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Adam and Terence lack a cat… Idioms: A rolling stone gathers no moss Bless their little cotton socks Alternative names: Super Magic Sparkle Pen Ideas for other Podcasts Seductive Paper Dance The Night Clouds are Forming Terence Reads Latin A Jewel of a Podcast Links: Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb Adventure Time’s Finale is the Beginning of Something New Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. MythBusters – Wikipedia YouTube – MythBusters in the rain White Rabbit Project (TV Series 2016) – IMDb Parks and Recreation (TV Series 2009–2015) – IMDb Making It (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb Jim Henson – Wikipedia YouTube – ERB, just including this for how great it is. Nomad (comics) – Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur – Wikipedia American Revolutionary War – Wikipedia YouTube – Another great song! The League of Gentlemen – Wikipedia George Cotton – Wikipedia Ganges – Wikipedia Accidental Tech Podcast Hello Internet No Such Thing as a Fish – Wikipedia Slow Burn The Wire (TV Series 2002–2008) – IMDb 99% Invisible Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice Audacity (audio editor) – Wikipedia Byker Grove – Wikipedia YouTube – Shot in the face! Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email  

Adam and Terence listen to a cat. Idioms: The cat’s pyjamas Chance your arm Play a blinder (sort of) Alternative names: Licking Wendy Houses Tastless Rubbery Eggs Interesting Buttery Friend Yellow Silk PJs All Bacon Fry-up Odd But Accurate Links: Autonomous sensory meridian response – Wikipedia Prohibition in the United States – Wikipedia Donald Trump – Wikipedia Meowth – Wikipedia Rudyard Kipling – Wikipedia YouTube – Everybody Wants to be a cat Absinthe – Wikipedia Darjeeling – Wikipedia 10 of the Most Dangerous Airports in the World Tad Dorgan – Wikipedia Yes! We Have No Bananas – Wikipedia Dancing plague of 1518 – Wikipedia George Cross – Wikipedia St Patrick’s Cathedral Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb Disenchantment (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb YouTube – The Robot Hell Song John DiMaggio – Wikipedia Arrested Development (TV Series 2003– ) – IMDb Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email  

Adam and Terence listen to Deborah’s cough, entirely self-inflicted. Idioms: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Fit as a fiddle All the world’s a stage Alternative names: Melting from the face American inner monologue Socks is great Shiny Shiny House Deborah’s cough Links: YouTube – Queen’s guard Just William – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace and Gnasher – Wikipedia Walter Matthau – Wikipedia Gold leaf – Wikipedia Joey (TV series) – Wikipedia Pearl & Dean – Wikipedia YouTube – Simpsons Ape Song Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Wikipedia Lindsey Stirling – Wikipedia Ronald Reagan – Wikipedia Big Brother (UK TV series) – Wikipedia William Shakespeare – Wikipedia Y Tho | Know Your Meme Cold War – Wikipedia   Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email  

Adam, Deborah and Terence are together for the first time ever! We mainly talk nonsense… Idioms: Lead someone down the garden path Take it with a grain of salt Push the boat out Alternative names: Scurvy’s the one I wanted Space Pirate… Ghost Champagne Jelly Boats Greasy Idioms Barely Remembered Degrees Tez the Cabin Boy 72 Ingredients Links: The Office (U.S. TV series) – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia Sean Bean – IMDb Garden-path sentence – Wikipedia Geocentric model – Wikipedia Heliocentrism – Wikipedia North–South divide – Wikipedia Face of Boe – Wikipedia Little Women – Wikipedia The Secret Garden – Wikipedia The Railway Children – Wikipedia Jurassic Park – Wikipedia David Attenborough – Wikipedia Richard Attenborough – Wikipedia Edwardian era – Wikipedia THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST on acast Call Me Kevin – YouTube Hello Internet Jeremy Hunt – Wikipedia Nicolas Cage – Wikipedia skeptic | Origin and meaning of skeptic by Online Etymology Dictionary Shoulder angel – Wikipedia Oprah Winfrey – Wikipedia Ainsley Harriott – Wikipedia Louis XVI of France – Wikipedia Electorate of Mainz – Wikipedia Prussia – Wikipedia Unification of Germany – Wikipedia Pliny the Elder – Wikipedia Black Death – Wikipedia Pontus (region) – Wikipedia Mithridates VI of Pontus – Wikipedia Pompey – Wikipedia Pyroclastic flow – Wikipedia Pliny the Younger – Wikipedia Natural History (Pliny) – Wikipedia Cicero – Wikipedia Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email  

