List Envy
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -High Fidelity meets Bullseye in this funny and fascinating list-building podcast. Each week, host Mark Steadman talks to a new guest, and together they collaborate on a top-five list, with the topic chosen by the guest.
Some episodes will have you screaming into your earbuds asking “why did Mark pick that?”, while others give you a whole new world to explore. Subjects range from science and tech, to food, travel, pop culture and the human mind.
Guests have included inventors, comedians, musicians, scientists, and Hollywood screenwriters. New episodes come out every Tuesday.
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21: Top 5 Cannon films
January 07, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBGuest Ben Smith He solves the puzzles and bakes the cookies. Co-host of the EuroWhat? podcast. Ben Smith (@BenMSmith) | Twitter Thrill to the sounds of podcaster and movie-lover Ben Smith, sharing his top five shlockbusters with Mark Steadman. You won’t believe your ears! List Envy, in select theatres now. Ben is the co-host of the EuroWhat? podcast with previous guest Mike McComb, and hailing from the same state as Mystery Science Theater 3000 has a keen eye for a film that’s ...
Top 5 Eurovision Song Contest finals from the '00s
December 17, 2019 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBTV writer Mike McComb joins Mark to discuss the bizarre and beautiful magic of this European musical tradition.
20: Top 5 Eurovision Song Contest finals from the '00s
December 17, 2019 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MBGuest Mike Mccomb Mike has been writing about TV online since 2008, when he started the blog WTF Little House on the Prairie? The blog was a project to practice writing about television analytically prior to getting an MA in Television-Radio-Film from Syracuse University, or as he likes to call it “TV Camp.” The EuroWhat? Podcast | A Eurovision Song Contest Podcast for Americans Mike McComb (@Rube_Goldberg) | Twitter TV writer Mike McComb joins Mark to discuss the bizarre and b...
Top 5 rebooted Doctor Who episodes
December 10, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBMark gets wobbly-wobbly and timey-wimey with tech YouTuber George Chachanidze. The pair started by discussing their favourite incarnations of the Doctor, and then their favourite — or least favourite — companions. Spoilers abound If you’re not caught up with Doctor Whoand you intend to, be warned that Mark and George will spoil the hell out of it for you. Honourable mentions The Family of Blood Kerblam! The Empty Child The Eleventh Hour Mummy on the Orient Express George’s picks In ord...
19: Top 5 rebooted Doctor Who episodes
December 10, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBGuest George Chachanidze Host of the Snappy-Tech YouTube channel. Fundraiser by George Chachanidze : George is smartphone-less for a year! George Chachanidze 📵 (@g_chachanidze) | Twitter Mark gets wobbly-wobbly and timey-wimey with tech YouTuber George Chachanidze. The pair started by discussing their favourite incarnations of the Doctor, and then their favourite — or least favourite — companions. Spoilers abound If you’re not caught up with Doctor Whoand you intend to, be w...
Top 5 Christmas songs
December 03, 2019 16:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBThe Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities.
18: Top 5 Christmas songs
December 03, 2019 16:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBGuest Daz Wright Every ounce of his being is focussed on discussing video games, cats and the popular music of the day. He live in Moseley in Birmingham. Daz Wright (@dazwright) | Twitter Daz Wright The Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities. Daz is a musician, and a founder-member of the Birmingham-based ukulele group Moselele. He’s also a big fan of Christmas, and delivered a sack full of joy to ...
Top 5 things we’re leaving behind
November 26, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBFellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without.
17: Top 5 things we’re leaving behind
November 26, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBGuest Jon Hickman Host of You Don’t Look Like a Runner, Thread, and Beware of the Leopard. Writer at Paradise Circus, and 101 Things Birmingham Game the World. jonhickman (@jonhickman) | Twitter Hi I'm Jon! Fellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without. Jon co-hosts the hilarious and often genuinely moving – no pun intended — fitness, running and tech podcast You Don’t Look Like a Runner with Nick More...
Top 5 fruits
November 19, 2019 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBEveryone can stand to be a little bit more banana, so this week’s guest is professional clown, public speaker and banana enthusiast, Emma Stroud.
