the enjoyably futile podcast: Recent Episodes
Andrew Keegan
The Enjoyably Futile Podcast is the sister show to the Twitter game #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, written and hosted by Andrew Keegan (@andykeegan). Each week there are guests that discuss the previous show, their love for University Challenge, predictions, and of course why on Earth they play the game in the first place! Email enjoyablyfutile@gmail.com
In this first episode back after a break from creative projects, I am joined by Rachel, Fiona and Neil for a birthday recording of episode 2 - enjoy!
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In this first episode of season 2 I chat with Ben (@fantasy_UC) about the first two episodes of this series of University Challenge, catch up on the Fantasy UC league and once more put him to the test in The Impossibly Difficult Question Game!
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In the final episode of this series I am joined by Sarah (@SarahFarrellKS2), Andrew (@apwlay) and Ben (@BenTheOrganist) where we talk briefly about the final episode of University Challenge for this series and I also give them a go at my new game "Nominate Burrell" - enjoy!
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In this episode I chat with Tom (@TStarrMarshall), Jim (@jimmycurls94) and Cam (@cameronwelsh) from this year's Strathclyde University University Challenge team. We talk about their experiences on the show, and they all have a go at the Impossibly Difficult Question Game... You can find the Strathclyde (@QuizStrath) on Twitter and the Doddie Weir Foundation here: https://www.myname5doddie.co.uk
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In this episode I am joined by Tom and Yvonne (@IGotThatOne2) who host the I Got That One! podcast. We chat about episodes 33 and 34 of University Challenge and have a team effort at the Impossibly Difficult Question Game! You can find their podcast over here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0IPVMczK0YfQgBM65EAJZa?si=K2wkn-KxRcCRFNxozFsQsQ
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In this episode I am joined by Joe (@TheUCReview) where we look back at episodes 31 and 32 if this series of University Challenge, make some wildly inaccurate predictions about who might win, and I put Joe through his paces in The Impossibly Difficult Question Game! You can find Joe's blog and Patreon pages here:
https://theuniversitychallengereview.tumblr.com
https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=16447756
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In this episode I chat with Kieran Mackle (@Kieran_M_Ed) about all things enjoyably futile and his book Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics. His podcast Thinking Deeply about Primary Education is available from where you get your podcasts from, and you can find his website here:
https://www.thinkingdeeply.info
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In this episode I chat to Rowena Stewart (@goldenfennec) about episodes 27 and 28 of 2020/21 University Challenge, she tells us a little about BBC MicroBits and has a go at the Impossibly Difficult Question Game!
You can find out more about BBC MicroBits here:
https://microbit.org
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I this episode I am joined by Ben who runs @Fantasy_UC - we chat about recent episodes and Ben has a go at the enjoyably difficult question game!
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I this final episode of 202 I chat with my friend and colleague @stonhamm1 and he has a go at The Impossibly Difficult Question Game! There is also a shoutout for #WalesCraftLearn which you can find out a little more about.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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In this episode I share a quick roundup of the last 3 University Challenge matches and Klaxon winners, and share some hastily Googled facts in another round of Did You Know?
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In this episode I talk about the next set of second round matches of University Challenge, including the celebrity special for Children in Need, and I'm joined by my guest Joe Cooper (@MrC3142) for another round of The Impossibly Difficult Question Game. He also talks about the Young Minds Charity whose website is:
YoungMinds.org.uk
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In this episode I chat with my guest Ben BamBoo (@MrBamBoo_teach) about The Klaxon, the year 1215, and we play the Impossibly Difficult Question Game. Ben BamBoo also talk briefly about the MTPT project which you can find here:
https://www.mtpt.org.uk
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In this episode I look at the final few games from the first round of University Challenge, and put my special guest Rory McDowell (@rory_mcdowell) through his paces in the Impossibly Difficult Question Game!
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In another "Did You Know?" episode, I share some mildly interesting facts about marathons!
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I went for a walk with my guest and forgot to record their segment! Luckily, someone else was available to step in...
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After reaching 100 players for the klaxon, I decided to share some random facts about the number 100!
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The second episode of Did You Know? Including my attempt at pronouncing some very long Welsh place name...
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My guest this week is @lwilliamsjones who takes on the dreaded Impossibly Difficult Question Game! Head over to his Twitter page to check out his EduSnippets as well.
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This week's guest is Andrew Lay (@apwlay) who shares some experiences of being a past player of University Challenge himself! Andrew also writes an economics based educational blog which you can find here:
https://teachingexternalities.wordpress.com
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This week I have a go at recording an episode without too many breaks or edits... I also play around with the format slightly as a solo show without a guest.
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Following the show between Leicester and Durham Universities, I look back at the programme, some of the winners and chat with my guest @jonnywalker_edu of OtherWise Education which you can find here:
https://www.otherwiseeducation.com
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The first episode of the 2020/21 series of University Challenge between Glasgow and Exeter Universities has officially kicked off the new season of #UniversityChallengeKlaxon! This week I've a look at the episode, plus my own predictions for the next episode.
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In this shorter episode I do a quick round up of where the podcast has been so far and share some final thoughts before breaking for the summer. The podcast will return in the Autumn when (hopefully) the new series of University Challenge will be back.
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This episode my guest is Ben Dolan (@bentheorganist) who is also the composer of the theme tune! You can find his YouTube channel by clicking here:
Ben The Composer
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This slightly shorter episode features a very special guest who has taken time out from her hectic home learning schedule to be part of the next best thing in podcasting! Written and hosted by Andrew Keegan (@andykeegan) with a theme tune composed by Benjamin Dolan (@bentheorganist).
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The first ever episode of The Enjoyably Futile Podcast, hosted by Andrew Keegan (@andykeegan) with special guest Rachel Rossiter (@rlrossi64). Theme composed by Benjamin Dolan (@bentheorganist).
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