The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Audience Favourites (Pt 2)

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

`This week it's over to you the listeners, as we hear some of your favourite moments from The Infinite Monkey Cage. Comedian Claire Hooper hears about the mating rituals of spiders, which use several of their legs in this complex process. But she discovers the females of the species get their own back by eating the males once the deed is done. Comedian Noel Fielding explains how he made a plasticine figure of singer Joey Ramone, prompting Robin to wonder about the pitfalls of building a real-life Frankenstein. And writer Alan Moore tells Jonathan Ross how he used string theory as inspiration for a comic strip... about a virtuoso violinist.

New episodes are released weekly on Wednesdays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds

Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

Episodes Featured: Series 26: Australia's Scariest Spiders Series 14: 200 Years of Frankenstein Series 2: Science Fiction, Science Fact Series 22: Space Archaeology Series 5: The Science of Sound

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0:00.0	Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of
0:07.0	Happiness Podcast.
0:08.0	For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want
0:14.4	to share that science with you.
0:16.1	And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley.
0:19.4	I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that
0:25.4	calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:36.2	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:37.6	I'm Robin Ints and after nine new episodes of our favorite moments from the Infinite
0:41.8	Monkey Cage, it's time to hand over to you our listener. of our
0:44.0	moments from the infinite monkey cage. It's time to hand over to you our listeners
0:45.0	to find out what clips of the show you most wanted to hear again.
0:48.0	Yeah, most of the letters were questions for
0:50.0	gardeners question time, where the people got confused they're all about
0:53.5	hydrangers yeah well I mean Brian can we have some Hollyhocks advice from you yeah
0:58.6	don't grow them in peaty soil thank you very much now a lot of the people writing him were talking about how I keep fit because Brian has a keep fit regime
1:08.0	He has a personal trainer a load of kettlebells and a macrobiotic diet, but my daily mechanism of fitness is just that I'm Brian Blessed
1:14.6	for 10 minutes a day and it really keeps the weight off.
1:17.6	Oh! There we go! In out! In out! One two! Flash! Honestly I do recommend... out one two flash
1:24.1	I do recommend it to everyone if you wake up in the morning and just for the first two
1:28.0	minutes you behave as Brian Blessy it really is invigorating
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