Episodes

  • Episode 184: In Solidarity with Casualty (Loaf End)
    Dec 23 2025

    The boys are back again - again! After recording and then losing an episode due to a faulty XLR cable, can Nich, Jon and Chris feign interest long enough to squeak out a replacement? No!

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates Game on Grandad (feat. Slogo!)

    - Nich hates celebrity press-junket outfits

    - Chris hates the journey home.

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  • Episode 183: A Challenging Beer (Crisp)
    Oct 21 2025

    Everyone’s least-favourite segment returns as the boys resort to eating beer-flavoured crisps live on air in a misguided attempt to feel something - anything - beyond ennui. Even disgust (spoilers).

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates the near-impossible process of leaving digital platforms

    - Nich hates when celebrities go ‘mouldy’

    - Chris hates a challenging beer.

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  • Episode 182: Duck Francis
    Oct 7 2025

    Nich and Jon recently experienced a barnstormer of an event in which they wowed the publishing world and ‘solved’ books. In this new epoch, their ability to connect with the common man has been irrevocably shattered. Thank goodness for Chris.

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates the inevitable march of entropy

    - Nich hates that superhero truck punch thing

    - Chris hates finding a family of mice in your lawnmower.

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  • Episode 181: From Whopper to Wiper
    Sep 9 2025

    Continuing the downward spiral of podcasts the world over, Nich makes a grand entrance, wearing the kind of thing that must be seen to be believed. On this, a purely audio medium.

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates the infantilisation of adults

    - Nich hates listening through a wall

    - Chris hates holding back a sneeze.

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  • Episode 180: The First British Novel (Lads on Tour)
    Aug 26 2025

    When you think about it, what are the Arthurian legends if not the tale of a bunch of absolute mad lads in search of a cheeky pint (and some epic scran)? Culture is dead. Art is a lie.

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates the horrific memory of Treasure Island Dizzy bubbling up from his subconscious

    - Nich hates have to draw real people

    - Chris hates WASPS!.

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  • Episode 179: A Ferocious Yeasty Choice
    Jul 29 2025

    He’s off celebrating a special anniversary, alright? THAT’S why. Sheesh…

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates affiliate influencers

    - Nich hates it when people don’t worry enough (they should).

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  • Episode 178: Lenticular Doctor Who Toilet
    Jul 15 2025

    Just as Toronto famously has a winter season and a ‘building’ season, so too does this podcast have two key phases: long periods of inactivity… and heatwaves. Join us as we enter the latter.

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

    - Nich hates feeling unsafe at improv

    - Chris hates the Whoniverse.

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  • Episode 177: A Horse Is Just a Flesh-Bike
    Jul 1 2025

    After a mammoth absence, what better way to get back into the swing of things than by spouting our greatest hits? Marvel as Chris moans about the WhatsApp group (again), Nich complains about kids these days (urgh), and Jon talks about… herbal coffee?

    On this episode:

    - Jon hates ‘herbal’ coffee

    - Nich hates ‘kids these days’

    - Chris hates the community WhatsApp group.

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