#495 - Oil Gangs, Fiddler of the Roof and Bags In The Sex Shop
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oil rises to the top of the content liquid again, primarily because of its lower density. It’s har...
#494 - Classic 6 7, The Best Brazil and Will Punk Tomorrow
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With something being filmed just outside the studio we’re lucky Elis and John made it in for today...
#493 - Yeovil Creatives, Scared of My Mate and What Are Your Oils?
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John has had enough of apologies. He wants action and results. Combine that with John being notified...
#492 - Transit Guffs, Ania Magliano and Mr Big Boggle
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As John returns from yet another triumphant, nay groundbreaking eye-climbing tour of the Alps, there...
#491 - The PM, 10 Downing Street and A Big Chinese
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big big week. No phoning it in this time. No no, as this is the most politically significan...
#490 - Tom Rosenthal, Thrown by Doves and Adjust or Leave
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis and John are joined by the UK’s ‘most confusing prospect’, aka Tom Rosenthal, to talk aff...
#489 - Robins’ Nest, Introducing Doubt and The Zeitgeest
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are Elis and John’s stars in the ascendant? Are we on the edge of James and Robins becoming househ...
#488 - The Tregib Vibe, Discounting Pabs and Greg James
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a frantic morning of plucking and preening, Elis and John are confronted with the beautiful si...
#487 - Ghoul (General), Ian the Liar and Having 10 Kids & Turning To Sludge
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strap in folks, it’s time for some more Wordle chat! You thought we were done with it? No sir, we,...
#486 - Panicdoting, CMs for the DB and The Birthday Boy’s Low
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we celebrate one of Wales’s finest exports; the Cymru Connector himself, Mr ‘Where-Did-You...
#485 - Promoting Crispin, 1% Cats and We’ve Got Enough Sports
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the annual spooky episode and that means it’s as spooky as any other podcast episode we eve...
#484 - Juicy Forearms, DBW and Zone 3 in the Bedroom
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to share a bank account with John Robins? Austerity Robins: a notification to his d...
#483 - Freezer Cupboards, Adrian’s Chipper and Not Feeling Like I’m On Fire
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK’s motorways are now one tour bus quieter. Which perversely probably makes the roads noisier...
#482 - Zzamph, #VanMems and Potential Curry Gone Mad
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Confidence is the word of the day, with differing meanings for both of our heroes. Does John have en...
#481 - The Mega Bond, £14.67 Savings and Dressed As A Big Kefir
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re at a crossroads. A vape crossroads. For the dual forces of quicker marathon times and health...
#480 - Hot Trees, Exhaustion Tears and Let It Be Birds
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the best way to round off 39 hours of no sleep? Invite 7 young girls round for your daughte...
#479 - Going Cockleless, Lamb In Bed and The Elis James Clerical Universe
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This show has been many things, but right now this a cockles podcast. Elis’s homecoming show in Sw...
#478 - Zones, Curry Pyjamas and Pre-Time Speeches
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If there was an award given out for the ‘Most Tense Moment in the Final Round of a Game Made Up by...
#477 - Oasising, The Sero Clan and Trapped in Neasden
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 3 croaky voices in the studio today because Elis and Dave have Oasised once again, and poor o...
#476 - Explicit Cakes, Sewer Coffee and A Sexual Holiday to Cardigan
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having conquered the earthly plane, Elis and John are taking to the skies. Can they become the first...
#475 - Two Pint Problems, Yaris Rats and Carry On Loving Britain
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a huge episode for loving Britain, but more importantly it’s a huge episode for cagoules. T...
#474 - The Shusher, Donning Donnington and Content: The Movie
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a life full of achievements John may have finally topped the lot. In his 5 year battle with the w...
#473 - James Acaster, The Sad Van and Anne Tuna
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
473 episodes in and there is still room to excavate the vast intricacies that make up the Pompeii di...
#472 - 47 Kisses, #NoPowerUps and The More Money than Sense Boys
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Move over Oxford Union, debating has a new home! As Elis and John towers has turned into a hotbed of...
#471 - John’s Critical Path, Elis’s 0.0% Curry and Dave’s Not So Silent Alarm
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What starts off as a huge day for John (book deadline day) turns into a massive (massive it is) day ...
