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37: 🎃 What's Really In A Pumpkin Spice Latte
27 oktober 2025 · 34 min
What is a Pumpkin Spice Latte really made of? How do you sail a pumpkin? Who was Stingy Jack? Lees meer
Happy Halloween!
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
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36: 🍄🟫 Was Jesus A Mushroom?
20 oktober 2025 · 43 min
Why would you want a mushroom to eat you? Which country has specially-trained mushroom chemists? Was Jesus actually a mushroom? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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35: ❄️ The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Earth...Twice
13 oktober 2025 · 37 min
Who was the original King of Cool? Where are the world's dirtiest fridges? How are you using your fridge wrong? Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
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34: 🍪 You're Eating Biscuits The Wrong Way Up
6 oktober 2025 · 40 min
Did a digestive break up The Beatles? Are you chomping on your Hobnobs upside down? What biscuits were on offer in the Titanic lifeboats? Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
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33: 🐟 The Herring That Nearly Started WW3
29 september 2025 · 38 min
How did herring nearly start World War 3? When did fish have fingers? Is there such a thing as a fish? (Yes, and it's delicious). Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
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32: 🍎 We Ate Newton's Gravity Apple
22 september 2025 · 39 min
How can a movie be spoiled by an apple? When do apples break the sound barrier? Why are some apples better for cooking with? Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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31: 🫖 Lethal Tea-Making Contraptions
15 september 2025 · 38 min
What is that scum on the top of your tea? Why were the first automatic tea-making contraptions so dangerous? Are you a MIFFY or a TIFFY? Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
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30: ♨️ The Insane Truth Behind Microwave Clocks
8 september 2025 · 38 min
How did squirrels help invent the microwave? Why don't ants mind microwaves? What's the big problem with microwave clocks? Lees meer
Dedicated to Nigella <3
Hosts: Alex Bell, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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29: 🍺 Why Ancient Egyptians Drank Beer Through Straws
1 september 2025 · 41 min
Why shouldn't you tilt your glass when you pour a pint? Which city has an underground beer pipeline? Why did the Ancient Egyptians drink their beer through straws? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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28: 🧂 The Saltiest Place On Earth
25 augustus 2025 · 48 min
What’s the saltiest place on Earth? How can salt win a war? And why does some salt taste like egg?! Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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27: 🧀 The Bank Vault Full Of Parmesan Cheese
18 augustus 2025 · 47 min
How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? Who eats the world's hardest cheese? Why would you put Parmesan in a bank? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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26: 🌸 The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Gave The World Vanilla
11 augustus 2025 · 34 min
Which 12-year-old boy do we have to thank for all the vanilla we have today? What links vanilla to a beaver's anus? What hack lets you use your vanilla pods more than once? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Guest: Edd Kimber
Producer: Alex Bell
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25: 🧈 How Butter Caused The Catholic Reformation
4 augustus 2025 · 40 min
How did butter cause the Catholic Reformation? Where does extra-yellow butter come from? Who wants a buttershag? Lees meer
Hosts: Alex Bell, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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24: 🥪 What's The Ultimate Supermarket Meal Deal?
28 juli 2025 · 41 min
Why would you eat a cotton wool sandwich? What is an earth sandwich made of? Who once ate a $275 sandwich containing over 8000 calories? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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23: 🥐 The Secret Curvy Croissant Code
21 juli 2025 · 40 min
What on earth is a Piecaken? Why are some croissants curvy and some straight? Which pastry was invented by a literal idiot? Lees meer
With special guest Edd Kimber.
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Guest: Edd Kimber
Producer: Alex Bell
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22: 🍓 The World's Most Delicious Anal Secretion
14 juli 2025 · 37 min
What does the opposite of a strawberry taste like? Who liked to bathe in strawberry juice? What have strawberries got to do with a beaver's anal glands? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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Bonus: 🎾 Europe's Largest Annual Catering Event
11 juli 2025 · 13 min
Happy Wimbledon everyone! Who's got room for an extra-creamy second helping this week? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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21: 🍫 Why Does American Chocolate Taste Like S***?
7 juli 2025 · 36 min
When is Dairy Milk not chocolate? Whose chocolate tastes like vomit? Where can you use KitKats as postcards? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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20: 🥑 Sainsbury's and M&S's Avocado Feud
30 juni 2025 · 36 min
Why would you tattoo an avocado? Which bird has to vomit up the avocado stone before it can fly? How did avocados spark a row between Sainsbury's and M&S? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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19: 🍕 Does Pizza Really Count As One Of Your 5-A-Day?
