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148: Cheese and laser

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

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Something of a food theme running through a lot of…
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Shiny Bonus Question #19

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[Replay] 19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

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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…
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David's Desk – August 2025

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

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Lateral: A Sideways Look – July 2025

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An exclusive podcast for Producer's Club members
Regular Lateral guest Daniel Peake joins producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from June 2025 (episodes 139 to 142). [Apologies for…
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147: The blank homework

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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…
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Shiny Bonus Question #18

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[Replay] 18: Making cosplay worthwhile

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Jay Foreman, Kip Heath and Jason Slaughter ('Not Just Bikes') face questions about awkward animals, Indian ingenuity, and a Peter Pan problem.

Producer David says...
So, er, I think this…
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Question Pack #5

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The latest PDF question pack is available to download. To get your hands on it, go to [hidden link] to get your goodies.

This contains questions from the June 2025 shows…

146: Christopher Wren's side hustle

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Luke Cutforth, Corry Will and Hannah Crosbie face questions about feather farmers, B-52 blinds and moist municipalities.

Producer David says...
Hannah was trying to avoid the sun on this one…
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Shiny Bonus Question #17

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[Replay] 17: Some 3-D movies from 1903

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'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about political power cuts, red rectangles, and astonishing anvils.

Producer David says...
I think this might be…
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145: The wooden cat

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Ruth Amos, Evan Edinger and Abby Cox face questions about blue bags, terrible transport and lucky lockpickers.

Producer David says...
The guest intros for this one go through a series…
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Shiny Bonus Question #16

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[Replay] 16: The 2-year-old newborn

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'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about scientific statues, slashed screens, and a silly sequence.

Producer David says...
Amazingly, Mehdi manages NOT to electrocute himself during…
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144: Let's visit Greenland!

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Iszi Lawrence, Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland face questions about miniature marines, technical techniques and prudent procedures.

Producer David says...
Some lovely listener questions in this one. It's hard to…
49:30

Shiny Bonus Question #15

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[Replay] 15: Elfrida, dog detective

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Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about baffling bans, Australian emblems and stamp sales.

Producer David says...
It's funny what strange terms and…
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David's Desk – July 2025

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Howdy, all!
The kids are in bed and Bonnie has been for a walk (or is it the other way around?) so it's time for me to write another newsletter.

143: Mind-altering coasters

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Stuart Laws, Bella Hull and Olaf Falafel face questions about pally pretzels, pesky pets and prairie programmes.

Producer David says...
A change of pace this week. We have three newbies…
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