Best Nme Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 358: The Licenses That Got Away! 1:39:02

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5h ago1:39:02

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Dean, Steve & Mark take a look at the TV & Movie licenses that maybe deserved a game but never actually got one, plus we discuss the Vectrex Mini and a lot more! Want to attend the Fastloaders C64 gig mentioned in this episode? Visit https://www.fatsoma.com/e/t4bfwefi/fastloaders-commodore-64-rocks-live As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who…

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Dave Manheim (Dopey Podcast) - Beatles or Needles 1:11:24

2d ago1:11:24

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"Dopey" Dave Manheim host of the Dopey Podcast joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss the rise of the popularity of the Dopey podcast, the upcomng DopeyCon 2025, our upcoming Skankfest contest, Dopey Dave beingon Howard Stern and MTV, how he finally got sober, a silly game called Beatles or Needles where they try to guess if the lyric i…

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Frank Hannon (Tesla) - Reflections 54:25

5d ago54:25

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Frank Hannon of Tesla joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss Frank Hannon discovering he wanted to learn to play guitar after seeing a guy play a flying V, starting a group with his cousin called Cruisin' Cousins, douches in the rock industry, the stolen guitar on his new album cover for Reflections, naming the band Tesla, a game of Bli…

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Drew Lynch (Comedian) - Bump and Dump 1:04:21

9d ago1:04:21

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Drew Lynch joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss whether Drew Lynch or Aaron Berg are shorter, the dowery for Drew's wife, growing up as a bad kid and hacking a vending machine, moving to LA to be an actor then suffering from the injury of a softball accident, winning the golden buzzer on America's Got Talent, a silly game called The S…

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Josie Marcellino, Sonia Harcourt and Elli Raven (Comedian and Pornstars) - Scattergories 1:14:13

12d ago1:14:13

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Josie Marcellino, Sonia Harcourt and Elli Raven join Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss that hate Ralph and Aaron are getting from a previous episode, the game plan for Skankfest, Elli's cereal in the butthole experience and more before they play everyone's favorite game SDR Scattergories where the losers of each round either drink or rem…

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Roddy Woomble - Idlewild 1:11:02

10d ago1:11:02

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Roddy is on the podcast as we look back on 30 years of the band and answer your questions. ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus content. For £3 a month you will get: The 00's Deep Dive: Taking a look back at the likes of the Stalking Pete Doherty docum…

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Cat Ce (Comedian) - Clips and Sushi 1:00:36

16d ago1:00:36

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Cat Ce joins Ralph Sutton and James Mattern and they discuss Cat Ce blowing up on Clubhouse, being in this country for 18 years after growing up in China, Asian racism in California, starting out as an actor and appearing in Space Jam 2 and the TV show You're The Worst, switching to improv then stand-up right when Covid hit, dealing with a boyfrien…

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Mike Figs and Shannon Lee (The Thing Is) - Venns With Benefits 1:10:44

19d ago1:10:44

1:10:44

Mike Figs and Shannon Lee join Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and discuss knowing well known mobsters, what it's like working with each cohost and more before they play a brand new game Venns With Benefits where the podcast hosts compete with eachother to see who can come up with funnier answers for each pairing of categories selected. (Air Date: Sept…

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Crystal Waters (Singer/Songwriter) - Dance Dance Dance 54:31

23d ago54:31

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Crystal Waters joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss playing Crystal Waters songs in stip clubs, the origin of 100% Pure Love, growing up in New Jersey with a musical family, working at a parole board in '98, not being able to say homeless or gypsy anymore, the In Living Color parody of Gypsy Woman and how Crystal Waters feels about it…

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Gary Owen (Comedian) - Pale on Pale 1:06:01

26d ago1:06:01

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Gary Owen joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss guys lying about their height, Gary Owen's divorce experience, winning Best Black Comic in 1997, lying about doing a benefit with Jim Carrey, only sleeping with one white woman, living with a gangster in Los Angeles, getting a TV deal with Quincy Jones, having a private conversation with …

