171: Duck on expenses

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about problematic pictures, identical items and whale wax. 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: Matthew Sherlip, Selena, Mikael, Meggie, Frank Mutter, Cameron L., Jack Harding, Asher Stuhlman. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Why might Danish hikers start counting cases of beer for their own safety?
0:35.6	The answer to that at the end of the show, my name's Tom
0:38.1	Scott, and this is Lateral. On today's show, we have the crew from Let's Learn Everything.
0:50.7	Woo! Woo! Woo! Yeah!
0:53.0	Who have been on this show so many times that they are basically nail staff, except we Who! Woo! Who! Who! Yeah!
0:55.0	Who!
0:56.0	...who have been on this show so many times that they are basically now staff, except we don't pay them
0:59.0	and they keep wandering off with our stationery.
1:01.0	Last week they did hand in a document entitled the LLE Workers Charter, demanding emotional
1:06.0	support toys, snack breaks, and, quote, at least one question about something normal.
1:13.6	They've formed a picket line outside the studio, made entirely of fun facts,
1:17.2	which is honestly not as intimidating as they think it is.
1:20.0	Oh, oh!
1:22.6	Nonetheless, they've shown up for their unpaid shift today, and we couldn't be happier.
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