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Simon and Dan go on a random wikipedia article and chat about it - it's the Wikicast!

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    • Jun 17, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 12m AVG DURATION
    • 116 EPISODES

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    The Wikicast podcast is an absolute gem in the world of podcasts. Hosted by Simon and Dan, this show covers a wide range of fascinating and entertaining topics that are sure to captivate any listener. From obscure historical events to bizarre and quirky facts, there is always something interesting to learn on this podcast. The hosts have a natural chemistry that makes you feel like you're part of their conversation, creating an enjoyable and immersive listening experience.

    One of the best aspects of The Wikicast is its unpredictability. Each episode explores a random topic chosen from Wikipedia, ensuring that no two episodes are the same. This variety keeps the podcast fresh and exciting, as you never know what fascinating subject will be discussed next. Additionally, Simon and Dan's banter and comedic timing are impeccable. Their humorous anecdotes and witty remarks add an extra layer of entertainment to the show, making it truly enjoyable to listen to.

    In terms of worst aspects, it can be stated that sometimes the tangents can go on for too long. While they often provide amusing stories or insights related to the topic at hand, occasionally they veer off track for extended periods of time. This can make it difficult for listeners who are seeking a more focused discussion on the chosen topic. However, for those who enjoy the conversational style and don't mind occasional diversions, this may not be seen as a negative aspect at all.

    In conclusion, The Wikicast is undoubtedly one of the best podcasts out there. Its eclectic range of topics, engaging hosts, and humorous style make it incredibly entertaining from start to finish. Whether you're looking to learn something new or simply want to have a good laugh, this podcast has got you covered. So sit back, relax, and prepare yourself for an enjoyable journey through the weird and wonderful world of The Wikicast!



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    Hauge Log Church - Wikicast 126

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 56:52


    After a bit of a gap - blame parenthood - Dan and Simon are back... and exceptionally hungry. Lots to catch up up. Let us know if we should all go to a prom together! BBC Proms https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-24/ DCPOTW: Belshazzar's Feast https://open.spotify.com/album/37Hf4eueeZJFuFNbADCXtL?si=ha0ZZHsRRkWH82Ain1vZkQ Fall of Civilisations podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/44DE64rRpX1cFIQUlqQtvi?si=08689822b2af4f3b Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauge_Log_Church  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Greg Moore (ice hockey) - Wikicast 125

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 60:19


    Dan and Simon go deep on the Apple Pro Vision Plus Prime! Dan talks sport! Simon bites his tongue! No, literally! - Augsburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg - Manufacturing Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent - Ministry for the Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future - DCPOTW St John Passion https://open.spotify.com/album/2WhsBhZD0vKhMf587eUi2K - The Choice of Hercules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Handel) - Harry Potter YTP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DMj2BA-AU  (foundational Dan and Simon lore) - Busuu https://www.busuu.com/ - Snaefell Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaefell   Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Moore_(ice_hockey) Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    England in the late Middle Ages - Wikicast 124

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 61:42


    Turns out, Simon has OPINIONS about pre-school TV. Also discussion of Warhammer The Old World, books, a pub, and a really haunting carol from Canada. Oh, and happy new year lol. - Hollow Crown https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571288083-the-hollow-crown/ - The Buried Giant https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571315079-the-buried-giant/ - The Ministry for the Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future - Worst year to be a human https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536 - Pater noster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift - Edgar Wallace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace - Women's hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour - Warhammer Old World https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-the-old-world/ - DCPOTW: Since by man came death (née Jeff) https://open.spotify.com/track/42ltGgdtySWPYJyqWEznMD?si=a388a05b18ed4c6e - Messy goes to Okido https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/messy-goes-to-okido - Great Big Tiny Design Challenge https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-big-tiny-design-challenge - Huron Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6IG6F6E5Ac - St Kilda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland - Fergus' piece about St Kilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHCJDNhB5o   Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast   -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_in_the_late_Middle_Ages  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Wade-Dahl-Till valve - Wikicast 123

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 48:31


    Simon and Dan learn about an incredible crossover event, and tell you about two quizzes that... have already happened. Whoops. Want a Wikicast pub quiz? Let us know! Roald Dahl story: https://web.archive.org/web/20180826034440/http://www.acnr.co.uk/mar_apr_2008/ACNRMA08_nerolit.pdf Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang JJ quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipF5czCJLC0 DCPOTW - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing: https://open.spotify.com/track/5JlEMgrpUbDIXuYFfN6iBv?si=a9b55aa49ac240a7 I Was Glad album: https://open.spotify.com/album/7eCPLoWAzaj03ceZMPChq7?si=d-scObKbScq6IJYVNR1RKQ Funky Monky Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxoe5DjDd74 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Dahl-Till_valve  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    The Mighty Echoes - Wikicast 122

