters       What's Dis  Reindeer, Caribou       Something Different The Twelve Days of Christmas       Cryptic Corner  -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley       Also featuring the songs:       "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"  by Johnny Marks and Robert L. May  performed by Mmm De, YouTube.       "Deck the Halls"  performed by Kevin MacLeod. 

01/12/2025      "Stranger Things season five means nothing to me"     Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out!     Harvey Dudgeon    Knots     Etymology     Dog breeds     Cryptic Corner     -     Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley     Also featuring the songs:  "Nymphetamine (Fix)"  by Cradle of Filth.  "Gotta catch 'em all!"  by John Siegler and John Loeffler  performed by Jason Paige.  "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs"  by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnesse  performed by Sid and the Comeds. 

29/09/2025      "Your whole system falls apart"      Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Asafoetida       Motor Scrap Auto Service Anti-lock braking       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 101: I will sing of mercy and judgment       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley  Also featuring songs by Eminem.

15/09/2025      "Did you know that Boris Johnson paints buses?"      This week I do evil work for evil people. Who Googlewashes the Googlewashers? Listen on to hear about the bear who joined the Polish army. He ate cigarettes and has a very easy to pronounce name, honest!      Psycholoscopes Egyptian pyramids       Elemental  Mercury       Mnemonics  US universities       Did Someone Say Puzzles       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley 

01/09/2025      "A cast list is so exciting"      Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea!      Ministry of Rightspeak False rhymes       What's Dis  Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus       Double Platinum Discs Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

18/08/2025      "Liar Liar has aged pretty well"      Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude!      Harvey Dudgeon Horse breeds       Etymology  Blue       Cambridge Analytics       Great Women of Science Alma Levant Hayden       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

04/08/2025      "Self driving cars are... here?"      Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in to find out!      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Caecum       Snog Mythology Avoid  Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

21/07/2025      "You can wear clothes inside out"      It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the people I've kissed! TMI.      Psycholoscopes Mint plants       Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Shakespeare's plays       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley  Also featuring the songs:  "Knights of Cydonia"  Written and performed by Muse.       "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"  Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio  Performed by Heath Ledger, from the film "10 Things I Hate About You"  Performed by Morton Harket, from the film "Coneheads"  Instrumental version by Atomic Karaoke, from YouTube. 

07/07/2025  "This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..." What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it! Ministry of Rightspeak Multiple different vowels  What's Dis  Aardvark, Anteaters  Something Different Sega P.Y.S.S.  Wonder Where I Am  Cryptic Corner  -  Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

23/06/2025      "Katy Perry won the battle, but Gaga won the war"      The Tongue Map was such BS! It certainly wasn't to my taste. But how do you say sour, salty, bitter, and sweet in other languages? What's halva got to do with it? Or myrrh? Listen on to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon Dutch provinces       Etymology  Sour, Salty, Bitter, Sweet       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

09/06/2025      "I was quite judgmental about blasphemy"      What's your papal name? Which pope are you? I'm buzzfeeding it up with my very own quiz! Tune in to hear about the invention of velcro, and the delicious taste of Dandelion and Burdock.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Burdock       What's Your Papal Name? Pope Quiz       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

26/05/2025      "Who is the real Mo Farah?"      Emma Stone? Emily Stone? You want to see stones, start digging! This episode we're memorising Geological Periods, plus we're asking what's in a name? Emma-Lee Stone?      Psycholoscopes Architectural columns       Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Geologic Periods       Cambridge Analytics       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

12/05/2025      "It's cute when a dog is in the way"      Don't eat raw cassava! Tune in to find out why, and hear about the Wang Fallacy. I mean Phallus-y. It's also called the Outgroup Homogeneity Bias but I prefer wang!      Ministry of Rightspeak IOUS       What's Dis  Sweet Potato, Cassava, Yams       Snog Mythology Avoid Nüwa, Dungavenhooter, Hecatoncheires       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

28/04/2025      "Black Mirror is back baby!"      Piranha's aren't endangered! Phew! I feel much better about that time I fished in the Amazon now. This episode it's Ps and Qs, what links pentagons and quintets? Or Helios and Sol? Tune in to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon Salad Dressings       Etymology  Mind your Ps and Qs       Great Women of Science Gulielma Lister       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

14/04/2025      "I bought my first bluetooth earphones"      I prised the buttons off my friend's keyboard but it wasn't a prank, honest! This episode I swallow my pride as we talk tonsils, loot boxes, and gacha games.      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Tonsils       Not A Joke       Elemental  Cerium       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

31/03/2025      "I didn't get the memo"      Divorced, beheaded, died... just speeds up naming planets? We're getting historical this episode, and can someone please tell me what Off Peak means? Listen on for broiling instructions!      Psycholoscopes Elvis Presley songs       Mnemonics  Wives of Henry VIII       Name Nerd  Capital cities       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

