From surreal improv to deliciously niche humour, here are five UK comedy podcasts that deserve a spot in your rotation.

1. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

What it is: A dream dinner party with a twist

Why it’s unmissable:

Comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster invite celebrity guests into their fictional “dream restaurant” to choose their ultimate starter, main, side, dessert, and drink. It sounds simple – but the show’s success lies in its surreal tangents, unexpectedly deep food debates, and the perfect odd-couple dynamic between its hosts.

From Riz Ahmed to Mary Berry, guests reveal more about themselves through food than you’d think – and the laughs come thick and fast.

Start with: Kathy Burke’s episode. Trust us.

2. Athletico Mince

What it is: A football podcast that’s barely about football

Why it’s unmissable:

Originally launched by comedian Bob Mortimer and sports presenter Andy Dawson as a parody of football culture, Athletico Mince has evolved into something much weirder and more wonderful. Sure, there are jokes about Steve Bruce and Gareth Southgate – but there are also fictional characters, oddball sketches, and Bob’s uniquely surreal storytelling.

You don’t even need to like football to enjoy it. In fact, that might help.

Start with: Any episode involving “Barry Homeowner” for pure, glorious nonsense.

3. The Bugle

What it is: Satirical world news from a British perspective

Why it’s unmissable:

Founded by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman back in 2007, The Bugle is one of the original comedy podcasts – and it’s still going strong. Now hosted by Zaltzman with a rotating cast of brilliant international comedians, it delivers razor-sharp satire on UK and global politics, with a tone that’s both clever and completely unhinged.

It’s smart, strange, and deeply cathartic – especially in chaotic times.

Start with: A recent headline episode – you’ll be amazed how much chaos they cover in 40 minutes.

4. No Such Thing As A Fish

What it is: Weird facts, funny people, endless trivia

Why it’s unmissable:

Brought to you by the researchers behind QI (aka the “QI Elves”), this long-running hit sees four witty fact-finders share the most bizarre and brilliant things they’ve learned each week. The facts are real, but the conversation is playfully chaotic.

It’s the kind of show that makes you laugh and makes you cleverer – ideal for fans of pub quizzes and strange Wikipedia rabbit holes.

Start with: Their live episode compilations – they bring even more energy with an audience.

5. Stath Lets Flats: The Podcast

What it is: Behind the scenes of one of Britain’s funniest sitcoms

Why it’s unmissable:

If you loved Jamie Demetriou’s BAFTA-winning sitcom Stath Lets Flats, the podcast is a perfect follow-up. Co-hosted by Demetriou and castmates (including Natasia Demetriou and Al Roberts), the show mixes behind-the-scenes stories, improv bits, and off-the-cuff comedy that often feels like an extension of the chaotic Stath universe.

Even if you haven’t seen the show (you should), the podcast’s offbeat style is hilarious in its own right.

Start with: Any episode where the cast goes completely off-script – it’s audio absurdity at its finest.

Final Thought

UK comedy podcasting is in a golden age. Whether you’re after sharp satire, surreal sketches, or just a good old laugh between mates, there’s something here for every sense of humour. So plug in, press play, and let the good times roll (and the bad jokes fly).

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When we started the Pod Bible Podcast back in July 2019, we weren’t entirely sure how long it would last. Was there a market for a podcast about podcasts? Would podcasters want to spend their time recommending other shows for people to listen to? We needn’t have worried. The Pod Bible Podcast has been a joy to work on over the past few years and I’m always blown away by the passion shown by podcast hosts, not only for their own shows but for the podcasts they listen to. Podcasters are famous for their love of talking, and lets not forget that most of them started out as podcast listeners, so getting people to reveal their favourites while letting us behind the curtain of their own shows has been a relatively easy (and very enjoyable) job.  

Now we’ve reached our century (Ep 100 with Sweet Bobby out now!) I wanted to take a look back at some of my favourite guests, including hosts of shows I’ve always admired or recording sessions that were particularly memorable. So have a read, have a listen and be sure to get in touch with your favourites over on Twitter.

