Episode 30
Instigating Cross-Weekend Beef, Stressed Eric, Angry Wasps and some Personal Postcards
Show broadcast on 6 September 2014
Up the revolution! This week Elis and John want to hear your proposals for new laws and punishments, and you don't disappoint. The boys have got the usual Sacred Cow, Winner Plays On, Tony Blackburn and an accent-based Textual Healing, plus there's news of John's posh Chinese dinner, a listener on the Mongolian Step, and a visit to the National Portrait Gallery.
John's introduction of Elis
"To my left is Penarth's most recent divination instructor."
Text-in topic
Listeners text and tweet during the show on this week's topic.
What laws would you introduce to British society?
Textual Healing
A listener calls the show with a problem.
Saskia's accent is too posh.
Sacred Cow
Should this celebrated band / artist go into the paddock of sacred cows or be doomed to the abattoir?
Smashing Pumpkins (nominated by Elis) - abattoir
John Reads Aloud From Tony Blackburn's Autobiography
The difference between Tony Blackburn and John Peel. A critique of rock music and the Isle of Wight Festival. Tony's underground music hit.
Winner Plays On
Elis and John face off in the weekly quiz on topics of their choice.
The Welsh settlement in Patagonia (Elis) v the life and times of comedian Elis James (John). John wins 2-0.
Email of the Species
Listeners' emails into the show.
Unusual places people listen to the podcast: camping on the Mongolian Step. While escaping from a swarm of angry wasps.