No Such Thing As A Fish

They trade bizarre listener-submitted facts about Stonehenge and an ancient road, a 2014 Canadian snack origin, and a failed UFO museum crowdfunding. They cover shocking animal stories from falling poodles to escaped hamsters delaying a flight, talk cow friendships and sticky dead geckos, and riff on misleading names, historical remedies, and random studio interruptions.

Daliso Chaponda, a stand-up comedian and Britain's Got Talent finalist, shares lively stories and comic takes. He talks about epic Bible smuggling tales, Lake Malawi's explosive cichlid diversity, a quirky 1949 British spacesuit design, and Freddie Mercury's Scrabble habits. Short, funny, and packed with strange historical and scientific curiosities.

Short tales of a Swedish snow sculpture rivalry and Galileo’s clues about Jupiter’s insides. A bizarre parade tactic uses boneless chicken to deter birds. A golf ball once got classified as a fungus to poke fun at taxonomy. Certified rat ticklers and a Victorian coat that turns into a boat also get a mention.

Nina Conti, comedian and professional ventriloquist, discusses the history and craft of ventriloquism and her film Sunlight. Short, lively takes on ancient ventriloquist rituals, technical tricks for hiding plosives, and convention life. Conversation wanders into theatrical pranks, Shakespearean textual quirks, and royal anecdotes.

They dig into a politician named Santa Claus and quirky North Pole local government. Strange transport trivia about the Northern line and London's extreme stations gets explored. Tales include a wartime magazine mix-up with a photographed baby, Apollo 13 engineering drama, and a newly discovered canyon under Greenland. Odd tech and animal facts round out the conversation.

Mary Roach, bestselling science writer known for curious, deeply reported books, chats about replaceable body parts and odd forensic methods. They explore early blood banks, how moss and pollen can place people, and the strange history of breast implants. Brief, surprising stories weave through state symbols, smells and a Montana bear survival tale.

Listener-submitted curiosities drive weird history and science tales. Topics include 3D-printed buildings and statue restoration, towering fig roots versus redwoods, and London’s Underground overlapping Victorian crimes. They swap theme-park and tree-climbing memories, explore ancient yo-yo toys, mass pollination by trucked bees, and a bizarre 1874 plan to send corpses to Vesuvius.

Daniel Sloss joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss Lord of the Rings, North of the Border, and the Father of Electricity. Join Club Fish for ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus content at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish or nosuchthingasafish.com/patreon

A rapid-fire run of oddities from guard geese on borders to quirky Kentucky Derby horse names. They trace almond extract back to bitter fruit stones and debate avocado pit hacks and ancient megafauna. Tax rules get weird with wigs and costumes, while a comet is described as smelling like rotten eggs and cat urine. Stories range from protamine from salmon sperm to medieval broomstick theories.

Melanie Bracewell, New Zealand comedian and writer, brings sharp humour and curious facts. She chats about Selena Gomez–flavored Oreos used to trap possums, the unexpected problems hedgehogs and peacocks cause, and quirky Victorian beliefs about twin beds. There are lively detours into daffodil microclimates, snot transplants and bees heating up when carrying pollen.