About this episode

The episode features a comedy panel game with questions about binary botany, Olympic overachievers, and flipped flyers.

James Smales, Jonny Robins and John Cantrell from 'Here's What You Do' face questions about binary botany, Olympic overachievers and flipped flyers. 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: James Smales, Jonny Robins, John Cantrell, Harry Sans, Richard Atkinson, Mike Salter. 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

Host: Tom Scott

Guests: James Smales, Jonny Robins, John Cantrell

Topics covered

• comedy
• panel game
• weird questions
• binary botany
• Olympic overachievers
• flipped flyers

Keywords

• ping pong ball
• comedy podcast
• panel game
• weird questions
• binary botany
• Olympic overachievers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Here's What You Do, Pad 26 Limited, Labyrinth Games Ltd, The Podcast Studios

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