Release the nouns! It's linguistics and comedy, science and etymology. You'd better seize the dative because the name nerd will rock your word.
…
continue reading
Kit Foxley Podcasts
Our sketch show gives feminism a voice. A silly voice. The Second Sketch condenses the concerns and contradictions of modern day feminism into 15-minute chunks for your amusement. Written by Josie Throup and Kit Foxley.
…
continue reading
22/12/2025 "I used to hate buying presents" Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree! Ministry of Rightspeak Quintuplicate letters What's Dis Reindeer, Caribou Something Different…
…
continue reading
01/12/2025 "Stranger Things season five means nothing to me" Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Knots Etymology Dog breeds Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also …
…
continue reading
29/09/2025 "Your whole system falls apart" Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Asafoetida Motor Scrap Auto Service Anti-lock braking Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 10…
…
continue reading
15/09/2025 "Did you know that Boris Johnson paints buses?" This week I do evil work for evil people. Who Googlewashes the Googlewashers? Listen on to hear about the bear who joined the Polish army. He ate cigarettes and has a very easy to pronounce name, honest! Psycholoscopes Egyptian pyramids Elemental Mercury Mnemonics US universities Did Someon…
…
continue reading
01/09/2025 "A cast list is so exciting" Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea! Ministry of Rightspeak False rhymes What's Dis Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus Double Platinum Discs Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru Th…
…
continue reading
18/08/2025 "Liar Liar has aged pretty well" Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude! Harvey Dudgeon Horse breeds Etymology Blue Cambridge Analytics Great Women of Science Alma Levant Hayden Cryptic Corner -…
…
continue reading
04/08/2025 "Self driving cars are... here?" Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in to find out! Oxford New Words That's An Organ Caecum Snog Mythology Avoid Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
21/07/2025 "You can wear clothes inside out" It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the people I've kissed! TMI. Psycholoscopes Mint plants Mnemonics and Deep Dive Shakespeare's plays Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also featuring th…
…
continue reading
07/07/2025 "This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..." What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it! Ministry of Rightspeak Multiple different vowels What's Dis Aardvark, Anteaters Something Different Sega P.Y.S…
…
continue reading
23/06/2025 "Katy Perry won the battle, but Gaga won the war" The Tongue Map was such BS! It certainly wasn't to my taste. But how do you say sour, salty, bitter, and sweet in other languages? What's halva got to do with it? Or myrrh? Listen on to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Dutch provinces Etymology Sour, Salty, Bitter, Sweet New Accent Please - Music…
…
continue reading
09/06/2025 "I was quite judgmental about blasphemy" What's your papal name? Which pope are you? I'm buzzfeeding it up with my very own quiz! Tune in to hear about the invention of velcro, and the delicious taste of Dandelion and Burdock. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Burdock What's Your Papal Name? Pope Quiz Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin Ma…
…
continue reading
26/05/2025 "Who is the real Mo Farah?" Emma Stone? Emily Stone? You want to see stones, start digging! This episode we're memorising Geological Periods, plus we're asking what's in a name? Emma-Lee Stone? Psycholoscopes Architectural columns Mnemonics and Deep Dive Geologic Periods Cambridge Analytics Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arrang…
…
continue reading
12/05/2025 "It's cute when a dog is in the way" Don't eat raw cassava! Tune in to find out why, and hear about the Wang Fallacy. I mean Phallus-y. It's also called the Outgroup Homogeneity Bias but I prefer wang! Ministry of Rightspeak IOUS What's Dis Sweet Potato, Cassava, Yams Snog Mythology Avoid Nüwa, Dungavenhooter, Hecatoncheires New Accent P…
…
continue reading
28/04/2025 "Black Mirror is back baby!" Piranha's aren't endangered! Phew! I feel much better about that time I fished in the Amazon now. This episode it's Ps and Qs, what links pentagons and quintets? Or Helios and Sol? Tune in to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Salad Dressings Etymology Mind your Ps and Qs Great Women of Science Gulielma Lister Cryptic …
