WDWDY #89.1: Has anyone been to Burundi? (Max's Yesterday)

What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty

The hosts review listener feedback regarding a previous episode with astrophysicist Chris Lintott, addressing complaints about breaking the show's strict

Key takeaways

• Listeners flagged the Chris Lintott episode for discussing universe formation billions of years ago, violating the 'yesterday only' format rule.
• Reddit user Wardy compiled every Dragon's Den idea from the show, revealing pitches like zero-gravity urine and fish yoghurt.

Main topics

• Podcast format rules and listener feedback
• Dragon's Den pitch compilation

Notable quotes

"The formations of stars, elements, the universe and various other things that were definitely not yesterday."

Conclusion

The episode balances meta-commentary on podcast rules with humorous au

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:06) Podcasts, there are millions of them. Some might say too many. I have one already. I don't have any because there are enough. Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day. But nobody Speaker 2 (0:20) is covering the most Speaker 1 (0:22) important topic of all. Why is that? Are they scared? Too Speaker 2 (0:26) afraid of being censored Speaker 1 (0:28) by the man? Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more. Day before yesterday, Speaker 2 (0:45) Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life? Unless Speaker 1 (0:49) it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Speaker 1 (1:00) Hello, you're listening to Midweek Mayhem. For the people that bring you What Did You Do Yesterday? My name is Max Rushton. Alongside me, David O'Doherty. Hi, David. Speaker 2 (1:07) Okay, there's a new bit on everythingisshowbiz.com. You know they've been doing stats on this Speaker 1 (1:14) podcast. High presses, you know, most number of interceptions, aerial duels won, all that kind of stuff. Heat maps of Speaker 2 (1:22) where we appear in the screen while we're recording this. It turns out we both have catchphrases. Oh, yeah. Now, our catchphrases aren't great, but I feel they do contain multitudes. The 461 times in the history of this podcast, I have said, you know what I mean? Speaker 1 (1:42) That could be one. You know, you could be shiny floor game show going, you know what I mean? And everyone goes, wow, you've been prizes. Yeah, I think you've got it. Speaker 2 (1:52) I think it's actually because you give me no reaction to something that I've said. And there's just a pause. And I say, do you know what I mean? But this is even more dabbing. That's Speaker 1 (2:03) 461 Speaker 2 (2:04) times. 853 times you have said, anyway. Also implies Speaker 1 (2:12) another one of my great jokes. Just crickets. Okay, let's keep going. You know, that got nothing. Anyway. We move on. They both suggest that there is no chemistry between us. That's what they both suggest is we are both plowing our separate lonely furrows on a podcast, pretending to in some way get along. But the reality is we're just doing our own thing. I Speaker 2 (2:39) don't even have you in my headphones now. I just wait till I see your mouth stop moving. And then I say, you Speaker 1 (2:48) know what I mean? Anyway, the podcast is in crisis, David. Is it? Yes, why? Well, after the great success of the Chris Lintott episode, a number of people have got in touch. O'Driscoll writes, on what you did yesterday, you're never allowed to discuss any other day, not even brief moments of the day before. Yet this week, you discussed galaxies forming billions of years ago. Colm writes, I'm a big fan of the podcast and I was listening to the Chris Linton episode yesterday when I noticed a slight problem with your otherwise extremely strict rules. The guest is only supposed to talk about what happened yesterday. Yet Chris spent a considerable amount of time discussing events that happened billions of years ago. The formations of stars, elements, the universe and various other things that were definitely not yesterday. And nobody stopped him. I can only assume that either the rules have been quietly relaxed for astrophysicists or Chris has somehow found a loophole in the space-time continuum. Speaker 2 (3:44) I thoroughly Speaker 1 (3:44) enjoyed the episode. Anyway, he says anyway. That's, to be clear, everythinginshowbiz.com. That's not me saying anyway. That's in the email anyway before you add it to my stats. I thoroughly enjoyed the episode. I just thought that I'd make you aware of this fairly serious breach of yesterday protocol. Come on. We are guilty of this, aren't we? Yeah, but Speaker 2 (4:03) what happened in space yesterday, I feel, isn't really that relevant. Space, to me, is more about long-term patterns. Like, if we got a paleontologist on to talk about dinosaurs, and yet only we're allowed to ask them about... Speaker 