Sam – Vamp Nation

Arrogant Philosophers

12th June 2018

Idioms:

Make hay while the sun shines
The full monty
Hobson’s choice

Sponsored by:

A change in podcast editing workflow.

Rejected titles:

Photoshopping yawns

All Philosophers are Arrogant

We Philosopher Kings

Debs’ Old English

The Suneth Shineth

I’m not mad!

Links:

Sophie’s Choice (it was also a book…)

First past the post (again, feels like I’ve linked this before.)

Stargate Universe (boo)

Battlestar Galactica

Mr. Bean

The Full Monty – Film

Montezuma (specifically the second one)

Hernán Cortés

Civilization – Game series (so good)

Embiggen

Field Marshal Montgomery

Monte card game

Old maid

Shebang

How 2 (I’d completely forgot it was Carol Vorderman…)

Interrobang

Why three busses come at once

Blue Peter badges

Unfiltered – James O’Brien

The Louvre

Media and contact:

Forming a Guild

30th May 2018

Idioms:

Tin foil hat
Got their comeuppance
At sixes and sevens

Sponsored by:

Bank holidays.

Links:

Muppets Tonight

Number 9 – Futurama

Into the Wild Green Yonder

New Matt Groening Show

Tin foil formally tin

How they make tinfoil

British Humanist Association

British Eugenics Society

Brave New World (fantastic book!)

The Doors of Perception

Cockney rhyming slang

12 Angry Men (first watched this in school, didn’t appreciate it)

A Few Good Men

Bottle episode

Editing in films discussion

City of London Livery Companies

Ancient Guilds

Livery

Terry Pratchett Guilds

Stonecutters

Tim Berners-Lee

Bill Gates

Guild Wars (never played)

World of Warcraft (played this too much)

Counter-Strike: Source

Cascading Style Sheets

Hansard

Aftershow Links:

Cummerbund

Army Height Requirements

Andy Burnham

UKIP

Rejected titles:

Sam’s Leisure Time

Bank Holiday Podcast

Never Watched X-Files

Foil Hamster Balls

We search for tinfoil

Adam’s Exciting Side

Random Outside Shouting

Confirmed, it’s confirmed!

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs

The Panda’s Comeuppance

Upcoming Ant Comeuppance

Worshipful Company of Podcasters

Media and contact:

Extra Bitter Beer

22nd May 2018

Idioms:

Turn on a sixpence
Cut someone some slack
Full tilt

Sponsored by:

Injured limbs.

Links:

Sixpence

Usain Bolt

Tron

Lightbikes (Light cycle!)

Pivot!

Charles Dickens

Back to the Future

Back to the Future Almanac

All the Year Round periodical

Dressage

Rube Goldberg machine

Honda Advert

House of Commons – Sixpence

House of Commons – Dime

The Incredible Crash Dummies

Crash test dummies TV

Taxidermy

Tilting in poker

MOBA (Feel like we were a bit far off)

Tilting in esports (an art?)

Jousting

Warcraft III (such a great game, Ben’s great at it)

Fight over Dota Name

Rejected titles:

We’re all injured

We’re not mechanics

Dimes, Daims, and Dames

Wanging with Sticks

The Podcast Almanac

Media and contact:

Bulking Out Hufflepuff

1st May 2018

Idioms:

Don’t poke the bear
Wet your whistle
Flash in the pan

Sponsored by:

🙁

Links:

South Park

South Park Episode 300 (got it wrong, it’s actually 200 I was thinking of…)

Jesus vs. Frosty (1992)

Jesus vs. Santa (1995)

South Park Pilot (1997)

Vuvuzela

Chris Evans on Top Gear

New Top Gear viewership (sad times)

Gold panning pan

Pan pipes

Pan the Satyr (playing the pan flute!)

Dryden’s Plays

Mayor of Canterbridge (or more appropriately ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’)

Brandon Sanderson

The Merchant of Venice

Signs (yup, was M. Night)

The Village (also M. Night)

Flash and the Pan

Waiting for a Train

Accidental Tech Podcast

Reed wind instruments

Semaphore

Help! (Album Semaphore)

International Panic Symbol (A real thing!)

Panic signal… (another great Matt and Trey production)

Brace position conspiracy

The Canterbury Tales

Wet your whistle ngram

Printing Press (1439!)

