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Shiny Bonus Question #30

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 30: The orchestrated in-joke

Mark Rober, Virginia Schutte and Jabrils face questions about rigorous racing, perceptive photography, and vexatious vexillology.

Producer David says...
The opening question on this one is a favourite piece of…
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Lateral: A Sideways Look – October 2025

An exclusive podcast for Producer's Club members
Regular Lateral guest Daniel Peake joins producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from September 2025 (episodes 152 to 155).

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1:00:49

158: Room 556

'Map Men' Jay Foreman & Mark Cooper-Jones and Mithuna Yoganathan face questions about accurate aircraft, cute churches and notable names.

Producer David says...
Kicking off a new batch of recordings…
50:43

Shiny Bonus Question #29

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 29: The passenger going nowhere

Emily the Engineer, Wren Weichman and Kip Heath face questions about right-handed roads, tea taxonomy and broken bikes.

Producer David says...
The opening question of this one of my favourite…
41:26

David's Desk – October 2025

The Day After...
Phew, that was the Live show done and dusted. Not going to lie, it was quite a lot of work from my side. Unusually, the questions were…

157: A red rubber ball

Macy Gilliam, Toby Howell and Neal Freyman face questions about tortuous things, terrible typefaces and talented tans.

Producer David says...
Happy birthday to us! This week marks the 3rd anniversary…
39:02

Shiny Bonus Question #28

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 28: An 'out of this world' lecture

Melissa Fernandes, Sabrina Cruz and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about crafty clocks, remunerative records and veiled video games.

Producer David says...
This was one of the…
42:49

Lateral: A Sideways Look – September 2025

An exclusive podcast for Producer's Club members
Regular Lateral guest Daniel Peake joins producer David Bodycombe to discuss their favourite questions from August 2025 (episodes 147 to 151).

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156: Newspaper espionage

Karen Chu & Colin Felton from Good Job, Brain! and Daniel Peake face questions about longer lyrics, inconvenient injuries and gainful glasses.

Producer David says...
You may be able to…
48:18

Shiny Bonus Question #27

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 27: Extra-green cat trees

Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller (from 'Escape This Podcast') and Amelie Brodeur face questions about troublesome tower blocks, bonkers bookings and factually-incorrect films.

Producer David says...
A non-spoilery little factoid…
39:47

Question Pack #7

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…

Update for Monday content

Just a quick note to let you know that – due to family reasons and the upcoming live show – the Club content for Mondays will be rescheduled as follows…

155: The missing whiskey

Tom Lum, Ella Hubber and Caroline Roper face questions about skull schemes, nicked notes and perilous plasticine.

Producer David says...
Regarding the opening gag, the magician Simon Lovell genuinely tried…
44:23

Shiny Bonus Question #26

A weekly 'Lateral' question, exclusively for members.

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[Replay] 26: The car crash 'dummy'

Xyla Foxlin, Jordan Harrod and Becky Stern face questions about cheapo chicken, problematic passwords and bountiful bananas.

Producer David says...
Some wonderful sidebars on this one, taking in topics as…
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154: Beware: falling house

Ali Spagnola, Evan Heling and Katelyn Heling face questions about criminal capers, rapid records and perplexing percentages.

Producer David says...
One of the hardest parts of my job is to…
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