Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.

Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.

I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.

But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.

I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into

a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to

give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole

new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories

that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Work smarter, not harder, even if that does mean

reusing intros from old shows. I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Fighting Talk.

Hello, good morning and welcome. I have got sinusitis, so let's just get on with it.

Luckily, I can just reuse last week's intro because our new

booking policy is very consistent. On the panel today, we have three ladies. Classic BBC,

then. A black guy. Classic BBC, though. All hosted by a middle-aged white guy. Classic BBC,

look, if it works, it works, and it does work.

We're taking a look back across the favourite fighting talk moments from 2024,

and we're starting this part with rugby player Danny Kerr,

journalist Ned Bolting and Mina Razuki,

and comedian Bob Mills,

all talking about the smelliest sporting venues they've ever visited.

Iranian snooker player, Hossein Vafayi, has criticised the World Championship venue,

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