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140: Tuvalu's lost star

Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum face questions about financial fish, biased battles and temperamental temperatures.

Producer David says...
As always when 'Let's Learn Everything!' are in the house…
47:47

Shiny Bonus Question #11

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 11: Who uses the 10-08-42 rule?

Rowan Ellis, Vanessa Hill and Grady Hillhouse face questions about diehard disease, pill-popping performers, and ridiculous room numbers.

Producer David says...
Some great news! 'In-picture' captions are now working on…
40:47

RSS feed maintenance

The Spotify bods are doing maintenance on the RSS feed at the moment, so the ad-free Producer's Club member's feed will be unavailable for a while.

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139: Unequal cufflinks

Rowan Ellis, Dan Peake and Alec Watson face questions about cloud cover, sporting sons and deity displays.

Producer David says...
It can take quite a while to check that the…
40:08

Shiny Bonus Question #10

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 10: The day that cost $700m

Marques Brownlee, Wren Weichman and Hayley Loren discuss questions about clever communications, ridiculous registrations and distant destinations.

Producer David says...
There's a lot of very short questions in this one…
40:01

David's Desk – June 2025 newsletter

Hi, everyone!
June already? How did that happen? Anyway, a fair bit of stuff happening here at Lateral Towers so, as the youth of today say, let's get into it.

138: A confusing refreshment

Mary Spender, Jarvis Johnson and Jordan Adika face questions about social sixes, safety signs and sales setbacks.

Producer David says...
There's a wonderful array of listener questions on this episode…
42:36

Shiny Bonus Question #9

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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NEW! Producer's Club Discord server (beta)

Thanks for everyone who filled in our member survey the other day. Quite a number of you expressed interest in us running a Discord server for members, so we're going…

[Replay] 9: The purple seats mystery

Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jade Tan-Holmes face questions about mysterious medicines, calamitous currency and dodgy dealings.

Producer David says...
The first 'main' question in this episode – about the…
44:12

Question Pack #3 available

Just to let you know that the third PDF question pack is available to download. Go to [hidden link] to get your goodies.

This contains questions from the April 2025 shows…

London live recording – update

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The pre-order period for Producer's Club members has now elapsed. Tickets are still available as below.

LIVE RECORDING

We're delighted to announce that we're doing another live recording in…

137: Straw vehicles

Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from Answer in Progress face questions about sage sayings, suspicious swatters and shrill sounds.

Producer David says...
Answer in Progress are one of…
40:55

Shiny Bonus Question #8

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 8: What Liechtenstein shares with England

Brady Haran, Mary Spender and Eric Johnson face questions about an unwanted win, a gruesome graveyard and a lucky performance.

Producer David says...
It's always great when guests bring their…
40:59

Lateral: A Sideways Look – May 2025

An exclusive podcast for Producer's Club members
Regular Lateral guest Matt Gray joins producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from April 2025 (episodes 130 to 133).

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136: Kayaking by umbrella

Inés Dawson, Jenny Draper and Virginia Schutte face questions about numerous ninjas, communal cycling and medieval marketplaces.

Producer David says...
This episode has been a bit of a production number…
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