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This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by David O’Doherty and Alice Fraser to deliver your weekly fix of democracy despair, snake news, and historical nonsense.

🗳️ Top Story: Global Democracy Update — The world is somehow both leaning towards and veering away from Donald Trump. We check in on:

• Australia, where going viral now involves saying racist things in chip shops 🍟
• The UK, where a party that is definitely not far-right (and will sue you if you say otherwise) made gains 🏴
• And Ireland, where we mark the first hundred days of government with a sigh, a shrug, and mild confusion ☘️

🌍 Also this week: Remember when Net Zero was an actual goal and not just a vague eco-dream whispered into the wind? Good times.

🐍 In Snake News: one man basically conquers snakes by letting them bite him. Yes, this is a real story. Yes, he’s probably not okay.

📚 Plus, we look back at Tennessee banning the teaching of evolution (because that could never happen again, right?), and the thrill of the first four-minute mile.

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Produced by Tom Wright, Chris Skinner, and Laura Turner.

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This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Hari Kondabolu and Anuvab Pal for a turbo-charged tour through history, politics, and questionable phone etiquette.

🍁 In Canada, Trump somehow manages to swing the election against him—was trying to make just one extra state the fatal flaw? We dig into North America's weirdest geopolitical fantasy.

📱 Pete Hegseth’s phone game is all over the place—so naturally, we guess what might explain his behaviour. We're probably wrong.

🧵 The Bayeux Tapestry—beautiful, historic, and possibly the result of an 11th-century frat house? We count the danglers (yes, actual danglers), and ask: was this the first ever meme thread?

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Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

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This week we look back at the arrival of Pope Francis, and the end of Osama Bin Laden - as revealed by John Cena.

Includes a clip from Realms Unknown, which is in your pod feed now!

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This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

Presented by Andy Zaltzman, with John Oliver, Alice Fraser and James Colley.

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