Giles Dumbs Down
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther sift through the papers to find morsels to inspire Giles’ weekly column. Radio 4’s Justin Webb, fashion model theme parks and Sat Navs grab Esther’s attention. Giles is interested in seagulls’ eating habits and the speed of farts. The cats are interested in Giles’ vegan breakfast.
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| 0:00.0 | Morning, Giles, so our podcast is slightly different this week because we are no longer just, |
| 0:05.2 | Giles Corrin has no idea. |
| 0:06.5 | No, but wait a minute. What? I've got to record the top of it. The bit we're doing a new thing |
| 0:10.9 | where... Sorry, I thought we weren't recording a top. |
| 0:12.8 | No, we are. |
| 0:13.8 | Oh, I misunderstood. |
| 0:14.8 | Did you? |
| 0:15.6 | We were talking about how the top of the show is really boring. |
| 0:18.0 | Yes. |
| 0:18.5 | And it just goes, whatever it goes. |
| 0:20.0 | No, but it's annoying and it's too long. |
| 0:21.6 | Well, it's too long. And it has no idea where I'm in my kitchen, but we're going to do a whole new thing. |
| 0:25.2 | So we're going to record it now. |
| 0:27.7 | So we're going to tell our podcast listeners, you're listening to Jarskoran has no idea. |
| 0:32.3 | And then I would, you said every time for 28 |
| 0:34.6 | fucking times it's not because I literally have no idea because this is the part of the |
| 0:38.9 | week when I get back from my God and we're going to change all of that |
| 0:41.4 | okay okay so we're going to go straight in like this, okay? |
| 0:43.7 | They're listening to Jarskorin has no idea, |
| 0:45.5 | which is a podcast about finding a column to write during the... |
| 0:48.9 | fuck. You're listening to Giles Corin and has no idea which was your idea my idea and it's where you and |
| 1:06.8 | I who are husband and wife unfortunately talk about the things are in the papers |
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