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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![189: No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan]()
189: No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan
01/11/2017 Duration: 33minLive from the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Queen's nickname, the man beaten in a marathon by a tumble dryer, and the anus that is Making America Great Again.
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![188: No Such Thing As A Mouth-Propelled Grenade Launcher]()
188: No Such Thing As A Mouth-Propelled Grenade Launcher
27/10/2017 Duration: 35minLive from Newcastle, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Mo Farah's only Guinness World Record, what's inside a Kit Kat, and how hamsters arrived in the UK.
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![187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year]()
187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year
20/10/2017 Duration: 40minAndy, James, Anna and Alex discuss how to get ants drunk, the stolen cities in China, and The Sound Of Julie Andrews Being Blown Over By A Helicopter.
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![186: No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election]()
186: No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election
13/10/2017 Duration: 30minAnna, James, Andy and Alice discuss portable bridges, sneeze-based votes, and why you can't detect magnets with your mind.
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![185: No Such Thing As Scottish Snow]()
185: No Such Thing As Scottish Snow
06/10/2017 Duration: 45minAndy, Anna, James and special guest Cariad Lloyd discuss Unity Mitford's BFFs, how planes (don't) cure deafness, and why you shouldn't eat Scottish show.
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![184: No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries]()
184: No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries
29/09/2017 Duration: 39minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss snakes that eat snakes, mathematical street performers, and the celebrity most likely to give you a virus.
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![183: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre]()
183: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre
22/09/2017 Duration: 32minDan, James, Andy and Alex discuss how to drive a submarine, Gainsborough's 6-foot-long paintbrushes, and where 1% of all the world's wood goes.
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![182: No Such Thing As An Auction For Auction School]()
182: No Such Thing As An Auction For Auction School
15/09/2017 Duration: 32minDan, Anna, Andy and special guest Jason Hazeley discuss the British Lawnmover Museum, questionnaires for narcissists, how Christie's auctioneers get over their nerves.
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![181: No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine]()
181: No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine
08/09/2017 Duration: 35minDan, Anna, Andy and Alex discuss Spielberg's Great White Turd, maverick train carriages and how bird always know when they're in Aberdeen.
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![180: No Such Thing As Playing Snake On A Plane]()
180: No Such Thing As Playing Snake On A Plane
01/09/2017 Duration: 32minDan, James, Anna and Anne discuss Hitler's Beatles cameo, how lobsters fly, and the most surprising place to find John Goodman.
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![179: No Such Thing As Stare-Boxing]()
179: No Such Thing As Stare-Boxing
25/08/2017 Duration: 31minDan, James, Anna and Alex discuss mail-order portraits, the first ever Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the country with only five star hotels.
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![178: No Such Thing As A Cup Full Of Nessie]()
178: No Such Thing As A Cup Full Of Nessie
18/08/2017 Duration: 41minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss your amazing expanding liver, the land of ex-presidents, and scientists disguised as mooses...or is that meese?
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![177: No Such Thing As A Barking Spy]()
177: No Such Thing As A Barking Spy
11/08/2017 Duration: 41minLive from the Wilderness Festival, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the invention of crowd barriers, bombs that lecture their victims, and Volkswagen's biggest product [hint: it's not cars].
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![176: No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar]()
176: No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar
04/08/2017 Duration: 39minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss vomiting caterpillars, quarantined chocolate, and Russian news that's literally stored in the cloud.
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![175: No Such Thing As A Rice Krispie With Feelings]()
175: No Such Thing As A Rice Krispie With Feelings
28/07/2017 Duration: 45minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss expert plastic sushi artists, the world's first bendy straws, and how fake dog noses help detect bombs.
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![174: No Such Thing As A Manta Ray]()
174: No Such Thing As A Manta Ray
21/07/2017 Duration: 43minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss competitive tongue injuring, the popemobile for hire and Bogotan traffic mimes.
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![173: No Such Thing As Symphony For Sizzurp In D Minor]()
173: No Such Thing As Symphony For Sizzurp In D Minor
14/07/2017 Duration: 43minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss weather-forecasting rainbows, Mexico's artistic tax policy and the mandatory Big Book of Tennis Rules.
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![172: No Such Thing As A Cat-a-Cops Cartoon]()
172: No Such Thing As A Cat-a-Cops Cartoon
07/07/2017 Duration: 50minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the police force for dead people, Indonesia's KFC CDs and Chinese mistress-dispellers.
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![171: No Such Thing As A Half-Ape Vampire]()
171: No Such Thing As A Half-Ape Vampire
30/06/2017 Duration: 38minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the man behind human chess, Agatha Christie's untranslatable book and deceitful camemberts.
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![170: No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole]()
170: No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole
23/06/2017 Duration: 42minAnna, James, Andy and Alex discuss stinking ice, smart seeds and the world's greatest fly swatters.
