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Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
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From S12 EP45: Chat 'N That — Jun 9, 2026
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That is Oussie, real name Oswyn or Oswin in case he wants to be a doctor or something proper. having to go your nameam's fromin O S W I N. N read of that name in my life? No What was Ozzie Osborne called? Obviously Ousz comes from the surname, so I don't know what his first name was. Hold cooler What's that front? my mom always used to say that from What that Where the house tight. Alli, Jim Sh asks Gemini?. Gemini. What's Ozsie Osborne's first name? And where is the phrase hold caller from? Ozzie Osborne's first name is John. The phrase hold caller isn't a common one, so I'm not sure where it's from. Could you provide more context? My mum used to say. She also says betteret than Shanks' pony What's that mean? The phrase betterter than Shanks's pony is a humorous way to saywalking. Shanks's pony refers to your own legs, so it's basically implying walking is the best way to travel, often in a playful way. Just to be clear to the list, that we weren't even paid for that. That's how we live our lives. We've been listening since the beginning and you've definitely demystified the terrifying prospect of parenthood for us, provided much entertainment on many long car journeys to visit our families who all live several hours away. Thanks for your honesty, humour and occasional wisdom. Keep it sex and relayable lots of love, Adam Vinny and Ossie. Yeah. that is a thingour family will disown you and move away if you call your child Ossyin. D you know what Rob? I just moved the mic then Yeah. That's that. I don't mean that's bit. Have you haven't done Wom M's podcast, have you? No, not yet. Not a fan. No, I am a fan actually. I do you like it. No, no, you don't have to be a fan. No, I' a fan of it. It comes up my algorithm. It does come up on my algorithm as well. What's going on there? He's become part of the machine He's plugged into the matrix. He's plugged into He's part the Iilluminati. I saw him the other day and I walked up to him. He did that symbol, you know the little sort of rockke feella sort of divers. Then he came down, put at my lips and went Shh baby, you're mine now. And he s my mouse and walked off and Yeah. He does this thing, which I was very impressed with. Air. If he laughs ye, he'll lean forward and laugh and he'll move his mic out. So I've having such a great time Yeah. Wow. I thought I was really impressed with that because I was like, I'm so scared of moving a mic during the Yeah, but then I think if you're really laughing, do you care about level Well it's more that he's worried's gonna hit the mic with his face. careering face. Right. ye o. Oh, okay, that's pretty cool. Yeah. He's a great broadcaster. He's a great broadcaster, isn't he? Yeah. Yeah, so there we go. What's he like when you cover for him on radio two? What's the vibe? I keep the mic static. What's the vibe? Well yeah, like you just do they go, well, this is what Romis says do it at the same, or do you do your own thing? That's what Lisa says to be. Oh dn, that's a sh. It's a shame. It is really for a man that's not here. I think it's fine for us to give Rommish some stick when he's start, but to going in on his wife that you' Josha You get a little bit rude when you get a bit tired and you start talking sexy talk You sound that roose You're goinging out tonight the Radose, Date night. Date night. She's meeting you after this in London for a friend's birthday party I'm so tired. Whoses birthday party is it? I don't like to kiss and tell. Do had to say to get a present? Yeah, this is fiftieth. Yeah, I do, don't I? one hundred percent you need to get a present' do that, yeah. Yeah. Well, Rose is going for blow drying selfidgees so she can get presents. she? Yeah. Wow, a blow drying selfidge. It sounds like a story I'm from Downton Abbey.. I was quite surprised when she texted me. I' going for okay, right, I didn't realize she was a sixty three year old woman married to some sort of Chelsea banker Lou goes and gets her nails done at a place in Pertswood where it' cash and becausecause I made an absolutely no money goes through the books. Just so know, Rose doesn't normally do that. We live in Exa. No every Thursday, she travels up from Eexa because she likes the way they do. No, that's a nice thing to do. good. It's near the birthday. It's near the birthday. Yeah Wh's the birthday at the perfume coun It was at a place where I'd never heard of it, so I thought that must be exclusive. It's swanky. Yeah. What's been happening, though Josh? You're working's. Have we done this episode before I was last night, I was in le. You do look tired. I'm fuck. I feel like I'm visiting arandad in an old P peopleople'se fuck.' way you're sat in thatair cleaning. If I was doing something I had to pretend to have energy, this would be a killer Do have do you pretend to have energy sometimes in this show Not in this show, no? Yeah But like byay the other