The Wikicast

Jan 06 2025 100 ep. 68 mins 831
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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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Hans Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg - Wikicast 128

Jan 06 2025 55 mins  
It'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 Pursu

Tim Membrey - Wikicast 127

Sep 12 2024 61 mins  
Simon 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 e

Hauge Log Church - Wikicast 126

Jun 17 2024 56 mins  
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://

Greg Moore (ice hockey) - Wikicast 125

Feb 29 2024 60 mins  
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/2

England in the late Middle Ages - Wikicast 124

Feb 14 2024 61 mins  
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.w

Wade-Dahl-Till valve - Wikicast 123

Dec 19 2023 48 mins  
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.y

The Mighty Echoes - Wikicast 122

Nov 21 2023 51 mins  
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.youtu

Cossipore - Wikicast 121

Aug 28 2023 58 mins  
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 Elizab

Up’n Down - Wikicast 120

Aug 01 2023 50 mins  
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_C

List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine - Wikicast 119

Jun 26 2023 59 mins  
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://countryro