Why does this thing exist? (Podcast)

Episode 1: “Free range heads”

Welcome, friends, to Episode 1 of ‘Why does this thing exist? (podcast)’. It’s the podcast where neuroscientist and author, Dr Dean Burnett (names of books Dean wants to flog) and his oldest friend in the world, Simon Feeley (some guff on BBC radios 4 and Wales, years ago) present each other with things, things they find confusing and perplexing, and have a little chat about them.

In this episode Simon and Dean discuss a harrowing short film with a familiar soundtrack, conduct an experiment in taste and then lightly tiptoe around a topic they have very little knowledge of.

Tom and Jerry, My Immortal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRm6CFTDk8

Heinz Saucy Sauce - https://www.heinz.co.uk/sauces/mayonnaise/product/100185200020/saucy-sauce

Sauce Experiment - qOTqpXa.jpeg (3024×4032) (imgur.com)

Wikipedia Article: Korina Adamou - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korina_Adamou

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In this special edition of the podcast we bring you Dean’s report from ‘Wonderland - The World’s Leading Psychedelic Event’, a conference he attended in Miami, Florida, USA in November 2022.

This episode is available in an audio/visual format on YouTube should you wish to follow the slideshow in real time - https://youtu.be/Tn8C82lnhEk

Photo 1 - https://imgur.com/JXpOc7I

Photo 2 - https://imgur.com/pjllgxA

Photo 3 - https://imgur.com/oFYzwNS

Photo 4a - https://imgur.com/Dnk7VRt

Photo 4b - https://imgur.com/TuFEIhC

Photo 4c - https://imgur.com/tUiSs1x

Photo 5 - https://imgur.com/LA0TjA7

Photo 6 - https://imgur.com/ojRvUBG

Photo 7 - https://imgur.com/yoWWv2q

Photo 8a - https://imgur.com/5n0msNo

Photo 8b - https://imgur.com/yQp837I

Photo 9 - https://imgur.com/mZlKXzQ

Photo 10 - https://imgur.com/XZMMncj

Photo 11 - https://imgur.com/B4yfUYL

Photo 12 - https://imgur.com/p6UhUWq

Photo 13 - https://imgur.com/xppRuj0

Photo 14 - https://imgur.com/629oCnp

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In this episode, your hosts try to work out why Dean has a presence on a website he has no business being on, try on a low-effort piece of official merchandise and then get lied to by a sneaky Wikipedia article.

Dean’s page on Perez Hilton’s website - https://perezhilton.com/tag/dr-dean-burnett/

Dean’s targeted advertising - https://i.imgur.com/IjprVqu.jpg

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here official T-shirt - https://itvshop.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/official-im-a-celebrity-mens-campmate-t-shirt

Wikipedia – Mix (radio station) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mix_(radio_station)

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In this episode, Dan Mitchell (@specileptic on twitter) joins the clown show. The three pigs discuss a diet book that doesn’t contain any recipes, take a glance at some of the top-notch journalism that they have over there in Ireland, take apart some very small golf clubs and finish off by unearthing a super-power that Dan didn’t know he had.

Michael Winner’s Fat Pig Diet - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2180312.Fat_Pig_Diet

You won't believe how Nutella is officially pronounced, via the Irish Examiner - https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30691938.html

Really small golf clubs - https://i.imgur.com/KW4S4jF.jpg

Wikipedia – Samuel Meredith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Meredith

Samuel Meredith photo - https://imgur.com/hvNIcv4

Thomas Tudor Tucker photo - https://imgur.com/iCrr9GC

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In this episode, the boys discuss a long-forgotten Channel 5 gameshow and expensive wristwatches before finishing up with a slow-motion train-wreck of a Random Wikipedia Article section. Also in this episode, Dean finds out that he can do an impression of Vincent Price. The impression went down very well with Simon so expect to hear more from Vincent in future episodes.

Touch the Truck - http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Touch_the_Truck

The wristwatches - https://imgur.com/m4eDJwX

Wikipedia – O-Train (Korail) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Train_(Korail)

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