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Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)

It’s the podcast where neuroscientist and author, Dr Dean Burnett (The Idiot Brain, Psycho-logical) and his oldest friend in the world, Simon Feeley (some guff on BBC radios 4 and Wales, years ago) present each other wit
Latest EpisodeTuesday, May 30, 2023

Episode 47: “Piu, Piu, Piu”

Ep. 47
In this episode, Dean teaches Simon about what the business elite are doing over on LinkedIn and then they sample some (possibly poisonous) chicken flavour sweets. At the end of the show they stumble upon an idea for a more modern competition to replace beauty pageants and crown a new Miss Universe Australia. Lick your anus LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lick-your-anus-691152115?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F  Archie McPhee Fried Chicken Flavour Sweets -  https://mcphee.com/collections/hard-candy/products/fried-chicken-candy  Pamphlet that came with the sweets - https://imgur.com/59nQfWS  Wikipedia - Miss Universe Australia 2021 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_Australia_2021  
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Episode 47: “Piu, Piu, Piu”

Ep. 47
In this episode, Dean teaches Simon about what the business elite are doing over on LinkedIn and then they sample some (possibly poisonous) chicken flavour sweets. At the end of the show they stumble upon an idea for a more modern competition to replace beauty pageants and crown a new Miss Universe Australia. Lick your anus LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lick-your-anus-691152115?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F  Archie McPhee Fried Chicken Flavour Sweets -  https://mcphee.com/collections/hard-candy/products/fried-chicken-candy  Pamphlet that came with the sweets - https://imgur.com/59nQfWS  Wikipedia - Miss Universe Australia 2021 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_Australia_2021  
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Episode 46: “Gout of the Soul” (with Dave Steele)

Ep. 46
In this episode, Dave returns to promote season two of the “Will Riker Sex Beard” podcast. The three idiots giggle and shout about genital themed footwear, workplace etiquette, body-smoking devices, Russ Abbot, time-travel theories, Usain Bolt, illogical sayings, bees, an architect from Canada and more.  Penis slippers - https://imgur.com/vR4rrTK  How Dean’s mam told him about the slippers - https://imgur.com/L95c6s3  Moxibustion cans - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003918095559.html?pdp_npi=2%40dis%21GBP%21  Wikipedia – Helga Plumb - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Plumb  
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Episode 45: “Unfamiliar lumps”

Ep. 45
In this episode, Dean starts proceedings by sharing a personal matter and then the boys tuck-in to an implausible strongman. The main course is beans this week and for dessert is a wikipedia article about an old reality tv show from America. Article on Khan Babar - https://broscience.com/khan-baba/ Dr Pepper Baked Beans - https://imgur.com/n90NGd8 https://imgur.com/Jt34uhT  Wikipedia - Polyamory: Married & Dating - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory:_Married_%26_Dating  
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Episode 44: “The chimera episode”

Ep. 44
In this episode, Dean presents Simon with another strange item that he found whilst walking the dog, the pair on them then give advice on bio-crimes and consumer affairs while looking at a fruity-animal garden object and end the show by discussing rugby basketball in the Random Wikipedia Article section. Tomb Raider DVD (bitten) - https://i.imgur.com/0v9RCFW.jpg Art Ornaments Duck Sculpture Peeled Banana Duck Outdoor Decor Garden Statue - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275484241172?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xxm3t8kMQ8G&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=lu4r0ycmrti&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Wikipedia – Danny Fortson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Fortson 
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Episode 43: “The cloaca people”

Ep. 43
In this episode, Simon gives Dean an update on how his ‘Parting Shots’ re-write is coming along and then they examine the Crazy Frog’s reproductive organs and a medical/torture device. They also return to the subject of American Football, as Wikipedia insisted upon it. Crazy frog - https://imgur.com/YaOkKHv  Picture from a Winnie the Poo book - https://imgur.com/ix2jOPI  Vinmax Over The Door Cervical Traction Set for Neck Shoulder Pain Brace Relief Head Home, Neck Disk Relief, Shipping from US - https://www.amazon.com/Vinmax-Cervical-Traction-Shoulder-Relief/dp/B06XDLTL48  Wikipedia - 1926 Idaho Vandals football team - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_Idaho_Vandals_football_team  
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Episode 42: “The debilitating stage of puberty” (with Nick Pettigrew)

Ep. 42
In this episode, Dean and Simon are joined by author Nick Pettigrew (‘Anti-Social’, available wherever you buy books) to discuss ear-grooming, toasters, adults with the voices of children and Frankenstein the Bishop of Worms. Ear hair waxing treatment - https://www.instagram.com/reel/CofXjhzASz8/?igshid=MjljNjAzYmU%3D  NFL Toasters - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003C0BK72/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1  Haribo Policemen Advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcE1Z3KDYrc&ab_channel=UKHaribo  Wikipedia - Johannes Karl von und zu Franckenstein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Karl_von_und_zu_Franckenstein  
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Episode 41: “Teenagers with their receding hairlines”

Ep. 41
In this episode, a mildly argumentative Simon criticises popular culture in order to defend what is sure to be a terrible film. Dean helps Simon try to work out why a woman is walking through the American desert on a road to nowhere and then the both of them try to remember a song by Busta Rhymes. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always Trailer - https://youtu.be/ZKE2DC7Xzog  Woman walking away from Roswell - https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4201709,-104.0459085,3a,32.8y,285.49h,85.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDQv8aMycnpxfTDuWD3qiZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656  Wikipedia - Touch It (Busta Rhymes song) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_It_(Busta_Rhymes_song)