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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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May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022
57 min
Fs in the chat.
An alarming clone concept, an MCU retrospective, and exam season advice await you in this thrilling episode of: SIMON AND DAN TALK ABOUT GUFF
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- Legless lizards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard
- Keeled scales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeled_scales
- DCPOTW: The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons: https://open.spotify.com/track/1dyHU9CgeTWIvb2serBHzE?si=45611f3f16064fe4
- Stargate SG-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1
- 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/Plateau_fence_lizard
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022
55 min
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/
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
53 min
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
Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022
1hr 13 min
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
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022
1hr 2 min
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
Jan 22, 2022
Jan 22, 2022
1hr 3 min
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
Jan 6, 2022
Jan 6, 2022
57 min
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
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 2021
1hr 3 min
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Palmcrantz
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
1hr 9 min
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
Oct 14, 2021
Oct 14, 2021
53 min
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limiter
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F