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
51 episodes
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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29:47
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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19:54
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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22:20
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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16:18
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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25:57
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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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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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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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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26:00
Episode 19 4.8.25
Stormy weather, dehumanisation and AI ladies for sale... just one more week on Planet Normal...
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23:42
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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Episode 16 15.7.25
Tennis, reality TV, non-tragic deaths and relentless bleakness. Yay! Comedy!
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Episode 15 7.7.25
The return of you-know-who, Elvis the newsreader, Facebook blackouts and many, many more...
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