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Simon and Dan go on a random wikipedia article and chat about it - it's the Wikicast!
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
It's a delayed Christmas miracle! Simon managed to peel himself from parenting, and Dan from... lawyering?, long enough to record an episode.
We talk Jingle Jam, films, music, books, parenthood, and HE HAS TWO FAKE LEGS??
- Siskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_siskin
- The Longest Johns https://open.spotify.com/artist/5k979N1TnPncUyqlXlaRSv?si=7FWgVRJUTCybbADqxqVc5A
- The Pursuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hhoyAibxAk
- DCPOTW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJBBwZSZ3B8
- Miskinis: https://open.spotify.com/track/02VJ50DXYe6lWdEclBtlvO?si=0ce87f2f53424a30
- Ahoy: https://www.youtube.com/@XboxAhoy
- Secret Level: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.87e37fc6-3233-4480-836f-14bb9645ccd0
- Otherlands: https://www.waterstones.com/book/otherlands/thomas-halliday/9780141991146
- Greig Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/@greigjohnsonmaking
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Freiherr_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Simon would like to apologise for the fact that this episode is *checks notes* FOUR MONTHS LATE. An awful lot has happened with the studio move and parenthood and about a million other things.
Anyway, hear from the boys back in May talk surprisingly seriously about YouTube videos and completely lose it over a whole new genre of Australian music. We will be back with a more timely episode before long!
- Aussie rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
- DCPOTW: Blessed Be The God And Father https://open.spotify.com/track/6s2jzuuwv9pimEUjgOYl7i?si=7a48645a1ef54963
- Jenny Nicholson Star Wars hotel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4
- Anti chef: https://www.youtube.com/@antichef
- Bobby Fingers' Jeff Bezos video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8
- POWER WORD SCRUNCH: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vvj9Gyel35s
- Pulp Kitchen: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qGrW9SOoEiuDvyHcoWzri?si=38564673c764440d
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Membrey
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
After a bit of a gap - blame parenthood - Dan and Simon are back... and exceptionally hungry. Lots to catch up up.
Let us know if we should all go to a prom together!
- BBC Proms https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-24/
- DCPOTW: Belshazzar’s Feast https://open.spotify.com/album/37Hf4eueeZJFuFNbADCXtL?si=ha0ZZHsRRkWH82Ain1vZkQ
- Fall of Civilisations podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/44DE64rRpX1cFIQUlqQtvi?si=08689822b2af4f3b
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauge_Log_Church
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Dan and Simon go deep on the Apple Pro Vision Plus Prime! Dan talks sport! Simon bites his tongue! No, literally!
- Augsburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg
- Manufacturing Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
- Ministry for the Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future
- DCPOTW St John Passion https://open.spotify.com/album/2WhsBhZD0vKhMf587eUi2K
- The Choice of Hercules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Handel)
- Harry Potter YTP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DMj2BA-AU (foundational Dan and Simon lore)
- Busuu https://www.busuu.com/
- Snaefell Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaefell
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Moore_(ice_hockey)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Turns out, Simon has OPINIONS about pre-school TV. Also discussion of Warhammer The Old World, books, a pub, and a really haunting carol from Canada. Oh, and happy new year lol.
- Hollow Crown https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571288083-the-hollow-crown/
- The Buried Giant https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571315079-the-buried-giant/
- The Ministry for the Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future
- Worst year to be a human https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536
- Pater noster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift
- Edgar Wallace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace
- Women's hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour
- Warhammer Old World https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-the-old-world/
- DCPOTW: Since by man came death (née Jeff) https://open.spotify.com/track/42ltGgdtySWPYJyqWEznMD?si=a388a05b18ed4c6e
- Messy goes to Okido https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/messy-goes-to-okido
- Great Big Tiny Design Challenge https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-big-tiny-design-challenge
- Huron Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6IG6F6E5Ac
- St Kilda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland
- Fergus’ piece about St Kilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHCJDNhB5o
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_in_the_late_Middle_Ages
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Simon and Dan learn about an incredible crossover event, and tell you about two quizzes that... have already happened. Whoops. Want a Wikicast pub quiz? Let us know!
