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Lateral with Tom Scott

157: A red rubber ball

Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9736 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Macy Gilliam, Toby Howell and Neal Freyman from 'Morning Brew' face questions about tortuous things, terrible typefaces and talented tans. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: GC, Brian, Maren, Karen Zheng, James, Elliot, Nicolas. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Where would you find two arms above an eye, above a foot, above a throat?

0:06.4

The hands to that at the end of the show, my name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateran.

0:16.4

Today we have three returning players from Morning Brew, who continue, just for transparency's

0:22.5

sake, to not sponsor this podcast. They are well known for a business newsletter that is sharp

0:27.1

and incisive. And I can attest to that. I printed one out and got a paper cut. Hopefully

0:31.7

standing by with antiseptic and a band-aid. First, we have Neil Freeman. Hello. Welcome back to the show. How did you find it on your first outing through Lassel?

0:42.2

It was like, sorry to use a baseball metaphor, but it was kind of like going into a game

0:47.7

without warming up in the bullpen first as a pitcher. You can use a soccer metaphor anywhere you want. But it took a while to get used to it,

0:56.8

but once you were in the middle innings, we were throwing fastballs. I love how you went for a

1:02.4

sports metaphor and not a business metaphor, despite everything. I mean, you know what's in my head.

1:08.0

99% of the time is sports, business 1%. Well, also joining us the other half of Morning Brew's Morning Business Podcast.

1:16.4

Toby Howell, welcome back to the show.

1:18.2

Thank you so much. I was shocked by our collective ability to go so far in the wrong direction,

1:26.2

but then also bring it back in the right direction.

1:28.1

Sometimes it loops round. Sometimes you say the silly thing, and it loops around. It's correct.

1:32.2

Exactly. You should give a plug for the podcast. Yeah. If you like listening to our voices on this

1:38.0

podcast, go check out our real podcast at Morning Brew Daily. It's on all podcast platforms. And if you like business news, but

1:45.8

nothing too serious, give it a listen. And the last member of Morning Brew joining us today,

1:50.8

Macy Gilliam, welcome back. Thank you so much. So happy to be back. Last time you were here,

1:56.2

you said you were learning magic for a YouTube video on Morning Brew? Yes. I became a magician for a video.

2:03.6

I had a real magic show with a hundred paying audience members. And it really put my skills to the test.

2:10.6

So everyone should go check out the video and see how it went. Can I ask why? Like, what's the

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