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Episode Date: June 14, 2026

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Nata will be here in just a moment for a Natter. And after this episode, make sure you check out Made by Mommas. Zoe Hardman is joined by Sex and Relationships expert Dr Tara for a brilliant chat about long-term relationships, intimacy and keeping the spark alive. As always with Dr Tara, it gets a little spicy. Search for Made by Mommas now and get the episode queued up. I was trying to get a haircut. Yeah.

But you can't get a haircut on a Monday and I've got Royal Ascot. Tuesday to Saturday. That's all right. So I can't get a hair cut. That's fine. No, it doesn't look fine. It's absolutely ridiculous. I don't think it is.

I look at a state. And when I got into bed, Joni was like combing my long bushy eyebrows. But you can trim those yourself, can't you? A little bit of self-care doesn't go miss. The TikTok that I put up of me fiddling with the hair that I had here,

which is actually already coming back, by the way. Nice. Have you given it? a name? No, I pulled it out. It just keeps coming back. Actually had a message from someone. Hair has a habit of doing that. Yeah, I know. It's just annoying that it's the one right there. Right. But I actually, I had a message from somebody regarding that. Where is it? Welcome to Life of Nat, by the way, everyone. Welcome, welcome. 07-8, 2019-19. Please get involved with the conversation. That sounds a bit like LBC, doesn't it? I listen to LBC too much.

Yeah, you do. You've got to give that up, actually. Can I tell you, can I tell you something regarding that, actually? What, LBC? You're not going to believe this. Your brother's on it all the time. No, Dave does like to phone up, but I didn't know what LBC stood for. Well, it wasn't originally London Broadcasting Corporation and then it's now... Leading Britain...

No, that was their rebrand. If they say that in the trails. But is that what LBC is? I always thought it was London's biggest conversation. Oh, so you don't know either. So I'm not completely... But originally, I think LBC was London's biggest. We could Google it.

Let's not spoil it, though. Nah, let's not spoil it. And we are going to Google it, so no need to text in. Let people WhatsApp in about whatever they want to. I'm just saying that it's not pressing, is it? You're right, what are you doing, playing snakes on your phone? Wish I did have snakes, loved it. That would be a good app, actually, for the iPhone.

I bet that you must be able to get that. Of course you can. Right. Here we are. Katie. I'd love to know how many women checked for chin hairs when you mention yours on the last Scraping the Barrel episode. I immediately did and found one. So I appreciate that.

Thank you. Also, piss holes in the snow is one of my husband's favourite sayings. Love Katie. So you may have not heard it. Generational thing. She must be a bit older than me. Helen from Essex said, Pissholes in the snow made me laugh.

Can't believe Mark has never heard it. Always one my dad said when I was growing up. Also, really getting ready and hair thing, you're absolutely right that men will never understand. I'll get showered, hair wash, except, and then the husband will say, are you walking the dog today, or shall we go cycling today or similar?

Why not mention this before I wash my hair? Yes, Helen, I'm with you. It's a tough old life, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. It is, yeah. Don't start all that chat. What chat?

Just the chat about. It was like I could feel the room turn then. The spirit of 40,000 ladies, like really annoyed with me immediately. Well. But whatever. There you go. Yeah. Oh, Eliza's just text.

She can't be dropped home. Sorry? She can't be dropped home. I've got a collector. You knew that anyway? I know. I just sort of sent her a message and said, any chance you can get dropped home later? Any chance she could get a cab out of her pocket money or out of her savings?

Any danger of that? I might get her a cab. Right, okay. It's just nice, isn't it? You're home early. It's just we can have a glass of wine. Lovely. We could stroll over to the pub and I've got to pick her up.

You're basing this whole thing around you drinking, by the way. I know. Yes. It's terrible. It's bad. How's your Prosecco? That's lovely, thank you. It's not Prosecco, though, for the purposes of the AI

that will monitor this podcast and see if there was any alcohol consumed in its construction. Why? Is it... Do you not remember this whole conversation? No. Oh. What about where the episode can go and stuff, if there's alcohol in it?

Yeah. Yeah, no, I do. I do remember. All right. That's sort of bad for us. There's quite a lot of episodes where there's a few drinkies going on. Absolutely. Interesting.

