197: No Such Thing As Eurovision For Christmas Trees
A special Christmas episode with Dan, James, Anna and Andy, live from Up The Creek in Greenwich
Dec 22, 2017•37 min•Ep. 197
No Such Thing As A Fish
Award-winning podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show discuss the best things they've found out this week.
Hosted by Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland) with James Harkin (@jamesharkin), Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm), and Anna Ptaszynski (#GetAnnaOnTwitter)
Episodes
196: No Such Thing As Faking The Magic Dream
Live from Wimbledon, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss what makes flamingos pink, Cape Canaveral's dialling code, and the secret dream that lets you keep bees in the mountains.
Dec 15, 2017•36 min•Ep. 196
195: No Such Thing As A Hummingbird With A Greggs Steak Bake
Live from Manchester, Dan, James, Anna And Andy discuss how much Coke a human-sized hummingbird would drink, the world's first rollercoaster, and American grocery bag-packing competitions.
Dec 08, 2017•35 min•Ep. 195
194: No Such Thing As An Orange Crocodile
Live from Nottingham, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss green robins, Lenin’s unexpected accent and the Nottingham cheese riots.
Dec 01, 2017•35 min•Ep. 194
193: No Such Thing As Death By Conga
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss testifying in court through a window, the ant nests made of ants, and book the size of postage stamps.
Nov 25, 2017•44 min•Ep. 193
192: No Such Thing As A Restaurant Menu For Hats
Live from Cardiff, Dan, James Anna and Andy discuss listening to the radio with your hat on, the useless mating call of the pumpkin toadlet, and salmon-shaped mountains.
Nov 17, 2017•41 min•Ep. 192
191: No Such Thing As A Cannibal Squirrel
Live from Bath, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Calvin Coolidge's robotic horse, the inventor of email, and the language it's easiest to speak while drunk.
Nov 10, 2017•44 min•Ep. 191
190: No Such Thing As A Magic Oven For Chimps
Live from Newcastle, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss British boomerangs, primate rock-paper-scissors, and why the Catalans are so anti-cat.
Nov 03, 2017•38 min•Ep. 190
189: No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan
Live from the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Queen's nickname, the man beaten in a marathon by a tumble dryer, and the anus that is Making America Great Again.
Nov 01, 2017•34 min•Ep. 189
188: No Such Thing As A Mouth-Propelled Grenade Launcher
Live from Newcastle, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Mo Farah's only Guinness World Record, what's inside a Kit Kat, and how hamsters arrived in the UK.
Oct 27, 2017•36 min•Ep. 188
187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year
Andy, James, Anna and Alex discuss how to get ants drunk, the stolen cities in China, and The Sound Of Julie Andrews Being Blown Over By A Helicopter.
Oct 20, 2017•41 min•Ep. 187
186: No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election
Anna, James, Andy and Alice discuss portable bridges, sneeze-based votes, and why you can't detect magnets with your mind.
Oct 13, 2017•31 min•Ep. 186
185: No Such Thing As Scottish Snow
Andy, Anna, James and special guest Cariad Lloyd discuss Unity Mitford's BFFs, how planes (don't) cure deafness, and why you shouldn't eat Scottish show.
Oct 06, 2017•45 min•Ep. 185
184: No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss snakes that eat snakes, mathematical street performers, and the celebrity most likely to give you a virus.
Sep 29, 2017•40 min•Ep. 184
183: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre
Dan, James, Andy and Alex discuss how to drive a submarine, Gainsborough's 6-foot-long paintbrushes, and where 1% of all the world's wood goes.
Sep 22, 2017•32 min•Ep. 183
182: No Such Thing As An Auction For Auction School
Dan, Anna, Andy and special guest Jason Hazeley discuss the British Lawnmover Museum, questionnaires for narcissists, how Christie's auctioneers get over their nerves.
Sep 15, 2017•32 min•Ep. 182
181: No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine
Dan, Anna, Andy and Alex discuss Spielberg's Great White Turd, maverick train carriages and how bird always know when they're in Aberdeen.
Sep 08, 2017•35 min•Ep. 181
180: No Such Thing As Playing Snake On A Plane
Dan, James, Anna and Anne discuss Hitler's Beatles cameo, how lobsters fly, and the most surprising place to find John Goodman.
Sep 01, 2017•32 min•Ep. 180
179: No Such Thing As Stare-Boxing
Dan, James, Anna and Alex discuss mail-order portraits, the first ever Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the country with only five star hotels.
Aug 25, 2017•32 min•Ep. 179
178: No Such Thing As A Cup Full Of Nessie
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss your amazing expanding liver, the land of ex-presidents, and scientists disguised as mooses...or is that meese?
Aug 18, 2017•41 min•Ep. 178
177: No Such Thing As A Barking Spy
Live from the Wilderness Festival, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the invention of crowd barriers, bombs that lecture their victims, and Volkswagen's biggest product [hint: it's not cars].
Aug 11, 2017•42 min•Ep. 177
176: No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss vomiting caterpillars, quarantined chocolate, and Russian news that's literally stored in the cloud.
Aug 04, 2017•39 min•Ep. 176
175: No Such Thing As A Rice Krispie With Feelings
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss expert plastic sushi artists, the world's first bendy straws, and how fake dog noses help detect bombs.
Jul 28, 2017•45 min•Ep. 175
174: No Such Thing As A Manta Ray
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss competitive tongue injuring, the popemobile for hire and Bogotan traffic mimes.
Jul 21, 2017•44 min•Ep. 174
173: No Such Thing As Symphony For Sizzurp In D Minor
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss weather-forecasting rainbows, Mexico's artistic tax policy and the mandatory Big Book of Tennis Rules.
Jul 14, 2017•43 min•Ep. 173
172: No Such Thing As A Cat-a-Cops Cartoon
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the police force for dead people, Indonesia's KFC CDs and Chinese mistress-dispellers.
Jul 07, 2017•51 min•Ep. 172
171: No Such Thing As A Half-Ape Vampire
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the man behind human chess, Agatha Christie's untranslatable book and deceitful camemberts.
Jun 30, 2017•39 min•Ep. 171
170: No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole
Anna, James, Andy and Alex discuss stinking ice, smart seeds and the world's greatest fly swatters.
Jun 23, 2017•43 min•Ep. 170
169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty
Anna, James, Andy and Alex discuss synchronised blinking, the ants the size of foxes, and nocturnal apple-counting robots.
Jun 16, 2017•40 min•Ep. 169
168: No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead
In a special episode covering the 2017 general election, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss policies regarding yetis, the underwater constituency, and (of course) the election in Kenya.
Jun 09, 2017•40 min•Ep. 168