WDWDY #75: New Listener Drive
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 7m
3 speakers
7 chapters
transcribed 2 months ago
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Podcasts, there are millions of them.
Some might say too many.
I have one already.
I don't have any, because there are enough.
Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it, and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day.
But nobody is covering the most important topic of all.
Why is that? Are they scared?
Too afraid of being censored by the man? No.
Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello and welcome to Midweek Mayhem. From the people that bring you What Did You Do Yesterday, my name's Max Rushton. Alongside me, David O'Doherty. Welcome, David.
Feels to me a lot like a new era. It does, doesn't it? Yeah. There's something in the air. Yeah, not like the millennium. You know, it feels bigger than the millennium. Yeah.
How do Max and David define 'yesterday' for their guests?
And unlike the millennium where everyone thought the world would end, but it didn't. The world might end here and it might. That's the difference. There was much, because we have been off for a week and there was much speculation. Someone on Reddit got so panicked that they just did their own yesterday. And it's got more comments than anything we've ever done. Yeah. Danny wrote on Spotify, he wrote this, that an episode announcing there's no episode today garners many more comments from listeners than usual episodes of Midweek Mayhem is a perfect distillation of the What Did You Do Yesterday experience. We care about the little things. Max has taught us to question everything. Sophie says, I hope the news is that the construction on the What Did You Do Yesterday theme park has started.
We have broken ground.
Yes. We're both actually, we're doing this podcast from a dig. I'm in a backhoe loader and David is in an excavator. Kareem says, if this is yet another quiz where we have to guess what the news is, I swear to God, it's like shaking fists. Damien says, I just saw DoD an hour ago coming out of B&Q carrying a new bathtub. Oh no, they're doing it. I think this is my favorite. There was speculation about whether we've signed like a huge advertising deal with someone. And Glaucus Blue says, regarding adverts, I always tend to skip an advert if I'm not fixing a roof. But the thing is, Max and David have effectively jeopardized virtually every potential sponsorship opportunity by either dissing the brand, accidentally preempting the sponsorship, or
or setting said brand alongside mentions of BOCs or other dubious content. A quick squiz of everything in showbiz has already ruled out Lululemon, Premier Inn, Dodo's, Hotel DuVernay, Pret, Huel, Whoop, MasterCard and Visa. Curse see of Josh Willikens' observation that no one uses MasterCard or Visa, no one cares. Guns, see Rose Mantefeo. Hammerite, Ron Seal, Brill Cream, iPhone, Squarespace, Emma's Mattress, Monsanto, Whale Oil, All Meal in a Box Brands, Brooks Running, Matcha Tea, Dark Chocolate, Fairy Liquid, U-Fit, Cerealid General, Araldite, No More Nails, Flora Proactive, Worming Chocolate, Qantas, Aldi... Agassi being touted to sell anything and everything in the shape of a tennis racket, including bellows.
Aldi pan sales have now plummeted. Any others? At this point, the only viable sponsor I can think of is Octosoc, maybe Pizza Express or Tony's Chocolonelys. I guess there is hope for a Moomin's collab. They can take an unexpected detour into the adult realm. What's the news, David? What's the news?
We have big, big news. So... People tell us about your yesterdays. I was gathering in air because of the level of excitement that I have. People often say to us, we love hearing about your yesterdays, but could there be more?
They do say that.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–1:23
2
How do Max and David define 'yesterday' for their guests?
1:23–18:16
3
What are the new features of the podcast for listeners?
18:16–30:19
4
How did Max's planking challenge evolve?
30:19–40:58
5
What humorous anecdotes do they share about their everyday experiences?
40:58–50:31
6
What is the significance of the 'In It For Life' campaign?
50:31–56:58
7
How do they handle listener feedback and suggestions?
56:58–1:07:29