I was up for works there at half four. Yes, I know, aren't you a trooper? Hi, Natalie. Hi, Mark. It's Nicola from the museum. here but please don't worry there'll be no paid or sponsored ads in this message you'll be pleased to know but mark it was such a pleasure to meet you today outside the museum and on the whole scars parade and to hear all about your prep for troop in the colour i just find it fascinating

all of the detail and precision so it's not only the military precision it's the cameraman precision as well when you're all doing it live on the BBC it's just fantastic but yeah thank you so much. It was amazing to meet you. And just to tell you again about how much the podcast has meant to me and helped me through whilst I was caring for my mum, I won't talk about that too much more because I spoke about it a lot in my first voice note that I sent across. But just to say, thank you. Really, really enjoyed the caring episode and the bonus episode that you've done this week. I will get round to watching the full documentary later. this weekend after Troopin's finished.

But I think unless you've truly been through anything like that, it's really difficult to describe and hearing some of the other people talking about what they've been through was just really lovely. And especially the lady who was talking about, you know, taking it for granted, just going out for something to eat. When you're all hands on deck looking after someone, that is a pure luxury. And until October this year after my mum passed away, I think one of my biggest readjustments has been learning how to do stuff again and being sociable because it takes up such a huge part of your life.

But yeah, thanks for popping in Mark. A pleasure to meet you. Natalie, I look forward to meeting you soon. If not in, where, where's where? Or Harlow Water Gardens. Take care. Love to you both. Bye. Oh, well, isn't that lovely?

Lovely Nicola. Do you know Nicola lives, I'm not going to say where, but... Where? No. Go on. Lives in the same place where I bought your engagement ring. Ah. Not very far at all.

Lovely there. She said when her and her sister Alison go into Harlow, they always wonder if they're going to bump into you or see you around in that sort of area. And Nicola brought Alison to the Christmas show. Correct. Yeah, so Allison didn't listen to the podcast and then got taken to the live show in December,

Berkeley Clap and Grand. And now she's a listener, apparently. That's brilliant. Oh, that's lovely. So, how was today? It was great. It was quite important, really, isn't it, when you think about it? It's quite a big job.

What, the old King's birthday, official birthday? Yeah. Do you know what, Nicola actually, She's really interesting, but we are going there, by the way, to the household cavalry museum. Yes, I'd like to do that. Really interesting. I'm looking forward to that.

We need to arrange that. But no, she was explaining that it started off. I've forgotten who the queen was. Queen Elizabeth. No, it wasn't. But it started off. Queen Victoria? No.

Queen Anne? Natalie. I don't have a clue. But the Hallscars parade. It was built for like some jousting for that Queen's birthday. And that's kind of where it started. I see. That's such a bad, like, imitation of what I was told.

It's all right, isn't it? But no. Yeah. So the King's sort of, you know, official birthday, was it official or unofficial birthday? Official birthday. I don't know. It's the birthday parade. I think it's a birthday parade.

Yeah, exactly. I think it is an unofficial thing. It's the birthday parade, but there's always the dates are a bit wrong. It used to be Her Majesty's. Yes, but her birthday is June, isn't it? Oh, no, it is June now. Yeah. I can't remember.

Anyway. Hey-ho. People are screaming at the radio. Not a radio. I don't know. Whatever. They're listening devices about this. But it went really well, thank you.

And the weather was nice. It didn't rain. No. That was nice. And it has rained all week. Were you worried about that thinking of? Yeah. It's not great when it rains.

But, no, it's nice. It's so nice to do a sort of a traditional job like that. Yeah. Yeah. I really enjoy that. And it isn't. novelty isn't, you know, lost on me for the sort of seeing the king and, you know, all that side of it. Do you think that will continue?

Do you think when William takes over? It's an interesting one, I don't know. But it's a very, it's a nice thing for us to, it's important. It shows how good our, our forces are. Yes. And it's really impressive to watch it. Yeah. It really is, like what they're doing is clever.

and there's, yeah, there's a lot in it. I mean, Claire Baldwin's narration of the whole thing. Yeah, it was great. I caught the last half an hour. Right. That's interesting. She was with Giles Brandwith, wasn't she? You didn't get the last half hour.