#470 - Old Man Bum, A Dream A Dream of Beef and Lust: 12 Bodies That Changed My Life
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The boys have been busy bees recently and the show’s in danger of turning into a Michael Palin tra...
#469 - The New Beans, In John’s Time and Eating Margaret Mountford’s Hair
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are fresh from driving around the country for charity with Ian Botham, which of course mean...
#468 - Noble John, Sugar Me Twice and Good Old Gent
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ripples of last week’s Elis James mega-rant are still being felt right across the BBC, and des...
#467 - Chiles Miltree, Toddler Watson and King of the Nerds
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a surprise in the offing for John. Not that that’s a surprise to him. Nothing gets past ...
#466 - The UK’s Dumb Plums, The McFlurry Route and The Menutality Monster
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is filled with the big questions of our age. These are the things that government ...
#465 - Mr Headinhands, Kirsty’s USP and The Stomach Microbiome of My Instagram
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis made a bad decision the other day. And if you had a million guesses as to what that decision wa...
#464 - Aloof Disinterest, Raised By Rats and A Sixth Form State of Mind
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Memory lane is today's destination of choice, as John dons his rose-tinted glasses to reminisce abou...
#463 - The Trifecta of Value, Celya AB and A Bin Bag of Marmite
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s huge news in the rural Bucks area as the Trifecta of Value begins to take shape - pending ...
#462 - Burger, Sell Me Your Suitcase and Topless Dave In Front of An Olive
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John’s been chained to a typewriter diarising his life experiences, and he's so confident about hi...
#461 - Elis, Man City’s Back Four and Will The Drummer From Coldplay
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We start in the anecdote Wild West. Specifically it was wild [north] west London for Elis as he’s ...
#460 - John’s 50 Kids, Nish Kumar and The Cobbles Sing Their Plaintive Lament
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a lament time of year. It’s an Edinburgh time of year. A time when John yearns for the crip...
#459 - Josie Long , Verge Christ and Mammary Glands In The Runner Beans
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis has secured a last minute Oasis ticket, but the big question is… what *does* he wear??? Will ...
#458 - Simon Davies’ Uncle, #CigsNotPigs and The Protective Wall of Human Community
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big show for Elis’s confidence. After failing to clinch the first quint-connection last w...
#457 - Becoming Compost, Squire Dave and #SenseTheSoil
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis and John vibes in the areoh! Producer Dave has been to see Oasis and talks the boys through the...
#456 - Mad Foxes, Papa Podium and 40 Rhodris
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis is on the precipice of glory. Just two things stand between him and immortality. First up is th...
#455 - Badly Well, Warm Panic and A Defence of Yodelling
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a very smell heavy show today but the aromas aren't good as listeners inform Elis and John of a...
#454 - Swiss Arrogance, All Cars are the Same and One of the UK’s SUVs
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis needs a new car. But how can John advise him on his next whip when shackled by the understandab...
#453 - Decking or Necking, Dad of the Year and Too Handsome to Focus
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis is back from Euros Trip No. 1 and he’s Dad of the Year. A far more prestigious award than the...
#452 - Here Lies The Volkswagen Barrel of Eggs
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After many moons of service the mobile terrarium / paint dump / dodgem, the VW Barrel of Eggs, is no...
#451 - OG Guffer, Rodders (A) and The Man Is Your Husband
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John’s annoyed because Elis and Dave have used all their material before the mics came on. Chin wa...
#450 - Backing Framed Content, Backing the Compliance Form and Backing the Riff
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The time has come to pick a side: are you pro-riff or anti-riff? Do you think that caution kills the...
#449 - Rodmas Day, Magnificent Lions and Every. Journey. Counts.
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a strange old time for Elis James. On the one hand he’s being called a thirst trap on the c...
#448 - Doob Monsters, Access To Washers and I Don’t Know Hague
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s something drifting in on the air today. A funk. Criminality. Yes it seems to be bifta o’...
#447 - Davie vs Horse, Bin Gear and The Gulag of Truth
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s some good upstanding British gear flying around today. Bin chat. Which bins? What goes in ...
#446 - Bowie Crocs, Knee Length Utility Socks and Courteeners of Comedy
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis James has become the story, and not for the right reasons. No matter how much he talks about ‘...
#445 - Colin, Carras and A Big Frozen Bag of Mince
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can tell John’s been on holiday because he starts the show by giving a promotion to someone wh...