…
continue reading
14/04/2025 "I bought my first bluetooth earphones" I prised the buttons off my friend's keyboard but it wasn't a prank, honest! This episode I swallow my pride as we talk tonsils, loot boxes, and gacha games. Oxford New Words That's An Organ Tonsils Not A Joke Elemental Cerium New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
31/03/2025 "I didn't get the memo" Divorced, beheaded, died... just speeds up naming planets? We're getting historical this episode, and can someone please tell me what Off Peak means? Listen on for broiling instructions! Psycholoscopes Elvis Presley songs Mnemonics Wives of Henry VIII Name Nerd Capital cities Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 67: God be me…
…
continue reading
17/03/2025 "If you're running a Speed Dating event, you have to do the maths right" Is it pronounced Pink or P!nk? So what? That's what she'd say. This episode we're burning lime and trying Turkish delight, by which I mean a devoiced "R". Sean Connery would love it! Ministry of Rightspeak Football teams What's Dis Concrete, Cement, Mortar Double Pl…
…
continue reading
03/03/2025 "Fried onion wakes you up in the morning" Genghis Khan-do attitude, that's what I say. And what do eclairs have to do with blitzkriegs? This episode we're talking pastry etymologies! Don't miss the Navajo spinal clip and my Marina and the Diamonds travel game. Harvey Dudgeon Leaders of the Mongol Empire Etymology Pastries and cakes Great…
…
continue reading
17/02/2025 "You know I like logical fallacies" Polish vampires and allergic reactions this episode! Get your logic hat on because I'm yammering on about an argument I won five years ago! Don't miss the chat about poison ivy and Mandarin Chinese consonants. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Poison Ivy Snog Mythology Avoid Lamia, Bakunawa, Upiór Ne…
…
continue reading
03/02/2025 "Knock knock, it's the Jehovah's Witnesses" Full moon, half moon, total eclipse of the heart. This episode we're winning pub quizzes by travelling the solar system! Listen on to hear why Jesus is like a goose, and why I always answer the door in my underwear. Psycholoscopes Haribo Mnemonics Bodies of the Solar System (by size and mass) D…
…
continue reading
20/01/2025 "They've ruined the top deck of the bus" Why is it so "satisfying" to have a rival podcast? Listen on for why I risked it all with my recycling bin, and the difference between goats and mountain goats. Which one would happily eat a pickleball? Ministry of Rightspeak Homophones What's Dis Goat, Mountain Goat Cambridge Analytics Wonder Whe…
…
continue reading
06/01/2025 "Condoms are such an easy win" Goodness gracious, this is herbaceous. That's right, it's getting hot in here as we dive in to the etymology of herbs! Listen on for Kamehameha (a historical figure) and the Mrs Vajayjay of Dragonball Z. Harvey Dudgeon Swiss Army knife Etymology Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Not A Joke Elemental Livermori…
…
continue reading
23/12/2024 "Rafael Nadal was in an advert with my friend Steve!" Here's a sketch about pronouns, I'm sure that won't be controversial! Listen on for the spooky spleen, Star Trek's nifty names, and the sport that uses a coward's weapon. Oxford New Words Doctor Organs Spleen Something Else Thy Pronouns Please Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 12: Help, Lord, …
…
continue reading
09/12/2024 "We don't really do Junior here in the UK" I've found my soulmate! Pity she was born in 1902. This episode we're figuring out if Skip and Trey are real names. Hint, they're not! Tune in to hear if I would date an Australian drop-bear or a legendary Russian horse! Psycholoscopes Ham Snog Mythology Avoid Drop Bear, Lidérc, Sivko-Burko Mnem…
…
continue reading
25/11/2024 "I've been doing standup again" Oh yes, it's the Oh-Possum! Or is it just Possum? Discover which country's name gave us "serendipity", and hear about a trailblazing computer nun! Or is she a None? In Python she is! Ministry of Rightspeak Hybrid compounds What's Dis Opossum, Possum Cambridge Analytics Great Women of Science Mary Kenneth K…
…
continue reading
11/11/2024 "Atheists can say bless you" Am I eating beetles in my M and M's? Why did NASA send Mr Bean to the moon? And what does the etymology of vermicelli noodles have to do with "red"? Listen on to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Moonwalkers Etymology Red Double Platinum Discs Soft Cell - Tainted Love Wonder Where I Am New Accent Please - Music by Kev…
