As Eurovision hits Basel for the 69th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor' and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show for the 4th year after her prediction wins over the last three years is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before making their predictions for Basel 2025 they go though how ...
May 09, 2025•2 hr
Welcome to the first instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 1: Mark Taylor catches up with Ruth Mayhew. Who is the Senior Community & Events Officer for Aylesbury Town Council. To recap the 2024 Live In The Park festival, which took place over the August Bank Holiday. During the event Mark chatted with some of the bands & artists that took part. There is also music from bands & artists that Mark spoke with. And there are Seasons Greetings from fr...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Welcome to the Second instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 2: John Berger & Eddie Spangles join Mark Taylor for Festive Fun & Games. TGP NOMINAL takes part in the inaugural Aylesbury Sci-Fi Day. And to finish off the episode the John & Eddie play the annual Twelve Days of Christmas Quiz. Along with Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-113-115-christmas-crossover.html to e...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Welcome to the third instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 3: TGP NOMINAL visit the Aylesbury Winter Comic Con 2024. A new Honorary Crew Member is inducted onto the TGP NOMINAL Honorary Crew Member Wall. Eddie Spangles hosts this year's Music Quiz. And Lezley-ann Shaw brings us some festive cheer. Along with Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-113-115-christmas-crossover.html to expl...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Hello Everybody & welcome to this Extra edition of The Garbage POD. In this episode we travel back to 1604 to find out why the 5th of November is so special to the UK. Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-78---remember-remember.html to explore this episode.
Nov 05, 2024•7 min
Welcome to this Special Edition of The Garbage POD. The reason this episode is so special is because you join me on an occasion that is almost like a holiday for podcasters all over the world. Where we get recognised for all the hours we put into creating content, editing & bonding with our listeners. I am talking, of course, about International Podcast Day. For this episode we have been through The Garbage POD vaults & found content from the past, that most of our listeners will not hav...
Sep 29, 2024•35 min
Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Malmö for the 68th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor' and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show for the 3rd year, after her prediction wins over the last two years is the Welsh Songstress '...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 57 min
Welcome to The 2023 edition of The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover! Mark Taylor travels back to his hometown to catch up with Ruth Mayhew who is the Senior Community & Events Officer for Aylesbury Town Council to recap the 2023 Live In The Park festival which took place over the August Bank Holiday. During the event chatted with some of the bands, artists, charities & organisations that took part. There is also music from bands & artists that Mark spoke with. As well as...
Dec 24, 2023•2 hr 13 min
To commemorate International Podcast Day we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD. The IPD moto is "Start The Conversation" so that's exactly what we do! Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-74---international-podcast-day-2023.html to explore this episode.
Sep 29, 2023•35 min
Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Liverpool for the 67th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show after her predictions win last year is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before m...
May 06, 2023•1 hr 53 min
In Part 2 of The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover Mark Taylor is Joined by TGP NOMINAL “Regular” Co-Host John Berger and Wil from Wil Photography , for some Festive Fun. Ross Hockham from UK Astronomy tells us about a long forgotten Christmas Constellation. We induct a new recruit into our Honorary Crew Member Wall. There's our annual 12 Days Of Christmas & music Quizzes. And music from the wonderful Lezley-ann Shaw . “So Happy holidays, Buckle Up and Let’s Launch This Episode I...
Dec 24, 2022
Welcome to Part 1 of The 2022 The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. This years show is so big, we had split it into two episodes! In part 1, we rewind back to August Bank Holiday for Aylesbury Town Council 's Live In The Park Music Festival. Which is one of our highlights of the year. We catch up with Ruth Mayhew who is the Senior Events Officerfor Aylesbury Town Council. Chat with Live In The Park's compare Dez Kay as well as some of the bands / artists who performed at the event. ...
Dec 24, 2022
To commemorate International Podcast Day we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD! For this episode, we take a delve through our vaults and journey back to 2013 when we conducted our first celebrity interview. For more information about this episode visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-70---space-time-continuum.html
Sep 30, 2022
Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Turin for the 66th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm Joining them from her debut on the show last year is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before making their p...
May 06, 2022
Welcome to the 2021 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. We’ve produced The Christmas Crossover for the last few years so that listeners of both podcasts can experience a taste of the other podcast. First up on the show, we chat with one of the organisers and the headline act of an event that The Garbage POD is really proud to be part of. Then 'Mark Taylor' and his regular Co-Host 'John Berger' are joined by friend of the show 'Eddie Spangles'. Ross Hockham BCAe from UK Astronomy drops...
Dec 24, 2021
To commemorate International Podcast Day, we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD Fellow Podcaster 'Joe Carioti' returns for a chat discussing everything from environmentally sustainable living to the origins of place names Next we visit the Letchworth Outdoor Museum and catch up with with 'Josh Tidy' from the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-67---raise-your-voice.html...
Sep 29, 2021
Welcome to The Garbage POD for our annual delve into the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor for their unique take on what should have been the 66th edition of the song contest is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger. The guys are joined by a surprise guest, who features in Eurovision 2021. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm, but before making their predictions for Rotterdam 2021, it’s t...
