Lateral with Tom Scott

Tom Scott and David Bodycombe

EN184 episodes

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Award-winning comedy panel game about weird questions with wonderful answers. Each week, Tom Scott is joined by three guests to ask each other questions with a sideways twist. There's no points or prizes - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. Enquiries and question submissions: https://www.lateralcast.com.Ad-free shows and bonus content: https://www.lateralcast.com/club.

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Episodes (184)

37: Keep left at the quarry

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36: The no-show French king

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35: Selfies with number 57

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34: Six unnecessary doorknobs

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33: Crooked camel competitions

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32: Losing golf balls for fun

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31: The genius of cheese slices

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30: The orchestrated in-joke

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29: The passenger going nowhere

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28: An 'out of this world' lecture

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27: Extra-green cat trees

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26: The car crash 'dummy'

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25: A deliberately bad program

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24: The coins buried with Sinatra

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23: Naval gazing

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22: A carousel's little secret

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21: The bandit that gives back

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20: The rigged JFK election

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19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

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18: Making cosplay worthwhile

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17: Some 3-D movies from 1903

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16: The 2-year-old newborn

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15: Elfrida, dog detective

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14: A flaming good flight

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13: A glassware tax affair

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12: The most-kissed woman in history

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11: Who uses the 10-08-42 rule?

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10: The day that cost $700m

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9: The purple seats mystery

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8: What Liechtenstein shares with England

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7: The brilliant burger chain ruse

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6: Solve a 13th Century murder!

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5: When time goes up to 30 o'clock

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4: The currency that cuts crime

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3: Why did 1959's album charts vanish?

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2: What was measured in 'gillettes'?

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1: The elevator where you're "born again"

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Lateral: Trailer

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