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Harder, Better, Faster, Sandra [Ep65 ft Kathryn Mather]

Harder, Better, Faster, Sandra [Ep65 ft Kathryn Mather]

Stand-up comedian Kathryn Mather joins Liam & Ben to answer questions pulled from The Almighty Hat. Topics this week include infinite money, simulation games and naming our sex tapes.

The B Show - E3 2019

The B Show - E3 2019

E3 rolls around once more and Ben & Liam get all excited about the new game announcements, up-coming releases and updates. Listen in to see what titles are exciting them and which ones make them go "oh, really? OK..."

Ditched Soup Fetishists [Ep63 ft Rich Wilson]

Ditched Soup Fetishists [Ep63 ft Rich Wilson]

Rich “Woke, Feminist, Geezer” Wilson is a fantastic stand-up comic, who also hosts Insane In The Men Brain - a chat show about men's mental health.

We chat about Buffy The Vampire Slayer, trapped genitals, and discuss the superiority of various beans.

The B Show - A Game To End All Games

The B Show - A Game To End All Games

A spoilerific episode in which Ben & Liam discuss, in detail, the new Marvel movie, Avengers: Endgame. We talk about deaths, character arcs, actor's contracts and much, much more. Suffice to say, if you give a damn about spoilers maybe leave this episode until you've seen the film, yeah?

Digging A Hole [Ep62 ft Chris Spalton]

Digging A Hole [Ep62 ft Chris Spalton]

Chris Spalton is an illustrator, speaker and UX designer based somewhere between Norwich and Cambridge. He joins Ben, Liam and The Conversation Hat to discuss childhood hobbies and the colour of eels.

The B Show - Any Good Books?

In this episode of The B Show Ben & Liam discuss books and authors they've enjoyed in the past and other's they look forward to indulging in. Liam reveals too much about his problematic brain, and Ben takes control of a book store.

The B Show - Poor Eating Decisions

In this episode of the B Show, Ben & Liam talk food: poor eating decisions and Gordon Ramsey is less than impressed by Ben's noodle.

Unravelling Into Unworkable Nonsense [Ep61 ft Jay Foreman]

Unravelling Into Unworkable Nonsense [Ep61 ft Jay Foreman]

Jay Foreman is a musical stand-up comedian, children’s comedian and YouTuber based in London, UK. Jay joins Liam & Ben to discuss haunting, re-casting roles with Robin Williams and giving bad advice.

Tall People [Ep60 ft Spanners]

Tall People [Ep60 ft Spanners]

Podcaster, F1 commentator and BBC Radio host Richard "Spanners" Ready joins Ben & Liam to discuss voice-swaps; elephant-trunk vs giraffe neck and to have their fortunes told by hard biscuits.

Tingle Is A Wrong-Un' [Ep59 ft Steve McNeil]

Tingle Is A Wrong-Un' [Ep59 ft Steve McNeil]

We welcome Steve McNeil to the show, video game comedian; former team captain in Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit; author of Hey! Listen!, releasing in April 2019. In this episode we discuss the worst sidekicks in gaming; creepiest video game characters; and the concept of "goodness".

Gaslit by LucasArts [Ep58 ft ReadyUp]

Gaslit by LucasArts [Ep58 ft ReadyUp]

Our guests this week are Susan and Stewart, 2 of the Ready-Up team - these guys regularly publish reviews, previews, lets plays and go live on Twitch.

In this episode we discuss the creepiness of Punch & Judy shows; games we’re looking forward to and alternate funeral ideas

The Cornetto Trilogy [Ep57 ft Hannah Touhey of P.S. Bipolar]

This week we welcome blogger Hannah Touhey who writes about her experiences with bipolar disorder. Her website and blog, P.S. Bipolar has become a valued mental health information resource. We talk about ear-worms, The Cornetto Trilogy and much more besides.

What's Your Greatest Weakness? [Ep56 ft Ben's Dad]

Ben's Dad makes his seasonal return to The Conversation Hat Podcast to chat about lightsabers, crappy job interview questions and much more besides. Ben's Dad doesn't want to plug anything, he just likes having a chat.

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SHOW NOTES

As briefly touched-upon in the podcast, lightsabers in the Star Wars franchise are powered by Kyber Crystals which also determine the colour of the blade. The crystals are harvested by young Jedi and the process turns the crystal to a specific colour. Sith and Dark-Side users, rather than harvesting the crystals in the "proper" way, will dominate them which turns the colour to red - hence all the evil dudes having red swords. You can read more about Kyber Crystals and much, much more Star Wars lore, (there's lots), over on Wookiepedia.

For music fans, we're updating the way our Patreon rewards work slightly - specifically the free music downloads. Anyone and everyone will now be able to listen to music from the show, (on SoundCloud, for example), but downloads will remain a patron-only reward. Log in to Patreon to learn how to access your downloads.

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HOW TO SUPPORT THE SHOW

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Our plan is that this show will always be available for free, but super fans are encouraged to support The Conversation Hat via Patreon. There’s a whole bunch of rewards available for doing so, including your own Conversation Hat hat, downloads of music written for the show and early access to episodes: www.patreon.com/conversationhat

If patronage isn't up your street, then maybe this is for you: Super Loot want to deliver a box of nerdy merch and geek chic to your doorstep each month, and will do so for £19.99, (you can get your first one for £15!) Take a gander, right flippin' now! www.superloot.co.uk/ConversationHat

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If you'd like to support the show without spending any money, (which is fine by the way, I guess), there are a few ways you can do that: feel free to follow us on Twitter and retweet anything you see us post; like us on Facebook and hit as many thumbs-up icons as you possibly can; Follow StabbedPandaTV on YouTube, watch some of the Conversation Hat videos hosted on there and leave some nice comments on the videos as well; leaving us a positive review on whatever listening platform you use is also massively helpful, especially so on iTunes.

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CREDITS

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The Conversation Hat is hosted by Ben Pierson and Liam Taylor, and edited by Laura Elmer.

Artwork by Lauren Garnett.

You can find her on Facebook, and visit her Etsy Store.

Music by Liam Taylor.

The Conversation Hat is a Stabbed Panda Production.