Explore every episode of the podcast Lorick: Riddles and Lore
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1551: Clue #155, The fruit of industrialisation | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:00:45 | |
Does Lorick #155 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! The fruit of industrialisation: subjugation and appropriation! Class-based antagonisms... Erase nationalisms! UNITE! And throw off exploitation! Hint: A spectre is haunting Europe | |||
| 1550: #154 solved, and Lorick #155 The fruit of industrialisation | 14 Jan 2026 | 00:05:15 | |
Lorick #154: The fruit of industrialisation: subjugation and appropriation! Class-based antagonisms... Erase nationalisms! UNITE! And throw off exploitation! But first, we solve #155 - here it is one last time: I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King! | |||
| 1541: Clue #154, I've done a miraculous thing | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:00:43 | |
Does Lorick #154 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King! Hint: I don't say a lot but my aid's oft besought | |||
| 1540: Lorick #154, I've done a miraculous thing | 12 Jan 2026 | 00:01:31 | |
Lorick #154, to confound and confusticate! I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King! | |||
| 1535: #153 solved; Week 051 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 11 Jan 2026 | 00:08:38 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #153: a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened | |||
| 1531: Clue #153, a carpenter, thatcher, and mason | 10 Jan 2026 | 00:00:47 | |
Does Lorick #153 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened Hint: a story with structural salience | |||
| 1530: #152 solved, and Lorick #153 a carpenter, thatcher, and mason | 09 Jan 2026 | 00:04:10 | |
Lorick #152: a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened But first, we solve #153 - here it is one last time: he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try! | |||
| 1521: Clue #152, he's a guardian who never asks why | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:00:44 | |
Does Lorick #152 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try! Hint: steady there... who's a good boy? | |||
| 1520: #151 solved, and Lorick #152 he's a guardian who never asks why | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:05:10 | |
Lorick #151: he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try! But first, we solve #152 - here it is one last time: every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure | |||
| 1511: Clue #151, every lifespan's a treasure | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:00:52 | |
Does Lorick #151 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure Hint: we are not what you seek if you think we are Greek | |||
| 1510: Lorick #151, every lifespan's a treasure | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:01:44 | |
Lorick #151, to confound and confusticate! every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure | |||
| 1505: #150 solved; Week 050 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 04 Jan 2026 | 00:13:02 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #150: my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch! | |||
| 1501: Clue #150, my man needs his courage to stick | 03 Jan 2026 | 00:00:51 | |
Does Lorick #150 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch! Hint: my tale's full of Scots... and indelible blots! | |||
| 1500: #149 solved, and Lorick #150 my man needs his courage to stick | 02 Jan 2026 | 00:05:06 | |
Lorick #149: my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch! But first, we solve #150 - here it is one last time: I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night | |||
| 1491: Clue #149, I'm cheaper to pay than to fight | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:00:50 | |
Does Lorick #149 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night Hint: My tribal sobriquet? Means nothing, I'd say | |||
| 1490: #148 solved, and Lorick #149 I'm cheaper to pay than to fight | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:08:14 | |
Lorick #148: I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night But first, we solve #149 - here it is one last time: By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress! | |||
| 1481: Clue #148, By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:00:59 | |
Does Lorick #148 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress! | |||
| 1480: Lorick #148, By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:01:43 | |
Lorick #148, to confound and confusticate! By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress! | |||
| 1475: #147 solved; Week 049 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 28 Dec 2025 | 00:10:34 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #147: a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver | |||
| 1471: Clue #147, a hero with national favour | 27 Dec 2025 | 00:00:49 | |
Does Lorick #147 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver Hint: a tool of the state... with a queenly mandate | |||
| 1470: #146 solved, and Lorick #147 a hero with national favour | 26 Dec 2025 | 00:05:32 | |
Lorick #146: a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver But first, we solve #147 - here it is one last time: I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition | |||
| 1461: Clue #146, I had gall, and charisma, ambition | 25 Dec 2025 | 00:00:48 | |
Does Lorick #146 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition Hint: I visited, I observed, and I vanquished | |||
| 1460: #145 solved, and Lorick #146 I had gall, and charisma, ambition | 24 Dec 2025 | 00:06:40 | |
Lorick #145: I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition But first, we solve #146 - here it is one last time: who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled | |||
| 1451: Clue #145, who's my rival? a terrible child | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:00:51 | |
Does Lorick #145 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled Hint: I'm a crook with a hook | |||
| 1450: Lorick #145, who's my rival? a terrible child | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:01:46 | |
Lorick #145, to confound and confusticate! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled | |||