day. Well m text me other day. I can't believe sometimes Josh yawns through emails that he's reading now So right now let's pretend let me tell you through the last twenty four hours of my life. Before you do that, let's pretend for a moment. this is my new podcast, but I'm not Rob Becam. I'm just another sort of comedian. and you're on it promoting your tour and you can't be Yeah honest started ting Josh on this because that's what we did. go. Hi guys, Wlcome to chat and that with me Toby B. I need to spe to my fucking b. L at a list. This isn't gonna shift any ticket, is it? Welcome to Chat and that with me Toby B. We'reamp pack shows todayday. Haven't we Michael? And Michael on this show, you go Yeah, Toby B. you're up with that? Yeah, Toby B. Oh good. Good energy today. Yeah Yeah, Mikey B Now, our guest this week, we've got one of the best comedians in the UK. You'll have known him from the last leg. He's been on the stand up for the week. He has been Wh is that the second option? Hey Chad that would Toby B Now, Josh, we are Ion to have you here today. so excited to have a great comedian on the show. How's it going? What's up? What's up? Really good. It's reallyally good. Absolutely buzzing actually. Yeah. And how's a tour A Thank you. Tour was absolutely brilliant. Tour wass b. good, yeah yeah yeah. Thank you. Yeah. It's been the best venue. Oh, M. it absolutely went off in Harga. Did it? Absolutely ye. Cool what's it happen been on the road U prettytty depressing. Yeah, o, great. And what's the worst heck we've ever had? Oh Jesus fucking wept. If I'm asked that ever again in my life, Do you know what Toby? your podcast up' your fucking ass. Oh won't we Marky B Welcome to China. How about if you do an episode of China that? Every I'm quite into China. I feeling could do a spin offff I get better bookings. Welcome to Chan now. we go viral. We impressions, we get lots of impressions. Yeah and stuff. Yeah. Okay. So you done well there getting your energy up. Yeah. last gr. So I saw you yesterday, ten thirty T ten thirty AM we stopp recording a podcast. you went to work. I'd half an hour to pack. Yep. They' now to get the train to leadeds. Yeah Then I sat on the train to Leeds and just kind of stared for four and a half hours. Yeah I was just in a tired space. Do not sleep? I can't really sleep on the train. No. I'm too vertical. And then I got to Leeds. I was meant to be seeing a friend before the gig and I was like, I can't do this. Who was that to? I know the friend? No, just a friend from Unah. He lives in Leeds. Oh that's hard And it was I got there and I was like, Ali seems in a bad place. Y' tour manager. Ali's normally very chipper. Yes. but he had a long drive coming because he had to drive to London. After Leeds, after Led. So his mood was low. Well, it wasn't that Rob. Well, when we got there, he found out Oh so that hit Mar because he's leaving hal hour. And then he had to pump up M Lilo so that I could have a little sleep Yeah Sometimes when we have to think of your schedule wor Be he is the same, but He had an hour long drive after dropping at the hotel because he didn't want to stay in London. So he drove back home. Now you drove to the outskirts, so then he could just drive home easily tomorrow. Right, okay. So then I do the gig, G in the car by ten o three. abbsolutely buzzing about that. Yeah I can't sleep in the car I' got restless legs Luckily Ali had to stop to get coffee, so I tried to walk off my restl' legs.. so I can have half an hour's sleep in the car Wake up I don't know where this hotel I' booked is. I've just asked for a cheap hotel near Spotify with a gym. as if I'm ever going to use that. We started recording it we met a nine first. I know what was I think Okay. It's one of those hotels, I've never seen this hotel before. It doesn't feel like a hotel. What's the name of it? I don't w want it 'use I'm going to slg it off. So I get there. They give me the key to my room' half two by this point. up to my room. Stop your bag get the treadmom G those restless legs working D didnn't even need to turn on the treadmill. The legs just working it themselves. Go in, I wish I'd take a phot I thought I'd take a photo of that in the morning because it's so bad. Yeah. It's a mattress Yeah. On the floor. No. There's a raised wooden bit, like a foot on, basically. Yeah that takes up the whole wall, right? So it's raised up So the mattress is the whole wall. The wall's on three sides of the mattress And then the only other thing that was in the room was a sink and a shower and a toilet. But not in separate rooms, just the same room. All in the same square. No tea making facilities No desk, no anything. yeah, no Crucially, for the second time this week, having never had it before, no window Twice in a week, twice in a week having never had in forty three years of living before. No window And I was like I just collapsed tired. Yeah I woke up. It was so cold at night, I was shivering. I woke up at six hundred fifteen and I thought I'll check my phone. I clicked on my phone and the screen was just black. But I could feel it was working ' it would occasionally vibrate when I did something. so the screen had broken. Y. So I woke up at six hundred and fifteen with no screen on my phone. How you it at six hundred fifteen? 