Lateral with Tom Scott: guest pitching info, reach and format

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Sometimes has guests

35% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

49 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Weekly+

204 episodes · last 2026-09-04

Language

English

The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.

Where it's from

Not established

No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.

Reach

78

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.

Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

What the show says about itself

Award-winning comedy panel game about weird questions with wonderful answers. Each week, Tom Scott is joined by three guests to ask each other questions with a sideways twist. There's no points or prizes - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. Enquiries and question submissions: https://www.lateralcast.com. Ad-free shows and bonus content: https://www.lateralcast.com/club.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

204: An insane village
203: Looking for a hot rod
202: A sudden square
201: Vegan art
200: The pink hat
199: Unburned gasoline

This show publishes a contact

We hold the address this show publishes in its own feed. Addresses and drafted pitches are part of a plan. Browsing stays free, and we never send on your behalf.

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