Season 2: Episode 13 - Portrait Mode What do you call someone who has no sense of smell? You’re about to find out! Jen shares her biggest Grinds when it comes to other people taking your photo and Chris reveals a new section called “Stupid Sh*t We’ve Done Together” and a new jingle is born! Also, we are delighted to announce that we now have Mercha…

Season 2: Episode 12 - Nightmares from Ohio Chris tells us of his superstitious tendencies (once again) before Jen regales you with all the different Random International Days. Plus, find out what Grinds Chris’s Geeres at a footie match as well as his most recent Useless Purchase! We have some awesome Fan Feedback, including a terrifying story from…

Season 2: Episode 11 - The Potatoes Have Eyes (The Valentine’s Episode) Who likes cold, wet carrots? Better than potatoes with eyes, we can tell you! Who WAS St.Valentine and what would your last meal be? Tune in this week to learn how you could become the lucky recipient of an ILYB merch mug in our first ever give away, and find out if Chris was e…

Season 2: Episode 10 - Trash-Talking It’s been the longest break so far for the team here at ILYB (me and Chris lol) but we’re back now with plenty of silly stories and banter to keep you entertained. Grab a pair of headphones and discover if you are as “February Ready” as Chris! Have you ever ordered a skip? How big is your recycling bin? Been to …

Season 2: Episode 9 - Fleece Navidad (The Christmas Episode) It’s the Christmas Episode for 2023!! YULE enjoy this one Apart from the myriad of festive jokes from Jen, you can enjoy listening to the origin of two well-known Christmas words whilst Chris advises us on how to best dry-brine your turkey in Chris’s Christmas Culinary Corner. And how man…

Season 2: Episode 8 - WE ARE 1! (The Anniversary Episode) It’s hard to believe that “I Love you, but..” has been going for a whole YEAR! Happy birthday to us and thank you to everyone that has supported us throughout the last 12 months. Today we celebrate with Chris testing Jen’s knowledge about ILYB, as well as a very entertaining story about some…

Season 2: Episode 7 - The Stinking Bishop (with Pete Cilella) It’s been a few weeks since we were able to get a chance to record anything new, but we are delighted to be back with a fabulous guest this week! Pete Cilella is an actor, director, writer and podcaster based in Los Angeles and we are so exited to share his stories with you all. You can …

Season 2: Episode 6 - Creepin’ it Real (The Halloween Episode) Welcome to our (hopefully) very Spooky Halloween Episode! What have we in store for you today? A Scary Story or perhaps a horror movie Quiz? And were clowns ever NOT scary? Creep it real and enjoy! Jen & Chris x Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere) Producer: Jennie Sawdon Director:…

Season 2: Episode 5 - The Knacker’s Yard Chris is aggravated again over being waved out by a driver, but we all know it’s really because he’s hungry. This week we explore the phenomena of “Space Invaders” in Grinding the Geeres and have a healthy chat about Urinals. Chris has a quiz on lines about rain in films.. (hmm?) and Jen has a great Origin o…

Season 2: Episode 4 - The Same Shape Today sees the introduction of yet another segment that Jen has to write a tune for - “one of us gets it wrong”. And Chris shares an awkward occurrence with us as well as a Wistful Think! As always, enjoy! Jen & Chris x Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere) Producer: Jennie Sawdon Director: Chris Geere Edito…

Season 2: Episode 3 - Supermarket Small Talk Welcome again and thank you for being here for another episode of our beloved ILYB! This week we have an entry from Chris for Crimpy’s Tank, a quiz on crisps (and how we might like to get some of the companies we mentioned to send us some free ones) and LOTS of chat about small-talk and how to handle it!…

Season 2: Episode 2 - Ten Thousand Spoons Well isn't it ironic, don’t you think? The answer is most certainly….we don’t know. Apparently Chris and I have no idea how the word Ironic should actually be used or in what context. HOW IRONIC!!!??? LOL! So come along and join us on our journey of discovery, as we find out the fascinating and different ve…

Season 2: Episode 1 - The House-move, The Hurricane & The Earthquake WE ARE BACK!! And we couldn’t be more excited as it’s time for SEASON 2 of @ilybpodcast!!! Where to begin with the last 4 weeks?! The title says it all to be honest, but have a listen and catch up on all our latest goss since moving out of our house in LA and experiencing a “Hurri…

Ep 32. Beef Legs in Skirts Each week the conversations get crazier and so does the artwork it would appear! Now, Chris is bringing all the birds to his yard whilst he reminisces on one of his first experiences of having a girlfriend. There’s a rather challenging Quiz for me to answer in Culinary Corner and we discuss the current International Day o…

Ep 31. The Gift Horse This week we dive into the adventures we experienced on a visit to a safari park, along with a dose of what’s been Grinding our Geeres and some interesting Origin of Words… Ever wondered where the saying “Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth” comes from? So did we! Enjoy!! Jen & Chris xx Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geer…