'cause I've got a watch because I sleep in the was Finally, it's all paying off. It's all paying off. It's all like like Air p part. It's all connecting the dots at Exactly. So I was like I needed a podcast to get back to sleep. So to get my laptop out, I could log on to the tethered WiFi on my phone that I couldn't see. Oh,right. Okay, so it's still working. Yeah, it's still working. I could see that. So listen to podcast to try and get back to sleep. I've had another. So I've had about four and a half hours sleep. Wow've done more casted for longer today than you slept. Yeah. And then I woke up and I was like, this is the bleakest place I've ever been Yeah If you gotten, did take a phone,'s no I couldn't because my phone was vocal I's do a rummish I like that. Oh Josh. So I had a shower. I couldn't have a te because there's no tea making noise. So I just had a shower, packed on my stuff, the tethering had stopped working, so I had to listen to onlyn I just had to listen to the podcast I'd fallen asleep too because it was the only thing. I didn't want to be silent in that. No. you Where you tonight You got a hotel tonight? Not that one. But a nice hotel in rose. Yeah, yeah. That'll be nice. Yeah. And you got tomorrow off? No, I'm going to Aberdeen. right So you're going to have a dean from London, but Rose will go back to E o. So then I'm like, I'm going to have to go to the Apple shop. I Google it opens at ten, so I'll have to go after this. Yeah. Right. I know I'm meeting Robert Michael and Leon at nine hundred thirty. So I just walked to Leon. I know I can't buy anything there. Yeah Do you take your wallet out do anymore? No. So then I was like, if my phone is working Theoretically I could use Apple Pay just through memory of what it would look like just by pressing the button and doing this face and scanning it down. So get to Leon before you. I was you there before me? Yeah. and I put my order in I think, let's see whether this works. get my phone out. suddenly the screen's working again. Oh. So I'm like, well, I've got some time to kill. I need shaving stuff. So then I went super drrug bought the shaving stuff, came back to Leon they were And my phone's now working, but I know it's on borrowed time because why did it stop working for three hours? You said something to me that was wild where you said you've never had a phone and then bought a new phone and transferred everything over, you've always broken or lost it. Yeah, so I've never done the thing.ever upgraded. Where it says putut your phone next to it because I've never got to the point where I haven't fucked my own phone, not that. little USB se it. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I' they'veanged the port actually. Thnder bolt Thunderbolt charging. Let's to get my penis adapted for the new port. but you could also use your penis to get the old S card out as well, can you? Stick with it. R a little nothing Oh Josh. So then I've done this, I fuck. Can I tell you something that might make you feel better? Yeah. I went and got my haircut yesterday. Oh yeah. Got my beard done, got my haircut. I came out and I was in Iceland buying some protein yogurts because if you spend over a five you get free parking. Right, okay.y season y lady says to me, Oh You're off the telly, are you I Yeahah, I do some tey should. Oh, you look different in real life to on the tele Yeah. Oh went. All right, yeah. I went Oh do I look better? I should No Better on to telly worse now Oh my God. And I was like, one, who says that? Also two. This is the best I can do. I've just literally had my air and beard done. There There's no immmediately after getting your air and beard done, that is a best you'll look and it's down hereill from there. And she snipered me Oh Ied. You a couple of packs of ala Bang out of,n't it?ful. And then you got free parking. Well,, not free parking. I had spend for five pounds, but. But then the Iceland lady at the checkout was like, peopleeople are strange, aren't they? 'ause she just basically watched Oh she watched it happen. Well yeah because you look like, o says like you look worse now. Oh God. So where was this woman? W paying in front of me. Oh my Godd. Anyway But ye, mama We've had a great twenty four hours since. I've got something to bring the mood. Yeah. Bring the mood up. Yeah. Toby B here, chat on that. Do you want to do that? I could inject a bit energ do chat on that. Do you think there's another career in which you were a local radio person? There's another life where I'm an alcoholic doing a different job Yeah. and I don't know what that would be. Right I would snip your way through the city. You could have been like Gary Stehvenson that kind of working class trader that No, no, because he went in on like an intern scheme because he wass very academic. I would be like someone that got a job in the city. didn't really know what he was doing, but sort of snuck his way through and Banner on the drink and the gear, got