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The two friends make a report from the front line at the Glastonbury Festival. After hearing this you can save yourself 240 quid and tell people you were there. They review gigs by Interpol, Keane, The Killers and the Chemical Brothers. Security and the drugs policy also come under sober consideration. Go backstage with Paul to the VIP area and the…
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The two friends are currently at the Glastonbury Festival, and little has been heard from them for 24 hours. Paul was last seen lavishing kisses and hugs on a long lost friend, who turned out to be a total stranger. Next week they will file a full and frank report of their festival highs and lows.By Guy Kennaway and Paul Fryer
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This week the gents attempt to understand the nature of our changing world and the role of risk and danger in our daily lives. Is there room for the maverick in our increasingly small world? Are wars necessary or can we make do with football? Can humans be domesticated? The big questions get an airing and the implications are profound.…
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It’s Awards Week in podland. The prizes were handed out to the nation’s favourite pods and Guy fails to hide his disappointment that THAT’S JUST RIDICULOUS did not make the podium. It’s a bitter pill to swallow and unfortunately one that you don’t get high on. Paul doesn’t give a shit. We also talk about how we would act under torture, male groomin…
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Listen to another closely focused podcast from the men who are Just Ridiculous. We start with Farage, hop to the ancient Greeks and thence Paul's account of starting a revolution in Portugal. That's the first four minutes. We hear the friends discuss the rights and wrongs of telling friends their partners are shite, and then discuss modern trophy h…
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This week the two friends take their ease in front of the fire. Paul breaks the congenial mood playing a love song to Guy on his guitar, but Guy, as forgiving as ever doesn't hold it against him. They then discuss street begging, busking and other promising career opportunities for Paul. Talk turns inevitably to high tension cables, stag dos and re…
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The two friends are back in Somerset podding in front of the fire. They open on Kafka and how his life was such a doddle compared to the average citizen's these days. Pablo the cat slinks into the room to listen in. Recently Pablo has been ignoring the friends and the two of them discuss the fickleness of the pet. It's time then for a run through o…
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After their tropical break the two friends are back at base to tease out the difficulties of single use plastics and the sustainable development of the male inflatable doll. Paul also posits the the theory of the multiverse in which there are a million versions of himself. It concludes, logically enough, with animal poo in distant Myanmar.…
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In the last of their sextet of Jamaican transmissions we find the two friends in full holiday mode, settling down with rum at sunset. Paul recommends books to be read in Jamaica and they debate the shortcomings of Ian Fleming villains. Paul explains to Guy the benefits of Grand theft auto, and the two of them come up with a solution to the problem …
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In a surprise political development and on the grounds that he is unlikely to be able to make matters any worse Paul Fryer is made UK Prime Minister. We listen to his first cabinet meeting and hear some of his plans for the country. The two friends then discuss Jamaican nuclear power, Glastonbury pubs and the blue glow coming from Paul's studio.…
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In the shade of an almond tree, with the breeze blowing off the Caribbean, our two friends fire off another Jamaican pod. They talk about the growing Chinese empire, about working in the rain, fine burgundy and ganja. The relative merits of the I -Ching and English muffins also come under scrutiny. Guy discusses friendship and Paul talks about musi…
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At their ease beside the Caribbean sea, the two friends delight in a passing light aircraft, and investigate the Jamaicanness of James Bond, who was created by Ian Fleming only thirty miles up the coast. They discuss TV watching habits on the island, Dick Van Dyke on acid, and the pronunciation of Hereford. Then the time and place seems right for P…
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This week we find the friends marooned on the northern coast of the island of Jamaica. While a sea breeze ruffles the trees and birds sing in the bright sun, they chat about the village of Cousins Cove, where they are staying. The conversation, as usual, is wide ranging, from Guy having his car towed in London, to an appeal to our many listeners in…
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After Paul launches the pod the two oddballs get down to some clubbable talk. Guy tells us about the time he was caught in a hurricane, and Paul dusts off some of his large collection of unreleased Jimmy Saville stories from the archive. Justice and Hypocrisy come up for discussion before the inevitable detour into rocket science, a staple of Paul'…
