No Such Thing As A Fish

21/06/2024

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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14/06/2024

🚨BONUS SHOWS ALERT🚨

Some of our original shows sold out so quickly that we've got MORE DATES in Sydney and London!

Get your tickets now, before these sell out too: https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/live

14/06/2024

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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11/06/2024

🚨CALLING CLUB FISHERS!🚨

Residents of Sydney and London, make sure you tune into this week's ✨special bonus content✨ to hear exciting tour news and get some very important instructions!

Join Club Fish to never miss out on the action:

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07/06/2024

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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31/05/2024

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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28/05/2024

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.

24/05/2024

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

24/05/2024

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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17/05/2024

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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17/05/2024

🚨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

14/05/2024

🚨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.

Join Club Fish and be the first to get those tickets!
https://www.patreon.com/nosuchthingasafish

10/05/2024

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 🤩

Listen now: apple.co/nosuchthingasafish

10/05/2024

🤓 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/

08/05/2024

📘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.

03/05/2024

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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26/04/2024

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...

26/04/2024

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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25/04/2024

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

19/04/2024

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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12/04/2024

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

05/04/2024

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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30/03/2024

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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26/03/2024

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

22/03/2024

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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15/03/2024

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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08/03/2024

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

07/03/2024

Behind the title: No Such Thing As A Prehistoric Airfryer with Melanie Bracewell!

The full episode is available on BBC Sounds 🎙️

01/03/2024

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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29/02/2024

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