161: A railway puzzle

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Caroline Roper, Ella Hubber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about new names, convenient coins and purchasable possessions. 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: Mistmage, ethan, Peter Genoff, Emily and Elika, Andrew M., Estella. 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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0:29.8	Why did two people who knew each other change their surname to Gray on the same day?
0:36.3	The answer to that at the end of the show.
0:38.3	My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.
0:40.3	Yeah.
0:49.3	Yeah, they're here again.
0:51.3	Yeah.
0:52.3	I can't believe this is happening to us.
0:55.0	They just appear every three months, like clockwork.
0:58.0	They're like roaches.
1:01.0	I wouldn't mind, but they make this little annoying sound.
1:04.0	It's just like they're sitting there staring and mocking me.
1:10.0	Yeah, no, no, my next time, Scott.
1:12.1	I'm really smart.
1:12.9	No, I've tried that, but they didn't take the hint.
1:14.6	You know, they just turn up like they own the place, cause chaos and leave.
1:17.6	So what, that'll get rid of the mosquitoes? Okay.
1:20.6	Oh.
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