#437 - The Great Geordification, Cloud Storage Afterlife and Narrative! Narrative! Narrative!

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

He’s only gone and done it again. The serial winner himself, John Robins, the narrative bender, has won yet again. Despite not even really liking football, John just can’t help being John, and he's done something on the football pitch worthy of an end-of-tournament emotional BBC sports montage that makes Elis cry. If anything feels significant, this does.

John’s footballing escapades are recounted with the help of friends of the show Annie McGrath and Rick Edwards, but there is debate about whether the word ‘bundled’ should be bandied around as much as it is.

Elsewhere it’s textbook Elis and John as Elis gets excited about a man from Sunderland saying the word ‘school’, and John wonders what happens to our memories when we die. Classic stuff.

Lastly, after a peach of a mad dad story, there’s 100% consensus for the sentence: ‘you have to read the instructions on a chainsaw’.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading journalists, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sports stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the player's mouths.
0:19.1	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC
0:21.6	is our unique access to the sporting world.
0:24.8	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts
0:27.1	that create a real connection to dedicated sports fans
0:30.1	across the UK.
0:31.3	So if you like this podcast,
0:33.0	head over to BBC Sounds
0:34.1	where you'll find plenty more.
0:37.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello there, thank you very much for downloading this episode of Alice and John to wherever it is.
1:06.9	You're listening.
1:08.0	We've got a fun pack show for you today, the three of us, all present and correct, because we've got a big thing to talk about. John and I were involved in one of the great charity events on Saturday, won't we, John?
1:21.1	Ah, yes. Yeah. Interesting. We played in the Taskmaster Comedy Football cup, which I think is its official name,
1:33.3	organised by Alex Holmes, which always happens at the Meadow, home of Cheshim United Football Club.
1:40.0	And I love football.
1:44.8	And I had a good time.
1:47.4	But the person I'm sitting opposite is one of those people, one of those rare people who deals in narrative.
1:55.2	Yes.
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