List Envy

Comedy writer and performer Steve Dawson gets nerdy — but not really that nerdy — and talks about the culture and stereotypes around the word “geek”.

Mark gets political and data-visual with data visualisation expert, Alberto Cairo..

Newsletter editor, event organiser and podcast wonder Arielle Nissenblatt joins Mark to discuss an often maligned tuber..

Mark is joined by one half of the literary podcast Your Own Words, voracious reader and Danish furniture fan, Becky Graham, to swap notes on badass women from the printed page..

Writer and podcaster Sara-Mae Tuson kicks off a double-bill of brilliant women in literature.

Thrill to the sounds of podcaster and movie-lover Ben Smith, sharing his top five shlockbusters with Mark Steadman.

TV writer Mike McComb joins Mark to discuss the bizarre and beautiful magic of this European musical tradition.

Mark gets wobbly-wobbly and timey-wimey with tech YouTuber George Chachanidze..

The Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities..

Fellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without..

Everyone can stand to be a little bit more banana, so this week’s guest is professional clown, public speaker and banana enthusiast, Emma Stroud..

Mark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr..

Mark and his guest Jamie Garner have snuck out of bed, crept downstairs and turned on the telly for a channel-hop through ‘90s nostalgia..

The show gets #spoopy as the Thrilling Adventure Hour ’s Ben Blacker joins Mark to count down his top five silver-screen terrors..

Adam Juniper spent many years editing and publishing books on photography, which over the years has become more about technology than chemicals..

I spoke down-the-line with product designer Simon Heap, and we share our top five world-changing products, gently colliding over what can be construed a “product”..

Alison flies a lot, and finds pinning her destinations on a map lends itself to a sense of perspective.

Tani Levitt presents SpeshFX, a narrative podcast that dives deep into the fascinating world of competitive beatboxing.

This week, Mark embarks on a journey of musical discovery, with Oliver Wang, co-host of the Heat Rocks podcast.

Tom has performed in bands (like Bussy), and like me, knows the pain of publishing music to Bandcamp and the like, to little fanfare.

Brendan loves pop punk for its energy and reasons of nostalgia, and has lots of names to bring to the table.

Jon grew up on 70s sitcoms and wants nothing more than to share his love.

As a young girl, Jen was persuaded to watch a BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and has since made it her mission to consume all things Brit.

If spoilers are a thing you want to avoid within the Harry Potter universe, maybe skip this one until you’re all caught up.

Both Lucy and I wanted a Mr Frosty but were denied one, and were both fans of the wonderful book and TV series The Animals of Farthing Wood..

Max Thomas makes a living out of making people breathless, which is a cool way of saying he studies how people breathe, and often has to make them not breathe very well so he can find out why they’re not breathing very well… you’re smart, you get it..