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Friends old and new join me in Derry and Toms roof gardens to discuss the work and influence of prolific British fantasist Michael Moorcock, as well as other bits of 60s and 70s genre fiction that came to me via my Grandad in the 80s and informed my world view. Books, music, role-playing games, wrestling in Featherstone Library and many other digressions await.
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Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

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Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan t ...
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Join Mel Giedroyc every week as she laughs in the face of death with all your favourite funny celebrities. Working on the assumption they’ve popped their clogs, they’ll be telling Mel all about how they’ve died, what they want for their funerals and why she should be unlocking the pearly gates for them. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and her guest? 6 Feet Under steps away from fantasy and rifles through all your dead good emails. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com ...
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Jonny Grossmark on why he's misunderstood on Twitter, a look at Trade on Sports automated alerts, HT Overs, QR and the new SVA. Stay listening to hear about Jonny's Betfair and bookie episodes and how my grandad almost got divorced before he got married, all over a bet....SCENES!
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Whisky Legends

Andy Maxwell

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Welcome to the whisky legends podcast, where I’ll be speaking to one legend in particular, my Grandad Tim Morrison, whose been working in whisky for over 60 years helping to develop the industry, following his Grandad in the early 1900s. Throughout this series we hear about how things have evolved from someone with unique first-hand experience, from cleaning the Kiln and malting Barley in the 60s, buying Islay’s Bowmore distillery and pioneering the Single malt whisky category with his broth ...
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Welcome to the grumpiest, most reluctant phone in host in history. Iain Lee begrudges having to host a show that is beneath him on TikTok of all places. Don't you know he used to be famous? If you don't know, he will tell you...over and over again. This is a real phone in show with real callers and is unlike anything you have ever heard before. Get it before it gets banned. You can watch the show live by following Iain on TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Shuffle Brothers

Red Dwarf Shuffle

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Two brothers, Alex and Jason discuss every episode of the TV show Red Dwarf in detail to understand the reason for its lasting appeal and legacy Also featuring Nostalgic Reboot where we dust off old memories and hold them up to modern critique
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Too Many Cats

Iain Lee & Katherine Boyle

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Welcome to the beautifully chaotic world of Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle! Iain (The 11 O'Clock Show, I'm A Celebrity, LBC) and Katherine (talkRADIO, Global Academy) serve up the perfect cocktail of complete silliness and surprising depth. One minute they're exposing Facebook Marketplace dickheads and dissecting the latest scams, the next they're belting out ridiculous songs or diving deep into honest conversations about mental health and addiction. It's like having two of your funniest, most ...
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The Bent Sack Variety Hour

