Microscope

Plosive Limited

Join Mat Ewins and John Kearns – in the guise of different characters each week – as they attempt to explain the unexplained and put some of the world’s biggest mysteries under the Microscope in this improvised comedy podcast.

  • 34 minutes 19 seconds
    Case 35: Prison Break

    Case Thirty Five. Someone call the cops, an escaped prisoner has somehow made it on to the podcasts.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.

    Recorded live at The Bill Murray in London.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


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    9 December 2022, 4:00 am
  • 32 minutes 10 seconds
    Case 34: Postman Patrick

    Case Thirty Four. Early in the morning, just as day is dawning Postman Patrick, Postman Patrick and his absolutely not black and white disco trousers chat to Mat Ewins about the decline of the postal service and his mysterious gift.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 December 2022, 4:00 am
  • 28 minutes 39 seconds
    Case 33: Animatronics

    Case Thirty Three. Mat Ewins talks to a modern day Geppetto whose creations have been coming to life…


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 November 2022, 4:00 am
  • 33 minutes 42 seconds
    Case 32: Titanic 2

    Case Thirty Two. Can Mat Ewins sink the case of the presumably ill-fated Titanic 2? Ewins talks to Captain Eyebirds about his cheeky ship.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.

    Recorded live at Monkey Barrel Comedy during the Edinburgh Fringe 2022.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 November 2022, 4:00 am
  • 23 minutes 52 seconds
    Case 31: Hell FC

    Case Thirty One. This week Mat Ewins scores an interview with football manager of the occult, Peter Keys. Pull up your socks and shine your shin pads, there are demons in defence and Beelzebub on the bench. It's a scorcher.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 November 2022, 4:00 am
  • 29 minutes 23 seconds
    Case 30: Benjamin Mutton

    Case Thirty. Mat Ewins picks up a pitch fork and digs in down at the farm to interview Farmer Mutton on his son's very unusual condition. This is the remarkable story of Benjamin Mutton. Best listened to backwards.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    4 November 2022, 4:00 am
  • 33 minutes 44 seconds
    Case 29: Self-Driving Car

    Case Twenty Nine. Constable Gladstone gets a grilling from Mat Ewins about his crime-solving car, Sally.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 October 2022, 3:00 am
  • 30 seconds
    Series 3 - Trailer

    After nearly two years away, Mat Ewins and John Kearns are back solving more of the world's biggest mysteries in Microscope. Series 3 starts this 28th October.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Follow Microscope on Twitter: @microscopefun


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns. 

    Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive Productions. 


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun 

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 October 2022, 3:00 am
  • 36 minutes 28 seconds
    Case 28: Centaur

    Case Twenty Eight. Centaur? Centaur! Mat Ewins dons his best silks and climbs into his stirrups as he launches into Hoof Hefner, convicted fraudster and horse trainer extraordinaire. A bizarre tale of lies, deceit and the charms a man with horse legs can hold over simple folk, one for the record books but for all the wrong reasons.


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive Productions.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    4 December 2020, 4:00 am
  • 32 minutes 48 seconds
    Case 27: Traffic Warden

    Case Twenty Seven. Poop! Poop! Mat Ewins dons his driving gloves and shows us his clutching feet as he joins traffic warden Geoffrey Pinto on a journey through time in, no less, a time travelling car. Think Back to the Future without the spectacle, plot, the charisma of the leads or Spielberg at the helm and you’ll be half way there! Play loud! Play fast!


    Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive Productions.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 November 2020, 4:00 am
  • 28 minutes 31 seconds
    Case 26: Shakespeare’s Sequels

    Case Twenty Six. Mat Ewins pulls up his tights, pulls down his ruff and soliloquises with Bill Bulbs, a librarian (libearian) who discovered the unpublished sequels of William Shakespeare. A tale that could’ve been written by the Bard himself, best listened to whilst being pursued by a bear.


    Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

    Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.

    Theme music by Nicky Green.

    Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

    Produced by Plosive Productions.


    Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 November 2020, 4:00 am
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