
John asks Otto why St George is a English icon, while John delves deep into that perennial mystery: did Shakespeare write all his own plays. AI Jo Scanlan sets the record straight, or does she?
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Jun 27, 2024
31 min

This week Otto asks John whether the invention of glass gave the West a technological edge over China, while Otto reveals to John how the North Korean leader scored a perfect round of golf in 1994.
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Jun 20, 2024
31 min

Otto and John break the dinner party rule and challenge the large language model of AI Jo to some awkward questions about religion AND politics. Is the UK really a 'Christian' country. And who qualifies for Westminster's worst-ever MP?
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Jun 13, 2024
29 min

While AI Jo tries to keep them in algorithmic order, John and Otto will be asking whether Winston Churchill is Britain’s greatest-ever political hero, and digging down in a dark and humid place to find out if mushrooms are really fungis to be with. With a surprise question from our followers. Will they find more low-hanging utter bollocks or the impossible amazeballs of truth?
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Jun 6, 2024
33 min

Two corkers for Otto and John to unscrew this week. Are women really from Venus and men from Mars? And does this observation come from Uranus? Plus the belief behind the urgency need to Stop the Boats: is Britain full? Pish? Toffle. Baldercock or poppydash? You decide with the help of our team and AI Jo. Plus surprise questions from our followers
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May 30, 2024
25 min

Relying on their limited brain matter, John and Otto try to outwit AI Jo on two burning questions of the day. Did anyone actually identify as a cat in East Sussex? And was everyone off their faces with opiates in the 19th Century? Is this twaddle? Tosh? Piffle or Balderdash? Or have we hit a pure seam of Utter Bollocks? Plus a surprise audience question
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May 23, 2024
29 min

The first episode of the new podcast series pits the frail human brains of Otto and John against the fearsome machine learning of AI Jo on two big questions of our time. Are Elephants buried under British pub car parks? And has the internet got smaller? Is this twaddle? Tosh? Piffle or Balderdash? Or have we hit a pure seam of Utter Bollocks? Plus questions from our followers. Produced by Marcos D'Cruze and Edd Hartwell. Music: Marriage Of Figaro Act 1 (Part 1) by Mozart
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May 16, 2024
28 min

Otto English, author of Fake History and Fake Heroes, and former head of research for the hit BBC quiz show QI and cohost of the podcast Backlisted, publisher John Mitchinson, pit their wits against AI Jo (played by the BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan) in a quest to separate fact from fiction, and truth from myth and urban legend in a quest to find the holy grail of 'Utter Bollocks'
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Apr 26, 2024
1 min
