Hello and welcome to Mike Reads Wikipedia. I’m Mike Dicks, your host. Traditionally, on this podcast, I read a random Wikipedia page—hence “Mike Reads Wikipedia”—but recently, I’ve been experimenting with feeding Wikipedia articles into ChatGPT, transforming them into scripts, and then adding my own touches before reading them out. As much as I like the idea of a podcast titled “Mike Gets ChatGPT to Read Wikipedia, Mangle it into a Script that I Edit and Read to You” it might be a bit of a mouthful so, I’m considering renaming it something snappier like “Mike Reads Something Out Loud” or just ..read more

The dark truth about Hugo Boss and the Nazis - great bedtime listening for anyone into uniforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

As it's Eurovision day (well it was when I recorded this) I thought I'd read about it on Wikipedia and I don't see why you shouldn't have to listen along with me. You van read the article yourself here EUROVISION Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

This episode was recorded on election day (6/2021) and deals with a character who is standing for the Mayor of London, Count Binface - the article surprised me when I learnt that Binface was previously a version of Lord Buckethead and had to change due to a copyright dispute - it is, asmum always says, a bad day when you don't learn something Read along HERE and HERETOO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In a vain attempt to pretend this podcast has any listeners I suggest that iepisode's subject was suggested by a listener, called Z (you don't know him, he lives in another town) Anyway, welcome to the Wikipedia page about Jesus's foreskin(s) and how it ended up as the rings of Saturn Feel free to read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Amongst the many images I create and call 'art' are a series that I call "The Towers of Brighton and Hove and the most popular of those is loosely based on The Brighton Palace Pier, soo today I read the Wikipedia article about Brighton's most famous ico. You can read along here And look at my version of the pier here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Since I started this podcast a number of people have asked if it's actually a version of Wikipedia created by 1980's heartthrob Mike Read - it isn't - but I thought I would go a little meta and read the article about Mike Read for Mike Reads Wikipedia - you can read along here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Normally I avoid contentious articles on Wikipedia – you know ones that are controversial and badly in need of a brisk edit – but today I was thinking about Apple Crumbles so I went to Wikipedia to find out about the history of the dish, only to discover they had merged the article with one about an American dessert called an Apple Crisp! – you can hear my disbelief throughout this episode and read along yourself HERE: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

There are quite a few places in the UK called Devil's Dyke, one of them is near to where I live in Sussex and I thought I would take a look at the Wikipedia entry for it today. You can read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

I read a newspaper article about a man who had posted himself from Australia to the UK in the 1960s, so I went to look in Wikipedia to find other stories of Human Post - this one, about Henry Box Brown caught my eye - so I read it into a mic and now here we are. Read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more