Lateral with Tom Scott
Tom Scott and David Bodycombe
Award-winning comedy panel game about weird questions with wonderful answers. Each week, Tom Scott is joined by three guests to ask each other questions with a sideways twist. There's no points or prizes - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. Enquiries and question submissions: https://www.lateralcast.com.Ad-free shows and bonus content: https://www.lateralcast.com/club.
Episodes
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Mar 8, 2024 • 44min
74: 122,667 miles
A comedy panel game podcast covers topics like cycling coercion, hoovering hacks, and disproportionate drinks. Delve into mysteries like an unfinishable swimming race, cost dynamics of rum and coke in the Philippines, and numerical puzzles. Explore an unexpected bike ride, cycling race disqualifications, and quirky promotions by a Chinese warlord.
Mar 1, 2024 • 39min
73: Resurrecting mammoths
Discussion on resurrecting mammoths through genetic engineering, origins of Salad Dressing Day and marketing tactics, psychology of inconsequential buttons, child safety lock innovations, and a police box trademark dispute.
Feb 23, 2024 • 47min
72: Billy Joel's 'Kohuept'
Topics range from bricked-up buildings to money misunderstandings and transmuted text. Discussions cover static electricity, disruptive smartphone companies, cloning, aviation mishaps, and the mystery of Billy Joel's 'Kohuept'.
Feb 16, 2024 • 47min
71: The sushi blockbuster
The podcast discusses topics such as bonus bunkers, fitness fanatics, incidental insurance, puzzles, Twitch streams, Limericks, deciphering codes in electronic music, license plates, NordVPN ad, confusion about hammers, the word 'NOT', digital rain in The Matrix, and vegetable stock distribution.
Feb 9, 2024 • 47min
70: Holding up a desk lamp
Topics discussed include Tokyo Narita Airport signage, the story behind the Columbia Pictures logo, confusing terms in a Dungeons and Dragons book, navigating a cruise ship under a low bridge, copyright infringement in Roosevelt's campaign, and a postal service change in Nebraska.
Feb 2, 2024 • 41min
69: A very speedy spider
In this podcast, they discuss topics like preserving a carved pumpkin in a resin cube, test anxiety relief, flying with Blue Angels, the symbolism behind the Morton Salt logo, debating souvenir t-shirt color for the Evil Dead musical, blood splatter at a haunted house, and the largest satellite orbiting the Earth.
Jan 26, 2024 • 43min
68: Bright green icing
Comedy panel game contestants Molly Edwards, Becky Stern, and Jenny Draper discuss fancy flowers, shirt selections, car coordination, genetic manipulations, banknote designs, wall-mounted books, Clear Petra's Wikipedia page views, identifying smart shirts for twins, and police methods for solving hit-and-run cases in this entertaining episode of 'Lateral with Tom Scott'.
Jan 19, 2024 • 52min
67: The colour sequence secret
Host Tom Scott and the team from 'Let's Learn Everything' discuss topics such as a controversial traffic light in Syracuse, color-changing items, the influence of a competitor's wife on telephone technology, deciphering a scoreboard sequence, the mysterious 'Raoul Batela', and struggling to remember the name of a candy company.
Jan 12, 2024 • 44min
66: The lock-breaking pencil
The podcast discusses topics such as stationery stories, secret shapes, and sporting sites. The hosts also delve into cooking, food history, driving customs, computer pranks, and security breaches. They explore unique areas and discuss the use of pens for security breaches. The speakers express gratitude to the players and provide information on their online platforms.
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Jan 5, 2024 • 46min
65: Air-conditioned pilots
The podcast discusses unconventional episode numbering systems, the connection between restaurants and hairstylists, a mystery job involving physical contact, Disney cast member training, mobile phone tower health issues, and places named like other places.
