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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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Top 5 Weird Al songs that aren’t parodies

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2024/08/06

Staple a jelly doughnut to your ear, set your spleen to channel 27 and ask your favourite albino squirrel to a dance. Lex Friedman joins Mark to discuss their top-5 songs by “Weird” Al Yankovic that aren’t parodies.Lex is, among many things (musician, improviser, podcaster, game developer and consultant), a turbo Yankovic fan, and it’s quite possible that even Al himself might struggle to come up with a better list.(00:00) - Stay weird, Al(00:40) - Introduction (01:04) - Getting into Weird

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47:56

Top 5 songs that drag us to the dance floor

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2024/07/30

Rhythm is a dancer. The rhythm is gonna get ya. And you must not, under any circumstances, stop the beat.This week, Stephanie Fuccio joins Mark to pick their top 5 songs that drag them to the dance floor. At the end of this, you’ll either leave with an earworm or the need to jump on a mini-trampoline for a bit.(00:00) - We have to dance(00:17) - Introduction (00:58) - When do you dance? (05:41) - Steph’s pick: Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (08:40) - Mark’s pick: Brush Shiels –

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50:34

Top 5 androids from sci-fi movies

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2024/07/23

Whether they go “pew pew”, “what is this thing called ‘love’?” or “Give me your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle”, androids have, it turns out, been a staple of sci-fi films for a century.This week, Ayesha Khan joins Mark to rank androids from sci-fi films.(00:00) - Cold open(00:19) - Introduction (02:00) - What is an android? (03:38) - Ayesha’s pick: The Terminator, from Terminator 2: Judgement Day (07:32) - Mark’s pick: Marvin, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (10:29) -

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54:33

We’re being gaslighted into thinking we’re doomed

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2024/07/02

The world faces a host of very real and serious dangers. But if you believe there’s nothing little ol’ us can do, it’s probably because that’s what certain people want you to think.No, this isn’t a conspiracy episode – just a collation of ways you can actually make a difference in your home, your street, your local area, and maybe a little further afield.Rebecca Bratspies, environment expert and law professor joins Mark to discuss their top-5 ways we can actually make a difference.(00:00) -

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42:01

Some things are better done solo

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2024/06/25

What should you do, eat, drink, look for or avoid while traveling alone to a new city?Arielle Nissenblatt, podcast maven and former List Envy guest, returns to decide on the top five ways to explore a new city while travelling solo.(00:00) - Sometimes it's better solo(00:33) - Introduction (01:03) - Guatemala was too hot (02:50) - Arielle’s pick: Join a free walking tour (07:35) - Mark’s pick: Follow the music (10:30) - Arielle’s pick: Go to a vegetarian restaurant (13:07) - Mark’s pick:

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34:45

This is why we don’t travel by blimp

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2024/06/18

What do mechanical limbs, credit cards, and the atomic bomb have in common? They all had their roots in science fiction.Ashley Hamer joins Mark to rank real-world inventions inspired by sci-fi, and Mark reveals that he apparently went to school in a gadget factory.(00:00) - Cold open (00:11) - Introduction (00:41) - Guest (03:44) - Ashley’s pick: Autonomous cars (07:21) - Mark’s pick: World Wide Web (08:39) - Ashley’s pick: Atomic bombs (10:09) - Mark’s pick: Mobile phone (11:58) - Ashley’s

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47:09

Top 5 films that give us the creeps

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2024/05/28

If they don’t leave you humming to yourself during your midnight pee, then they don’t qualify.Standup comic Luke Gallacher joins Mark to discuss films that give them the absolute ick, and put them in the correct order.(00:00) - We don’t want famous people in our horrors(00:12) - It begins (01:26) - In this house we do horror (02:46) - Luke’s pick: Nightmare on Elm Street (05:18) - Mark’s pick: Midsommar (07:46) - Luke’s pick: Paranormal Activity (10:11) - Mark’s pick: the Babadook (13:17)

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46: Top 5 modern indie bands

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2021/05/31

Indie music blogger Kamala Adams joins Mark to discuss all things modern indie, and to define what “modern” means.Kamala’s picks In order of discussion: Porridge Radio Despite Mark’s apparent ignorance, this band did crop up in the previous episode, but he had apparently forgotten. Regardless, Porridge Radio are Kamala’s current favourite band. Wolf Alice Initially on first blush, Kamala wasn’t a big fan of Wolf Alice, but they’re a varied band, and eventually they won her

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45: Top 5 albums of 2020

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2021/05/24

Mark talks vinyl and hunts down new music to enjoy, with music podcaster Elliott Farrar. Elliott’s picks In order of discussion: Weird!, by Yungblud Elliott picked Yungblud’s second studio album for the way the artist’s message of “you do you” bleeds through. Girlfriends, by Girlfriends Pop punk is back, in the form of Travis Mills and Nick Gross’ project, which may have a limited shelf-life, given Mills’ busy career. Grime MC, by Joe Actually released right at the end of 2019 – but

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44: Top 5 ways to procrastinate

