Hank Green, Ceri Riley and Daniel Peake face questions about practical pencils, pyromaniac profiteers and prodigious protoplasm.

LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com.

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HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes'), ELFL ('Neon Raceway') courtesy of epidemicsound.com. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Harry, Alex Rinehart, Tom & Gemma, Lembit, Shiloh. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2024.

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