- Roald Dahl story: https://web.archive.org/web/20180826034440/http://www.acnr.co.uk/mar_apr_2008/ACNRMA08_nerolit.pdf
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang
- JJ quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipF5czCJLC0
- DCPOTW - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing: https://open.spotify.com/track/5JlEMgrpUbDIXuYFfN6iBv?si=a9b55aa49ac240a7
- I Was Glad album: https://open.spotify.com/album/7eCPLoWAzaj03ceZMPChq7?si=d-scObKbScq6IJYVNR1RKQ
- Funky Monky Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxoe5DjDd74
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Dahl-Till_valve
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Simon and Dan have been on a bit of a break, and now they're back to whisper very quietly about it (don't want to wake the baby)
- Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast
- Gabriel Jackson: https://gabrieljackson.london/
- DCPOTW: Caroline Shaw, Partita for 8 Voices: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LHSzEQPF6Iw20BGppFk31?si=JB3ALg9PStuIPXf1Kg3PCg
- Miscast: https://www.youtube.com/@Miscast
- Simon battle report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwXeindXrg
- Ice skating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ
- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Echoes
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Simon and Dan come up with their dumbest idea yet. Also we hear your takes on Barbenheimer!
- The Anarchy by William Dalrymple: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Anarchy-by-William-Dalrymple/9781635573954
- Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast - Elizabeth Barrett Browning episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/elizabeth-barrett-browning/id1508123116?i=1000623124974
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43): https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43
- Eddy Burback - I ate at every Rainforest Cafe in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-bjpKvIw8
- Eddy Burback - I ate at every Margaritaville in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsb9T1g5nlE
- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossipore
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
What was your favourite arcade game? Email in and let us know! Also tell us what you thought of Barbie and/or Oppenheimer! While you do that, Dan and Simon discuss the events of a recent party, their thoughts on one of the best films of the year, and exporting baked beans to the Middle East. Yes, Swedish Wikicastians. Baked. Beans.
- Time Crisis 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Crisis_II
- Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory… https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2460/Game-SoundAn-Introduction-to-the-History-Theory
- DCPOTW Byrd: The 3 Masses; Ave Verum Corpus https://open.spotify.com/album/2isntM6n993DCFiliH9A7F?si=kq_8AibPSSubafluy1B4CQ
- Our Instagram (feat Dan): https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/
- UAP hearing https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-implications-on-national-security-public-safety-and-government-transparency/
- Life and Death of St Kilda https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815942.The_Life_and_Death_of_St_Kilda
- The Anarchy https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-anarchy/william-dalrymple/9781408864395
- Si Mon Sci Comm Con https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/si-mon-sci-comm-con-tickets-667020374897
- Ross from Hat Films screaming Rocket League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yizifWndU
- Game Grumps reacting to songs made from their videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZdJeqt9oZs
- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up'n_Down
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Dan and Simon serve up another dollop of wikipedia, a dash of chaos, a smattering of recommendations, all mixed together with heapings of their friend Hugo Wickman. Does this description actually matter to anyone? Who knows!
Should we bring back poetry corner? Let us know!
- European Youth Event: https://european-youth-event.europarl.europa.eu/en/
- Pelican limerick: https://countryroadsmagazine.com/outdoors/knowing-nature/a-wonderful-bird-is-the-pelican/
- Our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/
- DCPOTW: Beatenburg https://open.spotify.com/artist/3S9sb8w9r1iojdrAL1soiU?si=Q_JnJ89CSsGZXsHg9CHzug
- Wickman family concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3sWnmQh2Gk
- The First Heretic: https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_First_Heretic_(Novel)
- Angela Collier - string theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E
- Lackadaisy pilot (trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnQ5cIHGHE
- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Sweden_to_Ukraine
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/