Podcast
The Wikicast
Hosted by Clark and Maw · EN
Simon and Dan go on a random wikipedia article and chat about it - it's the Wikicast!
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Hans Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg - Wikicast 128
Jan 6, 202500:55:22Tap to summarizeIt's a delayed Christmas miracle! Simon managed to peel himself from parenting, and Dan from... lawyering?, long enough to record an episode. We talk Jingle Jam, films, music, books, parenthood, and HE HAS TWO FAKE LEGS?? Siskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_siskin The Longest Johns https://open.spotify.com/artist/5k979N1TnPncUyqlXlaRSv?si=7FWgVRJUTCybbADqxqVc5A The Pursuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hhoyAibxAk DCPOTW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJBBwZSZ3B8 Miskinis: https://open.spotify.com/track/02VJ50DXYe6lWdEclBtlvO?si=0ce87f2f53424a30 Ahoy: https://www.youtube.com/@XboxAhoy Secret Level: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.87e37fc6-3233-4480-836f-14bb9645ccd0 Otherlands: https://www.waterstones.com/book/otherlands/thomas-halliday/9780141991146 Greig Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/@greigjohnsonmaking 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/Hans_Freiherr_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Transcribe →Tim Membrey - Wikicast 127
Sep 12, 202401:01:52Tap to summarizeSimon would like to apologise for the fact that this episode is *checks notes* FOUR MONTHS LATE. An awful lot has happened with the studio move and parenthood and about a million other things. Anyway, hear from the boys back in May talk surprisingly seriously about YouTube videos and completely lose it over a whole new genre of Australian music. We will be back with a more timely episode before long! Aussie rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football DCPOTW: Blessed Be The God And Father https://open.spotify.com/track/6s2jzuuwv9pimEUjgOYl7i?si=7a48645a1ef54963 Jenny Nicholson Star Wars hotel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4 Anti chef: https://www.youtube.com/@antichef Bobby Fingers' Jeff Bezos video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8 POWER WORD SCRUNCH: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vvj9Gyel35s Pulp Kitchen: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qGrW9SOoEiuDvyHcoWzri?si=38564673c764440d 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/Tim_Membrey Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Transcribe →Hauge Log Church - Wikicast 126
Jun 17, 202400:56:52Tap to summarizeAfter 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/
Transcribe →Greg Moore (ice hockey) - Wikicast 125
Feb 29, 202401:00:19Tap to summarizeDan 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/
Transcribe →England in the late Middle Ages - Wikicast 124
Feb 14, 202401:01:42Tap to summarizeTurns 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/
Transcribe →Wade-Dahl-Till valve - Wikicast 123
Dec 19, 202300:48:31Tap to summarizeSimon 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/
Transcribe →The Mighty Echoes - Wikicast 122
Nov 21, 202300:51:21Tap to summarizeSimon 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/
Transcribe →Cossipore - Wikicast 121
Aug 28, 202300:58:41Tap to summarizeSimon 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/
Transcribe →Up’n Down - Wikicast 120
Aug 1, 202300:50:16Tap to summarizeWhat 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up'n_Down Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F This episode was edited by the wonderful Fergus Hall! https://www.fergushallmusic.com/
Transcribe →List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine - Wikicast 119
Jun 26, 202300:59:13Tap to summarizeDan 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/
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