{"podcast":{"title":"Lateral with Tom Scott","slug":"lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334","podcast_index_feed_id":5724334,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/lateralcast","website_url":"https://www.lateralcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2a3f4416-77e3-11ee-8e56-f7ac65d137ba/image/b722eeab8db682b441e1a0c471c9f92c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lateral with Tom Scott","episode_count":189,"summary":"Award-winning comedy panel game about weird questions with wonderful answers. Each week, Tom Scott is joined by three guests to ask each other questions with a sideways twist. There's no points or prizes - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. Enquiries and question submissions: https://www.lateralcast.com. Ad-free shows and bonus content: https://www.lateralcast.com/club.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334"},"episode":{"title":"185: Mackerel comfort","slug":"185-mackerel-comfort","published_at":"2026-04-24T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334/185-mackerel-comfort","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334","url":"https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/185","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PAD4996439508.mp3?updated=1776945361","summary":"VT Physics, VeeVee and Geoff Marshall face questions about various vowels, jostling jumps and medical minerals. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Aaron Mason, Jeff Winer, Julien, Jessalynn, Eli Gorauskas, JP Etcheber, Cliff. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"VT Physics, VeeVee and Geoff Marshall face questions about various vowels, jostling jumps and medical minerals. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast abo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2912,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334/episodes/185-mackerel-comfort/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott-5724334/185-mackerel-comfort.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}