Identifying as a Cat

Relying on their limited brain matter, John and Otto try to outwit AI Jo on two burning questions of the day. Did anyone actually identify as a cat in East Sussex? And was everyone off their faces with opiates in the 19th Century? Is this twaddle? Tosh? Piffle or Balderdash? Or have we hit a pure seam of Utter Bollocks? Plus a surprise audience question Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Otto English, author of Fake History and Fake Heroes, and John Mitchinson, one of the creators of the hit BBC quiz show QI and cohost of the podcast Backlisted, pit their wits against AI Jo (played by the BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan) in a quest to separate fact from fiction, truth from myth and urban legend, and find the holy grail of 'Utter Bollocks'. Produced by Marcos D'Cruze and Edd Hartwell. Music: Marriage Of Figaro Act 1 (Part 1) by Mozart