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Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)

It’s the podcast where neuroscientist and author, Dr Dean Burnett (The Idiot Brain, Psycho-logical) and his oldest friend in the world, Simon Feeley (some guff on BBC radios 4 and Wales, years ago) present each other with things, things they find confusing and perplexing, and have a little chat about them. 

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Society & Culture Comedy Conversation Science Lifestyle Politics
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
46 minutes
Episodes
148
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Episode 67: “Sad beef and fat onion”

Episode 67: “Sad beef and fat onion”

In this episode, Simon and Dean broadcast their thoughts whilst on holiday in London. They discuss a few items that London is famous for: Mrs Doubtfire the Musical, expensive cashew nuts and stiffnes…

00:40:14  |   Tue 17 Oct 2023
Episode 66: “Bag lips” (with Michael McCann)

Episode 66: “Bag lips” (with Michael McCann)

In this episode, Mike returns to unravel with the boys. The three gents discuss the cultural power of Phil Mitchell, human souls entrapped in china dolls, Japanese men that can transform into dogs an…

01:04:23  |   Tue 10 Oct 2023
Episode 65: “Some mothers would like a dining experience”

Episode 65: “Some mothers would like a dining experience”

In this episode, Simon unveils a new segment and then Dean leads a discussion on comedy-based dining experiences. The pair of them stumble upon what could be a good business idea before turning their…

00:51:50  |   Tue 03 Oct 2023
Episode 64: “Laserquack”

Episode 64: “Laserquack”

In this episode, Dean and Simon ponder the educational power of acronyms and look at a way to make the motorcar more horse friendly.  

 

The anagrams and mottos - https://i.imgur.com/zgEPqDH.jpg  

 

Hors…

00:42:45  |   Tue 26 Sep 2023
Episode 63: “Smash it all together and hope for the best”

Episode 63: “Smash it all together and hope for the best”

In this episode, your hosts have a look in the fridge to see if they can cobble together a “dump meal” and then come up with the most unpleasant analogy to explain how nuclear fusion works that you a…

00:40:20  |   Tue 19 Sep 2023
Episode 62: “Clive Cough Clough: The Inevitable Distress.” (with Trevor Williams)

Episode 62: “Clive Cough Clough: The Inevitable Distress.” (with Trevor Williams)

In this episode, an upturn in temperature brings Trevor Williams out of his hidey-hole to join Dean and Simon for an hour of claptrap. The three of them talk about wet weddings, tribute trainers, the…

01:04:46  |   Tue 12 Sep 2023
Episode 61: “A full brick of British Butter”

Episode 61: “A full brick of British Butter”

In this episode, Simon gets distracted by a clock while looking at a 93-year-old ‘science’ experiment and Dean learns how much butter is in a stick. The pair of them also present the most detailed di…

00:42:11  |   Tue 05 Sep 2023
Episode 60: “Toto’s wormy wood”

Episode 60: “Toto’s wormy wood”

In this episode, Dean and Simon watch a propaganda film starring Superman, look at some movie memorabilia available at auction and discuss Swedish hip-hop/R&B from the 1990s. 

 

Superman anti-smoking c…

00:55:34  |   Tue 29 Aug 2023
Episode 59:

Episode 59: "All my work is plus birds"

In this episode, your hosts watch segments of a dreadful cartoon and then quest to understand the ethos of Etsy. In the final section, Simon delivers the definitive list of boring hobbies and encoura…

00:36:39  |   Tue 22 Aug 2023
Episode 58:

Episode 58: "Governance by Thunderdome" (with Drew Davies)

In this episode, a change of format! Dean and Simon to get taught a lesson about American Professional Wrestling by wrestling-nerd Drew Davies, co-host of the 'We Make Things Fight with Matt Troy' po…
00:54:00  |   Tue 15 Aug 2023
Episode 57: “A 3x3 Grid of Gail Platt”

Episode 57: “A 3x3 Grid of Gail Platt”

In this episode, Dean reads you an email with a surprising twist and then Simon presents you with his ugly mug. The programme ends with them almost learning something in the Random Wikipedia Article.…

00:36:42  |   Tue 08 Aug 2023
Episode 56: “Double bagged for its protection”

Episode 56: “Double bagged for its protection”

In this episode, your hosts watch some Irish songstresses go about their business and then settle down to ponder Popeye's plastic phallus before the train fully derails as Simon gives all mathematici…

00:45:23  |   Tue 01 Aug 2023
Episode 55: “Graffiti Special”

Episode 55: “Graffiti Special”

In this episode, Dean and Simon decide to dedicate an episode to graffiti for no apparent reason. Dean shows Simon some very offensive and possibly libellous messaging he saw on a lamppost in Cardiff…

00:41:06  |   Tue 25 Jul 2023
Episode 54:

Episode 54: "The loaves and fishes caper" (with Liam Schewitz)

In this episode, comedy friend Liam Schewitz joins Simon and Dean to talk about celebrity death-hoaxes, an email from a listener with a strange understanding of what the podcast is, a chilling advert…

01:04:55  |   Tue 18 Jul 2023
Episode 53: “They’re all circles or rods”

Episode 53: “They’re all circles or rods”

In this episode, Dean and Simon remember a song from their childhood which might have contributed to them being such porky little boys. Simon then takes Dean shopping in the grotesque-cat-grooming-ap…

00:45:19  |   Tue 11 Jul 2023
Episode 52: “Distressingly pink. Unnecessarily pink”

Episode 52: “Distressingly pink. Unnecessarily pink”

In this episode, Dean shows Simon a cut-scene from an old computer game and they try to pick apart a successful actor’s method. Then they revisit the targeted advertising scene to have a look at some…

00:45:39  |   Tue 04 Jul 2023
Episode 51: “Little stinking old worm”

Episode 51: “Little stinking old worm”

In this episode, your hosts try to work out why Dean has a presence on a website he has no business being on, try on a low-effort piece of official merchandise and then get lied to by a sneaky Wikipe…

00:40:16  |   Tue 27 Jun 2023
Episode 50: ”Bookboy vs Wasp-Pope“ (with Dan Thomas)

Episode 50: ”Bookboy vs Wasp-Pope“ (with Dan Thomas)

In this episode, comedian Dan Thomas (@itsdanthomas on twitter) joins Simon and Dean to discuss unwanted postal presents, unfathomable bumper stickers, the rise of the machines and a James Bond spoof…

01:05:20  |   Tue 20 Jun 2023
Episode 49:

Episode 49: "It's Terminal: The Musical"

In this episode, Dean plays Simon a dreadful, dreadful song and it has a debilitating effect on his cognitive function. Then the boys pick out presents for themselves from the Temu Father’s Day Sale …

00:48:11  |   Tue 13 Jun 2023
Episode 48: “If it’s green, it’s on”

Episode 48: “If it’s green, it’s on”

In this episode, Dean presents one of his much-loved travel updates and then Simon shows him a video of two people doing a costumed dance on the streets of Eastern Europe. They end the show by castin…

00:53:52  |   Tue 06 Jun 2023
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