One of Many Pilots: Recent Episodes
One of Many Pilots
Sarah joins us to discuss the curious phenomena of holes. We start with a jolly good quiz and learn about a variety of holes around the world, before tackling the impact that doors can have in the early stages of a relationship. Finally, we return to one of our key competencies: lifting curses.
Nour joins us on a back-to-front episode to provide a medical background on the relevant subject of coughs & sneezes. We discuss such important topics as assertiveness, correct usage of hankerchiefs and much more.
In this pilot Sophie joins us to explore the genre of advice podcast and it turns out pretty well, with plenty of useful tips regarding cat cloning, the comeback of jelly shoes and how to trick the vending machine of your digestive system.
After a break for the summer, we are united in the same room for the first time ever and joined by Sophie and Flora to reveal the secrets of our super secret detective bureau.
Sister Lyddia joins us to explore the theme of Dogs With Jobs, something it turns out we have discussed a lot in this podcast. We discover that dogs might be able to lie even though we have no way of telling, and also that if they had thumbs dogs could do pretty much every job.
Olivia makes her stunning comeback to help us workshop some new podcast pilot ideas. SPOILER ALERT we end up rejecting the pilot "Gods Chat", but in the process learn about the true meaning of Valentine's Day and an astronomical way of cooking samosas, interpret matrimonial dreams and discover that there are more saints than there are pokémon. Finally, an update on our inexorable rise up the podcast charts.
This time around Jemma joins us to discuss socks wearing socks, terrible magic tricks, sock-eater Crufts and even help us invent pegs all over again. This one will really blow your socks off.
Chloe from instagram.com/the.divine.heart joins us to explore the subject of FAME, which takes us as far as gravedigging, questions about Lassie's gender, consensus on Dolly Parton but not quite as far as FAME the musical, unfortunately.
To mark us reaching double figures, Charlie brings us the seasonal subject of snow, and we discover that legs are scarier than balls.
Lexi brings our most specific theme yet: pickle. Listen as we struggle to keep the podcast from getting really weird.
Markel joins us as we explore the Natural World and the manifold wonders that lie therein, not least the next dominant species, tips for falsifying your scientific research and IKEA bag hermit crabs.
Caution: this episode gets pretty spooky so make sure you have a torch or something with you when you listen. Also, if you play this episode on VHS you will be cursed for 100 years!
Allie joins to discuss the topic of School & Education, where we discuss cool school ideas, teaming up with our past teen selves in a time loop and the sacrifices we would make just to be able to read Harry Potter in Latin. Also, Josh spends a large proportion of the episode speaking like a child.
Sophie and Olivia join us to discuss some interesting scenarios related to language and communication. We also reveal how French noun genders were assigned and what happens in a world where innuendo is everything.
This episode is magical. Also, the theme is MAGIC which means that we discuss three scenarios where magic could change the world and how we would deal with it. Thanks to Anthemis for casting her spell over the podcast.
With a record number of guests (2), topics as diverse as music-oriented societies, territorial toilet dogs, a day out for the national treasures and finally a half-assed murder mystery are discussed and resolved.
We explore the topic of 'gardening' with Claire. This episode we’re discussing the best kind of maze for The Labyrinth Society, the consequences of gnomes being brought to life and how to live in harmony with muntjacs.
In the first real episode, Olivia teaches us about curses and shaking dogs are used as an excuse not to eat.