The Wikicast

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Prostanthera densa - Wikicast 098 Sep 15, 2021

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It's erect, it's aromatic, it's often compact... it's the Wikicast! Simon and Dan talk about a shrub before getting on to the important issue of splurging their recent watches and listens and generally catching up. It's been a while! Also, why can't Daaan pronounce traaaanslation?

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Shepherd's Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8N2YTikOsc
Age of Plastic: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fgCz9kQCDy0miERCy0sCJ?si=o8lnSgw4Tf2UUKtH_NgbpQ&dl_branch=1
Garth Marenghi's Dark Place: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/garth-marenghis-darkplace/on-demand/36434-001
9/11 Inside the President's War Room: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z8p5
Adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film)
Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50144.Kitchen
Three Lions (Norwich Cathedral): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUrtiFc78VY
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostanthera_densa

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

Icelandic Confederation of Labour - Wikicast 097 Aug 16, 2021

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The single most momentous email in the history of our podcast arrives in our inbox.

Also, Icelandic labour, the IPCC, and running. Simon had to write this description in a hurry, can you tell?

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The Anthropocene Reviewed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anthropocene_Reviewed
Simon's IPCC report video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4
JustGiving page for Simon's run: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/simonclarkcf
The email of many footnotes: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/The_Email_of_Many_Footnotes
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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Email us at: spongyelectric@gmail.com

This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Confederation_of_Labour

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

Hamilton Island Golf Club - Wikicast 096 Aug 02, 2021

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Dan and Simon create the most dazzling, entertaining, and dangerous sport known to humankind: Plughole Panic.

Simon also panics Dan with his Neanderthal impression, we both learn about archery, and we talk about yet another wikipedia article predicated on a lie.

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Whitsunday Islands/passage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands
Hat Films golf battle royale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0QKpgZpuk
Barney's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin
Jazza's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrawWithJazza
Sianderthal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST5QOtWxAl4
Original neanderthal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o589CAu73UM
Ninanocks on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninanocks
AnyMation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwjDOXpL2XWvByNPTg8di_w
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Island_Golf_Club

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

739 BC - Wikicast 095 Jul 14, 2021

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When does human history begin? Which Olympic sport would be worst to compete in naked? Why is Simon using a bean tin as a microphone? The episode where Simon and Dan find a flaw at the heart of wikipedia!

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Human history wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history
History of Rome podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wiEd40oPbQ9UK1rSpIy8I?si=m-gJmB_kQJ-lFsjhBYHbQw&dl_branch=1
Alamire album (DCPOTW is the 6th track): https://open.spotify.com/album/3QvWxoDnW3vVlf6u7qywdt?si=5afk2E_qQYypIg-jfT6WHw&dl_branch=1
A new tonic from Buckfast: https://www.buckfast.org.uk/product/music/symphonie-romane-organ-music-by-dupr-widor-and-tournemire
The History of Bees: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-history-of-bees/maja-lunde/9781471162770
Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/739_BC

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

Swerve (film) - Wikicast 094 Jun 22, 2021

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Australian budget thrillers? Costing how many dollarydoos?

Warning: this podcast may also contain high octane discussion of IKEA furniture, electric bikes, and Australian case law. Also, one of the most bizarre coincidences we've ever heard, in Corin's podence corner.

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Simpsons Australia episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81FGVh1dj0A
Spongy and Electric film critics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtGJXZrWA_dZMUZ4gnLIguUWOCiBd58co
friendlyjordies story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXtq4a8829g
Seven Finzi part songs: https://open.spotify.com/album/6zLFbtkqwxmCKblg7MycjL?si=KIxoy0u8RIqjtZ9YpumlPQ&dl_branch=1
Pashley roadster sovereign: https://www.pashley.co.uk/bikes/bicycles/roadster-sovereign.php
Van moof s3: https://www.vanmoof.com/en-GB/s3?color=dark
IKEA ASMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLFaj3Z_tWw
Coronavirus Good News: https://twitter.com/Coronavirusgoo1
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swerve_(film)

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

Edwin Holmes (inventor) - Wikicast 093 Jun 08, 2021

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The episode with a deep dark secret.

