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Elis James and John Robins

Join the UK's youngest and most relevant broadcasters Elis James and John Robins for your twice-weekly dose of big laughs and top quality #content. Hilarious, welcoming and unashamedly ashamed, let these two best friends keep you company every Tuesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#568 - Laxative Links, Wow (Cubed) and A New Low For Freezer Storage

In significant happenings John reveals the longest relationship of his life and what has caused it to break down. Namely, a Boggle addiction. We also discover the silent reality of what it’s like to be his neighbour. Elsewhere, Dave has gone to a cuddly toy exhibition in Harrogate but we plough on in his absence. However the occasion where Dave can’t cut the tension when Elis tries to prove John…

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#567 - Bilking, A Glis Glis Stakeout and Old Uncle Yogsley

It’s a very prison-based episode today, as John reveals he might be going there for petty crime, and Elis draws parallels between Albert Camus’s prison-residing outsider Meursault and Johnny JR. Was Camus foreshadowing the life of our favourite Bristol-born broadcaster? But don’t worry, it’s not all highbrow existentialism. John discovers another self-penned story on his hard drive that involves…

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#566 - The Infinite Diversion, Screaming In My Car and Hell Is Close To Stow-on-the-Wold

Robins has had a disaster. The sort of disaster that should only besiege Elis James. But what could it be? Tardiness? Something indicative of cognitive decline? Or maybe far worse? We also receive some very weak vindication for Elis after the mockery he received for his book openings, and we ask, would a 20 year old with a heavy goods vehicle licence be permitted to drive The Sportage? Got a £7…

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#565 - Clive The Unwell, 30 Dairy Farmers and The 17:02 to Faversham

Well, well, well, well, well. Elis has officially completed the best gig of his life, and that’s even without his routine about Black Bart the pirate. A mere five and a half hours away by train, we have discovered his emotional hinterland: the Eisteddfod in Pembrokeshire. But away from the crowds, the choirs and the clog dancers, away from the druids and the dairy farmers, can our Welsh Hero…

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#564 - I Tire of You, Glowing in Welsh and Chris Edwards’ Bad Skin

The literary world has been set alight after a new best selling author was unveiled 30 years too late the other day. Is John Robins about to redefine the grounded motoring sci-fi genre for the 21st century? The first step is getting pointers from someone who’d consider 'thousands' of book sales to be small fry. Elsewhere, Elis is being consistently told how hot and sexy he is by the British…

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#563 - Thatcher’s Playlist, Neil The Alien and The Bag of Digital Death

Elis may have been struggling with delayed trains, but fear not - it turns out our Producer Dave has a hotline to the Big Dog himself: Bandy Urnham. Nothing a quick phone call can’t fix… Plus, if you thought John's now-legendary Bag of Death was but a distant memory, think again, as the boys uncover the beginnings of a creative endeavour that our Thornbury wordsmith began at the age of just 13.…

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#562 - The Riff Ripcord, No Joy in a Tesco and Loyal As 10,000 Dogs

John has shaken up the show at a big meeting in Elis’s absence. He should be prepared. In the meantime, comedy fans have been getting the true Elis James stand up experience: Having your joggers called s*** and then introducing Chris McCausland. Get ready Albert Hall. Maybe the mojo does need to return. Plus, the words reaping and sowing once again come to mind, as Buckinghamshire’s most hubristic…

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#561 - Foxer & Foxee, Count Connection Face and Silly Sausage Britain

Welcome to the silliest podcast around. It’s headphones filled with custard, it’s microphones made of cake, it’s stink bombs in the studio. And all because we have one of the nation’s silliest sausages in our midst: The Prince of Pranks, the goofiest goofball, Mr Elis James. After all the hijinks and japes it’s down to serious chat: Elis and John map out the future of AI, which worryingly ends…

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#560 - The Messi of Englyns, Warranty Wallies and Garth Olwg or Bust

If you like your podcasts jam-packed with top quality content, then boy do we have a show for you. First up: what’s it like to be in a creative powerhouse couple? A quite stressed Elis lifts the lid. And he explains why he needs Daniel Kitson to pull his finger out. Next John talks about being a lion of the plains, and walking into a saloon wearing all black. Admittedly it is quite confusing, but…

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#559 - Here We Hit It, The Calmru Connection and Darwin’s Flatmate Dave

Sad news everyone, Elis is retiring. We thought Johnny JR would go first, but Elis has beaten him to it. He’s peaked. He’s reached his zenith and there ain’t nowhere to go from there. But worry not, because he’s referring to his DJing career and not his podcasting one… Then it’s onto kids' parties and the big question: is John’s conduct in the Bureau de Change of the Mind the best training ground…

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#558 - Drip Feeding Dross, Dave Kanchelskis and Oiling The Engine of Love

John, Dave and Calvin Harris are with you today to discuss all things DJ’ing. Incidentally, Calvin Harris can only DJ when there’s another wifi connection. If there isn’t then he rings his indie disco mate and the air turns blue. As well as hearing about all the hottest dance gigs, Dave drops an absolute bombshell within seconds of starting the record. Something he’s held back for years amidst the…

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