1 (4:18) That's exactly what this podcast is. It only had Chris not been at the conference. and talked about these things, we would not have been able to talk about those things. If he had just had a Nish Kumar day on the sofa, we would not have asked him about space. It was fortunate that he had been at a conference when he talked about space, I think. But he was a thoroughly entertaining guest and he would have been great regardless, in my opinion. People... Did seem to love it, though, as in we've had enough of listening Speaker 2 (4:47) to these stupid comedians twittering on about rubbish. Speaker 1 (4:51) Going, well, then I had a gig in Stockwell. You know, comedy's a laugh run by our friend Jimmy. Oh, Jimmy's shit. Yes, I got there at six. Comedy's a laugh. And I had a pad thai. And then the gig was okay. I got the tube home. Yeah, I agree. I was Mrs. Rushton's, maybe her favorite episode. That's how good it was. Speaker 2 (5:10) You, however, made a joke during the episode that I feel is your best ever joke in the history of this podcast. And it was completely overlooked by me and Speaker 1 (5:22) Chris. Yeah, I know the joke. Other people have been in touch. Ignatius says six pints of Interstellar was fantastic stuff. Jack says deserved more. It was good, wasn't it? It was good. Speaker 2 (5:34) So good. Yeah. I just anyway did. Speaker 1 (5:40) I can hold my own with all these comedy big guys. I know you can. BR says disappointing or disappointing. He says, SIC in brackets, that the forensic inquisitors did not check whether Chris Lindzop was really subbing pints throughout or more likely the standard Dutch 33 centiliter B-edge measure. Shame also Chris skipped the infamous who pulled the pub to close out the evening after his more like four pints is what B.R. says. Speaker 2 (6:08) Look, where Chris took out four pints, the fact that he was just so incredibly on it at whatever, you know, time of morning we recorded that the next day, I thought that was worthy of. of compliment as well as all the space stuff and the great I agree broadcasting education he was doing I learned so much from that podcast Speaker 1 (6:29) holy cow thank you Chris Nick writes regarding the Chris Lintott episode dear Max and David listed in descending order of culpability I am writing as a long time listener first time correspondent and importantly at the time of writing resident of Stevenage I listened to the latest podcast, one of the better ones, Truth Be Told, with Chris Luton, makes it sound like most are absolute shit. Yeah. Over two parts today, both mentioned Stevenage. The first, as I was driving through Stevenage's historic high street, when Max inquired whether a city killer asteroid could be pointed at, say, Stevenage. The second, a nice mention, was as I was walking the dog through the picturesque Fairlands Valley Lakes when Chris credited Stevenage as the home of the rover off to space to measure Mercury's core. It got me thinking there have been a number of occasions with Max and Doddles, but mainly Max has dropped Stevenage into the conversation, obviously pricking the ears of this long-term resident. Generally, it's been a random drop of a mention, but it does strike me that more often than it should, it's been in a derogatory manner. The latest episode during which Stevenage was proposed as a suitable target for an astronaut Speaker 1 (7:43) Sorry. Speaker 1 (7:59) It's only three times less than you've mentioned Teddington. And you've run two sodding, elaborately stretched out quizzes on the place. What is it with Stevenage? Yours in it for life, assuming city killers cannot be aimed at specific locations from the center of the known universe, actually Stevenage. Listen, I will put my hand on my heart and apologize to you and the people of Stevenage. And I will find another town as my kind of throwaway, random English place. Speaker 2 (8:25) Yeah, mine is generally, I would have thought Chelmsford is the one that I go for because when I was 18, I went to visit my friend, Louis, who'd gone to Rittle Agriculture and Horticulture College in Chelmsford. Was it Louis Wolf? And we went for a bike. We used to race bikes together and we borrowed bikes and we were, in fairness, it was a silly thing to do. We were racing up. a multi-story car park the chain broke on the bike i was on and i shattered my little finger and had to have two surgeries on it afterwards so it's Speaker 1 (9:02) a Speaker 2 (9:02) long-term beef with chelmsford so from now on i will use that as the place that i wish to be struck by an asteroid i'll Speaker 1 (9:13) move on to none eaten Speaker 1 (9:16) Where is that? I'm not really, I think it's in the Midlands. Yeah. Speaker 2 (9:20) So I think it Speaker 1 (9:21) fits. Now we must thank, I don't think we can thank Wardy enough on Reddit. Yeah. Who writes, obviously we can remember