Did Simon forget to take notes on what links to include? Maybe.

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Cooke Nunc Dimittis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niy9C0bMSTE
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Holmes_(inventor)

Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/

Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/

Fan discord channel: https://discord.gg/SZu6e2F

Live: Legend I, D, Z Apocalypse - Wikicast 092 (with Barnaby Martin of Listening In!) May 27, 2021

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Dan and Simon are joined by Barnaby Martin of the YouTube channel Listening In! We talk about film scores, baby metal, trash tv, auditioning stories, and which choir is the best in the world.

If you don't know you Barney is, do yourself a favour and check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/barnabycbmartin

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Barney's video on why choral music is the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au92XTLm_SU
Dyson in D (feat orchestra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcTtMaWKX0
Ascendit Deus (Philips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDhzAd7Bv4
The Path of Miracles: https://open.spotify.com/album/3h26ZrnBBtfRWAMAI7R5zQ?si=UWDlIfDwSn2Zw07iv02B5w
Muggle quidditch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)
SovietWomble's video on The Isle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7JzmEf-_c
Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live:_Legend_I,_D,_Z_Apocalypse

Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/

Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/

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WASR (AM) - Wikicast 091 May 17, 2021

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It's the podcast where Simon and Dan talk about tiny toys! It turns out we have an incredibly cool reader (just one though), and Dan reveals what it's like to work behind the desk at the recent UK elections! Scintillating.

This episode might have set a record for the most links in the show notes. Someone, please, for the love of god, click on them.

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Medlife crisis: https://www.youtube.com/c/MedlifeCrisis
WASR video (it's wild): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPGIGaXqLA
Fighting Fantasy, Warlock of Fire Mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlock_of_Firetop_Mountain
Warmaster army example: http://www.kerynne.com/games/WMEmpire.html
Glendale toy museum: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/glendaletoymuseum/index.html
Dan Harry Potter toy: http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/hplevgame.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0vjiVCDcK8WpeCQJVJsUWABurpt6CQSQ585d1-hUoNSg8cRk7hDieVu_s
"The toys that made us" on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497
Dan's crazy blackpool gloria (starts at 4:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eY8ewXTkeM
Kabbadi video from We Create Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av1mr3UpdZk
Simon's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark
Wikicast fan wiki: https://wikicast.fandom.com/wiki/Wikicast_Wiki
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASR_(AM)

Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWikicast/

Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/

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Mars Pathfinder - Wikicast 090 Apr 27, 2021

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The article Simon didn't want to tear himself away from. The boys talk about flight on other planets, sponsoring a flight on this planet, and Dan discovers his new favourite sport. Oh, and Simon has some announcement or other.

Fantastic work from you all writing in with your strange sports - please do keep them coming in, and let us know if there's an opportunity to join you (in the post rona times) to film us trying them!

#GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast

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Dragonfly mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)
Matt Lowne's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MattLowneFilms/
Ingenuity and balancing the speed of rotors: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a35353442/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/
Magnificat 2 Electric Boogaloo (DCPOTW): https://open.spotify.com/album/0R9LgqYSxUv4ELDpNOC4g6?si=X-Pv3lqgRYmoWPGk2-LVFg
Dan and Simon ice skating together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ
RPGeeks one shot video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/983671018
Preorder Firmament: https://geni.us/firmament
Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewikicast

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This week's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder

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Fan facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/

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New Caledonia men's national handball team - Wikicast 089 Apr 13, 2021

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An episode featuring Dan reciting poetry, Simon reveals a secret part of his past, and we discuss what would be worse: being Midas, or anti-Midas.... Also the Witcher. #GetHenryCavillOnTheWikicast

What weird sports do you play? Has anyone else played Simon's scout version of handball? Can we make this the national sport of the wikicast? Email in and let us know!

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