Best Stuart Boyd Podcasts (2025)

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#66 - Crémant & Seabirds with Stuart Laws 59:24

11h ago59:24

59:24

Yeah so the description sure does say Seabirds and we do get to that eventually. But it's another episode of delicious Chaos, as Stuart Laws joins us to start necking fancy Crémant out of a poorly washed mug and we largely just talk about fizzy drinks and anal. Become a Patreon!: https://patreon.com/ivehadarose Follow The Show on socials: https://t…

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#65 - Monster Mango Loco & Prog Rock with Joz Norris 1:00:21

7d ago1:00:21

1:00:21

Joz Norris is on the sofa this week, and we start with a healthy introduction to clogging the mother toilet. Very mother, very rizz, very skibidi. Then we crack open the Mango Loco Monsters and talk about one of Joz’s favourite things, Prog Rock. Another topic Sam has pre-existing extensive knowledge on. Let’s learn about Prog Rock together shall w…

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#64 - Kefir & Biohacking with Fern Brady 57:36

14d ago57:36

57:36

Yes, Fern Brady is on the sofa this week and my god, if you ever felt like you weren’t getting enough fibre in your diet, Fern has the solution: BEANS! After we’ve all stopped crying from laughter, we move on to talking about biohacking. Specifically Bryan Johnson and him taking boner blood from his son. AND if there was ever a reason to join our P…

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Colin Dexter - The Remorseful Day : Inventing Inspector Morse. 14:51

19d ago14:51

14:51

Colin Dexter was a splendid writer. His creation Inspector Morse is superb on the page and just as gripping on television. I used to meet Colin in the pub on Banbury Road in Oxford, The Dew Drop. He was great company and almost completely unaware of his success and star quality. I recorded this conversation in his house after the publication of The…

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#63 - Iced Matcha Latte & Bad Bunny with Katie Green 48:24

21d ago48:24

48:24

If you want an expert critique of the influence of trap music on latin music, look much further than Daddy Rose. Thank god we have the wonderful Katie Green on the sofa this week to sip a nice, earthy matcha latte as she guides us all on the back catalogue of musician and underwear model, Bad Bunny. Become a Patreon!: https://patreon.com/ivehadaros…

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#62 - Flat White & Channeling Icons with Jess Robinson 57:59

28d ago57:59

57:59

Not only is this episode jam packed with laughs, giggles and gesticulations but it also features duelling Cheryl Cole impressions (Jess’s is better). This week we have the legendary Jess Robinson on the pod, talking to us about channeling icons. Stars, statements, icons, divas. How can we embody these women (and Elton John) in our everyday lives? B…

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Joe Boyd discusses his memoir, White Bicycles:Making Music in the 1960s and his literary journey through global music, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain. 30:18

1M ago30:18

30:18

Joe Boyd is a man about music, record producer, a film producer and author. He arrived in London in 1964 with Muddy Waters and a host of blues musicians who played to sold out UK audiences when they were unappreciated in their US homeland. In this conversation he talks about Nick Drake, Paul Simon, The Incredible String Band, Paul Butterfield, MIke…

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#61 - Micheladas & Art with Finlay Christie 51:50

1M ago51:50

51:50

Finaly Christie very kindly made us a spicy batch of Micheladas, a mexican cocktail with beer, lime juice and sriracha, turning the first 20 minutes of this episode into a bit of a soft-boi jackass. We’re turning red and clammy as we move the chat onto ART. What is it? Who’s got it? Why does Finlay enjoy it so much? Become a Patreon!: https://patre…

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Paul Alexander : Bitter Crop - The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year 36:12

1M ago36:12

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Billie Holiday, Eleanora Fagan was born on April 7th 1915. Bitter Crop is a superb biography of Billie Holiday who was probably the very best jazz singer there has ever been. The book title is takes from one of Billie's signature songs, 'Strange Fruit'. There have been films and many books about Billie's career but not all of them came close to tel…

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Ruth Werner - the Oxfordshire life of a remarkable Soviet spy. 32:33

