We Know A Song About That, Don't We?
A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...
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Episodes
53 episodes
Episode 39 (Christmas!) 24.12.25
It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaaaaaaas... 'Tis the season for the middle order collapse. smuggling dead relatives onto planes and forcing yourself to eat small green vegetables for some unknown reason...
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Episode 39
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Episode 38 19.12.25
Bad times in Hollywood, the vaccine WAS bloody safe, so ner, fractious boxing weigh-ins and aging Royals tilting at windmills...
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Episode 38
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Episode 37 14.12.25
Awkward Christmas traditions, invasive legislation, our would-be fascist overlords and the importance of giving them the finger...
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Episode 37
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28:04
Episode 36 8.12.25
What the Dickens? Politics for sale (again), ABBA doing Elvis and the return of the biggest tongue on television...
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Episode 36
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22:26
Episode 35 30.11.25
The return of David Cameron, K-Pop robots, Spies, Refugees and a proposed Independent Scotland anthem...
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Episode 35
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Episode 34 21.11.25
Beatly budget day, the snow is falling, the COVID enquiry points yet more fingers and farewell to a bass legend...
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Episode 34
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Episode 33 14.11.25
(apologies for lateness...)England v France, England v Australia, Welsh Mammoths and Trump is coming for the Beeb...
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Episode 33
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Episode 32 7.11.25
Sir Keir damns Lammy with the faintest of praise, the COVID enquiry coughs on and some thoughts on raising revenue...
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Episode 32
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Episode 31 31.10.25
It's Halloween! And things are kind of freaky! Just like they've always been! Which is kind of the point! WooooooOOOOO!
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Episode 31
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Episode 30 24.10.25
The return of our least favourite Prime Minister and our most omnipresent ginger megastar, plus: is it finally okay to speak the truth about Brexit?
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Episode 30
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Episode 29 17.10.25
The return of everyone's favourite flat-packing Vikings, the Germans are coming and the Bard made less Hard...
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Episode 29
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Episode 28 9.10.25
Flying shoes, vanishing phones, indefatigable spergs and crumbling French governments...
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Episode 28
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Episode 27 3.10.25
An old acquaintance goes to the Dark Side, Nigel starts believing his own PR, various big shots make a shot at renewed relevance...
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Episode 27
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Episode 26 25.9.25
Miserable national anthems, The Unquiet Elvis, rank hypocrisy over immigration and JK meets Morrissey underneath the bus (or stairs)...
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Episode 26
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Episode 25 17.9.25
Back from Oz, the lost art of holding two ideas in your head at the same time, fascists out of their depth and the best sci-fi horror musical you'll never see...
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Episode 25
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Episode 24 11.9.25
Yet more Tory zombies shuffling over to Reform, remembering the News Of The World (urgh) and general anger and frustration...
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Episode 24
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17:55
Episode 23 3.9.25
Familiar store names, misbehaving in middle age, hiding in your phone and those charming flag painting scamps...
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Episode 22 28.8.25
Locals vs Tourists, England vs Scotland, the CIA vs harmless old folkies and The Thin White Duke vs. The End Of The Universe...How's YOUR week been?
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Episode 22
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30:50
Episode 21 19.8.25
Not mentioning the war(s), good and evil little Toms, and where are the guys with the guns?
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Episode 21
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21:49
Episode 20 12.8.25
Still north of the border, tourism woes, SCOTUS fears and one War of the Worlds remake too many...
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Episode 19 4.8.25
Stormy weather, dehumanisation and AI ladies for sale... just one more week on Planet Normal...
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Episode 18 29.7.25
Saluting fallen heroes, the perils of cheapo airlines and it's Fringe time again...
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Episode 18
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Episode 17 22.7.25
Releasing the files, enfranchising the kids, rendering maleness obsolete and watching out for the Adulterytron 9000 - with hilarious consequences...
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Episode 17
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