Lightly Used

It's Adam's 20th pod-iversary;Sumo season has returned; Hell on wheels; Johnny Turnip and friends continue their quest to find a mermaid in 'Lightly Used News'; We play 'Tat In The Box' where we try to guess each other's mystery items from charity shops by feel alone;Karen brings this episode's featured book in 'Bibliotat'We nearly forgot we went to the cinema! There's a spoiler-free review of 'Project Hail Mary' to end the show;You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-40web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: pod (at) lightlyused.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Karen was a guest on an upcoming Boo-Foons Mystery Investigators podcast episode;Corrections and clarifications for episode 38;We had a valentine evening at Techniquest Science Discovery Centre;Puerto Rico Paul's mum gives the boys a tip in 'Lightly Used News';We close our eyes to try and guess each other's donation and treasured items are in 'Tat In The Box' - featuring a brief Public Safety Annoucement;We play a stolen game;It's Adam's choice of book to end the show with 'Bibliotat'.You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-39web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: pod (at) lightlyused.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Highlights from our Live Fundraising Special. Thankyou to everyone who attended, watched/listened live and all who donated!Featured Musical Guest: Rufus Mufasa Track: Ffion y FfriddAlbum: Tri(ger) Warning(s)https://swynwraig.bandcamp.com/album/tri-ger-warning-s-rufus-mufasaweb: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: pod (at) lightlyused.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4dMusic: Creo - 'Rock Thing'https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/778324

A mystery voicemail;Gaslighting!;Start your swear-counter;Ghosts go 'woooo';Johnny Turnip returns from his out-of-body experience in 'Lightly Used News';We take turns to guess each others' second-hand items by feel in 'Tat In The Box';We FINALLY played Skyjo, a xmas present card game from Karen's mum (thankyou!);It's Karen's choice of book in 'Bibliotat' to end the episode.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-38/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: pod (at) lightlyused.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

We're late recording and under-prepared this time, but Karen did coin the excellent 'Tat and Chat' to sum up this episode's offerings!Withheld numbers;An update on Adam's tiny cauldron;An update on Karen's tiny kitten;To make up for no Bibliotat segment, Adam brought some crisps he got around xmas time to try;Karen has a new favourite thing...check out the link below!;Johnny Turnip's out-of-body experience in 'Lightly Used News';We close our eyes and take turns to guess each other's mystery items in 'Tat In The Box'. Photos and show notes are on our blog. If you'd like any of our featured donation items so far this year, email us before 1st March 2026 - our address is below.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-37/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: pod (at) lightlyused.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Adam's apologies and explanations from last episode;Karen has an update and an awakening, Adam misreads a reaction!;Johnny Turnip and friends encounter a witch in Lightly Used News;This episode's 'Tat In The Box' might be a 'Treasure In The Box'!;We play a butchered round of a DVD-based board game without using the DVD;Karen regrets her book purchase...so do we, in this episode's 'Bibliotat'You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-36web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

For 2026, we're upgrading 'Tat In The Box - we'll take it in turns to caress and guess our treasured tat items AND an item we'll be donating to a charity shop - it's Karen't turn to break the rules this time...with help from her mum! As you'll see on the blog, Adam took this opportunity to do some catalogue poses.It's the return of Johnn Turnip; as he embarks upon a new chapter of misadventures 'Tears Of a Mermaid';We round out the show with another lightly used book. This time, an xmas present Adam got around 25(ish) years ago.You can find show notes & photos in our blog - including promised pussy pics!Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-35-spillage/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

To clarify, Adam has NOT been making 'secret episodes', but he does have two apologies and a thank you for Karen;The photo from the end of last episode Adam was too embarrassed to post;Matt from 'A Pint of Cthulu' podcast solves last episode's Garfield mystery;A follow-up on Karen's 'sleepwalkee' experience;Adam plays the inaugural game of 'Guess the Acronym';Karen's car park calamity;Adam will try to resist Hot Wheels, Karen will try to resist Fugglers;Words we used to mispronounce when we were small;A taste test...of things that have already been taste tested on Channel 84;Adam bends the 'Tat In The Box' rules once more;We round out the show with an 80's 'Bibliotat'.You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-episode-34web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://channel84.co.uk/discordBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodLightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

November brings Karen's birthday...and a troubling discovery about what Art's been up to;We've seen some excellent live comedy shows this month;Adam doesn't keep up his end of the 'Tat In The Box' tradition;Karen 's copy of Reader’s Digest ‘Mysteries of the Unexplained’ returns for Bibliotat;Our terrifying stories about sleeping.Drop us an email if you'd like to be in the draw for one of the postcards or Old Nick bookmarks we got from Swansea Museum (email address below).You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-33-ppp/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

