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S2 Ep 230Blowing a gasket

It was Spring 2019 and Julian Assange had just emerged from the Ecuadorian embassy, I appear to lose my mind and am disappointed by both the French and a black hole.

Jun 26, 202329 min

S2 Ep 229He mentioned the war!

This week, banker waves his money at me, I admit to doing Top Secret work and a man finds something great on a bus.

Jun 19, 202330 min

S2 Ep 228A right Humphrey

This week, in clips from 2019, I get threatened with half a billion people, there's a car nightmare and from this weekend, two bang-up-to-date callers, one is a Humphrey and the other does the Wokey-Cokey.

Jun 12, 202330 min

S2 Ep 2271,2,3,4!

This week, the nation gets told off by a Rose, there's a lesson in chocolate, a report from a Ramones gig and I find the origin of a favourite sound clip I play.

Jun 5, 202331 min

S2 Ep 226Smugg gets comical

In Spring of 2019, the word "flextention" had just been coined, Mrs M was doing her best, I'd had a face full of something poisonous and the Dad's Army recreation society was having a moment.

May 30, 202333 min

S2 Ep 225Brexit ruined my lips

This week, a lady has a make-up crisis, there was intense discussions between the clown shoe lady and the bearded weirdo and people were stockpiling in case Brexit went badly.

May 22, 202331 min

S2 Ep 224A face full

It was Spring 2019 and the thought of Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister came up (oh how we laughed), a man muttered something about the royals taking charge and the House of Commons was spouting sewage.

May 15, 202332 min

S2 Ep 223Your call is important to us

In this episode, I get picked on by the mayor, we talk artificial intelligence (years before Chat GPT came along) and there's an unfortunate incident with a monkey

May 8, 202332 min

S2 Ep 222Powered by hot air

This week I get messages from numpties, we talk man-caves and a man called about something we weren't discussing and rather takes over.

May 1, 202330 min

S2 Ep 221Hazza's to-do list

This week, we were being dazzled, Nigel Farage was planning a protest march, Theresa May was busy negotiating and a prince was telling us to live more sustainably

Apr 24, 202330 min

S2 Ep 220Some grief from the help

In this week's clips, we find out who is responsible for a big TV game show, I fail to win a million pounds on another game show, I get a call from an odd hatchback driver and, in a bang up to date clip, we hear from a person who can speak when he says nothing at all.

Apr 17, 202331 min

S2 Ep 219Zobidan the Creepy

This week, there's two clips that are bang up to date, one of which is confusing, the other a bit frightening. For the rest of the time, we are in 2019 and it was International Women's Day.

Apr 11, 202327 min

S2 Ep 218Two unfortunate pets

This week's clips from 2019 include talk about money, Tubular Bells and grits. It ends with a very recent pair of calls from last month, one is a Boris Johnson fan who calls to defend him and a nice lady has a horror story about pets.

Apr 3, 202331 min

S2 Ep 217Hold the grits!

This week's clips from 2019 include Nigel Farage on a mission, we were concerned about American food and threatened with riots. There's also a very clip from about a week ago in which I was taken to task by a Boris Johnson fan.

Mar 27, 202329 min

S2 Ep 216I ain't got no class

It was 2019 and I'd had a win on the Lottery, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was trying to be frightening, Donald Trump got a health check and Nigel Farage organised a march.

Mar 20, 202328 min

S2 Ep 215Who?

It's a bit different this week - there's clips from 2019 when Mrs M was in power and the Tories were fighting with anything that moved, there's a question about where's London and this week I've included a very recent clip from this month that I think you may enjoy. I know I did!

Mar 13, 202330 min

S2 Ep 214Sing faster!

This week's clips include talking about billionaires, a caller expressed themselves in an artistic manner and I give a firm but fair opinion on rugby.

Mar 6, 202329 min

S2 Ep 213AI and the IQ of MPs

This week's clips are from four years ago when we were having an oddly familiar conversation, took a peek at the internet and took the bus to Wetherspoons.

Feb 27, 202337 min

S2 Ep 212Getting caught short

This week's clips are from this time four years ago when the weather was fantastic, Tories were fighting with each other and there was a crisis in a coffee shop.

Feb 20, 202333 min

S2 Ep 211I have a dream

This week's clips are from early 2019 when Donald Trump was going on about his huge and tremendous wall, we found that the internet is lying to us and we got bad news about Bournemouth.

Feb 13, 202332 min

S2 Ep 210Don't breathe in

It was 2019 and the kids were having a grand day out to protest about climate change, I learned something about Bournemouth and people were fearing what was coming from the skies.

Feb 6, 202332 min

S2 Ep 209The kids are revolting!

This week's clips are from 2019 when a certain personage had crashed his car, school pupils decided to do something because adults weren't and there was an issue with bugs.

Jan 30, 202335 min

S2 Ep 208Going to a better party

This week's clips are from February 2019 when there was a weather forecast that should give up hope for next month, a new political party had been formed that you may already have forgotten existed and we found we were about to get sent back to the Stone Age.

Jan 23, 202333 min

S2 Ep 207The Cow Issue

This week's clips are from 2019 when we thought we were living in odd times. If only we knew what was round the corner! In these clips, we help an isolated man in Yorkshire and a farmer is very angry with me.

Jan 16, 202336 min

S2 Ep 206Gibraltar fights back

It was February 2019 and a British colony was under attack, I got animated about the national antem, there was David Beckham news and some billionaires got told off.

Jan 9, 202331 min

S2 Ep 205A right old ding-dong.

