And Then What?

Don't call it a comeback, cause it's not one. Baby, demanding jobs and general pandemic malaise make any promises of regular episodes a bit mean, but we hope you enjoy this one. We will try to do more this year. In this episode Becky and Amy try to keep things positive! Optimistic! Happy! It's not easy, but we tell a couple of cheerful stories, and say things we probably shouldn't considering our colleagues listen to this. And we ask the big questions, like who would win in a fight, and which celebrity does the voice of your genitals?

The clocks are forward and we are BACK. For this episode at least. We can't promise to record with any kind of regularity as before, but this feels like a good a time as any to catch up on everything that has happened in the last seven months. INCLUDING, Amy's birth story (prepare yourself), and Becky meeting a real, living, breathing gannet (if you know, you know). We miss you. Tell us how you're doing. Leave us comments @andthenwhatpod on Twitter and Instagram. Email us andthenwhatpod@gmail.com!

Soak it in, chaps. We'll do our best but episodes might be a little sporadic because AMY HAD A BABY!!! He's gorgeous and precious but doesn't sleep, and I think we can all agree Amy's sleep is more important than recording on the reg. We do have a DOOZY to leave you with in the meantime, including beautiful data, a sexy criminal, the lookalike tour from hell, and ANOTHER gobsmacking dick story (quite literally, this time). We love you, thank you for listening, leave us comments @andthenwhatpod on Twitter and Instagram. Email us andthenwhatpod@gmail.com!

We're back! After a lengthy break due to bad health (sepsis is bad, guys, did you know?) Amy and Becky reunite to bring you four brand new stories. Amy tells us about one very brilliant person, and one very silly person. Meanwhile, Becky talks about Vlad the Impaler's plan to help the homeless and how Star Trek is the reason Obama got elected. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, and email us andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This week, we're just trying to make you laugh with a compilation of our favourite stories, from the very first joke we ever told on And Then What? to a story of some hungry seagulls which makes us cry laughing to this day. But with Amy and Becky both AWOL, there's a very special guest having to do the introductions for them...

Listen up, BRACKIES. We finally did it. Four women, one microphone. two bottles of prosecco (soft drink for Amy) and a bumper episode with special guests Kate and Georgie from Nothing Rhymes With Murder. Literally only cut out ten seconds from this one, and that's only because someone coughed and Flick was being a dick. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

Listen... the episode STARTS rough and depressing but if you stick with it, it gets GREAT. If you'd like to donate the the Macmillan fundraiser we mentioned at the beginning, this is the link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sheenapatelmemorial We're sure Sheena's family would really appreciate a donation in her name.

Guys, we are hopped on on cheese and grease throughout this episode, so settle in for a serious onslaught of giggles and good times. Becky brings two stories about assholes (or not? You decide) while Amy returns to Ancient Greece for another amazing myth (Zeus is reassuringly terrible), and also gives us a proper cringy tale from the legendary TIFU subreddit. Enjoy!

We've got an extra long one for you this week, which we can chalk up to not seeing each other for a few weeks and being hopped up on cheese and ice cream like a right pair of grown ups. This week Becky fulfils a listener request and the result is hilarious, and brings us an obscure fairy tale. Amy's brought Greek myths back from her holiday, and ends the episode with a look at the brilliant Dr James Barry. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This episode takes us on a trip down memory lane where we revisit some of our brilliantly entertaining guest storytellers. Alice Vincent tells us how it's a small world after all, Dan Mitchell brings us an ancient Welsh folktale, Lowri Williams digs deep into her adolescence, and Simon Key tells us how the Big Green Book Shop in Wood Green came to be. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

We promise this won't become a Game Of Thrones podcast but we can't promise we won't speculate about which Game Of Thrones we want to have sex with... #TeamGhost or #TeamDrogon? This week Becky's got a long one and Amy's got two short ones, but it's about the quality, not the volume, lads. Enjoy true stories from the 1906 Olympics and New York's 1920s that are so ridiculous it's hard to believe they're true, and a lengthy tale of elderly married life. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod and email on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com!

