Was life better B what? What are these whimsical Welsh wallies on about now?

Well, for the uninformed, ‘BI’ = Before Internet!

You’d have to be over thirty (or possibly even as old as Morgan and Rhianydd) to remember such halcyon days: days when if you wanted to find something out you had to … look in a book!; days when if you wanted to buy cinema tickets you had to … go and queue up!; days when if you had to drive somewhere you had to… (gasps)...read a bloody map!

We had patience! We had resourcefulness! We had critical thinking skills!

Think of what we miss out on now that we have the answers at our fingertips: whole nights in the pub arguing whether it was ‘Robert thingummy’ or ‘Al whatshisname’ in ‘that film’, and wait a minute ‘is he still alive anyway?’. Or the joys of waiting for the bus in the rain, wondering whether it would even turn up, with no way of finding out…

Hmmm. Maybe life BI wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be after all.

So yes, this week Morgan and Rhianydd debate the pros and cons of t’interweb, what we’ve lost and what we’ve gained. And what we would have done with it if it had been a thing in 1987 (nothing good in Rhianydd’s case, it turns out).

And no, the irony of the fact that we can only do this podcasting lark because of the world-wide-net, or whatever the young people are calling it these days, isn’t entirely lost on us.

There’s a pungent Wenglish Word of the Week, and if we can’t think of a cultural moment, we’ll just pop on chatgpt to help us out. No one will notice.

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Imagine the scene - you and five of your all time heroes gathered round the dinner table for a night of good food, good company and - hopefully - good wine. Ahh, bliss…

Who would be on your list?: Elvis? Obama? Attenborough?

But hang on, does Elvis give a good-god-damn about the environment? Could you sit Lady Gaga and Marilyn Monroe together or would they end up clawing each-other’s eyes out? It’s a flippin minefield!

Yes, this week Morgan and Rhianydd discuss their dream dinner party, the five people (living, dead or fictional) that they’d most like to break bread with, and why. There are some shock omissions, some curveballs and even some last minute substitutions after one of Morgan’s guests couldn’t get a babysitter.

So, if you fancy whetting your appetite with us, grab a glass of wine and cwtch in by there next to Anne Boleyn, just be careful she doesn’t bleed all over your Findus Pancakes.

For afters we’ve of course got a cracking Wenglish Word of the Week, while our cultural moments, will be served alongside the coffee and mints while someone phones a taxi for Rhianydd, because actually, everyone else has gone home now.

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Whhoooooooo, it’s that time of year again, when the nights draw in, spirits walk abroad and Rhianydd gets her sprouts on in time for Christmas. Interestingly this episode was recorded as Spring had sprung, bringing with it fresh new life and growth which got Rhianydd to thinking about death!!! So as Halloween approaches, what better time to unleash this episode. If you’re ga-ga about ghouls, soft on spectres or potty about Poltergeists then this week’s episode is for you!

In this episode, Morgan and Rhianydd explore the world of ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night: What was that thing that made a British army officer run screaming into the night? Who controlled the ouija board in Morgan’s Streatham flat, and why did Mary get ‘sucked off’?

If you want to know the answers to all these questions and more then cwtch up with a crucifix and a cuppa by a roaring fire, draw the curtains, lock all the doors and tune in.

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? Whose Coat Is That Jacket of course!

And we’ve got a decidedly un-spooky Wenglish Word of the Week, and two completely unseasonal cultural moments, so don’t miss that!