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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

Surfers of Doom

This week's clips are mostly from April 2019 when the right wing couldn't make up their minds on whether they wanted actors to talk politics, there was a wave warning, a smoking police officer with a suspicious lock-up and it ends with a brand new clip from last weekend from a caller who has become something of a favourite

Nov 06, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 249

How are your onions?

This week's clips from 2019 include me getting mistaken for my twin Diane Abbott, a man calls with a solution to stress and ladybirds attack.

Oct 30, 202329 minSeason 2Ep. 248

How's it a sport?

This week's clips from 2019 include me buying a car, Jacob Mee-Smugg says something stupid, a man calls in on hemp and there's two bang-up-to-date calls from last weekend that you may enjoy.

Oct 23, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 247

Pink boats and whales

This week's clips are of a protest to skirt round, we go looking for sea life and find an alarming recipe for soap.

Oct 16, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 246

Open season on Dames

It was a week of protests against protests, there was a pink boat with a celebrity onboard and we found a possible benefit of sea levels rising.

Oct 09, 202328 minSeason 2Ep. 245

No spoilers!

This week's clips include talk about polls, I make a prediction in 2019 that came true in 2023 and we were looking forward to the last series of the biggest show on Earth.

Oct 02, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 244

What's a black hole like?

This week, in clips from 2019, Mrs M was having a 'mare, we saw a picture of something invisible and take a trip on a magic dolphin.

Sep 25, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 243

A problem with time

Following on from last week, there was some disagreement about the next James Bond, a woman falls foul of a dress code and there's a cab on the way that will never arrive.

Sep 18, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 242

Picking the next Bond

This week, there's an 007 issue and an irate call from an irate man, I call out Twitterers, predict Donald Trump's future and wonder at French people.

Sep 11, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 241

Getting shrunk

This week, I get an appointment with the head doctor, everyone disagrees with everyone all the time and there's a chemical warfare experiment update.

Sep 04, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 240

Not the Nadine Dorries resignation letter

This week's clips are a mix of old and very new. From 2019 an old lady picked a fight with all young people, an American explains what Britain was going through and Nigel mentions the war. From last weekend, there's a world exclusive: the resignation letter that Nadine Dorries didn't write.

Aug 29, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 239

A little disagreement

It's 2019 and I make a prediction about Donald Trump, have a heated chat with a Leaver who I bet has changed his mind since we talked four and a half years ago, and we remember when Paulie Walnuts got his nails done.

Aug 21, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 238

What's 999,800 between friends?

It was 2019 and we were comparing sizes, a lot of people were ringing to tell me I'd "lost, get over it" and there was an eye-witness to Nigel Farage's super-human abilities.

Aug 14, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 237

Driving through where?!

In this week's clips from 2019, we were trying to name a prominent Mark, I accurately predict our future, we hear of some unpleasant place names and there's a tale of two marches.

Aug 07, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 236

A stream of noise hitting your head

This week, I am at the end of a 16 show-in-a-row stretch and high on carpet cleaner, I plan a total radio takeover and we search for a Good Mark.

Jul 31, 202329 minSeason 2Ep. 235

The Comedy Parade

This week I overdose on dandruff medicine, Donald Trump attacks Mrs M. and there's a comedy parade of the permanently furious.

Jul 24, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 234

The Spring Clean of Mass Destruction

This week, I get a second dose of chemical warfare, we take a trip to see Led Zeppelin for next to nothing at all and Uncle Nigel gets wet.

Jul 17, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 233

A short walk on a long march

This week, Nigel takes a stroll, there's the secret to happiness and I get high on carpet cleaner. Those last two are not connected.

Jul 10, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 232

High on cleaning fumes

This week, I see vapour trails coming off everything, we get a spy report from Denmark and there's a LOT of happiness about.

Jul 03, 202337 minSeason 2Ep. 231

Blowing a gasket

It was Spring 2019 and Julian Assange had just emerged from the Ecuadorian embassy, I appear to lose my mind and am disappointed by both the French and a black hole.

Jun 26, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 230

He mentioned the war!

This week, banker waves his money at me, I admit to doing Top Secret work and a man finds something great on a bus.

Jun 19, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 229

A right Humphrey

This week, in clips from 2019, I get threatened with half a billion people, there's a car nightmare and from this weekend, two bang-up-to-date callers, one is a Humphrey and the other does the Wokey-Cokey.

Jun 12, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 228

1,2,3,4!

This week, the nation gets told off by a Rose, there's a lesson in chocolate, a report from a Ramones gig and I find the origin of a favourite sound clip I play.

Jun 05, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 227

Smugg gets comical

In Spring of 2019, the word "flextention" had just been coined, Mrs M was doing her best, I'd had a face full of something poisonous and the Dad's Army recreation society was having a moment.

May 30, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 226

Brexit ruined my lips

This week, a lady has a make-up crisis, there was intense discussions between the clown shoe lady and the bearded weirdo and people were stockpiling in case Brexit went badly.

May 22, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 225

A face full

It was Spring 2019 and the thought of Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister came up (oh how we laughed), a man muttered something about the royals taking charge and the House of Commons was spouting sewage.

May 15, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 224

Your call is important to us

In this episode, I get picked on by the mayor, we talk artificial intelligence (years before Chat GPT came along) and there's an unfortunate incident with a monkey

May 08, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 223

Powered by hot air

This week I get messages from numpties, we talk man-caves and a man called about something we weren't discussing and rather takes over.

May 01, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 222

Hazza's to-do list

This week, we were being dazzled, Nigel Farage was planning a protest march, Theresa May was busy negotiating and a prince was telling us to live more sustainably

Apr 24, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 221

Some grief from the help

In this week's clips, we find out who is responsible for a big TV game show, I fail to win a million pounds on another game show, I get a call from an odd hatchback driver and, in a bang up to date clip, we hear from a person who can speak when he says nothing at all.

Apr 17, 202332 minSeason 2Ep. 220
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