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 51:21


    Simon and Dan have been on a bit of a break, and now they're back to whisper very quietly about it (don't want to wake the baby) Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast  Gabriel Jackson: https://gabrieljackson.london/  DCPOTW: Caroline Shaw, Partita for 8 Voices: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LHSzEQPF6Iw20BGppFk31?si=JB3ALg9PStuIPXf1Kg3PCg  Miscast: https://www.youtube.com/@Miscast  Simon battle report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwXeindXrg  Ice skating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Echoes  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Cossipore - Wikicast 121

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 58:41


    Simon and Dan come up with their dumbest idea yet. Also we hear your takes on Barbenheimer! The Anarchy by William Dalrymple: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Anarchy-by-William-Dalrymple/9781635573954 Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast - Elizabeth Barrett Browning episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/elizabeth-barrett-browning/id1508123116?i=1000623124974 Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43): https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43 Eddy Burback - I ate at every Rainforest Cafe in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-bjpKvIw8 Eddy Burback - I ate at every Margaritaville in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsb9T1g5nlE  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on X/Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossipore  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Up'n Down - Wikicast 120

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 50:16


    What was your favourite arcade game? Email in and let us know! Also tell us what you thought of Barbie and/or Oppenheimer! While you do that, Dan and Simon discuss the events of a recent party, their thoughts on one of the best films of the year, and exporting baked beans to the Middle East. Yes, Swedish Wikicastians. Baked. Beans. Time Crisis 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Crisis_II Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory… https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2460/Game-SoundAn-Introduction-to-the-History-Theory DCPOTW Byrd: The 3 Masses; Ave Verum Corpus https://open.spotify.com/album/2isntM6n993DCFiliH9A7F?si=kq_8AibPSSubafluy1B4CQ Our Instagram (feat Dan): https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/ UAP hearing https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-implications-on-national-security-public-safety-and-government-transparency/ Life and Death of St Kilda https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815942.The_Life_and_Death_of_St_Kilda The Anarchy https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-anarchy/william-dalrymple/9781408864395 Si Mon Sci Comm Con https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/si-mon-sci-comm-con-tickets-667020374897 Ross from Hat Films screaming Rocket League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yizifWndU Game Grumps reacting to songs made from their videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZdJeqt9oZs Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on X/Threads: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article:

    List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine - Wikicast 119

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 59:13


    Dan and Simon serve up another dollop of wikipedia, a dash of chaos, a smattering of recommendations, all mixed together with heapings of their friend Hugo Wickman. Does this description actually matter to anyone? Who knows! Should we bring back poetry corner? Let us know! European Youth Event: https://european-youth-event.europarl.europa.eu/en/  Pelican limerick: https://countryroadsmagazine.com/outdoors/knowing-nature/a-wonderful-bird-is-the-pelican/  Our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/  DCPOTW: Beatenburg https://open.spotify.com/artist/3S9sb8w9r1iojdrAL1soiU?si=Q_JnJ89CSsGZXsHg9CHzug  Wickman family concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3sWnmQh2Gk  The First Heretic: https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_First_Heretic_(Novel)  Angela Collier - string theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E  Lackadaisy pilot (trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnQ5cIHGHE  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Sweden_to_Ukraine  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Where the Bears Are - Wikicast 118

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 51:14


    This just in: Simon is aware of twinks. Dan talks about househunting in London, Simon is a bad influence, and the wheels come this close to falling off the podcast car. Everyone: email in to force Dan into getting a Switch! Game Grumps impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2Pxcg1aaw  Web series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_series  Wikicast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/  Never Mind The Bullocks: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oSGRiPmQh7HitgA5vcIPI?si=tMaoq9i8R6Sz3jZ-qA82rw  DCPOTW: Non vos relinquam orphanos (Byrd) https://open.spotify.com/track/6je8JyUGwmEchHFeZpaU6Q?si=721798565d1942b9  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Bears_Are  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Into the West (song) - Wikicast 117

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 57:00


    A special episode. The boys talk about Simon's dad and the role he played in both of their lives. Some things never change however: Dan talks about choral music, and Simon is mean about some children. Also, urine. DCPOTW: The Lark in the Clear Air https://open.spotify.com/track/0BOGgqnXESn2xd6jisx4Hz?si=c8f96537818242e9 Christopher Tin, Waloyo Yamoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4wsgVYfjM  Wikicast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/  Handel's Solomon: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ywg2FQNI0zytfMtVL693U?si=4decdd35c0994468  Barry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_(TV_series)  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_West_(song)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Franklin County Jail (Benton, Illinois) - Wikicast 116

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 60:43


    It's been a while since the last episode. Simon opens up about why. Also: chatting about the Dungeons and Dragons movie, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, and possibly the most chaotic Corin's Pondence corner we've ever recorded. Rice's Church Primer: https://www.ribabooks.com/rices-church-primer_9781408807521 Simon's DnD one shot with Jasper: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1777333997 Simon's documentary on the history of global warming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGQMZFP9IA DCPOTW Magnificat for Double Choir by Charles Villiers Stanford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTlGIJECPE The Last of Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series) Everything Everywhere All At Once: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once Allelujah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelujah_(film) Pokemon Rimworld streams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSp-8FGBzxkDhSb2PizB8993IQkS6LPA Hat Films Vault Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW1Yb5N9dD8dBLk9NoQw4mhdPJuKEE25Q Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County_Jail_(Benton,_Illinois)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Adam Abell - Wikicast 115

