Ask The Nincompoops

A riotously funny all-ages podcast where Andy Stanton (author of the Mr Gum books, extremely bright) and Carrie Quinlan (of Radio 4, also extremely bright) allow children (not bright) to ask any questions that they want the answers to. Who invented cheese? What are trees for and why are they everywhere? What’s the opposite of a kettle?

Using their immense brains, Andy and Carrie will answer the questions your children ask. The only catch? They’ll do it very, very badly.

Reviewers call the show ‘amazing,” ‘so good”, and “the best podcast on Planet Earth.”

Picked as one of the BEST PODCASTS FOR CHILDREN by The Huffington Post and British Podcast Award nominee for BEST FAMILY PODCAST.

Love from

Carrie and Andy

(aka the Nincompoops)

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Term 3 Lesson 15: Do Rocks and Pebbles Taste Nice?
Dec 9, 2023 – 19:11
Term 3 Lesson 14: Why Do Flamingos Stand On One Leg?
Dec 2, 2023 – 22:10
Term 3, Lesson 13: Why Are Sprouts Disgusting?
Nov 25, 2023 – 20:30
Term 3 Lesson 12: What Is The World Made Of?
Nov 18, 2023 – 21:52
Term 3, Lesson 11: Where Does All The Poo In The World End Up?
Nov 11, 2023 – 23:12
Term 3, Lesson 10: Who Invented The Door?
Nov 3, 2023 – 21:24
Term 3, Lesson 9 : Why Do Horsemen Have Babies?
Oct 28, 2023 – 21:11
Term 3, Lesson 8: How Do You Make Scrambled Eggs?
Oct 21, 2023 – 20:56
Term 3, Lesson 7: Who Invented Ketchup?
Oct 14, 2023 – 20:32
Term 3, Lesson 6: How Long Have You Been Doing This?
Oct 7, 2023 – 20:03
Term 3, Lesson 5: How Big Was The World’s Biggest Crisp Ever?
Sep 30, 2023 – 19:57
Term 3, Lesson 4: Why Do Speakers Make Music Loud?
Sep 23, 2023 – 20:01
Term 3, Lesson 3: Who Invented Cricket?
Sep 16, 2023 – 23:03
Term 3, Lesson 2: Why Do Adults Drink Horrible Things Like Coffee?
Sep 9, 2023 – 20:20
Term 3, Lesson 1: Why Is Water See-Through?
Sep 2, 2023 – 21:26
ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS ARE BACK!
Aug 25, 2023 – 0:30
ASK THE CHRISTMAS NINCOMPOOPS live on Saturday 17th December at Kings Place in London!
Dec 15, 2022 – 0:42
ASK THE CHRISTMAS NINCOMPOOPS live on Saturday 17th December at Kings Place in London!
Dec 2, 2022 – 0:52
ASK THE NINCOMPOOPS live at the London Podcast Festival!
Aug 23, 2022 – 1:35
Term 2, Episode 10: Why Does A Clock Tick?
Jan 3, 2020 – 22:14
Term 2, Lesson 9: Do Superheroes Take Holidays?
Dec 27, 2019 – 18:51
The Ask The Nincompoops Christmas Special!
Dec 23, 2019 – 23:06
Term 2, Lesson 8: If You Were On An Aeroplane With Your Least Favourite People, Who Would You Kick Off?
Dec 20, 2019 – 19:45
Term 2, Lesson 7: Were Cavemen Actually Real?
Dec 13, 2019 – 21:25
Term 2, Lesson 6: When We Get Tired of Walking, Why Can’t We Just Start Flying?
Dec 6, 2019 – 19:42
Term 2, Lesson 5: What Are Trees For and Why Are They Everywhere?
Nov 29, 2019 – 20:23
Term 2, Lesson 4: Why is Google called Google?
Nov 22, 2019 – 20:37
Term 2, Lesson 3: Why Don’t Dogs Poo in the Toilet?
Nov 15, 2019 – 20:49
Term 2, Lesson 2: What's The Point of Wasps?
Nov 8, 2019 – 24:51
Term 2, Lesson 1: How Do Mirrors Make You See Yourself?
Nov 1, 2019 – 20:15
Episode 8: Why Is Maths So Boring?
Nov 16, 2018 – 23:43
Episode 7: How Do We Turn Into Sausages Into Energy?
Nov 9, 2018 – 22:09
Episode 6: Why Are Oranges Called Oranges?
Nov 2, 2018 – 21:37
Episode 5: Why Is A Ruler Called A Ruler?
Oct 26, 2018 – 19:39
Episode 4: Does Time Only Go Forward?
Oct 19, 2018 – 20:53
Episode 3: Why Don't Humans Have Stripes?
Oct 12, 2018 – 24:15
Episode 2: What's the Opposite of a Kettle?
Oct 5, 2018 – 24:30
Episode 1: Who Invented Cheese?
Sep 28, 2018 – 22:52
Ask The Nincompoops - Coming Friday 28th September 2018!
Sep 13, 2018 – 1:39