Lee recounts his visit to the UK's corridors of power before they talk about using correct accents (or not) for words that are not English.
Some other details from the episode: Gwyneth Paltrow's mother, the original Westworld, a bad joke about a week in tents, Bob and Lee's keynote in Malta, The Beatles (and Paul McCartney) Lee's intemperance and his flibbertigibbet-ness, the weather still being cold, Simon's intense week, Lee visiting the corridors of power (the palace of Westminster), shaking green hands, Lee and Simon's differences of opinion, security arrangements for entering Westminster, parliament tourists, Lee's costume for the visit, Dr. Martens made both in the UK and overseas (and how much they cost), bargain hunting, being anxious about not getting anxious, getting help at work from people who are really good at what they do, making cases for changing policy, policy wonks, politicians not answering questions, academics answering questions they don't know the answer to, getting French philosophers' names on purpose, Walter Benjamin, coming down off high horses, using foreign accents or not depending on the context, the renewal of the Maori language in Aotearoa, the anglicisation of place names in New Zealand, Lee telling Bob everything and Bob being uninterested in other people's business and gossip.
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