Adam, Terence and Lucy take on underwear… we’re also extremely ignorant about American sports! Idioms: Cut and run Mum’s the word Don’t get your knickers in a twist Alternative names: Drive-by Podcasting Our bad history Idiomatic Verb Phrases Let’s Twist Again Smokey Ghosts Knicked my Bocks Links: Lavalier microphone Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp Disney Sheriff of Nottingham How it’s made – Newspaper Dennis Skinner Oliver Twist Blackadder Assassin’s Creed Elizabeth I (bit out on the date… again…) Vietnam War Iraq War Brexit (such a horrible word) David Cameron – whistling Monty Python And Now for Something Completely Different Anime bloody nose trope Royston Vasey Corned Beef Homing Pigeon Kibosh Vaudeville Heelys Return to Oz The Craft New York Knickerbockers Knickerbocker glory New York Knicks (also Knickerbockers, but basketball, a bit dull) Google Books Train from Katanga Mills & Boon Geordie Racer Stottie cake Pasty barm Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker Washington Irving George Cruikshank Bloomers Plus fours Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Adam, Lucy and Deborah talk about the heat, again, and we also get into Terence’s hairy legs! Idioms: That old chestnut Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face Spinning a yarn Alternative names: Elongated Film Chat Peter Molyneux Sucks Floating Babies Links: Fable (2004 video game) – Wikipedia(great game) Peter Molyneux – Wikipedia Jack and the Beanstalk – Wikipedia Lionhead Studios – Wikipedia Bullfrog Productions – Wikipedia Theme Hospital – Wikipedia Theme Park World – Wikipedia Dungeon Keeper – Wikipedia Dungeon Keeper 2 – Wikipedia(one of the best games ever) Godus – Wikipedia Curiosity – What’s Inside the Cube? – Wikipedia Can Xerox be used as a synonym for photocopy? – Quora Hoover vs. vacuum – Grammarist Velcro – Hook-and-loop fastener – Wikipedia Austin Powers – Wikipedia Goldmember – Wikipedia Hokusai – Wikipedia The Great Wave off Kanagawa – Wikipedia (Pokemon edition)The Great Wave Off Kanto by missypena on DeviantArt Photorealism – Wikipedia The Birth of Venus – Wikipedia The Merchant of Venice – Wikipedia Macbeth – Wikipedia Henry IV of France – Wikipedia (not quite the Henriest Henry) James Hardy Vaux – Wikipedia Red thread of fate – Wikipedia Minotaur – Wikipedia (Theseus!) American Horror Story – Wikipedia Bayeux Tapestry – Wikipedia Mean Girls – Wikipedia Freaky Friday (2003 film) – Wikipedia Blade (film) – Wikipedia Underworld (2003 film) – Wikipedia The Weakest Link (UK game show) – Wikipedia Star Wars – Wikipedia Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Adam, Sam and Terence try to talk sensibly, despite the heat… Idioms: Never the Twain Shall Meet Navel Gazing Get off Scot Free Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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.) Plato Aristotle Plato’s Republic Ties in decline UK Summer British dialects Heinzhound  Robert Carlyle 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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 Roswell Area 51 The X-Files Wild West Red Dwarf Westworld Tin foil formally tin How they make tinfoil  Better Call Saul Philip K. Dick H. G. Wells UNESCO  World Wildlife Fund British Humanist Association British Eugenics Society Brave New World (fantastic book!) The Doors of Perception  Bush Did 9/11 Chemtrails Cloud seeding Water testing planes UK Cabinet Split 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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 Aloe  Cooperage  Bugsy Malone Naruto running The Incredible Crash Dummies Crash test dummies TV Taxidermy Tilting in poker  MOBA (Feel like we were a bit far off) League of Legends Dota Dota2 Heroes of the Storm Heroes of Newerth 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Idioms: Through thick and thin Every cloud has a silver lining Fly off the handle Sponsored by: No one, but we got the attention of a celebrity on Twitter. Links: More chickens than people (I didn’t actually believe this one, that’ll teach me…) World population clock Battery farming Nandos (cheeky) Wedding vows CGI Banana’s Introduced to the UK It’s a Wonderful Life Fat sign of wealth Henriest Henry Feeding the multitude (5000, woop) Spartans 300 (60%… it deserves much more than that…) Battle of Thermopylae (boom, got that one right) Midas The Land Before Time Triceratops (not one of those dinosaurs that textbooks got wrong!) Doomsday Book (got this one right too!) Non-Newtonian fluid Bird’s Custard (and this one, good podcast for vague history!) Smash (the very phrase ‘instant mashed potato’ inspires dread) Angel Delight Chaucer The Lord of the Rings (boring) Rosetta Stone Voynich Manuscript (didn’t recall this one though…) Berenstain Bears Pawadox Atlantis Batman: The Brave and the Bold Jason Momoa (will forever be Ronon from Stargate to me) P. T. Barnum Star Wars, misquoted Bleeding Gums Murphy Bleeding Gums’ voice actors (not JEL) James Earl Jones Kimba the White Lion Talk to Frank Horse Riding Pommel  Korean War New Scotland (the flag is a bit of a givaway) Aftershow Links: Ngram Gutenberg Library (Project) Rejected titles: I hate risotto Not Much CGI Shoutout to JC Disproportionate Dinosaur Ghosts Non-Newtonian Podcast Wallowing in Clouds Atlantian Cloud Storage Reasons Atlantis Fell Happy Birthday Terence We Still Have Clouds New Scotland Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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 Frankenstein  Dracula Amber Rudd M. Night Shyamalan  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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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.) National Trust Becoming an MP Stoppit and Tidyup Spywatch The Amazing Race The Amazing Race – Camels vs. Bikes Norman Tebbit Segway Owner of Segway Dies Swegway (Silly devices) Mountainboarding Snakeboard Flicker scooter Tying cans to cars The Lady’s Favour Common-law Marriage  No-fault Divorces Gay Divorce Law Same-sex in the Law Gordian Knot (Alexander, dammit) Odysseus and the axe-handles (embarrassed for forgetting this one) Conan the Barbarian Handfasting Ceremony Pre-engagement ring Purity ring Ring finger 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Idioms: Under the weather Not enough room to swing a cat No rest for the wicked Sponsored by: Keys! Links: Altered Carbon Bat Out of Hell WWF WWF WWF vs. WWF The Undertaker Tekken  Wizard of Oz (1939 Film) Technicolor Doctor Who Daleks  Daily Mail Cage the Elephant Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked Borderlands Paper Planes – MIA Paper Planes – Street Sweeper Social Club Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine Coverdale Bible Magic: The Gathering Meteorologist Met Office ITV Channel 5 BBC Shipping Forecast  ASMR Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly) Dick Van Dyke SAD lamp Sad lamp Crow’s Nest Seasonal affective disorder Trilby Cat o’ nine tails Henriest Henry Gout Syphilis  Anglo-Saxons Normans  Doge Richard Dawkins  Rejected titles: Licking Houses Up to 10 Press-ups  Norse and Aeth  Sides of Rain Foots and Forearms Send in Feedback Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