This week's episode of And Then What? has Becky returning to her roots – as in, excellent accents. She tells the story of the Organ Fairy (it's as unpleasant as it sounds) and the 104 year old woman who got arrested in Bristol. Amy, meanwhile, is telling the surprisingly emotional story of Cowboy Bob, the most unusual bank robber in Texas. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

Welcome to And Then What?, the podcast all about stories! This week we've got some great ones – Amy tells a miserable story about a potential double-murderer, followed up with a lovely rant about misogyny. Becky, meanwhile, tackles The Big RBG and the continuing gender bollocks of the US, finished up with the story of a tiny Italian town that outsmarted some master art thieves. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

Quite the journey this week, lads. What starts as a vaguely coherent but wonderfully giggly lesson about St David turns into an extremely coherent discussion about economics and equality. We also tell a huge-if-true love story, and pick apart the myths and untruths about our favourite words. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod and email on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com!

Did you miss us? Did you even notice we were gone? Either way, we're back with four cracking stories for you INCLUDING a) the worst bride with the tackiest taste in the world b) a sexy great-grandmother and her naughty photos c) the true story that Disney doesn't want you to know and d) why amphetamines are just the ticket if you get trapped by Soviet forces. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod and email on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

Listen, we're not saying Becky has a thinly-veiled fetish but this episode sees her second story about a guy with horns. We also learn all about Phryne the Courtesan, Dirk the Penguin, Marge the Meddler, and some truly bizarre baby names on Reddit. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. No really, email us! We want to hear from you!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This episode we celebrate a very swings-and-roundabouts 2018 with stories of fraudulent nuns and deck chair blow jobs (not the same story), a hilarious German tradition that's thoroughly British, and a quiz! Just a plain old quiz because who doesn't love a quiz? Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. No really, email us! We want to hear from you!

Welcome to And Then What's very special Christmas episode number two: electric boogaloo! Amy and Becky both bring us the messed up Christmas traditions of their motherlands, Amy tells a chilling gothic tale from female horror writer JH Riddell, and Becky ruins Christmas with a truly terrible joke. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. No really, email us! We want to hear from you!

TW: we talk about miscarriage a couple of times during this episode. You might find it helpful, or painful, or something else entirely, but we'd be remiss if we didn't tell you before you listen. This week we also talk about journalist Evelyn Irons, a little known Stan Lee property, a short story long joke (yay!) and two very nearly identical bedtime stories. We also answer your questions! Not well, probably, but we have a go. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. No really, email us! We want to hear from you!

This week Amy gives advice on how to stop being followed by pesky photographers, and brings us a fictional piece she's written about a very good friend. Becky finds one hell of a relationship fail from Reddit, and tells possibly her worst Long Story Short Joke... Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

It's a very death-centric episode this week. Amy tells the story of the saddest murder there ever was, following up with advice on how to survive the Titanic. Hint: Doctors and the Amish would not approve. Becky, meanwhile, has the most savage obituary ever put to paper – but thankfully, she's also got some ideas for films Hollywood should make instead of remaking Clueless to lighten things up Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

Hyped up on coffee and pastries, this week is an especially giggly one. Becky has a Scottish folk tale and the story of a Very Special Guest, whereas Amy talks about The Anti-Flirt Club (not quite as boring as it sounds) and the story of Thor's Marriage. There's an impressively bad range of accents on offer this episode, and for that we really are very sorry. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod on all the good social networks, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

Look, for various reasons we sound somewhat delirious this week, but if you roll with it we're all gonna have a good time. Becky returns from Ireland and manages to restrain herself to just the one story about her holiday, while Amy tells us about the great Carmarthen cheese riots and a potentially marriage-ending misunderstanding from Reddit. We end the episode by honouring the new Queen of Sweden, possibly humanity, and a good rant about Welsh accents. As ever, you can follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com, and leave us a review however your dear heart desires – but if you've got nothing nice to say then SHUT UP.

We talk about some pretty amazing women this week, including America's first female detective, and an iconic soul singer. Amy changes the tone completely with a lovely Welsh folktale, and the ladies talk about the stories they're absorbing this week, which include murder and menstruation. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com, leave us a review however your dear heart desires – but if you've got nothing nice to say then SHUT UP.

Considering halfway through this episode we confront the reality that innocent teenagers listen to this podcast, we don't reign ourselves in at *all*. Becky tells a folk tale that ends up actually being about Chadwick Boseman's excellent time management, Amy shares the tale of the coolest, note-leaving murderer to ever not exist, we talk about THE WORST BRIDE IN THE WORLD and finish up by giving everyone the Disney remake 2018 deserves. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com, leave us a review however your dear heart desires – we just crave the attention.

