Episodi

  • Episode 160 - Talking Rubbish #5: Big Friendly Dave

    Episode 160 - Talking Rubbish #5: Big Friendly Dave
    Jan 18 2026
    Talking Rubbish returns with Dad proudly revealing his 9th-place ranking in the East of England for red pesto purchases, immediately redefining what success looks like. Along the way we cover Storm Goretti, anniversary dinners, dashcams bought out of mild panic, concerns about Dad’s ears getting bigger, and a brand-new chapter of the Dex Blinko story written by Conor — featuring space toilets, strange alliances, and David’s new favourite phrase: Jug of Mum.

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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Episode 159 - Jack the Ripper

    Episode 159 - Jack the Ripper
    Jan 11 2026
    We sit down to discuss one of history’s most infamous unsolved murderers and somehow end up arguing about mic stands, paint on furniture, Nick Knowles’ suspicious longevity, and whether serial killers should just start podcasts instead. There’s an accidental art installation, a fully committed musical performance, a quiz that tests patience more than knowledge, and some surprisingly thoughtful moments about why we idolise murderers at all. Jack the Ripper is involved. So is absolutely everything else.

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    1 ora e 2 min
  • Episode 158 - 2025 in review

    Episode 158 - 2025 in review
    Jan 4 2026
    We sit down for our annual look back at the year that was, starting with Christmas, New Year confusion, and the strange limbo between them, before getting surprisingly serious about podcast statistics, listener numbers, and international reach. Using our entirely legitimate CREMBAG™ Framework, we conduct a full end-of-year performance review of ourselves, generously scoring almost everything as “exceeds expectations.” We round things off with a truly baffling 2025 news quiz, proving once again that reflection is optional but confidence is essential.

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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Episode 157 - Talking Rubbish #4: The Sock Goblin

    Episode 157 - Talking Rubbish #4: The Sock Goblin
    Dec 28 2025
    This week’s Talking Rubbish opens with Dad being caught red-handed breaking his promise not to buy anything online, before spiralling into missing socks, McDonald’s Grinch merch, and the revelation that Lucy’s dog may actually be a full-time sock goblin. From there, we somehow end up discussing Christmas traditions in Japan (KFC), a baffling shop display involving a crucified Father Christmas, how far different animals can see, and Dad’s genuinely concerning claim that he has witnessed multiple squirrels fall out of trees… dead. Naturally, things wrap up with the latest chapter of Dex Blinko.

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    1 ora e 6 min
  • Episode 156 - A Christmas Musical

    Episode 156 - A Christmas Musical
    Dec 21 2025

    We kick things off with a calm and sensible Christmas chat about work stress, office parties, tuxedos in toilets, sick buses, and catastrophic hangovers, before completely losing control and performing a full Christmas musical. Podcast Hard is a legally distinct festive action spectacular featuring broken Wi-Fi, office hostages, air ducts, motivational villains, jammy dodgers, questionable singing, and a janitor who may or may not also be Santa. The story barely holds together, the songs are committed to far more than they should be, and Christmas is somehow saved by sheer confusion.


    Merry Christmas, everyone!

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    56 min
  • Episode 155 - Talking Rubbish #3: Door Thongs and Prostate Exams

    Episode 155 - Talking Rubbish #3: Door Thongs and Prostate Exams
    Dec 14 2025
    In this week’s Talking Rubbish, we lean into the festive season in the only way we know how — with irritation, oversharing, and mild concern. We talk Christmas stress, work frustrations, questionable decorations, and a genuinely chilling story about a woman who was almost cremated while still alive. David shares a festive musical complaint about “door thongs”, and Conor reads Chapter 3 of the ongoing Dex Blinko story, A Puddle of Secrets, which somehow manages to raise even more questions. What’s Christmas without door thongs, prostate exams, near-cremations, and a man drinking his own mother through a silly straw? Festive? Debatable. On-brand? Absolutely.

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    1 ora e 3 min
  • Episode 154 - Biomes: Beaches

    Episode 154 - Biomes: Beaches
    Dec 7 2025

    Welcome back to our Biomes series: today’s theme is beaches, otherwise known as The Episode That Nearly Put Conor to Sleep. David excitedly explains sand composition (twice), announces that beaches take “thousands of years” to form, gives us a lesson on "globsters", and reveals other “fascinating” nuggets, while Conor slowly drifts into a state of mild existential crisis. Along the way we somehow get onto aliens, seals that “flungulate”, childhood seaside trips, lilo disasters, and a quiz about the weirdest things ever washed ashore.


    Oh—and Dad performs a full musical number called (Let’s All Go to) Sandy Crack.


    Educational? Debatable. Entertaining? Absolutely.

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    52 min
  • Episode 153 - Talking Rubbish #2: Chimpanzee Fashion

    Episode 153 - Talking Rubbish #2: Chimpanzee Fashion
    Nov 30 2025
    In this week’s Talking Rubbish extravaganza, we dive head-first into the world of animal fashion — because apparently monk seals are accessorising with eels, and chimpanzees are shoving grass… well… where grass probably shouldn’t go. Meanwhile, Conor reviews Nightmare Before Christmas (late), Dad writes a heartfelt ballad about his disappearing hairline, we gasp at a £195 Beef Wellington, and Dex Blinko returns featuring laser eyes, bucket-based mothers and unexpected explosions. It’s chaotic, it’s cosy, it’s utterly pointless. In other words: classic Father and Son Days.

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    1 ora e 4 min