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Comedians Nathan and Tristan discuss the first article Wikipedia's Random Article feature throws at them. No take-backs. No second chances. 

Episodes

  1. FEB 10

    Doing the Wrong Thing on the Computer: Security policy of the Enrique Peña Nieto administration

    A nice political episode. Tristan comes out against the Vietnamese and doesn't know what the Eye of Soron (?) is. NHR blames the hippy movement for the rise of organised crime in the Americas. The security policy of the Enrique Peña Nieto administration that governed Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018 prioritized the reduction of violence rather than attacking Mexico's drug trafficking organizations head-on, marking a departure from the strategy of the previous six years during Felipe Calderón's administration.[1] Peña Nieto has set up a number of conceptual and organizational changes from the past regime policy, and one of the biggest contrasts is the focus on lowering murder rates, kidnappings, and extortions, as opposed to arresting or killing the country's most-wanted drug lords and intercepting their drug shipments.[1] The government of Calderón, however, has justified its position by stating that the current violence in the country is a necessary stage in Mexico's drug war, as weakening criminal groups fight for territorial control against one another and the government. Moreover, part of Peña Nieto's strategy also consists on the creation of a national police made up of 40,000 members, known as a "gendarmerie." He also proposed on centralizing the sub-federal police forces under one command.[1] The president-elect emphasized that he does not support the involvement or presence of armed U.S. agents in Mexico, but considers allowing the United States to instruct Mexico's military training in counterinsurgency tactics.[2] Beyond that, Peña Nieto promised that no other measures will be taken by the U.S. in Mexico.[2] While campaigning, Peña Nieto appointed a former general of the National Police of Colombia as his external advisor for public security, and boldly promised to reduce 50% of the murder rates in Mexico by the end of his six-year term.[3][4] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram

    52 min

  2. JAN 21

    Jumping Around Like a Little Monkey: JDS Kumano

    We have "cold opens" as part of the format now. We discuss the intersection of naval and anime culture, Japanese curries, and the reality show Terrace House. NHR gives an interesting political account of Japanese "cuteness" as a response to unfair demands placed upon women in the wake of Japan's defeat by the Allies in World War II.  JDS Kumano (DE-224) was the tenth ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Development and design The Chikugo class was designed as the modified variant of the Isuzu class, the preceding destroyer escort class. The main anti-submarine (ASW) weapon was changed from the M/50 375 mm (14.8 in) ASW rocket launcher to the ASROC anti-submarine missile. The octuple launcher for ASROC was stationed at the mid-deck, and the entire ship design was prescribed by this stationing.[1] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    57 min

  3. JAN 7

    A Massive Juicebox: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010 film)

    We got a juicebox on our hands here. After toiling through articles about moths and meaningless sport statistics, an oasis appeared before your hosts when Wikipedia's Random Article link took us to My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010) starring Alyssa Milano and two blokes we aren't aware of. Unavailable on streaming services in both Australia and the UK, an ex-rental DVD copy formerly owned by Civic Video in East Brisbane was secured in the leadup to the episode, along with a USB-based DVD drive. We watched it together over Zoom and carried out a Critical Analysis in preparation for the main record, parts of which we will throw to from the studio. What you learn about this sprightly 84-minute film will shock you, it will make you laugh—but it may also make you think. The main love-interest Ethan drinks from a comically large mug (although we never mention that in the episode). He plays a game of tip, or tag, with a child—a game which in the world of this film has an eyebrow-raising name. Then the crown jewel: NHR breaks open a radical line of inquiry into the true meaning of the film, a Salt Lake City based production, that goes to the heart of the Mormon worldview. We engage in some frank soul-searching about why one of the emotional peaks of the film, involving an anguished confession regarding a sensitive topic, made us laugh so very hard. Closing out this rich tapestry are two cents from the polyamory community, in the form of an interesting and thoughtful lady by the name of Joreth. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daryn Tufts, and stars Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gorham, Michael Landes, Beau Bridges, Tom Lenk and Carol Kane. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    1h 17m

  4. 12/23/2025

    Insecurity and Provocation: National League Division One in 2005

    NHR explains his baritone and tells a house-hunting story. Cricket is the most complicated game in the world (according to Stephen Fry). NHR heaps scorn upon Tristan's new coffee-table book of Australian Mammals, saying that this kind of book is commonplace in London and even calling it a 'magazine' late in the episode. We learn about the Duckworth-Lewis method for determining who wins a cricket match if it gets rained out. The table, showing all completed matches is as follows: 2005 totesport League – Division One Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts 1 Essex Eagles 16 13 1 2 56 2 Middlesex Crusaders 16 10 5 1 42 3 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 16 7 7 2 32 4 Glamorgan Dragons 16 6 6 4 32 5 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 16 6 7 3 30 6 Lancashire Lightning 16 6 9 1 26 7 Gloucestershire Gladiators 16 6 9 1 26 8 Worcestershire Royals 16 5 10 1 22 9 Hampshire Hawks 16 5 10 1 22 Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    49 min

  5. 11/29/2025

    Edward "Eddie the Butcher" Cummiskey Jr.

