Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 10m
Activity Dormant
Since Nov 2021
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

A plucky 10-minute podcast that answers your questions on any topic. [email protected]

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Recent Episodes

Ask the Ascot 33: Secret Holiday

Dec 30, 2025 9m

Sibling rivalry, antiques, and more!Email your questions to [email protected]

Ask the Ascot 32: Blame the Third Ryan

Dec 21, 2025 10m

We're back with a NEW SEASON of Ask the Ascot! Email your questions to [email protected] can follow Michael Beck on BlueSky @michaeljeromebeck.bsky.social

Ask the Ascot 31: Crushing Obligation

Dec 31, 2022 9m

Topics include the origin of religion, the best winter bird, and more!

Ask the Ascot 30.5: A Christmas Carol

Dec 21, 2022 36m

I am delighted to present, as a holiday treat, a reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Ask the Ascot 30: A Holiday Beckstravaganza

Dec 21, 2022 9m

Topics include inventing holidays, Charles Dickens in Ohio, and more!

Ask the Ascot 29: Practicing Old-Timey Medicine Without an Old-Timey License

Jun 06, 2022 9m

Topics this episode include sneezing at night, debunked medical practices, and more!

Ask the Ascot 28: An Inadvertently Summer-Themed Episode

May 31, 2022 9m

Topics include linen pants, vacations, my outrage over a defective pint glass, and more!

Ask the Ascot 27: A Few of My Favorite Things, Plus Chess

May 24, 2022 10m

Topics include my favorite funny books, my favorite varietal of garlic, and more!

Ask the Ascot 26-and-a-half: In Which I Pop Up My Head to Say Hello and Then Immediately Return to Work

May 17, 2022 1m

Topics include U.S. President James Garfield and a hearty greeting from the podcast wilderness.

Ask the Ascot 26: The End of the Beginning

May 02, 2022 11m

Topics include commencement speeches, the agonies and resentments of middle age, and more!

Ask the Ascot 25: The Vampire You Will Always Have With You

Apr 18, 2022 12m

Topics include straws, being a good neighbor, calling entities the name by which they want to be called, and more!

Ask the Ascot 24: I Suggest You Concede

Apr 11, 2022 11m

Topics include board games, video games, giving up, and more!

Ask the Ascot 23: Charming but Evil

Apr 04, 2022 9m

Topics include old-timey automobiles, action figures at work, and more!

Ask the Ascot 22: Feelings about Hills and Streams

Mar 28, 2022 9m

Topics include Twitter, 19th century English poetry, my favorite of Brian Johnson's cats, and more!

Ask the Ascot 21: Meet the New Zeus, Same as the Old Zeus

Mar 21, 2022 10m

Topics include my favorite mythology, pro-billionaire propaganda, and more!

Ask the Ascot 20: Eleanor of Aquitaine is Not a Sandwich

Mar 14, 2022 10m

Topics include sharing with friends, my favorite Plantagenet, the distinction between seeming and being, and more!

Ask the Ascot 19: A Moving Podcast

Mar 08, 2022 11m

Topics include cardboard boxes, theater recommendations, jokes about potatoes, and more!

Ask the Ascot 18: Bankers in T-Shirts and Other Signs of the Apocalypse

Feb 28, 2022 9m

Topics include the perfect outfit, great cooking recipes for living on your own, and more!

Ask the Ascot 17: The Crystal Show

Feb 21, 2022 11m

Topics include treats, important legal matters, and more!

Ask the Ascot 16: Working for the Whiskey Ring

Feb 14, 2022 10m

Topics include terrible bosses, the best Gilded Age president, and more!

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Ask the Ascot has published 36 episodes since November 2021, covering topics in Comedy.

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