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The Last Post
Chris Skinner
4.8 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Confused how to say hello to people without touching them? Disgraced yoga instructress Charlie George returns to The Last Post to discuss the variety of non-tactical ways we can greet one another in these strange times.
To hear Charlie's prior appearances this year, head to episode 181 (Religion news) and 189 (Crap Towns news).
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This episode was produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's producer Chris from the Bugle here. Did you know that I have a new series of my podcast, |
| 0:04.9 | Richie Firth Travel Hacker, out now. It's the show where Richie Firth and I talk about how to make |
| 0:10.4 | travel better in our very special way. In this series, we discuss lime bikes, Tesla's, the London |
| 0:18.1 | Overground and a whole bunch of other random stuff that possibly involves wheels or tracks or engines of some variety. |
| 0:25.6 | God, what a hot sell this is. I mean, you must be so excited. Listen now. |
| 0:34.6 | When passions run high And secrets run deep |
| 0:37.9 | When plots twist and turn and turn and twist |
| 0:41.3 | When you love and loathe characters in equal measure |
| 0:44.8 | Oh I think she's a wrongan |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah, it's the shifty eyes |
| 0:48.0 | Nothing brings us together like great TV |
| 0:51.5 | And a TV licence covers you to watch all TV channels plus BBC Eye Player |
| 0:56.9 | so you can bond over your favourite soaps and dramas. |
| 1:00.9 | Search TV licence together. |
| 1:05.5 | Something else. |
| 1:15.9 | Yeah. Something else. The Bugle presents. |
| 1:19.7 | The Last Post with Alice Fraser. |
| 1:34.6 | The with Alice Fraser. Hello, posters, and welcome to The Last Post, the final word in this, the most final of worlds. |
| 1:40.4 | Today's episode marks the 30th of July of the year 2020, and in history on this day, in the year 101 BC, we had the Battle of Versaulay, in which the Roman army under Gaius Marius defeated the Simbri in Sysalpine Gaul, ending the Kelto-Germanic threat on Italy's border. Classic, a day that we all remember. |
| 2:06.6 | Celebrations today include National Father-in-Law Day, so find an elderly man to question your life choices. |
| 2:07.6 | Your guest today is disgraced yoga instructress and self-help guruin. |
| 2:12.6 | Charlie George, welcome back to the show. |
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