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[Replay] 23: Naval gazing

'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about medical methods, musical murders, and McDonald's marketing.

Producer David says...
It's the return of the 'Quotation…
34:01

David's Desk – September 2025

Happy birthday...
...to me! Well, not for a few days, but it's officially the Producer's Birthday Month. How should we celebrate? I hope you've brought cake.

It's a slightly shorter…

151: Betting for free

Iszi Lawrence, Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland face questions about amenable albums, crafty containers and prudent practices.

Producer David says...
A lovely episode with our two longest-serving guests alongside one…
47:14

Shiny Bonus Question #22

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[Replay] 22: A carousel's little secret

'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about rigging research, dating dwellings and exploiting extras.

Producer David says...
This show contains one of the quickest solves ever…
37:29

150: Here's a xylophone

Macy Gilliam, Toby Howell and Neal Freyman face questions about dangerous deliveries, cranky clocks and genius gravestones.

Producer David says...
150 up! We have a lot of duos and trios…
43:15

Shiny Bonus Question #21

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[Replay] 21: The bandit that gives back

Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about deceptive dates, brick buildings and baseball baiting.

Producer David says...
As time has gone on, I've…
41:43

Question Pack #6

The latest PDF question pack for Lateral: Producer's Club members is now available to download. Please go to [hidden link] to get your goodies.

This month's pack contains selected questions from…

149: Sea 26

Karen Chu & Colin Felton from Good Job, Brain! and Daniel Peake face questions about fame films, right-angled rails and bountiful births.

Producer David says...
Quite an esoteric range of…
44:18

Shiny Bonus Question #20

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[Replay] 20: The rigged JFK election

William Osman, Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland face questions about statesmanly statues, parking perks and bountiful birthdays.

Producer David says...
As is the way in most of podcasting, our guests…
40:45

Lateral: A Sideways Look – August 2025

An exclusive podcast for Producer's Club members
Regular Lateral guests Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland from Escape This Podcast join producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from August…
1:18:14

148: Cheese and laser

Tom Lum, Ella Hubber and Caroline Roper face questions about special substances, street squabbles and sporting stakes.

Producer David says...
Something of a food theme running through a lot of…
47:46

Shiny Bonus Question #19

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[Replay] 19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Cleo Abram, Simone Giertz and 'Legal Eagle' Devin Stone face questions about confusing conveyors, flooded fields and bad-faith baseball.

Producer David says...
An absolutely stacked line-up on this particular episode…
44:01

David's Desk – August 2025

Phew...!
...what a scorcher! Well, it was here last month, but then the British weather rediscovered clouds. Anyway, here's your Lateral News.

New shows
At the end of July…

Lateral: A Sideways Look – July 2025

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Regular Lateral guest Daniel Peake joins producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from June 2025 (episodes 139 to 142). [Apologies for…
58:42

147: The blank homework

Ali Spagnola, Evan Heling and Katelyn Heling face questions about edible engineering, careful characters and African airlines.

Producer David says...
Lovely to see Ali back after a while. And we…
45:45

Shiny Bonus Question #18

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