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Who's Tom & Dick

Patrick Mortimer & Martin Weavers

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Cancer, Heart Disease, Mental Health, and Health in general, with the medicine of laughter along the way Cancer and Heart Disease are far too common these days in both Men and Women and with these illnesses, Mental Health can play a major part in a patient's recovery. Nothing prepares us for that dreaded diagnosis of Cancer, a sudden Heart Attack, or Cardiac arrest without warning. Filling in the blanks. Martin & Patrick discuss our personal experiences, the treatment, the support, family, a ...
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Gardeners of the Galaxy is a podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. Emma the Space Gardener is your guide as you explore cultivating the cosmos, planting planets and sowing seeds in space.
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews argues vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is more MAGA than Trump (1:27); Adam Frank explains how super-earths could help us understand what life might look like on another planet (5:15); David Hempleman-Adams recounts his attempt to cross the Atlantic on a hydrogen ballon (14:31); from Ukraine, Svi…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale analyses the state of the Conservative leadership race (1:09); Svitlana Morenets reports from the site of the Kyiv children’s hospital bombed this week (5:56); Philip Hensher examines the ‘Cool Queer Life’ of Thom Gunn (12:13); Francis Beckett reviews ‘The Assault on the State’ arguing in favour of bur…
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Send us a Text Message. This is the Final episode in this series (Series 1), and yes we have completed 42 episodes since our very first back in September 2023. We finish on a real high as Martin tells us all about his recent Cancer tests (Martin has Stage 4 Lung Cancer), including the 4 weekly MRI scan recently completed. It was nearly 12 Months th…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: after President Biden’s debate disaster, Freddy Gray profiles the one woman who could persuade him to step down, his wife Jill (1:05); Angus Colwell reports from Israel, where escalation of war seems a very real possibility (9:02); Matthew Parris attempts to reappraise the past 14 years of Conservative government …
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Send us a Text Message. Today is Episode 41 Yes we cannot believe it ourselves 40 episodes completed, today we look back on some of the popular episodes that stand out for Martin and Patrick. From Episode 1 "The beginning" released on 29th September 2023, Martin and Patrick have had some extremely interesting guests, interesting subjects and a lot …
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls reflects on the UK general election campaign and wonders how bad things could get for the Tories (1:02); Gavin Mortimer argues that France’s own election is between the ‘somewheres’ and the ‘anywheres’ (7:00); Sean Thomas searches for authentic travel in Colombia (13:16); after reviewing the books Great…
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Our Mission Specialist for this episode is the wonderful Borja Barbero Barcenilla, who is talking about what happens to plant telomeres in space. Borja and I had a brilliant chat about his breathtaking research, including an upcoming flight experiment, a special mutant Arabidopsis strain, and the sci-fi experience of putting your plants into a part…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 40, wow where has this time gone. Today the boy's go down the local boozer to meet a local man this week to give us an insight into the of physio. Physiotherapy helps to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability. It can also help to reduce your risk of injury or illness i…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Matt Ridley argues that whoever you vote for, the blob wins (1:02); William Cook reads his Euros notebook from Germany (12:35); Owen Matthews reports on President Zelensky’s peace summit (16:21); and, reviewing Michael Peel’s new book ‘What everyone knows about Britain’, Agnes Poirier ponders if only Britain knew …
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Send us a Text Message. This week we have a real treat as the boys travel down and into Kent. Our special guest today has had 3 number-one hit singles, appeared in the Eurovision contest twice coming second, and then First in 1981 with "Making Your Mind Up". Our very special guest this week is Cheryl Baker of the 80's Pop Group "Bucks Fizz" This is…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Natasha Feroze reports on the return of ex-Labour MP Keith Vaz (1:10); Robert Ades presents the case against sociology A-level (7:39); Lucasta Miller reviews Katherine Bucknell’s book, Christopher Isherwood Inside Out (15:24); Sam McPhail provides his notes on the lager Madri (23:16); Toby Young explains why he wi…
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Send us a Text Message. Cancer Research "Race For Life 2024" The boy's come live from Cancer Research Race for Life 2024 in Bury St Edmunds England. Patrick is running on behalf of Martin in the 5K race for Cancer Research UK's annual fundraising event. While Patrick slogs his way around the circuit, Martin will be making his way around the event s…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery reports on the rise of luxury watch thefts in London (1:18); Melanie McDonagh discusses the collapse of religion in Scotland (5:51); reflecting on the longevity of Diane Abbott and what her selection row means for Labour, Matthew Parris argues that shrewd plans need faultless execution (10:44); Iain Ma…
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Send us a Text Message. This is a first for the boys, an outside broadcast using their new Nomono equipment in the car on the way to BBC Radio Essex, We call this Episode "Cardiac Karaoke" after the famous James Corden Series of carpool karaoke with his special guests. Patrick & Martin have no special guests, however, they are in the car and one ha…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Peter Parker takes us through the history of guardsmen and homosexuality (1:12); Prof. Wayne Hunt explains what the Conservatives could learn from the 1993 Canadian election (9:10); Nicholas Lezard reflects on the diaries of Franz Kafka, on the eve of his centenary (16:06); Mark Mason provides his notes on Horse G…
