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Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

By: Tom Scott and David Bodycombe
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 Award-winning comedy panel game about weird questions with wonderful answers. Each week, Tom Scott is joined by three guests to ask each other questions with a sideways twist. There's no points or prizes - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. Enquiries and question submissions: https://www.lateralcast.com. Ad-free shows and bonus content: https://www.lateralcast.com/club.Pad 26 Limited / Labyrinth Games Ltd
Episodes
  • 143: Mind-altering coasters

    143: Mind-altering coasters
    Jul 4 2025
    Stuart Laws, Bella Hull and Olaf Falafel face questions about pally pretzels, pesky pets and prairie programmes. 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: GC, Enigma, Thomas Irwin, OMacMacca, Otto Forsbom. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • 142: The inverted tree

    142: The inverted tree
    Jun 27 2025
    Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle face questions about hilarious horrors, renamed ranks and portable plaques. 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: Joël, Aaron Solomon, Ivan Walters, Chris Tam, Artie.. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 141: The world's longest poem

    141: The world's longest poem
    Jun 20 2025
    Matt Gray, Daniel Peake and Charlotte Yeung face questions about slovenly sales, mystery meat and risky rabbits. 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: Leo Taanila, Daniel Peake, Stefan Teffy, Mitchell Lapham, Hugo Bouma, Ben Kitchen, Elena and Alessandro.. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
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A highly entertaining and thought provoking podcast with great guests and an interesting format. Looking forward to more!

Good stuff!

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A trivia show where interesting questions are posed and it is awesome to hear the cast work through them while doing your own pondering

A lovely trivia show

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Questions are asked, jokes are made, and answers are stumbled upon. Lateral is the only podcast I’ve listened to every episode of, so I guess that speaks for itself.

My favorite podcast

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