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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![169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty]()
169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty
16/06/2017 Duration: 39minAnna, James, Andy and Alex discuss synchronised blinking, the ants the size of foxes, and nocturnal apple-counting robots.
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![168: No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead]()
168: No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead
09/06/2017 Duration: 39minIn a special episode covering the 2017 general election, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss policies regarding yetis, the underwater constituency, and (of course) the election in Kenya.
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![167: No Such Thing As Milk From A Yak]()
167: No Such Thing As Milk From A Yak
02/06/2017 Duration: 42minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the growing Tibetan butter sculpting crisis, how to email a tree, and what to do with the world's hottest chilli (hint: don't eat it).
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![166: No Such Thing As A Courgette In Your Ear]()
166: No Such Thing As A Courgette In Your Ear
26/05/2017 Duration: 45minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss chicken egg orientation, drawing on your ear drums, and the Georgian garden of celebrity trees.
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![165: No Such Thing As A Spider The Size Of A Sheep]()
165: No Such Thing As A Spider The Size Of A Sheep
19/05/2017 Duration: 30minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Wright brothers’ first flight, China’s latest speed limits, and why poo on a table may be further away than it appears.
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![164: No Such Thing As A Poo Powered Plane]()
164: No Such Thing As A Poo Powered Plane
11/05/2017 Duration: 46minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss second-hand spacesuits, Jeremy Corbyn's luxuriant beard, and North Korea's flying taxi service.
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![163: No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish]()
163: No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish
05/05/2017 Duration: 51minDan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest John Hodgman discuss draining the sea, why the Titanic really sunk, and how most of Britain isn't really in Britain.
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![162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces]()
162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces
28/04/2017 Duration: 47minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the problem with HMS Victory, the science behind shoelaces and the age-old question of hobnob production.
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![161: No Such Thing As A Magic Donkey]()
161: No Such Thing As A Magic Donkey
21/04/2017 Duration: 38minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the first ever lie detector, a robotic Cleopatra and the world's largest exporter of false teeth.
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![160: No Such Thing As A Sausage Jacuzzi]()
160: No Such Thing As A Sausage Jacuzzi
13/04/2017 Duration: 45minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss snail spas, the world's largest porch swings, and the least practical way to wash clothes.
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![159: No Such Thing As An Edible Jockey]()
159: No Such Thing As An Edible Jockey
07/04/2017 Duration: 38minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss falcon sex caps, a 73-year-old superhuman swimmer, and the morning routine of a seahorse.
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![158: No Such Thing As A Weasels Fridge]()
158: No Such Thing As A Weasel's Fridge
31/03/2017 Duration: 43minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the intricacies of Indian washing machines, ghost-hunting in GCHQ and why ferret racing is such a snooze-fest.
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![157: No Such Thing As High-Fiving The Beatles]()
157: No Such Thing As High-Fiving The Beatles
24/03/2017 Duration: 40minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the first ever high-five, an iceberg storage facility in Antarctica and how to put make-up on in space.
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![156: No Such Thing As A Limited Edition]()
156: No Such Thing As A Limited Edition
17/03/2017 Duration: 39minDan, Anna, Andy and special guest Dr Erica McAlister discuss sperm whale-sized sperm, real-life Home Alone security measures, and why you've never really heard Churchill's famous speeches.
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![155: No Such Thing As Hurricane Schmurricane]()
155: No Such Thing As Hurricane Schmurricane
10/03/2017 Duration: 38minLive from Up The Creek in Greenwich to celebrate the third birthday of the podcast, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the weirdest storm name suggestions, President Johnson's johnson shower and the Old People Forecast
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![154: No Such Thing As A Submarine Shepherd]()
154: No Such Thing As A Submarine Shepherd
03/03/2017 Duration: 41minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the UK's noisiest warships, how glow-worms go fishing and what happened to the world's first cannabis smokers.
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![153: No Such Thing As Mulled Wine At The Dawn Of Time]()
153: No Such Thing As Mulled Wine At The Dawn Of Time
24/02/2017 Duration: 38minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss aphrodisiac sorbet, non-flammable newspapers and the world's Scilliest soccer teams.
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![152: No Such Thing As A Sleepover With Lions]()
152: No Such Thing As A Sleepover With Lions
17/02/2017 Duration: 43minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss self-consuming breasts, eating lions' leftovers, and why we're thirty seconds closer to the end of the world.
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![151: No Such Thing As A Komodo Dragon Restaurant]()
151: No Such Thing As A Komodo Dragon Restaurant
10/02/2017 Duration: 37minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss garlic-flavoured chocolate bars, Komodo dragon puberty and and why you don't want to french kiss a frog.
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![150: No Such Thing As A Helium Filled Pufferfish]()
150: No Such Thing As A Helium Filled Pufferfish
03/02/2017 Duration: 37minDan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the bits of Earth on the Moon, venom-swiping slugs, and when Mount Rushmore will finally be finished.