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Send us a Text Message. A Day at Mama B's - Special Cancer, especially Breast cancer is the order of the day today at "Mama B Cancer Wellbeing Days" and what a day it was, It was truly inspirational to both Martin and Patrick and a privilege to be allowed behind the closed doors of Stephen John’s Salon. Owner Steve Trowles set up the group after ma…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Quentin Letts takes us through his diary for the week (1:12); Owen Matthews details the shadow fleet helping Russia to evade sanctions (7:15); Michael Hann reports on the country music revival (15:05); Laura Gascoigne reviews exhibitions at the Tate Britain and at Studio Voltaire (21:20); and, Michael Simmons prov…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to this week's episode and we really cannot believe this is number 34 The boys are taking a break from health matters this week as another guest arrives in the Studio. This week its ex-professional football player Steve Wright (Charlie). Steve spent his professional career in the football league mainly playing for Co…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery interviews Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Massoud (1:13); former prisoner David Shipley ponders the power of restorative justice (8:23); Patrick Kidd argues that the Church should do more to encourage volunteers (14:15); Cindy Yu asks if the tiger mother is an endangered species (21:06); and, Hugh Thom…
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Send us a Text Message. After three weeks of guests Martin & Patrick find themselves back in the studio but this time back on their own. It's a chance to catch up and discuss some interesting topics on health matters, the ban on Ice Cream in Milan, Italy, and a Ramb that decides to attack its owners and turn on the police. One of the main topics di…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Philosopher Slavoj Zizek takes us through his diary including his Britney Spears Theory of Action (1:08); Angus Colwell reports from the front line of the pro-Palestinian student protests (8:09); Svitlana Morenets provides an update on what’s going on in Georgia, where tensions between pro-EU and pro-Russian facti…
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Send us a Text Message. Today the boys (Martin & Patrick) have professional footballer Steve Wignall as a guest and he openly discusses his professional football career. He also touches upon his recent struggle with memory loss and the possibility of having CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a brain condition thought to be linked to rep…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas worries that Paris has lost some of its charm (1:21); Kara Kennedy reports on US-style opioids arriving in Britain (8:43); Philip Hensher describes how an affair which ruined one woman would be the making of another (15:32); Damian Thompson reflects on his sobriety and his battle with British chemists …
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Send us a Text Message. My Wish Charity In today's episode, Martin and Patrick return to their second home at the West Suffolk Hospital to visit the offices of My Wish Charity and meet up with Sue Smith (Head of fundraising) and her colleague Tanya Fifield (Fundraising Officer). The charity was entered on the Central Register of Charities on the 15…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: reporting from St Helena, Douglas Murray reflects on the inhabitants he has met and the history of the British Overseas Territory (1:12); Lionel Shriver opines on the debate around transgender care (9:08); following a boyhood dream to visit the country to watch cricket, Mark Mason reads his letter from India as he…
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Send us a Text Message. Well today is a very special day as we welcome our second celebrity guest World Champion Snooker Player Cliff Thorburn Patrick and Martin have a great informal chat to Cliff who now lives back in Canada. Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional Snooker player, Nicknamed "The …
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: In light of the help Israel received, Svitlana Morenets issues a challenge to the West to help Ukraine (1:15); Mary Wakefield questions the slow response to the Ministry of Defence being daubed in paint (7:33); Max Jeffery discusses the aims and tactics of the group responsible for the protest, Youth Demand (13:25…
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Send us a Text Message. Last week's Podcast (The Drug Dealer) received the most comments to date and it wasn't about the title, the feedback about the medication and its side effects were amazing and we will be looking at Patrick's drugs and side effects in a future episode. Today we are pleased to commence our Summer guest list with our first gues…
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This week: Matthew Parris questions what's left to say about the Tories (00:57), Laurie Graham discusses her struggle to see a GP (07:35), Rachel Johnson makes the case against women only clubs (13:38), Laura Gascoigne tells us the truth about Caravaggio's last painting (19:21) and Angus Colwell reads his notes on wild garlic (28:58). Produced by O…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 29 We start the week with Martin and Patrick's date night and a trip to the Theatre to see UK Comedy Legend and TV personality Jimmy Tarbuck (Tarby), how did that go? John Alfred Tinniswood is the oldest living man today at 111 years born the year the Titanic sank, we find out what his tips are on a long and healthy …
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale suggests that the London mayoral race could be closer than we think (1:02); Madeleine Teahan argues that babies with down’s syndrome have a right to be born (6:15); Tanya Gold reports from Jerusalem as Israel’s war enters its seventh month (12:32); and William Moore reveals what he has in common with K…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 26 It's been over 6 months now since the first released episode of "Who's Tom & Dick" where has that time gone. Today Episode 27 represents the start of our second half of the year. We look back at Easter and how we celebrate this with our family, a difficult time of the year for Patrick in particular given his love …