1M ago32:33

32:33

Ruth Werner was born Ursula Kuczynski in Berlin. She was appalled by Hitler and became a lifelong communist and a spy. During the 1940s she lived around Oxford and radioed secrets to Russia. Her spy codename was Sonja and her memoir was published as Sonja's Report. Ben MacIntyre wrote a best-selling biography of her ...Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, S…

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Joseph Connolly : All Shook Up - A Flash of the Fifties 14:14

1M ago14:14

14:14

This conversation looks back at the post war time when all the world aspired to be young and American. America was really perceived to be great back then. How times change ........ Joseph Connolly paints a rock 'n roll picture.By David Freeman

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Alison Weir - Henry VIII : King and Court 13:04

1M ago13:04

13:04

When one looks at the antics and attitudes of the current president of the USA it easy to see parallels with the world view of Henry VIII. Although this account of the life lead by Henry VIII was first published at the turn of the century it is still selling well. Alison Weir thinks the key to understanding the famous Tudor King is to realise that …

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#60 - April Fools Day with Phil Ellis 1:10:12

1M ago1:10:12

1:10:12

HE’S BACK! For all well respected annual holidays, it is now customary to have the award eligible Phil Ellis! AND WE PRANK HIM SO HARD! Ohhhhhh we prank him, he doesn’t see it coming! It’s your classic PHil episode, full of chaos and giggles. Become a Patreon!: https://patreon.com/ivehadarose Follow The Show on socials: https://twitter.com/ivehadar…

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David Sedaris 19:21

1M ago19:21

19:21

David Sedaris now fills arenas with enthusiastic fans but when David Freeman interviewed him in 2000 he was almost unknown. His book 'Me Talk Pretty One Day ' was just published. I would love to hear the Sedaris view of what is happening now in the US!By davidjohnfreeman

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Ashley Kahn - A Love Supreme : The Creation of John Coltrane's Classic Album 11:04

2M ago11:04

11:04

After Ashley Kahn had published his book on the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue he turned his attention to the timeless John Coltrane record A Love Supreme. Not only is this still a highly regarded jazz performance, A Love Supreme is now the title of the biggest open air jazz festival in the UK.By David Freeman

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Simon Sebag Montefiore : the life of Potemkin : his bones are still making news. 23:55

2M ago23:55

23:55

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explains the mythic status of this eighteenth century Russian statesman, and military leader. Turns out that this slice of history informs current geo politics. In this conversation recorded in London in 2000 the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore tells David Freeman about practical politics in 18th century Russia and…

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#59 - “Full Fat” Coke & Roger Rabbit with John Norris 1:15:08

2M ago1:15:08

1:15:08

Full fat Coke for a full fat conversation with John Norris! (Full of fat in the sense that the conversation is weighty with entertainment). We’re essentially completing the core series of Cokes in this episode, before John talks us through his favourite film Who Framed Roger Rabbit starring Bob Hoskins AND NOT JANE LYNCH. We get quirky, we get horn…

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Stuart Nicholson : A Portrait of Duke Ellington 13:47

2M ago13:47

13:47

Duke Ellington is famous, but what was he really like. In this biography published in 2000, Stuart Nicholson writes about the man who was a brilliant instinctive and sophisticated musician. Was he then a bit of a goody goody? As Stuart Nicholson told me he was not in any way a goody goody!By David Freeman

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#58 - M&S Luxury Tea & USB-C Charging with Sunil Patel 50:28

2M ago50:28

50:28

He’s got a phone that needs charging and a thirst only a luxury tea can quench! It’s Sunil Patel on the sofa this week and we have a bloody good natter about usb-c charging and the pain of charging in general. We recommended our favourite cables and talk about the impact of the EU on charging ports. What can I say, it’s a sexy episode. Become a Pat…

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Alison Latham : The Oxford Companion to Music 14:13

2M ago14:13

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The Oxford Companion to Music is probably the most famous music reference book of them all. The latest edition was first published in 2002. It has over 120 contributors and covers covers the whole universe of music. I spoke to the editor Alison Latham soon after publication. A huge task to pull such a tome together ..... but maybe an enjoyable job?…

