The Ministry of Swooping: A Fake News Podcast

AKA: What is Batman's guilty pleasure? Shitting out a perfect Cumberland sausage.

This week Al is joined by comedian and podcaster Tiernan Douieb. The pair discuss the possibility of food being cheaper post-brexit (which turns into a discussion about battery bees), the story of Irene Sendler and how she lost a Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore's "slide show on global warming", Extinction Rebellion's Diesel generator, making as much money as Jeff Bezos, Supreme Court judges EU stipends and the size of the Super Mario Bros cartridge.

Plus Tiernan takes on the Fact Check Quiz and tells Al about how he almost fell asleep at a gig.

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AKA: They said we were crazy. They said we couldn't put Anal Beads inside of Tories. They were wrong.

Al is joined by Matt Lees and the two discuss two things Boris Johnson said, or supposedly said, how much plastic crap really comes from British Christmas Crackers, the alleged faking of global warming data by NASA, how a Rolex watch solved a murder and what activated charcoal in food does for your health.

Plus Matt becomes the first person to play the Fact Check Game and not get 7 out of 10. But did he score higher or lower?

AKA: What's there a ton of in Heaven? Balls.

So it's #InternationalPodcastDay and we're doing something a bit different. Instead of the usual fake news and meme debunking Al's here flying solo doing a special episode looking at seven common misconceptions.

So prepare to be schooled on Daddy Longlegs, George Washington's teeth, Sleepwalking, Napoleon, Twinkies, Duck Quacks and the origins of the word Fuck!

Tune in next week for a much better episode. For now, courage. 

AKA: Menstrual Rage, good to the last drop

This week Al is joined by wife Kitty as they discuss rubbish left by climate change strikers,  Area 51 raid deaths, Nikola Tesla's mobile phone predictions, Robin Williams friendship with Christopher Reeve, Diane Abbott Balloon Headcase and the cost comparisons between Donald Trump's border wall and the Obamacare website.

Plus can Kitty end the three-way tie at the top of the Fact Check Leaderboard?

AKA: Today on the Jeremy Kyle show: "Help, my son is inserting a Mason Jar into my anus!"

This week Al is joined by Jack & Ada from the Totally Unprepared Politics Show as they discuss the Tory ad which was removed from Facebook, whether Boris Johnsons backers are really betting on a no deal Brexit, the truth behind the Lisbon Treaty,  the man who buried vodka on the site of a festival and dug it up on entry, bottled water from public supplies and a meme about the college admissions scandal.

Plus can the pair topple Jim & Karin from the top of the Fact Check Leaderboard?

AKA: What don't you want to find in your Kung Pao chicken? Emma Watson.

AKA: In her latest feature-length film, Tracy Beaker struggles with Land mines for the first time.

AKA: A Mopey Zoo Lion

AKA Why am I sticky? Surprise sex!

This week Al is joined by former colleague and podcast virgin Nik Chapple and former school buddy Lloyd Collins. They discuss winning Vegas holidays on Facebook, a woman who defecated on her bosses desk, Steve Jobs' last words, bullet resistant backpacks, seagulls that kidnap dogs and did the El Paso shooter really post a gun homage to Donald Trump?

If that isn't enough nonsense for you; find out what arcade game Al is useless at, Lloyd tells us what wild animal you're legally allowed to kill in the UK and Nik explains why his toilet looks like a frog. 

AKA: Airport security guidelines now prohibit full frontal nudity.

This week your Secretary of State for Nonsense, Al Galpin, is once again joined by the most reluctant podcaster Kitty Galpin; and podcaster extraordinaire Matt Lees. The trio tackle some questionable news stories and memes from the past week as they seek out the truth. Did the Dutch really eat a Prime Minister in 1672? Is that really a video of a Zombie Chicken? And did the Teletubbies sun baby really have a baby?

Plus it's the rematch of the century as Kitty tries to avenge last weeks defeat in the Fact Penalty Shootout!

AKA: I get by with a little help from bioengineered assault turtles with acid breath

It's the first ever episode of the Ministry of Swooping, the podcast taking a tongue-in-cheek look at fake news and untrustworthy memes. Joining the Secretary of State for Nonsense, Al Galpin, are this weeks under-secretaries; "The worlds most reluctant podcaster" Kitty Galpin and "Your favourite podcasters favourite podcaster" Matt Lees.  The MoS seeks out the truth and the fiction in stories about FaceApp, the Area 51 raid, Center Parcs and more. Plus find out how Matt embarrassed himself, why Kitty went "full mum" in a cinema and hear which of the under-secretaries is best at spotting fake facts.