…
continue reading
28/10/2024 "I have never met an easily triggered youth" Stephen Fry! Why must you say these things? Tune in for a long rant about the Clone Wars. I mean the Culture Wars. Well, they both involve appropriating a Maori man's look. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Cogongrass Not A Joke Elemental Chromium Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arr…
…
continue reading
14/10/2024 "Greek mythology is back baby!" Aslan is Turkish for "lion" but the Slavs completely missed the memo! And what the hell is an exabyte? Or a zettametre? Listen on to find out! Psycholoscopes Coal combustion waste products Mnemonics Kilo Mega Giga, Milli Micro Nano Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord New Accent Please - Music…
…
continue reading
30/09/2024 "A banking app for children?" Discover your brand new zodiac sign! Are you an oddball or an even-keel? This week we're also talking about whales. Are you feeling Blue, or full of Sperm? Ministry of Rightspeak Vowel digraphs What's Dis Blue whale, Sperm whale The Zoddiac Towerer, Concerto, Monocle, Octopod, Devotee, Peloton, Reveler, Hege…
…
continue reading
16/09/2024 "Bridgerton's gone woke!" What's the oddly smooth way other languages say odd and even? Tune in to hear how the amazing Wu lets us communicate with aliens. It's not woo! Harvey Dudgeon British universities Etymology Odd and Even Great Women of Science Chien-Shiung Wu New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
02/09/2024 "Lady Gaga's Artpop has a couple of questionable songs" Was that woman really named a racial slur? Listen on for the terrifying Pit and the Pendulum inside your eye, plus the mythological sprite born of Margaret Thatcher. Oxford New Words Doctor Organs Lens Cambridge Analytics Snog Mythology Avoid Thrymr, Anaye, Knocker Cryptic Corner - …
…
continue reading
19/08/2024 "What do you call the upstairs hallway?" Vowels ho! Huh? Huh! Find out what exclamations I'm inventing this week, plus we memorise all the countries of West Africa! Hah! And how! Psycholoscopes Eggs Elemental Europium Not A Joke Mnemonics Countries of Africa (Part 2) New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
05/08/2024 "QI chose to be Quite Interesting rather than Quite Accurate" We're getting fruity this episode with peaches, nectarines, and apricots! What's the difference? And listen, Yahoo is definitely not an acronym, I was right. I was right! What's Dis Peach, Nectarine, Apricot Ministry of Rightspeak Binomial synonyms Wonder Where I Am Cryptic Co…
…
continue reading
22/07/2024 "Thanks for mansplaining the sun to me" You'll never guess what medical field Baron Brain worked in! Alright, you got it. But what is Christmas Disease? And why did I find a Torah at the departure gate? Harvey Dudgeon Longest rivers Etymology Eponymous diseases Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 124: If it had not been the Lord New Accent Please -…
…
continue reading
08/07/2024 "Here's a riddle that's wrong" Listen here Shania, does anything impress you much? How about pitcher plants being used as bat homes and vole toilets, listen on to find out more! Still no? Shania, please! Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Pitcher Plants Double Platinum Discs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much Great Women of Scien…
…
continue reading
24/06/2024 "Frankly my dear I certainly do give a damn" Why are Germans better at maths? It's because of their mnemonics! Why do Spanish people not care one "bledo"? And was scientist Niels Bohr a good footballer? Listen on to find out! Psycholoscopes Oranges Mnemonics Order of operations Not A Joke Elemental Bohrium New Accent Please - Music by Ke…
…
continue reading
10/06/2024 "All the spaceships and the lasers are fine" Holy moly do I have a tremendous respect for great apes. As long as they stay the hell away from me! But Captain Picard can beam down any day. We're through the looking-glass this episode! Ministry of Rightspeak Final syllable emphasis What's Dis Monkeys and Apes Cambridge Analytics Snog Mytho…
…
continue reading
27/05/2024 "I know it's perfectly safe" Why must you flee the x-ray? Checkmate, dentists! Wait, checkmate? Listen on to find out how the beautiful game gave us cheques and bodychecks. Harvey Dudgeon Snow White Etymology Chess Wonder Where I Am New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
