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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Simon has a very special episode for Dan: our first ever bit of in the field reporting! Also in this week's irreverent podcast: Dan rapping! Simon impersonates Picosby! The dynamic duo talk about films for waaaay too long, and Dan talks about the premiere of *his* choral piece of the week!
Eyyy-eyyyy!
Please do let us know your thoughts on the show and about anything in particular really at spongyelectric@gmail.com!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Dartmouth Happy Families: https://www.wopc.co.uk/games/dartmouth-happy-families
- Simon Drew: https://www.simondrew.co.uk/
- Les Horribles Cernettes: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/07/18/les-horribles-cernettes/
- The Greatest Generation: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/greatest-generation/
- Wikicast 033: https://thewikicast.podbean.com/e/wikicast-033-chair-sculpture/
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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/Mr._Men
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the airwaves, Simon and Dan come crashing back with a whole new hour of pseudo-content. How many Gs do you pull on a Milton Keynes roundabout? How hammered should you be to watch Cats (2019)? Was there a college of vampires in Kentucky? We ask all these questions and more in the brand new run of the Wikicast!
Please do let us know your thoughts on the show and about anything in particular really at spongyelectric@gmail.com!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Exeter Cathedral BBC recording: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000cb23
- Notion: https://www.notion.so/
- Thomas Frank: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG-KntY7aVnIGXYEBQvmBAQ
- Ali Abdaal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoOae5nYA7VqaXzerajD0lg
- Ruby Granger: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6a8lp6vaCMhUVXPyynhjUA
- Greatest Generation: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yvmcG3HWINJ5eR91qD8k0?si=KzG4H6QuSne6cvgJcRGBLg
- I Wish It Could Be Festag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIQBPYIg9RM
- DCPOTW: Messe Salve Regina (Gloria): https://open.spotify.com/track/0jz8KcADyv9ijOam3u21Eu?si=SMqKIhL3R4KZZ4rgrOE02Q
- Walton Missa Brevis (Gloria): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSPdVjp0lU
- Simon's goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53209373-simon-clark
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania,_Louisiana
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Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
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Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Episode 66.2 really, after Simon accidentally deleted his recording of 66.1...
After an (explained) absence, the boys get possibly their shortest article yet and so fill you in on what's been going on in their lives: working with 900K+ YouTubers, Katy Perry orgasming, and learning about the benthiccc zone!
Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a moment: we'll read the best ones out next episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wikicast/id1256465047
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Picture of the toadfish: https://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/img2/45349_UzmenekFAu.jpg
- Benthic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthic_zone
- xkcd mnemonics: https://xkcd.com/992/
- Hat Films crisps videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDOFn8RssoY
- Esenvalds Merton college service (first two tracks, rest of the album is also bangers): https://open.spotify.com/album/4MxErRZLJJpQGfnVL2ZNok
- 40 by The Sixteen (selection of choral music): https://open.spotify.com/album/5mf8okte4TcVomvVAGavg6
- Soundcloud link to Gaelic psalm singing: https://soundcloud.com/arclighteditions/psalm-16-8-10
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespotted_toadfish
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
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Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
The boys are back after their summer break, and they are BURSTING with things to talk about. Horse racing! Singing! World of Warcraft! The Wurzels!
Strap yourself in for an hour of tangents, diversions, and occasionally a bit of learning. It's good to be back :) Let us know if you'd like to see us play some World of Warcraft!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Leopardstown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopardstown
- Please leave my town: https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1169664123745054727
- MAHBOOBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt3RibkI6Z4
- Ruby music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObzgUfCl28
- dodie, Intertwined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHrWLCUmfc
- WURZELS, ROCK DJ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaljNbsfQE
- Playlist of Wurzels bangers: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FC86A259E2BFFE7
- Dan's plainsong pdf: http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/17/11/25/00-13-50_0.pdf
- BBC radio 3 (Eddington priory service, containing Dan's choral piece of the week): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007rjm
- Litany of the Saints: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litany_of_the_Saints
- Simon's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark
- BookCheat podcast: https://www.planetbroadcasting.com/our-shows/book-cheat/
P.S. Simon now realises pederasty is male-specific so retracts such a slanderous claim
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanchine_(horse_race)
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
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Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Dan and Simon gaze deeply into St Patrick's hole. If you have a site of historical importance near you, please do email in! We want to hear all about your local history, and bonus points if you send us a photo of you listening to the podcast (or in Wikicast gear) at said site! Also please do guess what Dan's riddle is all about. Because Simon is a bit confuzzled.