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Jon Ronson : Them 13:42

2M ago13:42

13:42

Jon Ronson was not so well known when this conversation was recorded in the early 2000s I was very taken with the subject of the book and the way Jon talked about it. Being a Jewish journalist getting involved with people money raising for Hamas seemed improbable. It's true of course, as was Jon's interest in the wilder fancies of David Icke. Jon m…

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Catherine Nixey - Heresy : Jesus Christ and other sons of God 26:00

2M ago26:00

26:00

As the American President declares that he has been saved by God to make his country great again, I find it impossible not to wonder about the precise nature of the deity that he professes to believe in. Are Donald and his advisers familiar with the writings that are the basis of his religion? This book by Catherine Nixey is terrific - its a revela…

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Support us on Patreon! 4:31

2M ago4:31

4:31

An exciting announcement today that we are now officially on Patreon! You can become an official Rosé Sl*t today for as little as £3 a month. Bonus Episodes with our series "After Hours" All the original episodes of the lockdown series of Rosé Coming soon - a discord server to chat with other Sl*ts AND Team Rosé Discounts of tickets to live shows &…

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#57 - Low-alcohol White Wine & Burlesque with Hannah Platt 1:03:44

2M ago1:03:44

1:03:44

Joining us this week is superstar Hannah Platt, and whilst sipping on a low alcohol white wine, we are chatting burlesque! Not the film starring Cher & Christina Aguilera but the art form (which apparently is not represented well in the aforementioned film). Hannah talks to about her burlesque persona and her former days as an up-and-coming burlesq…

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Brian Keenan - Turlough : The Northern Irish Poet was held hostage in Beirut in the dark. Turlough came to visit.. 18:18

2M ago18:18

18:18

As war rages in Europe again it becomes clear that the capacity for cruelty of man to a fellow human is seemingly infinite. This interview with the Northern Irish poet Brian Keenan took place in London a full 10 years after his release from his barbaric incarceration in Beirut where he had been teaching at the local university. Brian talks eloquent…

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#56 - Baby Guinness & Cricket with Alex Mitchell 56:43

2M ago56:43

56:43

Break out the wickets and tell the batsman to smack that ball somewhere, we need a six and we need it now! Yes, this week’s topic is CRICKET, a subject Sam is not an expert on (I mean what topic is he an expert on besides a dodgy Peneolpe Cruz impression). Luckily we have the sensational and cricket-obsessed Alex Mitchell zooming in to educate and …

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Dennis McNally - A Long Strange Trip : The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead 27:54

2M ago27:54

27:54

As the news from America becomes more and more worrying it's good to look back to the last century when everything was different and some American rock musicians brought joy to the world. Peace and Love meant something back then. The Grateful Dead were very successful despite having no chart hits and they had a huge dedicated fanbase. They were for…

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Ashley Kahn : Kind of Blue - The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece 9:06

3M ago9:06

9:06

Kind of Blue is the most successful jazz LP ever made. It was recorded over two sessions in New York in 1959 and is still revered as a masterpiece. Ashley Kahn told David Freeman the story behind a historic music event.By David Freeman

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Leslie Howard - The Celestial Wife 19:21

3M ago19:21

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This novel is set in the 1960s with a backdrop of The Beatles and other music of the time. It tells the story of Daisy Shoemaker who is 15 in 1964. She was born into a fundamentalist Mormon community on the US - Canada border. In a ceremony called Placement she is given as a teenage wife to a much older man. She finds this intolerable and runs away…

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Sir Martin Gilbert - Never Again - history of the Holocaust 18:28

3M ago18:28

18:28

As the world remembers the inhuman brutality of Auschwitz this is an author who deserves to be heard. The appalling inhumanity still happening in the world makes this conversation distressingly relevant. There is the thought that some people are less human then others. This has to be challenged. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted…

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#55 - Vault City Dutch Pancake Beer & Rizzle Kicks with Ayo Adenekan 47:24

