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Rob Conlon & J. Dewey

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Hosts Rob Conlon and J. Dewey, two friends from New York's Hudson Valley, have a mutual love and appreciation for Better Homes & Gardens magazine. In this podcast, they pour drinks and spill the tea about what they really think about the latest issue. It's queer eye for the home decor magazine. If you’re a fan of witty banter about interior design magazines, LGBTQ issues, gardening, baking, parenting and home decor ...you may want to listen to something else. But if you’re the type who flips ...
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Hello, my little tea bags, It's lovely to see you all back and it's lovely to be back, myself. I bring to you, on this fine day, Greg Winfield. We had a lovely chat during the first week of my tour while I was in Bristol. It was as mad as it was funny and I can't wait for you to hear it. As ever, I forgot to ask you all to drop the show 5 stars and…
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Hello everybody, Welcome to this short ramble that's not a proper episode. This is coming out now to tell you all about my special, Si-Clops, which will be available on YouTube (or to buy, but listen in for that) as of 6pm (GMT) tomorrow. After 6pm tomorrow you can click HERE to watch it, or head to sideaves.com to see more. This is short and sweet…
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Hello Teaverybody ... No? Welcome back and apologies for yet another break, I do explain where I've been in the intro ... It's been a busy old time. But this week I have for you the absolutely delightful Matt Hoss, comedian, podcaster and promoter. We talk about all sorts from the psychology of comedy, to Matt's niche taste in tea, as well as my lo…
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Hello my lovely teaviants, I'm starting to get some level of regularity to when I'm posting episodes. Let's hope I can keep it up. This week I bring to you the delightful lad that is Ben Lund Conlon. A lovely comedian, tea enthusiast and Buffy nerd. We discuss all sorts from Harry Potter and our serf and terfdom, we discuss show namesm Steve Pretty…
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Welcome back, Tealings, Say hello to the wonderful Kathryn Mather, she's a great comedian and a lovely person and makes for a very fun chat. We talk all kinds of nonsense from genocide to love, relationships, happiness, dead birds and our zombie apocalypse plans. You can find her across social media as @KathMathCom and you can find all things podca…
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Hello all, Welcome back and apologies for my absence just as I was getting back into the swing of it. I had a malfunction with some recording hardware and it's taken them weeks to send me a replacement. Oh the joy. BUT, in this very funny episode I return with Kate McGann, a wonderful comedian and a very funny woman, indeed. We talk about all sorts…
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Hello everyone, We're back, this time it's an episode I recorded this year. Not just this year, but this week. What a fun episode it is, indeed. I talk to Rob Mulholland from the Dead Men Talking podcast about all sorts, from his new special, to the importance of comedians sharing each other's content, what he really wants for Christmas and his lov…
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Hello one and all, This is now the third time I'm trying to upload this episode, last night Podbean decided to delete it without telling me and my computer just crashed, so if it doesn't work this time then I'm just going to burn my laptop and nobody can hear it. Thank you all so much for downloading the last episode with Paul Schiernecker and for …
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Hello one and all, Thank you so much for returning after my unexpected hiatus. A number of extenuating circumstances contributed to the break, which I briefly mention in the intro, but rest assured, I also cover them in my new show, Best Thing Ever, which you can find dates for when I'm performing it either at sideaves.com or at linktr.ee/sideaves.…
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Hello everybody, There's been a bit of a gap, I know, but I'm coming back and I'm going to be regular, I've already got episodes recorded with author and improviser, Paul Schiernecker, and THE FIRST RETURNING GUEST Matthew Crosby off of Pappy's and the radio where he has a show with Ed Gamble on Radio X. I also have records lined up with some incre…
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Good day tea drinkers, I hope you're all well and thanks for downloading the podcast! This week I have for you comedian and movie star extraordinaire, Mike Sheer. It's a very fun and silly chat with a lovely pal and comedian. We talk about all sorts of nonsense and learn a surprising amount of things too. This is normally a conversation between 2 p…