emotions. you know a couple of lucky breaks. I got some part of ownership of a big company, earned loads of money, married an awful woman cheat on her left never see my kids. I should move the boike board. Yeah. Most people don't move in for a cough. Normally a laugh. But yeah, I don't know. that's the thing of it' slideing indoors. I've got something to lift the mood I've got your Michel a present Oh yeah. each. not the same present, one. I should caveat this. It's not an actual present essentially, it's things I' bought that don't fit me. Okay And you can have them. Oh yeah, yeah. Do you want them? Yeah, depends what it is. If it's a condo or not. I' show what Michael's using enough off right through the curve. Oh my word. It's a football shirt. It's a football shirt. Columbia? Club America. Club America. Look at that Can you see it on the camera, Michael I' about this. Yeah, That's your kid's little face Toby B Toby B. Chat and that. Now this, I'm very very Frustrated. I bought this in Hong Kong and it's an Xcel How Hong Kong sizes. Asian size. Right, here we go. And it doesn't fit me. You go fully pop It's a Japan football. Oh assoation Aidas. Would this put you off if I podcasted like this either It's I've never onlyest, whenever I've done a thing where someone maybe like takes a top off a comic effect. I had to look on camera it looks A. I've never seen anyone. I've never seen anyone get undressed for no reason without anyone noticing it. Normally you get egg on a show catch. Hopefully it fits it should fit you, because It's a beautiful mat. It's lovelyn't it was very So nice, it's going to a good home. Oh it is, it is. It's nice, isn' it? Yeah. Do you like yours, Michael? Love it. Yeah, it's got it in America. You know what? Oh, it fits nice. Beautiful. You wouldn't want it any smaller, would you? No, the tickets Exhale yeah, but I'm not gonna to take that off yet I got a put it on the vinnid. Oh not can. Yeah, XL Asian size. lovely topoughn't Oh that is beautiful. I love that. You're delighted with that. There we go, Mood up. Oh Mood up This podcast is brought to you by Carvana. seelling your car should feel like one lastess thing on your list, not one more. With Carvana, it is. Just go to carvana dot com enter your license plate or Vin, and get a real offer down to the penny. No back and forth, no surprises, just an experience you can trust. Like your offer? accept it, schedule a pickup, and we'll come to you with a check in hand Your car, your timeline, your terms. Visit carvana. com to sell your car today. Carvana. Pick up these M apply This Father's Day, do more with dad and spend less with low prices guaranteed at the Home Depot. 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Cen Um So U Big news I just trying to get the mood up. All right, so was you doing Ty B? No, I was just trying to move on to the next thing, but I realised Iven't got anything to say Oh, my son. Yes, I have. So obviously I can't put this picture on Rob. My son went over at school. This is brutal. Went over like hurt himself? Yeah But no wonder your phone breaks. Oh my Godd, poor thing. Yeah. Oh God it looks so much like you, doesn't he? Is that what we mean poor thing No You've got a lovely face. Oh, he's really scratched it. He's by hiss eye as well. He's absolutely grazed the half of his face. He's so grown up. He's had a haircut as well. I know yeah miss. I know, but Fair enough he doesn't want it. He doesn't want it. Do want it? Yeah, so It's your ey? So it it's weird, isn't it?cause that happens at school and then he's fine by the time he gets home Be feel awful that you weren't there? Yeah, he comes in and goes, we had a bit of scratches got his whole face is RV. They phed up. They phoned up. Yeah That's a phone upper. Yeah. Your son's gonna come back with his entire half his face scratched off. Yeah, yeah.s off, but it's quite a big scratch. He's not the man without her face. No, is Do you remember that film? No. It's a Mel Goobsome film. Oh, I think I do. Yeah, it's half a. That's not Daniel Dallleis in the wheelbarrow, is it? No, that's my left foot Right M without a face One of my favorite jokes on the Simpsons. God, I love the Simpsons. The Simpsons was the best thing ever When I say what your biggest problem is was, and this is as a friend just go everywhere. No You are Really, really funny, if not funny when you're completely fucked So the problem is when you are exhausted and you've got nothing in the tank you get funny podcast is the best thing I've ever done But the end I timem being honest selling any tickets when it go on what's it called Cardi B or whatever the show's called? Toby B. Toby chatting that. Chatting that. Chatting that's quite a good chat and that it. I'm gonna Google Google. I'm gonna put that in the podcast app. I'll put it in Spotify because it's a better app. Is it chat and that? Chat on that And that could be like a chat and that. It could be Northern. It could be likeor The closest thing that comes up with is chabs. He up. Welcome to chat on that with me so it be me. Yeahep. No. No, it's not there. Sorry, what you saying? I was saying that