#001 – No Such Thing As A Fish

Long before we’d secured any studio time and the prospect of recording online was yet to be considered, Stu Whiffen and I met up with NSTAAF’s Dan Schreiber in an empty club in Shoreditch. It was the first ever Pod Bible Podcast recording and I have to admit to being really nervous on the day. Here was me, a bedroom podcaster with a modest number of listeners, sitting with a vastly experienced podcaster who’s show has over half a million subscribers. As expected though Dan was a total pro and afterwards offered to hook us up with more big names in the industry. He’s remained a big supporter of all we do and we loved having him and the rest of the Fish team on the cover of issue #018 back in December.

#003 – Football Ramble

As a Ramble listener since 2008 this was a big moment for me. Not only did we get to meet and chat to some of the guys who’s voices I’ve heard every week for over a decade, we also got to visit their offices and record in their studio. As we’d only just started the show this was very much a ‘pinch me’ moment at the time and it did not disappoint. The Ramble are also one of only two shows who’ve appeared on the Pod Bible Podcast twice, with Kate and Vish appearing on episode #069 to tell us about their new extended lineup. 

#009 – Johnny Vaughan

I was an avid watcher of the Big Breakfast back in the 90’s, watching the show through all its iterations, but let’s be honest here, Johnny Vaughan was the best presenter that show had by far. So as you can imagine I was incredibly excited (and more than a little nervous) to meet with Johnny to discuss his Radio X podcast, and recording live with him in Leicester Square’s Radio X studio really added to the occasion. Johnny kept me waiting but when he arrived he was an absolute whirlwind who barely let me get a word in edgeways, and I wouldn’t have expected anything less.

#012 – Off Menu

The first one on the list to be recorded at the very plush Acast studios on Old St, fellow Pod Bible founder Scroobius Pip and I sat down with James and Ed shortly after they’d finished recording their episode with Kamil Nanjani. Obviously it was a joy to meet them both and to discuss their show but what impressed me the most was the amount of free food they’d been sent that their producer Ben had brought in for them to take home. Given Off Menu was only 35ish episodes deep at this point I can only imagine how much free stuff they’re getting sent now. An unsurprisingly fun chat, made all the better by having the opportunity to champion pomegranate seeds to a sceptical Ed and Pip.

#018 – Run Pod

Although I can’t admit to being an avid listener to RunPod I had to include this one as working with Jenni Falconer was an absolute dream. We recorded at the Global studios in Leicester Square (where she’d been on air with Heart FM since 4am) and admitted to feeling a little under the weather at the time. As soon as the mics were live however, she switched into the uber professional broadcaster that she is and I remember being incredibly impressed. This one also sticks in the memory as I had to sprint across London to get there on time and it was a very hot day. Not a good look when you turn up at the studio covered in sweat but there you go.

#032 – The Last Bohemians / #033 – Films To Be Buried With

Recorded in February 2020, these two episodes were recorded together on stage at Kings Place in London for our first (and to date, last) ever live show. Speaking to Kate Hutchinson from The Last Bohemians and Brett Goldstein from Films To Be Buried With on stage together was so much fun and it felt like a big deal to be recording the Pod Bible Podcast in front of a live audience for the first time. Little did we know that live shows would be put on hold almost immediately afterwards…

#048 – The Receipts

The first time I was made aware of The Receipts was when handing out issues of an early Pod Bible at the Underbelly Festival at the South Bank. There I was, handing out mags to a seemingly endless stream of people entering the main venue, totally unaware of who was performing at the time. As the show started and the crowd went wild I quickly discovered who they were watching and instantly added them to my download list. Fast forward a few months and there I am at home chatting to Tolly, Audrey and Milena over zoom about their juggernaut of a show, admiring the chemistry and love that’s abundantly obvious whenever they’re together. After we recorded I asked them if they’d like to be on the cover of the next magazine and to date their issue remains one of our most popular releases.

#054 – Maddie’s Sound Explorers

For any parents of young children, Maddie Moate is most likely a popular figure within their households. Her ‘Do You Know?’ TV show on CBeebies has been a firm favourite with my daughter for a while now and I’m not afraid to admit I’m a big fan too, so when Maddie released her own podcast I was quick to contact her agent to invite her onto the PBP. What followed was a lovely conversation with one of our most enthusiastic guests yet. Sound Explorers is a wonderful podcast for children of all ages and Maddie is the perfect host. As we recorded this one on Zoom I cheekily asked Maddie to say hello to my daughter so I could play the video back to her later that day. Unfortunately I’d managed to stop the recording just before this so I had nothing to show. However, when I mentioned this to Maddie’s agent afterwards she was quick to speak to Maddie who swiftly sent over a personalised video message that my daughter cherishes to this day!

