Welcome, welcome, welcome. This is the distraction pieces podcast episode number 420, 420 baby.

And what better guest on 420 than legendary writer of tales involved in narcotics?

Mr Irving Welsh, I'd delighted to get to chat with Irving.

As I mentioned in the podcast, I got sent a little preview of his new show Crime,

which is on Britbox, all out now. Britbox exclusive. I got sent the episodes and I was going to watch

a couple in preparation because I've got plenty to talk to Irving Welsh about because, say, he made

train spotting and ecstasy and acid house and just so much good shit. But then I ended up watching

all six episodes and absolutely adoring it. It's great. I really enjoyed it. So yeah,

yeah, we jumped on zoom. We only had the zoom recording. Normally I've recalled

the set, the head for ends. Again, it still sounded fine and buddy pieces the best,

the best podcast producer in the land. So you won't even notice but I thought I'd pre-warn you of that.

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I think going on watch crime on Britbox, this is episode 420 of the distraction pieces podcast

with Irving Welsh. Right, I'm here today with Irving Welsh. How are you, sir? I'm very well.

How's it going? It's good. It's good. Are you enjoying? I saw a tweet that you seem to be enjoying

the kind of the promo run that you're on at the moment because they can be hit and miss, right?

They can be. Yeah. They're still in a laborer's but this seems like a fun one.

He has to just kind of knuckle down and bar through it really. There's not this, you can,

it's just one of these things that you can, it's a good sign because you realise that you've got

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