as a compliment by the way. you're very funny even when you're. Oh, I was just gonna to repeat something from the Simpsons. That's one of my favourite lines ever. Go It's a man without a face. Do you remember it? Mel Gibson, he's got like burns on one side of his face or whatever Symour Skinner falls out with his mum and he says she's put a cardboard over her half of the TV. Yeah. He says, I watched M without the face. I didn't even know he had a problem. That's so funny. so good. Isn't it? Such a good joke. So quick and far away, is it? Oh, so good. Oh I love the Simpsons. Anyway. What you talking about you said you wanted to talk to me about Rory Stewart Oh yeah, Roy Stewart officially doesn't know who I am. Really? So you know we've seen him here Yeah. And I've always tught. He doesn't seem to acknowledge us. No, no, I'd say no. I'd tell he's quite an eyes forward focused guy So you have to be like a bit of a I'd say Stewart and Campbell pride themselves on being like one of the biggest podcasts in the country and they are talking about really serious things, talking about potential like political social change and they will be pushing certain things and their opinions matter and their opinions can sway like be there I don't think their opinions matter. Well I think they may think they do. They does. They're very proud of how p is and how important what they do is and then we're knocking around like a bad smell. Yeah. that get in similar numbers. Pulling them out of our fucking our soulves. Yeah. we don't have to wait for Trp and the king to go on at tour. Yeah You can just take yourself off on a f Japanese Asian exn at you. Exactly yeah. And we've got to I think thats I thought the situation was Yeah, But the situation actually is Roy Stewart doesn't know who we are. Right so was Oxford Circus. Oxfordircus, Oxford station. I was doing Oxford on tour. So's at the Oxford, not Oxford Circus here. Yeah, Oxford Station. Yeah. I was like, o look who it is. It's Rory Stewart. his family. Right gained eye contact and he looked through me in the way that said I've never seen this person before in my life. Really? That's totally fine. He must now. yourour face is next to his face in the podcast. Ily don't believe. You know when? he wasn't like, o, there's that guy. I don't need to talk to him. There's just someone looking at me It literally he did not I swear on my life. He did. all I think we can say this. When we recording a podcast here in Spotify. he was being interviewed by someone in the communal cafe area. Yeah, byy the fridge, by the fridge the coffee machine and the tap and the rice crackers. And the rice crackers. offffice kitchen, as you'd call it. Anyway. N in our names So he had said to someone, can you be quiet please? because I'm doing an interview? Yeah, which I think Bear in mind, he's surrounded by podcast studios. Yeah, there are probably eight soundproof rooms available. Yeah that no one's in. He stood on the counter of the kitchen. Yeah. Not stood on the counter tonight. No st L is due. So I went out O a sort of revenge mission and decided to make five cups of coffee in a row I didn't drink next to him and being interviewed. Really loud. Really loud. And just did another another ' that's who I am. Yeah. I did acknowledge you. No carried on with the interview. Yeah. And I'm like, well, how loud must the other people been talking? We didn't move either. So maybe he's aware he don't like us becausecause you thinks I'm the coffee. Honestly the way he looked at me Yeah There was no acknowledgement. It was like I respect it. Yeah. If he doesn't know who I am, he totally he didn't even flinch. Well, I think this is our first d track. Restist politics, it's over to you. I'm happy for beef. I'm happy Alistter, you know who we are? We know who you are. If they can profit from a war, why can't we profit from a podcast war they can startem or one of them. O the strait of Spotify's kitchen. Anyway, who do you know who we are? you might know you are. certainly doesn't know I am. Yeah, I think I'm just a coffee guy from work. Yeah. I think he knows me as podcasts boy. Yeah. If you guys you Rob Becky, are you having to go? I'm Toby Beat Would you like to chat on that? Do you know what? It was a shame because I read Roy Stewart's book and I loved it. and so it'scri I love Roy Stuart. it. I do like him. He's been on the last leg as well. So God, you must know who you are. It was years ago, It was before he was porn. Your face hasn't changed in fifteen years But your soul has sou Your eyes have for the rest of you hasn't. I'm Other news, C on Have you done that thing again where you started with anything to say? Yeah So I'm going to his birthday party tonight. Yeah you' to get a present on the way. We you gonna get It' hard to get a fifty year old man a present. Do he get my football on a football thing? Yeah, I think I might get a Japan shirt Is he an Asian exXL? Why don't you go past them classic football shirts and buy him an old Tottenam shirt? Where is the classic football shirts? You used stve out in town but I think it's over in East London now. Yeah, that's why