Danny Wallace

Radio X

Well hello and welcome to podcast number 33 from the important broadcast

And that noise you can hear in the background

It's not some fancy bed that we've developed over years

Of research and marketing

What do people want to hear, they want to hear this kind of easy music

Also, I'm in a studio,

a soundproofed studio. So where on earth could this music be coming from, Joe? Well, I've a feeling

that it's got something to do with that moving image over your left shoulder. Over my left shoulder

in a sort of dictatorial, sort of like a big brother, 1984 thing. It's just the face of Steve. Imagine it. It's black and white.

He's wearing a black polo neck right up to the very... It'd be great if he was. He's not. He's in a

barber jacket. But Steve, you're in Portsmouth. I am in Portsmouth. Hello. Hi. So this is a strange

way to begin a podcast, but we'll get to it. What is on this week's podcast?

We play Tell Me Something I Don't Know. That's right. I get wet in the rain. Very wet.

And we have a couple of little jokes. There are. Yeah, there's one or two little jokes, see if you can spot them. As we say, welcome to podcast 33.

Ray D-O-X.

The important broadcast is 33 shows old.

33, the same age as Jesus was when he died.

And there will be times during today's long broadcast when you will feel like shouting

out his name and asking how he

could allow such suffering. But like Jesus, I bring good news. Today the important broadcast is

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