16: Top 5 fruits
November 19, 2019 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBGuest Emma Stroud Lover of all things fun. Like making people laugh and think. Enjoy being a clown. Plus a speaker. Emma Stroud – MC * Performer * Speaker Mentor Emma Stroud (@emmastroudldn) | Twitter Everyone can stand to be a little bit more banana, so this week’s guest is professional clown, public speaker and banana enthusiast, Emma Stroud. Emma’s personal day of relevation – perhaps not dissimilar to Albert Hofmann’s bicycle day, as covered in our first episode — ca...
Top 5 algorithms that changed the world
November 12, 2019 16:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBMark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr.
15: Top 5 algorithms that changed the world
November 12, 2019 16:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBGuest Dr Sophie Carr World’s most interesting mathematician and #Queenof Statistics winner. Owner of Bays Consulting. Loves Bayesian statistics. Dr Sophie Carr (@SophieBays) | Twitter Bays Consulting – Operational and Mathematical Analysis Mark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr. Sophie describes herself as an “accidental mathematician”, getting into the subject after studying to be an engineer. She got her PhD on the job, and transitioned from flu...
Top 5 90s kids’ cartoons
November 05, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMark and his guest Jamie Garner have snuck out of bed, crept downstairs and turned on the telly for a channel-hop through ‘90s nostalgia.
14: Top 5 90s kids’ cartoons
November 05, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBGuest Jamie Garner He can count, He can read and he can cook. The original triple threat. Jamie Garner - Birmingham, United Kingdom, keele university | about.me Jamie Garner (@grunt121) | Twitter Mark and his guest Jamie Garner have snuck out of bed, crept downstairs and turned on the telly for a channel-hop through ‘90s nostalgia. Both Mark and Jamie grew up with Saturday morning programming from the BBC, including /Going Live!/, /Live & Kicking/ and What’s Up Doc?, which sho...
Top 5 movie monsters
October 29, 2019 16:00 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBThe show gets #spoopy as the Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Ben Blacker joins Mark to count down his top five silver-screen terrors.
13: Top 5 movie monsters
October 29, 2019 16:00 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MBGuest Ben Blacker Writer of Hex Wives, co-creator of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, producer of the Dead Pilots podcast and host of the Writers’ Panel. Ben Blacker (@BenBlacker) | Twitter The Writers Panel The show gets #spoopy as the Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Ben Blacker joins Mark to count down his top five silver-screen terrors. Ben co-created the Thrilling Adventure Hour with his writing partner Ben Acker as a live theatre show in the style of an old-timey evening of radio...
Bonus episode
October 25, 2019 15:00 - 7 minutes - 7.32 MBGuest Adam Juniper An Adam of all trades, master of some: Drone pilot and author, photo/tech publisher, sardonic wit and astronaut (possibly). Adam Juniper (@AdamJuniper) | Twitter Tame Sky: DRONE Reviews & Guides in Plain English This is a short bonus episode, with extra stuff we couldn’t fit into Tuesday’s show. It’s brought to you by our new membership page, where you can help support the show and get us to our goal to transcribe each episode, for just £2 a month. Link...
Top 5 gadgets from the early 21st century
October 22, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBTechnology writer and drone expert Adam Juniper joins Mark to discuss machines that go bleep.
12: Top 5 gadgets from the early 21st century
October 22, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBGuest Adam Juniper An Adam of all trades, master of some: Drone pilot and author, photo/tech publisher, sardonic wit and astronaut (possibly). Adam Juniper (@AdamJuniper) | Twitter Tame Sky: DRONE Reviews & Guides in Plain English Technology writer and drone expert Adam Juniper joins Mark to discuss machines that go bleep. Adam spent many years editing and publishing books on photography, which over the years has become more about technology than chemicals. He and Mark di...
Top 5 products that moved humanity forwards
October 15, 2019 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBMark speaks down-the-line with product designer, Simon Heap, as the two share their top five world-changing products, and gently collide over what can be construed a “product”.