won't be going past it. Okay, sorry. Yeah. If only you live there. If only I lived there. You've got your way in. Exactly. When I went to Ane andeck's birthday party This is the stress isn't it? When I went to Ant and Dck's birthdayy, I got him Sutherland shirts Did you? That's good. I put one each one v on it on my deck. But when you bought the church, you got two tickets to the game. You got free tickets to the game. I f a little bit of a waste becausecause I was like it's banan president. Yeah. That's a shame. It's a shame. I don't really know what else to do, but I'll get something. I don't like those situations where I don't know who's going to be in the room Yeah. Do you have that? Did you have that Ant andex? If I go with Lou I'm more nervous and worried because I'm been a real person going something. I would be more comfortable going on my own. Yes. I'd double down and I'd just treat it like a sort of work event type thing you know and that's easier. Yeah. because if you don't know them that well. Yeah. So there could be anyone of this. There could literally be And Andrew Lloyd Weber there So I find those it's the walking in I don't like. The moment you're with someone, you find your corner, you're good to go. You find your corner, you're good to go. But it's to walking. You'll be ro, you'll have a good time. Yeah. But then also I wouldn'tatur drink in that situation to come, but you don't drink anymore., whichich is a good thing because you can't doesn'tre up on Andrew Labubb's head Nearly nearly. Anyway, I'll be texting you who the headline people are. I want all the details. and we can report back. I' I report back, yeah, yeah. So this is the last time I see you before you go into traitors. Yes, it is. So I've got a bit of work tomorrow and then go on Sunday? And are you excited? I am excited. I remember when I did the strictly Christmas. Yeah the stress of telling your children that you're doing it because don't want to do. you've got to make the decision without them Yeah you You couldn't say, do you think it's a good idea for me to drade because then if it doesn't come off. Yeah. You can't say they'll be gutted. So ye I too Yeahah just I got something as you know, something in the air at the moment that my daughter would be excited for me to do Yes But you can't until's confirmed to her. And what if then I get to go on this show? and then she goes I wish you weren't doing that Do you know what I mean? You won't have I don't think that. I don't think there's any they'll eer be ambivalent or excited doing it. But then I don't know how people deal with this in other jobs where like or we may have to move to Toronto for work. Yeah and you've got like A five year old and a seven year old in school happy And like your partner's like, what?? And then it's like sometimes it'sort out of your hands orr it's really good money or promoter. It's like making that decision to go Yeah. because you know, you were a bit like that began to Eeter, but like yeah that was well you werent the sole person making that decision. There was a lot. I remember the day we took them down to Exeter There's a lot on that. you know what I mean? In the house? Yeah. In the local area Luckily, we knew it they would prefer it because The things that people want to be in London for are wasted on children. Yes They're not going. Oh, but there's so many good pop up restaurants. Where am I going to get my Falafel in Exeter? Yeah, exactly. And I'm sure it's a good flaffel place. Oh, we've got to come to our Libberet. I don't want to go about it. but you know, I do think sometimes chains get too much abuse and grief to people Rosso Pomodoro Do you know what? I had that in Italy. I thought it was a little local place. I was buzzy when I saw in Con Garden. Wow, it's the classic. We've had Jared Christmas tell the story on him, but it's one of my favourite ever stories about when he did Pantomon with Prcilla Presley and she took them all to Cafe Rouge, thinking it was a small friendren's restaurant But you know what? I know I'm meant to be, you know, uncouth and going to exciting parties because I'm like a celeb. But when I moved to Exer, I was like, Rosas, Comraal Libonet, Franco Manca, Pizza Express, fucking count me in. Yeah. Do you know what? Nandos, they're talking my language. Yeah. and then you know, tonight you can go for a bit of dinner with Rosa a bit Swanko if you're up in town for work. You you know what we're not going What are you going to do I'm gonna sit in there tel and watch she gets the blow dry Actually, I'm going to meet a friend. you're gonna get a blowdry? No, I'm not gonna to get a blowdry. sure Ionna get something that sounds a bit like a blow fry, am I right? Yeah my bleak I'll be heading back to that bleak windowless hotel room. I' how that was. You were too tired to make a blow jump, Joe I'm going to do so ss like. I can't believe I don't believe you should be able to sell hotel rooms without you be ableify.aring one hundred one. Do you know what? A Gemini. Because the thing is, right? I've always thought. I know this sounds bad. I read Boris Becker's book about being in