Lateral with Tom Scott 177: Bride then groom
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Feb 27, 2026 Michael Dearsley, film commentator who defends delightfully awful movies. Helena Kirk, nostalgic cult-film expert with sharp takes. Dan Faulkner, revisitor of childhood favourites and film facts. They tackle quirky topics: music gear myths, odd balloon-buying trends, artful sea-level warnings, casino cheating gadgets, Britain’s emptiest map square and a cheeky dinner riddle.
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How Stage Destruction Raised DX7 Prices
- Trent Reznor's energetic stage performances regularly destroyed Yamaha DX7 synths, making them scarce and pricier today.
- Tour crews had to buy local DX7s or publicly appeal for owners to lend them because instruments were often trashed and discarded.
Why Balloon '9' Spikes Every August
- In England, sales of number-shaped balloons spike in August because schools and families buy '9' balloons to celebrate top GCSE grades.
- The switch to numeric GCSE grading (9 to 1) made the '9' a popular celebratory prop for photos and social posts.
Benches On Stilts Visualize Sea Level Rise
- Danish channel TV2 installed ten 1.4m-high benches as an artful PSA showing projected sea-level rise by 2100.
- The benches' height marks future waterlines, making a tangible coastal climate-change warning.