Ep 30. I Will Come Back… We’ve had an unintentional 3-week break but it’s been just the ticket! We are delighted to be back, just as Arnold Schwarzenegger was when he returned in the Terminator. Which is incidentally a hot topic of this week! We dive into a brief discussion on the pressures of social media, and discuss our most useless purchase EVE…

Ep 29. You Always, You Never After attending a wedding this last weekend, today we take a trip down Chris’s “Wistful lane” whilst we reminisce about our own wedding. There’s yet another jingle for our new segment “Random International Day” and you get to hear about an Awkward Occurrence that Jen recently endured. All in all it’s a pretty romantic e…

Ep 28. Blue-Arsed Fly This week it’s our Father’s Day episode so it’s all about Chris and he wouldn’t let us forget it! We explore the origin of the phrase “Blue-arsed fly” and discuss some of our biggest Grinds of the week. Jen’s got a gig and Chris has a date with his son and a bbq. Enjoy! Jen & Chris xx Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere) …

Ep 27. Pockets of Real After recovering from the disappointment of losing our first recording this week, we embarked upon a second, which resulted in proving the old adage correct: If at first you don’t succeed, it must be someone else’s fault. As a reward I got to listen to Chris discuss his mid-life crisis, whilst once again referring to our podc…

Ep 26. One of the Best This episode is without doubt, “One of the Best” in many different ways! It was our utter pleasure to have International and Sunday Times Best-selling poet & Author Donna Ashworth on our show! She is simply enchanting. We would say that, because she’s out best friend. LOL. In this ep you will hear all about Donna’s meteoric r…

Ep 25. Soup Macabre Today we are celebrating tap-dancing and towels apparently! Intrigued? So were we! Who is behind the decision to set the days of National and International celebration? Tune in to “Culinary Corner” to hear all about Chris’s possibly poisonous Soup Macabre and learn all about our favorite nuts and how we like to pronounce them. D…

Ep 24. Tom’s Magnetic Finger! Well… we’ve finally finished our house improvements and are back in the game!! We are DELIGHTED to feature this weeks’ incredible submission of a “Useless Purchase” from a very talented listener… and we hear the very interesting origin of a well-known swear word! Also, who wants to hear about Jen’s dreams?!! No one…? E…

Ep 23. Coronation Eyebrows It’s the Coronation this weekend and we have dedicated this episode to our amazing (?) Monarchy!! Who likes Coronation chicken? Or more to the point, who the hell likes Sultanas? We’re also on the edge of our seats waiting to see whether or not Jen will make her eyebrow-tattooing appointment in time for the Coronation. We…

Ep 22. Eulogy of a Sea-Goat OMG we are so excited - it’s our first GUEST EPISODE!!! And who better to invite on the show but our fabulous friend and incredible yoga instructress, Kate Tittley?! In between the usual segments and silliness, Kate tells us her inspirational story of how she finally arrived at her dream job. She is also subjected to TWO…

Ep 21. Sausage Cologne And we’re BACK! After a 3 weeks off, we are reunited and feeling refreshed after our visit to LA. We have missed you guys! Today we dive into some of our “Fan Feedback” and cover many different segments with various listeners’s tales from yourselves! Chris is determined to fit as many jingles as possible into this episode so …

Cannot believe we have already reached 20 episodes! This week we are celebrating by asking you all to keep sending in your stories - we really want to make the podcast more interactive with our listeners. We love you guys! So there’s lots of chat this week from Chris, and a little impatience from Jen apparently…LOL. We have another Useless Purchase…

Hello to our lovely tribe and welcome to episode 19! Firstly, we have to say a massive thank you to @tkellzzz who helped us out with audio problems this week. He was able to rectify most of the damage post-recording so we have to salute him as THE DUDE! This week we hear all about Chris’s self-made Vancouver birthday and what he’s been up to on-set…

Ep 18. Peter Piper’s Pop Shield Guys! It didn’t take us long to get back in the groove… We so enjoyed creating this episode! The camera was rolling, the mics were working, the internet didn’t crash and we properly “connected” in all senses of the word. In this episode we bring you a segment of “Grinding the Geeres” AND “Jen’s Origin of Words” along…

Ep 17. The Imposter Well it’s been a challenging week and a half to say the least! This week we bring you our podcast on a Monday due to emotional and technical glitches! After Chris was poached for an acting role in Vancouver, we had to rally to get the podcast set up remotely. We have battled an 8 hour time-difference, low quality recordings, int…

So we return after our half-term break to bring you another episode of silliness. Did you miss us? We hope so! Today you can look forward to another segment of “Crimpy’s Tank” along with one of Jen’s “Scary Stories”. We also discuss what it’s like for Chris when he’s “resting” and the incredible history of the construction of London’s tube system. …