prison And I read another book about being in prison. Yeah. And I thought, do you know what? I think I'd be alright. twenty three hours a day on my own in a room, I think I'd be fine. Fuck that. After this morning, when my phone wasn't working, I didn't have a window and I didn't have teammaking facilities. I thought I wish just I need to get out of it as fast as possible. Is it illegal for a hotel to give you a room that has no window In the UK, building regulations typically require rooms to have natural light and ventilation, which usually means windows. However, there can be exceptions, especially in older buildings or specific types of rooms. If you're concerned, it might be worth checking the hotel's policy or the details of the room you booked I just think it has to be because you know when I don't think windows is a thing you normally specify. 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When I was eight and my brother was twelve, we flew to Iran via Moscow On our own to visit Dad who was working there. Oh my God, eight and twelve. This was in nineteen seventy six. Oh my goh. Sortlyks two years before the Revolution election So they end It was also the time of a strike at Heathow And I remember my mum going to the chapel to pray for our safety whilst we were battling the crowds. Jesus fucking crowd. That was before we even left England We flew on aero fllot. And they judged my brother to be an adult We didn't even get an escort. not even through Moscow where the alphabet isn't the same Jesus fucking Christ. We didn't even get seats together on the first leg. Oh my God. But I remember I made a friend and luckily her mum saw us through Mosca Oh my God In the Soviet Union. On the way to Iran? On the way to Iran. It was nicer before the Revolution though I dont know, but fuck me, may. I mean, it's not worth going through Moscow for it, is it Where are they fucking flying from to get these' g up to go down? We got to Turan. We didn't know our dad's exact address so they wouldn't let us through. They held my brother behind as once again they judgge him to be an adult I was taken through a security guard to try and find our dad. I rem I can hate that bit on the plane. when you You know, when you're landing and they give you those forms Yeah And they're like, address of your hotel. And you're like how the fuck are I me to know that off the top of my head? You've made me put my phone onto airplane mode No photos allowed. No phones. Yeah. Now tell me where it is. Where exactly you going I don't know because I'm flying to a city I don't know because I'm working here that's what you say at the border is it? They held him back as if it was an adult. I was tagging through with security guards to find our dad. I remember lots of ladies in Full Burkers pointing and laughing at me as a small white girl was quite unusual sight. Fair enough. I was petrified. And that was the start of a very interesting holiday. Our first everat time a brawled, Oh my God, and our first flight T talk about baptism and fire. Another thing that stood out in the fly, Aeroflot offered us children wine and caviar. Amazing. In economy in case you think I'm a posh job moment about travelling alone in business And I thought all flights would be like that. I'm looking forward to see you both on Tw and Brighter next year. That's Kathy from Haywwards. The seventies was wild when I did that last week How was it? Did you see Kffy there I didn't see C Kathy, butice it was a nice gig actually. You want another one. Hi, Rob and Josh. I thought we enjoyed a little throwback to the nineties when kids like me got packed off onto airopplanes completely on our own. I went to boarding school in Kent from the age of eight while my parents lived in Canada Every holiday I was put on a plane as what they called an unoccupied miner. The process was surreal. One of the airport staff would collect me and my parents at the ticket desk and then marches all the way to the gate. would say goodbyes there, and then I'd be walked straight through security like I was a cabin crew. No shops, no duty free, no snacks they' messing about, straight to the gate, plked in a chair and told to wait until the cabin crew collected me. They take me, strap me in a seat, and that was that I remember before going through the gate, I'd always get the squz ful that surpris and well J just constantly running back and forth from the toilet I just don't think my parents ever realized how utterly disturbed I was by it Oh, this is fucking awfulful And you're moaning about G to Aberdeen She's shitting herself in the way to Toronto Yo listening on watching a Toba B on chad and that Shat on that. Shut that. Oh bless this poor poor person, Hannah. here she go. On my very first trip, I was sat next to a boy maybe ten or eleven who'd done it before. He laid you over and told me I wasn't allowed to get out of my seat for the entire flight. little prg I believed him So I just sat there bursting for the Loooo scareds. I'm gonna cry. Oh goh. And this was back in the days before personal seat back screens. Instead they had one big tele at the front showown