LIVE WEEKLY DETOURS
The Show with Too Many Tangents.
No script. No plan. Just another detour.
No script. No plan. Just another detour.
We keep the show fast, unpredictable, and exciting by rotating these legendary games and community features.
I settle completely useless, hilarious hypothetical arguments with my guests. I pitch a bizarre scenario to the guest panel (e.g., 'You get £10,000 every time you trip, but you can only ever walk in zig-zags').
I act as the mock-serious judge, questioning the feasibility of their logic. The studio desk or listeners via text decide the final winner.
I solve life's most ridiculous student dilemmas with witty, sarcastic, and occasionally insightful advice. Listeners submit their funniest, most trivial daily crises via the studio text line or social media.
I analyze the problem, deliver funny, highly sarcastic solutions, and wrap up each segment with one surprisingly useful, genuine life lesson to catch everyone off guard.
I take a few structured minutes of each broadcast to step completely away from local news. I travel outside our borders to appreciate exceptional cultural components from nations across the globe.
We track:
Once per week I take my favourite album at the moment in that week. I want to take you on a little journey every week through A to B on an album.
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I explore the second album release from The Vaccines as the story explores growing up and themes of maturity.
Food brings us together. Bizar rejoins the desk for our delicious season finale as we celebrate the ultimate spices, culinary dishes, and comfort foods worldwide.
An epic trek across the Eurasian steppes. Bizar drops by the studio to help trace the origins, vowel harmonies, and structural design of the Turkic language tree.
Taking a tour of the world's most embarrassing geography. A funny rundown of the absolute strangest, rudest, and most baffling map place names in existence.
Breaking down the universal language. We look at how musical notation, theory structures, and sonic melodies communicate deep emotions without using a single word.
Giving modern English an honest review. Looking at its bizarre grammatical contradictions, confusing silent letters, and loanwords stolen from around the globe.
Unraveling the architecture of time tracking. A look at leap years, historical calendar alignments, and the global efforts to standardise the passage of time.
Looking closer to home. We pull apart the fascinating, rhythmic local dialects, strange vocabulary variations, and historic accents of East Anglia.
Northern lights meet future tech. Vegard stops by to chat about the quirks of the Norwegian tongue and how artificial intelligence is rewriting translation.
Setting sail into vocabulary history. An exploration of historical maritime idioms and sailing phrases that completely integrated into our everyday slang.
Diving into a stunningly diverse linguistic landscape. Priya joins me to chart the rich heritage, distinct scripts, and massive regional variations across India.
Exploring the complex beauty of East Asian linguistics. Ashe returns to radio to unpack the intricacies, dialects, and idioms of the Japanese language family.
Kicking off a new journey. We look across our borders to discover how different cultures and global histories structure the humble seven-day calendar week.
The live FM takeover continues into hour two. We push the limits of pointless debates and wonders, and if the studio desk holds together.
Stepping out onto the live FM airwaves. Giulia, returning guest Ben, and I team up for part one of our broadcasting milestone to share odd tales and trail run In Another World.
Welcome to the New Year. Sifting through the hilarious aftermath of family arguments, awkward hometown run-ins, and failed January resolutions.
The festive panel is packed. Ben and Ashe join the studio for our big pre-Christmas spectacular, solving holiday flat arguments and seasonal stresses.
The double-act is back. Ben and I team up once more to handle a fresh batch of winter dilemmas before the holiday break scatters everyone.
Two perspectives are better than one. Ben from The Heavy Metal Show joins me behind the mic to inject some loud, direct wisdom into your problems.
Misery loves company. This week, we are looking at group dilemmas, friend-group politics, and how to tell your mate their cooking is a biohazard.
It is exactly that time of the week. Unpacking more student submissions, questionable life choices, and the general chaos of campus living.
After a brief break, the advice desk is fully open again. Sorting through your latest university relationship drama and existential deadline panic.
Back in the studio for round two. This week, we dig deeper into the mid-semester blues and the bizarre things people leave in the shared kitchen sink.
The maiden voyage of the desk. I sit down to tackle your initial batch of anonymous campus worries, terrible flatmate dilemmas, and life questions.
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