Welcome to this fortnight's episode of And Then What? This episode Amy brings us an historical tale of a real life Footloose, and the amazing story of Mel Blanc, the man of 1000 voices. Becky tells a story of a delayed train from football and travel writer Glen Wilson, and incredible Canadian author Sheena Kamal shares a story of female friendship and loss. Join us every OTHER Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

We've both come armed with chilling tales this week; Becky's are mostly canine related from the depths of Reddit and East Anglia, while Amy's are about a serial killer with a twist, and a not creepy, but absolutely hilarious intern without a clue. We also take about 50 different detours from storytelling this week, including Nic Cage, Hairspray, and an A-list celeb with a painful fetish.... Join us every OTHER Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

Hello and welcome to the first of our fortnightly episodes! Yes, life is happening at an alarming rate, and so we're scaling back the podcast to once every two weeks - it doesn't mean we love you any less, but it does mean that exciting things are afoot. This week Amy tells us why Furbies (remember FURBIES) were banned by the NSA, and about a group of inadvertent superheroes. Becky finds a creepy tale from Reddit/nosleep, and writes something of her own! We hope you enjoy your date with Bob... Join us every Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

If you were ever a teenager in the 90s, or a teenager at any time, or if you have simply experienced the passage of time, this week's guest's story is for YOU. Special guest and longtime listener Lowri Williams digs out her teenage diary and recounts the tumultuous time that was being 15 in Cardiff in the 90s. Amy brings us a tale of a randy older gentleman whose organisation skills are a bit of a turn on, if we're quite honest, and Becky tells a story about friends who lose each other when a man gets in the way. Join us every Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

At 10pm on the hottest Friday of the year, we decided it was the perfect time to lock ourselves in an airless room and record a podcast. And yet this week's episode is full of handy hints and trivia! We tell you the worst excuse to give when you don't want to plan your boyfriend's birthday party, when Melania Trump is acting like a medieval British Queen, why you should NEVER win the lottery, and why sometimes it's best to let strangers think you're going to stick a cucumber up your bum. And then we also play voice clips of Amy as she's drunk and weeping in Thailand, just because it's funny. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This episode is topical AF. It was July 4th this week, aka the USA's birthday, so Amy tells the story of the time Poland sent them a birthday card. It's Pride weekend, so Becky shares a tale of Gay's The Word bookshop and the LGBT community which thrived around it. It's Becky's birthday on Friday, so she...well, she talks about how loved she is and how everyone in her family adores her, but it's her birthday so we'll let her off. And then, because it wouldn't be And Then What? without stories of badass women in history, we have the story of Jeanne de Clisson, aka the Lioness of Brittany, and the man who cycled across the world for love. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod on all the social platforms we give a shit about, and email on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

This week we've returned to Not London to visit the other half of The Naughty Step podcast, Stuart Heritage! Stu reads from his new book, Don't Be A Dick, Pete, and all three of us manage to tell loads of stories about our families without having compared notes or anything. But if you're worried you'll miss one of our tropes, fear not - Becky has a creepy German folktale complete with silly voices for you. Join us every Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

This week Amy and Becky's special guests are all of London, busy making noise in the background. We've got a mixed bag of stories for you this week, starting with a nightmare mother-in-law, a batshit story from Florida, a sinful piece from Tumblr, a creepy folktale from Italy, and ending with an amazing story from the world of toys. Join us every Sunday for a brand new episode of And Then What? The podcast all about stories! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

We're back with another guest! Hannah Flynn: video game maker by day, parent to a tiny baby by night. This week we talk about the power of protest through crafting, a brilliant story about Hannah's granddad, and several bodily functions. Amy and Becky learn that giving birth is metal AF, second to which Becky learns what an episiotomy is. Finally, we get a gift! We never get gifts, and after this one we might not ask for another... Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

This week's episode has five stories that probably couldn't be more different. Becky starts us off with a thank you letter from a little old lady who has more to her than meets the eye. Then Amy talks through two women who had a "romantic, non-sexual friendship" but were quite probably queer AF. Becky's second story is a sorry tale of lost children, Satan's abused wife, and shady washerwomen, and Amy follows it with a story she wrote about a monster who has every accent in the UK apart from the one Amy was going for. Finally, Becky tells us all why jetskis and ashes-scattering ceremonies don't mix. Enjoy! Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

