As a regular traveller, Esther puts a shoe in the room safe every time she checks into a new hotel room.

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

Welcome to Lateral. We presume you're listening to this because you miswiped musical and

auto-corrected on your keyboard, but while you're here, you might as well stay around to listen

to these guys and dolls, attempt to make a song and dance of things. We have sort of a special

episode today with a load of people who set questions for other people. So I'm looking a little bit nervous, but not quite as nervous as they do from

being on the other end of their usual jobs. We start with puzzle editor at the Telegraph and writer

for Quiz Show Only Connect, Daniel Peek. Good time zones to you. How are you doing?

I'm not bad, and yourself?

We're midway through this recording block.

I'm coping.

I'm coping.

The hair is still on the head.

This is a good sign.

We haven't torn it out.

Yeah, but as I get older.

How are you feeling about being on the other end of questions today?

Oh, I'm always baffled by these.

There will always come a lovely aha moment, but you're going to see, for those of you

watching, will see my face in a complete fuzz.

Absolutely no idea what I'm doing it.

You are normally setting, like, weird lateral thinking and puzzle questions anyway.

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