In lieu of our planned cobbled-together episode, here's a different and even more hastily cobbled together short 'out-and-about' show...ostensibly, tangentially...kinda vaguely Halloween adjacent.Photos we took are on our blog (linked below); where you'll also find links to the articles & posts used for research, plus some excellent historical photos.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-episode-32-the-swansea-devil/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Bit of a different format this ep, we just have bit of a chat, the only usual feature s Adam's 'Bibliotat', because it happened to tie in with something Karen mentioned. Otherwise, we'll be bumping our gums about:Karen went on 'Paul and Sanja's Ghunt';Adam's got a small follow-up from Episode 29's 'Bibliotat';Some chat about episode 9 of 'Star Trek - Strange New Words'. We do out best to avoid spoilers, we think we did ok?;Karen never watched 'The Girlie Show' in the '90's...has it held up?;You're getting OLD;Bibliotat - 'Wagstaffe the Wind-up Boy' by Jan Needleshow blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-31-lightly-spooked/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

This is the 3rd 'Turnip Tales' compilation, covering "The Once and Future King" chapter of Johnny Turnip's saga.We'll be back on Sept 27th. You can find links to this episode's Abergavenny Chronicle articles, Tim Butters' book and our 'pod nod' recommendations in our blog. show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-episode-30-turnip-tales-3-the-once-and-future-king/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Apologies for the slightly off audio quality - we've got some new tech...turns out some settings needs a bit more adjusting still.There's no 'Lightly Used News', but there's a video of Adam recording last episode's in the show blog (linked below), so you get to see what has to be edited out!;Adam found his old car for sale with a listing full of lies;This episode was re-recorded due to a technical SNAFU, so we know each others' 'Tat In The Box' items...we didn't even bother with boxes;We re-play a quick tat-related game;Karen's brought the worst 'Bibliotat' book so far...You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-29-camel-milk/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

An extra, but belated birthday thanks to Who Takes The Socks Off;Adam's been looking through his DVD collection...including a 3-minute chat about one actor in one role;In 'Lightly Used News', Johnny Turnip and his 'knights' encounter the Men In Beige once more;We close our eyes and fondle each others' items to guess their identity in 'Tat in The Box'; Karen's got a biscuit-related board game from the 80's to play;Adam has finally includes the 'Bibliotat' book he didn't read a few episodes ago. You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-28-thomas-cruise/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

This episode is sponsored by ART-ificial Intelligence.We've been doing the show for a year!The story of how we joined Channel 84 and the pod that never was; One of Karen's local charity shops had a one-of-a-kind jacket stolen; Ausquatch update: "we acknowledge the unknown";Johnny Turnip faces a familiar foe in 'Lightly Used News';We try to guess each others' mystery charity shop items by feel alone in 'Tat In The Box'.Blog post: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-27-paper/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d-Music: Rich In The 80s - DivKidSupport by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/2xGHypM-

Despite being a 'shortened' episode as we've both not slept and Adam's unprepared...it's still about an hour?Thankyou James, Jackson and Karen's mum;'Rarg' Reloved;In 'Lightly Used News', Johnny Turnip claims to have found Excalibur;We play a round of 'Tat In The Box';Since the last episode it's been Adam's birthday;Karen's guilty pleasure telly and Youtube adiction.You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-26-ausquatch/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d

Karen gets a hit of childhood nostalgia; Karen's first correction; A plea to crazy medical science and a metaphysical realisation; Crossing YouTube algorithm streams; An Alien twist to Johnny Turnip's historic quest in 'Lightly Used News'; Can we identify each others' mystery items in 'Tat In The Box';We took a daytrip to Abergavenny and attempted to recreate the path of 'The Oracle Of Spikes' to the castle;Karen chooses this episode's featured book in 'Bibliotat'You can find show notes & photos in our blog. Let us know in the comments who you think has the best tat this episode, if you own(ed) any of the items we feature - or if you'd just like to get in touch.show blog: https://channel84.co.uk/lightly-used-25-oh-my-god-im-a-cat/web: www.lightlyused.co.ukemail: [email protected]: https://bsky.app/profile/lightlyused.bsky.socialInstagram: @_lightlyusedTwitter: @_lightlyusedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16a9WnABuG/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightlyUsedPodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nnz5KR8ugULightly Used is a Studio:Channel 84 Network Showhttps://channel84.co.uk/---Music: Slynk - 'Road Trip'Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3eVkh4d