#524 - The Purple Pill, Hits & Mems and John Robins In The Manosphere

Elis James and John Robins

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Comedy

4.8 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s all Hits and Mems today as we imagine two media worlds that John Robins could have inhabited. These being: Bristol local radio (1-4pm) and the manosphere.

Traffic, travel and the afternoon countdown to the pub, or grifting? Two forks in the road he could have gone down, but thankfully hasn’t. Safe to say his imagination is in fervent overdrive as we also hear of a world where he has $10 million… and won an Oscar.

But what of Elis? Well he may have a heart attack.

We also receive a right of reply from a disgraced Global Radio employee trying to clear his name, and there’s an all time great Mad Dad story of a father in a cultural vacuum.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. Hello everyone and welcome to the Ellis James and John Robbins show.
0:31.4	Ellis is very angry and he's going to have a heart attack.
0:35.3	So from then on, depending on how well our CPR goes, Dave, it could just be Dave and John. Well, I did DFIB training about three months ago. Did you? Yeah. So did nice. Did you? Why? I was the face of the British Heart Foundation. Oh, yeah. You were a You were, of course. We talked about this. So thanks.
0:55.1	No, no, you did a good job. You went on Sunday brunch, didn't you to talk about it? I went on. And I did so much local radio. Did you? I did lots of it. And I'd tell you what. One thing you and I know from our experience of promoting tours, local radio works. Yeah, absolutely.
1:10.0	Local radio is thriving and it works.
1:14.1	It isn't. voting tours, local radio works. Yeah, absolutely. Local radio is thriving and it works.
1:14.1	It isn't and it's a shame.
1:16.6	Dave.
1:17.2	Because I started out in local radio.
1:19.0	I don't know if you ever met a real person, Dave,
1:21.2	but they all listen to local radio.
1:23.2	What did you start out on?
1:24.7	Hits and memories Dern FM.
1:28.3	Hits and memories. Hits and memories. Hits and memories Dern FM. Hits and memories. Hits and memories.
1:29.3	Hits and memories Dern FM.
1:32.3	Oh, that's nice.
1:33.3	Barnsley's local stage.
1:34.3	What memories did you play?
1:35.3	The time when I got glassed when I was 18 at the printworks.
1:41.3	Yeah.
1:42.3	My first goal from Mountfield Rovers at the age of nine Yeah. Yeah. My first goal for Mountainfield Rovers
1:44.5	at the age of nine.
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