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List Envy

What"s the most-used emoji? Who"s the best Bond villain? Does anyone care that an olive is technically a fruit? Discover hidden gems from pop culture to pasta, hip-hop to history, and meet the creatives, enthusiasts, and experts who love them. Each week, host Mark collaborates with a guest to build a top-5 list on a topic they choose. If you want to know what your next TV binge should be, or where to go on your next trip abroad, List Envy has you covered.

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33: Top 5 golden-age arcade games

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2021/01/05

Guest Nicholas Bond Creator of the Retrogame Deconstruction Zone, focusing on early 1982. twitter.com Retrogame Deconstruction Zone Today Mark is talking the golden age of arcade games, which ran from 1979 til around 1983. Mark and Nick start with their own childhood arcade memories, and Mark gets quizzical about the American quarter as a “unit of fun”. As this was recorded during the Quarantimes, conversation inevitably turned to the decline in in-person entertainment

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32: Spooky stories: Part 2

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2020/12/31

Guests Catherine Turner Cat presents Cat’s Cabinet of Curiosities with Tom Clabon, a show about conspiracy theories, cults, cryptozoology, crime and conundrums. Cat's Cabinet of Curiosities Cat's Cabinet of Curiosities (@catscabinet_pod) | Twitter Tom Clabon Co-producer of Cat’s Cabinet of Curiosities. general comedy/films/music person. Tom Clabon (@tom_clabon) | Twitter Mark is joined once more by Cat Turner and Tom Clabon to swap

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31: Spooky stories: Part 1

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2020/12/22

Guests Catherine Turner Cat presents Cat’s Cabinet of Curiosities with Tom Clabon, a show about conspiracy theories, cults, cryptozoology, crime and conundrums. Cat's Cabinet of Curiosities Cat's Cabinet of Curiosities (@catscabinet_pod) | Twitter Tom Clabon Co-producer of Cat’s Cabinet of Curiosities. general comedy/films/music person. Tom Clabon (@tom_clabon) | Twitter List Envy is back in the new year with a new slate of guests and

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30: Top 5 UK garden birds

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2020/03/24

Guest Suzy Buttress Birdwatcher, nature lover, and host of the Casual Birder podcast. The Casual Birder Podcast Suzy Buttress (@suzybee_2) • Instagram photos and videos Mark chats with casual birder Suzy Buttress about features, song and flight. Suzy has specific criteria she uses to judge the quality of birds (which makes her a List Envy natural): song, plumage, behaviour and impact on the garden. She also provides some great advice if you’re looking to feed

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29: Top 5 films about computers

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2020/03/10

Guest Nick Moreton Coder, teacher, punk, tea lover. You Don't Look Like A Runner Nick (@NGMoreton) on Twitter Mark is joined by podcaster and self-confessed computer nerd Nick Moreton, to talk about films where people talk about mainframes and UNIX systems. There are quite a few swears in this episode, and more than a little discussion about a mutual friend, co-host of Nick’s podcast and Mark’s, and previous List Envy guest, Jon Hickman.. Honourable

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28: Top 5 Bond villains

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2020/03/03

Guest Thom Peterson Humour, mystery and downright stupid stuff! That’s his middle name….erm…..names. Thom Peterson (@AmazingGuyMagic) on Twitter www.AmazingGuy.com We look down the barrel of a gun, at a besuited comedy magician called Thom Peterson. He enters centre-frame, aims his gun and fires. Red washes over the screen. Fade to black. Thom maintains that magicians just want to be Bond, and who can blame him? He and Mark talk about their favourite — and

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27: Top 5 journalism films

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2020/02/25

Guest Karin Robinson Host of the Primarily: 2020 podcast. Former Democrats Abroad UK Vice Chair. Edelman UK Planning Director. Mum. Cat lady. Primarily: 2020 • A podcast on Anchor Karin Robinson (@karinjr) on Twitter Mark gets to the truth, with political podcaster Karin Robinson, as they share their lists of films about the people who keep the presses running. Karin hosts the Primarily 2020 podcast, which tracks the ongoing story of the Democratic primaries (the thing

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No episode klaxon

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2020/02/20

No episode this week due to technical issues. We should be back and podcasting again in a week or so, but if you’re interested in the many and varied problems Mark’s had trying to get the laterst episode up, then have a listen. Also if you’re curious about how Mark thinks about the show going forwards, stay tuned. If you’re interested, Mark put this episode together mostly on his iPad. He recorded the audio on the Mac, ‘cos that’s where his posh mic sits, but did all the mixing and

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26: Top 5 geek things that aren’t geeky

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2020/02/11

Guest Steve Dawson Writer (Walliams & Friend, Saturday Night Takeaway, Big School, Dawson Bros Funtime, Mitchell and Webb), Director (Groove Armada, FoD), Host of the Mind Canyon podcast. Steve Dawson (@SDawsonBros) on Twitter Dawson Bros. Comedy writer and performer Steve Dawson gets nerdy — but not really that nerdy — and talks about the culture and stereotypes around the word “geek”. But also there’s lots of stuff with lasers and electronic music. Steve talks

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25: Top 5 types of graphics most often misread

