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The Nick Abbot Habit

In the age of the 24 hour-a-day multiple news-gasms, let The Nick Abbot Habit be your guide. It's fast and funny and sometimes furious. All opinions are correct, apart from those that aren't. Plus Nick's favourite calls from his cult weekend talk show. Guaranteed no baking or dancing.
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Episodes

Italian food is very dangerous

It was August two years ago and the government were telling us to go back to work after telling us not to, I have some good advice for a TV show set to return and we remember when no-one was allowed in the front room.

Aug 22, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 190

16 cats in the kitchen

This weeks clips include me explaining what's wrong with other drivers, I prove that no-one is interested in a cultural institution at the centre of a BIG row and I make a prediction about Donald Trump

Aug 15, 202233 minSeason 2Ep. 189

Soberish

This week's podcast follows on from last week's clips and features a square sheep, a silly song and raging at roads.

Aug 08, 202234 minSeason 2Ep. 188

The square sheep

This week's clips we were perplexed by the world's most expensive sheep, I measured the size of Nigel Farage's mouth and people were getting wound up by a song

Aug 02, 202232 minSeason 2Ep. 187

1.4 billion interesting people

This week’s clips are from the start of the Mad Bat Disease. It hadn’t hit yet but van drivers were thinking about getting security and tourists were told not to act like they were on holiday!

Jul 25, 202233 minSeason 2Ep. 186

Nightmare house guests

This week’s clips are from Spring 2020 and a man calls from his zoo, a woman calls from her fire engine and I buy a bowler hat.

Jul 18, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 185

Sayonara Croydon

This week’s clips are from Spring 2020, in which a lady recreates Noah’s Ark, there’s things you don’t want to see in a pandemic, The Goop Woman Strikes Back, being late for the Sex Pistols and the War of the Worlds.

Jul 11, 202233 minSeason 2Ep. 184

Vegetables aren’t grizzly

This week’s clips are from the start of the Mad Bat Disease, there were reports of disappointment at the supermarket, we learned how not to get divorced, I had a holiday disaster and received one of the most mystifying calls ever.

Jul 04, 202230 minSeason 2Ep. 183

These nuts taste funny

This week, there’s new rules about money, a loo with a view, the musty aroma of a pub and I look forward to a dental appointment.

Jun 27, 202233 minSeason 2Ep. 182

It weren’t me!

This week’s clips are from early 2020 when we were just hearing about the Mad Bat Disease and some people were taking advantage, there’s a phoney French listener with material and a confusing message from New York.

Jun 20, 202228 minSeason 2Ep. 181

A genius restaurant promotion

This week’s clips are from when we were just hearing about the Mad Bat Disease and include a restauranteur with an idea, a man who offers to subject himself to free beer and panic buying was afoot.

Jun 13, 202237 minSeason 2Ep. 180

A bucket of mist

These clips include science advice from a self confessed genius, we were trying not to touch our faces and were frightened of running out of toilet paper

Jun 06, 202229 minSeason 2Ep. 179

Chimps with nukes

This week’s clips include a mystifying call about the truth, there’s a worrying development in the animal kingdom and Bodger Johnson spies a job creation opportunity.

May 30, 202232 minSeason 2Ep. 178

The bathroom ballet

This week, there’s the rules of the bathroom dance, we were freaking out about washing our hands and I found that animals are playing catch-up.

May 23, 202232 minSeason 2Ep. 177

The Toilet Issue

This week’s clips from two years ago include me not getting calmed about a dental visit, the Eurovision Song Contest was imminent and no-one had seen the Dear Leader in a while.

May 16, 202241 minSeason 2Ep. 176

Absent without leave

This week’s clips are from two years ago when people were wondering where Bodger had got to, as he seemed to have disappeared. Turns out he was selling himself to the highest Russian bidder, a man called with something unfathomable and listeners pick fights with each other.

May 09, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 175

How much for a toaster?!

In this week’s clips we were trying to save the planet, one plastic bag at a time, there was alarming news on the price of a kitchen gadget and we hear about the surprising stuff people found in the street.

May 01, 202234 minSeason 2Ep. 174

Flip-flop heaven

This week we were enjoying our all-new passports, a voter is not entirely satisfied with how his decision turned out and I explain why some footwear is ill advised.

Apr 26, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 173

Where’s Bodger?

This week’s clips are from two years ago when Bodger Johnson had done one of his disappearing acts, people had started to turn anti-packaging and we get a lecture from a bank.

Apr 19, 202240 minSeason 2Ep. 172

What’s the Queen on?

This week, we find out something alarming about the pandemic, people were upset about the environment, there was a Friends reunion and we discover where the Queen is to be found.

Apr 11, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 171

George Clooney gets swamped

In this episode we have lots of fun with weather and Bodger Johnson’s place gets a touch-up.

Apr 04, 202231 minSeason 2Ep. 170

How to eat peanut butter

These clips from two years ago include our first taste of panic buying, a listener with material manages to get one by me and a nice lady shares her breakfast routine.

Mar 28, 202228 minSeason 2Ep. 169

Pasta is very dangerous

This week’s clips are from two years ago when people were panic buying lettuce, Meghan Sparkles had not yet been dubbed the Wicked Witch of the West, I was trying not to touch my face and we learned something alarming about pasta.

Mar 23, 202229 minSeason 2Ep. 168

Washing your hands with booze

This week’s clips are from the start of our journey through the mad bat disease, when we were experiencing our first supermarket sweeps of toilet paper and we were trying not to touch our faces.

Mar 14, 202234 minSeason 2Ep. 167

Don’t touch your face!

These clips are from a couple of years ago when I had a Nesquik disaster, we were starting to panic about toilet paper and everyone was going germ-free.

Mar 07, 202239 minSeason 2Ep. 166

Bodger’s holiday mystery

This week’s podcast has me not complaining about feeling ill, I make a prediction about government policy, we talk about the artist Banksy and we were just starting out on our journey with the invisible menace.

Feb 28, 202233 minSeason 2Ep. 165

Asking For A Punch

This week’s clips are from when I had a cold and was also suffering from inhaling a foreign object in my sleep but as you can imagine, I wasn’t complaining about it at all!

Feb 21, 202241 minSeason 2Ep. 164

Something inside my insides

This week there’s more talk of the Death Bat, Donny and Bodger’s relationship sours and I have a go at SUV drivers.

Feb 21, 202232 minSeason 2Ep. 163

Squirrels in the attic

This week’s clips from two years ago include several animal nightmares, a boat load of people get sent to Milton Keynes, something other than the disease was giving us reason to be concerned about China and we got into James Bond’s car.

Feb 07, 202235 minSeason 2Ep. 162

Bats in the attic, squirrels in the loft

This weeks clips are from two years ago when we were expecting a storm, we hadn’t yet started on our Covid nightmare, I had a row with a nice lady about an awful man and I was suffering from a fluffy vermin attack.

Jan 31, 202234 minSeason 2Ep. 161
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