3M ago47:24

47:24

Sitting upon the ever so slightly too small sofa this week is the lovely Ayo Adenekan, who brings Sam a beer that Sam very obviously loves and doesn’t not like the taste at all. Ayo has come to talk about Rizzle Kicks, a duo that really influenced Ayo’s unique taste in music and songs. So let’s skip to the good bit of this podcast which is 00:00 on…

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Stephen P. Kershaw - The Harvest of War -Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Now available in paperback. 19:48

3M ago19:48

19:48

The future of democracy is a popular talking point. The human race as been here before! When David Freeman talked to Dr Steve Kershaw about his book about battles in ancient Greece. it seemed that the human desire for conflict is unchanged through history. Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy is an entertaining and instructive read - now publish…

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#54 - Shirley Temples & Airplanes with Elf Lyons 1:02:10

3M ago1:02:10

1:02:10

This episode contains some GENUINELY comforting advice if you have a fear of flying. Swigging back a Shirley Temple, this week we have the very cool comedy marvel Elf Lyons joining Sam on the sofa. And we talk about Airplanes! Not the Leslie Nielsen film, but the vehicle. If you’ve ever wondered what turbulence is or where your fear of flying comes…

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Tariq Ali - The Clash of Fundamentalisms : Christianity, Islam and Capitalism 21:37

3M ago21:37

21:37

The effect of the Trump win reverberates around the globe. There seems to be perceived electoral advantage in fanning hate and intolerance and spreading intolerance the idea around the world. The Middle East is on a knife edge and the Ukraine war continues. Why is this? Is there any cause for optimism? Where do non rational beliefs and convictions …

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#53 - Mint Tea & Robbie Williams with Alison Spittle 54:50

3M ago54:50

54:50

It’s rare that we get a guest who gets so comfortable they offer their breasts as a pillow to the host, but that’s what we got with this week’s stunning guest, Alison Spittle! And after a restorative Mint Tea ( a treat for the vocal cords) we are having a chat about Robbie Williams, and yes we do touch on Better Man, the monkiness of it all. If you…

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Timothy Good - UFOs 14:11

3M ago14:11

14:11

The UFO and alien question is all over the TV news in the Uk and the US. Again. In this interview on the subject David Freeman, a UFO skeptic, met UFO true believer Timothy Good when his book Unearthly Disclosure was first published. The conversation was friendly but inquisitive! So are UFOs real? Are those little creatures with three fingers that …

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#52 - German Lager & Sister Act 2 with Ray Bradshaw 58:22

3M ago58:22

58:22

We’re doing the sequel before the original! Joining Sam this week is comedian Ray Bradshaw, and after sampling a german lager, and reminding everyone once more that Sam has in fact been to the Heineken museum we get chatting about the Whoopi Goldberg classic ‘Sister Act 2’! Why is it so fun to watch? Is it better than the first Sister Act? Do you s…

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Robin Dunbar - How Religion Evolved And Why it Endures 27:30

3M ago27:30

27:30

Religion still motivates sime people. In early 2025 a million Hindus tried to bathe in a river at the same time. Why would anyone think this would be a good idea. Robin Dunbar is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford. From his academic standpoint he charts the evolution of religion in all its many guises and forms. Does t…

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Harriet Walter - Thoughts on Acting 23:56

3M ago23:56

23:56

Channel 4 are presnting an engrossing drama depicting the professional relationship that evolved between Mrs Thatcher the politician and Brian Walden the labour MP turned television interviewer. The two lead actors Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are excellent at showing the friendly dimension to the relationship that turned sour under media pressu…

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R.J.B. Bosworth on Mussolini, Gitta Sereny tells of attending a Hitler rally, Donna Leon talks about her Venetian detective and Hugo Vickers talks about Princess Andrew. 55:20

3M ago55:20

55:20

Authors talking to David Freeman including Hugo Vickers discussing his biography of Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece mother of the Duke of Edinburgh: Donna Leon tells the story of her novel “Wilful Behaviour “ set in Venice: R.J.B. Bosworth recounts his research into the life of Mussolini and Gitta Sereny remembers Germany in the 1930s as told in h…

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#51 - Heineken 0% & Moving House with Celya AB 53:28