#055 – Simon Mayo’s Books Of The Year

As a long term listener to Simon Mayo, albeit predominantly via his BBC 5Live film podcast with Mark Kermode, I was incredibly excited when the opportunity came to speak to him about his Books Of The Year podcast. I was also incredibly nervous. This guy is a broadcasting legend, having first started at Radio 1 back in 1986, so the old imposter syndrome was thriving as Simon joined my zoom call. As is often the case with these things, I shouldn’t have worried. Simon was kind, interesting and engaged throughout. During the chat about his show, Simon himself touched on imposter syndrome and after the record I mentioned how I’d been suffering myself before speaking with him. He quickly put me at ease by telling me how all the best people suffer from the syndrome and how the people who probably don’t get it, the likes of Donald Trump or Boris Johnson, are the ones who should have something to worry about. That advice has stuck with me since and I’ll always have Simon to thank for making me that little bit calmer on future recording days.

#059 – Masala Podcast

I went into this one with only a passing knowledge of the Masala Podcast, a show that was born through Spotify’s Sound Up programme that featured host Sangeeta Pillai discussing subjects often considered taboo within South Asian culture. I’ll admit to believing this show wasn’t for me but was quickly blown away by Sangeeta’s personality, her passion for her podcast and her determination to create a platform for underrepresented people from her culture. Since recording this episode Sangeeta has become a firm friend of Pod Bible’s, appearing in Issue #014 of the magazine and guesting on the How To Make A Podcast series we created for Himalaya. She’s also guested on another of my podcasts and is always a joy to deal with.

#070 – The Log Books

The Log Books was another podcast I hadn’t delved into properly before I’d met the team behind it, but was instantly intrigued to listen to more episodes afterwards. It’s also one of my favourite stories in terms of how the podcast came together and how the people behind it (Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Shivane Dave) came together to collaborate on the project. One of the highlights of talking to so many podcasters is finding ones who are clearly so passionate about the subject matter they’ve decided to talk about and are able to use their multitude of talents to spread the word to people who are as yet unaware. The Log Books is probably my favourite example of that.

#079 – Cuddle Club

I was intrigued before going into this podcast with comedian Lou Sanders. Was she as charmingly bonkers as she appeared on screen? Yes. Yes she was, and I had a brilliant time talking to her. Sometimes it takes a little while for a guest to open up or stray away from the pre prepared answers they’ve given a hundred times, but chatting to Lou felt like chatting to someone I’d known for years. I’ve said it before on the show but since moving exclusively to remote records I’ve often found that guests feel more comfortable when recording in the surroundings of their own home, and Lou was no exception. One of the funniest conversations I’ve had, even though we had to cut an awful lot of it out!

#082 – The Joe Wicks Podcast

I’ve been doing Joe Wicks workouts for about five years now and in part have him to thank for keeping me both physically and mentally healthy during the pandemic. While I used to enjoy his quirky cooking vids on instagram when he first started out, it was a joy to see him reach national treasure status by becoming the “nations PE teacher” during lockdown. For many, Joe’s podcast was a classic example of a celebrity stuck at home with nothing better to do but I was surprised by the depth of some of the conversations he had with the likes of Fearne Cotton, Sir Tom Jones and Russell Brand. Although my chat with Joe felt more like being part of a press junket, it was still a pleasure to chat with him and be able to thank him for inspiring me and my daughter to continue to keep fit and active over the past couple of years. 

#086 – Zombiemum

Every so often I’ll go into a podcast record believing that the subject matter of the show I’ll be discussing isn’t really aimed at me, and more often than not I’ll come away berating myself for being so close minded. This was a prime example of that. Zombiemum is a show about the psychological effects of having, raising and being children, focusing specifically on host Laura Dockerill’s experience with postpartum psychosis. Although I am a parent, I’ve never been inclined to listen to parenting podcasts and part of me thought the subject matter may be too heavy of a listen. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Firstly, Laura is possibly the warmest and most lovely guest I’ve had on the show and did an amazing job of explaining what she’d been through and the idea behind the podcast. Secondly, the show itself featured some incredible conversations that although may not be fully relevant to my experience, taught me a lot about the human condition and if anything increased my empathy for others, something podcasts can do a phenomenal job of overall. Possibly my favourite conversation since starting this podcast. 

