Posts Tagged ‘cinemas’

AMT423: ancestral detritus

October 29, 2026

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Before listening to AMT423, you have to do a couple of minutes of homework, which is to watch this video.

Then, proceed unto the episode, wherein we discuss:

whether the chicken really crossed the road as a morbid pun
Albert Einstein’s posthumous career as a spokesmodel
Tinkertown, Albuquerque
popcorn machines
Billina in Return to Oz vs bad chicken representation in media
dealing with wedding first dance fears
spice bag cocktails
porn star martinis
infinity pools
the Lautner Edge
dying in New Jersey
build-your-own castles ≠ BDE
the Nakatomi Plaza of the mind
and
a man incubating a duck egg in his underpants – seriously, watch the video.

Also, we must issue content warnings for some chat about hen death (and alcohol, and a blackface minstrel troupe).

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AMT424 will be out 26 November 2026 and the next Answer Us Back will land in your podfeed on 12 November.

Check out our other work:

Olly‘s several podcasts can be found via ollymann.com, and include his monthly magazine show The Modern Mann, and his daily history show Today in History with the Retrospectors,

Helen makes the entertainment podcast about language, The Allusionist, with a recent episode about the name Trevor.

Martin makes the weird experimental podcast Neutrino Watch, where each episode is a little different each day you download it. He also worked with Helen on Souvenirs, which our podpals 99% Invisible recently played.

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EPISODE 276 – artificial hardship

October 24, 2013

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Hello listeners,

As Halloween approaches, in Answer Me This! Episode 276 we wonder how it is that in films, adorable little girls become UTTERLY TERRIFYING. See above. Then listen below:

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We also consider:

Cineworld Stevenage
Stars in their Eyes
the most tree-filled city in Europe
pound shops
Lisa Stansfield
working night shifts
Freddo bars
Bon Jovi vs Dr Alban
Midlands canals vs Venetian canals
the Clee Hills vs the Urals
the Torquay Eye
Chinese restaurants
Stoptober, Movember and Dickember
and
balti.

Plus: Olly gets busy with the passover plate; you can sponsor Helen next time she’s buying posh chocolate; and Martin the Sound Man gets a whole question about his birthplace, Birmingham! Beware: the Brummie beast is unleashed…

In this week’s Bit of Crap on the App (available for iDevices, Android and Windows) we tackle a question from Ali from Cambridge, who after her recent break-up is gripped by the urge to chop her hair off. Classic technique, Ali.

We do want your whelming facts about Birmingham, or even your own hometown, but most of all we want your QUESTIONS: leave voicemails on the Question Line (call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis) and send emails to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

See you next Thursday,

Helen & Olly

AMT276 Child-Friendly Rating: 87%. A couple of swears, though the strongest are quoting a child, Regan in The Exorcist.

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