Episodes

  • Ask the Ascot 31: Crushing Obligation

    Ask the Ascot 31: Crushing Obligation
    Dec 31 2022

    Topics include the origin of religion, the best winter bird, and more!
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    10 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 30.5: A Christmas Carol

    Ask the Ascot 30.5: A Christmas Carol
    Dec 21 2022

    I am delighted to present, as a holiday treat, a reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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    37 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 30: A Holiday Beckstravaganza

    Ask the Ascot 30: A Holiday Beckstravaganza
    Dec 21 2022

    Topics include inventing holidays, Charles Dickens in Ohio, and more!
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    10 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 29: Practicing Old-Timey Medicine Without an Old-Timey License

    Ask the Ascot 29: Practicing Old-Timey Medicine Without an Old-Timey License
    Jun 6 2022

    Topics this episode include sneezing at night, debunked medical practices, and more!
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    10 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 28: An Inadvertently Summer-Themed Episode

    Ask the Ascot 28: An Inadvertently Summer-Themed Episode
    May 31 2022

    Topics include linen pants, vacations, my outrage over a defective pint glass, and more!
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    10 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 27: A Few of My Favorite Things, Plus Chess

    Ask the Ascot 27: A Few of My Favorite Things, Plus Chess
    May 24 2022

    Topics include my favorite funny books, my favorite varietal of garlic, and more!
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    11 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 26-and-a-half: In Which I Pop Up My Head to Say Hello and Then Immediately Return to Work

    Ask the Ascot 26-and-a-half: In Which I Pop Up My Head to Say Hello and Then Immediately Return to Work
    May 17 2022

    Topics include U.S. President James Garfield and a hearty greeting from the podcast wilderness.
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    2 mins
  • Ask the Ascot 26: The End of the Beginning

    Ask the Ascot 26: The End of the Beginning
    May 2 2022

    Topics include commencement speeches, the agonies and resentments of middle age, and more!
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    11 mins