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Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT407: Cartoon Anvils, Dating Semi-Celebs, and Lobster PissToday’s questioneers want to know why a coffee shop will have either good coffee or good chairs but not both, WTF Judi Dench’s voice is doing at Disney World, how to stop their coworkers pushing MLMs onto them, how to get their wife to like their malepolish, and why Phoebe from Friends would say lobsters mate for life when actually lobsters just want a quick hot fling and no commitment.  For more information about this episode, visit answermethispodcast.com/episode407. Got question for us to answer? Send them in writing or as a voice...2025-06-261h 06Answer Me This!Answer Me This!BIG BIRTHDAY NEWSHappy birthday to AMT, turning 18 years old today! Which means our baby is now an adult, and we are celebrating by....🎉 BRINGING THE PODCAST BACK! 🎉We're going to try it out with new monthly episodes on the last Thursday of the month, for the next three months. So the show will return with AMT402 on 30 January 2025, 403 on 27 February, 404 on 27 March... And after that? Well, if we're enjoying it, and you're enjoying it, we hope to continue. We need your help, though, in the following three ways: Send us your questions. This podcast d...2025-01-0208 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT401: Danielle Steel, kebab awards and detestable birdsWelcome back AMT for one special new episode! So much has changed since we retired nearly two years ago, but what remains is our desire to answer your questions. Today, questioneers wonder about what to say about working in a world-famous place, romantic bacon competitions, unromantic but important kebab competitions, Danielle Steel's sleeping habits, and looking at their own semen through a microscope. Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode401. We don't know whether/when we will pop up in your feed again, so stay subscribed! And follow us on facebook.com/answermethis and twitter.com...2023-04-061h 17The Scummy Mummies PodcastThe Scummy Mummies Podcast252: God, Fatherhood and Captain Birdseye with Olly MannWhat a Mann, what a Mann, what a Mann, what a mighty fine Mann - it's Olly Mann! The podcasting legend from Answer Me This, Today in History with the Retrospectors, The Modern Mann and many more joins us for a chinwag. We cover everything from the invention of home pregnancy testing kits to the shock of fatherhood, and who we'd rather have it off with out of Colonel Sanders and Captain Birdseye.There's a bit of serious chat as Olly discusses the sudden loss of his Dad, just six days after his son was born. He...2023-03-2855 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!Mr Blobby and the Birth of the Burger (from 'Today In History with the Retrospectors')Mr Blobby made his debut on anarchic BBC show Noel’s House Party on 24th October, 1992. Oscar Bilby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma grilled a beef patty, and - for the first time in documented history - PUT IT IN A BUN - on 4th July, 1891. It is of such consequential and amusing events that Olly's daily podcast, 'Today in History with The Retrospectors' is comprised, and, in this compilation especially for Answer Me This! listeners, he introduces two of his favourite episodes. FOLLOW THE SHOW now to get a ten-minute episode each weekday in 2023! Just search for 'Today in History wit...2023-01-0123 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!An Important Bulletin from the Zaltzwick CorporationHello! Helen and Martin are on tour with the new Allusionist live show in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Imagine the fun facty bits of AMT minus the tricky personal dilemmas or drunk people phoning up asking about poo. Come and see them! They're playing Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney in July, and Wanaka, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland in August. Dates and tickets are at .2022-07-0603 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!Festivelusionist choice cutsHello! There's a sleighful of fun festive episodes of Helen's podcast the Allusionist over at the theallusionist.org and in the podplaces - episodes about Santa/Father Christmas/St Nick's many names, meaty greetings cards, what to do when kids' letters to Santa are delivered to you, and how to write a festive hit for a very Covid Christmas. But, right here in your AMT feed are a couple of Festivelusionist highlights: Winterval, about the term that unwillingly became a byword for the War On Christmas; and How The Dickens Stole Christmas, explaining why Christmas is so damn Dickensian...2021-12-1337 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!Olly Mann Presents... The RetrospectorsMilli Vanilli, Marilyn Monroe and Henry VI are amongst the people pored over in this preview of Olly's new comedy-history podcast series 'The Retrospectors' put together especially for Answer Me This! listeners. You can find the show at podfollow.com/Retrospectors In each daily ten-minute episode, Olly and his co-hosts Rebecca and Arion look back at a curious moment from that day in history. Previous topics have included the birth of Ladybird books, Walter Raleigh bringing tobacco to Britain, and the launch of the board-game Twister. In this special compilation, Olly introduces three of his favourite episodes of the show...2021-09-0931 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT400: Sky Dining, Swiss Barbie, and Homing PigeonsWell this is it, listeners. After 14 years and 8 months and many thousands of questions, AMT400 is the last episode of the show. But we go out on some terrific inquiries, about pigeon navigation, saving Joni Mitchell's childhood home/destroying Shakespeare's final home, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, diamond skulls, and eating brunch dangling 150 feet up in the air. Huge thanks to all of you who sent in lovely messages - and songs! - with your AMT-related emotions and memories. We only included a tiny fraction of your affection in the episode, but know that we read/listened to everything...2021-08-051h 26Answer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT200For our very last retro AMT, we returned to a favourite from December 2011: AMT200, where we enlisted our families to answer your questions. And, well, it's a novelty not to be embarrassed just by our own past selves this time. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 are available at , where you can also get our six special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Retrospectors, The Modern Mann and more at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is sponsored by...2021-07-221h 11Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT399: Ginger Beer, Cheetahs' Pet Dogs, and Ball PitsIn AMT399, we find out about tuning church bells, cheetahs being given pet dogs, Olly getting lost in SeaWorld, how pickled onions inspired soft play, and which ways you might be most likely to be killed by a ball pit. We also have a Big Announcement ahead of episode 400. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to answermethisstore.com, where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for episode 400, as well as your precious AMT memories - whether our answers to...2021-07-011h 01Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT398: Wedding Rings, Edamame, and Straight To Video SequelsWe're settling a lot of couples' disputes in AMT398. Potato in tacos: Y/N? Did all animation used to be worse, or specifically just in Disney's straight to video sequels? And who's from the biggest village? Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to answermethisstore.com, where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to . Tweet us @, and follow us on Facebook . Hear our other work: Olly Mann has a new podcast, t...2021-06-1749 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT82For Tedious But Fine reasons, this month we've swapped the new episode and the retro one. So you'll get an all-new AMT in a fortnight, but now there's Retro AMT82 from 2009 and it's a really fun one! Some things have changed - technology, the nature of entrepreneurship, people wearing Bluetooth earpieces everywhere - whereas others are eternal, like the pain of teen romance, and Americans finding British words funny. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 are available at , where you can also get our six special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The A...2021-06-0340 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT275Back we go to 17 October 2013 for retro AMT275. Geri Halliwell was launching a comeback, British coffee was not yet pumpkin spiced, two 14-year-olds needed a lucrative business plan, an adult was eating crayons, and listeners were dealing with unwanted gifts of paintings as they still are judging by our inbox. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 are available at , where you can also get our six special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Retrospectors, The Modern Mann and more at , and Martin Aus...2021-05-2040 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT397: Meerkats, Albatrosses, and Dog MayorsIn AMT397, questioneers want to know when meerkats got so popular, why you'd wear an albatross around your neck, what you do when your friends think you're a pennypincher, and whether Mary Shelley had sex on her mother's grave. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to answermethisstore.com, where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to . Tweet us @, and follow us on Facebook . Hear our other work: Olly Mann has...2021-05-0656 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT320Off we go to August 2015, to find the first romcom, learn some new names for nipples, and list the crimes committed in the film Overboard. And on this revisit, we can also reveal the menu for Olly's family Mars-themed restaurant. This episode originally appeared at . Episodes 1-200 at , where you can also get our six special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at  and his many other podcasts at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is sponsored by Squ...2021-04-2247 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT396: The Addams Family, Voodoo Dolls, and Snooping In The Bathroom CabinetIn AMT396, questioneers are concerned about crabs eating their babies, The Addams Family, and whether their voodoo doll of their office nemesis worked out a little too well.  Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Un...2021-04-0159 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT162Let's travel back a decade to AMT162, originally from January 2011, where questioneers want to know about witches' hats, Milkybars, pickled eggs, and that piano tune that they play on the giant keyboard in Big. This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to cherish our back catalogue forever, buy them at , where you can also get our special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at  and his many other podcasts at , and Mar...2021-03-1840 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT395: Bobble Hats, the Hollywood Sign and the MacarenaPut your arm out, palms up, now touch your biceps, cradle the back of your head, hand on hip, other hand on other hip, pat each buttock and JUMP because in AMT395 we're learning about the Macarena dance! As well as Rita Ora's hats, wearing sports merch for a team you don't support, and winning a car at the airport. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written w...2021-03-0454 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT190Back to 2011 we go, for AMT190 with SPECIAL GUEST JON RONSON! Who comes bearing some incredible stories of Mr Blobby, psychopathy, and his breakfast with Disney's Pocahontas,  This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to cherish our back catalogue forever, buy them at , where you can also get our special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at  and his many other podcasts at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This epis...2021-02-1843 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT394: Fabergé Eggs, Catnip for Lions, and the Funny BoneIn AMT394, listeners are struggling with questions about genies' feet, treadmills in shoe shops, and their own children's mediocrity. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's m...2021-02-0452 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT159Back to 2010 we go, for a low-regret jaunt through fancy fountains, penalties for treason, Kramer vs Kramer, and zebra piss. This episode originally appeared at . Retro AMT episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to cherish our back catalogue forever, buy them at , where you can also get our special albums. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at  and his many other podcasts at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to bui...2021-01-2140 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT393: Glow Sticks, Walking the Plank, and the Pringles SweatsNew year, new questions, about naming ravens at the Tower of London, how glow sticks work, did pirates really walk the plank, and how come prawn cocktail-flavour Pringles bring out one listener in the sweats. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us questions for 2021 episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly M...2021-01-0755 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT best of 2009 part iiLet's go back to 2009, for the second half of our annual Best Of compilations, containing citrus contraceptives, children's party games, and drunk callers on the question line. This retro AMT will only be in your feed for one month, but all our best ofs are available from answermethisstore.com, along with episodes 1-200 and our six special albums - tis the season for AMT Christmas! Next month is probably not the season. There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to . Tweet us F...2020-12-1751 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT392: Elf on the Shelf, Glitter, and the Holy ForeskinJingle those bells, it's festive AMT392, with questions about Elf on the Shelf, fancy advent calendars, CONTENT WARNING: the episode may not be suitable for children, as it contains contains information about parental deceit w.r.t. Christmas logistics, plus a thoroughly researched passage about Adult Material depicting Jesus. Find out more about this episode at . Tis the season for the AMT Christmas album, which you can get at , along with our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us questions for 2021 episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet...2020-12-0356 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT309Travel back in time with us to March 2015 in AMT309, which is packed full of great questions! Such as: how did Gotham City get that name? Why did Audrey Hepburn have a pet deer? Why are computer cookies called cookies? And how do you empty out a bathtub full of baked beans?  This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to . For more AMT, you can obtain episodes 1-200 and our Best Ofs and six special albums - i...2020-11-1949 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT391: Video Phones, Scrumping Apples, and Going Over Niagara Falls in a BarrelContent warning: animal cruelty. In AMT391, we hear about eviscerated rabbits, I'm A Celebrity food-kills, and a zoo in a deadly stunt. But there's some mysterious dog magic to compensate. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums including the AMT Christmas; AMT episodes 1-200; and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts Th...2020-11-0552 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT213Travel back with us back to 3 May 2012 for retro AMT213, to remind ourselves what 'gastronomic human centipede' and 'the barse of the monarchy' were. Plus Steve Jobs's signature look, Arab Strap, and the origin of nachos. This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to . For more AMT, you can obtain episodes 1-200 and our Best Ofs and six special albums - including our brand new release Home Entertainment - from . Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  He...2020-10-2245 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT390: Giant Pumpkins, Playing Dead, and Sweet Fanny AdamsPop in your prosthetic fangs, spritz yourself with fake blood and turn off all the lights except for that annoying one that flickers - it's the Answer Me This Halloween Special! Featuring SCARY plays, GIANT gourds, MONSTER Mash, and SEXY Martin the Sound Man costumes if such things are possible, you have this month to prove it. Find out more about this episode at . CW: suicide, child murder, death. Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a...2020-10-0159 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT113Let's go back to 15 October 2009 for Retro AMT113, a time when questioneers were concerned about rock riders, party games, lying to children, and cockpits. This episode originally appeared at . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to . For more AMT, you can obtain episodes 1-200 and our Best Ofs and six special albums - including our brand new release Home Entertainment - from . Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at  and Veronica Mars Investigations at , Oll...2020-09-1700 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT 389: Banana Pizza, Sewing Machines and MonacoIn AMT389, questioneers need help with being heard through a mask, watermelon rind raining down from upon high, and understanding the financing of bin collection in Monaco. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at...2020-09-0455 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT388: Lolly Stick Jokes, Pizza Cutters, and Wombat ScatIn AMT388, questioneers wonder about pizza cutters, lolly stick jokes, cubed poo, lawns, and the house in the middle of the M62 motorway. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five pod...2020-08-0651 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT387: Bear Nipples, Easy-Bake Ovens and Salmon Vending MachinesIn AMT387 questioneers want to know how pregnancy tests work, how many nipples bears have, why there are salmon vending machines in Singapore, and how to deal with old friends who don't know you have amnesia. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zal...2020-07-0248 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT386: Dirty Doormats, Sitcom Sets, and Handheld Indulgence Ice CreamBeloved listeners: as we've said in the past, AMT doesn't tend to discuss current events, as we know a lot of you turn to the show to give yourselves a brief break from dealing with reality. We hope you're holding up and finding ways to be productive. Meanwhile, here's AMT386, a hearty plateful of low-stress chat about topics including wedding snubs, Magnums vs Soleros, lava lamp liquids, and getting your sex toys back from your ex's house. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail...2020-06-0556 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT385: Cold Toast, Intimate Bleaching and RickrollingAMT385's questioneers are curious about the financial side of rickrolling, Hollywood teeth, novelty lamps and bleached bumholes. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and The Media Podcast at ; and Martin Austwick's music at and his Tom Waits podcast Song By...2020-05-0856 minThe Comedian\'s Comedian PodcastThe Comedian's Comedian Podcast338 - Helen Zaltzman*New episodes are now streamed live at www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith on 1pm BST every Wednesday, for release the following week*Is this a regular episode or a NonComPod?  It matters not as we meet Helen Zaltzman; podcasting matriarch, mentor of Stu’s, co-host with Olly Mann of “Answer Me This”, host of the brilliant “Allusionist” podcast on the Radiotopia network, and very funny lady indeed.We talk about her comedy origins as Josie Long’s embroiderer, her childhood and the positives of knowing she was an unplanned baby, and setting one’s own parameters for...2020-05-081h 23Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT384: Leopard Print, Badger Repellent, and a Fortress of ToastersWelcome! We hope you're doing OK. We're keeping AMT a pandemic-free pod, so if you're looking for content to take your mind off things for a bit, AMT384 can provide, with questioneers wondering why leopard print is considered sexy, how ghostwriters get paid, and what to do with their father's huge collection of old buildings and toasters. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . H...2020-04-0256 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT383: Missing Cats, Portraits' Eyes, and Jeremy Bentham's CorpseAMT383's questioneers need to know what those funny things are called that you stick your face through at the seaside, how many lightbulbs there are in Las Vegas, how to say farewell to a hook-up, and why the corpse of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham is still keeping busy at university. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's p...2020-03-0552 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT382: Ice Skating Music, Monks' Hairdos, and Life CoachingIn AMT382, we hear from questioneers concerned about their friend's expenditure on life coaches, the ethics of placing fake animals on wildlife tours, disposal of an unwanted Book of Mormon, and scattering a grandparent's ashes on someone else's property. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums including AMT Love, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; O...2020-02-0651 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!retro AMT96Dusted off and brought up from the AMT cellars for an airing, it's retro AMT96, featuring judges' wigs, newsreaders' desks, and jury service. This episode originally appeared at on 21 May 2009. The retro episodes are in your feed for one month only, but to keep them forever, buy episodes 1-200 from . There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist a...2020-01-2300 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT381: Slapstick, Eggy Smell and Your Naked DadIn AMT381, questioneers are worrying about lost jewels, stinking out the office, dad doing the gardening in the nude, and what happens to trains in Thomas The Tank Engine when they die. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums including AMT Love, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including and The M...2020-01-0952 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT380: Candy Canes, Family Pranks and Talking DogsWell Spotify just named AMT one of the top podcasts of the decade, so let's conclude the 2010s with a bumper episode of festive questions. In AMT380 we learn how the canine actors in the festive film Santa Buddies look like they're talking; how to stop your well-meaning friends interfering with your plan to enjoy Christmas alone; and what artificial Christmas trees have in common with toilet-cleaning. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT e...2019-12-051h 04Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT379: Fly Spray, Dogs vs Children, and Garlic BreathIs it OK to steal someone else's discarded room service jam? Is it OK to let friends take me on an all-expenses-paid holiday? Is it OK that my sister-in-law has given her dog the same name as my child? And is whatever the heck is going on in the video for 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' OK? We deal with all these questions and more in AMT379 - and, following last month's consideration of the mathematical riddle 'As I Was Going To St Ives', we receive clarification from the actual mayor of St Ives! Find out more about this ep...2019-11-0756 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT378: Blue Peter Dogs, Cats in Sacks, and Getting Over A Lipstick FetishistIn AMT378, we celebrate the arrival of Olly's new child, and consider listeners' problems with attraction/lack thereof, home security systems, and mathematical nursery rhymes. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to buil...2019-10-1049 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT377: Bull and Bear, Quality Street and Biblical JokesIn AMT377, we go looking for jokes in the Bible. It's...a mixed bag. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your firs...2019-09-0548 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT376: Morse Code, European Monkeys, and PeanutsPeanuts! 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 that third question, but tackle the others and more in AMT376. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and...2019-08-0147 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT375: Scratchcards, Pincushions, and Sherlock Holmes on cokeIn 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 a microwave? And how the blazes do you get a sieve clean??? Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Mar...2019-07-0453 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT374: Jellyfish, Green Screens and Sea Monkey SoupGreetings, 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: post-chemo hair; green screens; microwave mug cakes; and Ryvita. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Son...2019-06-0656 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT373: Dr Martens, the Queen's Private Cinema, and Helen's Sentient BedThings 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 drive a snazzier form of transport than a sled? And how does the Queen go to the cinema? Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at...2019-05-0251 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!Cummerbunds, Mummified Monarchs, and Mr MotivatorWhatever 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 this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . Helen and Martin are touring New Zealand and Australia for the nex...2019-04-0547 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT371: Gladiator Shortages, 'Go West', and Cats for StudentsIn 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 questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Hear AMT episodes 1-200, all five of our special albums, and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . This episode is...2019-03-0751 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT370: Peacocks, Hamsters, and National Bagel DayThis 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 large painting by their friend which they hate. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Get your engine revving for Valentine's Day with the AMT Love album! One hour of your questions about your body parts and the various fun th...2019-02-0758 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT369: New Year's resolutions, gilets, and McDonald's mayonnaiseTo 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 listener, and why the hell does McDonald's in the UK not sell mayonnaise, are they doing this specifically to infuriate Olly Mann, GIVE HIM MAYONNAISE. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Get your engine revving for Valentine's Day with the AMT Love album! On...2019-01-0349 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT368: St Nicholas's Sidekicks, Joseph and Mary's Marriage, and SlimeAMT368 is a bulging sack of festive questions, including: were Joseph and Mary married? Why are there Santas in department stores? And should you disinvite your friends from your New Year's Eve celebrations because one of them shagged the other one's girlfriend? Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Now is the OPTIMAL time to listen to the AMT Christmas album! It's available, along with all our special al...2018-12-1054 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT367: IKEA Meatballs, the Popemobile, and a Years-Long LieIn 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 questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . Helen and Martin are touring the Al...2018-11-0151 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT366: LASIK, Hand Modelling, and a Dead Body in your Living RoomLandlord 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 House of the Rising Sun! Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at , Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at , and Martin Au...2018-10-0450 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT365: Sweet Caroline, Bible Minigolf and Beaver BumsWhich 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 in AMT365! There's more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at . Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org, Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at http://modernmann.co.uk, and Martin Austwick's S...2018-09-0649 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT364: Cranberries, Jesters and the Cruise Ship Wig DepartmentA 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 jesters have little replicas of their own heads on the end of their staffs? Why are FedEx ok with being the cause of Tom Hanks being cast away in Cast Away? And why are people standing waist-deep in wet cranberries? Is it some bold cure for a UTI? There's more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com...2018-08-0246 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT363: Parliamentary Mace-Fights, In-Flight Magazines, and the SoupsoakerWhile 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 lately? Find out all in AMT363. There's more about this episode at . June is full of SPORTY SPORT, so while watching people kick balls or thwack balls, listen to the AMT Sports Day special, an hour of surprisingly great AMT-ness all about the sports. Get it from iTunes, Amazon and . Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us...2018-06-0752 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT362: Dangerous Beans, Meghan'n'Harry, and a Life-Sized Cardboard Cutout of Kylie MinogueThere 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 salads in AMT362. There's more about this episode at . Are you ready for the ROYAL WEDDING OMGGGGGG? The soundtrack to your giddy anticipation/antipathy/indifference is the AMT Jubilee album, one hour of right royal fun. Get it from iTunes, Amazon and . Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http...2018-05-0345 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT361: Smell-O-Vision, Bidet Chat, and Trainy McTrainfaceWith 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, friends that smell, and taking a ride on Michael Palin.  There's more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode361. Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com Hear Helen Z...2018-04-0554 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT360: Astronauts' Underwear, the Blockbusters Hand Jive, and SushidokuAMT360 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 during the credits of Blockbusters, and whether Bowling for Soup are bowling to OBTAIN soup or on BEHALF of soup. There's more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode360. Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums...2018-03-0154 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT359: Center Parcs, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Pope TropesWhy 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 and more in AMT359. There's more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode359. Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The...2018-02-0156 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT358: Sexy Yoghurt, Chutney, and Your Friend's Gross Hot TubIt'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 down. So instead we've made some mild-to-moderate life changes - hear all about them AMT358. Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode358. Send us questions for future episodes: email words or voice memos to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore...2018-01-0451 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT357: Band Aid, Home Alone 2 and Self-Love in Someone Else's HouseWhere 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 nativity scene? The answers to all these mysteries are in AMT357. Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode357. Send us questions for future episodes: email answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com Hear Helen...2017-12-0753 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT356: Ghost Pubs, Cheesecake, and NSFW WeddingsA 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 Pleasure Implements. And we're not talking golf clubs or top-of-the-range espresso machines here. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at and Martin...2017-11-0253 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT355: Shippers, Stoners and Subway SmellIn 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 learn about that smell that wafts out of every branch of Subway, fan fiction, and KFC (Kentucky Fried Lung). Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist a...2017-10-0547 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT354: Magic Wands, Mount Fuji and FreakshakesThere'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 MAGICALLY turn an adolescent boy into a hit with the ladies. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at...2017-09-0753 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT353: Despacito, Apples for Teacher, and Glory HolesTo 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 complicated nether regions? All will become clearer (but not necessarily more savoury) at . Send us questions for future episodes: email call 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at and Martin Austwick's Song By Song...2017-08-0356 minAnswer me This! With Helen and OllyAnswer me This! With Helen and OllyAMT352: Dothraki, Points of View, and sleb-spotting ShatnerHad 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. Find out all about the episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode352. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at http://answermethisstore.com Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org, Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at http://modernmann.co.uk, and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com.2017-07-0652 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT352: Dothraki, Points of View, and sleb-spotting ShatnerHad 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. Find out all about the episode at . Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes, albums and our Best Of compilations at Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-07-0654 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT351: Stoned Dads, Dragons, and Getting Verified on TwitterAnswer 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 that gives you a 20-year-long health fear)? 2. Bit of post-lunch pre-dinner nookie? 3. Listening to AMT351, admittedly a delight at any hour of the day? Find out more about this episode at . Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...2017-06-0154 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT350: Fox Meat, Kilroy Was Here, and BarbicideEver 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 recipes might come in handy. Find out more about the episode at . Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-05-0454 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT349: Citizen's Arrests, The Shipping Forecast and CheddaringIf 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, as well as learning about cheddar, axolotl-maintenace, and deconstructed coffee. Find out more about the episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode349. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-04-0647 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT348: Fruit Machines, Caesar Salads and JellyJelly 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 trifle problematic. Further valuable lessons in AMT348: what to do if you lose your passport at the airport; how to deal with your kangaroo-killing neighbour; why you shouldn't brush your teeth with barbecue charcoal. Find out more about the episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode348. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums...2017-03-0252 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT347: Vampire Bats, Mugshots and Shaven EyebrowsAfter 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 Olly's desperation talking? Is there anything funny about a dead dog? Find out more about the episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode347. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-02-0257 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT346: Mickey Mouse, Warhol's Soup Cans and Rubber FetishesTen 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; yet here we still are, answering the questions that you supply. To celebrate our birthday, in AMT346 we provide a thrilling glimpse into the AMT Process, receive a gift from a musical hero, and tackle a question on Olly's favourite subject. Or, at least, his third favourite subject. Find out more about the episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode346. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http...2017-01-0558 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT345: The Angel of the North, Cheese Juice, and a Cat Called AnusChanges 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, another needs to rename her pet, and another is angry at beds. Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode345. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-12-0155 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT344: Staying Alive, Zombie Cockroaches and an Argos Spending SpreeAMT344's questioneers are having their jaws realigned, beheading cockroaches and contemplating eating banana peel. Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode344. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-11-1743 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT343: Mount Rushmore, Blood Crime and Heinz BeanzAt 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 dishwasher-stacking? Listen to AMT343 for the answers to these questions and more. Find further information about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode343. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-11-0340 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT341: Dirty Diana, McDonald's Fries and Frogs' LegsIn 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??? Is it even better than any of those things???? Listen now to find out! There's more information about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode341. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...2016-10-0642 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT336: Slush Puppies, Hush Puppies and StreakingThere 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 cocktail! There's more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode336. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-07-2844 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT332: slimy AND crunchyThe 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. Find out more about it at . Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Be our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Buy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-06-0249 minRichard Herring’s Video Leicester Square Theatre PodcastRichard Herring’s Video Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts05e03 Helen and OllySupport our Kickstarter to bring back AIOTM (aiotm) here - www.gofasterstripe.com/kickstarter Richard is bristling from more anarchic behaviour in the swimming pool and pitching ideas for Dragon's Den. His guests are Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann from rival Sony Gold and Silver (but crucially not bronze) winning podcast Answer Me This!. They seem to hold some kind of grudge for Richard having made them his enemies in the old Collings and Herrin podcasts, but as Richard was under the thrall of his Herrin character he can't really remember anything about that. Anyway, it's an old-fashioned podclash! The...2016-03-3001 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT331: Lads' Mags, Cereal Toys and Blue RinsesWith 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 Love album ready for your ears at http://answermethispodcast.com/love - and 331 episodes of AMT to catch up on. Read all about this one at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode331.Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandollyBe our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethisSubscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThisBuy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-01-2843 minAnswer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT315: Goatees, Jazz Dabs and Getting a Stonk OnToday's questioneers need help with a caffeine overdose, infidelity discovery and getting a stonk on. Plus Olly discovers a surprising new phobia.You will find full notes about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode315Send questions to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, or the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis)Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandollyBe our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethisSubscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThisBuy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-05-2846 minRHLSTP with Richard HerringRHLSTP with Richard HerringRHLSTP 36 - Helen and OllyRHLSTP #36: Helen and Olly from Answer Me This! - Okapi Sandwich. Richard is bristling from more anarchic behaviour in the swimming pool and pitching