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 55:13


    Simon and Dan bring in the new year with... 12 months of monastery soups. Warning: this episode contains some certified Dan Maw moments. The boys read out some excellent correspondence, swap stories of Christmas, and reminisce about times spent together in Amsterdam

    Father Christmas - Wikicast 114

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 53:22


    A new episode of the Wikicast? It's a Christmas miracle! Simon and Dan chat about Christmas in its various forms, singing, movies, and... well, the usual guff. But with a festive hat on! Also, Simon is sick. Sorry about that. This episode arrived on a paddle steamer before getting on a horse. Thank you to everyone who has come with us on the Wikicast journey in 2022! Sorry for wasting all your time. We're excited to serve up fresh nontent for you in 2023. Now where's the brandy... -------- St Nicholas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas  Mummer's play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers%27_play  Sinterklaas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas  King Wenceslas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia  DCPOTW: Of the Rose, Cecilia McDowell: https://open.spotify.com/track/6VOFE4Oe7vSOt2oEgDj2N9?si=8e719c0f89b64d94  Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=IFqtWLjuSYiMIjlJaSNbzQ  Cacophony: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cacophony-great-classical-music-that-makes-life-better/id1451741203  Chart Party: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXSZMIiUfFSe4gpc8PLDECqViWi-2we3  Yogscast University Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nPbTZ275n0  The Longest Johns: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5k979N1TnPncUyqlXlaRSv?si=HC18-pp3RW-KpHFq-9wUmA  RPGeeks Christmas Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsEs6H_Sk4 Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatterton_(horse)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Chatterton (horse) - Wikicast 113

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 57:26


    Simon gets on his high horse to rant about racehorses, while a sweaty Dan sneaks up on him with a fistful of dreamies, speaking Dutch the entire time. It's one of those episodes. #blorko -------- Big Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)  Potoooooooo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-8-Os  Hecatoncheires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatoncheires   DCPOTW Messa di Requiem, Ildebrando Pizzetti: https://open.spotify.com/track/0UBUqDw285jP7P3F8zkCs7?si=222d3d5cac654742  Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=IFqtWLjuSYiMIjlJaSNbzQ  Man in Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9VGZeqMfo  The man who tried to fake an element: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8 Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatterton_(horse)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Rubaboo - Wikicast 112

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 56:52


    Yet more conversation between your two favourite British metrosexuals. This time discussing the Queen's funeral, sweat stories, and how to change the past. How would you change human history if you went back in time by 4000 years? Email in! -------- Northern grasslands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_short_grasslands Lyon film museum: https://en.lyon-france.com/discover-lyon/culture-and-museums/museums/cinema-and-miniature-museum  Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy: https://marianamazzucato.com/books/mission-economy  Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Changes_Everything_(book)  DCPOTW: Rachmaninov vespers https://open.spotify.com/album/6IC3DSM06TNJqXRZu499gx?si=Fa0wEMFyStS0l898knD3Wg  Who Shall Separate Us?, Macmillan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqftlBY9uTc  Song for Athene: https://open.spotify.com/track/4q8nTqZQlOhl8YqkXtpiCI?si=3e347b8b9db6492b  Dominion: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43885149-dominion  Hat Films Ranch Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiNb913hlNKv7ZfGaB9Jykg92sdFmk0l  Bumps racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumps_race  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaboo  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Wedding - Wikicast 111

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 56:37


    It's a special episode people! Dan and Simon talk about tying the knot. (No, not them). Introducing pixel wife to the canon! Simon and Dan talk about the big day, perfume, books, the perils of being a lawyer, and for the first time in a while attempt some German tongue twisters... Do you have any wedding stories? Email in! -------- Fragrantica https://www.fragrantica.com/  Blessed Be the God and Father, Wesley: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZPDHmvX02cSGUmyp52Kee?si=e5c4fd88dc79431d  Ubi Caritas, Duruflé: https://open.spotify.com/track/4zXsxw9BJqLfLdL4iekEcI?si=0b9193a3b28f4cae  Ave Maria, Biebl: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HnknbjLQhAkEpRzsfy27K?si=7889b4505beb46fb  Simon's post about the wedding on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7GW-lDscB/  DCPOTW: In The Beginning, Copland: https://open.spotify.com/track/3EHq925KfAqsJGORPHxQN1?si=5831f4151c184c38  Dominion: https://open.spotify.com/track/3EHq925KfAqsJGORPHxQN1?si=5831f4151c184c38  Highest point in the Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Scenery Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Snettisham hydroelectric power plant - Wikicast 110

