Zobidan the Creepy
This week, there's two clips that are bang up to date, one of which is confusing, the other a bit frightening. For the rest of the time, we are in 2019 and it was International Women's Day.
Apr 11, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 219
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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Two unfortunate pets
This week's clips from 2019 include talk about money, Tubular Bells and grits. It ends with a very recent pair of calls from last month, one is a Boris Johnson fan who calls to defend him and a nice lady has a horror story about pets.
Apr 03, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 218
Hold the grits!
This week's clips from 2019 include Nigel Farage on a mission, we were concerned about American food and threatened with riots. There's also a very clip from about a week ago in which I was taken to task by a Boris Johnson fan.
Mar 27, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 217
I ain't got no class
It was 2019 and I'd had a win on the Lottery, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was trying to be frightening, Donald Trump got a health check and Nigel Farage organised a march.
Mar 20, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 216
Who?
It's a bit different this week - there's clips from 2019 when Mrs M was in power and the Tories were fighting with anything that moved, there's a question about where's London and this week I've included a very recent clip from this month that I think you may enjoy. I know I did!
Mar 13, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 215
Sing faster!
This week's clips include talking about billionaires, a caller expressed themselves in an artistic manner and I give a firm but fair opinion on rugby.
Mar 06, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 214
AI and the IQ of MPs
This week's clips are from four years ago when we were having an oddly familiar conversation, took a peek at the internet and took the bus to Wetherspoons.
Feb 27, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 213
Getting caught short
This week's clips are from this time four years ago when the weather was fantastic, Tories were fighting with each other and there was a crisis in a coffee shop.
Feb 20, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 212
I have a dream
This week's clips are from early 2019 when Donald Trump was going on about his huge and tremendous wall, we found that the internet is lying to us and we got bad news about Bournemouth.
Feb 13, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 211
Don't breathe in
It was 2019 and the kids were having a grand day out to protest about climate change, I learned something about Bournemouth and people were fearing what was coming from the skies.
Feb 06, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 210
The kids are revolting!
This week's clips are from 2019 when a certain personage had crashed his car, school pupils decided to do something because adults weren't and there was an issue with bugs.
Jan 30, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 209
Going to a better party
This week's clips are from February 2019 when there was a weather forecast that should give up hope for next month, a new political party had been formed that you may already have forgotten existed and we found we were about to get sent back to the Stone Age.
Jan 23, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 208
The Cow Issue
This week's clips are from 2019 when we thought we were living in odd times. If only we knew what was round the corner! In these clips, we help an isolated man in Yorkshire and a farmer is very angry with me.
Jan 16, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 207
Gibraltar fights back
It was February 2019 and a British colony was under attack, I got animated about the national antem, there was David Beckham news and some billionaires got told off.
Jan 09, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 206
A right old ding-dong.
This weeks clips are from 2019 and there's some funny stuff here. There was warnings of food shortages, someone thought that KFC running out of chicken was their way of scuppering Brexit, a caller tried to explain things based on what he understood and some light winter weather had had the usual consequences.
Dec 19, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 205
Howzat?!
This weeks clips from 2019 feature me getting confused about cricket, having a fight with some callers, choosing a favourite song and comparing Jeremy Corbyn to a Star Wars character.
Dec 12, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 204
What's a nanny do?
This week's clips are from 2019 when we were staring at windmills, dreaming of island living, ruining Pink Floyd and I had an electricity crisis.
Dec 05, 2022•28 min•Ep. 203
More Communist Tripe
We dance around the years in this one. Starting in 2020 for a little light conspiracy theorising, then back to 2019 for a road safety fail and I get a request, which sounds like a demand.
Nov 28, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 202
The loudest light
It was Autumn 2020 and a man picked fight about pubs, another honours list was announced, a lady had a controversial cure for the mad bat disease, we looked forward to an important announcement and noticed a household design fault.
Nov 21, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 201
Cows with guns
This weeks clips include Donny goes to hospital, as really stupid idea from Gavin Williamson and an even stupider one from Pritti Patel and a rat gets its just deserts.
Nov 14, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 201
Strategy? What strategy?
It was Autumn 2020 and there was a rush on in the supermarkets, people were confused about restrictions, some callers sounded very refreshed and there was revolution in the air
Nov 07, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 200
The big picture
This week, Donald Trump's fans are confused, it was two years ago and we were all about the bubbles and I get a little too much praise for my part in fighting the Mad Bat Disease.
Oct 31, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 199
The Secret of Happiness
This week's clips are from Autumn 2020 when a certain Boris Johnson insisted we shouldn't have parties, we were envious of Swedes (not the vegetable) and there was a protest parade about pretty much everything.
Oct 24, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 198
The Hamburger Issue
It was two years ago and there was the curious case of the see-through premier, confusion about Level 42, some concern about burgers and a slight communication breakdown.
Oct 17, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 197
The groin issue
This week, Donald Trump's fans get that sinking feeling, the government threatened us to get back to teh office, I lose track of time and a man shares a little too much
Oct 10, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 196
Watch out, communists about
This week's clips are from when the English football team proved a disappointment, David Blaine did something odd with ice and Donald Trump flipped out when he saw where he was staying in London.
Oct 03, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 195
Irate in Uxbridge
This week's clips are from Autumn 2020 and follow on from last week's podcast, in which a chap thought I should give away all my money, we were reminiscing about the days before Bodger Johnson took over, our new trade deal-maker was announced to be an Australian, and a man in Johnson's constituency was not totally satisfied with everything, especially me.
Sep 27, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 194
It's all my fault!
It was Autumn 2020 and I get interrupted by a digital intrusion, I have a heated debate wit a bloke who thinks I am the problem, pick a fight with Australia and America and at the end there's a great call from this weekend just gone.
Sep 20, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 193
Strictly who?
This week's clips are from a pretty important period in which the wheels started coming off the clown car, I take a fiery call from one of the usual suspects and fail to recognise some celebrities.
Sep 05, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 192
Millions of visitors
This week's clips have people fighting like cats and dogs, I talk about waiting for the music, the government were telling us to go outside after telling us to stay indoors and there's a curious tale about a balcony invasion
Aug 29, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 191
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