EP. 155 HIGHLIGHT: Dee Jay's MAXIMUM pants. Featuring Tom Lum, Ella Hubber and Caroline Roper. youtu.be/kTjxeG935Tg Full episode: lateralcast.com/episodes/155

Are octopuses the result of an extraterrestrial virus infecting a population of early squid!? They are according to this real image from a paper. We're not so convinced. But we do learn some other pretty sick stuff about these strange cephalopods on the latest episode of Let's Learn Everything!

Big shout out to @llepodcast.bsky.social for inspiring my first tattoo! Best piece of LLE merch I could’ve asked for Thanks for making such a great piece of science communication <3 @ellahubber.bsky.social @tomlumperson.bsky.social @carolinethebug.bsky.social

Only on Let's Learn Everything can you hear about the power of placebo and postal reform in one place. Episode 88 is out now. It's a banger.

We're taking suggestions for our new Simlish dialect based on fly species. letslearneverything.com

Co-hosts Ella and Tom trying their sexiest impressions of featureless 3D models. For science. Get episode 87 of Let's Learn Everything "Mating Rituals & True Crime" wherever you get podcasts.

do you want to see something so so beautiful

we do not need your help www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Tom is overwhelmed to learn where the oldest known taxidermy is found. Listen to Let's Learn Everything! anywhere you get podcasts. #podcast #science #taxidermy #educational

Here’s what we look like trying to hit a 4 part harmony, and you can hear what that sounds like on today’s episode! 🎶 But why is it that we like the sound of harmony so much in the first place? The wonderful DavidBennetPiano helps us answer that and all of our musical inquiries!

Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday!! 🎉 But more importantly, how would he have pronounced protactinium? 🤔 On today's episode we solve 2 mysteries 🔎 What is the most boring element on the periodic table, and what did Shakespeare's accent sound like? Catch it wherever you get podcasts!

Everyone has really enjoyed this pic so far so I thought I would share it here- I had my pupils dilated yesterday and look ✨absolutely insane✨ This lasted for about 4 hours 👀

At my local eye clinic and there’s a bin that just said “eyes” Is this where the broken eyes go? I certainly want it to be

EP. 131 HIGHLIGHT: How to outsmart a sniper. Featuring Ella Hubber (@ellahubber.bsky.social), Caroline Roper (@carolinethebug.bsky.social) and Tom Lum (@tomlumperson.bsky.social) from 'Let's Learn Everything!'. youtu.be/tDKrIYLiQAA Full episode: lateralcast.com/episodes/131

THEY BOTH GOT IN!!

EPISODE 131: Very happy mice. Featuring Ella Hubber (@ellahubber.bsky.social), Caroline Roper (@carolinethebug.bsky.social) and Tom Lum (@tomlumperson.bsky.social) from 'Let's Learn Everything!'. Watch on Spotify, listen via any podcast provider or lateralcast.com/episodes/131.

Who’s coming on the taxidermy crocodile road tour with me??

There is not one but TWO churches in Italy with roughly 500 year old taxidermied crocodiles hanging from their ceilings. What do you think their names are?

Gaining 50 pounds of muscle and calling myself a "Dire Woman"

This meme always cheers me up

The moment Tom revealed the prisoner's dilemma and chaos descended... We've dropped a teaser of this year's special bonus episode: The Lab Rat Games. In which the crew act as a crazed three headed gameshow host to frighten and bamboozle each other and our wonderful guest, @sabrinacruz.bsky.social

i had to upgrade my @maximumfun.org membership because the pin for @llepodcast.bsky.social is a version of one of my absolute favorite images of all time

SATURDAY at 1pm EST/5pm GMT, we'll be live-streaming for 3 hours for the MaxFunDrive!!! 🎮🖍️🏆 We've got a show full of chaos and fun AND we'll be playing some Jackbox games with Max Fun Members like YOU! 🫵 www.youtube.com/live/mQLSmbi... See you then!!

@llepodcast.bsky.social @tomlumperson.bsky.social @ellahubber.bsky.social @carolinethebug.bsky.social It may interest you to know I still use an iPod (running rockbox.org firmware) in the year of our lord 2025, AND I wrote a custom RSS reader to manage my podcast list.

During the drive we take a little time out to ask if our listeners would consider becoming members of our network, Maximum Fun. MaxFun members are literally what allows us to keep on making Let's Learn Everything! You can join for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join

It's MaxFunDrive '25: Spring Break Edition The LLE crew is here to party and ask for your support so we can make the podcast. And actually we're kind of tired and don't want to party anymore.

Went to York last summer but didn’t go to Jorvik, the Viking Centre. I was sad at the time but I’m even sadder now. You see, I’ve just learned that the oldest fossilised human shit we’ve discovered is on display there. They have a Viking poo and I DIDNT GET TO SEE IT!!!

This week Ify Nwadiwe (@ifycomedy.com) joins us to look at the physics of D&D's infamous Peasant Railgun, and Tom helps him devise something even better with real science! Plus, Ify shares his seemingly endless well of nerdyness with us (see figure 2)

Got to see the Titicaca frog today 😭😭😭 They’re so strange and I love them so much

The final hours of the P4A livestream are starting NOW!! #P4A2024 projectforawesome.com/live

#p4a #p4a2025 these bees are hot stuff.

It's important to ask the big questions.... #P4A2025

THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME BEGINS IN SEVEN MINUTES! SEVEEEEEEN MINUTES! projectforawesome.com/live

P4A PASSED $1 MILLION!!🥳

The Save the Children mustache swap will go down as one of the most wholesome pranks in Project for Awesome history. #p4a2025

p4a + valentines day is the best!!

Did you know that me, @tomlumperson.bsky.social and @ellahubber.bsky.social are going to be on Project for Awesome livestream tonight!!! To vote for a charity, donate, learn about the perks and to watch along check out www.projectforawesome.com

None Pizza with Left The Hottest Hot Sauce? It must be… THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! I’ll be on w/ Ella & Caroline at 9pm EST causing chaos for a good cause, and talking about my own P4A video from 2009! Watch, donate, and get a print of me as a frog at ProjectForAwesome.com !!!

What's more beautiful: a painstakingly developed, super accurate map of the fruit fly brain or a kind of beige British lunch deal? Find out on episode 78 of Let's Learn Everything! - Drosophila Melanogaster and the British Meal Deal

I spent the afternoon at a pottery throwing class and I- A. Wasn’t very good and B. Had the absolute best time! Opted to have the 2nd and 4th pots (from left to right) fired and glazed, hopefully they make it through the kiln in one piece!

I ate a whole jar of olives in one sitting 4 days ago and nothing’s been right since…

These were some of our favorite episodes of lateral yet, we can't wait for you to see them!!

And that's a wrap! Another 16 lovely shows in the podcast can, including the return of our wonderful friends at @llepodcast.bsky.social

What do I miss the most about having an office mostly to myself? Being able to fart freely. I’ve been in the main office for 3 days and I’m having a rough time with it. Otherwise new job is going well!

We’re so cute!!!!

We hope your holidays are OUT OF THIS WORLD 🌌🚀🌟 Check out our HaLearnDay special where we unwrap facts from each other and some special guests!

EPISODE 115 [LIVE]: Pants on fire. Featuring Bec Hill (@bechillcomedian.bsky.social), Stuart Goldsmith (@stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social) and Lizzy Skrzypiec. Recorded as part of @cheerfulearful.bsky.social. Listen via any podcast provider or lateralcast.com/episodes/115. [📷 Paul Gilbey]

My booby watching over me whilst I work