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 54:09


    One house move, a stag do, a set of exams, and a whole load of bollocks later, Simon and Dan are back with a fresh serving of nontent! This week the boys talk about the first female novelist in the English language, some exciting viewing recommendations, and ZE FRENCH PART OF ALASKA HON HON HON -------- DCPOTW: Shine by Wickman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yud1ggCgofk  Stormzy gets a doctorate: https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-given-honorary-degree-by-university-of-exeter-3252733  Simon's new house video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JZFVzeAkmQ  Simon's Warhammer stag do: https://www.instagram.com/p/CegqL7IDgTR/  Bobby Broccoli: https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyBroccoli  Aphra Behn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn  Chris Hemsworth acting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJBPb4RXNk  Repair Shop: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l581p  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snettisham_hydroelectric_power_plant  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Erwin Kreuz - Wikicast 109 (with depthsofwikipedia!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 60:14


    Dan and Simon are joined by a professional shitposter, Annie Rau from depthsofwikipedia! Annie introduces our heroes to a dazzling series of wikipedia articles, and we talk about... well... everything? Check out depthsofwikipedia everywhere, but here is Annie's Instagram! https://instagram.com/depthsofwikipedia  -------- Buttered cat paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox  DCPOTW: The Mozart Requiem: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wNvwhS6pLo6jFydj10KCt?si=jHEZoaF-SoaIKpDWr6tOSw  Series of tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes  List of nicknames used by Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump  Shortest History of the Soviet Union: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59679063-the-shortest-history-of-the-soviet-union  The Wikipedia Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Revolution  Thinking about the immortality of the crab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_about_the_immortality_of_the_crab  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Kreuz  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Plateau fence lizard - Wikicast 108

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 57:20


    Fs in the chat. An alarming clone concept, an MCU retrospective, and exam season advice await you in this thrilling episode of: SIMON AND DAN TALK ABOUT GUFF -------- Legless lizards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard  Keeled scales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeled_scales  DCPOTW: The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons: https://open.spotify.com/track/1dyHU9CgeTWIvb2serBHzE?si=45611f3f16064fe4  Stargate SG-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau_fence_lizard  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Short Music for Short People - Wikicast 107

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 55:22


    Simon and Dan haven't spoken in weeks apart from the London incident so expect a big catch-up! Along the way they discover a rather unique album, talk about their latest discoveries on Netflix, and a reader describes the first (?) wikicast-themed dream... Lots of passion and geekery in this one, enjoy! -------- RPGeeks: https://www.simonoxfphys.com/rpgeeks  Westminster Cathedral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral  Friends of Cathedral Music: https://cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/  Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=99cd918b96bf4ecf  Simon's Norway vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1i6hMQbkx8 DCPOTW: Postquam surrexit Dominus by Martin Baker: https://open.spotify.com/track/5JWWyAanizGmGVWjFRdJ7S?si=33544a8ed1af4d57  Pictures from Adepticon 2022/Golden Demon: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/29/here-are-the-fantastic-golden-demon-winners-crowned-at-adepticon-2022/  Stanley Tucci munching his way through Italy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0bncl3n/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy  Great Hole: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_Loch  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Music_for_Short_People  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/ 

    Teddy Lion - Wikicast 106

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 53:09


    Simon gets existential about YouTube, Dan proposes the Hans Zimmer crossover we've all been waiting for, and we introduce you to one of the finest Croatian musicians you've never heard of. Also, Simon gets turned into a child? Truly, one of our best episodes. -------- Teddy Lion on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teddylionband/  DCPOTW: Sure on this Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen: https://open.spotify.com/track/6q307Nr6FBeUPwQGhm0f1K?si=b50e765c6a60480e  This section looks bare without a third point so I'm just going to make one up. Sue me. And a fourth, I'm feeling rogue. Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Lion  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about 

    Mascot (sternwheeler) - Wikicast 105

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 73:56


    It's a jobbing boat. What more needs to be said? A lot, it turns out. This episode is a doozy. We talk anime, give new music recommendations (check out the links below), Simon sings an impromptu country song, and Dan makes some... interesting... choices in a choose-your-own-adventure fan fiction. Not one to miss! -------- The Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=f404e865db2a4de8  DCPOTW: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony: https://open.spotify.com/album/3kCeWVKuwuh9NrT8lhIGgm?si=6RcEOPt0TsOpgv7JlzairA  Four Seasons Recomposed: https://open.spotify.com/album/5yuG2LEkf7QA9ZGIXldCmy?si=946ef97fa57a46d1  Cello Suites Recomposed: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Fs1VrnUcbVxKW6Dbq7jyZ?si=e153a64754704293  Epic Mountain: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7meq0SFt3BxWzjbt5EVBbT?si=b775e94b239043ed  The Legend of Vox Machina: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-Vox-Machina-Season/dp/B09PZFSMSB  The RPGeeks DnD project: https://www.rpgeeks.co.uk/  Food Wars: https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/food-wars-shokugeki-no-soma  Desmond Tutu interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRDBWoV_hA0  Triforce podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LNMdMhRsPmJhGGw6b1vTZ?si=5b24bec37843429a  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot_(sternwheeler)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about 

