When I first started to take podcasts seriously – roughly around 2015 – two newish ones caught my ear. My Dad Wrote A Porno and No Such Thing A Fish. Both became rather massive. The former filled the Royal Albert Hall with fans and released a final episode last December, but No Such Thing As A Fish swims on, further adding to its 450 million downloads.
Last night it started a new run of recordings. The format could not be simpler. Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray and James Harkin, who cut their teeth as fact-truffling ‘elves’ on the BBC TV show QI, sit and riff about trivia they have recently unearthed. The line-up is usually slightly more diverse, but Anna Ptaszynski is currently on maternity leave. Ptaszynski is replaced by a surprise guest at the shows.