17/03/2025      "If you're running a Speed Dating event, you have to do the maths right"      Is it pronounced Pink or P!nk? So what? That's what she'd say. This episode we're burning lime and trying Turkish delight, by which I mean a devoiced "R". Sean Connery would love it!      Ministry of Rightspeak Football teams       What's Dis  Concrete, Cement, Mortar       Double Platinum Discs Pink - So What       Wonder Where I Am       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

03/03/2025      "Fried onion wakes you up in the morning"      Genghis Khan-do attitude, that's what I say. And what do eclairs have to do with blitzkriegs? This episode we're talking pastry etymologies! Don't miss the Navajo spinal clip and my Marina and the Diamonds travel game.      Harvey Dudgeon Leaders of the Mongol Empire       Etymology  Pastries and cakes       Great Women of Science Rachel Dreilinger       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

17/02/2025      "You know I like logical fallacies"      Polish vampires and allergic reactions this episode! Get your logic hat on because I'm yammering on about an argument I won five years ago! Don't miss the chat about poison ivy and Mandarin Chinese consonants.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Poison Ivy       Snog Mythology Avoid  Lamia, Bakunawa, Upiór       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

03/02/2025      "Knock knock, it's the Jehovah's Witnesses"      Full moon, half moon, total eclipse of the heart. This episode we're winning pub quizzes by travelling the solar system! Listen on to hear why Jesus is like a goose, and why I always answer the door in my underwear.      Psycholoscopes Haribo       Mnemonics  Bodies of the Solar System (by size and mass)       Deep Dive  Moons       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

20/01/2025      "They've ruined the top deck of the bus"      Why is it so "satisfying" to have a rival podcast? Listen on for why I risked it all with my recycling bin, and the difference between goats and mountain goats. Which one would happily eat a pickleball?      Ministry of Rightspeak Homophones       What's Dis  Goat, Mountain Goat       Cambridge Analytics       Wonder Where I Am       Something Different Feng Shui for the workplace       New Accent Please       -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

06/01/2025      "Condoms are such an easy win"      Goodness gracious, this is herbaceous. That's right, it's getting hot in here as we dive in to the etymology of herbs! Listen on for Kamehameha (a historical figure) and the Mrs Vajayjay of Dragonball Z.      Harvey Dudgeon Swiss Army knife       Etymology  Parsley sage rosemary and thyme       Not A Joke       Elemental Livermorium       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

23/12/2024      "Rafael Nadal was in an advert with my friend Steve!"      Here's a sketch about pronouns, I'm sure that won't be controversial! Listen on for the spooky spleen, Star Trek's nifty names, and the sport that uses a coward's weapon.      Oxford New Words       Doctor Organs  Spleen       Something Else  Thy Pronouns Please       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 12: Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth       Name Nerd  Star Trek characters       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

09/12/2024      "We don't really do Junior here in the UK"      I've found my soulmate! Pity she was born in 1902. This episode we're figuring out if Skip and Trey are real names. Hint, they're not! Tune in to hear if I would date an Australian drop-bear or a legendary Russian horse!      Psycholoscopes Ham       Snog Mythology Avoid  Drop Bear, Lidérc, Sivko-Burko       Mnemonics  Critical Thinking       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

25/11/2024      "I've been doing standup again"      Oh yes, it's the Oh-Possum! Or is it just Possum? Discover which country's name gave us "serendipity", and hear about a trailblazing computer nun! Or is she a None? In Python she is!      Ministry of Rightspeak Hybrid compounds      What's Dis  Opossum, Possum      Cambridge Analytics      Great Women of Science Mary Kenneth Keller      Cryptic Corner       -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

11/11/2024      "Atheists can say bless you"      Am I eating beetles in my M and M's? Why did NASA send Mr Bean to the moon? And what does the etymology of vermicelli noodles have to do with "red"? Listen on to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon Moonwalkers      Etymology  Red      Double Platinum Discs Soft Cell - Tainted Love      Wonder Where I Am      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

28/10/2024      "I have never met an easily triggered youth"      Stephen Fry! Why must you say these things? Tune in for a long rant about the Clone Wars. I mean the Culture Wars. Well, they both involve appropriating a Maori man's look.      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest  Cogongrass      Not A Joke      Elemental Chromium      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

14/10/2024      "Greek mythology is back baby!"      Aslan is Turkish for "lion" but the Slavs completely missed the memo! And what the hell is an exabyte? Or a zettametre? Listen on to find out!      Psycholoscopes Coal combustion waste products      Mnemonics  Kilo Mega Giga, Milli Micro Nano      Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

30/09/2024      "A banking app for children?"      Discover your brand new zodiac sign! Are you an oddball or an even-keel? This week we're also talking about whales. Are you feeling Blue, or full of Sperm?      Ministry of Rightspeak Vowel digraphs      What's Dis  Blue whale, Sperm whale      The Zoddiac  Towerer, Concerto, Monocle, Octopod, Devotee, Peloton, Reveler, Hegemon      Cryptic Corner       -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

16/09/2024      "Bridgerton's gone woke!"      What's the oddly smooth way other languages say odd and even? Tune in to hear how the amazing Wu lets us communicate with aliens. It's not woo!      Harvey Dudgeon British universities      Etymology  Odd and Even      Great Women of Science Chien-Shiung Wu      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

