Any Stupid Questions about... Defence?

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11/06/17 • 36 min

Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

This week, host Danielle Ward is joined by Peter Felstead, the editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, to ask questions about the military and defence. Danielle is joined by comedians Ahir Shah (Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2017) and Athena Kugblenu (BBC New Comedy Award finalist).

Please note that this episode includes sensitive information about how well "we" (Britain) would do in an international conflict, so please do not play it to Kim Jong-Un.

Questions asked and answered include:

Which countries could Britain beat in a war?
Is having nuclear weapons useful, or is it just dick-swinging?
Would it kill the Russians to say anything nice about Britain's aircraft carriers?

...so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure?

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @PFelstead_JDW, @AhirShah, @AthenaKugblenu, and Danielle is @captainward.

Recorded by James Hingley

Produced by Ed Morrish

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please note that this episode includes sensitive information about how well "we" (Britain) would do in an international conflict, so please do not play it to Kim Jong-Un.

Questions asked and answered include:

Which countries could Britain beat in a war?
Is having nuclear weapons useful, or is it just dick-swinging?
Would it kill the Russians to say anything nice about Britain's aircraft carriers?

...so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure?

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @PFelstead_JDW, @AhirShah, @AthenaKugblenu, and Danielle is @captainward.

Recorded by James Hingley

Produced by Ed Morrish

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Any Stupid Questions about... Universities?

This week, host Danielle Ward is joined by John Morgan, the news editor of Times Higher Education magazine, to ask questions about universities. She's also joined by comedians Gráinne Maguire (Question Time, The Last Leg) and Tom Neenan (The Mash Report, Spotlight Tonight).

Questions asked and answered include:

Why bother going to university?
How can rubbish universities charge the same as good ones?
Can *anyone* set up a university? .

..so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure?

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @JMorganTHE, @grainnemaguire, @tneenan, and Danielle is @captainward.

Recorded by James Hingley

Produced by Ed Morrish

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, host Danielle Ward is joined by James Ball, a journalist who has worked for The Guardian, BuzzFeed and Wikileaks, and who wrote the book Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered The World, to ask questions about cyber security. Danielle is joined by comedians Sophie Duker (writer on The News Quiz, Famalam, and The Amazing World of Gumball) and John Finnemore (writer and star of John Finnemore's Double Acts and Cabin Pressure).

Questions asked and answered include:

What's the best password to have?
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....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @jamesrbuk, @sophiedukebox and @johnfinnemore, and Danielle is @captainward. And the show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason.

Produced by Ed Morrish

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.