    First contact (anthropology) - Wikicast 104

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 62:22


    We secure an exclusive interview with the author of new smash hit book FIRMAMENT, Dr Simon Clark! Dan talks getting rona, and the pair investigate a new corner together... -------- Get Simon's book Firmament now: https://geni.us/firmament  The Swedish Wikicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CHknSBgaTPLTNMt5V7xlA?si=f404e865db2a4de8  DCPOTW: Poulenc Mass in G https://open.spotify.com/track/39CinWJKmgtNeK9GU74tRN?si=d6f475711c5c407f  Fergus' jazz piece 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJXsxjFJCw  Fergus' jazz piece 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5RcJQQ56iY  Arbitor Ian: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArbitorIan  James Gurney: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesGurney  WikiTrivia: https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_contact_(anthropology)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about 

    Red Hills Wind Farm - Wikicast 103

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 63:24


    Can you generate electricity with hamster wheels? What was the Christmas carol beef this year? And what the FUCK is going on with Star Wars musical terminology?! -------- Ichthyosaur discovery: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/january/britains-largest-ever-ichthyosaur-is-discovered-rutland-water.html  Dan Choral Piece of the Week: Cana's Guest, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILLAlxtbiGw  Carol World Cup: https://twitter.com/theevensongcup  Murder by Numbers: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/  Jizz wailers: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jizz-wailer  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hills_Wind_Farm  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://fergushallcomposer.com/about 

    Zara Tindall - Wikicast 102

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 57:20


    The episode with a visual aid. Simon and Dan discuss House of Gaga, Olympic sports, the Jingle Jam, and finally read the brilliant Holopod Star Wars fan fiction! For reasons that will become clear in the next episode, this episode is very, very, very, very dated. We recorded this over a month ago, as is obvious from our discussion of the Jingle Jam. To cut a long story short, Simon got quite sick (but is better now!). -------- Olympic Sports in picture form: https://olympics.com/en/sports/  Dan's piece of the week (Wilberg's Ding Dong Merrily On High): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfX_2KiRFnQ The Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Centre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ce76OHPTUw  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Tindall  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Gert Palmcrantz - Wikicast 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 63:40


    In a remarkable piece of continuity, Simon and Dan are in Sweden this episode! Specifically listening to some Jazz in the Pawnshop. Yes, PAWNshop. Dan gets misty-eyed about vinyl, Simon rants about DUNE, and both have opinions on James Bond...   Next episode: the Holopod! -------- Dudley Moore Colonel Bogey/Neverending piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazlqD4mLvw  Beyond the Fringe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUd1OxPbKk4&ab_channel=TheMillerTapes  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Palmcrantz  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Boops boops - Wikicast 100 (with Greta Thunberg, Isabelle Axelsson, and Erik from Alaska!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 69:00


    For our 100th episode we're joined by some very special guests, the stars of the Swedish Wikicast! Featuring long-term readers Isabelle and Erik and new reader Greta, and an awful lot of content around #FishFacts. Will Simon and Dan impress the new cast members with their Swedish? What does Greta want for her birthday? How is the weather in Alaska? We find out in our 100th episode extravaganza! -------- Dan's choral piece of the week (Sandstrom): https://open.spotify.com/track/4nOyPDxuz3UYWRgAo5eon8?si=8a57235ce2044d33  Swedish Christmas goat tradition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat  Ottery St Mary tar barrels: https://www.tarbarrels.co.uk/  Simon's video about the tar barrels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfcEz-BUHg8 Simon finally found the lemon picture: https://twitter.com/simonoxfphys/status/1455254296816230408  Dumbledore meme: https://external-preview.redd.it/Lf1RR7Mtk-67r9SunR1R38Qr0NPoVnmBdpqx571QLTk.jpg?auto=webp&s=2935102f64325b0135d3ba2b7519d33c5e6b9fb9  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boops_boops  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Speed limiter - Wikicast 099

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 53:53


    Is Simon a criminal? Dan weighs in. Also, 99 episodes??? -------- Turboencabulator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator Hogwarts Legacy  https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us The Radio 4 pips  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limiter  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Prostanthera densa - Wikicast 098

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 60:09


    It's erect, it's aromatic, it's often compact... it's the Wikicast! Simon and Dan talk about a shrub before getting on to the important issue of splurging their recent watches and listens and generally catching up. It's been a while! Also, why can't Daaan pronounce traaaanslation? -------- Shepherd's Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8N2YTikOsc  Age of Plastic: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fgCz9kQCDy0miERCy0sCJ?si=o8lnSgw4Tf2UUKtH_NgbpQ&dl_branch=1  Garth Marenghi's Dark Place: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/garth-marenghis-darkplace/on-demand/36434-001  9/11 Inside the President's War Room: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z8p5  Adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film)  Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50144.Kitchen  Three Lions (Norwich Cathedral): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUrtiFc78VY  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_densa  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Icelandic Confederation of Labour - Wikicast 097