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2021/04/27

Guest Bryony Williams Your favourite rockstar with a watergun, once compared to a young Fiona Apple. @bryonywilliams | Linktree twitter.com Mark is joined by super-talented singer-songwriter Bryony Williams. Bryony realised she could sing in her early teens, and spent most of her mid-to-late teens honing her craft. At nineteen she was in the electro-pop duo Field Harmonics, and has been recording solo since 2018. Bryony’s picks In order of

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43: Top 5 positive tech developments for musicians

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2021/04/20

Guest Ella Gregg Founder of artist management and development company 321 Artists. twitter.com 321 artists Mark kicks off a music mini-season with artist manager Ella Gregg, who’s been supporting emerging music artists since she was a teenager. Tech has always been an important aspect of Ella’s work, including her early days helping artists get their work played in films or adverts. Ella’s picks In order of discussion Livestreaming Over the lockdown period, artists

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42: Top 5 fictional librarians

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2021/03/30

Guest Owen Stephens Librarian. “What else is there to say?” twitter.com Overdue Ideas | Ideas linking Libraries, Computing, E-learning, and anything else that springs to mind. Many people are intrigued by the depiction of their profession in popular fiction, and none more so than librarians, like this week’s guest Owen Stephens. Owen’s picks In order of discussion: Bunny Watson The TV company researcher and librarian played by Katharine Hepburn in the 1957 film Desk

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41: Top 5 biopics

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2021/03/23

Guest Aaron Conway Co-host of The Third Wheel podcast. Aaron Conway | Developer, Designer, one or the other. The Third Wheel twitter.com Whether they cover an entire life or centre on a pivotal moment, biopics are often Oscar fodder, and are frequently conic. In this episode, Mark and podcaster and web developer Aaron Conway get straight down to business, ranking the best biopics around. Aaron’s picks In order of discussion: The Social Network Aaron goes

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40: Top 5 subtly life-changing non-fiction books

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2021/03/16

Guest Eliza Lita Europe Editor for The Meridian magazine. Top writer in Books and Reading on Medium. Eliza Lita – Editor and freelance journalist twitter.com Journalist Eliza Lita is a self-confessed bookworm, but her early reading focused more on non-fiction work. As a result, she’s picked up a wide variety of useful knowledge, and kept her curiosity alive. She and Mark share an appreciation for good crime fiction, and Eliza has some tips to help Mark finish

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39: Top 5 rewards of urban walking

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2021/03/02

Guest Sue Burlton Paediatric ICU nurse passionate about her career and her children. twitter.com Mark is joined by nature lover and avid walker Sue Burlton, and together they uncover the joys of a good stretch of the legs. If you’re planning a stroll, this will make excellent accompaniment. Sue’s picks In order of discussion: Wildlife You might be surprised how much wildlife is available for you to see, even in an urban space, so let the dog off the lead for a bit and

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50:34

38: Top 5 point-and-click adventure games

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2021/02/23

Guest Valerie Paris Creator of games, immersive media, and broken dreamthings. twitter.com Valerie Paris - itch.io Developer of horror video games including Butterfly Collector, Valerie Paris joins Mark to discuss point-and-click adventure games you’ll remember, and one or two you’ll never forget, no matter how hard you try. Valerie is too young to have played many of these games when they originally came out, but has made up for that Valerie’s picks In order of

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37: Top 5 tips for working in the creative sector

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2021/02/16

Guest David Webb Creative Director at WeAreBeard. twitter.com WEAREBEARD - Design, branding & development Worcester Mark is joined by the Creative Director at Worcester-based design, branding and development agency WeAreBeard, Dave Webb, to share his top tips for working in the kind of field that your mum told you you should have a backup for. Dave remembers the first day he was praised for drawing something good, instead of being made to feel like he was

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36: Top 5 time-travel romance films

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2021/01/26

Guest Karl Hodge University Course Director, and former tech journalist, currently researching VR and narrative. twitter.com Time-travel films are often about fixing the big things, so says this week’s guest, Karl Hodge, but time-travel romance films address the small things that keep us awake at night. Mark and Karl begin by looking at some of Christopher Nolan’s work, from Memento to Tenet, and trying to figure out whether they qualify as time-travel films. Groundhog

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35: Top 5 people from Birmingham

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2021/01/19

Guest Rusty Nails Musician, DJ, producer, dreamer! One third of Titans of Doom. Rusty Nails | Free Listening on SoundCloud twitter.com This week’s guest is musician, DJ and producer Kevin Kerr, and on the list is top people from Birmingham in the UK, or as we have them, Brummies. Benjamin Zephaniah Kevin’s first pick is the poet and performer who might be best known to non-UK listeners as the priest in Peaky Blinders, but Benjamin’s words have touched both he and

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34: Top 5 moments of anarchism

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2021/01/12

Guest Liam Barrington-Bush Helping keep neighbourhoods undesirable. Hip-hop. Anarchism. Community is the answer. twitter.com more like people » Anarchists in the Boardroom | more like people This week’s guest is Liam Barrington-Bush, a Bristol-based activist who helps organisations think more like people, and has loads of real-world experience of how people can govern themselves, build their own systems, and get closer to achieving what they want, without

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