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Answer Me This!
Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann host the award-winning podcast that's been answering the world's questions since 2007. New episodes fortnightly - keep us going by supporting us at patreon.com/answermethis. Visit our official site at answermethispodcast.com and buy classic episodes and albums at answermethisstore.com
Episodes
Answer Me This!AMT376: Morse Code, European Monkeys, and Peanuts
Peanuts! Why do pubs have them? Monkeys! Why does Gibraltar have them and the rest of of Europe doesn't? Pickled eggs! Why does anyone eat them? We can't…
Answer Me This!AMT375: Scratchcards, Pincushions, and Sherlock Holmes on coke
In AMT375, mysteries abound: is there a murder plot in Jane Austen's Emma? Why don't newsagents get rich off scratchcards? Can you really make eggs benedict in…
Answer Me This!AMT374: Jellyfish, Green Screens and Sea Monkey Soup
Greetings, listeners! If you've ever wondered how jellyfish eat, shit and bonk, we've taken the hit to our search histories to illuminate you in AMT374. Plus…
Answer Me This!AMT373: Dr Martens, the Queen's Private Cinema, and Helen's Sentient Bed
Things that have got the listeners perplexed this month: what do you do when you and your partner have the same name? Why doesn't the evil queen in Narnia…
Answer Me This!AMT372: Cummerbunds, Mummified Monarchs, and Mr Motivator
Whatever happened to aerobics on morning telly, the corpse of Henry VIII, and cummerbunds? We crack these mysteries and more in AMT372. Find out more about…
Answer Me This!AMT371: Gladiator Shortages, 'Go West', and Cats for Students
In AMT371 we hear about letting a cat out of the bag and getting a peacock INTO the bag. Both sound very painful. Find out more about this episode at . Send us…
Answer Me This!AMT370: Peacocks, Hamsters, and National Bagel Day
This month's questioneers want to know what bullet journals are for, where hamsters come from, when the legal drinking age was invented, and what to do with a…
Answer Me This!AMT369: New Year's resolutions, gilets, and McDonald's mayonnaise
To see in the new year, AMT369 contemplates the orangeness of basketballs, the failure of New Year's resolutions, the lovelorn state of a lottery-winning…
Answer Me This!AMT368: St Nicholas's Sidekicks, Joseph and Mary's Marriage, and Slime
AMT368 is a bulging sack of festive questions, including: were Joseph and Mary married? Why are there Santas in department stores? And should you disinvite…
Answer Me This!AMT367: IKEA Meatballs, the Popemobile, and a Years-Long Lie
In AMT367: the Pope goes for a drive, Dustin Hoffman goes for a walk, and a listener stands in a queue at Epcot. Find out more about this episode at . Send us…
Answer Me This!AMT366: LASIK, Hand Modelling, and a Dead Body in your Living Room
Landlord trouble! We've all had it, right? But have you ever had it as bad as the questioneer in AMT366? Also in this episode: passion fruit! Being square! The…
Answer Me This!AMT365: Sweet Caroline, Bible Minigolf and Beaver Bums
Which should you choose: working abroad, or romance at home? Dyson hairdryer, or a classic Duck'n'Dry? Vanilla pods, or beaver anuses? So many tricky decisions…
Answer Me This!AMT364: Cranberries, Jesters and the Cruise Ship Wig Department
A questioneer is on a ship in Alaska with only 300 wigs and a case of unrequited rage for company. Where to seek solace but AMT, of course? Also! Why do…
Answer Me This!AMT363: Parliamentary Mace-Fights, In-Flight Magazines, and the Soupsoaker
While you're young, should you make a wig of your own hair? Why are bathroom walls across America filled with razor blades? And what's James Cameron been up to…
Answer Me This!AMT362: Dangerous Beans, Meghan'n'Harry, and a Life-Sized Cardboard Cutout of Kylie Minogue
There is a menace that we only just learned could have murdered us from within. It's a miracle we have survived this long. Find out what to fear in your own…
Answer Me This!AMT361: Smell-O-Vision, Bidet Chat, and Trainy McTrainface
With a spring in your step and a scent in your nostrils and a freshly cleaned undercarriage and AMT361 in your ears, join us to consider films that smell…
Answer Me This!AMT360: Astronauts' Underwear, the Blockbusters Hand Jive, and Sushidoku
AMT360 will be a huge relief for you if you've spent a lot of your life wondering what astronauts do with their dirty underwear, why the audience is jiving…
Answer Me This!AMT359: Center Parcs, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Pope Tropes
Why does your cocktail come with a tiny piratical weapon in it? Why is Dumbledore so shit at HR? What's the deal with the Center Parcs dome? Find out all this…