23 juni 2025 · 34 min
Who paid their rent in pizza? Where would you need a 3D-printed pizza? How do you make pizza with beer? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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18: 🫒 Beware The Italian Olive Mafia
16 juni 2025 · 35 min
What did we use olives for before we ate them? What is the SPF of olive oil? Why should Americans be suspicious of Italian olive oil? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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17: 🥔 A Potato-Only Diet: Surviving Or Thriving?
9 juni 2025 · 35 min
How do you milk a potato? Can you survive on a potato-only diet? Why do potatoes make daughters-in-law cry? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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16: 🍷 Does More Expensive Wine Actually Taste Better?
2 juni 2025 · 37 min
Does alcohol actually burn off when you cook with wine? Does more expensive wine actually taste better? How do you take communion in outer space? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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15: 🧅 The Day Onions Broke Wall Street
26 mei 2025 · 37 min
Which is the wrong direction to cut onions in? How did Viking doctors use onions to save lives on the operating table? Why do capuchin monkeys go wild over onions? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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14: 🍋 Your Lemons Might Not Be Vegan
19 mei 2025 · 37 min
Why might your lemon not be vegan? How does a lemon affect your empathy? Who used lemons as a contraceptive? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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13: 🍚 Your Rice Might Have Been Farmed By Ducks
12 mei 2025 · 38 min
Why do risotto spoons have holes in them? Why do rice farmers like ducks swimming in their fields? Why are we all so scared of reheating rice? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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12: 🥜 The World's Most Average Jar Of Peanut Butter
5 mei 2025 · 34 min
How can you make peanuts dance? Which insect tastes great with peanut butter? Why is the most expensive jar of peanut butter the most average? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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11: ☕ The Drink That Fuelled The Enlightenment
28 april 2025 · 44 min
Why should you put salt in your coffee? How does caffeine actually keep us awake? And do we really have coffee to thank for The Enlightenment? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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10: 🥚 Egg Maths Ain't Mathing
21 april 2025 · 36 min
What is the deal with egg maths? What can you smuggle inside an egg? And what are green eggs actually eaten with? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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Bonus: 🐣 Happy Easter!
18 april 2025 · 9 min
A little extra morsel all about chocolate eggs. Happy Easter! Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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9: 🍦Georgian Bread-Flavoured Ice Cream Is Surprisingly Delicious
14 april 2025 · 35 min
Why has space ice cream never been to space? What was the World War II substitute for ice cream? How did the Georgians make ice cream out of bread? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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8: 🍅 How Napoleon Invented Tinned Tomatoes
7 april 2025 · 34 min
Why do tomatoes taste so much nicer on holiday? How is Napoleon responsible for tinned tomatoes? When do tomatoes scream? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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7: 🧂 The University Paying Its Rent In Pepper
31 maart 2025 · 29 min
Which peppercorn is good for popping at festivals? Who still pays rent in peppercorns? How do you make a pepper martini? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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6: 🍝 When Colgate Made Lasagna
24 maart 2025 · 34 min
What went wrong with Beeton’s inedible macaroni? Why did Colgate once sell lasagna? Where does Bologna keep its mysterious Golden Tagliatella? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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5: 🌭 Our Nuclear Submarines Depend On Sausages
17 maart 2025 · 25 min
What makes sausages sausage-shaped? How can you win a duel armed only with a sausage? What is the worrying sausagey weakness in the UK’s nuclear deterrent? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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4: 🍗 Who Invented The Modern Chicken?
10 maart 2025 · 26 min
WARNING - BROILERS AHEAD: How many chickens do you eat each year? What's the best way to shuck a chicken oyster? Who invented the frozen chicken? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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3: 🥛 How Do You Milk A Flying Cow?
3 maart 2025 · 25 min
Why is it so hard to milk a moose? How have we all been duped by Big Milk? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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2: 🍌 The Banana That Went To Alton Towers
24 februari 2025 · 25 min
Why do we have Alton Towers to thank for the British banana? What's the least appealing peeling technique? What's the most threatening thing you can do with a banana and a biro? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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1: 🧄 Why Won't Ninjas Eat Garlic?
24 februari 2025 · 27 min
How could garlic breath help win a war? Can you taste garlic with your feet? Does anyone actually follow the recipe-recommended amount of garlic? Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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✨ Introducing Lunchbox Envy!
12 februari 2025 · 1 min
Join QI's most gastronomically-minded Elves, Manu and Jack along with chef and food writer Rosie MacKean as they unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time. Lees meer
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
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