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2020/02/04

Guest Alberto Cairo Knight Chair at the University of Miami. New book: “How Charts Lie” (WW Norton). Previous: “The Truthful Art” (2016). Consultant and freelancer. Alberto Cairo (@AlbertoCairo) on Twitter The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization Mark gets political and data-visual with data visualisation expert, Alberto Cairo. Alberto has a journalism degree and worked as a graphic designer for many years. He now teaches the

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24: Top 5 ways to eat potatoes

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2020/01/28

Guest Arielle Nissenblatt Founder of the Earbuds Podcast Collective, co-creator of the Outlier Podcast Festival, a lover of license plates and roller blading. EarBuds Podcast Collective Arielle Nissenblatt (@arithisandthat) | Twitter Newsletter editor, event organiser and podcast wonder Arielle Nissenblatt joins Mark to discuss an often maligned tuber. Arielle grew up almost exclusively on potatoes, although she admits her palate has broadened slightly since then. If

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23: Top 5 literary heroines

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2020/01/21

Guest Becky Graham Co-host of the podcast Your Own Words. Your Own Words Mark is joined by one half of the literary podcast Your Own Words, voracious reader and Danish furniture fan, Becky Graham, to swap notes on badass women from the printed page. A “sincere” apology The first discussion topic caused both guest and presenter to embark on a number of attempts at Irish accents. These were not successful, and all parties apologise for the inconvenience. This episode

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22: Top 5 under-appreciated female authors

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2020/01/14

Guest Sara-Mae Tuson Writer of young adult novels, producer for a boutique podcast company, copywriter and editor. Fable Gazers Season 2: Heyer Today Sara-Mae Tuson (@saramaetuson) | Twitter Writer and podcaster Sara-Mae Tuson kicks off a double-bill of brilliant women in literature. This week, Mark and Sara-Mae discuss under-appreciated female authors. Sara-Mae is a writer who’s turned her natural storytelling abilities into podcasting magic. Her previous work, The

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21: Top 5 Cannon films

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2020/01/07

Guest Ben Smith He solves the puzzles and bakes the cookies. Co-host of the EuroWhat? podcast. Ben Smith (@BenMSmith) | Twitter Thrill to the sounds of podcaster and movie-lover Ben Smith, sharing his top five shlockbusters with Mark Steadman. You won’t believe your ears! List Envy, in select theatres now. Ben is the co-host of the EuroWhat? podcast with previous guest Mike McComb, and hailing from the same state as Mystery Science Theater 3000 has a keen eye for a

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20: Top 5 Eurovision Song Contest finals from the '00s

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2019/12/17

Guest Mike Mccomb Mike has been writing about TV online since 2008, when he started the blog WTF Little House on the Prairie? The blog was a project to practice writing about television analytically prior to getting an MA in Television-Radio-Film from Syracuse University, or as he likes to call it “TV Camp.” The EuroWhat? Podcast | A Eurovision Song Contest Podcast for Americans Mike McComb (@Rube_Goldberg) | Twitter TV writer Mike McComb joins Mark to discuss the

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19: Top 5 rebooted Doctor Who episodes

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2019/12/10

Guest George Chachanidze Host of the Snappy-Tech YouTube channel. Fundraiser by George Chachanidze : George is smartphone-less for a year! George Chachanidze 📵 (@g_chachanidze) | Twitter Mark gets wobbly-wobbly and timey-wimey with tech YouTuber George Chachanidze. The pair started by discussing their favourite incarnations of the Doctor, and then their favourite — or least favourite — companions. Spoilers abound If you’re not caught up with Doctor Whoand you intend

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18: Top 5 Christmas songs

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2019/12/03

Guest Daz Wright Every ounce of his being is focussed on discussing video games, cats and the popular music of the day. He live in Moseley in Birmingham. Daz Wright (@dazwright) | Twitter Daz Wright The Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities. Daz is a musician, and a founder-member of the Birmingham-based ukulele group Moselele. He’s also a big fan of Christmas, and delivered a sack full of

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17: Top 5 things we’re leaving behind

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2019/11/26

Guest Jon Hickman Host of You Don’t Look Like a Runner, Thread, and Beware of the Leopard. Writer at Paradise Circus, and 101 Things Birmingham Game the World. jonhickman (@jonhickman) | Twitter Hi I'm Jon! Fellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without. Jon co-hosts the hilarious and often genuinely moving – no pun intended — fitness, running and tech podcast You Don’t Look Like a Runner with

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16: Top 5 fruits

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2019/11/19

Guest Emma Stroud Lover of all things fun. Like making people laugh and think. Enjoy being a clown. Plus a speaker. Emma Stroud – MC * Performer * Speaker Mentor Emma Stroud (@emmastroudldn) | Twitter Everyone can stand to be a little bit more banana, so this week’s guest is professional clown, public speaker and banana enthusiast, Emma Stroud. Emma’s personal day of relevation – perhaps not dissimilar to Albert Hofmann’s bicycle day, as covered in our first

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15: Top 5 algorithms that changed the world

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2019/11/12

Guest Dr Sophie Carr World’s most interesting mathematician and #Queenof Statistics winner. Owner of Bays Consulting. Loves Bayesian statistics. Dr Sophie Carr (@SophieBays) | Twitter Bays Consulting – Operational and Mathematical Analysis Mark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr. Sophie describes herself as an “accidental mathematician”, getting into the subject after studying to be an engineer. She got her PhD on the job, and

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