Answer Me This!AMT358: Sexy Yoghurt, Chutney, and Your Friend's Gross Hot Tub
It's AMT's 11th birthday! To celebrate, we can't replicate how Olly spent his own 11th birthday, at Cody's Tex-Mex restaurant in Stevenage, because it closed…
Answer Me This!AMT357: Band Aid, Home Alone 2 and Self-Love in Someone Else's House
Where does all the money go from the Band Aid song? When you're someone's house guest, how long before you can have a wank? And what's a penguin doing in a…
Answer Me This!AMT356: Ghost Pubs, Cheesecake, and NSFW Weddings
A questioneer today finds themselves in quite the consternation after clicking on the link to a friend's wedding list...and finding a dazzling array of Adult…
Answer Me This!AMT355: Shippers, Stoners and Subway Smell
In AMT355, we tackle the greatest mystery ever penned by Agatha Christie: why the hell is one of Miss Marple's murderees dining on a bowl of cornflour? We also…
Answer Me This!AMT354: Magic Wands, Mount Fuji and Freakshakes
There's MAGIC! all over AMT354: how to MAGICALLY transform a banana into a sliced banana, how to MAGICALLY turn an egg into an egg IN A BOTTLE, and how to…
Answer Me This!AMT353: Despacito, Apples for Teacher, and Glory Holes
To borrow from The Song Of The Summer 2017, let AMT353 in the walls of your labyrinth. IE your ears. What did you think we were talking about? A duck's…
Answer Me This!AMT352: Dothraki, Points of View, and sleb-spotting Shatner
Had any good celeb-spots lately? However good yours are, there's no way they're as good as the celeb-spot hat trick Olly scored last week. Hear who in AMT352…
Answer Me This!AMT351: Stoned Dads, Dragons, and Getting Verified on Twitter
Answer us this: how would you define 'Afternoon Delight'? 1. Settling down to watch Countdown with a nice cup of tea (not Lipton) and a nice biscuit (not one…
Answer Me This!AMT350: Fox Meat, Kilroy Was Here, and Barbicide
Ever run over a fox and thought, "Mmm, maybe I could cook that up for dinner - but how?" No? Well, listen to AMT350 anyway. You never know when survivalist…
Answer Me This!AMT349: Citizen's Arrests, The Shipping Forecast and Cheddaring
If you win a year's supply of Weetabix, how much Weetabix do you actually get? And where will you keep it? (And why would you want it?) We speculate in AMT349…
Answer Me This!AMT348: Fruit Machines, Caesar Salads and Jelly
Jelly in your pipes, Jelly in your pipes, Wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly Jelly in your pipes! Seriously, people, don't pour jelly into your pipes. It will prove a…
Answer Me This!AMT347: Vampire Bats, Mugshots and Shaven Eyebrows
After AMT347 we have more questions than when we started, eg: Is Michael Parkinson really a giant? Are chocolate fondant puddings actually sexy or is that…
Answer Me This!AMT346: Mickey Mouse, Warhol's Soup Cans and Rubber Fetishes
Ten years. Ten years! TEN. YEARS. Ten years we've been doing this show. TEN. In that time, technologies have waxed and waned; world leaders have come and gone…
Answer Me This!AMT345: The Angel of the North, Cheese Juice, and a Cat Called Anus
Changes are afoot at AMT, as we prepare for our tenth birthday next month. Also in this bumper episode, a listener accidentally embarks upon a showbiz career…
Answer Me This!AMT344: Staying Alive, Zombie Cockroaches and an Argos Spending Spree
AMT344's questioneers are having their jaws realigned, beheading cockroaches and contemplating eating banana peel. Find out more about this episode at…
Answer Me This!AMT343: Mount Rushmore, Blood Crime and Heinz Beanz
At what age are you mutton dressed as lamb? What's the big deal about Mount Rushmore? And how do you prove that you are the world's greatest at…
Answer Me This!AMT342: Pathological Liars, the Oscars Curse, and Supergroups
What do you do when your friend has fallen for a pathological liar? Do you a) confront the fibber with evidence of their deceit, or b) write to a comedy…
Answer Me This!AMT341: Dirty Diana, McDonald's Fries and Frogs' Legs
In AMT341, Olly has some big news. Is it about his cat? Is it about an amazing bargain he bought at Costco?? Is it about a fake tan spray that never fades???…
Answer Me This!AMT340: Fitbits, Whale Poo and Mushy Peas
Listeners, how terribly remiss of us to make it through three quarters of 2016 without marking the fact that it has been designated by the UN as the…
Answer Me This!AMT339: Dalmatians, Jaffa Cakes and Being On Fleek
In AMT339, all hail the greatest Middleton sibling - not the one that begat the next generation of royals; not the one with 2011's favourite bottom; the…
Answer Me This!AMT338: Olympic Medals, Capital Cities and Cheating At Drug Tests
Your mother's been given some free space cake but she doesn't want to fail her workplace's random drug tests. What should she do? We tackle this question and…
