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Lateral with Tom Scott

55: Octopodes in trees

Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

Education, Comedy, Leisure, Games

4.9742 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Rowan Ellis, Katie Steckles and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about periodic poles, silly signs and iconic icons. 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://www.lateralcast.com. Join the Producer's Club via https://members.lateralcast.com for ad-free episodes and bonus content. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. RECORDED AT: The Podcast Studios, Dublin. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Jake Mellor, Christophe Latinne, James Hamilton, Patrick Lind, Dallas. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Where would you find symbols representing yes, no, point of view, and sheet of paper?

0:06.5

The answer to that at the end of the show.

0:08.2

My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

0:17.1

Welcome to the podcast that obeys Newton's Third Law, because for every question, there is an equal and opposite solution.

0:24.4

Sorry, Emma, being told that needed more gravity.

0:26.8

Here to show us our kinetic potential we have.

0:29.6

I'm sorry.

0:31.1

I don't write this.

0:33.1

We start with from Escape This Podcast, Danny Siller.

0:38.3

Yeah, hi, I'm out. I'm done.

0:42.0

How are you doing, Danny? We saw you a few episodes ago.

0:46.2

Yeah, I think I'm feeling on. I had a wonderful time last time, as always.

0:51.0

And so there's a lot to live up to for all of our guests today. And so I hope

0:57.2

you guys can do it. You are one of the old hands at the show now. That sounded much,

1:02.8

much more harsh when I said it out loud. It wasn't intended as anything other than a compliment.

1:08.1

What advice would you give to the newer players?

1:16.0

Exactly the same advice that we give to people on our show as well. The stupid solution is probably the correct one. Also joining us back from the queer movie podcast and from her own

1:21.0

YouTube channel, Rowan Ellis. Hello. How are you doing? This is your second time in a few

1:26.4

episodes here. Are you getting back into the

1:28.4

groove of the show? I'm getting back into the swing of it. I'm heavily relying on the comic relief

1:34.4

factor that I can bring rather than necessarily the answers, but I trust in my fellow teammates

1:40.7

today. Well, the last one of those fellow teammates is Katie Steckles,

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