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Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)
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113. Episode 113: "The jazz of reading"
37:37||Ep. 113In this episode, Dean and Simon get all cheesy as they watch a man waste food and then they have a look at some cubic dogs. This week's Random Wikipedia Article section brings up the rear as information on a historic publishing company leads to a discussion of poetry, peep-hole publicans and the mildly erotic French arts. 3 Day Grilled Cheese Sandwich - https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/1ef9cws/3_day_grilled_cheese_sandwich/ Cubic Dogs - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/03/shaving-dogs-heads-cubes-straight-lines-shapes_n_7500536.html Spherical dog - https://imgur.com/a/V8JmD8z Wikipedia - Chapman & Hall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall
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112. Episode 112: “The feeling of iron”
40:33||Ep. 112In this episode, Dean and Simon have a look at a machine for forcing trees to return your affection and then they witness the latest developments in androids – they can smile now listener. Finally, in an extraordinary development, all the threads are pulled together as they take a visit to a very small place in Germany. Tree hugging machine - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4uGkCjoteN/ Smiling Robots - https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/nx-s1-5022578/robot-smile-face-skin-uncanny-valley Wikipedia - Velsdorf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velsdorf111. Episode 111: “Consider drifting to Baglan”
39:04||Ep. 111In this episode, Simon calls in to help Dean criticise a coffee shop that demands to see the customers’ smile, then an analysis of a surfing competition for dogs descends into spoilers for the first ten minutes of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Finally, marsupials are discussed and Dean reveals which former guest is a Taco Bell hound. Shop that makes you smile for the camera before you are allowed in - https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1e6lj6p/a_cafe_has_developed_a_sensor_whose_door_only/ Dog surfing competition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6TXBzUV9g Wikipedia – Calaby's Pademelon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaby%27s_pademelon110. Episode 110: "I love my wife"
41:43||Ep. 110In this episode, Dean and Simon look at mascot for a defunct fast-food chain with baldness and depression and then Simon grills Dean on his dog habits as they look at a dog’s bandana/billboard. They finish off by ranking the intolerances in a science heavy Random Wikipedia Article Section. Nathan Rabin’s article on Rax’s Mr Delicious advertising campaign - https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2020/11/9/the-short-sad-strange-life-of-mr-delicious ‘I love my wife’ dog bandana for dogs - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196279353108?itmmeta=01J47HS0BF0BFNQD257SDQ4JDJ&hash=item2db3293f14:g:jSQAAOSwdjZl5-5q&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwD70vGZcseqL6ytJuPqIOCip9oYmt%2BdXrtYnzVuBJVVXtMsRYFOS7xacL7UcgT84wus9rtPXT8%2FWyzpthAleNg8UGVFN31MVB1ojP1c%2BJNXagtlxBEHUUgweC4O8%2FqHa7yuSgNGLyGJG1WRVa3QwRRf9pv%2FyMWqMI5Wz1ZQuiG6vrCVtgPcvXFIejUnjHBGobbFOAvqCQU2GTWKGX0ShGJK7H8%2BZPf6wwjgfu2ILMPRNI6jxFnibFxKKZDU30x1ybg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-qF5PGhZA Wikipedia – Lactate racemase - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactate_racemase109. Episode 109: “Ugly things are important” (with Charlie Webster)
01:03:35||Ep. 109In this episode, Charlie Webster rejoins your hosts to search for fun. Dean brings up nude cyclists and Simon lets the group know about a foul fowl product. Charlie tells everyone about some crud he’s collecting and storing in his basement and then the three of them reminisce about bygone bovine emergencies as they besmirch an Italian luthier. Naked bike ride Cardiff 2024 picture gallery - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gallery/14-daring-pictures-people-cycle-29540179 Virgin boy egg video - https://youtu.be/rPIvDJG1etI?feature=shared Virgin boy egg Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg Wikipedia – Carlo Raspagni - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Raspagni108. Episode 108: “The spirit of rock’n’roll as embodied by this rabbit”
42:59||Ep. 108In this episode, Dean complains about children’s television again but this time it's about a theme song so that’s a bit different I guess? Then, Simon tells Dean about a pop-star's yeast extract in a section which listeners will either love or hate. They finish off the episode by finding out where Dean hasn’t been and Dean reveals his most reactionary opinion. Peter Rabbit theme song - https://youtu.be/8xLq3q63NQk?si=0Grze1m7Glc2c70L Elton John Marmite - https://imgur.com/xsrSQQF Wikipedia – Borth Lifeboat Station - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borth_Lifeboat_Station107. Episode 107: “What is a sport?”
44:07||Ep. 107In this episode; Dean and Simon have a look at an artist’s rendering of a lady from a famous song, take a trip to America to look at their gumwalls and then read a Wikipedia article that has been seemingly written by, and for, Aliens. Lady in Red Painting - https://imgur.com/tZ87q95 Seattle gumwall - https://www.pikeplacemarket.org/vendor/the-gum-wall/ San Luis Obispo gumwall - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g33026-d249402-Reviews-Bubblegum_Alley-San_Luis_Obispo_San_Luis_Obispo_County_California.html Wikipedia – Outline of Sports - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_sports