Answer Me This!AMT337: Tandems, Oil Pulling and Reading Mum's Diary
Would you rather: a) be confronted with the reality that your parent is a fully functioning sexual being; b) eat a brain; c) drink Cointreau with a late-night…
Answer Me This!AMT336: Slush Puppies, Hush Puppies and Streaking
There are many refreshments in Answer Me This! Episode 336: tea, milk, and a drink Olly describes as 'mashed-up urinal cake in a glass'. It's the new hipster…
Answer Me This!AMT335: Lego for the Lovelorn, Oscars for Oscar, and Drugs for Dogs
Who let the dogs out? And who got the dogs stoned? We address these canine questions and many more in Answer Me This! Episode 335. Find out more about it at…
Answer Me This!AMT334: Glastonbury, the Genius Bar and the Price of Bricks
While Britain Brexits, the rest of us brick it. Well, one listener certainly does, as the proud owner of a single brick. Congratulations, that man. Find out…
Answer Me This!AMT333: Buckingham Palace, Key Parties and Kestrels
In AMT333 we assist listeners with queries about Narnia spin-offs, kestrel welfare and environmentally responsible vibrator disposal. Find out more about it at…
Answer Me This!AMT332: slimy AND crunchy
The show is BACK. During our break, Olly had a son; Helen went outside; and Martin the Sound Man didn't find the escape hatch. So, AMT322 proceeds as normal…
Answer Me This!AMT331: Lads' Mags, Cereal Toys and Blue Rinses
With Olly's baby poised to make his entrance into this world, AMT331 is our last episode before our three-month paternity leave. But there's the all-new AMT…
Answer Me This!AMT330: Butlers, Boxing and Bubbles
In AMT330, we ponder upon Air Force One, Donald Duck's familial responsibilities, and whether there's any point to being a boxing champion if you don't have a…
Answer Me This!AMT329: Loyalty, Christmas Truthers, and the Shitting Uncle
One questioneer wrestles with the ethics of breeding Christmas-truther children who ruin everything for the other kiddos; another introduces us to the Catalan…
Answer Me This!AMT328: NaNoWriMo, Boxes of Chocolates and Snooping on Christmas Presents
How do you tell your mum that she is a STUPID WOMAN who is RUINING CHRISTMAS by buying you the WRONG GIFT? Plus other polite and classy problems compose…
Answer Me This!AMT327: The Weeknd, Veggie Weddings and Greek Wine
Pop the party poppers! AMT327 is here, with The Weeknd feeling his face and Andy McNab showing his face. Find out all about this episode at…
Answer Me This!AMT326: Crying, Gogglebox, and the Haka Dance
Can farts cure crying? How is Gogglebox concocted? And what's really going on inside matryoshka dolls? Delve into these mysteries and more in AMT326, by…
Answer Me This!AMT325: Circus Music, Submersibles and Tom from MySpace
Today's questioneers face ruin: browser history ruining a surprise; other people ruining the choice of baby names; and ruining your own chances of shagging a…
Answer Me This!AMT324: Eggstraction, Disney Jail, and Boners
Today's questioneers have family troubles: troubles with their parents' TMI; troubles with being an egg-peeling mother; troubles with having spawned a kid…
Answer Me This!AMT323: Snail-Purging, Gondolas, and Macho Peas
What is the greatest sorrow of being let go from a job? The loss of income? The blow to the self-esteem? The fear for the future? Or not even having tried the…
Answer Me This!AMT322: Selfie Stick Deaths, Hair Transplants and Phone A Friend
Today's listeners are afraid of holidays, perplexed by hair transplants, and worried about death by selfie stick. Find out more at…
Answer Me This!AMT321: XXX Parents, Networking and Bad Blood
Today's questioneers are concerned about networking, Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood', and what they've found on their parents' hard drives. Hear about these…
Answer Me This!AMT320: Romcoms, Red Velvet Cake, and Your Local Munch
Today's questioneers are concerned about registering their babies, the first ever romantic comedy, and what the hell is so red in red velvet cake. For more…
Answer Me This!AMT319: Dominatrix Days Out, Glitter, and Paul Simon Says
Today's questioneers share their despair about the correct mustard to use in recipes, the New Zealand flag referendum, and relationships with a dominatrix. For…
Answer Me This!AMT318: Juliet's Balcony, Bluetooth and The Snip
Today's questioneers wonder about Noel Edmonds's small Twitter fanbase, the oldest pub in Britain, and vasectomy aftercare. For more details about this…
Answer Me This!AMT317: Multiplexes, the Peace Symbol and the D-Box
Today we help listeners deal with their ex-flatmates, their saucy-looking sibling relationships, and their inferiority complexes over their local multiplex. We…