259: Part Pity, Part Disdain (Pt 2)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ Welcome to The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 259
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero return for another round of sporting chaos, wild tangents, and barely-researched brilliance.
This week? Public toilet jeopardy, rugby referee rage, George Foreman defying time, a YA novel about running, and one of the most terrifying away ends in football. Just another week in the Bar.
“Like a sports podcast, if the sport was optional.”
✨ What’s on This Week’s Episode?
📌 PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY):
Elis:
🚽 The Dangers of Going for a Piss – When nature calls mid-game, chaos can follow.
🧟 Mordor Away – A genuinely terrifying away end. Orcs probably booed.
Mike:
🗣️ Angus Gardner: RefChaos – Mike breaks down one of the greatest ref moments in rugby.
📌 PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY):
🏋️♂️ Documentary: Dorian Yates – The Original Mass Monster
Old-school bodybuilding, big weights, bigger intensity.
📚 Book: Ghost by Jason Reynolds
A fast, sharp young adult novel about running, fear, and finding your pace in life.
📌 PART 3 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE):
Steff:
🥊 Foreman – 21 Years Apart – George Foreman becomes world champ in '73… and again in '94. Unbelievable.
🧠 Quade Cooper on Communication – Chill, thoughtful, and unexpectedly deep.
⚽ Panama Beat USA – Underdogs, upsets, and pure CONCACAF energy.
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| 0:17.4 | Hey, welcome to part two of this week's socially distant sports spa. |
| 0:21.1 | If you've not listened to Part 1 yet, there are some back references within Part 2 that probably won't land with you. |
| 0:27.1 | It's still very enjoyable. |
| 0:28.9 | So if you prefer us talking about documentaries than us talking about things that we find humorous or things that have happened to us in the past week or our favorite sports clips |
| 0:38.7 | from this week, then that's cool. Okay? Enjoy part two. But I would suggest you're better off |
| 0:43.7 | heading back to part one and having a listen to that first of all. This is this week's part two |
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