This weeks clips are from 2019 and there's some funny stuff here. There was warnings of food shortages, someone thought that KFC running out of chicken was their way of scuppering Brexit, a caller tried to explain things based on what he understood and some light winter weather had had the usual consequences.

Dec 19, 202231 min

S2 Ep 204Howzat?!

This weeks clips from 2019 feature me getting confused about cricket, having a fight with some callers, choosing a favourite song and comparing Jeremy Corbyn to a Star Wars character.

Dec 12, 202234 min

Ep 203What's a nanny do?

This week's clips are from 2019 when we were staring at windmills, dreaming of island living, ruining Pink Floyd and I had an electricity crisis.

Dec 5, 202228 min

S2 Ep 202More Communist Tripe

We dance around the years in this one. Starting in 2020 for a little light conspiracy theorising, then back to 2019 for a road safety fail and I get a request, which sounds like a demand.

Nov 28, 202231 min

S2 Ep 201The loudest light

It was Autumn 2020 and a man picked fight about pubs, another honours list was announced, a lady had a controversial cure for the mad bat disease, we looked forward to an important announcement and noticed a household design fault.

Nov 21, 202230 min

S2 Ep 201Cows with guns

This weeks clips include Donny goes to hospital, as really stupid idea from Gavin Williamson and an even stupider one from Pritti Patel and a rat gets its just deserts.

Nov 14, 202233 min

S2 Ep 200Strategy? What strategy?

It was Autumn 2020 and there was a rush on in the supermarkets, people were confused about restrictions, some callers sounded very refreshed and there was revolution in the air

Nov 7, 202231 min

S2 Ep 199The big picture

This week, Donald Trump's fans are confused, it was two years ago and we were all about the bubbles and I get a little too much praise for my part in fighting the Mad Bat Disease.

Oct 31, 202234 min

S2 Ep 198The Secret of Happiness

This week's clips are from Autumn 2020 when a certain Boris Johnson insisted we shouldn't have parties, we were envious of Swedes (not the vegetable) and there was a protest parade about pretty much everything.

Oct 24, 202234 min

S2 Ep 197The Hamburger Issue

It was two years ago and there was the curious case of the see-through premier, confusion about Level 42, some concern about burgers and a slight communication breakdown.

Oct 17, 202232 min

S2 Ep 196The groin issue

This week, Donald Trump's fans get that sinking feeling, the government threatened us to get back to teh office, I lose track of time and a man shares a little too much

Oct 10, 202230 min

S2 Ep 195Watch out, communists about

This week's clips are from when the English football team proved a disappointment, David Blaine did something odd with ice and Donald Trump flipped out when he saw where he was staying in London.

Oct 3, 202235 min

S2 Ep 194Irate in Uxbridge

This week's clips are from Autumn 2020 and follow on from last week's podcast, in which a chap thought I should give away all my money, we were reminiscing about the days before Bodger Johnson took over, our new trade deal-maker was announced to be an Australian, and a man in Johnson's constituency was not totally satisfied with everything, especially me.

Sep 27, 202225 min

S2 Ep 193It's all my fault!

It was Autumn 2020 and I get interrupted by a digital intrusion, I have a heated debate wit a bloke who thinks I am the problem, pick a fight with Australia and America and at the end there's a great call from this weekend just gone.

Sep 20, 202235 min

S2 Ep 192Strictly who?

This week's clips are from a pretty important period in which the wheels started coming off the clown car, I take a fiery call from one of the usual suspects and fail to recognise some celebrities.

Sep 5, 202234 min

S2 Ep 191Millions of visitors

This week's clips have people fighting like cats and dogs, I talk about waiting for the music, the government were telling us to go outside after telling us to stay indoors and there's a curious tale about a balcony invasion

Aug 29, 202235 min

S2 Ep 190Italian food is very dangerous

It was August two years ago and the government were telling us to go back to work after telling us not to, I have some good advice for a TV show set to return and we remember when no-one was allowed in the front room.

Aug 22, 202230 min

S2 Ep 18916 cats in the kitchen

This weeks clips include me explaining what's wrong with other drivers, I prove that no-one is interested in a cultural institution at the centre of a BIG row and I make a prediction about Donald Trump

Aug 15, 202233 min

S2 Ep 188Soberish

This week's podcast follows on from last week's clips and features a square sheep, a silly song and raging at roads.

Aug 8, 202234 min

S2 Ep 187The square sheep

This week's clips we were perplexed by the world's most expensive sheep, I measured the size of Nigel Farage's mouth and people were getting wound up by a song

Aug 2, 202231 min

S2 Ep 1861.4 billion interesting people

This week’s clips are from the start of the Mad Bat Disease. It hadn’t hit yet but van drivers were thinking about getting security and tourists were told not to act like they were on holiday!

Jul 25, 202233 min

S2 Ep 185Nightmare house guests

This week’s clips are from Spring 2020 and a man calls from his zoo, a woman calls from her fire engine and I buy a bowler hat.

Jul 18, 202231 min

S2 Ep 184Sayonara Croydon

This week’s clips are from Spring 2020, in which a lady recreates Noah’s Ark, there’s things you don’t want to see in a pandemic, The Goop Woman Strikes Back, being late for the Sex Pistols and the War of the Worlds.

Jul 11, 202233 min

S2 Ep 183Vegetables aren’t grizzly

This week’s clips are from the start of the Mad Bat Disease, there were reports of disappointment at the supermarket, we learned how not to get divorced, I had a holiday disaster and received one of the most mystifying calls ever.

Jul 4, 202230 min

S2 Ep 182These nuts taste funny

This week, there’s new rules about money, a loo with a view, the musty aroma of a pub and I look forward to a dental appointment.

Jun 27, 202232 min