| 1445: #144 solved; Week 048 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 21 Dec 2025 | 00:09:57 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #144: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! | |||
| 1441: Clue #144, I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a chil | 20 Dec 2025 | 00:00:46 | |
Does Lorick #144 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! Hint: I spark contagious fears; I'm by shepherds, revered. | |||
| 1440: #143 solved, and Lorick #144 I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child | 19 Dec 2025 | 00:07:05 | |
Lorick #143: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! But first, we solve #144 - here it is one last time: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her | |||
| 1431: Clue #143, A prince who goes under the weather | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:00:43 | |
Does Lorick #143 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her Hint: there's a marriage based on mistaken identity | |||
| 1430: #142 solved, and Lorick #143 A prince who goes under the weather | 17 Dec 2025 | 00:04:57 | |
Lorick #142: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her But first, we solve #143 - here it is one last time: am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute | |||
| 1421: Clue #142, am I human or am I brute | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:00:56 | |
Does Lorick #142 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute Hint: my kind is called cursed - our rages, dispersed... | |||
| 1420: Lorick #142, am I human or am I brute | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:01:49 | |
Lorick #142, to confound and confusticate! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute | |||
| 1415: #141 solved; Week 047 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 14 Dec 2025 | 00:12:23 | |
description: |+ Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #141: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! | |||
| 1411: Clue #141, an icarian tale: picaresque | 13 Dec 2025 | 00:00:45 | |
Does Lorick #141 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! Hint: | |||
| 1410: #140 solved, and Lorick #141 an icarian tale: picaresque | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:04:38 | |
Lorick #140: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! But first, we solve #141 - here it is one last time: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection | |||
| 1401: Clue #140, a misogynist, who brooks no objection | 11 Dec 2025 | 00:00:45 | |
Does Lorick #140 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection Hint: this fabular Greek got a Shavian tweak | |||
| 1400: #139 solved, and Lorick #140 a misogynist, who brooks no objection | 10 Dec 2025 | 00:07:49 | |
Lorick #139: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection But first, we solve #140 - here it is one last time: take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay! | |||
| 1391: Clue #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray | 09 Dec 2025 | 00:00:51 | |
Does Lorick #139 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay! Hint: its origin, though vague, was cemented in Prague | |||
| 1390: Lorick #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:01:40 | |
Lorick #139, to confound and confusticate! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay! | |||
| 1385: #138 solved; Week 046 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 07 Dec 2025 | 00:11:29 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #138: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable | |||
| 1381: Clue #138, a rebel whose vision is terrible | 06 Dec 2025 | 00:00:51 | |
Does Lorick #138 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable Hint: his life, like a nautilus, spins inward... its... ruinous | |||
| 1380: #137 solved, and Lorick #138 a rebel whose vision is terrible | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:04:57 | |
Lorick #137: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable But first, we solve #138 - here it is one last time: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... | |||
| 1371: Clue #137, he makes the earth quake on command | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:00:44 | |
Does Lorick #137 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... Hint: He makes horses and worse... | |||
| 1370: #136 solved, and Lorick #137 he makes the earth quake on command | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:08:02 | |
Lorick #136: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... But first, we solve #137 - here it is one last time: there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer... | |||
| 1361: Clue #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror | 02 Dec 2025 | 00:01:05 | |
Does Lorick #136 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer... Hint: he's known for his call... and pulpy revival | |||
| 1360: Lorick #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:02:13 | |
Lorick #136, to confound and confusticate! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer... | |||
| 1355: #135 solved; Week 045 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis | 30 Nov 2025 | 00:14:53 | |
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #135: he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who! | |||
| 1351: Clue #135, he can spin what she can't, nor professes to | 29 Nov 2025 | 00:00:48 | |
Does Lorick #135 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who! Hint: Bandlylegs? No? Crookshanks? No? | |||
| 1350: #134 solved, and Lorick #135 he can spin what she can't, nor professes to | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:07:03 | |
Lorick #134: he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who! But first, we solve #135 - here it is one last time: I'm a gigantic pain in the butt if my pranks are too awful, so what? I set worlds all afire through the monsters I sire it's forever itself that I'll cut! | |||
| 1341: Clue #134, I'm a gigantic pain in the butt | 27 Nov 2025 | 00:00:49 | |
Does Lorick #134 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a gigantic pain in the butt if my pranks are too awful, so what? I set worlds all afire through the monsters I sire it's forever itself that I'll cut! Hint: No one gave me a day... I'll make them all pay! | |||