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This week: Sophie Winkleman tells us why she's fighting to ban smartphones for children (01:01), Svitlana Morenets details how Ukraine plans to revive its birthrate (05:52), Candida Crewe laments the blight that is UHT milk (12:41), and Ysenda Maxtone Graham mourns the loss of the St John's Voices choir (22:43).…
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Send us a Text Message. Martin & Patrick discuss; It's Easter (Good Friday) and chocolate is in the air (or is it) as we buy Easter Eggs across the world, how do you eat your "Cadbury's Cream Eggs" (other brands are available). It's a hard time of the year for Patrick as his Easter Egg count has come down considerably since discovering his Heart Di…
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This week: Richard Madeley reads his diary (01:06), Kate Andrews describes how Kate-gate gripped America (06:18), Lloyd Evans warns against meddling with Shakespeare (11:38), Sam McPhail details how Cruyff changed modern football (18:17), and Graeme Thomson reads his interview with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera (25:23). Produced and presented by Osca…
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Send us a Text Message. Martin & Patrick Chat, Martin is currently battling with Stage 4 Lung cancer and is on a very new trial drug called Lorlatinib (details will be posted in our blog). Following Martin's recent CT (Computed Tomography) Scan completed two weeks ago are in, we discuss the findings and Martins's reaction to the results. We discuss…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: William Moore questions if the Church of England is about the apologise for Christianity (1:19); Sean Thomas recounts his experience taking ayahuasca in Colombia (8:13); Matt Ridley argues that private landowners make better conservationists (16:40); Lionel Shriver warns against pathological niceness in the debate…
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Send us a Text Message. Martin & Patrick Chat, Today I'ts all about Patrick. We have listened to Martin tell us all about his Cancer in recent episodes but Martin thought that "St Patrick's Day" is tomorrow (March 16th, 2024) there is not a better time to talk to Patrick. Patrick openly and honestly talks today about the timeline of his two heart a…
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Our Mission Specialist for this episode is Patrick Grubbs, who recently completed a Professional Science Master's degree in Controlled Environment Agriculture at the University of Arizona. Patrick is one of the people behind the Space Ecology Workshop, an annual virtual symposium on bioregenerative life support, space agriculture, closed ecological…
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Send us a Text Message. Martin & Patrick Chat What makes up a Normal day? Listen to Martin as he tells us what a normal day consists of as he continues with his Stage four lung cancer from the alarm clock to bedtime with his wife Lynnie. The photo shoot, Patrick and Martin tell us all about the Photoshoot with Cancer Research UK as they Launch "Run…
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Lukas Degutis reports from Riga, exploring Latvia’s policy of expelling Russian speakers (01:16); Ysenda Maxtone Graham explains why she believes applause has no place at a funeral (10:03); paying homage to Christopher Gunning, Richard Bratby argues that composers of ads, film soundtracks and TV theme tunes should…
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Send us a Text Message. Following the recent success of "More than Mate's, Martin and Patrick have a good old chinwag and catch up on the past couple of weeks. The recent Star in the Chair Joe Pasquale, our first celebrity, and how was it interviewing the legend of comedy in Martin's Kitchen our very own Studio? Martin tells us the update on his he…
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This week: Max Jeffery writes from Blackpool where he says you can see the welfare crisis at its worst (01:29); Lisa Haseldine reads her interview with the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, whose husband is languishing in a Siberian jail (06:26); Christopher Howse tells us about the ancient synagogue under threat from developers (13:02); Philip Hensher …
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Send us a Text Message. Well, Martin has been dreaming of this moment for a very long time, ever since we started the Podcast Martin aimed to interview a Celebrity. Today is the day Joe came into our Kitchen answered a few questions and provided us with some funny anecdotes, stories, and look into his hectic life in the bright lights of Show busine…
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On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Harry Mount reads his diary, in which he recounts a legendary face-off between Barry Humphries and John Lennon (00:45); Lara Prendergast gives her tips for male beauty (06:15); Owen Matthews reports from Kyiv about the Ukrainians' unbroken spirit (12:40); Catriona Olding writes on the importance of choosing how to…
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Send us a Text Message. We are taking a break from guests this week as Martin and Patrick take a breather. It's time for a little "mates taking" this we as Martin and Patrick take us through their lives meeting up for show business for the first time. The journey is quite a long one trying to keep down normal jobs whilst on the cusp of breaking int…
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This week: Svitlana Morenets takes us inside Ukraine's new plan for mass conscription (01:01); Paul Mason says that Labour is right to ditch its £28 billion green pledge (10:49); Robbie Mallett tells us about life as a scientist working in Antarctica (15:48); and Lloyd Evans reads his Life column (21:24). Produced and presented by Oscar Edmondson.…
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Send us a Text Message. This week Martin and Patrick have kindly been invited into the home of Karen Turner who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord, causing a wide range of potential symptoms, including problems with vision, arm or leg movement, sensation, or balance. It'…
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On this week’s episode, Lionel Shriver asks if Donald Trump can get a fair trial in America (00:39), Angus Colwell speaks to the Gen-Zers who would fight for Britain (08:25), Matthew Parris makes the case for assisted dying (13:15), Toby Young tells the story of the time he almost died on his gap year (20:43), and Harry Mount tells us about the gri…
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