#093 – Dane Baptiste Questions Everything

While Zombiemum helped increase my empathy, Dane Baptiste Questions Everything is easily the podcast that has educated me the most over the past few years. Hosted by Dane Baptiste alongside producer Howard Cohen, each episode features three different questions discussed by Dane, Howard and a special guest. The variety of subjects discussed alongside the wide range of guests ensures that each episode offers up something new and keeps you fuelled with fascinating facts and opinions to pass off as your own next time you see your mates. I’d tried to arrange this one a few times before we finally got together for episode #093 and I was not left disappointed. Dane and Howard were great company and at times I had to remember that I wasn’t listening to an episode of their show but was their to ask them questions myself!

So there we go, 100 episodes down, loads of fabulous guests and I cannot wait to see who else we get to speak to over the course of the next 100 episodes. Obviously there were so many more I could have included on this list but no one wants to hear me go on for ever. Thanks for indulging me and please get in touch if there’s a show that has yet to feature that you’d like us to speak to!

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Developed with agency partner Weirdo — and running across paid social and Acast’s own inventory of 300 million monthly podcast listens — the campaign features the first words from across Acast’s portfolio of podcasts globally, including Off Menu, The Adam Buxton Podcast, Forever35, Dope Black Mums, The Little Dum Dum Club, and many more.

The campaign will also feature amusing videos with top podcasters being challenged to try and remember their own first words — as well as sharing insight into how they themselves took those first steps.

The launch of “First Words” follows research by Acast suggesting that more than 1 in 10 people in the UK plan to start their own podcast this year.

Lizzy Pollott, SVP Marketing Communications and Brand at Acast, said: “Even the longest podcasting journeys start with just one step. Every podcaster — from Adam Buxton to your friend down the road — has had to start somewhere, and take that leap. Our new campaign hopes to inspire people to get started with their show and find their voice and audience.

“By rewinding hundreds of Acast podcasts we’ve found the humble first words of shows that have ended up being listened to millions of times around the world. Some are funny, some shocking, some a little bit silly, but they all prove that — however, you want to start telling your story — Acast will help get it heard.”

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To celebrate the launch of Issue #015 of Pod Bible magazine, Scroobius Pip and Stu Whiffen had a nice old chinwag with the hosts of Off Menu – Ed Gamble & James Acaster. The guys discuss the show’s success, podcasting during the pandemic and their personal recommendations before opening some very special gifts to commemorate their appearance as cover stars!

– Listen to Off Menu here!

– Read issue #015 of Pod Bible here!

– Listen to Ed & James on the Pod Bible Podcast here!

– Discover the best Off Menu episodes for a new listener to check out here!

Cover illustration by Dan Evans – idrawforfood.co.uk

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In the greatest crossover event in podcasting history, listeners will hear what happens when two of their favourite Acast Creator Network podcasts are mixed, mingled and mashed up to create new, hilarious shows like they’ve never heard before.

James Acaster and Ed Gamble never made it to their reservation at the dream restaurant, so ended up on a date with Brett Goldstein to choose their Menus To Be Buried With.

Richard Herring directs his infamous lines of interrogation to Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine’s agony aunt alter egos in Emergency Questions with Joan & Jericha. Expect frankly ridiculous questions like “Would you rather have a ham hand or an armpit that dispenses suncream?”

It’s a true crime cocktail party as the ladies from RedHanded and Drunk Women Solve Crime get together for a sinister soirée in Drunk Women Caught RedHanded.

Taskmaster’s Alex Horne and his merry band change up their usual set for boom bap rap alongside Romesh Ranganathan in Hip Hop Saved The Horne Section.

And it’s comedian Dane Baptiste’s turn to question everything fellow funnyman Tom Price has purchased on the internet in Toaster Questions Everything.

“Let’s face it, we all need a laugh right now.” said Sam Shetabi, UK Content Director, Acast “Acast couldn’t be prouder to be the true home of UK comedy podcasts, and the biggest and funniest podcasters around. We worked with our friends at Comic Relief to give podcast fans around the world a treat by mashing up some of our favourite shows to raise some laughs that raises money for Red Nose Day this year.”

