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Answer Me This! is an award-winning weekly comedy podcast, hosted by Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, which has been answering the world's questions since 2007. Email your questions to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, call 0208 123 5877 or Skype AnswerMeThis.

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 24, 2026

    AMT422: Strictly, TK Maxx and Stickers from the Dentist (opens the original)

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    AMT422’s questioneers want to know how to count how far away lightning is striking, what is the strictness in Strictly Come Dancing, who was the first monarch to get their face on a coin, and why Cosette in Les Miserables has a tiny toy sword. For more information about this episode, go to answermethispodcast.com/episode422. Support AMT at patreon.com/answermethis, and in return you get an ad-free version of the show, monthly bonus bits, our video livestream Petty Problems – and the highest tier

  2. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    Answer Us Back: Fridge Magnet Rotator (opens the original)

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    Welcome to this month's Answer Us Back, full of your feedback and questions provoked by previous episodes of Answer Me This. Today we have: • Look, we recorded AMT421 the day before Tim Curry died, and it was pure chance that we appeared to pay tribute to him by slagging off two of his most beloved films. He’s very good in them! He’s even very good in Olly’s pick for the worst film ever made! • We all want Olly to write a memoir, right? Full of anecdotes about the many times when he almost met c

  3. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    AMT421: Camp Classics, Singing Washing Machines, and Muffins (opens the original)

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    In AMT421, questioneers want to know about orchestra conductors falling off their plinths, why their washing machine plays a little tune, why humans got into riding horses, and what our favourite camp classic movies are (we recorded this the day before news broke of Tim Curry's death, so our inadvertent tribute to him is being somewhat critical of Rocky Horror Picture Show and Clue. RIP, Tim!) For more information about this episode, go to answermethispodcast.com/episode421. Support AMT at patre

  4. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    Answer Us Back: Consider the Bidet (opens the original)

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    Welcome to this month's Answer Us Back, packed full of your responses to previous episodes of Answer Me This - or as it will soon be rebranded, Could Be True/Might Be Interesting. Today's track listing: In response to AMT420's question about illegal use of wet wipes, Eileen in Bridgewater, New Jersey sends an impassioned plea for us to consider the bidet! So, we did. We have previously considered the bidet, btw, in AMT361. A Swedish Person successfully survived their trip to London for which the

  5. Episode · Jul 30, 2026

    AMT420: G-strings, Cuck Chairs and Fatbergs (opens the original)

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    In AMT420, questioneers want to know whether airplanes have keys, what the G stands for in g-string, and why hotel rooms have one solitary chair staring at the bed. Plus: Olly wonders if all the switches in the plane cockpit really do something; Helen maintains that going on vacation with your family is not vacation; and Martin the Sound Man guides us into the manosphere. For more information about this episode, go to answermethispodcast.com/episode420. Support AMT at patreon.com/answermethis, a

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