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 57:41


    The single most momentous email in the history of our podcast arrives in our inbox. Also, Icelandic labour, the IPCC, and running. Simon had to write this description in a hurry, can you tell? -------- The Anthropocene Reviewed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anthropocene_Reviewed  Simon's IPCC report video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4  JustGiving page for Simon's run: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/simonclarkcf  The email of many footnotes: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/The_Email_of_Many_Footnotes  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Confederation_of_Labour  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Hamilton Island Golf Club - Wikicast 096

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 52:43


    Dan and Simon create the most dazzling, entertaining, and dangerous sport known to humankind: Plughole Panic.   Simon also panics Dan with his Neanderthal impression, we both learn about archery, and we talk about yet another wikipedia article predicated on a lie. -------- Whitsunday Islands/passage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands  Hat Films golf battle royale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0QKpgZpuk  Barney's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin  Jazza's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrawWithJazza  Sianderthal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST5QOtWxAl4  Original neanderthal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o589CAu73UM  Ninanocks on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninanocks  AnyMation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwjDOXpL2XWvByNPTg8di_w  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Island_Golf_Club  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    739 BC - Wikicast 095

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 56:14


    When does human history begin? Which Olympic sport would be worst to compete in naked? Why is Simon using a bean tin as a microphone? The episode where Simon and Dan find a flaw at the heart of wikipedia! -------- Human history wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history  History of Rome podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wiEd40oPbQ9UK1rSpIy8I?si=m-gJmB_kQJ-lFsjhBYHbQw&dl_branch=1  Alamire album (DCPOTW is the 6th track): https://open.spotify.com/album/3QvWxoDnW3vVlf6u7qywdt?si=5afk2E_qQYypIg-jfT6WHw&dl_branch=1  A new tonic from Buckfast: https://www.buckfast.org.uk/product/music/symphonie-romane-organ-music-by-dupr-widor-and-tournemire  The History of Bees: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-history-of-bees/maja-lunde/9781471162770  Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/739_BC  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Swerve (film) - Wikicast 094

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 67:38


    Australian budget thrillers? Costing how many dollarydoos? Warning: this podcast may also contain high octane discussion of IKEA furniture, electric bikes, and Australian case law. Also, one of the most bizarre coincidences we've ever heard, in Corin's podence corner. -------- Simpsons Australia episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81FGVh1dj0A  Spongy and Electric film critics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtGJXZrWA_dZMUZ4gnLIguUWOCiBd58co  friendlyjordies story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXtq4a8829g  Seven Finzi part songs: https://open.spotify.com/album/6zLFbtkqwxmCKblg7MycjL?si=KIxoy0u8RIqjtZ9YpumlPQ&dl_branch=1  Pashley roadster sovereign: https://www.pashley.co.uk/bikes/bicycles/roadster-sovereign.php  Van moof s3: https://www.vanmoof.com/en-GB/s3?color=dark  IKEA ASMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLFaj3Z_tWw  Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swerve_(film)  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Edwin Holmes (inventor) - Wikicast 093

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 53:14


    The episode with a deep dark secret. Did Simon forget to take notes on what links to include? Maybe. -------- Cooke Nunc Dimittis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niy9C0bMSTE  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Holmes_(inventor)  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Live: Legend I, D, Z Apocalypse - Wikicast 092 (with Barnaby Martin of Listening In!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 72:17


    Dan and Simon are joined by Barnaby Martin of the YouTube channel Listening In! We talk about film scores, baby metal, trash tv, auditioning stories, and which choir is the best in the world. If you don't know you Barney is, do yourself a favour and check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin  -------- Barney's video on why choral music is the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au92XTLm_SU  Dyson in D (feat orchestra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcTtMaWKX0  Ascendit Deus (Philips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDhzAd7Bv4  The Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=UWDlIfDwSn2Zw07iv02B5w  Muggle quidditch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)  SovietWomble's video on The Isle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7JzmEf-_c  Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys @BarnabyMartin This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live:_Legend_I,_D,_Z_Apocalypse  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    WASR (AM) - Wikicast 091

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 71:03


    It's the podcast where Simon and Dan talk about tiny toys! It turns out we have an incredibly cool reader (just one though), and Dan reveals what it's like to work behind the desk at the recent UK elections! Scintillating. This episode might have set a record for the most links in the show notes. Someone, please, for the love of god, click on them. -------- Medlife crisis: https://www.youtube.com/c/MedlifeCrisis  WASR video (it's wild): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPGIGaXqLA  Fighting Fantasy, Warlock of Fire Mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlock_of_Firetop_Mountain  Warmaster army example: http://www.kerynne.com/games/WMEmpire.html  Glendale toy museum: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/glendaletoymuseum/index.html  Dan Harry Potter toy: http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/hplevgame.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0vjiVCDcK8WpeCQJVJsUWABurpt6CQSQ585d1-hUoNSg8cRk7hDieVu_s  "The toys that made us" on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497  Dan's crazy blackpool gloria (starts at 4:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eY8ewXTkeM  Kabbadi video from We Create Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av1mr3UpdZk  Simon's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASR_(AM) Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Mars Pathfinder - Wikicast 090