#444 - Tim Key, He Needs A Cup Run and Bit Early For A Pint So I Have An Easter Egg
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William Wordsworth, Carol Ann Duffy… Tim Key. Just a few of the great poets this fair nation has p...
#443 - Mockproof Robins, Medium Cod +1 and Good Black Eps
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a week when John offered apology texts to Elis, Dave and the production team for being in a ba...
#442 - Tara Me Sue, More Pear Puddings and Dark Days in Denbigh
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wagon wheels, mushy pea hummus and baked bean daal. Move over Rick Stein, there’s new gastronomic ...
#441 - Full Fibre Content, Ladies Lashathon and Taking a Mini Retirement
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the TFI Late Review on the show as a night-time recording has Elis at his energetic peak. He'...
#440 - Beefcake Alert, The Lust King and Producer Dave’s Handsome Surprise
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every week on this show you think that the last vestige of John’s weird past is revealed. You thin...
#439 - Inverting The Pilaumid, Winning 18 Apples and The Mayor of Thornbury
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’ve been contrasting weeks for our two heroes. It’s a non-stop all anecdote premiere for El...
#438 - The Human Clock, Threads Be Cloves and Thanks For Jumping on That Call
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s official. Elis and John are the most listened to on demand radio programme amongst the Under ...
#437 - The Great Geordification, Cloud Storage Afterlife and Narrative! Narrative! Narrative!
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He’s only gone and done it again. The serial winner himself, John Robins, the narrative bender, ha...
#436 - I Attract The Mums, 200,000 Items and John Robins Ltd.
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This show isn’t often one for big announcements. But today we park the trivialities. There’s not...
#435 - Orcs & All, Cannellini Alley and ‘Wisdom, Bit of Sadness, Go Home’
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Young John Robins goes under the microscope as we learn some revealing things about his burgeoning a...
#434 - TwistMcGist, Spikey Mike and Oh You’re A Catholic
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a fallow period for Mr Elis James. The one time leading light of Cymru Connecting has fa...
#433 - Pasta Disaster, Child Of The FTSE and The BACS Is Safe
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who built John? We find out that it takes more than just a village/borough/nation to raise such a su...
#432 - Roast Goose, Intro Sequels and The Volkswagen Barrel of Paint
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“This question will have enormous ramifications for my mental health for the rest of my life.” I...
#431 - Corner Energy, Non-Playable John and Tubing The Room
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John and Producer Dave are back from a high after John turned 2,000 revellers up to eleven with his ...
#430 - Grief Granola, Psephologist Wildfowl and How is Scratching Free?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard it whispered on the train on your way into work. You’ve likely heard mutte...
#429 - Czecholate, 11 Years of Silence, and No One Else is Doing This
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We join our heroes during a telling off session, because someone is being a naughty boy. Has John ea...
#428 - Hunting Aled, Gen Sea and Harriet Kemsley
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Acceptance is the word on everybody’s lips today, but it has different meanings for Elis and John....
#427 - OALPs, Scared To Stand and Career Progression In Feudal Britain
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elis and Producer Dave are fresh from taking breaths of the night DJ’ing. The only two people on p...
#426 - Writing Sid, UNESCO Accents and Condemned to a Life of Seeing Clearly
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John’s managed to pick himself up after last Friday’s show. Well to a certain degree at least - ...
#425 - The Credit Score Special
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve hit a low ebb. The show which won Best Entertainment Podcast at the British Podcast Awards j...
#424 - Zanecdotes, Fab Pensions and Mallett’s Depths
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Huge news in Elis and John towers today, for Producer Dave bumped into the man, the myth, the Solero...
#423 - Gareth Guffer, Dune July and Planet Credit Score
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sun is shining, blossom is blooming and death and divorce are on the lips. Oh the joys of spring...
#422 - Jimmy Bond, £35.17 and Tudur Owen’s Dad’s Monkey
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Palin, Chalmers, Livingstone… Robins(?!). Yes, gliding into the show today is one of Britain’s g...
#421 - Yakat, Clentin Coins and Is It A Long Forest?!
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech problems aplenty behind the scenes, but none of you will notice until the boys bring immediate ...
#420 - Cheek Not Filth, World Beaker People Day and Apple Crumble Designed For Three
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You join today’s show mid-crash. Mid-comedown. John Robins is 30 minutes post-butterscotch. How is...