ideas for Dragon's Den. His guests are Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann from rival Sony Gold and Silver (but crucially not bronze) winning podcast Answer Me This. They seem to hold some kind of grudge for Richard having made them his enemies in the old Collings and Herrin podcasts, but as Richard was under the thrall of his Herrin character he can't really remember anything about that. Anyway, it's an old-fashioned podclash! The conversation scales...2014-03-141h 18RHLSTP with Richard HerringRHLSTP with Richard HerringRHLSTP 36 - Helen and OllyRHLSTP #36: Helen and Olly from Answer Me This! - Okapi Sandwich. Richard is bristling from more anarchic behaviour in the swimming pool and pitching ideas for Dragon's Den. His guests are Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann from rival Sony Gold and Silver (but crucially not bronze) winning podcast Answer Me This. They seem to hold some kind of grudge for Richard having made them his enemies in the old Collings and Herrin podcasts, but as Richard was under the thrall of his Herrin character he can't really remember anything about that. Anyway, it's an old-fashioned podclash! The conversation scales...2014-03-141h 18Richard Herring\'s Leicester Square Theatre PodcastRichard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre PodcastRichard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Episode 36 - Helen and OllyRHLSTP #36: Helen and Olly from Answer Me This! - Okapi Sandwich. Richard is bristling from more anarchic behaviour in the swimming pool and pitching ideas for Dragon's Den. His guests are Helen Zaltman and Olly Mann from rival Sony Gold and Silver (but crucially not bronze) winning podcast Answer Me This. They seem to hold some kind of grudge for Richard having made them his enemies in the old Collings and Herrin podcasts, but as Richard was under the thrall of his Herrin character he can't really remember anything about that. Anyway, it's an old-fashioned podclash! The conversation scales the...2014-03-141h 18Answer Me This!Answer Me This!AMT275: The Colosseum, the British Museum and Helen Daniels's Paintingshttp://answermethispodcast.com/episode275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2013-10-1733 minIan Collins Wants A WordIan Collins Wants A WordEp 56 - BUMPER EPISODE! With HELEN AND OLLY!Episode 56 - Y'know the nice weather we're having? We did that. No need to thanks us, but do enjoy YOUR feedback via social media, email and 48k Sinclair Spectrum, Random Acts of Irrational Annoyance, the final fate of the Showbiz Shoebox is revealed AGAIN, and podcast legends Helen and Olly talk pods, women, eggs and trivia.Pop over to Twitter, and experience @iancollinsuk and @sideshow_kev doing their end of the pier show.2013-05-0650 minFlaps PodcastFlaps PodcastFlaps Podcast on BBC Five Live "Helen and Olly's Required Listening"On August 27 2012 we appeared on Five Live's special programme "Helen and Olly's Required Listening" where "Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann discover and speak to new broadcasters from around the world".2012-08-2707 minPeople who make comedyPeople who make comedyGBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me ThisIn GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more! Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted...2012-07-041h 12OxbridgeOxbridgeGBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me ThisIn GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more! Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted...2012-07-041h 12Podcasters and Radio MakersPodcasters and Radio MakersGBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me ThisIn GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more! Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted...2012-07-041h 12Getting Better AcquaintedGetting Better AcquaintedGBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me ThisIn GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more! Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted...2012-07-041h 12Getting Better AcquaintedGetting Better AcquaintedGBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me ThisIn GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more! Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted...2012-07-041h 12Ian Collins Wants A WordIan Collins Wants A WordEp 07 - Ian And Helen And Olly. Golly!Episode 7 features YOUR social media feedback and questions, Random Acts Of Irrational Annoyance, the Showbiz Shoebox, Voicemail Roulette, and super-special guests, Answer Me This legends Helen And Olly! BEHOLD what happens when podcasts COLLIDE! Stuff to say? Get on the Twitter Machine, and find @iancollinsuk 2012-03-1247 minShift Run StopShift Run StopEpisode 4: Helen and OllyThis week we meet the popular internet and TV stars Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann and ask them about their Answer Me This podcast, Robert Brook and Dave Green taste more South African Snacks with us, Leila, Dave and Tom discuss a film (warning: there might be spoilers, though only if you can work out what the film is) and we discover what the insides of some things sound like. Links: Helen and Olly's Answer Me This podcast YouTube: Olly Mann Cinnamon Challenge Fail Flickr: In the Fridge Tom Stuart (discussing the film) Dave...2009-11-2600 minShift Run Stop (just the episodes)Shift Run Stop (just the episodes)Episode 4: Helen and OllyThis week we meet the popular internet and TV stars Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann and ask them about their Answer Me This podcast, Robert Brook and Dave Green taste more South African Snacks with us, Leila, Dave and Tom discuss a film (warning: there might be spoilers, though only if you can work out what the film is) and we discover what the insides of some things sound like. Links: Helen and Olly's Answer Me This podcast YouTube: Olly Mann Cinnamon Challenge Fail Flickr: In the Fridge Tom Stuart (discussing the film) Dave...2009-11-2600 min