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66:29

Life Hacks, Agents and Licencing

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2026/03/07

Topic of the Week with pop-up guest Fay Bordbar: What are Copilot Agents?Other Discussions 📡Giles StarLink success & falling back into the LinkedIn rant-wagon 💰For who the Road Tolls - it's Mark! 🌳ChatGPT shows its caring side to Sue and she finds 100GB of Storage to free up 📷Wyn's webcam fail Folks to follow: Chandeep Chhabra Fay Bordbar David Kofod Hanna Damian Bird 🔗Other Links Mentioned Tree Size: RefTree Analyzer ( mistakenly referenced, but great tool! ): LinkedIn

71:15

AI Tipping Point and Do You Struggle to Learn?

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2026/02/21

Question of the Week: Do you struggle to learn and what tips do you have?Folks to follow: Mike Girvin Kurt Buhler Matt Brattin Peeraya Apiwat Warning: May Contain Traces of Technical Content 🏊🏻‍♂️Ice Swims 🔥Heated Blankets 💓Is $130 expensive? 🤔Can't even say Ontology 🖨️Do you print anything? ⁉️No QAT? 🧢👕Unpivot Merch 🌏Global Excel Summit: UNPIVOT for 10% off Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

68:02

Learning Limits, Kit Kats, Claude and Compatibility

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2026/02/11

Wyn is back with tales of KitKats from Japan, Sue is away bathing in Ice Lakes, Giles is gearing up for life in a Campervan, and Mark is still not happy with =IMPORTCSVWorth a follow: Andy Cutler Andrew Moss Hilary Smart Question of the Week: Can Anyone Learn Excel and Power BI And then... 🚽 Phantom Toilet seats 🐙 Takoyaki 🚅Trapped on a Train 🚙 Giles on Tour 🔓 Unlocking Spreadsheets 🎣 Not Biting on LinkedIn 🔢 Versions in Excel Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins Mark

65:46

If you could ask any question to the Excel World...

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2026/01/29

This week we have special guest Dim Early - the reigning Excel World Champion - who took part in our new feature called “If you could ask any question to the Excel World Champion what would you ask? But since you’re not hear we’ll ask on your behalf”. It’s not a catchy title but it is descriptive 😁Plus, we had Question of the Week: To be an expert, what’s more important, depth of knowledge of breadth of knowledge. And there where the usual set of unexpected revelations 🎤 Mic drops 😡 New

60:28

Are you ready for 2026?

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2026/01/08

Question of the Week: 2026 Plans and coping with back to work blues.🧢👕Unpivot Merch 🌏Global Excel Summit: UNPIVOT for 10% off Warning: May Contain Traces of Technical Content 🍫🪓Chocolate Chisels ❄️Snow 🚃Stockholm 🛷 Stair Sledging 🦒Australian Christmas 🛞Wagon Wheels 🎯Long Distance Darts 😰January Blues 🤔2025 Review Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

61:42

Christmas Livestream - Die Hard Try Harder

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2025/12/20

Watch on YouTube: YouTube LiveQuestion of the Year: Highlights and Lowlights of 2025 plus hopes for 2026 🧢👕Unpivot Merch 🌏Global Excel Summit: UNPIVOT for 10% off Quiz of the year SharePoint Full Marathon Qualifiers Struggling with top 10 Features Die Hard Try Harder Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

74:37

Red Flag Finds - and a Chris (tmas) Angyal

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2025/12/06

Question of the Day: When you open a file what are the Red Flags 🚩 that indicates it wasn't created by an expert?Special Guest Cristian Angyal https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-angyal/ 🔄️ Will Online Schedule refresh ever come to Excel? 🔏 Password Weakness in Excel 👉🏻 SharePoint List Refresh speed up 🐍 Python in Google https://colab.google/ 🚩Any File not created by Mark 🧢👕Unpivot Merch 🌏Global Excel Summit: UNPIVOT for 10% off

69:22

Best Practice Confessions & Terminology Overload

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2025/11/22

Question of the Week: What are Best Practices you ignore?🧢👕Unpivot Merch 🌏Global Excel Summit: UNPIVOT for 10% off Be prepared for some shocking confessions: 📅 Wyn doesn’t set date tables 🧮 Giles abandons simple formulas ➡️ Mark uses Merge & Centre 🧹Sue leaves unused measures to collect dust Plus, there the usual unexpected revelations: 🙎‍♂️ Mansplaining remains un-explained 📋 Ontology becomes an everyday word 🎄 Who gets invited to Christmas parties? 🥊 Power BI vs Excel…

74:16

Trolls, New Features and Common Data Problems

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2025/11/08

Trolls, Features and Common Data problems. In this chaotic episode of Unpivot, the gang kicks things off with Halloween antics and quickly spirals into the wild world of Excel, Power BI, and internet comment drama. From TikTok trolls who think Power Pivot lives in Access (spoiler: it doesn’t) to debates about whether picking pumpkins is just muddy shopping, it’s a rollercoaster of laughs and learning.They also dive into juicy new features like visual calcs, agent mode, and formula-by-example, and

64:56

More AI Hype and Modeling Mistakes to Avoid

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2025/11/01

Question of the Week: What are your top 3 modeling mistakes to avoid. 👾 10 Goto 20 - Reminiscing Coding and Games of the Past 😬 Mark feels like a spare part ( "I do not think that word means what you think it means") 😳 Giles suffers from foot-in-mouth disease 🤖 AI over-Hyped? Surely not? 🍫 Will chocolate ever be a healthy snack? Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

65:54

Deb, Leila and the Humble MVP

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2025/10/11

Question of the Week: What shall we ask Deb and Leila?🚩Red Flags 🦹Serial Killer Tips? 🤖 Excel Agent Mode ➡️ Swipe Right? ❓Excel Autocomplete 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Is Speed Good? 🔢 Prompt Bingo 🍓Strawberry Laces 🩳Short Shorts? 🎛️ Video Editor Tips Thanks to our special Guests Deb Ashby Cellmates - YouTube Leila Gharani https://www.youtube.com/@LeilaGharani Links to regular hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

63:10

Conference and Networking Hacks

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2025/09/27

Question of the Week: What's your Conference and Networking tips / hacks?🥨Vienna Fabcon 🤝All about the members 🗞️News - Dataflows Gen 2 and UDFs 😶‍🌫️ How to Enter and Exit a conversation ⌛ Time Capsule Thanks to our sponsor 😆✈️Cabeau https://cabeau.com/products/evolution-s3-neck-pillow Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

67:17

Hardware Takes a Turn

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2025/09/14

Question of the Week: What's your favourite hardware?⌚Tardy Giles 🎤 Rap Review ❎ Sue's XLOOKUP admission ⌨️Fn Backspace 🕜Sue's mysterious object 🤬Cross(ed) Wires - the most boring topic so far goes off! ⏲️ They call him Mark "High-Tech" Proctor 🦶🏻Foot Fans? ✈️Cabeau https://cabeau.com/products/evolution-s3-neck-pillow Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

01:00:54

=COPILOT Rant, AI Hype and Competitive Excel Pressure

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2025/08/30

NO QUESTION OF THE WEEK???!!!Too much other stuff to chat about... ⌚Tardy Mark 😥Competition Pressure 🧘🏻‍♀️Sue's Zen advice 🎤East 17 Tribute Band request 😡Wyn's =COPILOT rant 💡Mark's =COPILOT use case 🥰Brian Julius Shout Out https://www.moderndata101.com/network/brian-julius 🔢 32,767 💚XLOOKUP day 🫶🏻 - Fwends 🐁Mark's wired Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

01:03:33

What technology are you ignoring - with Ken Puls

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2025/08/16

Special guest Ken Puls returns to the pod this week.Question of the week: What technologies are you currently ignoring and why? Other topics: 😴 Falling asleep during presentations 🐻 Out running a bear 🙊 Don’t say the C word 💬 Arguing with AI Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male. 🐒🔨🪛Ken Puls: https://excelguru.ca/

01:01:23

What are your favourite defaults?

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2025/08/03

Question of the Week: What are your favourite defaults and what would be on your wish list? We all learn something new in this episode!! 🗣️ Wyn's emphasis game and talking to a wall 💙 Join us on BlueSky ⚓ Giles's ever-growing tattoo 🎬 Editing v just getting it out there 👁️Strava , social networks and why Mark left Facebook Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

01:12:30

What happens when you're away?

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2025/07/19

Sue's back!Question of the Week: How do you set things up for when you're away Mark's offer: https://exceloffthegrid.com/modern-excel-formulas/ 🔄️Pivot Refresh ☠️ Giles's new Tattoo ↔️ Excel compatibility versions 🐻 Running in the woods with Bears 🧑🏻‍✈️ Power BI Copilot Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

01:10:08

Mr Excel

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2025/07/05

It's the one and only Bill Jelen! 🫡Find Bill's Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MrXL/videos Question of the Week: Ask Bill Anything 💚Surprise Guest for Giles 💛 Awards for Mark And Giles 💚 Wyn's #Nightmare 💛 Bill's Fatboy Slim experience 💚 Publishing / Flighting / In Person / AI Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

01:06:47

Interview and CV Advice - 1 Year Birthday

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2025/06/21

watch the video introhttps://youtu.be/pzmaa74LErc?si=xydH-biTfjTbKUYh It's our 1-year anniversary and our Question of the Week is: What should and shouldn't you put on your CV and say in an interview Also discussion around: 💚Excel Stats for Accountants 💛 Visual Calcs updates 💚 Clip-Champ 💛 Training day tips Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

01:00:56

Ken Puls, AI Theft, and the myth of keeping up

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2025/06/07

🐒🔨🪛Ken Puls: https://excelguru.ca/QotW: What motivates you? Other chat: AI Theft Ultramarathon Can you keep up, how to avoid the stress 18 years as an MVP Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male. 📢 Special Mention: The Secrets Behind the Graph: Mastering Any Chart in Excel | Laura Szepesi https://youtu.be/Hd_yfUr7pDo?si=giYOFS3i_EtDB3_x

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