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Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast.

I do wonder what that's going to be about.

Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Charles,

but there's bonus money-saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners.

In today's pod, how to save as a first-time buyer, Lifetime Isis are the superhero product.

You can get up to £1,000 a year free from the state with them towards your deposit.

But like many superheroes, there's a kryptonite, which means some shouldn't bother.

Though I'll also tell you why almost everyone who hits aged 18 should put a quid in one right now.

Then there's smart meters, the real reason why so many of them are broken and don't get fixed.

It's less than 100 days to Christmas, so this week's tell us is all about your past Christmas

financial problems, so others can learn from them.

My favourite's the person who misheard and bought a costly electric golf trolley instead

of a golf brolly.

And this week's Mastermind is an important listen for anyone who's had a flight cancelled on them, or cancelled it themselves, whether it was this summer or in years gone by.

And there's lots more too, but I really think right now we should just play the theme tune.

I got meals. I got to pay. So I'm going to work for a word and note on Twitter from a Matthew Collins.

And Matthew tweeted us to say,

I was so pleased you hadn't forgotten about Rants and Pants.

Nice to have the original dream team back together.

For those who don't know, I am Rants.

And I'm Pants, but I clean. I knew we did it, but I forgot now it started.

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