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This week the two friends talk about Guy's cat Pablo, who has some problems, discussing his new medication. They move on to a recent walk up the Glastonbury Tor, and Guy tries to send Paul back in time to get him burnt as a witch, but fails. A conversation about war movies and their relevance to Brexit concludes with a rousing (or pathetic dependin…
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This week we find the friends in a speculative mood. After creating a safe space to talk in, Paul advances the theory that humans from the future are living amongst us, and Guy talks about the time a teenage Jesus Christ stayed in his house in Somerset. They move on to sex with computers, stockpiling toilet paper and people who put empty bottles ba…
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In the aftermath of his recent London book launch, Guy describes a calamitous visit to the Sky News television studios, part of an ongoing promotional peregrination which he is compelled to endure. Paul responds with a light hearted tale of his family's bungling criminality. Guy tests Paul on a glossary of obsolete drug terms sent in by a loyal lis…
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Paul returns from an Polar expedition where he realised a lifelong ambition and saw the Northern Lights whilst dogging. Guy shares his anxieties about his forthcoming publication but is sensitively reassured by Paul who promises to punch anyone who doesn't like it. The subject of cycling raises issues of discrimination against heavier road users. P…
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Do you find it difficult to enter a room full of strangers? Do you want some help breaking the ice at social events? Well this is the pod for you. After drawing last week's espionage related issues to a close the two friends brainstorm an idea which could change the world forever. Drawing on their experience as social butterflies, they propose to r…
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Our heroes, for obvious reasons, have received the call from spooks at M.I. something to do important undercover work in the interests of national security. When you need discretion, reliability and precision planning who better to ask? The two friends discuss the mission and their tactics. Paul suggests infiltrating Bob Geldoff. Guy begs him not t…
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It's a dicey time between Christmas and New Year, when suicide and domestic violence incidents spike. But you can avoid both by listening to That's Just Ridiculous. Paul tells us about childhood Christmases when the Fryer family, a group of Irish tinkers, pushed the boat out for the festive dinner and all hunkered down to a magnificent 23 pound pot…
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Paul and Guy extend heartfelt greetings to one and all in this special episode of That's Just Ridiculous. The gents actually manage to dredge up some goodwill and discuss present giving, past tragedies and future pub visits in this seasonal spectacular. The perfect antidote to too much gratuitous gluttony and family feuding. Don't Miss it!…
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Paul and Guy are putting a toe in the Christmas spirit. You better brace yourselves. Paul leads the choir and talks about some of his favourite Christmas singles. He then performs an old number from his back catalogue of unreleasable religious songs. The conversation then veers dangerously into Middle Eastern politics. God knows why. Maybe because …
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Back from revolutionary duty on the barricades of France, the two amis sit down to talk to each other about eating meat and how good and bad it makes them feel, with some serious ramifications. Throw in a whizz around the solar system and a poem about a rabbit and you have this week's pod. NB Suitable For Vegans. May Contain Nuts.…
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This week the two podsters made a trip to France. This episode was recorded in a cafe in the Tarn, where over coffee and cognac Paul and Guy talk about their adventures. Witches, nuclear reactors and nazi atrocities all come under the scrutiny of their small but friendly minds. It's like an episode of 'Allo 'Allo written by Dennis Wheatley.…
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As our nation faces such grave times, That's Just Ridiculous puts its shoulder to the patriotic wheel and raises morale on the home front by not mentioning Brexit once. Except then. Travel with us to the outer reaches of our solar system to the planet Mars, with Elon Musk, about whom the friends have strong opinions. Paul tells us of a time when br…
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Paul wants to tell us all about the stuff he hates. I tell him he should stop thinking about these things, but he needs to get them off his chest. I try to calm him, but the rant can't be stemmed. Over-heated coffee, building regs, plastic packaging, motorway service stations, football, upvc windows, modern pubs, drones and paninis, the list goes o…
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