02/09/2024      "Lady Gaga's Artpop has a couple of questionable songs"      Was that woman really named a racial slur? Listen on for the terrifying Pit and the Pendulum inside your eye, plus the mythological sprite born of Margaret Thatcher.      Oxford New Words      Doctor Organs  Lens      Cambridge Analytics      Snog Mythology Avoid Thrymr, Anaye, Knocker      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

19/08/2024      "What do you call the upstairs hallway?"      Vowels ho! Huh? Huh! Find out what exclamations I'm inventing this week, plus we memorise all the countries of West Africa! Hah! And how!      Psycholoscopes Eggs      Elemental Europium      Not A Joke      Mnemonics  Countries of Africa (Part 2)      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

05/08/2024      "QI chose to be Quite Interesting rather than Quite Accurate"      We're getting fruity this episode with peaches, nectarines, and apricots! What's the difference? And listen, Yahoo is definitely not an acronym, I was right. I was right!      What's Dis  Peach, Nectarine, Apricot      Ministry of Rightspeak Binomial synonyms      Wonder Where I Am      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

22/07/2024      "Thanks for mansplaining the sun to me"      You'll never guess what medical field Baron Brain worked in! Alright, you got it. But what is Christmas Disease? And why did I find a Torah at the departure gate?      Harvey Dudgeon Longest rivers      Etymology  Eponymous diseases      Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 124: If it had not been the Lord      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

08/07/2024      "Here's a riddle that's wrong"      Listen here Shania, does anything impress you much? How about pitcher plants being used as bat homes and vole toilets, listen on to find out more! Still no? Shania, please!      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest  Pitcher Plants      Double Platinum Discs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much      Great Women of Science Laura Bassi      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

24/06/2024      "Frankly my dear I certainly do give a damn"      Why are Germans better at maths? It's because of their mnemonics! Why do Spanish people not care one "bledo"? And was scientist Niels Bohr a good footballer? Listen on to find out!      Psycholoscopes Oranges      Mnemonics  Order of operations      Not A Joke      Elemental Bohrium      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

10/06/2024      "All the spaceships and the lasers are fine"      Holy moly do I have a tremendous respect for great apes. As long as they stay the hell away from me! But Captain Picard can beam down any day. We're through the looking-glass this episode!      Ministry of Rightspeak Final syllable emphasis      What's Dis  Monkeys and Apes      Cambridge Analytics      Snog Mythology Avoid Mapinguari, Leshy, Tom Hickathrift      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

27/05/2024      "I know it's perfectly safe"     Why must you flee the x-ray? Checkmate, dentists! Wait, checkmate? Listen on to find out how the beautiful game gave us cheques and bodychecks.      Harvey Dudgeon Snow White      Etymology  Chess      Wonder Where I Am      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

13/05/2024      "Lost in Translation was a hatewatch"     Sofia Coppola is not a Racist(TM) and neither am I! But let me tell you what colours poo can be, that's my kind of horoscope! I'm a Crapicorn.      Oxford New Words      Doctor Organs  Gallbladder      Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 4: Hear me when I call      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

29/04/2024      "Here's a good trolley problem"     It's only Adolf's clone! Plus we're memorising the countries of Africa. Listen on to hear my take on whether Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual or just soaned. Did he mean "stoned"?      Psycholoscopes Quiches      Mnemonics  Countries of Africa - part 1      Double Platinum Discs Green Day - Basket Case      Great Women of Science Mae Jemison      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

22/04/2024      "M. Night Shyamalan used to be good"      Owls, owls, owls! And what do they have to do with cloche hats? Or an Italian uncle? The twist ending is that there is no twist! That's right, this episode's an M. Night Sham.      Ministry of Rightspeak     Gendered pairs      What's Dis      Owls      Not A Joke      Elemental     Rubidium      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

08/04/2024      "I got him orange flavoured toothpaste"      I'm sinisterly dextrous because I write with both hands. And what does Sodium Laureth Sulfate taste like? I do the experiment so you don't have to! Listen on to find out why I won't date the sphinx.      Cambridge Analytics      Etymology      Left and Right      Harvey Dudgeon     Greek philosophers      Snog Mythology Avoid     Penanggalan, Sphinx, Hyperborea      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

25/03/2024      "I went out at midnight to see the full moon"      Who said plants can't do slapstick? Whoops! I've dropped all my sediment! Said the ocean waves hitting the mangrove forest. And what does gutter water taste like? Tune in to find out!      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest      Mangroves      Motor Scrap Auto Service     Immobiliser      Wonder Where I Am      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

11/03/2024      "I went to a new ice cream place recently"      Just who the hell does Richard of York think he is, giving battle in vain? Was he feeling indigo? I mean blue. Listen on to find out why he didst putte creame in a paile withe strawe!      Psycholoscopes     Berries      Mnemonics      Colours of the Rainbow, Electromagmentic Spectrum      Stress Ball      Punch Up The Psalm     Psalm 80: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley