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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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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Simon and Dan haven't spoken in weeks apart from the London incident so expect a big catch-up! Along the way they discover a rather unique album, talk about their latest discoveries on Netflix, and a reader describes the first (?) wikicast-themed dream...
Lots of passion and geekery in this one, enjoy!
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- RPGeeks: https://www.simonoxfphys.com/rpgeeks
- Westminster Cathedral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral
- Friends of Cathedral Music: https://cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/
- Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=99cd918b96bf4ecf
- Simon's Norway vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1i6hMQbkx8
- DCPOTW: Postquam surrexit Dominus by Martin Baker: https://open.spotify.com/track/5JWWyAanizGmGVWjFRdJ7S?si=33544a8ed1af4d57
- Pictures from Adepticon 2022/Golden Demon: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/29/here-are-the-fantastic-golden-demon-winners-crowned-at-adepticon-2022/
- Stanley Tucci munching his way through Italy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0bncl3n/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy
- Great Hole: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_Loch
- 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/Short_Music_for_Short_People
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Simon gets existential about YouTube, Dan proposes the Hans Zimmer crossover we've all been waiting for, and we introduce you to one of the finest Croatian musicians you've never heard of. Also, Simon gets turned into a child?
Truly, one of our best episodes.
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- Teddy Lion on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teddylionband/
- DCPOTW: Sure on this Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen: https://open.spotify.com/track/6q307Nr6FBeUPwQGhm0f1K?si=b50e765c6a60480e
- This section looks bare without a third point so I'm just going to make one up. Sue me.
- And a fourth, I'm feeling rogue.
- 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/Teddy_Lion
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_densa
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F