I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm hosting the brand new podcast Papercuts.

From the mail's obsession with Woke to the daily stars' war on pigeons,

to all the things the Guardian is telling you not to enjoy,

Papercuts digs into the private mania of the UK press.

And what that tells us about Britain today.

I'm joined by some of the UK's sharpest commentators and funniest comedians

to pick out the most eye-popping stories the morning press has to offer

and serve them up for your incredulity and entertainment.

Papercuts, we read the papers so you don't have to.

Out now, wherever you get your podcasts or visit papercutsshow.com.

This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

I'm John Batsworth, my mate Jeremy Zackis,

who helps me understand that there's much more to cricket

than you can hit the ball backwards.

There's also trash talking.

And for the last weeks, we've watched England trash talk Australia

very effectively about how good they are,

about how they're going to make it clear to Australia

that that result that happened the last time during COVID was in accident,

because these English superstars couldn't go out drinking at night.

It was that kind of excuse.

But now that the match is going to be in England,

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