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Best of the 00s with Sam Delaney 1:03:43

27d ago1:03:43

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Britain's best journalist is back on the pod as we navigate our way through his fave songs of the 00s. @theresetsam Full show with songs: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/22-grand-pod-best-of-the-00s-with-sam-delaney-26082025/ ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating …

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We Are Scientists (Band) - Starry-Eyed 1:03:58

1M ago1:03:58

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We Are Scientists band members Keith Murray and Chris Cain join Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss each of their Delta statuses and their album Qualifying Miles, how Keith Murray and Chris Cain first met at a Dawson's Creek viewing party, the origin of the band name We Are Scientists, playing on Letterman twice, Keith Murray starting to g…

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KP Burke (Comedian) - Weak Giant 1:10:04

1M ago1:10:04

1:10:04

KP Burke joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and discuss Aaron's confidence and Ralph's delusions, the best strip club fights, how KP Burke found out he was adopted, getting into comedy after roasting a teacher, serving 6 years in the military, getting kicked out of a cigar bar, the most backlash KP Burke has ever gotten from an episode of American L…

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Modi Rosenfeld (Comedian) - Know Your Audience 1:07:50

1M ago1:07:50

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Modi Rosenfeld joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss Modi Rosenfeld's podcast "And Here's Modi," performing in a house of Holocaust memorabilia, being advised to lose his accent to advance in comedy, not talking about being gay on stage, meeting his husband on a train, touring with Stuttering John, the Roast of Ben Shapiro, a game of t…

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Best of the 00s with Tom Woodhead (¡Forward, Russia!) 1:12:49

1M ago1:12:49

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Tom returns to the podcast as we navigate our way through his fave songs of the 00s and fill in a few blanks from our last chat. Full show with songs: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/22-grand-pod-16052025-best-of-the-00s-with-tom-woodhead-forward-russia/ Pic: @thiswasourscene ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22gran…

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Savvy Suxx and Alex Suxx (Pornstars) 1:02:46

1M ago1:02:46

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Savvy Suxx and Alex Suxx join Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss the difference between Hot Wiving and Swinging, how Savvy and Alex met and fell in love, getting into the adult industry, the rules in their relationship, the origin of Savvy Suxx's porn name and more before they play a game where they try to guess if each quote is something…

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Episode 357: Toaplan Arcade 1 2:01:03

1M ago2:01:03

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In episode 357 of The Retro Asylum hosts Chris O'Regan and Jim Middleton focus their attention on the 8th arcade cartridge for the Evercade series of consoles. It boasts 8 games from Toaplan's back catalogue of arcade games. Not only do the hosts chat about each game, but they also announce the winners of the high score challenge as well as the pri…

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"Savage" Matt Wright (Naked and Afraid) - Survival Myths, Hacks and Nightmares 1:21:16

1M ago1:21:16

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“Savage” Matt Wright from Naked and Afraid joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg for a wild conversation about surviving in the harshest environments — and in clothes for a change. He shares the bizarre (and sometimes disgusting) foods he’s eaten in the wild, from scorpions to different-flavored ants, and why “things that move slow taste bad.” Matt tal…

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Ralph and Aaron Get To Know Each Other 1:01:33

2M ago1:01:33

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Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg are together for a family episode and discuss how the new duo of Ralph and Aaron have been doing so far, the launch of the new website and more before Ralph and Aaron get to ask each other any 5 questions they chose and you'll find out about their arrests, who's cheated before, what types of condoms they use and more bef…

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Paul Stokes - NME 1:53:12

2M ago1:53:12

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Between 2005-11, Stokesie, in his own words: worked on the news desk at NME (print, online, radio, TV) for four years as editor, then took a role managing the brand, running the NME Awards and creating all the online video output for the iconic music title - We deep dive all that & more! ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22…

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Mohanad Elshieky (Comedian) - I'm Sorry 1:14:09