11: Top 5 products that moved humanity forwards
October 15, 2019 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBGuest Simon Heap Director of Rugged Interactive, Cornish innovative sport design firm and maker of fitness equipment for everyone – Olympians, big brands and anyone with great ideas. Simon Heap (@designforsport) | Twitter Rugged Interactive | Motivational Fitness Technology Mark speaks down-the-line with product designer, Simon Heap, as the two share their top five world-changing products, and gently collide over what can be construed a “product”. Simon has dedicated his life ...
Top 5 long-haul destinations
October 08, 2019 15:00 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBMark takes flight with speaker, author and “the entrepreneur’s godmother” Alison Edgar, to build a list of the best places it takes too long to fly to.
10: Top 5 long-haul destinations
October 08, 2019 15:00 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBGuest Alison Edgar Sales and marketing adviser, as seen on BBC One Breakfast. Dyslexic Amazon #1 Best Seller, award winning sales trainer and coach, International TEDx speaker. Alison Edgar (@thealisonedgar) | Twitter Home - Alison Edgar Mark takes flight with speaker, author and “the entrepreneur’s godmother” Alison Edgar, to build a list of the best places it takes too long to fly to. Alison flies a lot, and finds pinning her destinations on a map lends itself to a sense of ...
Top 5 competitive solo beatboxers
October 01, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBPrepare to have your face melted clean off as you enter a whole new world of mouth noise, with guest Tani Levitt. And remember, if you’re sitting in the plash zone, you will get spittle all over you. Tani presents SpeshFX, a narrative podcast that dives deep into the fascinating world of competitive beatboxing. If you’re familiar with the rap battle scene, it’s like that but nicer, and where people make their O face when being hit by several megatons of sick beats (just helping ease you in w...
9: Top 5 competitive solo beatboxers
October 01, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MBGuest Tani Levitt Podcast producer for 247 Sports, host of SpeshFX, goofball extraordinaire. Netanel Levitt – Medium Tani Levitt (@HateItOrLevitt) | Twitter Prepare to have your face melted clean off as you enter a whole new world of mouth noise, with guest Tani Levitt. And remember, if you’re sitting in the plash zone, you will get spittle all over you. Tani presents SpeshFX, a narrative podcast that dives deep into the fascinating world of competitive beatboxing. If you’re f...
Top 5 latin boogaloo albums
September 24, 2019 15:00 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBThis week, Mark embarks on a journey of musical discovery, with Oliver Wang, co-host of the Heat Rocks podcast. If you’re not familiar with latin boogaloo, it’s time to get acquainted. Oliver loves this fusion of more traditional latin melodies — with complex chords and meandering melodies — and the growing soul music movement, prevalent in 1960s New York, not just because of its inherently physical nature — this stuff just makes you wanna move — but because of what it teaches us about the c...
8: Top 5 latin boogaloo albums
September 24, 2019 15:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBGuest Oliver Wang Culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Author of Legions of Boom and co-host of Heat Rocks. oliverwang.net O. Wang (@oliverswang) | Twitter This week, Mark embarks on a journey of musical discovery, with Oliver Wang, co-host of the Heat Rocks podcast. If you’re not familiar with latin boogaloo, it’s time to get acquainted. Oliver loves this fusion of more traditional latin melodies — with complex chords and meandering melodies — and the growing sou...
Top 5 bands from Birmingham
September 17, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBMusician, writer and improv comedian Tom Clabon joins Mark to fight about which of Birmingham’s bands are best, and possibly what the word “definitive” means.
7: Top 5 bands from Birmingham
September 17, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBMusician, writer and improv comedian Tom Clabon joins Mark to fight about which of Birmingham’s bands are best, and possibly what the word “definitive” means. And by Birmingham, we mean Birmingham. The proper one, in the UK. Tom has performed in bands (like Bussy ), and like Mark knows the pain of publishing music to Bandcamp to little fanfare. But they’re both absolutely not bitter about it. Tom also presented Indie Mixtape on local station Brum Radio. The pair share gig-playing...
Top 5 pop punk bands of the 2000s
September 10, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MBMusician and podcaster Brendan Hutchins joins Mark to discuss guitar music from the early 21st century.
