All Seasons

Season 2022

  • S2022E01 1: The elevator where you're 'born again'

    • October 14, 2022

    Matt Parker, Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller face questions about a 'born again' elevator, a bronze medal failure and a very expensive Danish supermarket.

  • S2022E02 2: What was measured in 'gillettes'?

    • October 21, 2022

    Brady Haran, Mary Spender and Eric Johnson face questions about a creative fire, bloodless hitmen and partly-useless products. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott.

  • S2022E03 3: Why did 1959's album charts vanish?

    • October 28, 2022

    Jade Tan-Holmes, Corry Will and Luke Cutforth face questions about missing album charts, an evasive painter and a flaw in 'Lord of the Flies'. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott.

  • S2022E04 4: The currency that cuts crime

    • November 4, 2022

    Marques Brownlee, Hayley Loren and Wren Weichman face questions about crime-busting currency, a sporting crisis and night-inspired combat.

  • S2022E05 5: When time goes up to 30 o'clock

    • November 11, 2022

    Rowan Ellis, Vanessa Hill and Grady Hillhouse face questions about logo longevity, Kodak complaints, and perplexing playgrounds.

  • S2022E06 6: Solve a 13th Century murder!

    • November 18, 2022

    Trace Dominguez, Nahre Sol and Jordan Harrod face questions about profitable collisions, familiar flags, and knotty problems.

  • S2022E07 7: The brilliant burger chain ruse

    • November 25, 2022

    Dani Siller, Bill Sunderland and Matt Parker face questions about plastic plates, academic awards and creative cereals.

  • S2022E08 8: What Liechtenstein shares with England

    • December 2, 2022

    Brady Haran, Mary Spender and Eric Johnson face questions about an unwanted win, a gruesome graveyard and a lucky performance.

  • S2022E09 9: The purple seats mystery

    • December 9, 2022

    Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jade Tan-Holmes face questions about mysterious medicines, calamitous currency and dodgy dealings.

  • S2022E10 10: The day that cost $700m

    • December 16, 2022

    Marques Brownlee, Wren Weichman and Hayley Loren discuss questions about clever communications, ridiculous registrations and distant destinations.

  • S2022E11 11: Who uses the 10-08-42 rule?

    • December 23, 2022

    Rowan Ellis, Vanessa Hill and Grady Hillhouse face questions about diehard disease, pill-popping performers, and ridiculous room numbers.

  • S2022E12 12: The most-kissed woman in history

    • December 30, 2022

    Trace Dominguez, Nahre Sol and Jordan Harrod face questions about crafty candidates, protective parking and goofy glasses.

Season 2023

  • S2023E01 13: A glassware tax affair

    • June 1, 2023

    Cleo Abram, Simone Giertz and 'Legal Eagle' Devin Stone face questions about colossal chains, prudish paintings, and golden goblets.

  • S2023E02 14: A flaming good flight

    • January 13, 2023

    Dani Siller & Bill Sunderland ('Escape This Podcast') and William Osman face questions about crooning tunes, morning mishaps and enigmatic elevators.

  • S2023E03 15: Elfrida, dog detective

    • January 20, 2023

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about baffling bans, Australian emblems, and stamp sales.

  • S2023E04 16: The 2-year-old newborn

    • January 27, 2023

    'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about scientific statues, slashed screens, and a silly sequence.

  • S2023E05 17: Some 3-D movies from 1903

    • February 3, 2023

    'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about political powercuts, red rectangles, and astonishing anvils.

  • S2023E06 18: Making cosplay worthwhile

    • February 10, 2023

    Jay Foreman, Kip Heath and Jason Slaughter ('Not Just Bikes') face questions about awkward animals, Indian ingenuity, and a Peter Pan problem.

  • S2023E07 19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

    • February 17, 2023

    Cleo Abram, Simone Giertz and 'Legal Eagle' Devin Stone face questions about confusing conveyors, flooded fields and bad-faith baseball.

  • S2023E08 20: The rigged JFK election

    • February 24, 2023

    William Osman, Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland face questions about statesmanly statues, parking perks and bountiful birthdays.

  • S2023E09 21: The bandit that gives back

    • March 3, 2023

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about deceptive dates, brick buildings and baseball baiting.

  • S2023E10 22: A carousel's little secret

    • March 10, 2023

    'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about rigging research, dating dwellings and exploiting extras.

  • S2023E11 23: Naval gazing

    • March 17, 2023

    'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about medical methods, musical murders, and McDonald's marketing.

  • S2023E12 24: The coins buried with Sinatra

    • March 24, 2023

    Mark Rober, Jabrils and Virginia Schutte face questions about football faults, soil secrets, and educational eats.