2M ago1:14:09

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Mohanad Elshieky joins Ralph Sutton and James Mattern and they discuss Mohanad Elshieky being borin in Libya, things people get wrong about Libya and growing up without a police presence, getting shot at multiple times while working at a radio station at 20 years old, moving to Portland and getting mistaken as a spy, Mario Batali's infamous apology…

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Chris Redd (Comedian/Actor) - The-Rap or The-Rap-Y 1:10:53

2M ago1:10:53

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Chris Redd joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss Chris Redd's time on Saturday Night Live, acting in Popstar before SNL, serenading a girl with a Tevin Campbell song, staring out as a rapper, why Chris Redd doesn't like Kanye West, in honor of Chris Redd's love of rap music and interest in mental health they play a game called The-Rap …

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Chart Music #76: August 12th 1982 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy 6:01:27

2M ago6:01:27

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The latest episode of the podcast which asks; do we really need a Chart Music Heritage Chart? Never have we needed Simon Bates at the top of the show warning of explicit content as much as we do for this episode, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, for it pains us to say that this one is absolutely sopping with the musk of Percy Filth. We’re combing through the…

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#76 (Pt 4): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy 1:25:10

2M ago1:25:10

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David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham – still far too young, still far too clever – finish off this outstanding episode of The Pops, and are delighted to learn that at this point even Michael Hurll has had enough of Zoo, as he’s pushed them to the side to make way for some Moroccan tumblers. The Fun Boy 3 attempt to land the summer hit of the …

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#76 (Pt 3): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy 1:31:10

2M ago1:31:10

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Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham continue their odyssey through this massively enjoyable TOTP, and we finally get to see the Chocolate Guitar incident. Sheena Easton becomes Gertie Numan, then Haysi Fantayzee perform some ACTUAL BUMHOLE LOVE while kids are watching, before Wavelength cash in on the Falklands and throw a wet tea towel over…

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Deadlands (Band) - Villain 1:01:15

2M ago1:01:15

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Deadlands band members Kasey Karlsen and CJ Arey join Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and discuss CJ Arey wearing platform shoes, the best way to discover new music, Kasey Karlsen's time playing lacrosse, CJ Arey dancing in a variety show at 14 years old, the origin of Deadlands, Kasey Karlsen performing with Nita Strauss, CJ Arey's Avoidant Restrictiv…

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#76 (Pt 2): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy 1:32:47

2M ago1:32:47

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David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham gleefully ram their fists into a TOTP from the late summer of ‘82. John Peel oversees the well-supervised fun, unaware that a year from now Noel Edmonds is going to try to get him decapitated on live TV, and he introduces us to some Cannibal-Eating Sensuality. Then Yazoo – who look like the right-on young …

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Episode 356: ZX Spectrum Next - The 3rd Strike! 1:57:53

2M ago1:57:53

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Christopher O'Regan and Dean Swain chat to Henrique Olifiers and Chris Hill about the amazingly successful 3rd Kickstarter campaign of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next and a whole lot more! If you want to back the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter, you can find it at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0 As …

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#76 (Pt 1): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy 1:40:15

2M ago1:40:15

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Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to tuck into a gloriously succulent episode of Top Of The Pops from the Silver Age - but first, they have a leisurely trawl of that week’s NME, express disgust at the inability of AI to create graphic erotic fiction about aliens on crisp packets, and pull apart Private Spy – quite possibly the grim…

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The Vandals (Band) - Botton Jimmy 1:04:24

2M ago1:04:24

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The Vandals band members Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald join Ralph Sutton and James Mattern and they discuss the band's original name and their name in Japan, Joe Escalante's sister's helpful industry connections, their summer tour, Joe Escalante's time as a part-time judge and dealing with sovereign citizens, Joe's influence over Metallica, T…

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Cassie Lenoir (Pornstar) - SDR Scattergories 1:09:21

2M ago1:09:21

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Cassie Lenoir joins Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg and they discuss the viral Papa Roach SDR clip, how Cassie Lenoir got into the adult entertainment industry, starting an OnlyFans, what she's holding out on doing on camera, the price that she'd charge for anal and gangbang scenes, things people don't know about porn shoots and more before they start …

