A podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show huddle around a microphone and discuss the best things they've found out this week.
A few weeks ago we recorded this episode at the Nerdland Festival with friend of the podcast, Lieven Scheire!
There were plenty of facts about hacking up hairballs and computing cleverness- and a handful of tall tales about English tails...
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🚨BONUS SHOWS ALERT🚨
Some of our original shows sold out so quickly that we've got MORE DATES in Sydney and London!
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This week the nominatively magnificent marine biologist Helen Scales joins us to talk about cephalopods, sphenisciformes and decapods*, oh my!
(*That’s octopuses, penguins and hermit crabs to the uninitiated.)
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This week film critic and interviewer extraordinaire Ali Plumb joins us to talk about Jurassic World Dominion, Batman and Star Trek…
..as well as spiders, spacemen and sewage!
Listen now to hear Anna battle the increasingly niche film references 👇
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This week we were joined by an unexpected guest: a silent puppet of Dan Schreiber, because the real Dan was stuck on a train 🚂
There's still plenty of facts about Schwingen, sneaky stars and scientific shenanigans, so listen now!
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James and Anna will be at the Hay Festival TOMORROW, talking about their incredible sports book, A Load Of Old Balls!
There will be facts on athletes, cheats, and sporting feats - grab your tickets now 👇
Social description: Test your knowledge and win prizes in this interactive sports quiz hosted by the QI elves and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasters.
Throwback to last year at Nerdland... because this Saturday we’re BACK!
We'll be joined by none other than Lieven Scheire for a live podcast recording at Belgium's nerdiest festival.
Tickets are still available, so grab yours now 🎟️
https://www.nerdlandfestival.be/nl/programma/qi-elves-no-such-thing-as-a-fish
This week’s episode is jam-packed with peanuts, pennies and parasitic plants 🪴
And we learn precisely what Dan keeps hidden in his pockets…
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This week’s episode is also out!
A full hour of facts about staining glass, selling time and Sweden's statue of Uma Thurman’s grandma.
What's not to love?!
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🚨FISH TOUR ALERT!🚨
Tickets for our 2024 tour are now ON SALE!!
We’ll be globe-trotting across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand 🌍
Shows are selling fast, so grab your tickets now: https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/live
🚨ATTENTION CLUB FISHERS🚨
This week we have ✨extra bonus content✨ for you!
Make sure to listen, because it also contains instructions on the presale for our upcoming LIVE TOUR.
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We also have a very special episode this week, because we’re discussing YOUR facts!
That’s right, you send us so many brilliant and hilarious facts that we've dedicated a WHOLE SHOW to them 🤩
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🤓 4 Dorks
📅 10 Years
🔊 500 Episodes
👂Half a billion listens
🌍One globe-trotting tour
That's right Fishbusters - we're going on tour! Later this year we'll be performing in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand!
More info: mickperrin.com/tours/no-such-thing-as-a-fish-thundernerds/
📘James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski will be at Hay Festival on Wednesday 29 May at 7pm to discuss their book all about sports!
🎾Get your tickets at
Social description: Test your knowledge and win prizes in this interactive sports quiz hosted by the QI elves and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasters.
This week we discuss the horrifying crime of owning a pager (while under 18) in 1980s America, AND the art of drinking alcohol on a flight crossing the US in the '50s 🍸
Plus bonus advice on treating your visions of ghosts (with leeches)!
Listen now:
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Can you believe it?!
It's been 10 years of No Such Thing As A Fish - over 500 episodes, 30,000 facts and countless mentions of moss (and golf, wine and yetis).
Thanks to everyone who listens, but don't go anywhere!
There's much more still to come...
This week we deep dive
into low lights, high kicks, and
the art of haiku
Available now (and containing much better poetry)!
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Our latest episode featured the queen of the flies herself, Erica McAlister!
For more on bat flies, tsetse flies, and even new world screwworms (not a fly, but we've got range), listen here: https://pod.fo/e/232c71
This week Dr Erica McAlister - entomologist extraordinaire and defender of flies everywhere - joins us to talk about rum, rainforests and flies.
Lots, and lots of flies.
