Fri, Nov 22, 2019
After spending some time acknowledging that their media consumption habits may different somewhat from the cultural mainstream, Nathan and Ben discuss the silent women and loud racism in these sketches, and whether the audible crunching of the finest, baby dew-picked frogs is better when recorded or performed live.
Fri, Nov 29, 2019
Nathan and Ben discuss the statistical probability of different nationalities winning at tennis and the relative distances across both galaxies and countries. Somehow all of this connects to camel-spotting, custards, controlling your own destinies, and creatures from another planet. Listen... IF YOU DARE.
Fri, Dec 13, 2019
Nathan and Ben try to figure out how to pronounce "Brian Equatol" and whether his permissiveness is a secret foil for repression or just delicious raunch. They also still are finding Python legacy firsts this late in the series, and lamenting their utter unfamiliarity with the Spanish language.
Fri, Dec 20, 2019
Nathan and Ben delve into Python's running question: is this satire or "zany madcap humour", or does one change into the other as contemporary references fade from currency? Can they find an answer by looking at the daredevil stunts, the wooden hosts, and the censoring of lurid libraries?
Fri, Jan 3, 2020
Nathan and Ben heed the legend of the Sloan Rangers and peer into the inherited tendencies of the landed gentry. As they weigh the tension of delaying the expectations of an obvious laugh, does that mean they're falling for stalling? Or mauling for trawling, or squalling while zalling? "Zalling"? Is that even a word?
Thu, Oct 8, 2020
Nathan and Ben return with a scheme called "The Other Podcast" where we threaten to analyze episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus if you don't listen. The next podcast scheme might be the turning point. Until then, enjoy their musings on Graham Chapman's depictions of camp and a quiz on Cartesian Dualism.
Tue, Oct 13, 2020
Nathan and Ben discuss the increasing public ire the six Python Boys are willing to display about the BBC, whether the existing show was the result of last minute edits, and charm of expecting a running gag. But nobody expects a quiz about the 1963 film Charade and a digression about 1992's tech espionage film Sneakers. Bwah-ha-ha-haaa.
Fri, Jan 15, 2021
The BBC would like to apologize for the following summary: just for the halibut, Nathan and Ben fish through the many inside references and call-backs, floundering to find a unifying theme. They cod have found something better than this one, but you know what they say: hake it 'til you make it. Reach for the stars and bream big.
Sat, May 15, 2021
For the low, low cost of your entire savings, Ben and Nathan will remove this broadcast containing "sponsored" content by the University of Edinburgh Press, musings on the academic definition of satire, and pointed trivia about Royal societies, all of which could add up to divorce, premature retirement, and criminal proceedings for a company director in Bromsgrove.