In what non-medical location might you see vomits, nosebleeds and spots?

The answer to that? At the end of the show, my name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

On today's show, we have three players from the continent of Australia, a land of big skies,

big barbecues, and even bigger opinions.

But that's enough binging up with the guests, let's get on and meet them.

We start returning from Lab Muffin Beauty Science, Michelle Wong.

Welcome back to the show.

Thank you for having me.

Last time, you got some really good solves in on your first show. How are you feeling? Well, now I'm intimidated, but I was confident three seconds ago. Thanks, Scott. Oh, did I call you Scott? I called you Scott because I'm looking at your name. You deserve that. You deserve that. Thank you very much for coming back on the show. What's going on with the channel? What are you working on at the minute?

The usual, terrible, long video editing life.

Oh yeah. Just, oh yeah, just talking...

The curse of the video essayist.

Yeah, I am turning into a video essayist now. Yeah, it's become video essays about beauty, which apparently there is an audience for.

Yes, there's an audience for a lot of things that are far more niche than making sure you look good.

And on that note.

Also, from Australia, and here since the first episode. Danny Seller from Escape This podcast,

welcome back. As niches they come, I feel. Thank you so much. What is the nichest escape

room you've had on the podcast? I'm probably going to say, I mentioned it last time we were on,

that I recently, for National Science Week, wrote a room that was all centered around the idea of goat

genetics, where you have to interpret some goat family trees and find out some genetic fraud

that has gone on in the species. I realized a moment later that you said centered, as in like,

with an R in there. Revolving around.

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