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What's beautiful and smells like vomit?

Episode 13

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 • Duration 43:50

This is our thirteenth episode. Are we lucky, or unlucky to have got this far?

Join us for another episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought four specimens all relating to the word 'unlucky'. Does the perfect museum specimen exist?

What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most reliable? Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

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Mistaking a marine reptile for a communist

Episode 4

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 34:30

Join us for another episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought four specimens all relating to the word 'fresh'.

Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?

Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Podcast #Perfect

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That time Natalie really annoyed a chameleon

Episode 3

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 • Duration 35:34

Join us for the third episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought four specimens all relating to the word 'Exuberant'.

Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?

Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Podcast #Perfect

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Natalie totally thought that was its butt

Episode 2

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 • Duration 34:57

Join us for the second episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought four specimens all relating to the word 'squishy'.

Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the tackiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?

Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Podcast #Squishy

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Josh has questions about waxy whale earplugs...

Episode 1

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 • Duration 41:49

Join us for the first episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought 4 specimens all relating to the word 'perfect'.

Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?

Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

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Introducing The 'Perfect' Specimen

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 • Duration 01:21

Welcome to The 'Perfect' Specimen, a podcast from the Natural History Museum, London.

Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?

Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

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Josh says don't research ostrich penises

Episode 12

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 • Duration 40:46

For our Halloween special, Natalie possibly has the wrong crab and Josh has brought our oldest specimen (if you don't count fossils) - but they have both dressed for the occasion. Join us for another episode of The 'Perfect' Specimen, this week Josh and Natalie have brought four specimens all relating to the word 'spooky'. Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most reliable? Each episode, our hosts take their pick from 80 million specimens at the Natural History Museum to find the 'perfect' specimen. Their only prompt? A single word.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Podcast #Perfect

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