Apologies for the unscheduled absence of a fresh episode in July, listeners: Helen’s neck had other plans for the past few weeks. But hooray, Helen is out of hospital and all new Answer Me This! Episode 364 is here! WARNING: there’s a bit of Medical Stuff in the first few minutes of this episode, so if you’re sensitive to that, skip to the 4-minute mark, after which you can hear about:
Paw Patrol vs the football World Cup
post-swim communal shower etiquette
cosmetology
Cast Away
jesters’ staffs
cranberry farming
lost birthday presents
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
and
an inflated bladder on a stick.
There is more cranberry-chat in today’s Bonus Bit of Crap on the App – available for iPadPhones, Android and Windows devices. We discover a previous, more ferocious name for the fruit, and reminisce about The Delia Effect (not a euphemism for a UTI or the soothing thereof with cranberry juice).
Check in with our other work: Olly hosts The Modern Mann; and Helen and Martin are performing the Allusionist live show on stages in the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada this autumn – check where and when at theallusionist.org/events.
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We’ll be back with AMT365 on 6 September 2018, and there’ll be a Retro AMT episode in your feeds on 23 August.
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August 4, 2018 at 9:27 pm |
If it’s a shower – communal or otherwise – why on earth are they still wearing swimsuits? Maybe we Canadians are morally bankrupt but the purpose of the shower is to actually, well, shower – apply some soap product, scrub and rinse and perhaps repeat. I can’t speak for the person asking the question but washing through the swimsuit would make me feel, almost more unclean.
August 3, 2018 at 2:18 pm |
I’m excited to listen but nervous about pus but don’t want to skip four minutes. I shall be brave. Also sad about lack of New Orleans on the tour dates.