  • S2023E13 25: A deliberately bad program

    • March 31, 2023

    Brian McManus from 'Real Engineering', Sarah Renae Clark and Nicholas Johnson face questions about sincere symbols, shrewd signage and silly stickers.

  • S2023E14 26: The car crash 'dummy'

    • April 7, 2023

    Xyla Foxlin, Jordan Harrod and Becky Stern face questions about cheapo chicken, problematic passwords and bountiful bananas.

  • S2023E15 27: Extra-green cat trees

    • April 14, 2023

    Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller (from 'Escape This Podcast') and Amelie Brodeur face questions about troublesome tower blocks, bonkers bookings and factually-incorrect films.

  • S2023E16 28: An 'out of this world' lecture

    • April 21, 2023

    Melissa Fernandes, Sabrina Cruz and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about crafty clocks, remunerative records and veiled video games.

  • S2023E17 29: The passenger going nowhere

    • April 28, 2023

    Emily the Engineer, Wren Weichman and Kip Heath face questions about right-handed roads, tea taxonomy and broken bikes.

  • S2023E18 30: The orchestrated in-joke

    • May 5, 2023

    Mark Rober, Virginia Schutte and Jabrils face questions about rigorous racing, perceptive photography, and vexatious vexillology.

  • S2023E19 31: The genius of cheese slices

    • May 12, 2023

    Brian McManus from 'Real Engineering', Sarah Renae Clark and Nicholas Johnson face questions about timely treatments, perceptive painters and bisected badges.

  • S2023E20 32: Losing golf balls for fun

    • May 19, 2023

    Xyla Foxlin, Jordan Harrod and Becky Stern face questions about cable cutting, baking brilliance and ska band shenanigans.

  • S2023E21 33: Crooked camel competitions

    • May 26, 2023

    Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller (from 'Escape This Podcast') and Amelie Brodeur face questions about colour-coded kindness, curious keypads and cosmic kit.

  • S2023E22 34: Six unnecessary doorknobs

    • June 2, 2023

    Melissa Fernandes, Sabrina Cruz and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about generous grades, delayed days and spacious sidewalks.

  • S2023E23 35: Selfies with number 57

    • June 9, 2023

    Emily the Engineer, Wren Weichman and Kip Heath face questions about benefit bonuses, stationery sales and plummeting platforms.

  • S2023E24 36: The no-show French king

    • June 16, 2023

    Annie Rauwerda ('Depths of Wikipedia'), J. Draper and Geoff Marshall face questions about sporting schemes, misty mirrors and Boston billboards.

  • S2023E25 37: Keep left at the quarry

    • June 23, 2023

    Jeremy Fielding, Estefannie and Inés Dawson ('Draw Curiosity') face questions about treaty texts, shirt sequences and practical photocopies.

  • S2023E26 38: Edward's buried paint

    • June 30, 2023

    From 'Jet Lag: The Game', Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle face questions about copyright chicanery, microstate melodies and fruitless flights.

  • S2023E27 39: Dare you brave this shopping mall?

    • July 7, 2023

    Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown ('Kids Invent Stuff') and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about slapdash squiggles, poster positioning and fishy football fixtures.

  • S2023E28 40: Swimming without water

    • July 14, 2023

    Anna Ploszajski, Scott Manley and Bill Sunderland face questions about cheffy shortcuts, red ropes and pricey papers.

  • S2023E29 41: Barefoot job applications

    • July 21, 2023

    Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about diamond dealing, disorganised diners and dodgy documents.

  • S2023E30 42: Giant concrete balls

    • July 28, 2023

    Annie Rauwerda ('Depths of Wikipedia'), J. Draper and Geoff Marshall face questions about rumbling roads, sacred snacks and keyboard quirks.

  • S2023E31 43: Six unopenable letterboxes

    • August 4, 2023

    Jeremy Fielding, Estefannie and Inés Dawson ('Draw Curiosity') face questions about sporting sobbing, bad breakfasts and shorn sweethearts.

  • S2023E32 44: TV directing in reverse

    • August 11, 2023

    From 'Jet Lag: The Game', Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle face questions about food fakery, coat calamities and vaccine verses.

  • S2023E33 45: Mission to nowhere

    • August 18, 2023

    Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown ('Kids Invent Stuff') and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about bread balls, maligned musicals and profitable postage.

  • S2023E34 46: Mr. Kill Gun Die

    • August 25, 2023

    Anna Ploszajski, Scott Manley and Bill Sunderland face questions about stately stands, letter lists and silver streaks.

  • S2023E35 47: Apples for General Lee?

    • September 1, 2023

    Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about condiment condition, reverse roaming and strobing satellites.

  • S2023E36 48: Increasingly impressive plays

    • September 8, 2023

    Jacklyn Dallas ('Nothing But Tech'), Beryl Shereshewsky and Alec Watson ('Technology Connections') face questions about martial arts mastery, boating back stories and motoring materials.