May 16, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Hello everybody and welcome to the 2020 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. Because it's so huge, we have split it into 2 Parts. Regular listeners to the show will know that we usually bring you our coverage of Aylesbury Town Council's Live In The Park Festival, during the Christmas Crossover. During Part 1, we would have been bringing you coverage of the 2020 event. However, like most things this year, COVID-19 put stop to the festivities. or did it? For more information about this e...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 44 min
In part 2 of the 2020 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover We have Trans-Atlantic banter from TGP NOMINAL hosts 'Mark Taylor’ & ‘John Berger’ Singer / Songwriter & now Author 'Damian Carruthers' comes on board to talk about his Sci-Fi project We chat with 'Aston Smith', an incredible 8 year old, who decided to write a book about the Solar System, during the COVID-19 Lockdown. 'Dan Pye' from the Kielder Observatory, talks to us about his career as an Astronomer & Voice Over A...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 49 min
To commemorate International Podcast Day,we have decided to bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD In this episode we visit a Seal Sanctuary in Lincolnshire and talk to Duncan Yeadon, who's family have been running the sanctuary since 1965. We speak with Paralympic Gold Medalist 'Naomi Riches MBE' about her rowing career and the London 2012 Paralympics. And finally we chat with fellow Podcaster 'Joe Carioti' about his projects and generally chew the fat. For more information about this e...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to this two part Special Edition of The Garbage POD. Something is happening that is ripping the heart out of communitiesacross the UK, as we speak. Bauer Media have acquired 56 "Local" radio stations and is going to re-brand them as part of their Greatest Hits Radio "National" radio station. This means the identity of these stations will cease to exist by the end of the year. This also means job losses across the country, loss of local programming, No connection with local presenters and...
Aug 12, 2020•44 min
Welcome to this two part Special Edition of The Garbage POD. Something is happening that is ripping the heart out of communitiesacross the UK, as we speak. Bauer Media have acquired 56 "Local" radio stations and is going to re-brand them as part of their Greatest Hits Radio "National" radio station. This means the identity of these stations will cease to exist by the end of the year. This also means job losses across the country, loss of local programming, No connection with local presenters and...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Welcome to the 60th Episode of The Garbage POD. As we delve into the global phenomenon that is The Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger, for what would have been the 65th edition of the competition but due to the Coronavirus has been cancelled for 2020. The guys discuss what lockdown means for Eurovision and go through the songs from this years lineup. Mark also educates John on the history of the UK's participation in Eurovision, as well as goin...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Hello everybody and welcome to this special Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. We have created the Crossover, mainly because we wanted our Garbage POD listeners to have a listen to the TGP NOMINAL Podcasts and vice Versa, and we thought it would be fun to get everyone together (almost like a Christmas Party). During the show: Alan Taylor-Shearer will be joining the festivities to chat about our collaboration with Aylesbury Town Council for Live In The Park 2019. UK Astronomy's Ross H...
Dec 24, 2019•2 hr 45 min
After a short absence, The Garbage POD returns with a very nostalgic Episode. Joining Mark Taylor is Feel The Force Day Compare, 'Eddie Spangles'. The guys put the world to rights and generally chew the fat over everything and anything that comes to mind. Mark also takes us back to when he met another friend of the show for the first time. Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-58-from-brummagem-to-cymru for more information about this episode....
Nov 10, 2019•1 hr
Welcome to The Garbage POD for our annual delve into the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor for our unique take on the 64th edition of the song contest is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovison since the 2016 competition in Stockholm, but before making their predictions for Tel Aviv 2019, it’s the moment the guys have been waiting for, how their predictions fared in the Lisbon 2018 contest. Vi...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 21 min
It's that time of year again, where Mark Taylor and John Berger break out the Eggnog and bring you the annual Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Holiday Special. Mark, Liz Springs, Alan Taylor-Shearer and Ross Hockham attend events that have become some of the highlights of 2018. "So Buckle Up & Let's Launch This Festive Episode Into The Podisphere" For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/tgp-xtra/tgp-xtra-15-holiday-special-2018...
Dec 24, 2018•2 hr 40 min
Mark Taylor and John Berger (an American who watches The Eurovision Song Contest) delve into the 43 entrants of the 63rd edition of the competition (So you don't have to) and try to pick who they think maybe contenders in 2018. Hopefully they can do better this year! For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-14-todos-a-bordo...
May 05, 2018•1 hr 32 min
For our Halloween Special, we have raided The Garbage POD (TGP) archives to bring you another of our favourite classic episodes. So join Mark Taylor as he meets up with John Hippisley who guides us through the streets of one of the UK's most haunted cities. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-13-canterbury-tales...
Oct 27, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Over the years, we have recorded some amazing content during our time on the original Garbage pod Podcast. The majority of our listeners, since we moved over to our new podcast host probably haven’t had the opportunity to hear these episodes, so we have decided to re-package some of our favourite episodes and give them an airing. Hopefully listeners who moved over from our old RSS feed will enjoy listening back to our escapades too. For this episode of TGP Xtra, we rewind back to September 2014 ...
Aug 06, 2017•32 min
