Lateral with Tom Scott

2023x2
14: A flaming good flight
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Jan 13, 2023

Dani Siller & Bill Sunderland ('Escape This Podcast') and William Osman face questions about crooning tunes, morning mishaps and enigmatic elevators.

2023x3
15: Elfrida, dog detective
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Jan 20, 2023

Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about baffling bans, Australian emblems, and stamp sales.

2023x4
16: The 2-year-old newborn
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Jan 27, 2023

'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about scientific statues, slashed screens, and a silly sequence.

2023x5
17: Some 3-D movies from 1903
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Feb 03, 2023

'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about political powercuts, red rectangles, and astonishing anvils.

2023x6
18: Making cosplay worthwhile
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Feb 10, 2023

Jay Foreman, Kip Heath and Jason Slaughter ('Not Just Bikes') face questions about awkward animals, Indian ingenuity, and a Peter Pan problem.

2023x7
19: 315,000 obsolete index cards
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Feb 17, 2023

Cleo Abram, Simone Giertz and 'Legal Eagle' Devin Stone face questions about confusing conveyors, flooded fields and bad-faith baseball.

2023x8
20: The rigged JFK election
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Feb 24, 2023

William Osman, Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland face questions about statesmanly statues, parking perks and bountiful birthdays.

2023x9
21: The bandit that gives back
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Mar 03, 2023

Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about deceptive dates, brick buildings and baseball baiting.

2023x10
22: A carousel's little secret
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Mar 10, 2023

'SuperSaf' AhmedMia, Ali Spagnola and Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' Sadaghdar face questions about rigging research, dating dwellings and exploiting extras.

2023x11
23: Naval gazing
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Mar 17, 2023

'Karen Puzzles' Kavett, Rebecca 'Dr Becky' Smethurst and Stuart 'Ashens' Ashen face questions about medical methods, musical murders, and McDonald's marketing.

2023x12
24: The coins buried with Sinatra
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Mar 24, 2023

Mark Rober, Jabrils and Virginia Schutte face questions about football faults, soil secrets, and educational eats.

2023x13
25: A deliberately bad program
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Mar 31, 2023

Brian McManus from 'Real Engineering', Sarah Renae Clark and Nicholas Johnson face questions about sincere symbols, shrewd signage and silly stickers.

2023x14
26: The car crash 'dummy'
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Apr 07, 2023

Xyla Foxlin, Jordan Harrod and Becky Stern face questions about cheapo chicken, problematic passwords and bountiful bananas.

2023x15
27: Extra-green cat trees
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Apr 14, 2023

Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller (from 'Escape This Podcast') and Amelie Brodeur face questions about troublesome tower blocks, bonkers bookings and factually-incorrect films.

2023x16
28: An 'out of this world' lecture
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Apr 21, 2023

Melissa Fernandes, Sabrina Cruz and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about crafty clocks, remunerative records and veiled video games.

2023x17
29: The passenger going nowhere
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Apr 28, 2023

Emily the Engineer, Wren Weichman and Kip Heath face questions about right-handed roads, tea taxonomy and broken bikes.

2023x18
30: The orchestrated in-joke
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May 05, 2023

Mark Rober, Virginia Schutte and Jabrils face questions about rigorous racing, perceptive photography, and vexatious vexillology.

2023x19
31: The genius of cheese slices
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May 12, 2023

Brian McManus from 'Real Engineering', Sarah Renae Clark and Nicholas Johnson face questions about timely treatments, perceptive painters and bisected badges.

2023x20
32: Losing golf balls for fun
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May 19, 2023

Xyla Foxlin, Jordan Harrod and Becky Stern face questions about cable cutting, baking brilliance and ska band shenanigans.

2023x21
33: Crooked camel competitions
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May 26, 2023

Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller (from 'Escape This Podcast') and Amelie Brodeur face questions about colour-coded kindness, curious keypads and cosmic kit.

2023x1
13: A glassware tax affair
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Jun 01, 2023

Cleo Abram, Simone Giertz and 'Legal Eagle' Devin Stone face questions about colossal chains, prudish paintings, and golden goblets.

2023x22
34: Six unnecessary doorknobs
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Jun 02, 2023

Melissa Fernandes, Sabrina Cruz and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about generous grades, delayed days and spacious sidewalks.

2023x23
35: Selfies with number 57
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Jun 09, 2023

Emily the Engineer, Wren Weichman and Kip Heath face questions about benefit bonuses, stationery sales and plummeting platforms.

2023x24
36: The no-show French king
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Jun 16, 2023

Annie Rauwerda ('Depths of Wikipedia'), J. Draper and Geoff Marshall face questions about sporting schemes, misty mirrors and Boston billboards.

2023x25
37: Keep left at the quarry
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Jun 23, 2023

Jeremy Fielding, Estefannie and Inés Dawson ('Draw Curiosity') face questions about treaty texts, shirt sequences and practical photocopies.

2023x26
38: Edward's buried paint
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Jun 30, 2023

From 'Jet Lag: The Game', Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle face questions about copyright chicanery, microstate melodies and fruitless flights.

