Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)

In this episode, Dean and Simon promote Dean’s new book (available below and in all good bookshops) by discussing taxidermy marital aids and daft felt headwear for protecting the gentleman motorist before finishing themselves off by dialing in on Wikipedia.  Squirrel head buttplug - https://imgur.com/nrzT3fA   That video Dean mentioned about a squirrel assault course - https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg?si=xfzRo85MTfhSqPGN   Felt safety cap advert - https://imgur.com/xGo5Apw   Wikipedia – 999 (number) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(number)   Link to buy Dean’s new book - https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9780241679593/why-your-parents-are-hung-up-on-your-phone-and-what-to-do-about-it  

In this episode, Dean and Simon remember a challenging egg game and then literally look up a dinosaur. At the end of the episode Simon learns about someone and likes them.  Dizzy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_(series)   Photo of a dinosaur’s fluffer - https://imgur.com/UIw5qI6   Wikipedia – The Nanny Season 5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nanny_season_5   Fran Drescher’s speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4SAPOX7R5M  

In this episode, your hosts watch an instructional video from an American politician and then monkey about with an expensive ape before Dean gets quizzed on bands in an exciting Random Wikipedia Section that defied the editor.  Sen. Eric Adams Combating Gun Violence - https://youtu.be/sk2Wc4Y5CxE?si=2p92ev480uF1XXoc   Lifesize ape man figuring - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/763447854/lifesize-ape-man-figurine-surreal-large?load_webview=1&bid=tGfW4Ohlj7g4p0oUdMGmgYtBXzoZ   Wikipedia – Hurricane Festival - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Festival  

In 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  

In 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/Velsdorf  

In 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_pademelon   

In 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_racemase  

In 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_Raspagni