  • S2023E37 49: Completely inedible eggs

    • September 15, 2023

    Rowan Ellis, Katie Steckles and Bill Sunderland ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about martial arts mastery, boating back stories and motoring materials.

  • S2023E38 50: Undercover sunburn

    • September 22, 2023

    Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about story studies, Disney descriptions and pictorial publicity.

  • S2023E39 51: Snap! Hacker! Pop!

    • September 29, 2023

    Toby Hendy, Matthew Schuchman and Julian O'Shea face questions about superlative streets, marine mutinies and blacked-out books.

  • S2023E40 52: Square-eyed dogs

    • October 6, 2023

    Michelle Khare, Kip Heath and Joe Hanson face questions about far-flung flights, rapping records and odd opposites.

  • S2023E41 53: The criminal caught by a toy

    • October 13, 2023

    Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jack Chesher face questions about Chinese curios, perilous Perspex and dynamic drinks.

  • S2023E42 54: Smearing honey on doors

    • October 20, 2023

    Jacklyn Dallas ('Nothing But Tech'), Beryl Shereshewsky and Alec Watson ('Technology Connections') face questions about charity costs, goofy greetings and malleable metal.

  • S2023E43 55: Octopodes in trees

    • October 27, 2023

    Rowan Ellis, Katie Steckles and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about periodic poles, silly signs and iconic icons.

  • S2023E44 56: World-famous battery packs

    • November 3, 2023

    Caroline Roper, Ella Hubber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about eccentric earrings, dawdling deliveries and cattle calculations.

  • S2023E45 57: Computers that love '7'

    • November 10, 2023

    Toby Hendy, Matthew Schuchman and Julian O'Shea face questions about celebrity stars, film foul-ups and security systems.

  • S2023E46 58: Straight-line sports

    • November 17, 2023

    Bernadette Banner, Emily Graslie and Dani Siller face questions about jogging jobs, textual T-shirts and dangerous dogs.

  • S2023E47 59: The player on both teams

    • November 24, 2023

    Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jack Chesher face questions about designer drinks, basketball business and festival flyers.

  • S2023E48 60: The world's longest ship

    • December 1, 2023

    Molly Edwards, Becky Stern and Jenny Draper face questions about pet permutations, infant images and rope ruses.

  • S2023E49 61: Instruments made by insects

    • December 8, 2023

    Evan & Katelyn Heling and Emily Calandrelli face questions about growing gains, wrong watches and cat calamaties.

  • S2023E50 62: The lifesaving blackout

    • December 15, 2023

    Hannah Witton, Mike Boyd and Geoff Marshall face questions about versatile voting, clever creatures and brick buildings.

  • S2023E51 63: Upside-down riches

    • December 22, 2023

    Hannah Fry, Lily Hevesh and Brian David Gilbert face questions about desperate decrees, crowded ceremonies and rebalanced records.

  • S2023E52 64: Black and white bowties

    • December 29, 2023

    Daniel Peake, Lizzy Skrzypiec and Bill Sunderland face questions about shoe safes, safety signs and sinuous streets.

Season 2024

  • S2024E01 65: Air-conditioned pilots

    • January 5, 2024

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandez and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about telltale tapes, rigorous registrations and troublesome towers.

  • S2024E02 66: The lock-breaking pencil

    • January 12, 2024

    Adam Ragusea, Vanessa Hill and Stuart Ashen face questions about stationery stories, secret shapes and sporting sites.

  • S2024E03 67: The colour sequence secret

    • January 19, 2024

    Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about confectionery companies, Covid conditions and culinary choices.

  • S2024E04 68: Bright green icing

    • January 26, 2024

    Molly Edwards, Becky Stern and Jenny Draper face questions about fancy flowers, shirt selections and car coordination.

  • S2024E05 69: A very speedy spider

    • February 2, 2024

    Evan & Katelyn Heling and Emily Calandrelli face questions about satellite sizes, shirt selections and salt sales.

  • S2024E06 70: Holding up a desk lamp

    • February 9, 2024

    Hannah Fry, Lily Hevesh and Brian David Gilbert face questions about Tokyo text, state symbols and copyright clauses.

  • S2024E07 71: The sushi blockbuster

    • February 16, 2024

    Daniel Peake, Lizzy Skrzypiec and Bill Sunderland face questions about bonus bunkers, fitness fanatics and incidental insurance.

  • S2024E08 72: Billy Joel's 'Kohuept'

    • February 23, 2024

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandez and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about bricked-up buildings, money misunderstandings and transmuted text.

  • S2024E09 73: Resurrecting mammoths

    • March 1, 2024

    Adam Ragusea, Vanessa Hill and Stuart Ashen face questions about fake fittings, podcast production and sporting stunts.