2023x27
39: Dare you brave this shopping mall?
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Jul 07, 2023

Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown ('Kids Invent Stuff') and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about slapdash squiggles, poster positioning and fishy football fixtures.

2023x28
40: Swimming without water
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Jul 14, 2023

Anna Ploszajski, Scott Manley and Bill Sunderland face questions about cheffy shortcuts, red ropes and pricey papers.

2023x29
41: Barefoot job applications
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Jul 21, 2023

Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about diamond dealing, disorganised diners and dodgy documents.

2023x30
42: Giant concrete balls
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Jul 28, 2023

Annie Rauwerda ('Depths of Wikipedia'), J. Draper and Geoff Marshall face questions about rumbling roads, sacred snacks and keyboard quirks.

2023x31
43: Six unopenable letterboxes
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Aug 04, 2023

Jeremy Fielding, Estefannie and Inés Dawson ('Draw Curiosity') face questions about sporting sobbing, bad breakfasts and shorn sweethearts.

2023x32
44: TV directing in reverse
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Aug 11, 2023

From 'Jet Lag: The Game', Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle face questions about food fakery, coat calamities and vaccine verses.

2023x33
45: Mission to nowhere
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Aug 18, 2023

Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown ('Kids Invent Stuff') and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about bread balls, maligned musicals and profitable postage.

2023x34
46: Mr. Kill Gun Die
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Aug 25, 2023

Anna Ploszajski, Scott Manley and Bill Sunderland face questions about stately stands, letter lists and silver streaks.

2023x35
47: Apples for General Lee?
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Sep 01, 2023

Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything' face questions about condiment condition, reverse roaming and strobing satellites.

2023x36
48: Increasingly impressive plays
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Sep 08, 2023

Jacklyn Dallas ('Nothing But Tech'), Beryl Shereshewsky and Alec Watson ('Technology Connections') face questions about martial arts mastery, boating back stories and motoring materials.

2023x37
49: Completely inedible eggs
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Sep 15, 2023

Rowan Ellis, Katie Steckles and Bill Sunderland ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about martial arts mastery, boating back stories and motoring materials.

2023x38
50: Undercover sunburn
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Sep 22, 2023

Caroline Roper, Ella Huber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about story studies, Disney descriptions and pictorial publicity.

2023x39
51: Snap! Hacker! Pop!
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Sep 29, 2023

Toby Hendy, Matthew Schuchman and Julian O'Shea face questions about superlative streets, marine mutinies and blacked-out books.

2023x40
52: Square-eyed dogs
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Oct 06, 2023

Michelle Khare, Kip Heath and Joe Hanson face questions about far-flung flights, rapping records and odd opposites.

2023x41
53: The criminal caught by a toy
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Oct 13, 2023

Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jack Chesher face questions about Chinese curios, perilous Perspex and dynamic drinks.

2023x42
54: Smearing honey on doors
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Oct 20, 2023

Jacklyn Dallas ('Nothing But Tech'), Beryl Shereshewsky and Alec Watson ('Technology Connections') face questions about charity costs, goofy greetings and malleable metal.

2023x43
55: Octopodes in trees
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Oct 27, 2023

Rowan Ellis, Katie Steckles and Dani Siller ('Escape This Podcast') face questions about periodic poles, silly signs and iconic icons.

2023x44
56: World-famous battery packs
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Nov 03, 2023

Caroline Roper, Ella Hubber and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about eccentric earrings, dawdling deliveries and cattle calculations.

2023x45
57: Computers that love '7'
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Nov 10, 2023

Toby Hendy, Matthew Schuchman and Julian O'Shea face questions about celebrity stars, film foul-ups and security systems.

2023x46
58: Straight-line sports
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Nov 17, 2023

Bernadette Banner, Emily Graslie and Dani Siller face questions about jogging jobs, textual T-shirts and dangerous dogs.

2023x47
59: The player on both teams
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Nov 24, 2023

Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jack Chesher face questions about designer drinks, basketball business and festival flyers.

2023x48
60: The world's longest ship
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Dec 01, 2023

Molly Edwards, Becky Stern and Jenny Draper face questions about pet permutations, infant images and rope ruses.

2023x49
61: Instruments made by insects
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Dec 08, 2023

Evan & Katelyn Heling and Emily Calandrelli face questions about growing gains, wrong watches and cat calamaties.

2023x50
62: The lifesaving blackout
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Dec 15, 2023

Hannah Witton, Mike Boyd and Geoff Marshall face questions about versatile voting, clever creatures and brick buildings.

2023x51
63: Upside-down riches
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Dec 22, 2023

Hannah Fry, Lily Hevesh and Brian David Gilbert face questions about desperate decrees, crowded ceremonies and rebalanced records.

2023x52
64: Black and white bowties
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Dec 29, 2023

Daniel Peake, Lizzy Skrzypiec and Bill Sunderland face questions about shoe safes, safety signs and sinuous streets.

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