Pick Those Conkers Up (Pt 2): 284
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
🎧 Episode 284
We’re BACK! 🙌
Yes — the free feed is alive again, the mics are hot, and all three of us are still arguing about sport, nostalgia, and nonsense in equal measure.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s stuck with us, joined Patreon, or just kept spreading the word while we worked things out. You absolute legends. ❤️
⚽️ THIS WEEK’S SHOW
PART 1
- Mike: Emma Buchy — The Greatest Show on Earth (and some spectacular fails)
- 👉 Watch here
- 👉 Fails here
- Steff: England Fans Doing England Fan Things
- 👉 Watch here
- Elis: NRL Heckling at its Best
- 👉 Watch here
PART 2
- Mike Documentary: Lawrence Taylor – The Man, The Myth, The Monster
- 👉 Watch on YouTube
- Elis Book: When the Swans Had Everyone Smiling by John Burgum
- 📖 To get your copy, email John directly at john.burgum@ntlworld.com
PART 3
- Mike: Tiger Woods at 14 — Already Built Different
- 👉 Watch here
- Elis: Beautiful Football Things™
- 👉 Watch here
- Steff: Boxing — grit, rhythm, and poetry in motion
- 👉 Watch here
🎙️ IN SHORT
We’re thrilled to be back.
You’ll start to hear a few ads on the free feed again (which helps us keep this version going), but it’s the same old Distant Pod — laughs, clips, chaos, and the occasional emotional moment.
Pour a drink, grab a biscuit, and welcome back to Episode 284
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'll tell you what, I cannot wait for the Quilternation series to start at the Principality Stadium. The first game, of course, Wales versus Argentina, new Wales coach, new star, full house, is going to be electric. Electric, it will be, yeah. Steve Tandy at the helm, Big Steve, I think that's a great appointment for Wales, by the way. And a new start, a new chapter. I think the boys are going to come flying out of the game |
| 0:21.2 | for that one, pal. There's nothing like that first big game of the autumn. First home game, |
| 0:26.2 | the noise, the anthem, everyone back together in Cardiff, back at their home, bringing plenty of call on. |
| 0:32.4 | And Argentina aren't exactly coming for a jolly either. They've turned over New Zealand, Australia, |
| 0:37.3 | even the Lions in Dublin this year. So this is the sort of test do you want to see this new Wales side up against? Yeah, mate, it's not going to be easy. Proper heavyweight stuff. I'm watching Argentina down there in the championship and we've got some big fixtures. Four massive games, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa. It is stacked, but we are ready. |
| 0:58.0 | So tickets for the 2025 Autumn Nation series are now on sale at WRU.W.W.S. |
| 1:01.6 | Slash, get in early, find your seat |
| 1:04.3 | and bring your call on with you. |
| 1:05.9 | See you there. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank you very much to S4C |
| 1:10.2 | for sponsoring this episode. |
| 1:12.3 | S4C, the home of Welsh sport and the only place to watch the Wales men's autumn rugby series live and for free. |
| 1:18.8 | So Cunbury are playing Argentina first up on the 9th of November, followed by Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. |
| 1:24.9 | You can watch all four of Cumry's matches in the Autumn Nation series on S4C, S4C Click and BBC I play. |
| 1:31.3 | So, Mike, when would you like to Raghlinni, Espera Rec, come? |
| 1:38.1 | Because I've been studying Camarag, yeah. |
| 1:41.5 | You know, for a plant to share in the Combrac, so I'm going to go to your paleoid with the tale you know Mike. Kisanavi. Especially when it's them, you know. Love it. Yeah, and then you're on, exactly. So watch all four of waysazers, Autumn Nation series matches, live and four free on S4C |
| 2:04.4 | starting on November 9th. |
| 2:08.4 | Coming up on this week's socially distant sports bar, part two. |
| 2:12.8 | But as someone who's watched dozens of NFL documentaries |
| 2:15.7 | because of this podcast, |
| 2:17.0 | sorry. |
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