    If you're a New York mobster from the 1950's, what does it mean for your biographer to write that you talk like a New York mobster from the 1920's? Does it just mean that the way you speak is a bit out of date? The two circles 'boomers on Facebook' and 'extended families of gangsters' are discovered to coincide in a very attractive way. Tristan would have become a gangster if Goodfellas ended right after the Luftansa Heist. Nathan is struggling in London. Edward "Eddie the Butcher" Cummiskey Jr. (1934, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan – August 20, 1976, Chelsea, Manhattan) was a New York mobster who served as a mentor to Jimmy Coonan, leader of the Westies. Cummiskey is reputed to have shown Coonan how to dismember and dispose of murder victims by scattering their remains into the waters around the sewage treatment plant, which was operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection at Randalls and Wards Islands, notably in the Hudson River. Cummiskey was murdered by hitman Joseph Sullivan on August 20, 1976, in a bar. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    46 min

  6. 11/01/2025

    Kinda Cool: The Short-Toed Treecreeper

    It sinks in that ~20% of Wikipedia articles are about particular species. Once you have a substantial zoological collection going it's damn near impossible to get rid of it. We notice a tendency to just say facts from the article to each other and say they're 'cool' or 'kinda cool'. We manage to stay off Syd Barrett and NHR is rocked to learn that the phrase 'down pat' is not 'down packed'.  NHR then takes us home with a lurid anecdote from his scouting days. I Tristan am also involved in the episode; I just chose not to mention it until now. The short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird found in woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe and into north Africa. It has a generally more southerly distribution than the other European treecreeper species, the common treecreeper, with which it is easily confused where they both occur. The short-toed treecreeper tends to prefer deciduous trees and lower altitudes than its relative in these overlap areas. Although mainly sedentary, vagrants have occurred outside the breeding range. The short-toed treecreeper is one of a group of four very similar Holarctic treecreepers, including the closely related North American brown creepers,[2] and has five subspecies differing in appearance and song.  Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    36 min

  7. 10/01/2025

    Full Maturity: Oenochroma

    NHR provides a long overdue explanation of what he was thinking with the original title of the podcast. Tristan hauls him over the coals again. We discuss NHR's antipathy to biology, and the fact that he has reached full maturity. We get into what it means to dry a moth for a collection, and how the resulting item could survive a fire. As the episode draws to a close, NHR argues that Tristan is a Renaissance man and we announce NHR's move to London to pursue a career in stand up comedy, all while wearing headphones and recording the pod. Oenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1] Oenochroma means "wine colored" from the greek oeno (wine) and chroma (color). Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    31 min

  8. 09/06/2025

    Activities Must Go Ahead: The 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League

    'Football has to be played.' When we were forced to research and talk about the 2018-2019 season of the Tanzanian Premier League, we did not anticipate that this League would have been so plagued with activities not going ahead. Before we get there, Tristan nearly breaks open a huge match-fixing scandal that turns out to be a false alarm while NHR has some insight but also some padding.  The 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League is the 54th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 22 August 2018.[1] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    23 min
  9. The Wolf of Lexicography

    08/12/2025

    The Wolf of Lexicography

    Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945). A fruitful episode about a fruitful man. From dissident political activity to squabbling over words. Was the wolf tamed? Or his vigour sublimated? NHR is off his chipolatas. We really like Antun. Where are the men like this in our culture? From heady beginnings in 1967 with an underground magazine before winding up at the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in the early Seventies, we are dealing with a truly impressive man. He also completed a PhD in Philosophy of Science in 1985. We explore his virility. He received a sash and star. Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945[1]) is a Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst, lexicographer and author serving as a director of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography since 2012. He was a member of Croatian Parliament and Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government from January 2000 to December 2003. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

    33 min

  10. 07/29/2025

    Fable

    Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphised, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson, which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying. A fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech or other powers of humankind. Conversely, an animal tale specifically includes talking animals as characters.[1] Usage has not always been so clearly distinguished. In the King James Version of the New Testament, "μῦθος" ("mythos") was rendered by the translators as "fable"[2] in the First Epistle to Timothy, the Second Epistle to Timothy, the Epistle to Titus and the First Epistle of Peter.[3] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. IG: @wecanpedia See also Tristan's other podcast, Ultimate Segment with Tim Knight.

    50 min

  11. 07/15/2025

    Sveti Bartul

    Sveti Bartul (Italian: San Bortolo) is a village in the municipality of Raša, Istria in Croatia.[3] According to the 2021 census, its population was 265.[2] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. IG: @wecanpedia See also Tristan's other podcast, Ultimate Segment with Tim Knight.

    38 min

  12. 07/02/2025

    Implicit Leadership Theory

    Hosted by Tristan Haze and Nathan Hugh Robért Implicit leadership theory (ILT) is a cognitive theory of leadership developed by Robert Lord and colleagues.[1] It is based on the idea that individuals create cognitive representations of the world, and use these preconceived notions to interpret their surroundings and control their behaviors.[2]  Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. IG: @wecanpedia See also Tristan's other podcast, Ultimate Segment with Tim Knight.

    42 min
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Comedians Nathan and Tristan discuss the first article Wikipedia's Random Article feature throws at them. No take-backs. No second chances. 

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  • Creator
    Tristan Haze and Nathan Hugh Robért
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
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