So it turns out that Valentine’s day and Pancake Day did not fall in the same week, but never mind! This week we bring you a very open episode about the tricky negotiations of marriage and how we overcame a big Valentine’s row. Chris invents yet another ‘segment’ called “Something Current” and we also get to hear how Chris ended up not playing hims…

It’s all kicking off this week as I have discovered that Chris has secretly been putting the heating on whilst I’ve been out. But it’s “Even Stevens” as it appears Chris is unhappy about the prospect of Valentine’s Day and what it entails for him as a husband LOL! I shed some light on the Origin of Shrove Tuesday and we learn the context of our ver…

This episode is full of just enough silliness as usual to ease you into the end of the week! There’s a nice dollop of “Grinding Our Geeres” (Still can’t work out how to say that properly) and Chris has invented yet another “segment” which then forced me to compose another two jingles retrospectively. So look forward to Chris’s Quiz which turns out …

We’re squeezing a lot into 20 mins today and it’s SO COLD! What better to warm me up than to receive an award from my husband for being a great wife! Is it a real award though? That’s for you guys to decide.. Chris invents a new segment called “Crimpy’s Tank” which I had to then hurriedly create a jingle for this week. Origin of Words makes an appe…

Chris has returned from his Pilgrimage a new man!! We hear some more tales from Chris’s student days, shared with his best mate Rob, and we have another segment of Useless Purchases for you to giggle along with. And don’t you want to hear who Mr Blenkinstein and the Muffin man are?! Oh, of course you do. Hope you enjoy! Jen & Chris Hosts: Chris Gee…

This week we are enjoying a deep old chat about star signs! We cover Chris’s Piscean tendencies and then he eagerly explores the rather dubious traits of a Scorpio, which I felt he enjoyed rather too much… It’s also time for a new jingle, which means it’s time for a new “segment”!! “Jen’s Scary Stories” is finally here and I have something to blow …

Ep 9. Happy New Geere A New Year, and we are back with a BANG! Chris discusses the difficulties of the January gloom but then we move on to a very funny segment of Culinary Corner where we chat about the amazing menu that he designed for New Year’s Eve. As usual there are stories about memories past and funny words and sayings, please join us for s…

Uh-oh! We’ve had the COVID! We’re back in the UK for Christmas and it finally got us. Not only that, but Chris has eaten his own bodyweight in festive snacks and Baileys.. So this is the “in-Between bit” after Christmas and New Year where nobody knows what day it is or whether we’re supposed to be at work or not. We’ve got some serious Christmas Gr…

Here’s a little extra mini episode to tide you over the Christmas week! We didn’t mean to have a falling out, but in the end we thought it was honest and funny to share, so here it is! And David Bowie’s inspirational quote doesn’t get discussed in the end… Enjoy! Jen & Chris Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere) Producer: Jennie Sawdon Director…

Merry Christmas one and all! We have so much festivity packed into this episode it should leave you feeling positively sparkly!! This is the first ever segment of “Chris’s Culinary Corner” complete with new jingle (of course) where he discusses the benefits of an upside-down turkey. Then we have the pleasure of delivering some Christmas wishes for …

Welcome to Episode 5! How are we already here? Thank you all so much for supporting us in our new venture! This ep we discuss the various agonising challenges of the elf on the shelf and we’ve even modified our jingle with some jingle bells to match the Christmas season! Also, have you ever wondered where the word “green room” originated? Well, so …

Ever had “cotton mouth”? No, neither have I, but Chris has had enough of it for the both of us apparently… There’s more discussions of Useless Purchases we’ve made, and also a nostalgic trip back to our school days where we pontificate on the various language and terminology we used in the playground. Oh and Chris has (another) story about trying t…

It’s Episode 3 and time for another new segment of our show, “Grinding The Geeres” (and a new jingle - #obvs) Chris reminisces on his audition for a big UK commercial back in 2006 and you can look forward to learning how best to attract swingers to your supermarket trolley. I know, you’re excited aren’t you? Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere…

We are beyond excited to share with you beautiful people, our VERY FIRST EPISODE of ILYB!! We hope you enjoy it! Jen & Chris Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere) Producer: Jennie Sawdon Director: Chris Geere Editor: Jennie Sawdon Musical Director: Jennie Sawdon Composer: Jennie SawdonBy Chris Geere & Jennie Sawdon

Welcome to Ep 2 of our beloved "Poddo" ILYB!!! We are still riding the wave of our podcast launch last week, and Chris is assessing the rigors of being a 'podcast host'! This week we discuss useful life hacks and Jen regails us with her first segment of "Jen's Origin of Words". As usual, we hope you ENJOY! Jen & Chris Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Saw…