The Wedding Feast at Cana by Veronese is the largest painting in the world's largest museum.

Yet most people stand with their back to it. Why?

The answer to that, at the end of the show. My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

As always on this show, I have a script full of very difficult questions, and today's

panellists really have their work cut out for them.

So that origami skill is going to come in handy.

We start today with Science Communicator, formerly of Seeker, and now the other half of

That's Absurd, please elaborate, after, I say other half, because

Trace Dominguez was just on the show the other week. This week we have Julian Hewgett.

Welcome to the show.

Hi, Tom. Thanks for having me. How did my boy do last week? Was he good? Do you do me proud?

Absolutely fine. We have a lot of plugs for your podcast right now, but go ahead. Tell me about

that's absurd. Please elaborate. Well, Tom, you were a guest on one episode that was fabulous,

of course. It is a science and boy, we sure do try and do comedy and one day we'll get there.

A podcast where we take the most outlandish, absurd questions that we can solicit from audience members,

and then we do our very best to find an answer and follow that ridiculous rabbit hole wherever it may go.

Did Trace give you any tips for this show?

None whatsoever. He told me I was on my own and he hoped I failed.

We have a healthy working relationship.

Very best of luck to you. There are points here but i do fully expect you to be keeping score against trace somehow anyway oh i will second member of our panel

is returning to the show science communicator from her own youtube channel soph's notes sophie ward

welcome back so nice to be back i'm so chuffed I've been invited back. That's

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