Podcasts by Ask The Nincompoops

Ask The Nincompoops

A riotously funny all-ages podcast where Andy Stanton (author of the Mr Gum books, extremely bright) and Carrie Quinlan (of Radio 4, also extremely bright) allow children (not bright) to ask any questions that they want the answers to. Who invented cheese? What are trees for and why are they everywhere? What’s the opposite of a kettle?


Using their immense brains, Andy and Carrie will answer the questions your children ask. The only catch? They’ll do it very, very badly.


Reviewers call the show ‘amazing,” ‘so good”, and “the best podcast on Planet Earth.”


Picked as one of the BEST PODCASTS FOR CHILDREN by The Huffington Post and British Podcast Award nominee for BEST FAMILY PODCAST.


Love from

Carrie and Andy

(aka the Nincompoops)

xx



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Further podcasts by Great Big Owl

Podcast on the topic Kinder und Familie

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Ask The Nincompoops
Term 3 Lesson 15: Do Rocks and Pebbles Taste Nice? from 2023-12-09T02:30:18

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3 Lesson 14: Why Do Flamingos Stand On One Leg? from 2023-12-02T02:30:54

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 13: Why Are Sprouts Disgusting? from 2023-11-25T02:30:24

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3 Lesson 12: What Is The World Made Of? from 2023-11-18T02:30:06

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 11: Where Does All The Poo In The World End Up? from 2023-11-11T02:30:14

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 10: Who Invented The Door? from 2023-11-03T02:30:57

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 9 : Why Do Horsemen Have Babies? from 2023-10-28T01:30:41

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 8: How Do You Make Scrambled Eggs? from 2023-10-21T01:30:31

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 7: Who Invented Ketchup? from 2023-10-14T01:30:55

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 6: How Long Have You Been Doing This? from 2023-10-07T01:30:14

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 5: How Big Was The World’s Biggest Crisp Ever? from 2023-09-30T01:30:25

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 4: Why Do Speakers Make Music Loud? from 2023-09-23T01:30:55

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 3: Who Invented Cricket? from 2023-09-16T01:30:23

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 2: Why Do Adults Drink Horrible Things Like Coffee? from 2023-09-09T02:05:27

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 3, Lesson 1: Why Is Water See-Through? from 2023-09-02T01:45:49

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS ARE BACK! from 2023-08-25T23:11:53

Ask The Nincompoops are BACK! And they're going to STAY BEING BACK!


What are you doing on Saturday mornings? Well from now on, you're being EDUMACATED.


From...

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ASK THE CHRISTMAS NINCOMPOOPS live on Saturday 17th December at Kings Place in London! from 2022-12-02T11:17:06

Now’s your chance to put YOUR questions LIVE to the huge SQUISHY brains of two GENIUSES as the brilliant ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS brings you it's first annual Christmas show!


Coming to Lond...

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ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS live at the London Podcast Festival! from 2022-08-23T09:55:41

Now’s your chance to put YOUR questions LIVE to the huge SQUISHY brains of two GENIUSES as the brilliant ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS makes its LIVE debut!


Coming to London's King Place at 11am...

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Term 2, Episode 10: Why Does A Clock Tick? from 2020-01-03T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 9: Do Superheroes Take Holidays? from 2019-12-27T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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The Ask The Nincompoops Christmas Special! from 2019-12-23T00:01

In this edumactational festive special, Carrie Quinlan (a VERY clever grown-up) and Andy Stanton (who is also a VERY clever grown-up, thank you, actually) are answering the Christmas questions s...

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Term 2, Lesson 8: If You Were On An Aeroplane With Your Least Favourite People, Who Would You Kick Off? from 2019-12-20T00:01:57

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 7: Were Cavemen Actually Real? from 2019-12-13T14:56:48

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 6: When We Get Tired of Walking, Why Can’t We Just Start Flying? from 2019-12-06T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 5: What Are Trees For and Why Are They Everywhere? from 2019-11-29T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 4: Why is Google called Google? from 2019-11-22T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 3: Why Don’t Dogs Poo in the Toilet? from 2019-11-15T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 2: What's The Point of Wasps? from 2019-11-08T00:01

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING.


But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Car...

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Term 2, Lesson 1: How Do Mirrors Make You See Yourself? from 2019-11-01T03:00

Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. All you children have soft, squashy brains which don't work very well. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING. After a...

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Episode 8: Why Is Maths So Boring? from 2018-11-16T03:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 7: How Do We Turn Into Sausages Into Energy? from 2018-11-09T03:00:02

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 6: Why Are Oranges Called Oranges? from 2018-11-02T03:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 5: Why Is A Ruler Called A Ruler? from 2018-10-26T02:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 4: Does Time Only Go Forward? from 2018-10-19T02:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 3: Why Don't Humans Have Stripes? from 2018-10-12T02:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 2: What's the Opposite of a Kettle? from 2018-10-05T02:00:40

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Episode 1: Who Invented Cheese? from 2018-09-28T02:00

For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbea...

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Ask The Nincompoops - Coming Friday 28th September 2018! from 2018-09-13T18:28:31

Coming on Friday 28th September, it's Ask The Nincompoops!


For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind th...

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