Samir Patel, CEO, Comic Relief said: “Teaming up with Acast, and working with the biggest and funniest podcasts on the Acast Creator Network is the perfect partnership for Red Nose Day. During these challenging times it’s more important than ever to have a laugh and we’re excited to be bringing everyone some much-needed cheer, and if listeners are able to donate, they will be supporting vulnerable people in the UK and around the world, as we help tackle homelessness, domestic abuse and mental health stigma.”

The Podcast Mashup episodes are available on each podcaster’s usual feed and across every podcast listening app, or you can listen at comicrelief.com/podcastmashup.

Donations have the power to help people living incredibly tough lives. If you can, please, head to comicrelief.com/podcastmashup and give now. Or give £5 by texting ‘COMIC’ to 70205.

To donate £5 text the word COMIC to 70205. Texts cost your donation amount plus your standard network message charge and 100% of your donation will go to Comic Relief, a registered charity. You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill-payer’s permission.  For full terms and conditions visit comicrelief.com/podcastmashup

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New Shows

Sour Hall

Sour Hall is a new Audible Original podcast drama, inspired by a Naomi Booth short story. When George inherits her family farm it’s supposed to be a new start for her and her partner Ash. But a presence haunts the farm, one that feeds on fear. To survive, Ash and George must face past traumas and embrace the things that go bump in the night, or risk being destroyed by them.

What sets this podcast apart from other horror audio content is not only the series’ unique production process (it was recorded in 360 degrees on location in Yorkshire), but also the themes it explores through the genre, such as trauma, marginalisation, race, motherhood and femininity. This is best listened to with headphones to get the full effect of the on-site recording – just don’t listen in the dark! 

You can listen to Sour Hall now on Audible.

Made of Stronger Stuff

This new podcast from BBC Radio 4 asks what the human body has to teach us about the world around us. Over 12 episodes, psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken assess how the world is changing through the most personal perspective of all – an anatomical examination of the human body. Each episode takes a specific body part and asks how we can understand it better, ourselves more, and use that knowledge to create positive change both personally and collectively. The first episode looks a our eyes (no pun intended!) and how there is a gap between what we see and what we perceive…

Made of Stronger Stuff was launched on 27th January and is available on BBC Sounds, Acast, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Reverberate by The Guardian

Reverberate is the new music, politics and history crossover podcast by The Guardian. It uncovers the unique role music has played in driving social and political change around the world, including some of the world’s most significant and revolutionary moments. This is a one-off, six part series and each episode focuses on a specific turning point in a different city’s history. As well as interviews with experts, the immersive sound design uses a single track as a way to reveal the deeper social and political issues at a single point in time. The first episode tells the fascinating story of how an unknown musician in England became an overnight pop star in Hong Kong – and how his music became the emotional anthem of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement.

Reverberate launched on 27th January. Listen now on Acast, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Figureheads with Warwick Davis

Figureheads is a new the 5-part series where Warwick Davis talks to the brains behind some of the UK’s biggest cultural institutions. Each episode will explore the inner workings from leaders of world class sporting and entertainment organisations, exclusively sharing their big business experiences and lessons with takeaways for all business owners. Guests include Baroness Sue Campbell, who talks about creating a legacy with Barclays FA Women’s Super League, and Melvin Benn, the Managing Director of Live Nation’s Festival Republic, who talks about the unexpected challenges of live events.

Figureheads was released on 7th January and you can listen now on Acast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

New Seasons

Off Menu – Seasons 5

Pod Bible can’t hide our love for Off Menu! The newest series got off to a great start with comedian and creator/star of the TV show Feel Good, Mae Martin! This episode includes tales of Ed trying to smuggle a ninja star into the kitchen and James reminiscing about shrimp. If you’re new to Off Menu and not sure where to dive in, be sure to read this Point Of Entry article by super-fan Twitter account @nocontxtoffmenu to get started.

Series 5 of Off Menu launched 27th January. You can listen to Off Menu on Acast, Spotify and all other podcast apps.

Life, Interrupted – Season 2

In Life, Interrupted, TV presenter Simon Thomas interviews well-known celebrities and notable individuals, about their toughest times in life in order to understand how crisis and desperation can lead to hope and inspiration. Episode 1 of the new season sees Philip Schofield talk about writing his new book, his father’s death and how his family dynamic changed after he publicly came out as gay last year.