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 67:12


    The article Simon didn't want to tear himself away from. The boys talk about flight on other planets, sponsoring a flight on this planet, and Dan discovers his new favourite sport. Oh, and Simon has some announcement or other. Fantastic work from you all writing in with your strange sports - please do keep them coming in, and let us know if there's an opportunity to join you (in the post rona times) to film us trying them! #GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast -------- Dragonfly mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)  Matt Lowne's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MattLowneFilms/  Ingenuity and balancing the speed of rotors: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a35353442/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/  Magnificat 2 Electric Boogaloo (DCPOTW): https://open.spotify.com/album/0R9LgqYSxUv4ELDpNOC4g6?si=X-Pv3lqgRYmoWPGk2-LVFg  Dan and Simon ice skating together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ  RPGeeks one shot video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/983671018  Preorder Firmament: https://geni.us/firmament  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

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    New Caledonia men's national handball team - Wikicast 089

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 55:44


    An episode featuring Dan reciting poetry, Simon reveals a secret part of his past, and we discuss what would be worse: being Midas, or anti-Midas.... Also the Witcher. #GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast What weird sports do you play? Has anyone else played Simon's scout version of handball? Can we make this the national sport of the wikicast? Email in and let us know! -------- Withnail and I Hamlet reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnNL67PEKU  Korfball: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korfball  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonia_men%27s_national_handball_team  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Kisha club - Wikicast 088

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 64:40


    This one is a slow build to a very satisfying finish... Simon calls Dan dad twice, and the Balrog makes an appearance. Oh and twenty minutes of fan fiction. Strap in. -------- Simon's video with Spiffing Brit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3M9-MxyCaQ  Easter by Ralph Vaughan Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3UtkkbQak  Simon's twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisha_club  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Jeff Gord - Wikicast 087

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 51:05


    It's the Wikicast... after dark... (warning: may contain nipple nori roll nibbling) -------- Forniphilia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_furniture  Nyotaimori: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyotaimori  Spem in Alium documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1zZwppTuc  Lamentations of Jeremiah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbczcKGgcwM  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gord  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Keith Brooking - Wikicast 086

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 63:43


    I'll be honest, I edited this episode yesterday and I cannot remember for the life of me what we talk about. Something about Sea Beet I think? You're on your own. -------- Everything is Brassica: https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3395076/brassica-oleracea.0.jpg  Sea Beet (read as Nigella Lawson): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_beet  Documentary about Spem in Alium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1zZwppTuc&ab_channel=JaakkoMantyjarvi  Internet Historian: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1D15p_vdP3HkrH8wgjQRw  Simon's shorts channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGWHb1P0Z07SYUqjuOnCmw  Simon's shitposting channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SimonClarkErrata/  Simon's twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Brooking  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F    

    Khaplu Palace - Wikicast 085

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 52:41


    Wanna know how I got this skip? -------- George Mackay Brown: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/george-mackay-brown/  Nightstalker: https://www.netflix.com/title/81025701 Battlefront 2 HD remaster mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hd-graphics-mod  Simon's twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaplu_Palace  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    RMAS Typhoon (A95) - Wikicast 084

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 57:25


    Simon: I feel like I've needed therapy for quite some time Dan, with no hesitation: yes   We're back! Filling your ears with honey and nonsense, including the Cod Wars, poetry, and a very strange video with a saxophone. -------- Dan's album of the week: https://open.spotify.com/album/6EZ4ZARjmbOF8M9yRzxMxE?si=emomF7XyTtiK9GOeJiDH3Q  The crazy fever dream video Dan sent Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_EZBfClFsg  Anis Mojgani, Shake the Dust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDtHdloK44  Staying Alive: https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/staying-alive-709  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMAS_Typhoon_(A95)  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

    Johannes Vermeer - Wikicast 083

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 64:43


    Simon apologises for any thunderclaps caused by his dummy thicc cheeks -------- Delft thunderclap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft#Delft_Explosion  London beer flood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood  Time the "View of Delft" was painted: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomy-offers-fresh-look-vermeers-view-delft-180975413/  Balloon: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pyt7  Jingle Jam: https://jinglejam.tiltify.com/  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode edited by the one and only, the forehead, the tenor with a friendly demeanour, Dan Maw!

    Pouteria aristata - Wikicast 082

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 67:48


    We. Are. Back. What's the article? Who cares. Simon and Dan natter on about what they've been up to, and drop some major bombs. Dan is doing something very interesting next year! Simon loves The Mandalorian! Dan STILL hasn't seen Hamilton! After our hiatus we're now back with regular episodes, and this time around they're being edited by Dan! That means things might sound a bit different, and possibly explain that we may have completely forgotten how our show works. Enjoy! -------- Ed Dunne's movember page: https://uk.movember.com/mospace/13856791  Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria_aristata  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode edited by the one and only, the forehead, the tenor with a friendly demeanour, Dan Maw!