And we're back with another podcast crossover! This time with one one half of The Naughty Step podcast, Robyn Wilder! The stories take a decidedly creepy tone this week with unexplained mysteries and an horrific folktale, taking us to the far reaches of Italy... and Sneyd Park. We also take a massive tonal shift into Richard Nixon's attempt to introduce a universal income - spoiler: doesn't happen. Hold onto your pants, prepare for your ovaries to explode, and settle in for another episode of And The What? The podcast all about stories. Find us on social at @andthenwhatpod, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This is simultaneously a very short and very long episode, courtesy of us only doing three stories but Amy's being an absolute whopper. We start with another poem from Becky's Poppa, this one all about booze! Then Amy tells us the story of Dennis Nilsen, aka the Muswell Hill Murderer, which is as sad as it is horrifying. So to lighten the mood, Becky ends on a story from Reddit about a guy who tried to impress a girl and ended up violently – nay, performatively – shitting himself. It's a story you don't want to miss, trust us. Find us on social at @andthenwhatpod, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This episode contains not one but *two* weird-ass folk tales! One will teach you how to deal with a pesky mountain troll and one will teach you how NOT to deal with a woman who has spurned your advances (TL;dr – if you have to bribe them with magic toys which sing Britney Spears songs in order to make them kiss you, you're doing it wrong). We also share the tale of two incredible little kids, one who wrangles work experience at the Washington Post and one who runs off to Bali when he gets pissed with his mum. And finally we have a short-story-long-joke, which Amy shoehorns a religious figure into just to keep up with tradition. Enjoy! Follow us on social media on @andthenwhatpod on all the platforms we care about, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

What the world has described as the least ambitious crossover event in history, we're doing our first ever cross-pod episode! Alastair and Nick from pop culture analysis podcast Moderate Fantasy Violence join us this week. We talk about fake news on Tumblr, the life of American hero of the Welsh miners, Paul Robeson, the funniest work-related fuck up ever, and we round things off with a wild true crime story from Baltimore. Follow us on all good social media platforms of @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. Find the MFV guys on Facebook by searching Moderate Fantasy Violence, and on Twitter @MFVPodcast.

This week's episode is about our two favourite things: heroes, and sex. We start with the life of Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, who was somehow linked to Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Olivia Newton John. Then we move on to Bunny Rodger, a war hero who went into battle wearing blusher and carrying a copy of Vogue under his arm, before returning to Britain to dress Scarlett O'Hara. Then Becky tells us about the time a man who studies algae for a living accidentally ended WWII, and Amy talks about a woman who found herself alone in a foreign country with a baby coming out of her and nothing but YouTube for help. And we end by trying our hands at writing really bad sex – well. We try one hand at it, at least. The other one was busy. Follow us on all good social media platforms of @andthenwhatpod, and email us at andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This week features a lot of amazing ladies, from civil rights activists Joan Trumpauer Mullholland, to the world's first novelist Murasaki Shikibu, to the fictional but entirely brilliant Scottish folktale heroine Katherine Crackernuts. Amy also tells a brief (super brief) scary story, and blows Becky's mind a little with a tale of what happens with supermarkets meet science. Bonus stories in the form of Tumblr's analysis of Genesis (the bible chapter, not the band), when The West Wing met Hamilton, and we ponder how male authors would describe us. Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

It’s a longie but a goodie this week. Lovely listener Sophie Patterson sent us a book and Becky has not one but three stories inspired by it – two Scottish folk tales and the tale of feminist hero Kate Sheppard. Amy, meanwhile, tells us about possibly the most unlucky hour anyone has ever spent in a hotel, ever. We both share cautionary tales about stealing lunches, and one of us admits we’ve punched a seagull – ten points if you guess who did it. Oh, and Becky does not one but TWO dodgy accents. Please don’t unsubscribe. Find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

It's another guest episode! This week we have Dan Mitchell, aka The Man Who Keeps Correcting Amy's Pronunciation, who may well be the Welshest man alive. Let yourself be soothed by his magically deep voice, which resonates at a timbre that allows him to communicate with subterranean creatures as well as humans, as he tells you first the story of Welsh legends Pwyll and Arawn and then of Brother Anansi and the Miracle Cow. Meanwhile, Becky talks about Cardiff legend Toy Mic Trev and Amy tries to solve the mystery of a man who was shot in the scrotum in a locked room. Fun! Follow us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