4M ago53:28

53:28

If you came here looking for a good chat about moving house, go elsewhere because we went very astray here. Joining Sam on the yellow sofa this week is comedian Celya AB! We’re swigging back a Heineken 0%, and doing some increasingly bizarre (and kinda sensual) accents all whilst talking about moving house, and how it can actually be a lovely fresh…

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#50 - Black Coffee & The Supernatural with Rachel Fairburn 52:52

4M ago52:52

52:52

Oooft, I am just not myself until I’ve had my morning coffee, am I right girls? Yes, it’s a coffee episode. And we are serving it hot and neat as Rachel Fairburn is here, sipping a black coffee and talking about the supernatural. Ooooooh so spooky, so creepy. Why the supernatural? What is it about spirits, ghosts, the unexplainable events in our li…

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Wells Jones : A Line in the Sand 23:23

4M ago23:23

23:23

A Line in the Sand is a novel about two friends on an adventure in the Middle East based on an actual journey two real life friends took to Saudi Arabia and Damascus in 2006. One of the inspirations for the trip was T.E Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia. The two authors Miles Spencer and Wells Jones had worked on a stage play based on the life of Lawre…

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#49 - Lagavulin & Bodies of Water with John-Luke Roberts 48:24

4M ago48:24

48:24

We’re adding another whisky to the IHAR drinks cabinet, as the delectable John-Luke Roberts joins us for a sip for Lagavulin and a chat about the majesty of Earth’s bodies of water? Oh to stand by the edge of the water and think about Cadbury’s miniature heroes. The vastness, the wetness, the moisture-ness of water. It’s our soggiest episode yet! B…

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Alan Sillitoe 11:15

4M ago11:15

11:15

There is a new BBC TV history series by Simon Schama, The Story of Us. In the first programme Simon highlights the huge impact that Alan Sillitoe's novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' had when it was published in 1958. Alan Sillitoe spoke to David Freeman when his novel Birthday was published in 2001. Birthday is the sequel to Saturday Night …

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Marcus Chown - A Crack In Everything : How black holes came in from the cold 26:34

4M ago26:34

26:34

This glorious popular science books tells the story of how black holes that were thought to be too ridiculous to exist in 1916 had by 1971 been proved to exist. Einstein thought they were impossible but in 1971 Paul Murdin and Louise Webster discovered the very first black hole, Cygnus X-1 Marcus tells the story of these extraordinary people who di…

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Nina Simone 16:36

4M ago16:36

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Nina Simone was born on February 21st 1933. There has been news recently of a plan to buy Nina Simone's childhood home in Tryon North Carolina and make it into a museum celebrating the life and work of the girl who was born Eunice Waymon. I interviewed Nina in December 1998 just before her last ever show at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She was …

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#48 - Orange Juice & St.Kilda Football Club with Matt Stewart 58:16

4M ago58:16

58:16

It’s our first episode of the new year and we’re going international with comedian and podcaster Matt Stewart! We’ve bought him a bottle of Gregg’s finest squeezed Orange Juice, no bits, as we discuss Matt’s favourite AFL team, St Kilda. Yes, it’s another episode of Sam trying to pretend he understands anything about sport, but you know what? We ha…

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#47 - Champagne & New Year's Eve with Marjolein Robertson 48:06

5M ago48:06

48:06

She’s back! It's icon Marjolein Robertson, on the sofa once again and forbidden from bringing up Lord of the Rings. We've got the finest and most readily available Champagne to suckle down as we chat New Year’s Eve, the expectations, resolutions and the most disturbing Peppa Pig impressions you've ever heard. Become a Patreon!: https://patreon.com/…

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#46 - A Baileys Hot Chocolate & Christmas with Phil Ellis 58:08

5M ago58:08

58:08

Christmas has come early and Santa’s a rizz-less diddler! Yes, our early Christmas present to you is the gift of our most chaotic episode yet as we welcome back to enigmatic charm of Phil Ellis back to the pod for a Christmas celebration. Do we actually talk much about Christmas? No. Do we acknowledge the format of the show? Hardly. But do we disco…

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