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Lateral with Tom Scott

174: The metal bar

Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9736 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

James Smales, Jonny Robins and John Cantrell from 'Here's What You Do' face questions about partial puzzles, soccer secrets and faraway flights. 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: James Smales, Jonny Robins, John Cantrell, Elizabeth Johnson-Mills, RedCree, Luke, Kain Lucas. 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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0:00.0

The Philly Cheese Stack is back at McDonald's and it's still intensely cheesy. Imagine the

0:04.4

cheesiest thing ever. Now cover it in cheese. Add two beef patties, cheddar cheese sauce,

0:08.3

crispy onions and even more cheese. The Philly Cheese Stack. Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:14.4

Available until the 16th of March, 2026 from 11 AM. Fees applied to delivery orders.

0:18.0

Price and participation may vary, subject to availability. Designed for a 2003 contest, which jigsaw by Paul Stancifer is incomplete?

0:27.7

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

0:45.9

Today we have made a bold, some would say, reckless decision, and invited the hosts of the Quiz Podcast, Here's What You Do.

0:50.6

They are professional game show consultants and question setters for hire.

0:55.8

That's right, we have brought ringers into a game about thinking. It's like challenging three Michelin star chefs to a pot noodle cook-off or asking three Olympic swimmers to help inflate

1:00.9

your paddling pool. So if my hosting confidence evaporates into a fine mist, you will know why. First,

1:08.2

hello, James Smales. Hi, Tom. I mean, what an introduction.

1:12.9

And you are in for a letdown, I'm afraid.

1:16.1

If anyone's heard the podcast, we can write questions, but we cannot answer them.

1:21.7

Tell me about the podcast then. Tell our audience about the podcast.

1:25.2

What is it you'll do?

1:26.6

So each week we set each other a brand

1:28.9

new quiz and it's inspired loosely by events that have happened that week. So I worked in TV and have

1:35.2

created and developed quiz shows like The Answer Trap and Lingo and Picture Slam. So I develop

1:41.3

those kind of shows. So I come at it from a kind of quiz-y analytical way.

1:45.3

Johnny has developed quizzes and also games and challenges for TV on big shows like

1:49.9

007 Road to a Million and tempting fortune, that kind of thing. And John is our friend.

1:56.5

And he also brings quizzes. But he actually tends to set the best ones, and is the most intelligent

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