The Bent Sack Variety Hour

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Contrary to the name, The Bent Sack Variety Hour has very little variety. Listen in as your hosts, Mo Bent and Ryland Sack, hand over the podcasting reigns to the show-within-a-show called "The Les & Phil Radio Drive Time Forum Live On Line" (or L&P RDTFLOL for short). Join your geriatric hosts, Les Johnson and Phil Ip, as they present their AM radio style talkback show that they have presented for several decades. Including popular segments such as Secret Sound, Plotline Bling, and even the ...
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Nathan, Nat & Shaun are all current world record holders in their own right – Nathan for having snuggled the most number of bunnies in a hammock (the previous world record holder was Cameron Diaz), Nat for putting the most number of socks on her left foot while listening to Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ and most recently Shaun for stuffing the most number of bananas down his pants with a record of 273. They’re all very proud of their achievements. They also do a breakfast show on Nova 93.7 in ...
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Ordinary men talking stuff! For lads & dads and everyone in-between. From jokes to facts, stories to chat with both a serious and comedic side to it all. For all fathers & sons - Men’s issues & more - Come on Dads & lads! We've got this! Hosted by Iain John
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Hello, I am Neil Baxter. Here you'll find my "Comedy Rambles" series, where I go for a walk and either tell jokes or talk nonsense... hopefully it's both exercise and humour combined... but if it's raining out, then you can forget it! All recorded 'in-the-field' with the finest mobile-phone audio known to Wigan.
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Created for expectant parents, new mums, new grandparents and for anyone wanting to know more about becoming a parent. Cath Curtin shares over four decades of experience, guiding you through the highs and lows of being pregnant, giving birth and the complexities of parenting. In the latest season Midwife Cath is refocussing her attention onto new dads and dads-to-be. Together with new dad Chris Taylor she unpacks everything men need to know about the highs and lows of pregnancy, giving birth ...
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This series looks at the thoughts, feelings and experiences of participants involved in The Pathhead Choir Songwriting Project HERE WE ARE, a project in collaboration with creative ageing organisation Autumn Voices, funded by Creative Scotland and a grant from The Hope Scott Trust. Singer and songwriter Sophie Bancroft guided a group of The Pathhead Choir members aged 60+ to write original songs for The Pathhead Choir to perform. These songs were then arranged and notated for the choir by Pa ...
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Pimp rowing, floor-length fur coats and no kneecap. TV host, writer and musician Nick Knowles steps through the pearly gates to settle his long-time feud (?!) with Mel! Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. H…
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Have you tried it? Would you? Bath - February 7th https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/iain-lee-imposter-syndrome/e-xogbqg Birmingham - April 4th https://www.glee.co.uk/performer/iain-lee/?location=1 Manchester - April 19th https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/iain-lee-ltd/t-jxzjdea and me and Katherine are doing a show in Luton on February 22nd h…
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Joanne Briggs had always thought of her dad as a bit of a superhero. But he was hiding a dark secret. She only saw him a couple of times a year during her childhood in the UK, but that was because Professor Michael Briggs was off travelling the world being a very important scientist. Or at least that was the story she grew up to believe. It was onl…
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So lovely to be back. The gap felt like ages. As you may guess, after so long away we have a lot to wang on about and none of it is of any consequence! We do this pretty much every week. If you want the full, unedited live experience or the full ad free podcast head over to www.patreon.com/iainAndKatherine and sign up for as little as £3.99 a month…
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Send us a text The boys are attacked by a random space law enforcer and to escape they go hide on a Gelf moon of wookie monsters. After Lister jilts his new bride they leg it back to starbug but a variation of the polymorph pursues them and then the worst thing ever happens; Dwayne Dibley and Ace Rimmer show up and do pantomime. email us reddwarfsh…
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After taking her first Active Isolated Stretch class in 2003, Diane Cherico knew she had found something life-changing. With over 95 hours of specialized training, she healed her own migraines and sciatica and has helped hundreds of others find natural relief. Today, Diane is passionate about spreading the word so more people can experience the fre…
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Girthy burritos, retail S.U.R.F.I.N.G and being a tight cow. Stand-up comedian & podcaster Maisie Adam spills the (refried) beans about her intergalactic end. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to whe…
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Fatima Whitbread grew up in a UK children’s home. She found both a mother and a coach in one person – going on to break the javelin world record and become an Olympic medallist.Fatima spent her first 14 years in a series of institutions after being abandoned as a baby. She longed for stability and love, and found both in an unexpected place – on th…
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We're back... we've crawled out of the ruins of our Christmas and New Year bottles to witness the fantastic world of 1973 through the eyes of Oswald Bastable. Robert MacMillan is my co-pilot for this journey as we have to look up what things are and marvel over Moorcock's invention of a genre that these days seems largely about gluing cogs to pith …
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From the brilliant mind of Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and world-renowned hypnotist Asad Mecci, HYPROV is the smash-hit comedy show that blends hypnosis and improv for a one-of-a-kind night out. We catch up with Colin before the show hits Perth! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Playing around with this...but even when I try a different vibe it kicks off! I'm also playing a few dates - Bath, Birmingham and Manchester Bath - February 9th https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/iain-lee-imposter-syndrome/e-xogbqg Birmingham - April 4th https://www.glee.co.uk/performer/iain-lee/?location=1 Manchester - April 19th https://…
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6,7. Twitch of Fun is BACK in this non-canonical episode to celebrate the end of another horrible year and to attempt to tempt some temporary temps to this zenith of Richard's work. There's an attempt to extract an apology from our most perverse character (that could be any of us), plus Henry Hippo's New Year's Resolution and Ally and Rich look bac…
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“Today’s conversation is a powerful and honest one. I’m talking with Melissa Jean Rod about what it’s really like to care for a loved one through dementia—the slow loss, the hidden burnout, and the grief that comes even while they’re still here. Melissa shares what caregiving took from her, what it taught her, and how faith, forgiveness, and asking…
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Getting bored of eachothers company over this festive period? Well then, this is the game you've been looking for! It's simple. You're given three clues. You guess the year and then you guess if in that year a certain celeb was dead or alive. Let us know how you got on @willthereswake Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the gue…
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When Ijeoma Uchegbu arrived back in the UK as a single mum of three young children she soon found herself living in a homeless shelter; now she is a pioneer in the field of nanoparticles in medicine. Ijeoma Uchegbu has dedicated her career to studying pharmaceutical nanoscience, seeking out ways to carry medicines to parts of the body that are noto…
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