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Hi pals. You can tell us. What are the snacks you enjoy that other people in your life consider extremely weird? Or even upsetting? Comment below. And DON’T LIE for effect now, give us your real strange snackery. AMT413’s questioneers need to know! They also needed to know about:
chess cake/pie
secret marriage
goose fat
celebs getting coffee
Regina, Saskatchewan
Dumpin’ Donuts
the word ‘brassiere’
Colin Firth’s fake lake swim
what to wear on TV
what are the Wombles
sad – but caffeinated – Ben Affleck
triple egg
and
how rich is Mr Darcy?
AMT414 will be out 29 January 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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Check out our other work:
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 on her retired podcast Veronica Mars Investigations, she and cohost Jenny Owen Youngs recapped both the BBC tv adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
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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