267: Show Me The Arian (Pt 2)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
🎙 The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 267: Show Me The Arian
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero are back with another round of tangents, top-tier clips, niche nostalgia, and barely connected sporting brilliance.
“Like a sports podcast, if the sport was optional.”
🎟️ We’re Going on Tour in 2026!
Yes – we’re taking this beautiful nonsense on the road.
Tickets are on general sale now – grab yours at 👉 distantpod.com/live
📍 Tour Dates:
- Fri 20 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Sat 21 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Tue 7 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire
- Wed 8 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire
- Fri 24 April 2026 – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre
✨ This Week’s Episode – Here’s What’s In Store
📌 PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY)
- Elis: Paul Tonkinson vs the Marathon des Sables – a brutal ultra marathon and one comedian’s epic run
- 🔗 Watch on Instagram
- ❤️ Support Paul’s fundraiser
- Mike: Leinster, Levelled Up – a powerful bit of rugby content
- 🔗 Watch on Instagram
- Steff: Josh Tarling – a deep dive into one of the most exciting British cyclists around
- 🔗 Short feature
- 🔗 Team GB profile
- 🔗 Race footage
📌 PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY)
- Elis Documentary: Giant Killers – Newport County
- 🔗 Watch on YouTube
- Mike Book: George’s Fateful D-Day by David Brayley – a powerful story of sport and WWII
- 🔗 Get the book
📌 PART 3 – PATREON EXCLUSIVE
👉 Join us at patreon.com/distantpod for bonus content, early access, spin-offs, and the usual delightful chaos.
- Steff: EastEnders FC – fictional football, but real drama
- 🔗 Watch on Instagram
- Elis: Liverpool v Auxerre, 1992 – a perfect Anfield comeback in the UEFA Cup
- 🔗 Watch on YouTube
- Mike: Jaxson Dart
- 🔗 Watch on Instagram
💡 Want Even More?
🎧 Patreon – early access, bonus content, and spin-offs like Michael Owen’s Movie Club and Hoffi Pod
🚀 Wondery+ – early episodes every Tuesday and ad-free listening
🎉 Another week of great clips, obscure sports, and complete nonsense – only on The Socially Distant Sports Bar.
🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus is better than ever, with updates just for our UK listeners. |
| 0:03.9 | Wonderly plus subscribers can listen to episodes of the socially distant sports bar early and ad-free. |
| 0:08.4 | Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. Start your free trial now. |
| 0:17.8 | Hello, welcome to this week's socially distant sports bar. |
| 0:22.0 | It's Steph here, and before we get into the main body of the episode, we are going on tour. |
| 0:29.5 | And we want you to come because the experience of Distant Pod Live is a lot of fun. |
| 0:37.0 | We are on tour in 2026. If you head to distantpod.com |
| 0:41.9 | slash live, there are all the details. All of the tickets are on general sale at the moment. |
| 0:47.5 | We have announced dates in Cardiff's new theatre on the 20th and 21st of March. It's from Friday |
| 0:53.9 | and Saturday evening. 2026 these dates are. |
| 0:57.9 | London's Hackney Empire on the 7th and 8th of April, a Tuesday and Wednesday night. |
| 1:03.4 | I think that's due an Easter break, so it should be a decent time to come along. |
| 1:08.8 | Hopefully the sun will be out and it'd be lovely and who knows Mike might meet you in the pub afterwards. |
| 1:13.5 | And Carmarthen's Lyric Theatre on Friday the 24th of April. |
| 1:18.4 | Go to distantpod.com slash live for all the details that you need to get along to watch us live. |
| 1:25.1 | It is time for part two of this week's socially distant sports bar. |
| 1:29.8 | This is the bit where we talk about a documentary and a book. If you want to hear the first |
| 1:34.2 | round of clips in the intro, go back to part one. Enjoy part two. I'm I'm I'm |
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