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
70 episodes
Episode 56 29.4.26
Presidential security mishaps, happier royal visits, and satire medieval style...
Episode 55 22.4.26
It's Quantum Day! What does that mean? No idea! Also, political sniping, dead celebrities and fun with cognitive decline!
Episode 54 14.3.26
The Artemis II crew are back and regretting it already, a new musical about theft, and a song for an old and absent friend...
Episode 53 8.3.26
We're going back (yes, BACK) to the Moon, the World Cup approaches, and have you got any bits of chocolate Jesus left?
Episode 52 31.3.26
Steeling oneself for Bank Holiday traffic, misplaced 70s nostalgia and the lettuce is back...
Episode 51 24.3.26
Political sacrifices, Comic Relief, backseat generals and Justice for St Gertrude!
Episode 50 18.3.26
THE BIG FIVE-O, PEOPLE... Also buried scientists, Morrissey's tired, and did you miss Mother's Day??
Episode 49 9.3.26
Back when we used to come up with excuses for starting a war, the return of Bill C, a new International Women's Day tradition and Presidential medical emergencies...
Episode 48 1.3.26
By election shocks, the art of being significantly less clever than you think you are and just look at the state of that union...
Episode 47 24.2.26
15 years of a British political legend, how NOT to help someone lose weight and the joy of (voluntary) swearing...
Episode 46 15.2.26
Superbowl controversies of years gone by, weaponised frogs and an unexpected name turns up on That List...
Episode 45 10.2.26
Mandy's out on his arse again, online smut is getting harder to come by, and the trials being a political spouse...
Episode 44 1.2.26
Fat polar bears, the "rules" of comedy, Morrissey takes up his quill once more and when all else fails, amusingly shaped vegetables will never not be funny...
Episode 43 27.1.26
The Tories are jumping ship, America inches towards civil war and RFK says we should all be on acid (least stupid thing he's ever said)...
Episode 42 19.1.26
"The Police" the rock band, "The Police" the racist hooligan goon squad, election shenanigans and comedian vs comedian...
Episode 41 12.1.26
It's not getting any funnier out there is it? Let's recall happier times of Tory politicians going to jail, Libertarians getting called out on their BS and posh yachtsmen getting arrested by the Iranian Navy...
Episode 40 31.12.25
We're stuck in the Festive Taint, so here are a few songs to help you deal with your perineal bewilderment...
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...
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...
Episode 37 14.12.25
Awkward Christmas traditions, invasive legislation, our would-be fascist overlords and the importance of giving them the finger...
Episode 36 8.12.25
What the Dickens? Politics for sale (again), ABBA doing Elvis and the return of the biggest tongue on television...
Episode 35 30.11.25
The return of David Cameron, K-Pop robots, Spies, Refugees and a proposed Independent Scotland anthem...
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...