Mainland (pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Episode 305: Mainland
Three hundred episodes in and still finding brilliance in the strangest corners of sport, Distant Pod is the weekly podcast where Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero bring you the best clips, books and documentaries they’ve found.
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🎧 PART 1
Mike kicks things off with Tiger vs Boulder, a clip that perfectly captures the unpredictability (and occasional absurdity) of nature meeting sport.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUTUF39EfBb/?igsh=MXg0NmdidHQzYWprZg=
Elis brings a nostalgic gem — “And Ninian Park looks more like the San Siro!”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ny-Za-ryGuk
Steff rounds out Part 1 with a pair of clips from Canada
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUyT1FQDtoX/?igsh=dzdrZGx3enQycmx6
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/naGpZhyJP0s
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's distant part. |
| 0:04.4 | The most delta male thing I've ever heard in my life. |
| 0:06.8 | I think it's worse than Delta. |
| 0:09.2 | I don't know my Greek health, but... |
| 0:11.6 | Omega. |
| 0:12.4 | Omega. You're an Omega male. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm an Omega male. I'm the Omega man. |
| 0:15.6 | The British Isles include the Republic of Ireland. |
| 0:19.6 | And we want them back. |
| 0:21.1 | And I think we should go and take it back. |
| 0:23.4 | Paradise Hawaiian style. |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.7 | That sounds like a main course somewhere. |
| 0:29.4 | That's not awful. |
| 0:30.5 | It's getting wanked off with a pineapple ring. |
| 0:36.3 | Hey, Distant Pod fans, we are doing live shows in London at the Hackney Empire on April |
| 0:43.7 | the 7th and April the 8th. |
| 0:45.8 | We have already sold out the new theatre in Cardiff a couple of times. |
| 0:49.6 | The show that we have in Camarthen that's on April the 24th is completely sold out as well. |
| 0:55.6 | So during this runner shows, this is your only chance to see us live. |
| 0:59.2 | If you wish to see us live, then you can head to the link on the episode description. |
| 1:03.7 | The first link that is there, and that is where you will find some tickets. |
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