Mainland (pt 2)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Episode 305: Mainland
Still gloriously obsessed with sport’s weirdest, funniest and most fascinating moments, Distant Pod continues to documentaries and books that make sport so compelling.
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🎧 PART 2
Steff’s documentary this week is The Track, a deep dive into Bosnia and the luge.
Mike’s book this week is slightly closer to home — Mike’s Wales Youth Rugby Programme... Bubbs' Sliding Doors moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's socially distant sports bar, part two. |
| 0:06.0 | You couldn't fucking pay me to do the luge. |
| 0:09.2 | I would. I'd love to have a go on there. |
| 0:11.1 | There's no break. |
| 0:12.0 | I'd have a lot more pads on than they're wearing it. |
| 0:14.0 | I'd be padded up. |
| 0:15.4 | So what level of we... |
| 0:16.8 | Is this a letter? |
| 0:18.3 | No, what level of email? |
| 0:20.3 | Email. Another sliding doors. Is this a letter? What level of email? Email? |
| 0:22.6 | Another sliding doors moment for Bobbintz. |
| 0:27.0 | Could the trajectory of Welsh Rugby in the 1990s being oh so different? |
| 0:33.6 | If only Mike had been selected. |
| 0:35.2 | Hey, Distant Pod fans, we are doing live shows in London at the Hackney Empire on April |
| 0:42.6 | the 7th and April the 8th. We have already sold out the new theatre in Cardiff a couple of |
| 0:47.9 | times. The show that we have in Carmarthen that's on April the 24th is completely sold out |
| 0:53.9 | as well. |
| 0:54.6 | So during this runner shows, this is your only chance to see us live. |
| 0:58.2 | If you wish to see us live, then you can head to the link on the episode description. |
| 1:02.7 | The first link that is there, and that is where you will find some tickets. |
| 1:07.4 | There's a few left in the stores, not very many. |
| 1:10.3 | But I guess is it called the |
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