Episodes

  • Celebrity friends, ‘Quirky’ Driving Habits & Piggy Tourists

    Celebrity friends, ‘Quirky’ Driving Habits & Piggy Tourists
    Nov 25 2025
    After receiving messages from several Scottish football fans, Mike apologises for his comments about their World Cup qualification prospects from last week, before taking us through the story of Mark Bryan from Redbridge, who was interviewed by the UK press after eye surgery left him hallucinating “Baywatch-style” women at all hours of the day.
    Queenie then reports on an Australian inmate pleading for his right to eat Vegemite in prison, while Emerald covers the strange, pig-related goings-on in the New Forest.
    We finish with a Missing Words Round featuring ‘quirky’ driving habits, blood types and a comment from a celebrity maths-whizz.

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    Your hosts are Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    Mike Rayment
    And Jack Harris, away in the New Forest

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    31 mins
  • Quirky Side Hustles, Vending Machines & Genius Dogs

    Quirky Side Hustles, Vending Machines & Genius Dogs
    Nov 18 2025
    The team chat about where the TV show was last Friday before Jack takes us through Tesco Mobiles poll of 1400 people with ‘quirky side hustles’ – some are legit, others less legit and the rest are total bullsh*t.

    Queenie then investigates a National Folklore survey that claims you’re more likely to be visited by a ghost if you’re under 35 and Mike reveals all about the university testing for genius in dogs.

    Later, we end on our Missing Words Round which has an unhealthy dose of sarcasm, sex toys, vending machines and references to Robert Jenrick…

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And Emerald Paston, absent this week as she’s still stuck in a vending machine

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    29 mins
  • Peppa Pig Syndrome, True Gentlemen & Jackie Potatoes

    Peppa Pig Syndrome, True Gentlemen & Jackie Potatoes
    Nov 11 2025
    The team briefly touch on Kim Kardashian’s new, critically panned TV show All’s Fair and The Traitors finale, before Jack (eventually) explains what 'Peppa Pig Syndrome' is whilst unpacking a Times survey of 10,000 teachers that concludes Americanisms are sweeping across UK classrooms.

    Later, Mike introduces us to the newest and greatest movie star on the planet (and no, it is not Jackie Potatoes), while Emerald tells us about the furious tour guide causing guests to flock to Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast (stop laughing at the back!) and finally leading us through her missing-word game – complete with Tube-dwelling mosquitoes, tricky national anthems and the definitive guide to being a true gentleman.

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Emerald Paston
    Mike Rayment
    And Queenie Miller, last spotted tour guiding in Düsseldorf...

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    32 mins
  • Political Panto, Sponsor-A-Mouse & Snail Box Farms

    Political Panto, Sponsor-A-Mouse & Snail Box Farms
    Nov 4 2025
    Mike sends in a voice note with some juicy behind-the-scenes insight from the TV show, after the recording was interrupted by the breaking Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor news. The team then discuss the strange, snail-related tax-avoidance scheme spreading across London (slowly) and play Emerald’s latest game, ‘Tax Avoidance or a Load of Pants?’

    Later, Queenie takes the team through the story of a teacher in Germany who took a year off sick to appear on two TV cooking shows and Jack covers AI models resisting shutdown and wrongly prompting police to apprehend children over bags of crisps.

    In the Missing Words round, they learn about civil servants who want to sponsor mice, Bob Geldof’s regrets and the study that separates men and women on their punctuation…!

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And the voice-noting Mike Rayment

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    32 mins
  • Toilet Bats, Banned Black Cats & "You Can't Do That?!"

    Toilet Bats, Banned Black Cats & "You Can't Do That?!"
    Oct 28 2025
    Mike gives the team an exclusive preview of what to expect from Friday’s Halloween episode of Have I Got News for You, before they wrestle with another tricky Odd One Out from Emerald - featuring a UK crocodile sighting, a toilet bat and creepy crawlies scuttling amok in Google HQ.

    Later, Mike takes us through the unbelievable British laws you didn’t know you could be unwittingly breaking, before Queenie hosts a spooky Missing Words round complete with black cats, psychics and the sixth sense…

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    Your hosts are Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    Mike Rayment
    And the absent Jack Harris, back next week

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    30 mins
  • Anti-Aging Studies, Smelly Stamps & Apathetic Aliens

    Anti-Aging Studies, Smelly Stamps & Apathetic Aliens
    Oct 21 2025
    Mike returns to the pod to reveal some top behind the scenes treats from working on the TV show before the team discuss the papers’ obsession with anti-aging studies, the UK’s newest pothole filling vigilante and the latest theory as to why humans haven’t be contacted by intelligent, extraterrestrial life.
    Later, they fill in some missing words from headlines about the French post office, Swansea FC, dinosaurs and more…

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Mike Rayment
    And Emerald Paston, joining us again next week!

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    29 mins
  • AI Friends, Porridge Champions & Clairvoyant Cats

    AI Friends, Porridge Champions & Clairvoyant Cats
    Oct 14 2025
    The team discuss how one in five Brits see their AI companions as ‘friends’, the takeaways from the world porridge making championships and Emerald’s Trump-themed ‘Metal Matrix’ game…

    Later, they chat about why Stephen King’s marriage was on the rocks, top tips from the World Wine-Tasting Championship and a tarot card reading cat going viral online…

    If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Emerald Paston
    And Diggory Waite filling in for Queenie Miller and Mike Rayment who, don’t worry, will be back soon!

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    35 mins
  • Homebound Nuns, Dossing Detectives & Smuggled Woodlice

    Homebound Nuns, Dossing Detectives & Smuggled Woodlice
    Oct 7 2025
    The team return for another series of the podcast – this time alongside the TV show! They tackle a tricky odd one out involving Austrian nuns, Russian bears and a confused Canadian in the UK before learning about dossing detectives and the UK’s hottest new pet trend: exotic woodlice…

    Later, they chat about the real root of a suspected gas leak in Lancashire, the name of the new train destined to defeat dangerous leaves on the line and what Labour members were given to survive their recent party conference…

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    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And Mike Rayment (hard at work this week but back next week!)

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

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    31 mins