  • S2024E10 74: 122,667 miles

    • March 8, 2024

    Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about cycling coercion, hoovering hacks and disproportionate drinks.

  • S2024E11 75: Annoying Chad

    • March 15, 2024

    Abigail Thorn, Annie Rauwerda and Jordan Harrod face questions about political plaques, coin collection and suitcase sections.

  • S2024E12 76: The man who ate snow

    • March 22, 2024

    Sam Reich, Ashley Hamer and Adam Savage face questions about visual vistas, ridiculous running and film phobias.

  • S2024E13 77: Experiments by bus

    • March 29, 2024

    Stuart Goldsmith, Sophie Ward and Katie Steckles face questions about gaming goals, street signs and Parisian pedlars.

  • S2024E14 78: Sneaky statutory statues

    • April 5, 2024

    Ruth Amos & Shawn Brown from 'Kids Invent Stuff' and Daniel Peake face questions about play programmes, dreary drives and captured caps.

  • S2024E15 79: Deliberately faulty rulers

    • April 12, 2024

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about universal units, vocational voices and quizzical questions.

  • S2024E16 80: The identical trainers

    • April 19, 2024

    Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about forgetful fumbles, Chinese contraptions and tender timings.

  • S2024E17 81: Women in red

    • April 26, 2024

    Simon Clark, Alec Steele and Rowan Ellis face questions about creative calibration, Canadian cities and crafty cataloguing.

  • S2024E18 82: Cattle at the office

    • May 3, 2024

    Karen Chu ('Good Job Brain'), Bob Hagh and Lizzy Skrzypiec face questions about golf gatherings, risky records and flirty figurines.

  • S2024E19 83: The user un-friendly library

    • May 10, 2024

    Abigail Thorn, Annie Rauwerda and Jordan Harrod face questions about book buying, cancer care and studio symbols.

  • S2024E20 84: Leftover contraptions

    • May 17, 2024

    Sam Reich, Ashley Hamer and Adam Savage face questions about police paperwork, tiny text and judicial jobs.

  • S2024E21 85: Pyromaniac novelties

    • May 24, 2024

    Stuart Goldsmith, Sophie Ward and Katie Steckles face questions about helpful hangers, location lines and cohabiting coordination.

  • S2024E22 86: Tricycles that lean

    • May 31, 2024

    Ruth Amos & Shawn Brown ('Kids Invent Stuff') and Daniel Peake face questions about corporeal cells, tricksy tricycles and fantastic frying pans.

  • S2024E23 87: Rory McIlroy's (blank)

    • June 7, 2024

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about solar solutions, recreational results and audience accumulation.

  • S2024E24 88: Rolling a 7

    • June 14, 2024

    Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about devious designs, tantalizing tubes and baffling bans.

  • S2024E25 89: Smashing products

    • June 21, 2024

    Simon Clark, Alec Steele and Rowan Ellis face questions about red resources, radioactive readings and retooled recreations.

  • S2024E26 90: Manhole Easter eggs

    • June 28, 2024

    Karen Chu ('Good Job Brain'), Bob Hagh and Lizzy Skrzypiec face questions about rough recreations, reluctant referees and Rubik's records.

  • S2024E27 91: A secret base, revealed

    • July 5, 2024

    Robert Llewellyn, Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller face questions about mud mounds, circling canines and priceless printers.

  • S2024E28 92: Inverted guitars

    • July 12, 2024

    Jenny Draper, David Bennett and Annie Rauwerda face questions about repetitious races, thankful towns and natural nourishment.

  • S2024E29 93: Political proofs

    • July 19, 2024

    Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jordan Harrod face questions about studio sackings, timely trademarks and complicated campaigns.

  • S2024E30 94: The empty pizza box

    • July 26, 2024

    Hank Green, Ceri Riley and Daniel Peake face questions about practical pencils, pyromaniac profiteers and prodigious protoplasm.

  • S2024E31 95: Musical fly swatters

    • August 2, 2024

    Ólafur Waage, Evan Edinger and Hannah Witton face questions about cartoon creation, municipal meetings and presidential performances.

  • S2024E32 96: The king of everywhere

    • August 9, 2024

    Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about roundabout routes, mysterious messages and devillish doorbells.

  • S2024E33 97: Mexican Robocop

    • August 16, 2024

    Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about comical connections, little lakes and technical tofu.

  • S2024E34 98: 65 luggage bags

    • August 23, 2024

    Eglė Vaškevičiūtė, Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller face questions about mammal moments, brand boundaries and artist assistance.

  • S2024E35 99: Anti-stress vending machines

    • August 30, 2024

    Jenny Draper, David Bennett and Annie Rauwerda face questions about pyromaniac phrases, eulogised elements and anonymous athletes.