6: Top 5 pop punk bands of the 2000s
September 10, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 53 MBMusician and podcaster Brendan Hutchins joins Mark to discuss guitar music from the early 21st century. Brendan loves pop punk for its energy and reasons of nostalgia, and has lots of names to bring to the table. He also helps Mark define what /isn’t/ pop punk. Mark based his list on bands who had seminal or otherwise important albums during the early 2000s, and while Brendan’s picks are perhaps from slightly younger bands, none of them formed post-2005. Mark shares stories about...
Top 5 British sitcoms of the 1970s
September 03, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWriter and Internet raconteur Jon Bounds joins Mark to build a list close to his heart.
5: Top 5 British sitcoms of the 1970s
September 03, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWriter and Internet raconteur Jon Bounds joins Mark to build a list close to his heart. Jon grew up on 70s sitcoms and wants nothing more than to share his love. If you’re in the UK, these might be shows you can check out on Yesterday or in film-form via Talking Pictures. Jon is a student of erstwhile TV, a fact clearly demonstrated by his massive affection for the 80s tele-phenomenon than is Boon. Mark and Jon’s differences in comedy tastes are perhaps best illustrated by the fa...
Top 5 British foods
August 27, 2019 15:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBMark talks to podcaster and “unapologetic Anglophile” Jen Tierney about the foods eaten and loved by “a nation of shopkeepers”.
4: Top 5 British foods
August 27, 2019 15:00 - 49 minutes - 46.5 MBMark talks to podcaster and “unapologetic Anglophile” Jen Tierney about the foods eaten and loved by “a nation of shopkeepers”. As a young girl, Jen was persuaded to watch a BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and has since made it her mission to consume all things Brit. As well as eating, Jen likes to cook, learning from /The Great British Bake Off/ and demonstrating more knowledge of British baked goods than the host of this podcast. Case in point: the popover. Honourable men...
Top 5 Harry Potter characters
August 20, 2019 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBPodcaster, improv comedian and Harry Potter superfan Cat Turner collaborates with Mark on a list of the best five characters in JK Rowling’s Hogwarts universe.
3: Top 5 Harry Potter characters
August 20, 2019 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBThis week, Mark is joined by podcaster, improv comedian and Harry Potter superfan Cat Turner, to collaborate on a list of the best five characters in JK Rowling’s Hogwarts universe. If spoilers are a thing you want to avoid, maybe skip this one until you’re all caught up. Like Mark maybe should’ve. Cat grew up listening to Stephen Fry read the Harry Potter books, and wants to sort her soon-to-arrive hamster into the appropriate Hogwarts house, but she insists she isn’t a nerd abou...
Top 5 journeys to scientific discovery
August 13, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBMark speaks with sleep and respiratory scientist Max Thomas, all about science!
Top 5 childhood toys
August 13, 2019 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBImprov comedian Lucy Day joins Mark to relive their childhoods and complain about the toys they never had.
2: Top 5 journeys to scientific discovery
August 13, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBIn this first episode, Mark speaks with sleep and respiratory scientist Max Thomas, all about science! Specifically, the unexpected or otherwise fascinating discoveries that have brought us incredible advancement. There’s also stuff about bums and willies, too, and more than one object being inserted into more than one dog. Max makes a living out of making people breathless, which is a cool way of saying he studies how people breathe, and often has to make them not breathe very wel...
1: Top 5 childhood toys
August 13, 2019 15:00 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBImprov comedian and self-styled “failed jogger” Lucy Day joins Mark to relive their childhoods and complain about the toys they never had. Both Mark and Lucy wanted a Mr Frosty but were denied one, and were both fans of the wonderful book and TV series The Animals of Farthing Wood. Mark nearly tells a story about showing a family member his organ (it’s fine), and Lucy reveals the toys that made her anxious as a child, namely Crocodile Dentist and Etch-a-Sketch. Trigger warning: if...
Introducing List Envy
August 05, 2019 23:00 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBWhat are your top 5 sandwiches? What’s the best way to rank Bond films? Which are your favourite misheard lyrics? Making lists is good, but it’s better with friends. This is List Envy, a podcast where Mark Steadman collaborate with actors, writers, musicians, comedians, scientists and podcasters to build a definitive top 5 list on a topic of the guest’s choosing. Clips in this trailer include * Cat Turner from Cat’s Cabinet of Curiosities, talking about Harry Potter characters * W...