Episode 84
The First Radio X Podcast!
Show broadcast on 26 September 2015
All change! All change! Welcome to the Elis James and John Robins on Radio X podcast, and you certainly are very welcome. There are laughs, puns, badinage, and discussions about the caffeine levels in green tea. But don't fear podcast devotees, all the old features are still here - Email Of The Species, Winner Plays On and Humble Brag Of The Week. On top of this, Elis and John discussed wrong languages this week, as well as the obligatory examination of the Welsh language.
Podcast intro
John is off the booze for a while and his skin is glowing.
John's introduction of Elis
"To my left is the owner of the first most profitable small holding in Carmarthen. "
Conversations and riffs
A rebrand has turned Xfm into Radio X but Elis and John are still here and now they can broadcast live on Saturdays TO THE NATION. Can they get all the way through the show without accidentally saying the old station name?
There's a curious description of the show on the new Radio X website in which E & J have been compared to Alien v Predator, but what would be a better comparison?
Now that they are reaching a new audience, they explain the common features of the show that newcomers might not be familiar with. They also receive a poorly-worded negative review via Twitter during the show in which they are told to "get of the air or one of until Monday morning".
Earlier this week, Elis and John filmed an episode of Drunk History where they were paid to get very drunk. Now John is keeping it 0.0% session (i.e. teetotal for a while).
John once described the landlady in his local pub as "the still point in my turning world".
Text-in topic
Listeners text and tweet during the show on this week's topic.
Elis has recently toured a standup show completely in Welsh, which has caught out a few audience members who don't speak Welsh.
When have you attended something in the wrong language?
Humblebrag
More examples of that scourge of social media, the humblebrag.
There's a live rendition of the Humblebrag jingle (as it hasn't been updated to fit the new Radio X branding yet).
Someone's posted a picture of a big TV in a nice car.
Winner Plays On
Elis and John face off in the weekly quiz on topics of their choice.
Pulp (John) v the Welsh language (Elis). Elis wins 4-2.
Email of the Species
Listeners' emails into the show.
On social media someone posted a picture of themselves meditating on a packed tube train, including far too many yoga-related hashtags.