Ask the Ascot
Ask the Ascot
Michael Beck
A plucky 10-minute podcast that answers your questions on any topic. New episodes every Monday afternoon. @asktheascot [email protected]
Ask the Ascot 31: Crushing Obligation
Topics include the origin of religion, the best winter bird, and more!
Dec 31, 2022
9 min
Ask the Ascot 30.5: A Christmas Carol
I am delighted to present, as a holiday treat, a reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Dec 21, 2022
36 min
Ask the Ascot 30: A Holiday Beckstravaganza
Topics include inventing holidays, Charles Dickens in Ohio, and more!
Dec 21, 2022
9 min
Ask the Ascot 29: Practicing Old-Timey Medicine Without an Old-Timey License
Topics this episode include sneezing at night, debunked medical practices, and more!
Jun 6, 2022
9 min
Ask the Ascot 28: An Inadvertently Summer-Themed Episode
Topics include linen pants, vacations, my outrage over a defective pint glass, and more!
May 31, 2022
9 min
Ask the Ascot 27: A Few of My Favorite Things, Plus Chess
Topics include my favorite funny books, my favorite varietal of garlic, and more!
May 24, 2022
10 min
Ask the Ascot 26-and-a-half: In Which I Pop Up My Head to Say Hello and Then Immediately Return to Work
Topics include U.S. President James Garfield and a hearty greeting from the podcast wilderness.
May 17, 2022
1 min
Ask the Ascot 26: The End of the Beginning
Topics include commencement speeches, the agonies and resentments of middle age, and more!
May 2, 2022
11 min
Ask the Ascot 25: The Vampire You Will Always Have With You
Topics include straws, being a good neighbor, calling entities the name by which they want to be called, and more!
Apr 18, 2022
12 min
Ask the Ascot 24: I Suggest You Concede
Topics include board games, video games, giving up, and more!
Apr 11, 2022
11 min
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