13/05/2024 "Lost in Translation was a hatewatch" Sofia Coppola is not a Racist(TM) and neither am I! But let me tell you what colours poo can be, that's my kind of horoscope! I'm a Crapicorn. Oxford New Words Doctor Organs Gallbladder Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 4: Hear me when I call Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
29/04/2024 "Here's a good trolley problem" It's only Adolf's clone! Plus we're memorising the countries of Africa. Listen on to hear my take on whether Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual or just soaned. Did he mean "stoned"? Psycholoscopes Quiches Mnemonics Countries of Africa - part 1 Double Platinum Discs Green Day - Basket Case Great Women of Scie…
…
continue reading
22/04/2024 "M. Night Shyamalan used to be good" Owls, owls, owls! And what do they have to do with cloche hats? Or an Italian uncle? The twist ending is that there is no twist! That's right, this episode's an M. Night Sham. Ministry of Rightspeak Gendered pairs What's Dis Owls Not A Joke Elemental Rubidium Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, a…
…
continue reading
08/04/2024 "I got him orange flavoured toothpaste" I'm sinisterly dextrous because I write with both hands. And what does Sodium Laureth Sulfate taste like? I do the experiment so you don't have to! Listen on to find out why I won't date the sphinx. Cambridge Analytics Etymology Left and Right Harvey Dudgeon Greek philosophers Snog Mythology Avoid …
…
continue reading
25/03/2024 "I went out at midnight to see the full moon" Who said plants can't do slapstick? Whoops! I've dropped all my sediment! Said the ocean waves hitting the mangrove forest. And what does gutter water taste like? Tune in to find out! Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Mangroves Motor Scrap Auto Service Immobiliser Wonder Where I Am Cryptic …
…
continue reading
11/03/2024 "I went to a new ice cream place recently" Just who the hell does Richard of York think he is, giving battle in vain? Was he feeling indigo? I mean blue. Listen on to find out why he didst putte creame in a paile withe strawe! Psycholoscopes Berries Mnemonics Colours of the Rainbow, Electromagmentic Spectrum Stress Ball Punch Up The Psal…
…
continue reading
04/03/2024 "She was lost for seventeen days in the wilderness but she was fine" Is it a croc? Is it a gator? And would it enjoy Spanish pig lard biscuits more than my vegetarian friend? Only one way to find out! Ministry of Rightspeak Silent letters What's Dis Crocodiles and Alligators Double Platinum Discs Madonna - Like a Prayer Great Women of Sc…
…
continue reading
26/02/2024 "It's good to get out of your echo chamber" Mind blown! Is a man just a woman without the "wo", dude? And what bonkers things did people tell me about the zodiac? Tune in to hear why Wallace and Gromit definitely didn't meet a Were-Rabbit. Harvey Dudgeon Nuts Etymology Woman Man Human Cambridge Analytics Snog Mythology Avoid Dziwożona, A…
…
continue reading
12/02/2024 "Don't get gift cards" Who the hell is on the five pound note? And just how spooky and scary is the human liver? Will teenagers ever think I'm cool? Yes if I start shoplifting! Oxford New Words Doctor Organs Liver Not A Joke Elemental Palladium Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley…
…
continue reading
29/01/2024 "So my dad listens to the show now" It's a whole New World! Today we're memorising all the countries of the Americas. Daniel Radcliffe is my Dominican Republic babe. Listen on to discover why visiting the Parthenon makes you a total virgin. Psycholoscopes Chocolate bars Mnemonics Countries of the Americas Motor Scrap Auto Service Car pil…
…
continue reading
15/01/2024 "One burger please" The only thing I hate more than craneflies is false friends. You're telling me in Spanish "excitado" doesn't mean "excited"? And just how long are this daddy's long legs? Tune in to find out! Ministry of Rightspeak Couscous reduplication What's Dis Daddy long legs Quiztomer Service Toothbrush or adult toy Punch Up The…
…
continue reading
01/01/2024 "Am I not with it anymore?" When dogs sit on the table in a restaurant it galls me no end. In fact, what is gall? Listen on to find out which bilious jackass stole Alice Ball's leprosy breakthrough! Harvey Dudgeon Twelve disciples Etymology Four humours Double Platinum Discs Black Sabbath - Paranoid Great Women of Science Alice Augusta B…
…
continue reading