whatever they'd chosen. So I ended up watching Tin Cup It'sow bad. Kevin Cost a golfilm. Not exactly soothing viewing for a terrified eight year old. Meanwhile I was absolutely petfied of turbulence, gripping the armrest the whole way, convinced the plane was about to drop out the sky. Looking back now it's wild. I was basically just passed around like a hand luggage with a passport Oh no At the time it felt weirdly normal, but honestly it's the fucking G got bit lot. But honestly, I'd say it really did fuck me up for life. Oh my Godd. Oh my go. Fucking out. Lve the pod folks are making us feel slightly less mad. Cnah thirty eight. She's younger. So that's not like back in the sixties she was like, No but I did it. How as a parent, imagine? But it was fine when I did it. It wasn't like that It was She's a you did one trip to Yands. She's She's doing boarding school back and forth, back and forth It's awful. I told you about my grandfing British Airbways. I'm sure I add did this bit of the story So she was like overly concerned about it, like phoning a travel agent or whatever British Airways. She said to them, And just to check, you know that he's a vegetarian G on the other right Madam By now the whole of British Airways knows is a vegetarian Yeah, you have to that. Michael? ye. G nothing left. That's Chat and that, That's Chat and that. G us another bit of correspondence. Jo to do that's Toby B. Yeah, goone. But all give me the topic that feels the most Toby B. Playground shhaggers Yeah, go. I got a short one here. Hey Toby. A My Be M plain sound. Plainap. I went to school Sash college with a did it tell you me. Yeah. Got a great one here, Josh. We've got a little speechure here. We do playground shhaggers about people who' had sex done people's I went to school college with a boy. that's call him Dean. or am I doing I'm an Northern sobe bee? I don't know what I. No, I think this is it. it's Radio Radio Like Low level? No it's like you know there those commercial stations where they've all got similar names. QVC type thing. No like o, we'll just tell what it is. I don't want to name one. No you're doing it right, but what I mean is the kind of station where you know when you go into the global building And there's other stations you're not sure of and it may be not the person that hosts the main show Yeah, so it's like one to four. Hey Mad. Yeah. wentent to school slash college with a boy Let's call him Dan. During high school his dad had an affair with Dean's Mum's Mum fucking I can't understand it I'm doing it the voice. What's happened? Itiss mother in law. I always call a boy called Deee. his dad in a f Come out Ty be. that me this is are you sleeping with Lose, Mum? Yep, his nan became his stepmom Oh my go. Well they got together At parents evening, all three of them would turn up like an extremely d. mental That's mental. That's not h. You know what that is Chatting that. Chatting that Cheating that. Cheating that ye Yeah. That as good as your shat in that. But that's mental. that's to. How's that allowed? Do know what would changed the whole argument for us If we was like, this is crazy mad And then we got to seent a photo of Dean's Man And she was look got fair enough Fair enough Understood is't An Cindy Crawford, you know? You did with Pat names I forgot Claudia Schiffer. Claudia Schiffer. Shiffer. Shiffer? I don't think it's fine with either, isn't it? Cindy Crawford. Is still? Y ask me in Bleith C Anderson, obviously. Great days. Great days. smallall business you do a small business out?. I've got one here from Rob Brouse actually. Oh yeah. You know Rob Brouse? Yeah. We did he did a lotple of the live shows a little yawn there from Josh. sneaks out during small business It's the end. It's not the end because we're still recording the show Here we go. Hi Rob. My other half Helen has just launched something called Mind Wanderers. and I thought it might fit your parenting pod for the small businessus Chateau. It's basically a creative imagination box for seven to eleven year olds, little suitcases filled with story prompts, activities and bits to get them making stuff out for fun, not schoolly at all There's also Snowmail writing club for slightly older kids who like reading and writing where they get letters and they can actually write back to Helen. It came from her being a children's author and noticing through her school visits that kids just aren't that into reading and writing for fun anymore. So it's all about making it feel a bit magical again rather than like homework Would you be up for giving a quick shout out on the pod? Totally get it if not, but worth an ask her website is Helenrutter dot com That's H L E N R U T T E R dot com There we go. So that's Helen Rutter, the author is doing these imagination boxes. go on to website and check them out Lovely. So check Rob Raouse out. Ver funny man, very funny man. Hi, Rob, Josh Michael after a tough start twenty twenty six with us sadly experiencing miscarriage both needing some time away from work to process it, Shannon has shown incredible strength
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