186: Flaming buttocks

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle from 'Jet Lag: The Game' face questions about culinary caution, ballgame bests and necessary nosegays. 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: Abigail Cline, Patrick T., Rado, Jean, Jan Czechowski, Matt Monitto, James. 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	On day three of leftovers for lunch, have a day off.
0:04.9	Switch it up with a double cheeseburger for 249 on the McDonald's saver menu.
0:09.9	Leftovers left the chat.
0:11.4	Talk about saver satisfaction.
0:14.9	Served from 11am, price and participation may vary.
0:17.7	Fees apply to delivery orders, subject to availability.
0:20.2	Before Abigail
0:21.1	starts baking, why does she grab a shower cap? The answer to that at the end of the show. My name's
0:27.4	Tom Scott, and this is Lateral. Welcome to Lateral, the show where people normally sit still and think, which makes today's guests something of a novelty, because joining us are the team from Jetlag the Game, a show where the entire premise is sprinting through unfamiliar cities, making tactical decisions under pressure, and treating transit hubs like their escape rooms.
0:54.7	So today is a big change of pace.
0:56.7	Today, no boarding passards, no surprise challengers,
0:59.2	and no one shouting go, go, while running down a train platform.
1:02.4	Instead, they're here to attempt something far more dangerous,
1:05.7	answering questions that you can't run away from.
1:07.9	We start with Ben Doyle.
1:29.8	Hello, everybody. It's Ben Doyle from Jell Like the Game. Welcome back to the show. How are you doing, Ben? I'm good. I'm, I'm raring to go. I sort of, it didn't occur to me until just now that I would have to be thinking. I was sort of focused on the question I had to ask and I I was like, oh, man, I'm going to trick them so good. But then I was like, oh, no, I got to, like, think about the other ones. That's tough. Also, welcome to the show, Adam Chase. Hi, Tom. How are you doing? It's been a little while. It's been a minute. Well, you were on our podcast recently, which was a lot of fun.
1:47.2	I was. The layover, exclusive to Nebula?
1:45.1	It's been a minute. Well, you were on our podcast recently, which was a lot of fun.
1:59.7	I was. The layover, exclusive to Nebula? It's exclusive to Nebula. If I'm plugging Nebula hard, it's because right now my show's going out a week earlier on Nebula. So nebula.tv slash Tom Scott. I'll just get that in on my code. And you could also go to Nebula. AtTV slash gelag.
2:00.8	Of course, if you wanted to,
2:02.2	that would be great.
2:03.3	One time I think we,
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