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Best of the 00s with Tom & Stuee (The Paddingtons) 1:12:07

2M ago1:12:07

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Tom and Stuee are back on the pod to pick their fave songs of the 00s for Islington Radio and chat about The Paddingtons playing 20th anniversary gigs this year. Full show with songs: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/22-grand-pod-18042025-best-of-the-00s-with-tom-atkin-stuee-bevan-the-paddingtons/ Recorded early 2025. ------ 22 Grand Pod is …

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Best of the 00s with Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat) 3:02:05

3M ago3:02:05

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Very extended chat with Steve Bays as he picks his fave songs of the 00s and plenty more! Listen to the edited version with songs here: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/22-grand-pod-21022025-best-of-the-00s-with-steve-bays-hot-hot-heat/ Recorded early 2025 ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of …

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Episode 355: July High Score Challenge Picks - Toaplan Arcade 1 Cartridge 37:38

3M ago37:38

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Mads and Jim pick four games to play for July's High Score Challenge from the Toaplan Arcade 1 cartridge on the Evercade. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pet…

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Best of the 00s with Seb White (Football Journalist) 1:13:24

3M ago1:13:24

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Football journalist Seb White is on the pod as he chooses his favourite 00s songs for Islington Radio: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/22-grand-pod-24052024/ https://www.instagram.com/sebdwhite/ Recorded Summer 2024. ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon o…

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Episode 354: Evercade Interview 1:32:58

3M ago1:32:58

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In this episode Jim Middleton and Chris O'Regan talk all things Evercade with Blaze CEO Andrew Byatt and Head of Marketing Sean Cleaver. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilot…

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Brian Christinzio - BC Camplight 1:38:07

4M ago1:38:07

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On the cusp of releasing his new album, Brian is on the pod as we discuss his struggle in the 00s to success in the 10's and beyond via a move to Manchester from America. ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus content. For £3 a month you will get: The 00…

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Backstage Interview: We Are Scientists (Leeds Temple Newsam) 20:36

4M ago20:36

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Video version on YouTube ---------- Take the 22 Grand Pod survey: http://bit.ly/grandpod-survey 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus content. For £3 a month you will get: The 00's Deep Dive: Taking a look back at the likes of the Stalking Pete Doherty documen…

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Best of the 00s with Tom Greatorex (Black Wire) 1:26:20

4M ago1:26:20

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Tom Greatorex of Black Wire is back on the pod as he chooses his favourite 00s songs for Islington Radio. Recorded 2024. ------ 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus content. For £3 a month you will get: The 00's Deep Dive: Taking a look back at the likes of t…

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Episode 353: Magic Knight Pixel Jockey Kickstarter 1:29:20

4M ago1:29:20

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In this episode of Retro Asylum Dean Swain & Chris O'Regan are joined by Paul from Pixel Jockey to discuss the Magic Knight 40th Anniversary Collection Kickstarter. Plus Dean updates us on his OutRun DIY Arcade project & Chris talk's Flashback & Oblivion! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate…

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Tom Greatorex - Black Wire 1:36:59

4M ago1:36:59

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Tom is on the podcast as we look back at his time in Black Wire, his take on the 00's scene & NME culture and what he deems to be the stand out album of the era.. Recorded 2023 - For some reason I gatekept this for Patreon and YouTube, not sure why lol. ----- Take the 22 Grand Pod survey: http://bit.ly/grandpod-survey 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: ht…

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Episode 352: Evercade Cart 5 - Atari Collection 2 2:05:43

4M ago2:05:43

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In the latest in our Evercade cart-by-cart series Chris W, Chris O and Jim take a look at the games of Atari Collection 2. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pe…

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Philip Morais - The Rakes (Manager) 1:12:07

5M ago1:12:07

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Phil is on the podcast as we take a look at how he became The Rakes manager early doors and went from there to form a career in music. Recorded summer 2024. ----- Take the 22 Grand Pod survey: http://bit.ly/grandpod-survey 22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpod Off the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus…