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93: Lord of the (Lost) Rings

September 09, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss a new cover, Tim's honking laugh, listener complaints, rings, spoons, terrible shops, and more complaints.

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A previous episode of complaint episode

Broken Hill

Pro Hart

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Send your own spoon by following these instructions

A recording from Tim's terrible shop

You're So Vain - who was it about?

September 09, 2021 /Brady Haran

92: You're So Vain

August 26, 2021 by Brady Haran

Brady and Tim discuss a four-year-anniversary, KFC photos and lost items, Haiku poetry, the (new) Gates Foundation, trucks, and podcast idea about vanity.

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Four-year-anniversary picture

Extra photos on the Patreon

Unmade Podcast Twitter - where the 'World Cup' vote is happening

A stand-alone YouTube channel of our Sofa Shop Covers

Haiku

Letters of Complaint

The Tim & Brady Gates Foundation at timandbradygatesfoundation.org

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Send your own spoon by following these instructions

Australian Bicentenary - 1988

You're So Vain - song by Carly Simon

August 26, 2021 /Brady Haran

Special: It's a Wonderful Complaint

August 18, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady write letters of complaint covering; New York, TV casting, KFC, a famous movie, and recognition for two long-forgotten students.

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Episode 44 - Professional Complainers

Our first 'complaint episode'

Bill De Blasio - Wilhelm, not William

The Duke of York, later James II

York, England

Brady's I-HEART-Y design now on a T-Shirt and Mug and stuff

NYPD Blue

Richard Schiff

100 Years... 100 Movies

It's A Wonderful Life

A tribute to Tim and Brady back in their school days

Liverpool FC Shankly Gates

August 18, 2021 /Brady Haran

91: Happy Wee

August 13, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss the census, paperboys, famous babies, flying doctors, dumb dogs, and crosswords.

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The crossword section of today's episode is more engaging when you watch along on YouTube

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The Australian Census

Nevermind

Three Men and a Baby

Baby Superman article

The Royal Flying Doctor Service

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

The Flying Doctors TV show opening credits

The Man From Snowy River - film

Jack Jones from Southern Sons - Mr Rebecca Gibney

The Times - home of the The Times2 crossword, aka the concise crossword

August 13, 2021 /Brady Haran

90: Woo

July 28, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss bedroom sides, the Olympics, Rummiking, bargains, spoons from the Ukraine, Light's Vision, exciting things, a carillon visit, a new mixtape, and we play some video games.

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Skateboarding at the Olympics

Rummiking - more often marketed as Rummikub

The Alaska Purchase

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Send your own spoon by following these instructions

Colonel William Light

Light's Vision Statue on Montefiore Hill

Brady's Objectivity video at The Loughborough Carillon

Mixtape

Sofa Chop game

Escape the Sofa Shop game

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July 28, 2021 /Brady Haran

89: WARNING - Don't Play With Lava

July 22, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss carbon neutrality, Coldplay, KFC firelogs, rocking horse art, holidays, Mt Gambier, Iceland, birthdays, a nemesis, and hot weather in the UK.

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Some accompanying pictures for this episode

Coldplay

KFC firelog

Rocking Horse Art from Patrons

Mt Gambier

Brady's Iceland extravaganza

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Send your own spoon by following these instructions

Unmade Podcast 41: The Birthday Podcast

Nemesis

A UK Heatwave

July 22, 2021 /Brady Haran

88: Clearing the Decks

June 27, 2021 by Brady Haran

A birthday gift for Brady - then we clear the decks of Sofa Shop covers and spoon submissions.

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Pictures from today's episode

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June 27, 2021 /Brady Haran

87: Partake in a Riot (with Derek Muller from Veritasium)

June 18, 2021 by Brady Haran

Special guest Derek Muller (from Veritasium) joins Tim and Brady to discuss all sorts of stuff, including; Traralgon, the Big Rocking Horse, Canada, (ice) hockey, hypochondria, last words, and a $10,000 bet.

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Derek's YouTube channel - Veritasium

Derek on Twitter

Adelaide and murder

Traralgon

Redback Spiders

Our Big Rocking Horse Adventure

FoxTrax - the glowing puck

Glowing puck footage

The 2011 Stanley Cup - sorry Derek

The 2011 Stanley Cup Riot

Hypochondria

It Might Be a Tumour - scene from Kindergarten Cop

Wikipedia article on dying words

Ned Kelly - bushranger

Franklin Roosevelt

Last Tweets - from a recent Unmade Podcast

Derek's big wager

June 18, 2021 /Brady Haran

86: Oblivion

June 13, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss Scandi Covers, spoonerisms, guitar plectrums/picks, failure, essay writing, spoons and spoon racks, a listener idea involving deep questions, and Brady's new sleep and meditation project.

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Many of our Sofa Shop Covers on a dedicated YouTube channel here

Spoonerism

Guitar Picks

The Tim Hein Autograph Guitar Pick - and other pictures from this episode

Tommy Emmanuel Determination

Determination on Amazon

Spoon Rack pictures are here

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

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Napier, New Zealand

Hershey's Kisses

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June 13, 2021 /Brady Haran

Wholesome: The Big Rocking Horse

June 08, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady drive up to the Adelaide Hills and visit the Big Rocking Horse - plus a toy shop and petting zoo.

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Picture gallery from this episode

The Big Rocking Horse at Gumeracha

Bonus Snowy merch

Wholesome Koala Post-Script - bonus for Stakeholders

Previous Wholesome episodes include:

A Milo with Mrs Hein

Flying a Kite

And the episode in which 'wholesome' was first proposed

June 08, 2021 /Brady Haran

85: Something My Kids Have Expressed A Minor Interest In That Justifies Me Finally Buying The Cool Version Of That Thing I Desperately Wanted When I Was A Kid

May 25, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss another carillon cover, fighting animals, new spoons, buying stuff for kids, skateboards, organs, twins, and obscure locations.

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Who says 'Previously on the West Wing'

Video of the Sofa Shop being played inside the University of Texas carillon

The UT Tower Carillon - Twitter

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YouGov animal fighting research

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

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The Tirol

The Tsar Bell

Myrtle Beach

Bhutan

May 25, 2021 /Brady Haran

84: The Back of Your Hand

May 18, 2021 by Brady Haran

Brady and Tim discuss stings, Sting, silent retreats, more coffee machine gags, 'wingpeople', Miss Piggy, an audio challenge for Storyblocks, a spoon jingle and more spoon stuff, a historic stakeholder idea, the Titanic, the back of your hand, another quiz, and more Sofa Shop covers.

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A sting, or bumper, or sounder

Sting - the musician

Jack Dorsey's beard

Wingmen or Wingmates

Goose from Top Gun

Top Gun - movie

Eleanor Roosevelt

Miss Piggy

Rosebud, Victoria

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Rodham The Novel

The Titanic

Back of the Hand pictures Brady showed to Tim - SPOILERS

A bonus Back of the Hand quiz for stakeholders

More music from Emilija who did the cover in Macedonian

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May 18, 2021 /Brady Haran

83: The Gospel According to John Green

May 11, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady are joined by the author/podcaster/vlogger John Green - who shares some ideas about history, structural engineering and a long-lost best-seller. Plus a spoon.

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John's website

The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast

John Green books on Amazon

Hank Green (John's Brother) on The Unmade Podcast

The Four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

The 18th Century

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Tom Grogan - Novel

Francis Hopkinson Smith

May 11, 2021 /Brady Haran

82: Tim's Coffee Machine

May 05, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss his new coffee machine, a KFC warning, two new colonelships are bestowed, a comic book cameo, final tweets, a spoon from California, judging faces, and a professorial Sofa Shop cover addiction.

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Here's a picture of Tim's Coffee Machine and here is another one

And here is a night photo of the coffee machine

Robina in Queensland

KFC Robina on Trip Advisor

Tim and Brady review KFC outlets in Adelaide from an earlier episode

Episode 81 featuring the Tom Hanks gift

Erik Larsen

Savage Dragon #258 and here is the cover

You can buy a digital version of the comic here

The actual Fanta Shorts

The Fanta Shorts as they appeared in #258

Michael Collins Twitter

The Collins Moon Pic

Most isolated human - Al Worden from Apollo 15

Anthoine Hubert's final tweet

Chadwick Boseman's Kamala tweet

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Solvang, California

Send your own spoon by following these instructions

Become a Patron to win a spoon and collector cards

Professor Phil Moriarty in some of Brady's videos

Phil on The Unmade Podcast - Episode 17

More Sofa Shop Covers here

Two Piece Feed Merch

May 05, 2021 /Brady Haran

Special: Non-Fungible Tommyball

May 02, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tommyball legend and innovative innovator Tim Hein is selling his "love of the game" via an NFT Dutch Auction.

FOR SALE: Tim's Love of Tommyball - http://bit.ly/Tims_Love_NFT

Previous Tommyball Episodes

NFTs on Wikipedia

Discuss this episode on Reddit

May 02, 2021 /Brady Haran

81: Best Birthday Present Ever

April 28, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss Dutch rapper De Heinhond, Bad KFC, apologies, a shaved head, a spoon from somewhere remote, more winners, Tim reviews some glasses, memorable birthday presents, BMX bikes, something Greek, and belated secret words.

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Catch this entire episode on YouTube - it makes the gift section more fun!

Here are the glasses/spectacles that Tim reviewed

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De Heinhond raps Bewonder De Sofa Shop

De Heinhond official headshot enclosed

Karaoke Version

More Heinhond bonus material for Patrons/Stakeholders

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See Tim with a shaved head - Portrait shot and at the wedding

Rabbit Flat

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Unmade Podcast collector cards

Pictures from the end-of-show present giving - MEGA SPOILERS if you click here

The Apollo 11 logo

Uncommon Type

Trackers

April 28, 2021 /Brady Haran

80: Great Great Great Great

April 16, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss new trading cards, more weirdness from civilians, head-to-heads, a Dutch Sofa Shop cover, an architectural Spoon of the Week, a building demolition, ancestors, Brady's convict roots, secret words, and a big finale.

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Spoon of the Week trading cards at spoon.cards

Swimming medal towel

Episode 79 featuring things people do weirdly

The last remaining Haran family coathanger with hanger cosy

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Bewonder de Sofa Shop official merch

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

The Brisbane Transit Centre

Send us a spoon

John Warner and Sons - makers of the original Big Ben that cracked

Tasmania

Some documents relating to Mary and Joseph

If you enjoyed our finale with De Heinhond, you can try your own karaoke version here - music by Alan Stewart

April 16, 2021 /Brady Haran

79: Big Ben

April 08, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss our weird behaviours, coathangers, a new piece of merch, righting a podcast wrong, another spoon, a stakeholder idea involving plushies, and a grand performance of the Sofa Shop.

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Here is today's Storyblocks quiz on Bible stories - without spoilers

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A faster way to tie shoelaces - a Numberphile video

Make your own padded coathanger

Swimming Medal Merch - T-Shirts, stickers, towels, mugs, YOU NAME IT!

Read about Johannes' Bluetooth research

A selection of pics by Johannes and more at phototastic.world

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Royal Society for the Blind

10,000 hours to become an expert

Send Us a Spoon

Plushies

Big Ben

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April 08, 2021 /Brady Haran

78: Squeaky Beach

March 27, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss an angelic cover, more clown names, NESW mnemonics, stakeholders, mediocrity, a spoon of geographic interest, and people who have never been on a podcast.

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DETAILS FOR SUBMITTING A SPOON

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Thanks to Lucy - and check out many of our Sofa Shop Covers here

Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Pictures from today's episode, including Periwinkle the Clown and the mediocre Coffee Spot

Brady's tweet and poll regarding NESW - it has lots of replies

Floyd Shaffer the Christian Clown

Pictures of Spoon of the Week

Send us a spoon

Wilsons Promontory

Squeaky Beach

Patreon supporters - head to our Patreon for an "alternative ending" to this episode

March 27, 2021 /Brady Haran

77: Sprinkle My Ashes

March 18, 2021 by Brady Haran

Tim and Brady discuss some parish notices, Celtic Fusion Music, Cremation, fan art, a Dutch spoon from the future, a lost spoon, another amazing Sofa Shop performance, the planets, and clowning around.

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The Corrs

Breathless music video

I Never Really Loved You Anyway music video

Gene Shoemaker

Southern Sons

The fan art of Tim

Pictures of Spoon of the Week - including today's AND the previous Singapore one too!

The Sofa Shop is played at Yale - video

The Harkness Tower

The National Carillon in Canberra

Thanks for today's cover contributions - and check out many of our Sofa Shop Covers here

Ronald McDonald

March 18, 2021 /Brady Haran
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