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Hello my loves, Welcome back and thanks for joining me, what a couple of months it's been, trying to renovate my house before my baby comes. I'm still in the thick of it, but getting some podcasts in your ears where I can. I have a lovely chat with Markus Birdman, covering such fun subjects as having a stroke, eye surgery and how glasses make me fu…
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Hello, belated happy Christmas and a current happy new year, Welcome to this 50th episode, the Christmas 2021 episode (a bit late), with Rachel Creeger, comedian, podcaster, writer and director. It was as fun as it was fascinating to talk to Rachel. She's done a hell of a lot and been involved in some very interesting things and much more that she …
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Hello tea fans, Welcome back and I hope you're all very well, indeed! This episode I talk to Matt Green who you may have seen in an advert with Harvey Keitel, stealing Crunchy Nut Bites from customers in a supermarket or from one of my favourite TV shows, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place (he's also been in loads of other stuff, he's a very talented man,…
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Hello my lovely tea bags, I've had a bit of a hiatus, apologies, but I have been supremely busy, but I'm back now and ... Well, not better than ever, but just as good. This is a lovely episode with my good friend Rob Glenister, a computer game music composer and sound designer, as Wob Wob Rob, and occasional stand-up and improviser. It's a very fun…
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Hello one and all, I hope you're all very well, indeed on this lovely sunny day (or whatever the weather is like on the day that you read this). Welcome to this episode with Jake Pickford, a lovely comedian who I've known since the early days. A lovely guy and very funny to boot. We talk about some mad subjects such as starting cults (which we acci…
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Good day my loves and welcome to the episode. This week I have the wonderful comedian and co-host of the podcast Eyre-Leigh Doors, Pauline Eyre, who is NOT, apparently, the 'fictionary'™️ sister of Jane Eyre. Who knew. This week we talk about how she doesn't like tea and, upsettingly, doesn't drink any on the episode, we discuss her connection to R…
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Good day merry tea sippers, I hope this podcast finds you well. Please welcome to the stage, Harry Stachini, a great comedian and all round lovely bloke. We discuss all sorts, from some of the brilliantly terrible kids Harry works with to tangerines, prisoners of war and the documentary Harry's been wasting his time on, as well as a script he's wri…
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Hello one and all,----more----I present to you this week's guest, Lloyd Langford. If you don't know who Lloyd Langford is, then where have you been? He's been on go and check him out on YouTube immediately.----more----We talk bamboo boxers, Wikipedia editors, compulsive liars and we even talk about Edvard Munch. We talk about cocktails, impressing …
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Hello one and all,----more---- Welcome to this episode with award winning film-maker and stand-up comedian, Sezar Alkassab. I do hope you're all well. I've known Sezar for years and it was great to have him on for a chat.----more---- We discuss all sorts from bad audio in everything from podcasts to films, documenting our lives so we can remember i…
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Hello tea drinkers and podcast listeners alike, Here is Paul Pirie for you. What a wonderful man.----more----We talk about all sorts, from our similar t-shirts to the cess pit of social media, including martial arts ice cream and Irn Bru. It's an absolute treat.----more----Paul is one of my favourite comedians and a very funny man, indeed, so I'm v…
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Good day everybody!----more----I just had my Pfizer for breakfast, huzzah!----more----Welcome to this episode with Esther Manito, it's a seriously fun and silly episode and I know you'll all enjoy this chat where we talk about our household wildlife, including Esther's hamster and actors from the 90s and also how false widow spiders could be respon…
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Hello all, I hope you're well and enjoying the easing of lockdown. What an interesting time, indeed. ----more----Comedy is finally coming back, in some form at least. Hopefully you'll all be enjoying it in its fullest. Go and check out my newly renovated website at www.sideaves.com to see what sort of comedy I'm up to!----more----But about this pod…
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Bienvenue, mes petits amis du thé, That greeting will make more sense as you get into the podcast. In this episode my guest is the wonderful Yuriko Kotani. We have an incredibly fun chat in which we rewrite the way that all future Edinburgh Fringe shows will be written, we talk about speaking different languages and we get deeply philosophical in t…
