"No Such Thing As A Pouched Rat On The Housing Ladder" is the 578th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 48th episode of the eleventh year, and the 15th episode of 2025. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski and Andrew Hunter Murray. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Holborn, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Andy and Anna discuss popes, perps, pouches and pooches.
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Facts[]
- A rat in Tanzania just retired after preventing 30 000 people from getting TB. (Ptaszynski)
- While locked away to choose a new pope, cardinals used to be banned from eating pies because it was too easy to hide messages in them. (Harkin)
- There is only one Grade I listed dog kennel in the UK. (Murray)
- Reenactment actors on America's most wanted run a higher risk of being arrested after the show goes out than normal actors. (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- Despite Dan Schreiber being credited in the description, he was absent in this episode, as he was sick.
- The reason Dan was credited is because he sent in his fact via a voice note.
- Due to Dan's absence, Anna did the introduction, making fun of Dan's rhotic accent when saying "Holborn".
- In this episode, James on behalf of the podcast signed up to sponsor a giant African pouched rat for TB prevention in Tanzania. The rat is called Tamasha.
- Dan's Notes was mentioned in James's fact.