The Cheerful Cynics

Ep46. IKEA Heights

A few IKEA stores have opened up again in the UK so the most logical thing was for people to queue up for several hours to buy their bookshelves. Sounds crazy? We thought so too. We also talk about some very strange antics that have happened in IKEA, you'll never see it in the same light again.

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Ep45. The Browniest Brown

Have you heard of the blackest black? The pinkest pink? Or even the browniest brown? Gaia shares whats happen when artists hijack a colour and then Pooj swiftly brings the conversation back down to the gutter.

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What happens when inflation gets out of control? What happens when the toilet paper in your bathroom is worth more than the cash in your hand? Or when a flower is worth more than your house? This week, The Cheerful Cynics find out.

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Ep43. Candy or Not Candy

This week The Cheerful Cynics share the time they were part of a studio audience for a terrible game show for the BBC. They also share stories of people cheating in game shows and some of the very best Japanese game shows you need to be watching right now.

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Ep42. Commission Impossible

This week The Cheerful Cynics talk about the two brothers who were seriously wrapped up in karma. Don’t mess with a sheikh! They also talk about the greatest prankster of all time. Just don’t buy any udders!

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Ep41. Operation Mincemeat

It was the 75th anniversary of VE Day so the Cheerful Cynics have found some interesting tactics used during the period including inflatable tanks, razzle dazzle paint on ships (where's the glitter?), utilising magicians and a very strange but successful, Operation Mincemeat.

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Ep40. Atomic Kitchen

This week, the Cheerful Cynics come up with ideas of things to do at home during lockdown. One involves trying to split an atom (which someone in Sweden tried to do in his kitchen) or hacking into NASA! Both homely and fun hobbies to pick up whilst isolating!

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Ep39. Daylight Cravings

Things could be much worse in lockdown, we could be isolating in the bottom of a dark cave with no internet! This week The Cheerful Cynics talk about Michel Siffre who isolated himself multiple times for several months in a dark and wet cave, for science! You know it has been a bad day in lockdown when you try to befriend a rodent!

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Ep38. Fake It 'til You Break It

This week, Pooj and Gaia are a bit tired of current Covid-19 news so talk about funny news stories, including possibly UK's best new interview of all time. They also find out what one honest man in California would spend his money on if he won the lottery and how a 15 year old managed to infiltrate a police station by posing as a police officer!

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Ep37. Sticky Gold Fingers

This week, the Cheerful Cynics talk about the lost, hidden treasure in India estimated to be worth more than a decent sized country! Whilst Gaia struggles to pronounce names, they manage talk about the unbelievable treasures that were found and whether or not they'd be cheeky enough to take a coin or two if they were there. Prepare for strange times.

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