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Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Podcast

Episode 70 – Best Days, Humblebrags & A Cracker Actor

Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Podcast

Radio X

Comedy

4.93.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

John and Elis had their best days ever this week, with John drinking ale and watching cricket, and Elis watching Wales beat Belgium 1-0. There’s also news of John at the Southbank Awards, Elis’ feeling sad, and a brand new feature, complete with bespoke jingle, in the form of Humble Brag Of The Week. Plus Winner Plays On, Textual Healing and Email Of The Species. Remember, tune in next Saturday to catch the boys from 10am til 1pm, get in touch on Saturday@xfm.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and keep it Xfm.

Transcript

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0:00.0

XFM.

0:01.6

Ellis James and John Robbins on XFM podcast.

0:05.8

Team, welcome to the Ellis James and John Robbins podcast on XFM and iTunes and all sorts of other places.

0:12.9

Good fun show today.

0:14.3

Tight as a nut.

0:16.6

Yeah.

0:17.2

My hand was on the tiller for so long.

0:19.6

I've got a blister.

0:21.0

Yeah, unfortunately, it was a tiller to the wrong boat.

0:24.5

I would say there was pretty loose, but if you like sort of jazz improv, then you're going to really enjoy it.

0:31.8

It was like being in Ronnie Scots, wasn't it?

0:33.7

It was, you know, and someone's turned the lights off so the musicians can't see where their fingers are on the fretboards.

0:39.1

I mean, it was an absolute mess. But do listen to the podcast.

0:42.6

We've got a couple of plugs to do first, folks.

0:45.6

Very importantly, the live event reading aloud from Robbins amongst the pigeons is confirmed.

0:52.9

21st of July at the Phoenix in Oxford Circus.

0:56.7

And in order to give listeners and podcasts,

1:01.7

that's disgusting.

1:04.0

I've just eaten some peppered mackerel and potato salad a bit too quickly.

1:09.4

You need to go to robins.

1:12.2

.eventbright.co.uk.

1:15.5

So, r-o-v-n-s dot, eventbrite, b-r-t-e, dot co-to-U-K.

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