It's a particularly giddy episode this week – full of calzone and extremely, extremely processed chicken nuggets, Amy and Becky tell you the story of the woman giving a blowjob on a Sydney train because "it was her birthday" (note: it wasn't actually her birthday), the long-lost daughter who ruins a woman's life, and the nicest bartender in the world. They also demonstrate how NOT to deal with finding your boyfriend's porn collection, and what REALLY happened when Ariel went to see Ursula. Spoiler: It's hella gay. Follow us on social media on @andthenwhapodt, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This week’s And Then What? is a bit of a family special. First, Becky has found possibly the one r/relationships with a positive outcome. Then, Amy takes us through Pauline Dakin and the strange but true tale of why her family had to keep moving around (spoiler: it involves the Mafia. Sort of). Then Becky talks to us about Helen Gibson, aka the best damn trick rider in showbusiness, before Amy finishes off by sharing some stories about her nan, who died last week. You might think that sounds about as cheery as root canal, but I promise – you’ll be giggling away just as much as we did. You can find us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

It's our first ever LIVE episode! With an audience and everything! Hear us try to zjuzj up health and safety announcements, teach the audience complicated podcast secrets like clapping, and try our best not to burp into the microphones despite being plied with prossecco. We returned to The Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green and were joined by brilliant storytelling guests; listener Chris Sutcliffe, fellow #ladypodsquad Kate and Georgie from Nothing Rhymes With Murder, and actual author of The Friendship Cure, Kate Leaver. Settle in for a mother-in-law horror story, an unsolved murder from Wales, a heartwarming tale of hope, a solid defence of "and Peggy" from Hamilton, a fascinating family history, and a brilliant alternate ending to F.R.I.E.N.D.S. If you'd like to talk about this episode on social media, make sure to use #AndThenWhatLive! Find us on @andthenwhatpod on all social media platforms worth caring about, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.

It's a surprisingly animal-heavy episode, this week. Becky has another poem from her Grandpa, this time about what happened when her mother accidentally stole a dog, and tells a story that makes us all question what we ever, *ever* did to deserve dogs. Amy, meanwhile, tells us about how Pope Gregory accidentally killed a hundred million people because he didn't like cats. Becky also reads something she wrote about family and who *really* gets first place, while Amy reads something *she's* written which makes Becky exclaim "Fuck Lily James." So, a varied episode. To get in touch find us on @andthenwhatpod on all social media platforms worth caring about, or email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

In this week's special guest episode, we are joined by Simon Key from the Big Green Bookshop. He tells us all about how his bookshop got started, and how he accidentally got published using Twitter. Becky tells us another fucked-up folktale, this one involving what is essentially the plot of a series of Ru Paul's Drag Race (category is...huntsman realness), while Amy tells us the tragic local tale of Joyce Vincent and finishes us all off (lol) with a wank joke. Lovely. Follow Simon on @biggreen books, and find us on @andthenwhatpod on all good social media platforms.

In this week's episode, we cover all the important stuff. We talk about zombie dogs, Australian mob bosses who fight with razors, two post-revolutionary Americans with absolutely zero chill, two sets of twins who have found true love, and how you can tell if your parents are actually your parents just by looking into their eyes. Find us on social on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com

This episode is full of questions. Why did God punish an unruly vicar by giving him in a hole in one? Why did the Welsh spend years charging into battle screaming "Justice for Gwenllian?" Why is one of Becky's Poppa's poems hanging up near a nurse's office? Why don't people have a poop knife for every bathroom? And why did someone leave a comment on one of Amy's videos which just said "titties"? Thankfully, we manage to answer all these questions and more. Well. Apart from the last one. No-one is every going to be able to answer the last one. Get in touch with us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com. G'wan. We'd love to hear from you.

We have some EXCELLENT stories for you this week. There's the tale of how the Secret Service thought Richard Nixon had been kidnapped at Disneyland, there's a love triangle involving volcanos, there's a ghost story, there's a folk tale about an emotionally abusive King with a beard made of yeast infection, there's a cheery story about the death of an old lady, AND there's even a bonus urban legend that's so disgusting Becky almost throws up on the microphone. Happy listening! Follow us on social media on @andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com