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A Lapland Canter with the Actual Santa
A massive festive scoop as Paul and Rob take a little trot through Lapland with Santa Claus himself - Mr Christmas, as he likes to be known for the rest of the year. Featuring insight into the Claus training schedule, reindeer relations, elf politics, ...
The Dark Days of December
Gloomy skies but nice conditions as Rob and Paul head East to Hackney Downs and Marshes. Featuring family foibles, Paul's further adventures in Norway and the Far - well, further than Hackney - East, sore feet and long distances, angry robins and ...
Business As Usual
On the auspicious occasion of their one-hundredth podcast, Paul and Rob retrace the steps of episode one - gingerly, for they are, of course, injured and hung over. Featuring birthday messages - from former guests AND passing van drivers - comedy, phil...
Beautiful Brum
A beautiful 'there-and-backer' along the canal from Birmingham to Bourneville - also by the railway, which might explain the strange and slightly sinister background noise. Featuring Dad comedy vs Comedian comedy, lost gloves, university memo...
Issues in Islington
On a sunny morning in north London Paul and Rob get to grips with the key issues of our time - how comedians should be treated backstage and how comedians really shouldn't behave backstage, the way forward for men and women in the age of the inter...
The Lonely Running Boy In New York
In the soft, safe environs of Clissold Park, Rob gives Paul the blow-by-blow story of his New York adventure. Featuring medals and miles, bridges and burgers, support and solitude, speed and sloth, beat cops and superstars.
The Back's Better So It's Back To The Woods
The Back's Better So It's Back To The Woods
(after) Finsbury Park Parkrun
A little review of the parkrun Paul and Rob have somehow not done before now. Featuring pace in spite of injury from Paul, the weight advantage/disadvantage from Rob, impressive stats from a man called Tom, and a blast of extreme weather from Brian.
Dark Skies Over The Heath
Paul and Rob return to Hampstead Heath on a wet, quintessentially Autumnal day. Featuring memories of the late Sean Hughes, solutions for wet microphones, extreme medicine for recurrent back pain, training and preparation for New York, comedy for...