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AMT401: Danielle Steel, kebab awards and detestable birds

Answer Me This! - April 06, 2023 07:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Welcome back AMT for one special new episode! So much has changed since we retired nearly two years ago, but what remains is our desire to answer your questions. Today, questioneers wonder about what to say about working in a world-famous place, romantic bacon competitions, unromantic but importa...

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Mr Blobby and the Birth of the Burger (from 'Today In History with the Retrospectors')

Answer Me This! - January 01, 2023 00:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Mr Blobby made his debut on anarchic BBC show Noel’s House Party on 24th October, 1992. Oscar Bilby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma grilled a beef patty, and - for the first time in documented history -  PUT IT IN A BUN - on 4th July, 1891. It is of such consequential and amusing events that Olly's daily pod...

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An Important Bulletin from the Zaltzwick Corporation

Answer Me This! - July 06, 2022 12:06 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Hello! Helen and Martin are on tour with the new Allusionist live show in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Imagine the fun facty bits of AMT minus the tricky personal dilemmas or drunk people phoning up asking about poo. Come and see them! They're playing Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydn...

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Festivelusionist choice cuts

Answer Me This! - December 13, 2021 21:41 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Hello! There's a sleighful of fun festive episodes of Helen's podcast the Allusionist over at the theallusionist.org and in the podplaces - episodes about Santa/Father Christmas/St Nick's many names, meaty greetings cards, what to do when kids' letters to Santa are delivered to you, and how to wr...

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Olly Mann Presents... The Retrospectors

Answer Me This! - September 09, 2021 16:19 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Milli Vanilli, Marilyn Monroe and Henry VI are amongst the people pored over in this preview of Olly's new comedy-history podcast series 'The Retrospectors' put together especially for Answer Me This! listeners. You can find the show at podfollow.com/Retrospectors In each daily ten-minute episode...

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AMT400: Sky Dining, Swiss Barbie, and Homing Pigeons

Answer Me This! - August 05, 2021 19:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Well this is it, listeners. After 14 years and 8 months and many thousands of questions, AMT400 is the last episode of the show. But we go out on some terrific inquiries, about pigeon navigation, saving Joni Mitchell's childhood home/destroying Shakespeare's final home, the inspiration for Sherlo...

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retro AMT200

Answer Me This! - July 22, 2021 10:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
For our very last retro AMT, we returned to a favourite from December 2011: AMT200, where we enlisted our families to answer your questions. And, well, it's a novelty not to be embarrassed just by our own past selves this time. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 are available at...

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AMT399: Ginger Beer, Cheetahs' Pet Dogs, and Ball Pits

Answer Me This! - July 01, 2021 20:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT399, we find out about tuning church bells, cheetahs being given pet dogs, Olly getting lost in SeaWorld, how pickled onions inspired soft play, and which ways you might be most likely to be killed by a ball pit. We also have a Big Announcement ahead of episode 400. Find out more about this...

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AMT398: Wedding Rings, Edamame, and Straight To Video Sequels

Answer Me This! - June 17, 2021 13:35 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
We're settling a lot of couples' disputes in AMT398. Potato in tacos: Y/N? Did all animation used to be worse, or specifically just in Disney's straight to video sequels? And who's from the biggest village?  Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to answermethisstore....

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retro AMT82

Answer Me This! - June 03, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
For Tedious But Fine reasons, this month we've swapped the new episode and the retro one. So you'll get an all-new AMT in a fortnight, but now there's Retro AMT82 from 2009 and it's a really fun one! Some things have changed - technology, the nature of entrepreneurship, people wearing Bluetooth e...

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AMT397: Meerkats, Albatrosses, and Dog Mayors

Answer Me This! - May 06, 2021 19:56 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT397, questioneers want to know when meerkats got so popular, why you'd wear an albatross around your neck, what you do when your friends think you're a pennypincher, and whether Mary Shelley had sex on her mother's grave. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over t...

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retro AMT320

Answer Me This! - April 22, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Off we go to August 2015, to find the first romcom, learn some new names for nipples, and list the crimes committed in the film Overboard. And on this revisit, we can also reveal the menu for Olly's family Mars-themed restaurant. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 at , where you...

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AMT396: The Addams Family, Voodoo Dolls, and Snooping In The Bathroom Cabinet

Answer Me This! - April 01, 2021 21:08 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT396, questioneers are concerned about crabs eating their babies, The Addams Family, and whether their voodoo doll of their office nemesis worked out a little too well.  Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT epi...

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retro AMT162

Answer Me This! - March 18, 2021 12:14 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Let's travel back a decade to AMT162, originally from January 2011, where questioneers want to know about witches' hats, Milkybars, pickled eggs, and that piano tune that they play on the giant keyboard in Big. This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one mont...