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Hello Sexual Teaviants! (Too risque?) It's lovely to see you here, for this, my conversation with the lovely Julian Deane from off of the TV as well as his podcast TVI. Julian's a very funny man and puts up a great chat. We talk about all sorts from the nickname he has for his offspring to bleeding from the face for allegedly positive reasons. If y…
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Good day and welcome back, tea lovers. This episode I bring Maff Brown to your ears, from Mock The Week and his own stages of Outside The Box comedy clubs. It's a real cracker talking about comedy and the business in general, as well as people we've witnessed losing their minds during lockdown and how that's affecting careers. I also do an impressi…
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Welcome tea fans, This week I bring to your ears Paul Savage, comedian and cartoonist. We talk about living on a boat, benign violation, the best way to deliver a serious show, meerkats and books for women. I also get a brand new Teamergency question out of the episode. Don't forget that if you want to support the podcasy and help keep it running a…
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Hello tea drinkers and comedy lovers alike, Welcome back to the podcast for the first episode of 2021, listen in to see where I've been. Jon Long is my guest this week and we are having a lovely chat, indeed. Jon is one of the first people I ever met in comedy and it's been lovely to watch his journey to see him become the comedian he is today, so …
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Good teavening (I'm not apologising for that) Welcome to episode 34, thanks for joining us. No, it's not 3 of us, it's myself and Alexis Dubus, who many people may know as his character, Marcel Lucont. We have a lovely, funny and silly chat covering all sorts, including a brand new teamergency question, tardigrades and being in Red Dwarf with Kevin…
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This is it, folks! Could Be Better is winding to a close after three years. In this bonus episode, Rob and J. say farewell, reminisce about some favorite moments, and share their final advice on home decor. Who will deride all-white interiors and Magnolia now? Who knows but we are sure someone will. Thanks to the thousands who have tuned in over th…
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Good afternoon, my lovers. I hope this podcast finds you well. This week I had Fiona Ridgewell "in" for a chat. She tells me about her time in the ring and its similarities to stand-up, including paying her school bully to get people to punch her in the face. We also talk about working during the lockdown and her want for a garden in case of anothe…
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In our final regular episode, we are all about Christmas. And spending all your remaining moments between now and Christmas crafting your handmade decor. At least, that’s what the magazine seems to be saying. No more worries about free time or boredom! You won’t have a moment to spare. Whether you go mad for plaid, feel fine with pine, or you’re do…
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Greeting Teatings(? I don't know, it's been a long week) Welcome to the 32nd episode with Ignacio Lopez. It's an absolute laugh with some really great stories and generally a lovely way to meet someone for the first time. He's got plenty going on online, including online gigs that he's hosting and I'm sure even more that he's doing, so head over to…
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Good morrow, merry Teavians. Welcome to this episode with Matthew Crosby, it's a ruddy good one. I have some (loads of them) technical difficulties, which I do get ironed out in the end, but my word, I felt sick for a moment. Anyway, it all worked out as Matthew was very generous with his time and we got on famously and, I suspect could have talked…
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Good day, my lovely tea leaves. I'm absolutely delighted to bring you this chat with Luke Branch of Asylums and Cool Thing Records. It's loads of fun, has loads of insight and loads of nonsense. You'll love it. Come and find out what Luke wears in the summer and what he dips in his tea. It's bizarre. Also find out which part of him he'd most like t…
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It’s November again, Thanksgiving (arguably the best holiday for food of the year) is approaching, and you’re wondering what design trend to highlight on your family table. Spoiler alert: it’s dowdiness. How to turn a negative into a positive? Pretend it’s cool! You could also throwback things (like the Throwback feature, which is back, sorta) to a…
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Hello my little tea cups. I hope you've all been well during my unanticipated hiatus. I've had surgeries and writing work and all sorts, but I'm back and I bring to you Josh James. It's both a very fun and lovely chat, we talk about Essex, families and his handsome friend. It's nice to be back and nice to have exciting guests to announce, which you…
