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17: Top 5 things we’re leaving behind
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. ...
16: Top 5 fruits
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 * Sp...
15: Top 5 algorithms that changed the world
Guest Dr Sophie Carr World’s most interesting mathematician and #Queenof Statistics winner. Owner of Bays Consulting. Loves Bayesian statistics. Dr Sophie ...
14: Top 5 90s kids’ cartoons
Guest Jamie Garner He can count, He can read and he can cook. The original triple threat. Jamie Garner - Birmingham, United Kingdom, keele university | abo...
13: Top 5 movie monsters
Guest Ben Blacker Writer of Hex Wives, co-creator of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, producer of the Dead Pilots podcast and host of the Writers’ Panel. Ben ...
Bonus episode
Guest Adam Juniper An Adam of all trades, master of some: Drone pilot and author, photo/tech publisher, sardonic wit and astronaut (possibly). Adam Juniper...
12: Top 5 gadgets from the early 21st century
Guest Adam Juniper An Adam of all trades, master of some: Drone pilot and author, photo/tech publisher, sardonic wit and astronaut (possibly). Adam Juniper...
11: Top 5 products that moved humanity forwards
Guest Simon Heap Director of Rugged Interactive, Cornish innovative sport design firm and maker of fitness equipment for everyone – Olympians, big brands and any...
10: Top 5 long-haul destinations
Guest Alison Edgar Sales and marketing adviser, as seen on BBC One Breakfast. Dyslexic Amazon #1 Best Seller, award winning sales trainer and coach, Internationa...
9: Top 5 competitive solo beatboxers
Guest Tani Levitt Podcast producer for 247 Sports, host of SpeshFX, goofball extraordinaire. Netanel Levitt – Medium Tani Levitt (@HateItOrLevitt) | Tw...
8: Top 5 latin boogaloo albums
Guest Oliver Wang Culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Author of Legions of Boom and co-host of Heat Rocks. oliverwang.net O. Wang (@olive...
7: Top 5 bands from Birmingham
Musician, writer and improv comedian Tom Clabon joins Mark to fight about which of Birmingham’s bands are best, and possibly what the word “definitive” means. And by ...
6: Top 5 pop punk bands of the 2000s
Musician and podcaster Brendan Hutchins joins Mark to discuss guitar music from the early 21st century. Brendan loves pop punk for its energy and reasons of nostalgia...
5: Top 5 British sitcoms of the 1970s
Writer and Internet raconteur Jon Bounds joins Mark to build a list close to his heart. Jon grew up on 70s sitcoms and wants nothing more than to share his love. If y...
4: Top 5 British foods
Mark talks to podcaster and “unapologetic Anglophile” Jen Tierney about the foods eaten and loved by “a nation of shopkeepers”. As a young girl, Jen was persuaded to ...
3: Top 5 Harry Potter characters
This week, Mark is joined by podcaster, improv comedian and Harry Potter superfan Cat Turner, to collaborate on a list of the best five characters in JK Rowling’s Hogw...
2: Top 5 journeys to scientific discovery
In this first episode, Mark speaks with sleep and respiratory scientist Max Thomas, all about science! Specifically, the unexpected or otherwise fascinating discoverie...
1: Top 5 childhood toys
Improv comedian and self-styled “failed jogger” Lucy Day joins Mark to relive their childhoods and complain about the toys they never had. Both Mark and Lucy wanted a...
Introducing List Envy
What are your top 5 sandwiches? What’s the best way to rank Bond films? Which are your favourite misheard lyrics? Making lists is good, but it’s better with friends. ...