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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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Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
It's a jobbing boat. What more needs to be said? A lot, it turns out.
This episode is a doozy. We talk anime, give new music recommendations (check out the links below), Simon sings an impromptu country song, and Dan makes some... interesting... choices in a choose-your-own-adventure fan fiction. Not one to miss!
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- The Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=f404e865db2a4de8
- DCPOTW: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony: https://open.spotify.com/album/3kCeWVKuwuh9NrT8lhIGgm?si=6RcEOPt0TsOpgv7JlzairA
- Four Seasons Recomposed: https://open.spotify.com/album/5yuG2LEkf7QA9ZGIXldCmy?si=946ef97fa57a46d1
- Cello Suites Recomposed: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Fs1VrnUcbVxKW6Dbq7jyZ?si=e153a64754704293
- Epic Mountain: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7meq0SFt3BxWzjbt5EVBbT?si=b775e94b239043ed
- The Legend of Vox Machina: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-Vox-Machina-Season/dp/B09PZFSMSB
- The RPGeeks DnD project: https://www.rpgeeks.co.uk/
- Food Wars: https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/food-wars-shokugeki-no-soma
- Desmond Tutu interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRDBWoV_hA0
- Triforce podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LNMdMhRsPmJhGGw6b1vTZ?si=5b24bec37843429a
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot_(sternwheeler)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
We secure an exclusive interview with the author of new smash hit book FIRMAMENT, Dr Simon Clark! Dan talks getting rona, and the pair investigate a new corner together...
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- Get Simon's book Firmament now: https://geni.us/firmament
- The Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=f404e865db2a4de8
- DCPOTW: Poulenc Mass in G https://open.spotify.com/track/39CinWJKmgtNeK9GU74tRN?si=d6f475711c5c407f
- Fergus' jazz piece 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJXsxjFJCw
- Fergus' jazz piece 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5RcJQQ56iY
- Arbitor Ian: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArbitorIan
- James Gurney: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesGurney
- WikiTrivia: https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_contact_(anthropology)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Can you generate electricity with hamster wheels? What was the Christmas carol beef this year? And what the FUCK is going on with Star Wars musical terminology?!
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- Ichthyosaur discovery: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/january/britains-largest-ever-ichthyosaur-is-discovered-rutland-water.html
- Dan Choral Piece of the Week: Cana’s Guest, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILLAlxtbiGw
- Carol World Cup: https://twitter.com/theevensongcup
- Murder by Numbers: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/
- Jizz wailers: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jizz-wailer
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hills_Wind_Farm
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
The episode with a visual aid. Simon and Dan discuss House of Gaga, Olympic sports, the Jingle Jam, and finally read the brilliant Holopod Star Wars fan fiction!
For reasons that will become clear in the next episode, this episode is very, very, very, very dated. We recorded this over a month ago, as is obvious from our discussion of the Jingle Jam. To cut a long story short, Simon got quite sick (but is better now!).
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- Olympic Sports in picture form: https://olympics.com/en/sports/
- Dan's piece of the week (Wilberg's Ding Dong Merrily On High): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfX_2KiRFnQ
- The Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Centre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ce76OHPTUw
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Tindall
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
In a remarkable piece of continuity, Simon and Dan are in Sweden this episode! Specifically listening to some Jazz in the Pawnshop. Yes, PAWNshop. Dan gets misty-eyed about vinyl, Simon rants about DUNE, and both have opinions on James Bond...
Next episode: the Holopod!
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- Dudley Moore Colonel Bogey/Neverending piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazlqD4mLvw
- Beyond the Fringe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUd1OxPbKk4&ab_channel=TheMillerTapes
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Palmcrantz
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
For our 100th episode we're joined by some very special guests, the stars of the Swedish Wikicast! Featuring long-term readers Isabelle and Erik and new reader Greta, and an awful lot of content around #FishFacts.
Will Simon and Dan impress the new cast members with their Swedish? What does Greta want for her birthday? How is the weather in Alaska? We find out in our 100th episode extravaganza!
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- Dan's choral piece of the week (Sandstrom): https://open.spotify.com/track/4nOyPDxuz3UYWRgAo5eon8?si=8a57235ce2044d33
- Swedish Christmas goat tradition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat
- Ottery St Mary tar barrels: https://www.tarbarrels.co.uk/
- Simon's video about the tar barrels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfcEz-BUHg8
- Simon finally found the lemon picture: https://twitter.com/simonoxfphys/status/1455254296816230408
- Dumbledore meme: https://external-preview.redd.it/Lf1RR7Mtk-67r9SunR1R38Qr0NPoVnmBdpqx571QLTk.jpg?auto=webp&s=2935102f64325b0135d3ba2b7519d33c5e6b9fb9
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boops_boops
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Is Simon a criminal? Dan weighs in.
Also, 99 episodes???
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- Turboencabulator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator
- Hogwarts Legacy https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us
- The Radio 4 pips https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limiter
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
It's erect, it's aromatic, it's often compact... it's the Wikicast! Simon and Dan talk about a shrub before getting on to the important issue of splurging their recent watches and listens and generally catching up. It's been a while! Also, why can't Daaan pronounce traaaanslation?
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- Shepherd's Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8N2YTikOsc
- Age of Plastic: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fgCz9kQCDy0miERCy0sCJ?si=o8lnSgw4Tf2UUKtH_NgbpQ&dl_branch=1
- Garth Marenghi's Dark Place: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/garth-marenghis-darkplace/on-demand/36434-001
- 9/11 Inside the President's War Room: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z8p5
- Adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film)
- Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50144.Kitchen
- Three Lions (Norwich Cathedral): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUrtiFc78VY
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_densa
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
The single most momentous email in the history of our podcast arrives in our inbox.
Also, Icelandic labour, the IPCC, and running. Simon had to write this description in a hurry, can you tell?
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- The Anthropocene Reviewed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anthropocene_Reviewed
- Simon's IPCC report video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4
- JustGiving page for Simon's run: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/simonclarkcf
- The email of many footnotes: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/The_Email_of_Many_Footnotes
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Confederation_of_Labour
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Dan and Simon create the most dazzling, entertaining, and dangerous sport known to humankind: Plughole Panic.
Simon also panics Dan with his Neanderthal impression, we both learn about archery, and we talk about yet another wikipedia article predicated on a lie.
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- Whitsunday Islands/passage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands
- Hat Films golf battle royale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0QKpgZpuk
- Barney's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin
- Jazza's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrawWithJazza
- Sianderthal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST5QOtWxAl4
- Original neanderthal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o589CAu73UM
- Ninanocks on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninanocks
- AnyMation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwjDOXpL2XWvByNPTg8di_w
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Island_Golf_Club
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F