#457 - Becoming Compost, Squire Dave and #SenseTheSoil

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Elis and John vibes in the areoh! Producer Dave has been to see Oasis and talks the boys through the various ‘ingredients’ that made it a night to remember. He also recounts a living nightmare he’s just experienced including missing equipment, an excitable crowd in Oxford, and a cat that can’t stop weeing.

Elsewhere there’s all the accoutrements that make up a classic Elis and John offering: John provides a deep dive into the significance of pheasants in Danny Champion of the World, and makes an admission about today’s Wordle that will rock you to your very core. Elis expresses his love for the pay-as-you-go car scene, only for John to provide a chilling prediction for the future of motor travel…

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0:00.0	It's not funny, it's true.
0:05.2	Lily Allen and Makita Oliver.
0:07.8	Um, Keats, I've got some questions for you on BBC Sounds.
0:11.4	Tell me what you've enjoyed about our podcast so far.
0:13.8	I like that you've got more and more comfortable in this space and I've watched you show all parts of yourself.
0:19.5	We've both cried.
0:20.7	Miss me with Lily Allen and Makita Oliver.
0:23.6	We're just us having a shot.
0:25.2	Feels like we've been doing it forever.
0:27.3	We kind of have.
0:30.0	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.3	Music. BBC Sounds, music, it's incredible. recording, Ellis and I and our videographer Izzy solved every problem in world politics.
1:13.0	Didn't we, Dave?
1:14.0	Yeah, it was incredible, actually.
1:15.4	It was amazing how easy it is to do if you just get some decent heads on some decent
1:19.9	shoulders around a decent table and have a bit of decent sense.
1:22.7	Yes, for God's sake.
1:24.7	If everyone could just calm down and try to find a workable solution. And listen to me. And listen to John. Yes. And I listen to you. And I listen to you and Izzy listened to you and now it's all done. Yes. Because I'm like, you know how like Trump's a king baby? That's what they say about him, that sort of figure. What do you mean about that?
1:45.4	I've never heard that to him before.
1:46.5	I know he wants to be... Like a baby that's a king.
1:48.4	Right. Like a medieval sort of monarch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I'm like that, but I'm right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So a lot of the... And you've got hair. A lot of the downsides become upsides when the king baby is right.
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