Answer Me This!
Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann host the award-winning podcast that has been answering the world's questions since 2007. Visit our official website at answermethispodcast.com and buy episodes 1-200, albums and apps at answermethisstore.com

Jingle those bells, it's festive AMT392, with questions about Elf on the Shelf, fancy advent calendars,

CONTENT WARNING: the episode may not be suitable for children, as it contains contains information about parental deceit w.r.t. Christmas logistics, plus a thoroughly researched passage about Adult Material depicting Jesus.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode392.

Tis the season for the AMT Christmas album, which you can get at answermethisstore.com, along with our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Send us questions for 2021 episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at smarturl.it/soundexplorers.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_392.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:30pm UTC

Content warning: animal cruelty. In AMT391, we hear about eviscerated rabbits, I'm A Celebrity food-kills, and a zoo in a deadly stunt. But there's some mysterious dog magic to compensate.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode391.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums including the AMT Christmas; AMT episodes 1-200; and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at smarturl.it/soundexplorers.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_391.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:16pm UTC

Pop in your prosthetic fangs, spritz yourself with fake blood and turn off all the lights except for that annoying one that flickers - it's the Answer Me This Halloween Special! Featuring SCARY plays, GIANT gourds, MONSTER Mash, and SEXY Martin the Sound Man costumes if such things are possible, you have this month to prove it.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode390. CW: suicide, child murder, death.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at smarturl.it/soundexplorers.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • Manscaped, precision-engineered grooming for your danglers. Get 20% off plus free shipping with the code ANSWER at Manscaped.com
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_390.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:59pm UTC

In AMT389, questioneers need help with being heard through a mask, watermelon rind raining down from upon high, and understanding the financing of bin collection in Monaco.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode389.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at smarturl.it/soundexplorers.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_389.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:07am UTC

In AMT388, questioneers wonder about pizza cutters, lolly stick jokes, cubed poo, lawns, and the house in the middle of the M62 motorway.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode388.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

Tweet us twitter.com/helenandolly
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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at smarturl.it/soundexplorers.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from wine to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_388.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:40pm UTC

In AMT387 questioneers want to know how pregnancy tests work, how many nipples bears have, why there are salmon vending machines in Singapore, and how to deal with old friends who don't know you have amnesia.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode387.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

Tweet us twitter.com/helenandolly
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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from wine to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_387.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:57pm UTC

Beloved listeners: as we've said in the past, AMT doesn't tend to discuss current events, as we know a lot of you turn to the show to give yourselves a brief break from dealing with reality. We hope you're holding up and finding ways to be productive. Meanwhile, here's AMT386, a hearty plateful of low-stress chat about topics including wedding snubs, Magnums vs Soleros, lava lamp liquids, and getting your sex toys back from your ex's house.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode386.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant at answermethisstore.com, where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations.

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from yoga to mystery fiction to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_386.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:47am UTC

AMT385's questioneers are curious about the financial side of rickrolling, Hollywood teeth, novelty lamps and bleached bumholes.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode385.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at answermethisstore.com

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com.

Special Flag Correspondent Roman Mars can be found on the podcasts 99percentinvisible.org and trumpconlaw.com.

This episode is sponsored by:

  • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from yoga to mystery fiction to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/answer.
  • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_385.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:52am UTC

Welcome! We hope you're doing OK. We're keeping AMT a pandemic-free pod, so if you're looking for content to take your mind off things for a bit, AMT384 can provide, with questioneers wondering why leopard print is considered sexy, how ghostwriters get paid, and what to do with their father's huge collection of old buildings and toasters.

Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode384.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_384.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:53pm UTC

AMT383's questioneers need to know what those funny things are called that you stick your face through at the seaside, how many lightbulbs there are in Las Vegas, how to say farewell to a hook-up, and why the corpse of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham is still keeping busy at university.

Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode383.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_383.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:45am UTC

In AMT382, we hear from questioneers concerned about their friend's expenditure on life coaches, the ethics of placing fake animals on wildlife tours, disposal of an unwanted Book of Mormon, and scattering a grandparent's ashes on someone else's property.

Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode382.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums including AMT Love, and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_382.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:40pm UTC

In AMT381, questioneers are worrying about lost jewels, stinking out the office, dad doing the gardening in the nude, and what happens to trains in Thomas The Tank Engine when they die.

Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode381.

Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com.

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Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums including AMT Love, and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com

Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org and Veronica Mars Investigations at VMIpod.com; Olly Mann's five podcasts including The Modern Mann and The Media Podcast at ollymann.com; and Martin Austwick's music at palebirdmusic.com and his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Direct download: Answer_Me_This_Episode_381.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:52am UTC