Series 2 of Life, Interrupted launched on 11th January. New episodes of come out on Mondays and are available on Acast, Spotify,  or wherever you get your podcasts.

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If you’d like to tell us about a new podcast, you can email  info@podbiblemag.com with the show description, release date and artwork. We will share as many launches as we can!

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With the latest series starting today, we asked Off Menu superfan and meme supremo  @nocontxtoffmenu, to tell us where they think new listeners should start… 

Like a genie waiter bursting out of a lamp, Off Menu exploded onto the podcast scene in late 2018 and since the first episode has consistently brought listeners a delectable mix of humour and food chat through a hugely diverse selection of brilliant guests. Each week, comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster invite a guest into the “Dream Restaurant” where they choose their dream meal consisting of a Starter, Main Course, Side Dish, Dessert and Drink. It’s a simple premise that never fails to deliver some very big laughs from all the cuisine quizzing.

I’ve been a huge fan since the beginning and one rainy day, whilst listening on my commute home, I had an idea to set up a “No Context” Twitter account – where I could post out-of-context quotes from the podcast that were laden with double-entendre, bizarrely confusing or just outright hilarious. In two years, the account has grown to almost 30,000 followers, occasionally gets mentioned on the podcast and even has its own official merch made in collaboration with the Off Menu boys themselves! With the fifth series set to kick off on Wednesday 27 January, the good people at Pod Bible got in touch to ask which episodes I would recommend that best showcase the podcast. There are just so many to choose from, but here are my picks of what to delve into if you’re new to Off Menu…

Episode 15 – Sindhu Vee

Filled to the brim with huge laughs and incredible food choices that will surely have your tummy rumbling, Sindhu Vee’s visit to the Dream Restaurant stands out as one of the finest episodes simply because it strikes the perfect balance of side-splitting humour and good, honest food chat. Vee is a wildly entertaining and funny storyteller who deftly holds court as she dispenses tale after tale from her fascinating life. With stories of stolen wedding ceviche and eating four slices of pizza a day for 42 days to impress a guy, it’s a perfectly rounded episode with everyone on their top form and is a testament to how well the format of Off Menu worked from its early days.

“To the hungry person, even the doorway looks like crisps”– Sindhu Vee

Find out the context and listen to Sindhu Vee on Off Menu episode 15

Episode 50 – Joe Thomas

In this fan favourite episode, Joe Thomas (forever to be known as Simon from The Inbetweeners) visits the Dream Restaurant and gives us the most frantic, scatter-brained menu yet! There are more tangents here than a geometry textbook, as he skips and stutters back and forth through what is frankly an indecipherable and maddening collection of inexplicably hilarious yarns. His anecdotes (“Whatever happened to the Spaghetti Bolognese Boys?”) and his general thoughts (“Why is the 90’s four decades ago?”) are so bewildering that James “The Genie” Acaster has to take a back seat and play the straight man for once. “Never met you before, Joe… You are an absolute mess”, Acaster comments as the chat twists and turns and takes you to the most unexpected of places, climaxing with the infamous, epic tale of a lamb being buried in a garden. Truly an emotional rollercoaster that gets paid off beautifully in a follow-up surprise episode that dropped on Christmas Day 2020.

“Did it smell? Yes. What did it smell of? Blood.” – Joe Thomas

Find out the context and listen to Joe Thomas on Off Menu Episode 50

Episode 82 – Thomasina Miers

One of the joys of Off Menu is how rich the guest list can be and being a food podcast, it opens up the opportunities to have some brilliant chefs on board who really know their stuff. Famous chefs such as Tom Kerridge and Marcus Samuelson have made very memorable appearances in the past but recently ‘Masterchef’ winner and Wahaca co-founder, Thomasina Miers, was an absolute delight. There’s some excellent culinary conversation in here, even a whole recipe for some delicious Crushed Potatoes intricately and beautifully described by Miers. But it’s not all gabble about grub; there’s a whole lot of silliness in there too: a highlight being an extended conversation about things you can put up your butt that leaves the guest incapacitated with laughter.

“Butt plug” – Thomasina Miers

Find out the context and listen to Thomasina Miers on Off Menu Episode 82

This article was written by the mysterious entity known as No Context Off Menu. Follow @nocontxtoffmenu on Twitter or Instagram for more fan favourites and no context Off Menu fun.

