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26 years late, questioneers want to know why there weren’t more songs about Y2K. We ancient historians consider that, as well as:
wax seals
paper p/reviews
Past Times
civil servant by day vs comedian by night
Silverchair vs fascism
listening to podcasts in the bath
Ian Dury’s last vocal recording
Mary Roberts Rinehard inspiring Batman
S.S. Van Dine’s 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories
dodging dreary lunch companions
peppercup
and
Martin meeting his alt.
Also: huge thanks to Caroline Crampton of Shedunnit podcast for illuminating us about “The butler did it” and the servant problem. Check out the show at shedunnitshow.com!
AMT415 will be out 26 February 2026, so send your questions in writing or voice note to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or call 0208 123 5877 like the old days. Remember to include the formula “Helen and/or Olly, answer me this”, and let us know a name (pseudonyms are fine) and pronouns to use for you.
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Olly lists his work at ollymann.com, where you’ll find his several podcasts including his daily history show Today in History with the Retrospectors and his monthly magazine show The Modern Mann.
Helen makes the entertainment podcast about language, The Allusionist, and with Jenny Owen Youngs recapped all of Veronica Mars (including the titular character’s many crimes) in Veronica Mars Investigations.
Martin is a singer and composer; check out his songs via palebirdmusic.com or his Bandcamp. His very mainstream totally normal podcast is Neutrino Watch. And keep up with his pivot to video at instagram.com/MartinAustwick.
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