185: Mackerel comfort

About this episode

In this episode, the panel tackles quirky questions about vowels, jumps, and medical minerals.

VT Physics, VeeVee and Geoff Marshall face questions about various vowels, jostling jumps and medical minerals. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Aaron Mason, Jeff Winer, Julien, Jessalynn, Eli Gorauskas, JP Etcheber, Cliff. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Scott, David Bodycombe

Topics covered

• comedy
• panel game
• weird questions
• vowels
• medical minerals
• jumps

Keywords

• Mackerel
• comfort
• vowels
• jumps
• medical minerals
• comedy panel game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pad 26 Limited, Labyrinth Games Ltd, epidemicsound.com, megaphone.fm

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