Also it's our two year anniversary!! Thank you for putting up with us for so long, you guys rule. We totally remembered that it was our anniversary from the very start of the episode, as per...
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Leshan Giant Buddha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan_Giant_Buddha
- Peregrination: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peregrination
- Sheppard first service: https://soundcloud.com/adamcole-2/adams-virtual-choir-sheppard-magnificat-nunc-dimittis-1st-service
- The Shadow of the Wind: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232.The_Shadow_of_the_Wind
- Simon's goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53209373-simon-clark
- Silent Woods (Dvorak) [please do yourself a favour and listen to this]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6z4hA3JzZ4
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Purgatory
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
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Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Blowie. Exeter. Confession. Hoooo boy.
Dan and Simon chat about old films and get caught in a wiki closed loop, the podcast loses some weight, we have yet more talents showcased from the readership, including some fantastic fan fiction! Also, we close out with some beautiful music from the University of Exeter Chapel Choir. Let us know what you think about the new structure!
Also please do send us your confessions for confession corner, poster photoshops (it doesn't have to be The Goonies!), and any and all hidden talents you may have!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- List of most expensive movies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films
- Goonies poster! Please do send in your photoshops: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Ww7eOVXXXXaLapXXq6xXFXXXZ/Custom-Canvas-Art-The-Goonies-Poster-The-Goonie-Wallpaper-Movie-Mural-Classic-Wall-Stickers-Kids-Bedroom.jpg_640x640.jpg
- Flowers for Algernon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Town%27s_Talking
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
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Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
Oh boy, Annie Edison wrote a wikipedia article. This episode is a lil shorter than normal as both of us were very tired bois when recording - Simon in particular had a very early start...
Please do send you confessions in to our new favourite corner!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C0I3YgMHiI
- King's College new album (feat. Howells Coll Reg Mag): https://open.spotify.com/track/5hZfeQZVciVPnrJHCQvlCL
- I Saw Eternity: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39094797-i-saw-eternity-the-other-night?from_search=true
- Homo Deus: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31138556-homo-deus
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note-taking
Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/
Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F
Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
A shambolic season from an ice hockey team with an unfortunately named stadium... The boys are back, talking about their sporting prowess, recent TV favourites, and trial out a new corner. Send you confessions in - you get an absolution! You get an absolution! EVERYONE GETS AN ABSOLUTION!
(Apologies for the late upload - this was entirely Simon's fault!)
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- The first PhD vlog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWKLGaqxVs
- Eton choir book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Choirbook
- Monteverdi vespers: https://open.spotify.com/album/2VIZHJe5aSNcpN6O0qSFVg
- Dan's iTunes playlist: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Picard trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUGYXELKPTw
- Years & Years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000539g/years-and-years
- It's History, Bitch: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/its-history-bitch/id1463446022?i=1000438839569
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Nashville_Predators_season
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Edited by Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
The boys' terrible German accents are back, as they romp through a delightful article about a ghost town in southern Africa. Also featuring: white ignorance! Population density chat! Godzilla review! A new endearing but slightly strange favourite man!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Caprivi strip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprivi_Strip
- Population densities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_population_density
- Rejoice in the Lamb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw5qoSoyAP4
- The Twelve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYlm8b3eUI
- Dan's iTunes playlist: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73
- Kermode and Mayo reading out Dan's email: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005m56
- Strange man sword video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xJCf4uPgK4
- Chernobyl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8
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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop
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Edited by Simon (hence why it's a bit pants this time)
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
He's back! And so's Simon! The Wikicast returns after Dan finished his exams. And oh boy is his hangover hitting him hard.
This episode we talk about the MCU, Game of Thrones, Chernobyl, the communist berry pickers of California, and generally get caught up! This is one of Simon's favourite ever episodes, give it a listen!
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- Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast
- Red-baiting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-baiting
- Fanimation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoVVH5LQQ-8
- Brady Haran: https://twitter.com/BradyHaran
- BBC planets: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07922lr
- Iceland Eurovision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTb69WkBbvs
- Marian Consort, Music for the Queen of Heaven, Ave Maris Stella: https://open.spotify.com/track/4L2Gts1qUjm9CVZXDSfJ0K
- WoW classic, Sjin's livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Zs-NGNvCI
- Barney and Simon: http://rebloggy.com/post/mac-it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-restaurant-charlie-lock-eyes/65869268910
- Victoria requiem, Tenebrae: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Tqsg5yiFRf7CyfhIjKh0W
- Chernobyl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys
This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Monte_berry_strike_of_1933
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Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/
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Edited by Simon (hence why it's a bit pants this time)