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AMT395: Bobble Hats, the Hollywood Sign and the Macarena

Answer Me This! - March 04, 2021 22:31 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Put your arm out, palms up, now touch your biceps, cradle the back of your head, hand on hip, other hand on other hip, pat each buttock and JUMP because in AMT395 we're learning about the Macarena dance! As well as Rita Ora's hats, wearing sports merch for a team you don't support, and winning a ...

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retro AMT190

Answer Me This! - February 18, 2021 17:02 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Back to 2011 we go, for AMT190 with SPECIAL GUEST JON RONSON! Who comes bearing some incredible stories of Mr Blobby, psychopathy, and his breakfast with Disney's Pocahontas,  This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to cherish our back cat...

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AMT394: Fabergé Eggs, Catnip for Lions, and the Funny Bone

Answer Me This! - February 04, 2021 21:22 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT394, listeners are struggling with questions about genies' feet, treadmills in shoe shops, and their own children's mediocrity. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations...

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retro AMT159

Answer Me This! - January 21, 2021 09:26 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Back to 2010 we go, for a low-regret jaunt through fancy fountains, penalties for treason, Kramer vs Kramer, and zebra piss. This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to cherish our back catalogue forever, buy them at , where you can also ge...

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AMT393: Glow Sticks, Walking the Plank, and the Pringles Sweats

Answer Me This! - January 07, 2021 19:08 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
New year, new questions, about naming ravens at the Tower of London, how glow sticks work, did pirates really walk the plank, and how come prawn cocktail-flavour Pringles bring out one listener in the sweats. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can g...

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retro AMT best of 2009 part ii

Answer Me This! - December 17, 2020 16:40 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Let's go back to 2009, for the second half of our annual Best Of compilations, containing citrus contraceptives, children's party games, and drunk callers on the question line. This retro AMT will only be in your feed for one month, but all our best ofs are available from answermethisstore.com, a...

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AMT392: Elf on the Shelf, Glitter, and the Holy Foreskin

Answer Me This! - December 03, 2020 19:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Jingle those bells, it's festive AMT392, with questions about Elf on the Shelf, fancy advent calendars, CONTENT WARNING: the episode may not be suitable for children, as it contains contains information about parental deceit w.r.t. Christmas logistics, plus a thoroughly researched passage about A...

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retro AMT309

Answer Me This! - November 19, 2020 05:16 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Travel back in time with us to March 2015 in AMT309, which is packed full of great questions! Such as: how did Gotham City get that name? Why did Audrey Hepburn have a pet deer? Why are computer cookies called cookies? And how do you empty out a bathtub full of baked beans?  This episode original...

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AMT391: Video Phones, Scrumping Apples, and Going Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

Answer Me This! - November 05, 2020 16:16 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Content warning: animal cruelty. In AMT391, we hear about eviscerated rabbits, I'm A Celebrity food-kills, and a zoo in a deadly stunt. But there's some mysterious dog magic to compensate. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice re...

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retro AMT213

Answer Me This! - October 22, 2020 13:44 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Travel back with us back to 3 May 2012 for retro AMT213, to remind ourselves what 'gastronomic human centipede' and 'the barse of the monarchy' were. Plus Steve Jobs's signature look, Arab Strap, and the origin of nachos. This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT...

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AMT390: Giant Pumpkins, Playing Dead, and Sweet Fanny Adams

Answer Me This! - October 01, 2020 21:59 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Pop in your prosthetic fangs, spritz yourself with fake blood and turn off all the lights except for that annoying one that flickers - it's the Answer Me This Halloween Special! Featuring SCARY plays, GIANT gourds, MONSTER Mash, and SEXY Martin the Sound Man costumes if such things are possible, ...

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retro AMT113

Answer Me This! - September 17, 2020 09:45 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Let's go back to 15 October 2009 for Retro AMT113, a time when questioneers were concerned about rock riders, party games, lying to children, and cockpits. This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: ...

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AMT 389: Banana Pizza, Sewing Machines and Monaco

Answer Me This! - September 04, 2020 00:07 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT389, questioneers need help with being heard through a mask, watermelon rind raining down from upon high, and understanding the financing of bin collection in Monaco. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answ...

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retro AMT78

Answer Me This! - August 21, 2020 09:56 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Let's go back to 4 December 2008 for Retro AMT78, when youreallysmell.com still seemed like a non-evil idea, fake news was just a bit of a laugh, and Olly invented something that has now become real but also something that hasn't but would still be a really good idea! Let's check back in on that ...

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AMT388: Lolly Stick Jokes, Pizza Cutters, and Wombat Scat

Answer Me This! - August 06, 2020 13:40 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
In AMT388, questioneers wonder about pizza cutters, lolly stick jokes, cubed poo, lawns, and the house in the middle of the M62 motorway. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to [email protected]. Twe...

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retro AMT301

Answer Me This! - July 23, 2020 16:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 775 ratings
Let's go back to October 2014 for retro AMT301, to re-learn why the Chippendales are called the Chippendales, which hotels the Dalai Lama stays in, and what happened to Rock Circus. This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Sen...

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