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Lateral with Tom Scott

185: Mackerel comfort

Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9736 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

VT Physics, VeeVee and Geoff Marshall face questions about various vowels, jostling jumps and medical minerals. 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: Aaron Mason, Jeff Winer, Julien, Jessalynn, Eli Gorauskas, JP Etcheber, Cliff. 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

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0:23.3

What do Celine Dion and the song Old MacDonald Had a Farm have in common? The answer to that at the end of the show.

0:30.0

My name's Tom Scott and this is Lateral.

0:45.0

Welcome back to Lateral, the show recently described by reviewer as delightfully confusing. Other reviews have said that we are an excellent way to feel smart and then not, and

0:50.1

great for falling asleep but in a nice way.

0:53.3

We take all feedback to heart, even the one that simply said,

0:56.0

Why?

0:58.0

Fortunately, our guests today are here to provide three strong answers to the question why.

1:03.0

First, from the YouTube channel VT Physics, we have VT Physics.

1:07.0

Hello there, everybody.

1:09.0

Welcome to the show. It is your first time playing. So I will ask

1:12.0

the obvious question. What do you do online? What's your channel about? I tend to talk about

1:17.2

physics and general science on my channel. It covers everything from our day-to-day life to

1:23.0

new tech and science. One thing you've done that I haven't even dared to start is to move into short form.

1:30.3

And like, a lot of the stuff you're making now is just quick debunks for short form stuff.

1:35.3

How has that been for someone who started doing long form stuff?

1:38.3

That's it. Well, making short form video is so much fun because you get to do them so quickly within a day or two. You can't produce a

1:46.7

neat video that encompasses all the signs that you want to talk about, but in a fun and bite-sized

1:53.5

manner. And I guess that's how it reached a wide number of audience because there's simple concepts and yet's relatable.

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