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David Ward's back to delve into … some superb privacy settings (note how I avoided saying "…the A-lady's private parts" there?)

Recommended by friend of the show Hazel Highland, today's skill will confirm once and for all if you're a brainy

Last covered over 500 episodes ago, today's skill serves up some really nice-sounding meditations to soothe you to sleep or get you grounded. Groovy

First covered nearly 1700 episodes ago, this one's worth revisiting - even if it's to hear Shaun reaching for names beginning with 'B'. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

If you've an Echo with a screen, experience live views from nearly 100 of EarthCam’s most popular cameras, such as New Orleans, Budapest, Dublin, New York and even space! Make sure to check back often to see a variety of live webcam content, including new cameras that have been added. Also available on the Earthcam app or earthcam.com. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Happy new year! Today we revisit a whole raft of rather useful skills that could help make our fresh start to 2025 so much better … and in so many ways. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Last covered nearly 1400 episodes ago, today's skill is a nice, simple animal-sound skill that helps you move through the zoo as you correctly guess each creature's call. Cool. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Last covered exactly 500 episodes ago, today's ambient sound skill actually takes you on a journey through the woods past the soothing stereophonic sounds of the forest. Skip through the soundscape (literally if you've room and young enough knees) and set a sleep timer. Arboreal ambience at its best. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Today's top tip is a simple way to surface skills and services that the A-lady can offer - and then we finish off with the answer to yesterday's lateral thinking problem. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Rebecca and Sid from the hit kids TV show Let's Play, a CBeebies favourite, bring us some fun activities - and then I finish off with a lateral thinking problem for no obvious reason

Last covered over 500 episodes ago, log your feelings each day and get stats on your sentiments to keep track of your moods over time. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Last covered nearly 1000 episodes ago, we're steering away from the conventional meaning of Boxing Day today. Zap! Pow! Blatt! Kapow! Those would be the sound effects in this skill if your opponent were any of the evil villains in Batman. As it is, however, they're more your normal boxing noises that punctuate this pugilistic skill that surely pulls no punches. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

A nice selection of simple games to spice up the day itself

Help! Santa's trapped in an infeasibly large bewitched soap bubble and we need to do all the usual escape room type activities to get him out. Please help save Christmas!

Shaun's back today with some stunning Santa-related banter

Another top quality Crimbo-related skill today. It's Christmas Cracker jokes from folk duo 'I Am the Cold Man' ⛄ Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Wow! I had no idea I had the memory of a goldfish. Or is that 7 purple fish? I can't remember

By those fab guys at HUGO.FM, get Christmas cracker style jokes, Christmas Music, Facts and great Christmas stories - all brought to us by the big man himself

Linking directly to NORAD's powerful Santa-tracking technology, we'll home in on the home of Christmas and the big man himself

How well do I know the lovely A-lady? Let's find out… (Spoiler: Not very well) Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com