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This week Alex Bell joins us once more, to discuss Wasabi, Harriet T, an Angry Bee and NH3…
Listen now!
https://pod.fo/e/2308cf
This week we’re delving into sporting sniffles, stuttering swine and pig-inspired celibacy - and with everyone’s favourite elf, Alex Bell!
Listen now:
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This week fellow elf Lydia Mizon joins us for the first time!
We’re discussing golfing backswings, googling businesses and the benefits of having barnacle geese during lent 🪿
Listen now:
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James Harkin’s Guide to British Supermarkets, ft. Richard Osman
From our live show at the Soho Theatre, ep. 492.
Full episode is available at http://apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
This week, stand-up mathematician and friend of the podcast Matt Parker joins us to ponder trolley problems, computing prowess, and whether James Harkin has a longer life expectancy than a bridge...
Listen now!
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This week we're joined by the brilliant John Lloyd, the mind behind QI, Blackadder, and a potential MI5 agent...
We're talking about burning houses, spicy punishments, and the inspiration behind 1984 👁️👁️
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Ever heard of atomic ballerinas?
What about migrating moss balls, or mediaeval monarchic challenges?
If any (or all) of the above has piqued your interest, check out our latest episode!
Available wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.fo/e/224dbc
Behind the title: No Such Thing As A Prehistoric Airfryer with Melanie Bracewell!
The full episode is available on BBC Sounds 🎙️
The brilliant Melanie Bracewell joins us this week, to discuss dinosaurs, downloads and the dangers of dastardly Australian magpies…
Listen now:
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Anyone else left hypnotised by Hannah Fry's facts in this episode?!
From our live show at the Soho Theatre, ep. 498.
Full episode is available at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
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James Harkin’s Guide to British Supermarkets, ft. Richard Osman From our live show at the Soho Theatre, ep. 492. Full episode is available at http://apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
Behind the title: No Such Thing As A Prehistoric Airfryer with Melanie Bracewell! The full episode is available on BBC Sounds 🎙️
Anyone else left hypnotised by Hannah Fry's facts in this episode?! From our live show at the Soho Theatre, ep. 498. Full episode is available at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
Anyone need some top tips on how *not* to handle a dead body? We've got you covered... From ep. 502 with @RealDMitchell More episodes are available at http://apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
Dad-joke pro Dan Schreiber is on FIRE in this clip! From episode 497 with Greg Jenner at the Soho Theatre. More episodes are available at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
If you wondered what the music at the start of our 500th episode was for - it was this! Credit to Alex Bell for getting the audience hyped.
Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports comes out TOMORROW! Written by James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski, it's jam-packed with fascinating sporting stories - you don't want to miss it ⚽️🏀 Pre-order now and get 25% off with the code QISPORT23 https://waterstones.com/book/everything-to-play-for/james-harkin/anna-ptaszynski/9780571372539
How to clean your Viking, with Rachel Parris at the Soho Theatre!
‘Everyone should have a hobby that could kill them’ - Neil Gaiman, episode 495. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
The future of wind turbines is coming, and it's covered in owl feathers! With Sophie Duker at the Soho Theatre. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
#barbie's true origin story, told by the fabulous Sophie Duker at the Soho Theatre: apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
A little preview of tomorrow's episode from the Soho Theatre...
...anyone having cod for dinner tonight? With Susie Dent at the Soho Theatre. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
Never change, Dan. Ft. Richard Osman at the Soho Theatre. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
It may seem niche, but Richard Osman's beef with the folks of Tunbridge Wells is serious business! Live from the Soho Theatre. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
Lads night out with Ella Al-Shamahi at the Soho Theatre! apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
The pros of getting a drama degree over working for NASA, with the wonderful Cariad Lloyd at the Soho Theatre! https://pod.fo/e/1a2a0f
The moment Sally Phillips presented us with her works of art at Soho Theatre: apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
We just *had* to post this clip from Soho Theatre. You’ll never look at a tinned pear the same way again. apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
The creation of Daleks, with the wonderfully Whovian Jenny Colgan Books! apple.co/nosuchthingasafish