Natural History Museum

Fez

Thunderbirds

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet drums

Russian Bear

The Cold War (many many years)

The Space Race

Bay of Pigs

Bear (gay slang)

Putin wrestles tiger… what

Orthodox Christian Ice Bath

Harry Potter

Aftershow Links:

Harry Potter Play

House Elves SPEW

Rejected titles:

South Park Memories

Vuvuzelas from Venezuela

Mini Firework Fish

International Panic Symbol

It’s the Boring One

Everything’s Work related

Memorable Bear Attacks

Tiny Badger Bears

Ritual Bear Pokers

The Jigglypuff House

Media and contact:

Aggressively Levelling Pokémon

24th April 2018

Idioms:

Fighting fire with fire
Starter for ten
Chew the rag/fat

Sponsored by:

That guy

Links:

Hybrid Mario flash game

Pokémon Uranium

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Pokémon Release Date (1996!)

Controlled burns

Trench warfare

Water Arson (inundationist!)

King John (Shakespeare)

Kansas

Carry On Wayward Son (disappointed I couldn’t remember this…)

Reel Big Fish

Oasis

Original firefighters (alternatively titled, being a Roman entrepreneur)

Caroline Kirkland

The Blitz

Mutually Assured Destruction (Adam has opinions on this.)

North Korea Talks (Trump, you’re up, be good.)

South Korea turns off propaganda

Music Torture

Starter for 10 (movie)

Arbitrage

University Challenge

Sky TV

Strictly Come Dancing

Jeremy Paxman

Bamber Gascoigne

Paxman rant on Cameron

Lord North (classic example of being remembered for one thing)

Beard phobia

Lord of the Flies

1999 Life in the 1500s

Pez

Aftershow Links:

Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s Business Practices

Rejected titles:

Nintendo take us down

Aggressively Levelling Pokemon

Life is Unfair

We Stop Forrest Fires

Machines Guns are Disruptive

Classic Shotgun Approach

Ben Rigs Auctions

Remember Eating Meat

Gamon Steak Carrots

Pirate Vikings

Media and contact:

Introducing Structured Anarchy

17th April 2018

Idioms:

On yer bike
Tie the knot
Pass the buck

Sponsored by:

🙁

Links:

First Past the Post (not PR)

Alternative Vote (not PR)

Proportional representation

MMP – AMS (my mistake)

STV

D’Hondt

CGP Grey’s Video on FPTP (Worth the watch, as are the others, I promise.)

Yes Minister (never seen this, might have to watch it.)

The Amazing Race – Camels vs. Bikes

Norman Tebbit

Segway

Owner of Segway Dies

Swegway (Silly devices)

Gordian Knot (Alexander, dammit)

Odysseus and the axe-handles (embarrassed for forgetting this one)

Chastity Belt (Debatably Not Safe for Work, depends where you work I suppose…)

Codex Mendoza

Wedding witnesses

Hindu Fire God – Agni (Polytheism 4 lyf)

Edward Ciderhands

Mark Twain (Again… Mark Twagain…)

Harry S. Truman

Types of poker

Aftershow Links:

Apu Drama

Commonly challenged books in the US, including reasoning.

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

The Telltale Head (Apu’s first appearance)

Dan Castellaneta

Hank Azaria (Apu voice actor)

Guardian Article on Apu

Rejected titles:

Arguments on Voting

It’s not guessing time

Ending in Fisticuffs

The Amazing Podcast

Bikes vs. Camels

Low Welsh Valleys

On Yer Skateboard

Hoverboards Don’t Hover

Two Wheels Essentially Magic

Bound Together Forever

Edward Winehands

That bucking buck

Censorship is complex

Media and contact:

Sam Demands Feedback

10th April 2018

Idioms:

Under the weather
Not enough room to swing a cat
No rest for the wicked

Sponsored by:

Keys!

