Synopsis
A podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show huddle around a microphone and discuss the best things they've found out this week. Hosted by Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland) with James Harkin (@jamesharkin), Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm), and Anna Ptaszynski (#GetAnnaOnTwitter)
Episodes
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302: No Such Thing As A Hedgehog Circus
03/01/2020 Duration: 01h21minHappy New Year! Enjoy a bumper compilation of deleted bits from 2019 - all the facts, flubs and terrible terrible puns that somehow didn't make the edit. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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Audiobook Of The Year 2019 Preview
27/12/2019 Duration: 29minA clip from the audiobook version of the latest Book Of The Year instalment - buy it now from audible.com! Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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301: No Such Thing As The Queen's Christmas Burlesque
25/12/2019 Duration: 48minMerry Fishmas! Live from Birmingham, Dan, James Anna and Andrew discuss the earliest known pornography, Mariah Carey's Christmas tree, and how a poodle saved the Queen's speech. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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300: No Such Thing As Swimming In The Sky
20/12/2019 Duration: 58minLive at the Heinz Oberhummer Award ceremony in Vienna, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss edible sleds, the first attempt at laser eye surgery, and our shithole universe. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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299: No Such Thing As A Conscientious Brunette
13/12/2019 Duration: 52minLive from Washington D.C., Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the goats that guard Reagan's library, poppy field crop circles, and which Apollo moon landing was faked. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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298: No Such Thing As An Emotional Support Amoeba
06/12/2019 Duration: 46minLive from New York, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss Hornigold the pirate, support animals for other animals, and why the French can't decide on what to call a pencil.
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297: No Such Thing As A Shrimp Conga
29/11/2019 Duration: 39minLive from New York, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the loudest birds on earth, the astronaut who ate shrimp cocktail 48 times in a row, and who really gave us all syphilis. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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296: No Such Thing As A Glowing Ballet Dancer
22/11/2019 Duration: 42minLive from Philadelphia, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss crash test moose, radioactive slippers, and the multi-presidential inventor of chewing gum. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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295: No Such Thing As A 200m Baguette
15/11/2019 Duration: 42minLive from Boston, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Bastard baguettes Saddam Hussein's campaign song, and the first ever criminal to be put in Boston's stocks. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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294: No Such Thing As A 15-Hour Working Week
08/11/2019 Duration: 53minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss hand-drawn stockings, raccoon-damaged temples, and the doomsday aircraft destroyed by a single bird. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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293: No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan
01/11/2019 Duration: 52minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss prehistoric sippy-cups, Rasputin's litigious assassins, and the coolest ever publicity stunt. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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292: No Such Thing as a Blatant Plug for the Book of the Year 2019
24/10/2019 Duration: 51minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss four facts taken from The Book Of The Year 2019, including Greta Thunberg's adventurous middle name, the polling station with only one voter, and the worst way to dispose of a speeding ticket. The Book Of The Year 2019 is out now! Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Year-2019-Such-Thing/dp/1786332019 Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-book-of-the-year-2019/id1462378633 Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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291: No Such Thing As A Quintruple-Cooked Chip
18/10/2019 Duration: 53minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss marrying chips, geese-rearing astronauts and the restaurant with tables in two different countries.
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290: No Such Thing As A Winter Fax Machine
11/10/2019 Duration: 55minAlex, James, Anna and Andrew discuss Tolstoy's hat-wearing habits, nuclear-powered icebreakers (literal, not conversational) and how to hack a fax from the moon.
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289: No Such Thing As A Horse Called Brian
04/10/2019 Duration: 45minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss leaping maggots, the point of motion sickness and why you shouldn't put on too much red lipstick. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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288: No Such Thing As An Elephant In The Airport
27/09/2019 Duration: 48minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss elephantine super-sniffing, Thomas Jefferson's version of the Bible, and André the Giant's all-night bender. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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287: No Such Thing As Pets In Heaven
20/09/2019 Duration: 39minLive from Antwerp, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss diamond vacuums, North Korean app stores, and what happens when you give an elephant a gold enema. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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286: No Such Thing As A Banana With Wifi
13/09/2019 Duration: 36minDan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the invention of ball pits, a fisherman's unluckiest fruit, and how the internet was nearly called The Information Mine. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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285: No Such Thing As Giving Birth Up A Climbing Wall
06/09/2019 Duration: 49minDan, James, Andrew and Anna discuss special mud for baseball, why YouTube was invented, and Brazilian caesarian section parties. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.
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284: No Such Thing As Salty Yeti Bones
30/08/2019 Duration: 38minLive from Paris, Dan, James, Andrew and Anna discuss odour-analysing t-shirts, New York under meteor attack, and self-pricking porcupines. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.