#419 - BQWND, The Bailiff of Content and Watching Mince Defrost in Real Time
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If content were a wrist, chat were the blood flowing through the veins of that wrist, and today’s ...
#418 - Pasta Joke, Quarry Stuff and Black as Sackcloth
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Cymru Connection is officially newsworthy: we said it could be significant, and boy was it.Sadly...
#417 - Sun on the Cheeks, The Nadir of the Mullet and Squatting in a Poltergeist’s World
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is John having a Pep Guardiola moment? For a man who wins a lot, he’s chalked up a lot of losses t...
#416 - That’s Massive For Me, The English Enigma and Wales Today
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Wales might be a country of 3.1 million people, but it seems like we all know each other. Well on...
#415 - This Is Your Stand Up Life: John Robins
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I just feel ashamed and sad now.”John’s in a bad mood. He has made this patently clear he wan...
#414 - Yesterday’s Bone, Book Humour and The Coalface We Call Prose
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John’s currently penning something which will change global culture. But what if we lift the bonne...
#413 - Generation Graze, A Chunk Funk and Rustle Click Munch Ting Ting
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John has eaten some chocolate just before recording and now he’s all glum. So it’s up to Elis an...
#412 - John’s Pensionversary, Riffing on Togetherness and There Will Always Be More Steves
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brace yourselves, because John is about to discover something massive LIVE on the podcast. This coul...
#411 - Hayley They’ve Dropped!!, #PoorBloke and A Civil Servant For Love
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Love is in the air and it’s really setting Producer Dave’s pulse racing. And not just because he...
#410 - Nepo Connectors, Keir Today John Tomorrow and Richard Herring
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do the people want? Wordle Live. What do they not want? The Cymru Connection. That’s the opin...
#409 - The Double Ian, Everyone’s Sacked and John Goes In On Shoes
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You would think Elis and Producer Dave would be offering praise to the mood gods, for Johnny JR is i...
#408 - Project 2032, Red Peppards and Britain Is Typing…
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s some big goals targeted on today’s show. Firstly, ‘legacy’ is on the lips. What perm...
#407 - Boring Moons, Germans Don’t WhatsApp and Grind, Block & Jumpy
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of you wanted less not more Wordle chat. You pleaded even to the production team. But the team ...
#406 - Callipound, A4 Ravioli and Our New Coal
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Someone’s put 50p in Johnny JR today. And it’s incredible what such loose change can enact. For ...
#405 - My Integrity, A Million Pounds and Why Can’t We All Just Be Clerks?
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You thought you were safe from Wordle? Hasn’t everyone else stopped talking about it? Well, you we...
#404 - #PlasticJack, Lou Sanders and You Can Only Push The Listeners So Far
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No, this episode is not a web error. Instead it contains something else which will make the content ...
#403 - The Dread Brothers, Great Flanks and The CEO of My Own Mind
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Akin to Weller in February 1980 ‘tatts entertainment’ was bouncing around the studio today as th...
#402 - Connor’s Killed Us, A1 Prostates and Bring Back The Erotic Thriller
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Speakergate gone (we hope) in the blink of a manually adjustable eye it’s time for John to tu...
#401 - Direct Dust, The Pint Control Board and …with John Robins
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody’s making audio like this. Nobody approaching such breadth. One episode it’s half an hour ...
#400 - Builth Wells Problems, xC and John Got A Speaker
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
400 not out. But plough on past Brian Lara we will. And welcome new listeners for 2025. The BBC's wi...
#399 - The Second Petard, Pad Thai for Breakfast and 11 Reasons to be Cheerful
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are kicking off 2025 with contrasting vibes: Johnny JR is feeling grateful, and the team th...
#398 - The Best of The Great Reset
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Things that can be reset: timers, bones, electronic devices. Other things that can be reset: banterc...
#397 - The Sun Lounger Statute, Wednesday Ringo Regret, and I Can’t Go Till February
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a game of 3 halves as a trifecta of things looms large over today’s episode: Paul McCartney...
#396 - Britain’s Sexiest Tattoo, Fallible Sounds, and Content Doesn’t Stop For Christmas
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'Elis and John Smash Up A Bus Stop'. 'The UK’s Biggest Dog'. 'Elis and John’s Big Supper'. Just ...