Hosted by award-winning comedian Freddy Quinne, Pigoted brings together comedians and experts to discuss and debate topics on philosophy, sociology, science and economics. Join us every week and listen to some of the smartest and stupidest people in society.
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The Hip Waist Ratio - The Most Reliable Way Of Measuring Attractiveness
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Roe vs Wade: How Abortion In America Could Change
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The Curious Case Of Phineas Gage And The Birth Of Neuroscience
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What’s It Like To Be Diagnosed With ADHD As An Adult?
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Should Restaurants Include Calories On Their Menu?
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The Dunning-Krueger Effect - If You Have It, How Do You Know?
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Is It Ever Acceptable To Slap A Comedian For A Joke?
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Introducing - Dead Men Talking
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Having a break this week, so why not take a listen to my other podcast instead? It's available on all platforms now so feel free to subscribe if you enjoy it.pigoted tarafından oluşturuldu
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Why Do So Many Women Suddenly Have The Hots For Zelensky?
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Featuring behavioural psychology from experts Kat Ford and Dr Jamie Benjamin.pigoted tarafından oluşturuldu
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What Should We Do About Russia Invading Ukraine?
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Is Cryptocurrency A Legitimate Way To Make Money Or Is It A Scam?
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Let's be honest, we've all got one mate who's REALLY into cryptocurrency. Barely a week goes by without them investing in some new stupid coin and telling you of the ridiculous gains it'll make. But is cryptocurrency a legitimate form of investing and making money? Or is it the latest scam? Joining us for this episode is comedian Rob Thomas and cry…
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Britain’s Cladding Crisis - Who Should Pay?
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In the aftermath of Grenfell, Britain was left with an enormous housing problem. There were tens of thousands of buildings covered in the same dangerous cladding material which made Grenfell Tower so deadly. When the cladding was installed, it was thought to be an incredibly safe material. Now we have come to realise it's anything but. However, the…
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Why Are Modern Day Footballers Committing So Many Crimes?
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Kurt Zouma heads a long list of football players who have recently gotten into trouble for their off the field activities. With the likes of Mason Greenwood and David Goodwillie hitting headlines this week as well, we ask the question "why are modern day footballers committing so many crimes?" Is it a coincidence? Is it social media catching more i…
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What Does A Canadian Stand-Up Make Of British Comedy?
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Canadian comedian Mark Hughes has had a varied and colourful life. He's an ex-prisoner and an ex-heroin addict, and he's been a professional comedian now for almost a decade. Recently he's taken the plunge and moved to the UK to continue his development as a comic. Now Mark's settled in the UK for a month, how does he find the scene over here compa…
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Does Being A ’Freeman Of The Land’ Hold Up In Court?
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You might have seen videos during lockdown of people quoting the Magna Carta and saying they don't consent to any laws. Often calling themselves Freeman Of The Land, this movement relies on the principle that common law requires a person's consent in order to be enacted. But is there any truth in this? We invited comedian and barrister Chris Kehoe …
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Is Hypnosis Even Real? And If So, How Does It Work?
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Are Insulate Britain Protesters Right To Block Motorways?
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Insulate Britain protesters are never far away from the headlines. Over the last couple of years the group has dominated headlines by blocking the M25 motorway and causing huge traffic pile ups. Here we speak to one of the leaders of the Insulate Britain movement, Liam Norton, about the divisive group. Do they feel like they're making an impact? Wh…
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Are There Some Treatments That Shouldn’t Be Available On The NHS?
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With the NHS in crisis, reforms are needed. The NHS is badly underfunded and is in dire need of a cash injection, but what else can be done to safeguard it's future? Joining us is comedian Rob Mulholland and Amanda, a woman who had life saving surgery on the NHS which doctors gave her just a 20% chance of surviving. Should ALL operations be availab…
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Can You Teach Someone Common Sense?
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We all know clever people who are thick as a pile of bricks when it comes to common sense. Likewise, we all know people who don't have a single qualification to their name and yet have more common sense than phd students. Is common sense linked to intelligence? Can you teach common sense? What's the craziest example of someone lacking common sense …
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Here’s What We’ve Got Planned For 2022 - BONUS EPISODE
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What’s The Best And Easiest Way To Lose Weight In The New Year?
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It's almost time for the New Year, which means it's almost time for New Year's Resolutions. You know, those promises you make to yourself and break within about three days. The most popular of which is to lose weight. But what's the best way to go about it? Which diet is best? Is their an easy way to shed your timber? Fitness enthusiast and martial…
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NFTs - What Are They? How Do They Work? And Can They Make Me Rich?