Idioms: The lion’s share It’s not rocket science On the cards Links: Hello Internet South Park – HUMANCENTiPAD 6 Days to Air Lion Bar Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle lion East India Company Samson and the Lion Samson’s Riddle Serengeti Colonial England Aesop’s Fables The Wizard of Oz – Film (There are many) The Perry Index William Caxton Donkeys Defend Herd Mules Dualism Library of Alexandria Vatican Library Dan Brown Common sense isn’t common (Apparently) Bunny ears shoe tying Chinese Rockets 2001: A Space Odyssey Albert Einstein President Eisenhower The Space Race Laika Soyuz Yuri Gagarin Michael Collins Lobotomy You Are Two Mitchell and Webb Skit Tarot Cards Speedy Pasta Bolognese (Apology from Adam, Sam never sent me the recipe.) The Magic Circle Divination Trump Suit Knights Templar 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email

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 Barbra Streisand James VI (and I) Bob Merrill Streisand Effect Banned in Russia? Beyonce’s Photo (dubious claims) House – TV Are You Afraid of the Dark? Filofax Rolodex Geordie Arctic Monkeys (Don’t believe the hype!) Computer Tablet Tabs vs Spaces Tabstop Frame Buses invented? Bolton Blackburn Northern Ireland Buster Keaton On the Buses The Magic School Bus 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: Our Twitter Our Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email