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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 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
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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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
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
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
When does human history begin? Which Olympic sport would be worst to compete in naked? Why is Simon using a bean tin as a microphone? The episode where Simon and Dan find a flaw at the heart of wikipedia!
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- Human history wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history
- History of Rome podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wiEd40oPbQ9UK1rSpIy8I?si=m-gJmB_kQJ-lFsjhBYHbQw&dl_branch=1
- Alamire album (DCPOTW is the 6th track): https://open.spotify.com/album/3QvWxoDnW3vVlf6u7qywdt?si=5afk2E_qQYypIg-jfT6WHw&dl_branch=1
- A new tonic from Buckfast: https://www.buckfast.org.uk/product/music/symphonie-romane-organ-music-by-dupr-widor-and-tournemire
- The History of Bees: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-history-of-bees/maja-lunde/9781471162770
- Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1
- 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/739_BC
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Australian budget thrillers? Costing how many dollarydoos?
Warning: this podcast may also contain high octane discussion of IKEA furniture, electric bikes, and Australian case law. Also, one of the most bizarre coincidences we've ever heard, in Corin's podence corner.
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- Simpsons Australia episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81FGVh1dj0A
- Spongy and Electric film critics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtGJXZrWA_dZMUZ4gnLIguUWOCiBd58co
- friendlyjordies story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXtq4a8829g
- Seven Finzi part songs: https://open.spotify.com/album/6zLFbtkqwxmCKblg7MycjL?si=KIxoy0u8RIqjtZ9YpumlPQ&dl_branch=1
- Pashley roadster sovereign: https://www.pashley.co.uk/bikes/bicycles/roadster-sovereign.php
- Van moof s3: https://www.vanmoof.com/en-GB/s3?color=dark
- IKEA ASMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLFaj3Z_tWw
- Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1
- 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/Swerve_(film)
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
The episode with a deep dark secret.
Did Simon forget to take notes on what links to include? Maybe.
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- Cooke Nunc Dimittis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niy9C0bMSTE
- 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/Edwin_Holmes_(inventor)
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
Dan and Simon are joined by Barnaby Martin of the YouTube channel Listening In! We talk about film scores, baby metal, trash tv, auditioning stories, and which choir is the best in the world.
If you don't know you Barney is, do yourself a favour and check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin
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- Barney's video on why choral music is the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au92XTLm_SU
- Dyson in D (feat orchestra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcTtMaWKX0
- Ascendit Deus (Philips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDhzAd7Bv4
- The Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=UWDlIfDwSn2Zw07iv02B5w
- Muggle quidditch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)
- SovietWomble's video on The Isle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7JzmEf-_c
- Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki
- Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys @BarnabyMartin
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live:_Legend_I,_D,_Z_Apocalypse
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
It's the podcast where Simon and Dan talk about tiny toys! It turns out we have an incredibly cool reader (just one though), and Dan reveals what it's like to work behind the desk at the recent UK elections! Scintillating.
This episode might have set a record for the most links in the show notes. Someone, please, for the love of god, click on them.
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- Medlife crisis: https://www.youtube.com/c/MedlifeCrisis
- WASR video (it's wild): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPGIGaXqLA
- Fighting Fantasy, Warlock of Fire Mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlock_of_Firetop_Mountain
- Warmaster army example: http://www.kerynne.com/games/WMEmpire.html
- Glendale toy museum: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/glendaletoymuseum/index.html
- Dan Harry Potter toy: http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/hplevgame.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0vjiVCDcK8WpeCQJVJsUWABurpt6CQSQ585d1-hUoNSg8cRk7hDieVu_s
- "The toys that made us" on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497
- Dan's crazy blackpool gloria (starts at 4:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eY8ewXTkeM
- Kabbadi video from We Create Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av1mr3UpdZk
- Simon's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark
- Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki
- 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/WASR_(AM)
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
The article Simon didn't want to tear himself away from. The boys talk about flight on other planets, sponsoring a flight on this planet, and Dan discovers his new favourite sport. Oh, and Simon has some announcement or other.
Fantastic work from you all writing in with your strange sports - please do keep them coming in, and let us know if there's an opportunity to join you (in the post rona times) to film us trying them!
#GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast
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- Dragonfly mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)
- Matt Lowne's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MattLowneFilms/
- Ingenuity and balancing the speed of rotors: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a35353442/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/
- Magnificat 2 Electric Boogaloo (DCPOTW): https://open.spotify.com/album/0R9LgqYSxUv4ELDpNOC4g6?si=X-Pv3lqgRYmoWPGk2-LVFg
- Dan and Simon ice skating together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ
- RPGeeks one shot video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/983671018
- Preorder Firmament: https://geni.us/firmament
- 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/Mars_Pathfinder
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
An episode featuring Dan reciting poetry, Simon reveals a secret part of his past, and we discuss what would be worse: being Midas, or anti-Midas.... Also the Witcher. #GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast
What weird sports do you play? Has anyone else played Simon's scout version of handball? Can we make this the national sport of the wikicast? Email in and let us know!
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- Withnail and I Hamlet reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnNL67PEKU
- Korfball: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korfball
- 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/New_Caledonia_men%27s_national_handball_team
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F