No Such Thing As A Presidential Fight Club is the 342nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 30th episode of the seventh year, and the 42nd episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber. It was recorded live at the 2020 London Podcast Festival, in the Kings Place, King's Cross, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the most badass members of the Roosevelt family, the legend of Barry Towncouncil, and what on Earth a not-a-bird is.
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Facts[]
- Theodore Roosevelt was once shot in the chest but survived thanks to a 50-page-long speech tucked into his coat pocket. He delivered the speech reading from pages that now had two bullet holes in them. (Schreiber)
- Some squirrels can put themselves in a deep freeze for the winter, then thaw themselves out to have a pee, and then freeze themselves again. (Murray)
- In 1385 a 4-year court case began after two knights embarassingly turned up to a battle wearing the same coat of arms. (Harkin)
- The Audubon bird protection society has warned its members against birdsplaining. (Ptaszynski)
Trivia[]
- This is the first Live episode of the podcast since Episode 301: No Such Thing As The Queen's Christmas Burlesque, as live events had not been possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This is the first non-working from home episode since Episode 332: No Such Thing As An Innocent Apple, which was recorded at the QI Offices pre-lockdown.
- After Murray suggests that Theodore Roosevelt "sort of invented piranhas", Schreiber asserts that Murray must have his notes.
- Ptaszynski mentions the fact that there is no such thing as a seagull from TBA.
- Ptaszynski mentions the twitter account @nosuchseagull.
- Schreiber's biggest takeaway from this fact is that Ptaszynski is on twitter.
- Ptaszynski originally gives the name as @nosuchgull, but Alex Bell sends Schreiber a WhatsApp correcting her.
- Ptaszynski suggests that Murray only found his fact about Graham Moss because he was googling moss news, refering to Murray's moss obsession from Episodes 315, 319 and 324.