the times Tuka Suleiman wants to drill down on the numbers or when Deborah Meaden wants to know more, but what about the actual ideas? He's gone through every episode and has put together a full list of our Dragon's Den ideas. You know, individually. You sort of think these guys, okay, it's a bit silly, but when you put them together, it is staggering that we are not deca-billionaires with these ideas. Speaker 2 (9:52) Ideas below episodes in brackets. Speaker 1 (9:55) One, I fully ingested and then shat out calzoni. Jamali Maddox. Two, David's fusion food idea of fish pie mayhem seven. Three, the ability for Max to stop his children's teeth from growing. Jess Mappet episode. Four. An earthquake machine. Mayhem 20. Hello, dragons. Five. The board game mousetrap using real mice. Cariad Lloyd. Good idea. Six. I remember this one. Guy Montgomery. A kettle shelf for cooking eggs. Speaker 2 (10:31) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Six. Stevie Martin dipping a dog shit Speaker 1 (10:35) into matcha to add flavour. Speaker 1 (10:40) Seven, the concept of mixing gin and Prosecco together and 17 cans of cider, Emma Doran. Eight, playing catch, throwing and catching a ball, Mayhem 34. Yeah, Speaker 2 (10:51) we Speaker 1 (10:52) bring that Speaker 2 (10:52) to the Dragons. Speaker 1 (10:53) Nine, Coffee Maid, the coffee version of a Teens Maid with Dame Mary Beard. That's nice. That was a class episode. It was. We're class. Speaker 2 (11:00) If we just put those two episodes, sorry to interrupt this, if we put the Chris Lintott and Mary Beard together, you know what I mean? People might then get a different idea from this podcast. We might start attracting, you know, I hate to sound like the sort of Basil Fawlty who just wants this to be a more upmarket podcast. Yeah, Speaker 1 (11:20) I Speaker 2 (11:20) understand. But they're the two times we have touched the sky. Speaker 1 (11:24) Is what you're saying you'd like a more intelligent audience? Is that what you want? Speaker 1 (11:29) Yeah, exactly. 10, a car wash for children, Jessica Foster Q. 11, a medieval tavern, Rob Orton. 12, glass porridge, Fern Brady. 13, fish yoghurt, Izzy Suttage. 14, zero gravity wee from Midway Mayhem 67. 14, a conveyor belt restaurant, usually sushi, that serves soup and gives you long straws and when the soup gets further away, it makes the noise of a penny whistle. Speaker 2 (11:55) I Speaker 1 (11:56) thought I'd eat Langford. Speaker 1 (12:00) This is good stuff. 15, the autocum machine, Mayhem 71, which I believe was Lenny Henry appearing as the autocum machine. It was how AI had transcribed autocue machine. So poor Lenny Henry has stood facing a bit like a bowling machine in cricket. 16, I believe we're at. An outdoor snooker table made with an old door using golf balls and a broom handle for a cube. Mayhem, 72. This is good. Number 17, a phone barrel for when your phone gets too hot. Next to the barrel you're in, David Baddiel. 18, a dress hoover that takes off your dress and puts a new one on you, Kyla Cobbler. Speaker 2 (12:41) 19, Speaker 1 (12:42) Roger O'Sullivan, ice butt plugs to cool you down. Does everything in showbiz say how many times you've said butt plug? Because I think you do say that. I reckon you've beaten me 10 to 1 on that. There's no way of knowing. There is no way of knowing. Nina Conti selling nappies halfway along the Edinburgh Royal Mile. Speaker 2 (13:00) Yeah. Speaker 1 (13:00) Christopher MacArthur Boyd mourning gimp masks ready for action. Also, Christopher MacArthur Boyd having a coffee and Andy Parsons hot gravy tap. So Speaker 2 (13:10) there we are. So good. Thank you so much for collating those. That was someone on Reddit. Speaker 1 (13:15) Wardy. Wardy. It was Ian Ward, the Sky Sports Cricket. host for One Day International. Speaker 2 (13:21) Yeah, I don't go digging on the Reddit. I'm just happy for the, sometimes people send me messages. That's very nice, but yeah. I mine Speaker 1 (13:30) it for content and then I read the rude ones and ignore them. Okay, so long as you can do that, I would just be. Speaker 2 (13:37) Yeah, I'm Speaker 1 (13:37) fine with that. It doesn't eat me up. It's all right because, you know, after this, I do a talk sports show where at some point I'll be accused of being the wokest person on earth. Yeah. So there's nothing this Reddit can do. Don't worry. Even the ones who say, I'm a bit bored about them talking about what someone did yesterday. And you're like, really now this is tricky for us. We're in a tricky spot with you. DeCastrol. Obvious DeCastrol by Max says, Disco and Nature on the year Michelle McManus won Pop Idol. It was obviously 2003. You have my apologies. Everyone, I'm sorry. Speaker 2 (14:09) Secondary DeCastrol. I'm DeCastro-ing myself here on the subject of Jamaluddin Abdul-Jabbarov. winning while crashing on the chancelise and then