78. Do I Have Nits?
It's an International Women's Day (aka Alex's birthday) special! The birthday girl gets all tied up in mummies, and Hannah scratches her hea...
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A podcast by dumb women, for dumb women, where we investigate the subjects you're too proud to admit you know nothing about. Written by and starring @HannVarr, @MissAHaddow & @Czaroline. Con...
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77. Should I Be Norwegian?
Caroline explores Norway this week with an ancient tale and some political truths, and Hannah investigates sunsets, genetics and reindeers i...
BONUS: Lizards with Roddy Shaw
In episode 76, we invited stand-up comedian and animal expert Roddy Shaw to the studio to answer every stupid question we ever had about liz...
76. Am I Friends With Lizards?
Alex gets vertigo learning about urban climbers this week, before inviting bubble buddy (and animal expert) Roddy Shaw to answer every quest...
75. Can I Self-Help You?
Caroline examines the life-changing* magic** of self-help books in this episode, looking at where the genre came from and what on earth is h...
74. Have You Got The Rug Bug?
Hannah uncovers the real pandemic silently infecting our homes - The Rug that everybody has and nobody can get rid of. Elsewhere in the hous...
73. Why Do We Hate Space?
Alex goes retro this week to investigate the wild successes of teletext (aka Ceefax), the text information service that haunted her youth. M...
72. Are Beavers Cancelled?
Alex enters the bull ring this week to investigate the whys and wherefores of professional bull riding, while Caroline takes her beaver to v...
71. What Is A Pokey Browser?
Saddle up your mule, folks, because this week we're going to North-West Canada to look at the Klondike gold rush of the late 1800s, and Hann...
70. Am I Ritzy Enough?
Caroline gets down and dirty with 'Typhoid Mary' this week, looking at how and why she became a disease super-spreader. Hannah takes a trip...
69. Do I need a water feature?
Hannah gets Mr Plow's phone number this week and goes deep into 555- numbers in American films and TV shows, discovering some bizarre connec...
68. Is This The World's Dumbest Podcast?
World’s longest toothbrush Alex Haddow finds out about the birdy past of the Guinness book of world records this week, and invites special g...
67. Where Is My Laura Bush?
Hannah gets fully waxed this week with a visit to Madame Tussaud, while Caroline goes full Bush by looking into former First Lady Laura Bush...
66. Are my balls bigger than a Chinese hamster's?
Was your childhood hamster part of the great lineage of Syrian hamsters abducted on the great hamster expedition of 1930? This week, Carolin...
65. Why Am I In The Poo Room?
* This episode contains a huge spoiler for the show Mad Men at around 22 minutes in! * The team goes back in time this week to a period when...
64. Why Won't I Floss? LIVE on Soho Radio for #IWD2020
We're back from the dead and not only alive but also LIVE this week on Soho Radio as part of their International Women's Day programme. Alex...
ARCHIVE: Do the Rothschilds Own Me?
Before we get back to new episodes, we'd love it if you could take our survey about the podcast and tell us what you think of it! Here's the...
ARCHIVE: Why Is There A Dirty Bird In My Pants? with Pro Wrestling: Eve
Caroline has thrush again (of course!) and there's a new royal baby on the way, so now's a good time to revisit this episode! What’s that it...
ARCHIVE: How Can I Be Un-Young Gracefully? with Marion Rankine
We've all got a year older since this one first aired (all of us apart from Helen Mirren, of course) so now's a good time to peel the Werthe...
ARCHIVE: What Is Gwyneth Paltrow?
A true classic from the vaults this week, with Caroline's now famous exposé on goop. This week, Alex learns that our hair is just lots of wh...