You can listen to Off Menu on Acast, Spotify and all other podcast apps.  You can also hear Ed and James discuss the show on Episode #012 of the Pod Bible Podcast before hearing Ed Gamble recommend one of his favourite shows on Episode #018 of the Pod Bible podcast, and James Acaster giving his recommendation on Episode #022 of the Pod Bible podcast.

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The Froth with Rhod Gilbert, Sian Harries & Friends, Black Gals Livin’ and The Bugle have been added to the stellar line-up with the festival taking place from 20^th – 24^th October. All shows are being streamed live from the Unmute Podcast Festival official website. Tickets are on sale now from www.unmutepodcastfestival.com.

Check out the official press release from Plosive below!

During these Covid times, prepare to be swept away by a host of award-winning, hugely popular podcasts from some of the UK and Ireland’s most talented names in comedy and TV, all live from the comfort of your own home. The line-up consists of some of the highest charting podcasts in the UK including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, The Adam Buxton Podcast, Nobody Panic, Cuddle Club with Lou Sanders, Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein, The Blindboy Podcast, The Froth with Rhod Gilbert, Sian Harries & Friends, Black Gals Livin’ and The Bugle.

Ben Williams, founder of Plosive Productions and Unmute, said: “Podcasts have been a source of comfort and company for many of us during this strange ol’ year, with more people listening than ever. And with live performances only just starting up again, we wanted to give podcast fans a fun way to feel part of a live podcast experience again – so we’ve launched an Online Podcast Festival. We couldn’t be more chuffed with the line-up.”

 Ed Gamble from Off Menu said: “We’re looking forward to bringing Off Menu live and uncut to the internet, mainly because it means that The Great Benito can’t edit out James’s Diet Coke story.”

 Stevie Martin from Nobody Panic added: “We are so psyched about doing Nobody Panic live online. Not only does it give us an opportunity to get changed out of our pyjamas, but we will both be enjoying fine brandies throughout. Very excited to announce our super special guest too (it’s not the fine brandies) (or 90s pop sensation Brandy).”

Tickets for Unmute: The Online Podcast Festival are on sale now from www.unmutepodcastfestival.com

Instagram: @unmutepodfest |Twitter: @unmutepodfest |Facebook: /unmutepodfest

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THIS WEEKS MUST LISTEN:

THE SECRET LIVES OF BLACK WOMEN

Another new podcast to introduce for this week’s Book Of Joe! Charla Lauriston and Lauren Domino bring to the ears stories of what it means to be a black woman in the modern world. This may very well prove to fill the 2 Dope Queens hole in your life. Charla and Lauren are powerful women, who in their first episode explore the importance of their own self-realisation and self-worth. They describe previous working conditions which prove horrendous- phrases like “diversity hire” were commonplace and led to their leaving of their posts. They are joined to further explore being a black face in a white space with Bari A. Williams- a fantastic advocate for diversity, specifically in the technology industry. Incredible advice passed down from their elders is shared and evaluated towards the end, with emphasis on communication and family. A genuinely beautiful listen.

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EPISODES WORTH A DOWNLOAD:

OFF MENU – EPISODE 22: SUZI RUFFELL

Poppadoms or bread?! Ed Gamble and super-magical waiter/genie James Acaster provide another brilliant visit to the restaurant where all food can be served! Dining with them for this episode is the hilarious Suzi Ruffell. Listen for an absolutely bonkers argument erupt when it is suggested that sparkling water is more hydrating than still water and is exacerbated still when it is suggested that if anything, it would prove to hydrate less as the bubbles take up valuable space where water could be. Yeah. Odd, but brilliant.

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FILMS TO BE BURIED WITH #56: RHYS JAMES

Handsome Brett Goldstein welcomes regular Mock the Week guest Rhys James through the pearly gates to discuss his cinematic life. This episode may well contain my favourite moment ever from FTBBW, where Brett eases Rhys into discussing the temporary separation of his parents- it’s a genuinely lovely story! Rhys also gives insight into what it’s like to record an episode of Mock the Week, including how terrifying it was to experience his first ever appearance.

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Joe Ducarreaux is a podcast host, film enthusiast and gardener. For more of his ineffectual and disposable opinions, you can listen to him here or follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

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