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Hans Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg - Wikicast 128 Jan 06, 2025

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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 Pursuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hhoyAibxAk
DCPOTW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJBBwZSZ3B8
Miskinis: https://open.spotify.com/track/02VJ50DXYe6lWdEclBtlvO?si=0ce87f2f53424a30
Ahoy: https://www.youtube.com/@XboxAhoy
Secret Level: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.87e37fc6-3233-4480-836f-14bb9645ccd0
Otherlands: https://www.waterstones.com/book/otherlands/thomas-halliday/9780141991146
Greig Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/@greigjohnsonmaking

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Tim Membrey - Wikicast 127 Sep 12, 2024

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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 episode before long!

Aussie rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
DCPOTW: Blessed Be The God And Father https://open.spotify.com/track/6s2jzuuwv9pimEUjgOYl7i?si=7a48645a1ef54963
Jenny Nicholson Star Wars hotel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4
Anti chef: https://www.youtube.com/@antichef
Bobby Fingers' Jeff Bezos video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8
POWER WORD SCRUNCH: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vvj9Gyel35s
Pulp Kitchen: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qGrW9SOoEiuDvyHcoWzri?si=38564673c764440d

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Hauge Log Church - Wikicast 126 Jun 17, 2024

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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://open.spotify.com/show/44DE64rRpX1cFIQUlqQtvi?si=08689822b2af4f3b

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Greg Moore (ice hockey) - Wikicast 125 Feb 29, 2024

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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/2WhsBhZD0vKhMf587eUi2K

- The Choice of Hercules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Handel)

- Harry Potter YTP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DMj2BA-AU (foundational Dan and Simon lore)

- Busuu https://www.busuu.com/

- Snaefell Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaefell

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England in the late Middle Ages - Wikicast 124 Feb 14, 2024

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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.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future

- Worst year to be a human https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536

- Pater noster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift

- Edgar Wallace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace

- Women's hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour

- Warhammer Old World https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-the-old-world/

- DCPOTW: Since by man came death (née Jeff) https://open.spotify.com/track/42ltGgdtySWPYJyqWEznMD?si=a388a05b18ed4c6e

- Messy goes to Okido https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/messy-goes-to-okido

- Great Big Tiny Design Challenge https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-big-tiny-design-challenge

- Huron Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6IG6F6E5Ac

- St Kilda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland

- Fergus’ piece about St Kilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHCJDNhB5o

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Wade-Dahl-Till valve - Wikicast 123 Dec 19, 2023

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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.youtube.com/watch?v=ipF5czCJLC0
DCPOTW - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing: https://open.spotify.com/track/5JlEMgrpUbDIXuYFfN6iBv?si=a9b55aa49ac240a7
I Was Glad album: https://open.spotify.com/album/7eCPLoWAzaj03ceZMPChq7?si=d-scObKbScq6IJYVNR1RKQ
Funky Monky Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxoe5DjDd74
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The Mighty Echoes - Wikicast 122 Nov 21, 2023

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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.youtube.com/@Miscast
Simon battle report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwXeindXrg
Ice skating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflCuvKd3pQ
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Cossipore - Wikicast 121 Aug 28, 2023

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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
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43): https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43
Eddy Burback - I ate at every Rainforest Cafe in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-bjpKvIw8
Eddy Burback - I ate at every Margaritaville in the Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsb9T1g5nlE
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Up’n Down - Wikicast 120 Aug 01, 2023

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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_Crisis_II
Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory… https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/2460/Game-SoundAn-Introduction-to-the-History-Theory
DCPOTW Byrd: The 3 Masses; Ave Verum Corpus https://open.spotify.com/album/2isntM6n993DCFiliH9A7F?si=kq_8AibPSSubafluy1B4CQ
Our Instagram (feat Dan): https://www.instagram.com/thewikicast/
UAP hearing https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-implications-on-national-security-public-safety-and-government-transparency/
Life and Death of St Kilda https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1815942.The_Life_and_Death_of_St_Kilda
The Anarchy https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-anarchy/william-dalrymple/9781408864395
Si Mon Sci Comm Con https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/si-mon-sci-comm-con-tickets-667020374897
Ross from Hat Films screaming Rocket League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yizifWndU
Game Grumps reacting to songs made from their videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZdJeqt9oZs
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List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine - Wikicast 119 Jun 26, 2023

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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!