Links:

Wizard of Oz (1939 Film)

Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked

Borderlands

Paper Planes – MIA

Paper Planes – Street Sweeper Social Club

Tom Morello

Rage Against the Machine

Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly)

Seasonal affective disorder

Rejected titles:

Licking Houses

Up to 10 Press-ups

Norse and Aeth

Sides of Rain

Foots and Forearms

Send in Feedback

Media and contact:

Socially Awkward Magicians

4th April 2018

Idioms:

The lion’s share
It’s not rocket science
On the cards

Links:

Hello Internet

South Park – HUMANCENTiPAD

The Wizard of Oz – Film (There are many)

Library of Alexandria

Vatican Library

Dan Brown

Common sense isn’t common (Apparently)

Bunny ears shoe tying

Chinese Rockets

2001: A Space Odyssey

Mitchell and Webb Skit

Tarot Cards

Speedy Pasta Bolognese (Apology from Adam, Sam never sent me the recipe.)

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Bertram Forer

Cold Reading

Could Care Less

The League of Gentlemen

Goodnight Sweetheart

Rejected titles:

Bryan the Lion

My Jokey Answer

Insurance Claim Forms

Secret Vatican Library

Ancient Chinese Rocketry

Terrible Brain Surgery

Magic Does Exist

It’s Actually Death

Media and contact:

Frothy at the Mouthy

27th March 2018

Idioms:

Not to rain on your parade
Thrown under the bus
To keep tabs on

Links:

Eskimo words for snow

Frozen – Let it Snow

The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men

Presidents’ Day

Queen’s Coronation

Don’t rain on my Parade

Beyonce’s Photo (dubious claims)

House – TV

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Filofax

Rolodex

Geordie

Arctic Monkeys (Don’t believe the hype!)

Pokemon Porygon Episode

Digimon (also known as ‘the better Pokemon’)

Yoshi

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Seinfeld

Friends

American Primaries

Rejected titles:

I got a James Right

Filofax Vibes

The age of the Filofax

Montague and Tabulates

Watch those Plosives

Plinky Plonky Score

Media and contact:

Effectively Swinging Duvets

21st March 2018

Idioms:

1. An iron fist in a velvet glove
2. When life gives you lemons
3. Dibs

Links:

Red Alert – Game

Blackadder Millennium Dome

Millennium Dome

Blackadder Goes Fourth

The Terminator – Film

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Coka-Cola (1886)

Airplane (Disputed)

Nintendo Wii (2006)

Rejected titles:

Michael Jackson is Dead

Double Bear Bells

Ben Sounds Sick

Ruling the Podcast

Dibs!

Pleasantly In Manner

Great Coke Mines

Former French Emperors

None of the Above

Hand on Face

Media and contact:

Sucking on Lightbulbs

7th March 2018

Idioms:

1. The best thing since sliced bread
2. Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs
3. At loggerheads
4. Third time’s the charm

Links:

Apple’s comeback story

Warburtons White Bread

Tommy used to work on the docks…

Boy rushes up hill for bread (Hovis Ad)

Washing machine time saver

Sliced bread banned in war

Norovirus

David Attenborough Elephant Bird Egg

Balut (not linking)

Urine eggs (nope)

American vs. English Eggs

Lightbulb in the mouth

Stuck around a lamppost

Spanish playwright Quevedo

Justice League – Film

John Henry George Lee

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Reference Stackexchange

Rejected titles:

Tech talk with Adam

Fairly self-explanatory

Butchering bread

Someone goes home

The best thing since last episode

Our Stupid Gnoshers

What are old people?

Gripping lampposts

Conkers and Stagging

What’s a podcast?

Fighting over turtles

Scooping up the babies

Quantum State USB Sticks

Ostensibly About Idioms

Media and contact:

Surprise Parachute Rides

20th February 2018

Idioms:

1. Shelling out
2. Ghost in the machine
3. Beat around the bush

Links:

A cut above the rest – Lovecraftian Guinea Pigs

Five Euro note ripped up

The gold standard (US)

Nixon Shock

Finite Bitcoin

Mount Everest real name (Sagarmāthā)

Darwin’s personal tortoise (he didn’t eat it)

Butternut squash

Cilantro

Canadians Shell Out!

Ghost in the Shell – Film

Ghost in the Shell – Superior Anime

Ant-Man – Film

Lathe

Capstan lathe

Chinese flying machine

Why is a computer bug called a bug?

Gremlin on the wing

Community Support Officer

Quidditch

Bushwacker

Tallywacker – Slang for genitals, does not require link.

