Rathergood Chat

Skin! It keeps your insides in! Should your family be at risk of starvation through abject poverty, you can always trade your valuable hide for food. What a boon skin really is! Hooray for skin! Today, as well as wonderful skin, we discuss napalm, autocannibalism, Pork Force, rats, bears, melons, Joss Whedon, custard, and sentient tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weevils! Amazing little cutey critters! They have boots and snoots! Today we discuss weevils in all their glory. Strap yourself in and prepare for a wealth of weevily goodness. I bet you never knew how awesome weevils are! Also, we discuss optimising giraffes, chickens, snoots, sharks, the rings of Saturn, Tarzan and albatrosses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we discuss guns, stew, kohlrabi, chainsaws, bisection, acid and krill. Hooray! also BEANS of course! Woo for beans! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode about aliens, we discuss humans, parasitic worms (yet again,) Batman, turbines, Steven Seagal, Oumuamua, crabs and baffling internal mouths. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we discuss humans, parasitic worms (yet again,) Batman, turbines, Steven Seagal, Oumuamua, crabs and baffling internal mouths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we discuss: Screaming, coal, THE YACHTMASTER, Dyson spheres, holograms, whelks and foot-fingers. Whoop-de-dooooooo! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode about things that are small, we discuss jellyfish, curses, mythological Greek punishments, colonies, consciousness, food preservation and KWAARF. Hooray! Also, there is a little bonus bit at the end after the fade-out if you keep listening. Hooray again! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, in our episode about tastes, we talk about the irrepressible nature of Monkey, the Tooth Fairy, eggs, crabs, parasitic wasps, subatomic particles, cess pools and death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode we construct a wildly confusing but scientifically definitive index of prehensility, and also discuss slippers, sky bums, science jocks, moustaches, wrenches, penguins, tree-running and beaks. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eggs! Let's talk eggs! Whoop whoop! Today, we discuss pythons, bananas, cats, dogs, sharks, wasps and dinosaurs. Also eggs. YEAH! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss replacement Daves, Tower Bridge, lava, the Terminator, worms, processed foods and terroir. The specific replacement Daves are Meat Dave, Skin Dave, Cheese Dave and Wasp Dave.We also discuss cheese. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about: Nye Bevan, malevolent seaside eyeballs, phlogiston, o-rings, candles, bicycles, coincidences, post-war austerity, Qualcast Mutilator, emotions and maggots. Also the 1980s! Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about: magma, horsemeat, brown, worms and slugs, tubes, gourds, raisins, katsu curry and sousaphones. Also tubers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about: chariots, camels, beans, jackdaws, the culture war, the Hun, head cheese, galactic winter, and rubbing chilli into your eyes. What else would you expect from a podcast episode about time? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's 2025! Oh my gosh! Quarter of the way through the century! How on earth did that happen? Anyway, today we talk about jumping, solipsism, escalators, the shadowy global elite, Aussie Rules Football, vermin, Advocaat, tongues, monarchs and the heat death of the universe. Also the new year of course! HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN! WOOHOOOO! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's CHRISTMAS! HOORAY! Today we talk about Christmas obviously, but also about: grit, the apocalypse, hair, livers, bisection, swords, laser-tag, and Joel's bafflingly comprehensive lack of Christmas movie knowledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss numerical scoring systems, lunch, Bobbit worms, elephant murder, Roman emperors, public information films, boats, cows, Satanistic head rotation and posh kids. Also electricity! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss the cruelty of the universe, tentacles, metaphor, cheese axes, casinos, 80s computers, fighter planes and wood chips. Also games of course! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss the French Revolution, rifling, school plays, Brazil, TikTok, parenting, sports, and rizz. Also dance, of course! Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss crabs, centaurs, venomous bums, prehensile limbs, wheelbarrow/rug/professional wrestling injuries, swedes, the thoughts that keep Dave awake at 3am, butchers, Greek music, elephants, shield bugs and needlessly gendered toys. Also bones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss sheep, German conceptual art, gigantic mechasnails, Children of men, our favourite turbs, black pudding and buildings! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode we discuss Spanish meats, murderous water horses, chickens, Attack of the 50ft Woman, Quiznos (obviously,) the FU response, the Algorithm, the firehose of crap, and Egg Benedicts. All this in addition to, obviously, advertising, which we talk about in-depth. We have made lots of commercials, and this is your chance to gain the benefit of our extensive wisdom and experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about: Autoclaves, reverse evolution, spiders, badgers, hedgehogs, sea urchins, flightless birds, ears and horsebats. Obviously, we discuss flying creatures at length. Bees are a flying creature so we discuss those a bit, despite having used up most of our bee facts last week. Still, there's always more to discuss where bees are concerned. Gotta love those bees. Also, can Dave lick the back of his own ears and if not, how does he get them licked? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about: mantlepieces, striped animals, Three Bean Salad, Vietnamese food, the Wokerati, insects, dunces, extinct animals, Russian literature and blood-squirting reptiles. Also cephalopods obviously. Squids and octopuses are in there. Oh yeah! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Other than submarines (which is Joel's favourite subject so far) we take time to discuss grammar pedantry, Indiana Jones, tinned food, lurking and - at length - worms.We do discuss submarines a lot though. Submarines are amazing. AMAZING. I really want a submarine. I REALLY WANT A SUBMARINE GIVE ME A SUBMARINE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss Toenail eyeshades, Russia, Antlers, Paint Your Wagon, dinosaurs, SPARTA!, Time travel, Chairman Mao, Spitfires and Dave's very rational hatred of anglers. We also discuss birds! Amazing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOday we discuss Rubik's shapes, machicolations, mythological warriors, floral names, mind-shattering garden plants, classic cars, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, earwax, bricks vandalism, mills and gas giants. All the stuff you would expect to cover in a podcast about windows, basically. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss gourds, dirty old men, Dave's complete lack of interesting anecdotes, gruel, Greek mythology, THINK MINK!, mind bullets, Wikipedia, anger management and also phones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss accidental minibeast murder, our dark lord Satan, forbidden geometry, Plato, cosmic horror, Tales of the Unexpected, our favourite leaves, the diameter of the Earth, Joel's pyramid collection, cats, the Scooortish Aaaahccent, and whales.Hooray for shapes! What's your favourite shape? Why not contact us to let us know? Maybe we could make a chart out of the results- and you know what? That chart would be A SHAPE! AMAZING! WOW! MIND BLOWN! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss dentistry, plaster, child-rearing, zeppelins, collective punishment, Prince William, drones, miniguns, toxoplasmosis, Elon Musk's catsuit, Kim Jong Il and Roman horse-punchers. Also Joel's general disinterest in art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about tiny trains, model villages, the town of Poundbury, Traitors UK, Secret Hitler, horse poo, Crocodile Dundee, chickens, Russian foxes, animal emotions, dogs, mud and cows. We even briefly mention soil at some points! Is soil good or bad? Should you be pro or anti soil? Is soil Good or Evil? Maybe you'll find out if you listen to the podcast! Maybe you won't! Only one way to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a fascinating chat about cars! We also touch on other important and sometimes even relevant subjects such as: Scabies, Lupus (which Dave confuses with Mono,) glands, swans, Wham!, Joel's military past, sport, ornithopters and autonomous carnivorous kitchen appliances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VOLCANOES ARE AMAZING! We have a wonderful discussion of these monstrous embodiments of the contempt in which Mother Earth holds our pathetic travails. We also discuss the creative process, Bjork, cave paintings, Arthur Scargill, flaming sky orcas, the Bayeux Tapestry, the Tunguska Event, Trek Wars, and the Town Mangler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Footwear is the single most advantageous thing you can wear on your foot, and that is a 100% science fact. We discuss footwear, along with the prison of the flesh, punks, battle adzes, battle lathes, poached eggs, gladiators, claymores, walruses and Joel's very rational scientifically proven superstitions. Pretty flippin' sweet bruh! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The only sauce source you need. We also discuss Penguin Jim, the tyranny of joints, gravy, eggs, drones, kimchi, mashed potato, school protests and yorkshire puddings. Wow! Amazing stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to talk about bisection! Also, golden syrup, how lovely it is to be a baseline human, pagan rituals, Big Farmer and a traumatic story about ice-skating. Yay! We also discuss how ridiculously English my village is and the resident gravedigger / scythe murderer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel and Dave discuss skull binding, rats and mice, frogs, how many legs and arms crabs have and also insects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode about the magical natural process of photosynthesis, Joel and Dave discuss cats, spiders, Triffids, Doctor Who, fungal foot infections, Gillian McKeith and parasitic worms, among many other fascinating subjects. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel and Dave discuss everything you ever need or want to know about music. Along the way we also talk about some other things, such as rabies, parasites, newspaper salesmen, rag and bone men, cheese, very large figs, holy war and kabaddi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aeroplanes are mysterious and wonderful things, defying the rules of nature as the dangle stringless in the skies. We uncover all of their magical secrets in this discussion. We also discuss Blur lyrics (incorrectly,) banana tricks, klaxxons, hoovers, megastructures, circus clowns, snakes, Return of the Jedi, and symbiosis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fruit is absolutely brilliant and everybody loves it. Joel is a particular fan of growing fruits, and absolutely loves this opportunity to talk about fruit at length. Find out Joel's favourite fruit! What could it be? Make a wager with your friends, run a sweepstake or run a book on it. You'll find out here, as well as various other of the fruits Joel likes. You also might want to make a wager on which fruits Dave is not particularly fond of. It's a pretty breathtaking revelation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Furniture is amazing and incredible. That said, we spent more time discussing things like Winston Churchill, goobers, compulsory state music, sausages and, of course, bursting. How could we possibly discuss furniture without spending a lot of time thinking about bursting? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gravity is an amazing thing and here we discuss it in great detail. Also, Dave has a monstrously powerful cold that would have killed a lesser man. Joel explains the rich folk tradition of Old Man Chicken. Then they redefine the base elements so they make a bit more sense, waffle on about skeletons for a while and invent two new religions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Roman Empire! In today's podcast we discuss columns, Joel's mate Concrete John, why travelling to Scotland is instantly fatal, monotremes, and the best situations in which to be naked and blue. We also discuss the Roman Empire of course. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medicine! In today's podcast we discuss taxonomy, early hominins, bloodworms, cod livers, the ultra-rich, porcupine factories and briefly, medicine. Should we make medicine compulsory? Or should it be banned? We work out the answer to this pressing question and also unearth many other truths in the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you want to know how to cook? Learn to cook! Dave and Joel explain everything there is to know about cooking and cookery in this incredibly useful and informative podcast episode, which is about cooking.Discussion of eggs is thorough. Knives are covered, and also other things such as whether flames are a good thing. Your life will be improved enormously, and your cooking knowledge will amaze your friends, once you have listened carefully to this wonderful episode of Rathergood Chat. You know that aching void at the centre of your very soul? Maybe listening to our podcast about cooking will fill it! Worth a try hey? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel and Dave discuss the most wonderful creatures ever to exist - namely crabs. Rathergood, where all of this began back at the dawn of the new millennium, is in fact The Lair of the Crab of Ineffable Wisdom, and Joel is himself the Crab of Ineffable Wisdom - a gigantic crab with a human face, atop a gigantic pyramid surrounded by hordes of fanatical followers. Crabs have featured in many, many of their works over the years and so this is a subject very close to their crabby hearts. In addition to crabs, this podcast also covers (among other things) * The Margate Crab Museum* Meaty Steve, who sells carrier bags full of suspicious meat from round the back of the hospital* Oesophagal flesh centipedes* Squirrels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trees! Big wood things sticking out of the ground! They're magnificent, aren't they! Joel and Dave discuss the glory of trees, including why there are loads of mulberry trees around England planted due to an ancient misunderstanding about the diet of moth larvae. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you like to survive? If so, this is the podcast for you. Failing to survive is generally considered a bad thing so you should probably listen to this. Obviously everybody knows the main "vanilla" way to survive is to eat the Eye of the Tiger but believe it or not there are other ways to survive. Find out about them here! Joel and Dave also explain lots of other things such as all the types of star including Brown Dwarf, Paisley Gnome and Cosmoctagon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crime- good thing or bad thing? Joel and Dave solve the problem of crime that has plagued human societies forever. They also discuss other important issues such as the surprising fact that eels are the escaped intestinal tracts of deceased whales in search of a new host. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel Veitch and David Shute are joined today by their longtime friend and collaborator Alex Mallinson, to discuss the origins of the project which eventually became the Netflix show Bad Dinosaurs, on the day of its release.They tell the story of how they went from doodles of incompetent dinosaurs on a napkin, to a series of YouTube shorts, to a globally released animation series. SPOILER: It was neither easy nor fast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.