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You might of heard of NFTs recently and wondered what on earth they are. Don't worry, you're not alone. We sat down with NFT seller Kram, owner of KramVisuals, to talk us through what on earth an NFT actually is and how people are making millions from them.pigoted tarafından oluşturuldu
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What Do Teachers Think Is Wrong With The Current Education System?
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Education is at the forefront of every political campaign in almost every country. It's something that affects all of our lives. But is this country getting education right? What could we do to be better? What sort of changes do the people who are at the heart of the profession feel we need to make? Joy France is an ex teacher of over 30 years, wit…
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If You Had To Start Your Own Religion, What Would Be Your Ten Commandments?
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The Ten Commandments. We've all heard of them, and we can all name about four of them. They're the cornerstone of the Christian faith and, as George Carlin once put it, "essentially a marketing ploy". But if you had to set up your own religion from scratch, what would your ten commandments be? And what rules would you set that would make the religi…
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What‘s It Like Winning A Medal In The Paralympics?
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Jack Hunter-Spivey is a professional table tennis player and won a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020. Joining him is Tom Solan, a TV producer who has worked on the Olympics. Here we talk about how classifications work, how Jack trains, how funding is given and allocated, and controversies surrounding the Paralympics. For example, did yo…
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What‘s It Like To Go Viral Online? The Highs And Lows Of Social Media Fame
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Back when I was at school, my classroom was full of children who wanted to grow up to become football players or singers. But nowadays, if you ask a kid what they want to be when they're older, they're more likely to tell you they want to be an influencer. There's an obsession over going viral and making your career creating content, but what's it …
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Can A Tarot Card Reader Tell Me My Future?
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Comedian Dean Coughlin and podcaster Amy Le Owens are co-hosts of The Mild High Podcast and we decided to do a crossover where we appear on each other's shows! Amy herself is a keen tarot card enthusiast and we discuss whether tarot card readings have any value beyond novelty purposes, as well as the ethics behind tarot card readers who charge for …
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Should The COVID19 Vaccine Be Mandatory? Do We Need Vaccine Passports?
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MMA fighter Dean Garnett has some strong views on the COVID vaccine, in particular whether or not we should be putting it into our bodies. Being an elite athlete, any altering effects of the vaccine could catastrophically affect his career and as such, he's incredibly cautious about the 'untested' nature of the vaccine. Comedian Garrett Millerick i…
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Some Animals Have Sex In The Weirdest Ways Imaginable
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You probably haven't ever stopped to consider this, but not all animals procreate in the same way. Take, for example, the leopard slug. They will vomit out their reproductive organs, mesh them with the organs of a mate, and then ingest them again. Or the fact that slugs and snails are hermaphrodites. Not every animal does it like a human, by which …
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What Does Squid Game Have To Say About Capitalism And Society?
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Squid Game is the hit Netflix show that's taken the world by storm, smashing all previous records for viewing figures across the globe. The show is steeped in allegory and pulls no punches when it comes to criticising the unfairness of a capitalist society. But what is the message that Squid Game is trying to get across? Does capitalism work or is …
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Do Aliens Exist And If So Why Haven‘t We Found One Yet?
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Do aliens exist or are we alone in the universe? Most scientists wager that there must be some other forms of intelligent life out there, by probability if nothing else, and yet the presumption of alien life forms brings about a whole different question in itself. If aliens exist, where are they? Why haven't they been in touch? This is what's known…
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Cancel Culture In Battle Rap - What‘s It Like Being On The End Of A Social Media Backlash?
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Battle Rapper Kinell joins us for a one-on-one podcast where we talk about cancel culture and social media witch hunts. Recently Kinell found himself on the receiving end of 'trial by social media' when he shared an offensive and inappropriate poster from over five years ago. A poster which, by the way, he didn't make. Here we have an in-depth disc…
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Black Holes Are The Biggest Mind F*ck In The Universe
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This week's expert is Ben, a man with a phd in Astrophysics and a passion for all things space. During this episode he's going to blow your mind into a million tiny pieces and scatter them all over the universe. Black holes are properly mental - there's still a lot scientists don't know about them, but we're learning more and more all the time. Wha…
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What Happens When A Flat Earther Meets An Astrophysicist?
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You may remember flat earther Joe Samui from a previous episode. Joe was so keen to come back on and talk even more flat earth theories, but we decided to bring in a guest that could really challenge Joe and knew what they were talking about. Step forward Ben, a man with a phd in Astrophysics who is also married to someone with a phd in astrophysic…
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Can Two Vegans Convince Me To Stop Eating Meat? Is It Morally Wrong To Eat An Animal?
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Vegan Clare owns Hi Vibe Nutrition and believes without question that eating animals is morally and ethically wrong. Comedian Rob Mulholland stopped eating animals after an acid trip where he believes he made a spiritual connection with an octopus. Host Freddy Quinne had a bacon sandwich THIS MORNING. Can they convince him to change his ways? Is th…
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Pigoted EXTRA - Should Football Players Take The Knee For Black Lives Matter?
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Are You In A Secret Cult? Every Question You Ever Wanted To Ask A Freemason
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Freemason (and comedian) Ryan Gleeson has been a member of this organisation for over seven years and has risen through the ranks to become a Master Mason (yes, that's a real term). Here we ask Ryan every single question we can about the organisation and it's secretive shady image, and for the most part he's pretty up front and open about what bein…
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Can We Convince This Flat Earther That The World Is Round?
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Flat Earther Joe Samui tells us that, to begin with, the term "flat earth" is quite misleading. "I'm more of a globe denier" he says, before clarifying that he also believes in a geo-centric model of the universe (that is, one where the sun revolves around the earth). How did Joe start down this path of discovery? What evidence does he have? Why wo…
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Should We Do The Greatest Good For The Greatest Number Of People? How Morality Worked During COVID19
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Utilitarianism is a moral school of thought revolved around doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people. It sounds good on paper, but does this approach work in real life? Can we boil down the entire of moral philosophy to this fairly simple rule? Alex Farrow is an Oxbridge educated philosopher and a fellowship of the guardian of the …
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Are Newspapers Doomed To Fail And Is Journalism Getting Worse?
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Let's be honest - does anyone actually read newspapers any more? When was the last time you saw someone reading a newspaper? When was the last time you were behind someone in a shop who was buying one? Newspaper circulation has dropped drastically as more and more people consume media online. After all, why wait to read about it tomorrow when twitt…
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This Is How Human Beings Process Attraction And How Shows Like Love Island Use It To Their Advantage
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Love Island. First Dates. Naked Attraction. Married At First Sight. There's a ton of reality TV dating shows on telly nowadays. But are they actually based in science? Or are they just vehicles for attractive people to have miniature meltdowns? Turns out it's a bit of both. Dr Jaime Benjamin is an expert in how human beings process attraction towar…
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Your Face Makes A HUGE Difference On Whether You'll Be Found Guilty In A Court Of Law
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Facial bias is something we're all guilty of. We all do it every time we meet somebody. It's a human evolutionary response buried deep within us. So deep, in fact, that when we're *told* specifically to look out for facial biases, we do it even more. There are obvious evolutionary advantages to being able to recognise behaviours early on. Being abl…
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How The Nazis Used Fake News Better Than Trump Could Have Possibly Imagined
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You'd be forgiven for thinking that Fake News wasn't much of a problem before Donald Trump came along and used it to label everything he didn't like, but the practice of politicians manipulating their population for a desired effect is a concept as old as civilization itself. However, the process of the media flat out lying to us in order to create…
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Do Reality TV Shows Have A Duty Of Care To Their Contestants?
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Reality TV shows are among the most popular programs aired in the UK. And because they're cheap to produce because there's no need to pay for writers or actors, their popularity has soared in recent years. But as TV production companies are pressured to go bigger and engineer more high stakes drama to keep viewers hooked, are they exploiting the co…
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Everything You Think You Know About Bees Is Totally Wrong
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What do you know about bees? They make honey? Well, some of them don't. They have a queen? Some of them don't. If we lost them then we wouldn't be able to pollinate and the world would end? Yeah, turns out that's rubbish as well. Dr Philip Donkersley (aka Donkers) is an entomologist with a major focus on evolutionary and microbial ecology. He has w…
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Meet The Man Who Exposes Psychics For A Living
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Michael Marshall is a skeptical activist, freelance journalist, co-founder and Vice President of the Merseyside Skeptic Society, project director of the Good Thinking Society and has featured in The Times, The Guardian and New Statesman. And in case you can't tell from that introduction, he doesn't believe in psychics. In fact, not only does he not…
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This Climate Change Expert Thinks We Have Until 2050 Or We're All F****d
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Dr Sarah Clement is an environmental social scientist and environmental governance researcher, which is an incredibly fancy way for saying that she advises governments on policies that will fight climate change. So we asked her the big questions - does putting your cardboard in one bin and your plastic in another actually make any difference whatso…
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