The Most Dangerous Game

Trinity College, Cambridge

Monster Hunter: World

Minecraft

Shadow of the Colossus

Ico

The Last Guardian

Playstation Controller Symbol Design

Playstation controller evolution – annoying guy, but informative

Rereleased Duke Controller

Rejected titles:

Do you remember the first time?

Take Two

Terence’s Three Noises

Those were the right words

Beautiful Words

Everest Easy Bit

Prepping Butternut Squashes

What is Coriander?

Yanks Eat Cilantro

Canadians Shell Out!

Ghost Powered Computers

Adam’s an Idiot

It would have been great

Media and contact:

Mashing the Classics

14th February 2018

Idioms:

1. Pig in a poke
2. Face the music
3. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Links:

Pacific Rim – Movie

How it should have ended

Nazgûl

Fellbeast

The Power – Naomi Alderman

Civilization (Greatest game, wrong spelling)

The Burning of Troy

Fiddling while Rome Burned

Troy – Movie

What did the Romans do for us?

Pandora’s Box

Common Era

St Bernard of Clairvaux

Aeneid

Aphorism

Highway to Hell – Movie

Doodle oodle ooo mwa mhwa mwa

Macbeth

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo + Juliet – Movie

Escape from New York – Movie

Big Trouble in Little China – Movie

New York Minute – Movie

Letting the cat out of the bag – Episode

The Enlightenment

Weighted fake hard drive

Breeze-block Xbox Return

Rejected titles:

Electric Eel Women

Origin of Sinister

Roads Make Money

What did the Troyish do for us?

Luck of the Troyish

Boon of Christianity

Hell wasn’t really a thing

Mashing the Classics

Why wasn’t there a year zero?

Christmas Exists

Cooking Sandwiches

Adam’s Confusing Idioms

Sheriff’s Night Mates

I Like Walnuts

Walnutless Whip

Shady Jeff and Knight Keith
Journey of Ben’s Idiom

Pigs Aren’t Kosher

Movie Recommendations

Fractions of One

Shootdown Pow Pow

Media and contact:

Salt is Bitter Sugar

7th February 2018

Idioms:

1. Shot point-blank
2. Cutting the mustard
3. Wait for the other shoe to drop
4. To collar someone

Links:

Captain Picard-esque seat

Point Break

Hot Fuzz

Keanu Reeves is Immortal

Alan Partridge back of the net

Noah

Moses

Colman’s

Mustard gas – development

Bleach and vinegar (don’t)

Norwich mustard museum

History of Nintendo

National mustard museum

Ikea founder

1% of wood used in Ikea

Shoes on telephone wire

Rejected titles:

Know your Porpoise

Not about Batman

The non-explicit one

Just alpine cows

A good sized herd

Priest Crime on the BBC

Stellar the Cherry Tree

Sea Flavoured

Always the Leg

Guns are still dangerous

Noah swam in mustard

General Custard’s Last Stand

Chop up the mustard god

Discusstard

The mustard discussion

Wearing Unishoes

Oven-glove Slippers

Penguin Fights

Media and contact:

Ace Flyswell’s Heroic Exploits

23rd January 2018

Idioms:

1. Crocodile tears
2. It takes two to tango
3. In hot water
4. Kangaroo court

Links:

Wallaby

Joey (baby)

Kangaroo boxing – Bonus David Attenborough

Balancing on tail

Quango

Convicts in Australia

A Stray Yankee in Texas

Office space, jump to conclusions

Bald headed muppet

Mustang horse

Claim jumping California Gold Rush

Courtroom notary (stenographers)

Noah’s flood – fish (nonsense)

Noah’s flood – unicorns (also nonsense)

Jews and New Testament

Buildings higher than palm trees

Co-op

Goldeneye

Onsen

Blood spurting out of nose (tvtropes warning)

Rejected titles:

An Evil Quango

Two teams of one

Badger the Barrister

Shark Sneezes

High Noon Tango

Tango Deathmatch

Noah Hated Fish

Four hands clapping

Roast us

Media and contact:

Fondant Fancy Wars

15th January 2018

Idioms:

1. Horses for courses
2. Have your cake and eat it
3. Kicked from pillar to post

Links:

Chester Racecourse (Roman harbour in history)

Fight them on the beaches

Pneumatic tube delivery

Charles Babbage

Royal Mail history

Vox populi

No Such Thing as a Fish

Media and contact: