ChatGPT confidently bullshitting incorrect answers gives strong 'public schoolboy at Oxbridge interview' vibes

This is Robbie Greatrex. He spent six hours trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Unable to feel his legs, unsure he would emerge alive. 🧵

61 years ago today, Malcolm X came to #Smethwick. The industrial suburb of Birmingham had recently gained a grim reputation as ‘the most racist town in Britain’... 🧵

Wait, The Muppet Show is back on Wednesday? How have I just heard about this, this is the news I have been waiting for since 1986

What would YOU do if #TaylorSwift gave you a wax-sealed envelope? #waxseal #waxsealstamp

Andy Burnham: BLOCKED! Olly Mann: ACTIVATED! Join me from 1pm on Times Radio...

I rarely get invited to have my photo taken so of course when I do it is for a broadsheet piece about middle class people who shop at Costco

This is Alok; a high-flying CFO, who fraternised with the world’s richest men. Anon letters sent to his boss, Masayoshi Son, accused him of corruption. Suddenly, shadowy “shareholders” emerged from nowhere, and a smear campaign quietly derailed his career... 🎧 www.modernmann.co.uk/new/moneytrap

If you want a break from the news, please know that in the new Answer Me This we talk about the provenance of Wombles and this is representative of the topical issues discussed 🎧https://answermethispodcast.com

If there isn't a new version of Descript for me to reload each day it's like the sun hasn't risen

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

We need a morose post-Christmas radio station for soundtracking taking the tree ornaments *down*

At this time of year, it's natural to remember the profound moments over the past twelve months that have really caused you to pause and reflect. Like this insane salad I was served in the Isle of Wight. Kiwi with baked beans!

My last radio show of the year! Join me from 4pm on Times Radio for breaking news, politics chat and a look back over 2025

What a companionable trio of chaps Times Radio has scheduled across daytime this Betwixtmas. ...Considering putting my hair into a mohawk, to give me a bit of edge. Join me from 4pm, all this week 📻 times.radio

An unfortunate email preview. I think they're thinking of the sprouts?

Why is GARLIC so globally popular? 🧄 #AnswerMeThis

Forty years ago today, Microsoft released Windows 1.0, making it possible to look at a Word document AND a frozen edition of Paint simultaneously

Learning CPR was surprisingly physically challenging!

The BBC still owes me £300 from 2022. If they don't pay me by Friday, I will be suing them for $1 billion

Today #SesameStreet returns to our (Netflix) screens, so we consider the impact the show has had on changing the world...

Just heard the sad news about Quentin Willson, whom I met on a family holiday when I was 17. As he was the only person I knew who worked in telly, after my A-Levels I asked him some advice...

🫢am going to assume nobody Googled this phrase before sticking it in the Marks & Spencer Christmas catalogue ...

Every UK radio station news bulletin today: "The time has come to listen to victims." Every UK radio station playlist today: "It's Halloween! Let's play Thriller by Michael Jackson"

Did people REALLY used to sleep sitting up?! A brief history of beds 🛏️ - from ep411 of "Answer Me This!" 👉 answermethispodcast.com

Matthew Cordle killed a man whilst drink-driving. He then confessed to the crime on YouTube. Twelve years later, after serving time in prison, he talks to me on 'The Modern Mann' about remorse, rehabilitaton - and what it means to take responsibility. 🎧 pod.fo/e/33b3f9

I can't quite believe it, but it's been ten years since we began The Modern Mann. Even in 2015, we knew that a magazine programme was, in essence, an anti-internet idea. But it's even more so now, in a world where increasing numbers of people think of 'podcasts' as celebrity videos on Instagram...

Tenth anniversary edition of The Modern Mann coming up tonight... In the meantime, Captain Spronk has been at the AI again 🙈 soundcloud.com/ollie-peart/...

Elastica, comedy focus groups and the complex legacy of Beadle's About: here's my delightful natter with Dom Joly about the 25th anniversary of Trigger Happy TV👇 (begins at 2hr8min): 🎧 www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2... @realdomjoly.bsky.social

Bumped into a couple of podcasters, what are the chances

Charlie Brown, 75 today? Talk about unrealistic ageing goals.

Can't help but feel Hemel Hempstead is tempting fate with this slogan

Slightly shocked by this announcement, as in, I didn't know there wasn't already a library in every primary school. Never seen one without one!

Informing Helen and Martin about the absolute worst thing to befall Britain since they emigrated #WHSmith

Catch up with today's show: www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2... Neil is on from 02:35:36 #NeilHannon #TheDivineComedy @ollymann.bsky.social @listentotimesradio.bsky.social

What an ace trio of guests in today's 'culture hour': Nigel Planer, John Suchet & Neil Hannon! I adored chatting to them all; you can listen back on the free Times Radio app by tapping on today's Drive show in 'catch up' and then fast-forwarding to the final hour...

Since much of the purpose of the UK recognising Palestine today is about message signalling, I'm curious about the word 'inalienable' in the PM's statement. Do most people know for sure what it means? How strong a statement is it if you have to Google it?

Oh God I am interviewing Neil Hannon tomorrow, it's too much I won't sleep

Times Radio are marking my stint hosting Drive this weekend with my sexy new Blue Steel headshot (by Chris McAndrew). It's a look that says, "I will genially yet sceptically guide you through the news, whilst covering my belly fat".

Hard to be certain but it's just possible that the cars we feature in this months Modern Mann may be *even more* glamorous than us...

Rose West, Ian Huntley, Harold Shipman, Gary Glitter, phone hacking, the Libor scandal, Wagatha Christie... Priscilla has sketched them all! 🎧 The Modern Mann 👇 www.modernmann.co.uk/new/priscilla

Priscilla Coleman has been sketching criminal trials for five decades, sitting ten feet away from the likes of Rose West, Ian Huntley, Harold Shipman and Gary Glitter. She's covered phone hacking, the Libor scandal, Wagatha Christie... It was a pleasure to meet her for this month's 'The Modern Mann'

Interesting to contrast the UK - where within 48 hours a Deputy PM has lost her job after admitting she should have paid a bit more in stamp duty - with the US, where Trump spent 6 weeks in court, was found unanimously guilty of falsifying business records & then became President

"Angela Rayner is talking to HMRC to work out exactly what tax she owes" Should have an answer in about nineteen months, then.

avoid the Drivetime show on Times Radio this weekend if you can't abide this schmuck

9am and I am watching a Snoopy musical because Ben Folds

oh fuck I've started listening to Radio 3

Fresh off a conference call with Helen Zaltzman and pleased to report we have a new Squarespace song about anal bleaching

Did NASA sell its soul to Elon Musk? Writer Franklin Foer traces the downfall of the storied space agency in this article from @theatlantic.com. Listen to the entire piece, read by @ollymann.bsky.social: share.harkaudio.com/j5pM1ftN8iRS...

When my 4yo ruined my one and only trip to Soho Farmhouse 🙈