    Theos Casimir Bernard - Wikicast 081 (with Adam our editor!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 68:27


    You asked, we delivered! We invited Adam on the show to tell us why we're not role models, and then get sucked into quick possibly the most interesting wiki-rabbit hole of all time. It involves death rays, Citizen Kane, and "Oom the Omnipotent". All this and much more in this bumper episode of the Wikicast! -------- Ganna Walska: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganna_Walska  Harry Grindell Matthews: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Grindell_Matthews  Jeanna Calment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment  Thesis on hatha yoga: https://www.degruyter.com/columbia/view/title/548284  DCPOTW, The Infinite Shining Heavens by Robert Louis Stevenson (set here by Ralph Vaughan Williams): https://open.spotify.com/track/6W8Eglsa3liwpLNDMhU9iN?si=1_enbrkXRYmgBrhFAzqsxQ  The Pixar Story: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/the-pixar-story/5aLi1N5xRzf1  The President Sang Amazing Grace: https://open.spotify.com/track/1NZcGXnORcRDU2ysj1A0Qh?si=2l6Raf2VQeuWr3kv_OZTAg  Red Ed Redemption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG71rhV9ocI  -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theos_Casimir_Bernard  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F Edited by the one and only gorgeous boy Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)

    Pierce the Ploughman's Crede - Wikicast 080

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 56:15


    Dan nearly has a heart attack, Simon breaks his microphone, Dan goes nuts for poetry, Simon does something else, and the pair receive some cracking Corin's pondence. Top tier episode, all round. -------- Dan's insta: https://www.instagram.com/danmaw/  Simon's Twitch: https://twitch.tv/drsimonclark/  Les Illuminations (DCPOTW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQGHOfIdYY  What's So Great About That Hamilton video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BygULLfDfw  -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_the_Ploughman%27s_Crede  Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F Edited by the one and only gorgeous boy Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)

    Tenma Shibuya - Wikicast 079

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 79:21


    After Simon and pixel girl go on their summer holidays the Wikicast can return! Dan and Simon treat you to a bumper episode, discussing a Japanese actor, various national liquors, and JK Rowling. Oh, and choosing their own adventure in some excellent interactive fan fiction!! -------- Air Strike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Strike_(2018_film) List of national liquors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_liquors Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73 Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenma_Shibuya Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F Edited by the one and only gorgeous boy Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)

    Poets' Corner - Wikicast 078

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 56:19


    Simon and pixel girl sitting in a tree G E T T I N G E N G A G E D Also the first appearance of old man Dan corner, and by far the worst poetry you've ever heard. Do you want a full reading? Let us know! -------- Westminster Abbey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey Old Tom Parr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_Parr William McGonagall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall Tay Bridge Disaster: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-disaster/ Simon telling the engagement story on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/652679504  John Mannion's video on sherry (it's great!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWZ3DGaMZI James Hoffman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73 Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poets%27_Corner Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F Edited by the one and only gorgeous boy Adam Gillard (https://twitter.com/Adam_Gillard)

    Hermine Haselböck - Wikicast 077

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 54:45


    Guten tag! Today ve are in die Alpes talking about OPERA JA -------- Freddie Mercury voice analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3MjsrMNCbU  What Simon and Dan are referencing at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deVmS8cqJGI  Quartet for the End of Time: https://open.spotify.com/track/6ztcoy6bP6qUN4OKny4QYg?si=TN6-GmmGQqyLh3ocZ6hwmw  Figure Humaine, Poulenc (DCPOTW): https://open.spotify.com/album/3aUJr9ZfbEUJ60UYpMbevX?si=cNEkzyf-SFGFZ5lZf1LyRw  Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73 Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermine_Haselb%C3%B6ck Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F   Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Come Tomorrow (album) - Wikicast 076

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 58:59


    Simon lives! STOMP STOMP This week Simon and Dan learn about the Dave Matthews Band, which apparently they already knew about? But... didn't? They also talk about Simon's experience with coronavirus, pixel girl's depressing recent viewing suggestions, and some top-notch correspondence including an old fiend... -------- Dave Matthews band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band Simon's coronavlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TBwq4ZSI8  Simon's twitch: https://twitch.tv/drsimonclark/ Tintagel by Bax: https://open.spotify.com/track/4bjAQljq5vfoB8YUTUC05l?si=yz9lFcU6ST-Opv_ZWL5bfw Dan and Simon getting their makeup done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrEMsha8Qvg  Mater Ora Filium, Bax (DCPOTW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-OaU94JYE Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/choral-piece-of-the-week/pl.u-9N9LvDbsyd3o73 Dan's choral piece of the week playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ceEVD9Bo0WeIQg9uCnSq2?si=eJqOKGhzR_GJezUf4gFG6g -------- Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Tomorrow_(album) Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/  Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/  Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F  

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