185: Mackerel comfort
Lateral with Tom Scott
Lateral with Tom Scott
4.9 • 736 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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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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