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For our October 2020 episode, we go full-on Halloween and revel in the autumnal palettes of the season. We sip apple cider-based cocktails and gush over the “not too spooky” handmade projects in the October issue of Better Homes and Gardens–and, shocker, J. admits to liking these crafts! There are very few tags for hate, so the editors either did a…
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Hello my loves, Thanks for joining me on my chat with the very lovely and very funny Nathan Caton. It's classic Tea Party content, a great chat, some good insight into Nathan's life, comedy and preferences on tea. We get to learn about which Ninja Turtle we'd like to date our daughters, what jumped over the moon, what happens when his agent fails h…
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Welcome to a special episode of Could Be Better! In the September issue of Better Homes and Gardens, they featured rainbow-hued items as a trend in decor. (A little late for Pride month, but whatev.) That led us to a discussion about Pride flags, and the current debate between the traditional six-color Pride flag and more inclusive versions–the Phi…
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September is here, if you can believe it! In this month's episode, we discuss how the magazine celebrates gay pride a few months late, railroad stripes, and how to project joy throughout your life. It may have been PROject joy in the mag but we've turned it into ProJECT Joy. Which we kind of fail at by lamenting more white walls and even (maybe) ha…
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Hello, my lovely tea lights. I hope you're all well. I've been slow bringing this one out because I've had to take on a temp job so that I'm allowed to keep living in my house, but we're here now and the wait was worth it, because what an episode! Rich Wilson is an absolute power house of comedy and one of the nicest guys in the industry. We have a…
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It’s August 2020 and we’re back with another fact-filled episode of Could Be Better! Do you know what the watermelon emoji means? Do you know what color makes Rob go ga-ga for paint can lids? Can you guess what culinary tip J. has been keeping from Rob for years? What is the kids’ favorite song and parents’ least-favorite song? Find out the answers…
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Hello hot drinks fans, What an absolute pleasure it is to bring you this episode with Joz Norris. A truly lovely and very funny man. We talk about oast houses, the garden of England, Red Hot Reckless Rod, bike riding in London, going to school with the offspring of tea magnates and Bugsy Malone. As well as finding out his opinions on farts. It's no…
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Hello my little tea bags, How the devil are you? Well, I hope. I have for your delectation a very fun episode, indeed, with the lovely Brennan Reece, who you may have seen in such shows/films as Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show Roast Battle, Three In A Bed, SoulBoy, but who you will never see in The Vessel. Brennan teaches me about Peng…
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It’s a summer surprise: not one but TWO episodes of Could Be Better! In Part Two of our July 2020 episode, we talk with award-winning interior designer, real estate expert and podcast host Paul Trudel-Payne. He hosts the awesome In Your Mind podcast, which we’ll be on in a few weeks. We review a section of the July 2020 issue of Better Homes and Ga…
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It's July, it's summertime, and after months of quarantine/shelter in place/safer at home you deserve a little treat--so we're bringing you TWO episodes for July. In Part One, we do our usual schtick and go through the magazine offering up our unsolicited opinions (spoiler alert: there are tags for hate and tags for love). In Part Two, hear our con…
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Greetings tea... people? Teaple? In episode 24 I talk to El Baldiniho (Jason Mannion), possibly my first guest to have had Coronavirus, who you can see in action by clicking here. We discuss writing, prison tea, Darjeeling. I learn what a "tea belly" is and have no idea how Jason is still alive with the amount of tea he drinks. Go and check out his…
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This month is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and it’s “How To Decorate Your Patio” time again! Despite the pandemic and protest marches, we are still here doing what we do: obsessing over a home shelter/food/crafting magazine as if it were the end-all, be-all of American experience. But we know we are not saving the world, and that this is all just design. If…
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Greetings all, In this episode I talk to stand-up, actor and as I also learnt, improviser, Rosie Holt. It's a truly amusing episode and we laugh a lot. We discuss writing, performing and dating while in lockdown and how Rosie's not doing much of any of those. We also talk about Rosie's favourite sexist tea, which leads to some hilarious, but questi…
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