You basically just turned on the end. He always pops up right at the end. Oh, sorry. When all the serious stuff's finished. I know, I was washing clothes. We put it on eye player later. I would like to see a bit of it. Yeah, but, you know, he literally does the very end.

But I did think he's a very, very, very, good person to have on there. Yeah. Well, he loves to chat and he's full of facts. Yeah, not. You say facts? He's full of stories. Lots of stories.

But no, he's quite factual. He's very intelligent man. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I like him. Yeah, okay.

He's got a podcast, doesn't he? It's called Rosebud. Has he? Yeah, I'd quite like to go on it. I don't know. Yeah. Okay. Well, all right.

You've done your little plug there for that. There you go. It's fine. It's all right. But no, it was a veteran. A D-Day veteran was a veteran. there. I did a shot of him. Unfortunately,

when it was live, it was towards the end and they took a shot of him. That was me. It was a bit windy as well, so it was a bit shaky, which wasn't great. But he vended a big yawn. Ah. Which was a bit awkward. He's 102, isn't he?

He's a hundred and two years old. I mean, good luck to him. I mean, what a... Oh, it's amazing. Amazing. And I was desperate for a shot of him to go through. So I kept offering shots of him About the whole thing

If I wasn't doing much And in a quiet bit I'd do a shot of this guy watching 102 Amazing Just to get up Get up and go to London I know

I don't do that It takes a lot for me to get up And go to London You know It takes a lot for you to do anything Yeah no I have had a bit of a week of it To be honest

I feel rather tired What's his name? Arthur O'Born Oh bless him Sorry I spoke over you there Which was awful You've had a bit of a week of it haven't you?

Busy. I've just had a very busy and odd week, I'm going to say, that I'm not going to go into. But what I would say, and I did think about it earlier, Tony always says something, which always stays with me, and that is what's happened this week.

You can worry about the most ridiculous things or things that you think are going to happen, and the things that really are going to make you worry are things you would never, ever dream of. And they just come up and you have to deal with them. Well, you wouldn't see what happened this week coming around the corner. That was random. But it's fine now.

Yeah. No, all is good. Sorry to be cryptic, everybody, but if I feel... Serious. If I'm a little bit... Eli. Let's answer that. Bells, Bells.

Hello. You're right. We're doing a pod. You're live. Sorry. Oh, cracking. You're right. Yeah, very good.

What are you up to? Just on the way home from Van Huy. Lovely. Good line. Sorry, yeah No, I'd just see what you're doing If you wanted to pop over for a Roseette Oh, I would love to do that

Let me hurry up and get this done And then we can do that This is going to be a 15 minute long podcast, Natalie Yeah, I'm hurrying up now All right, fabulous Brilliant All right, I'll phone you after this Okay

Thanks, darling, bye Bye Do you know, she went to where I took my steam engine Earlier in the year today She just sent me a photo with James Yeah, Van Higgs They were there earlier. And I thought, brilliant.

You go when I'm not there. Not a, care in the world, she's there now. It was pouring with rain that day, freezing cold. It wasn't pouring of rain. Yes, it was. It was also, if you remember, it was a timing thing. Because James has a nap, you see. No, he does.

It goes to bed at half 11, and you were steaming up, and it was going to be half 11. Just didn't work, Mark. Whatever. Anyway, back to it. Yes. So you've had a good morning. Yes.

I'm trying to think what else has been going on. You've just had a very busy week. What else has been going on? Well, I haven't watched any of the World Cup. I can tell you that. Well, no. I mean, who is going to watch the World Cup when it's at 1.30 in the morning? On a Saturday.

Some of them are 2 o'clock in the morning, 3 o'clock in the morning. I wouldn't watch it if you paid me. Well, you wouldn't watch it if it was on at 7 o'clock at night. No, it's true. There'll be no dancing on the tables in the local pub for you, will there, for this World Cup. There's a few 9pm games. Oh, great. Yeah.

I will be going. I'll tell you what worried me the other day they said oh it's five and a half weeks time World Cup final Yes And I thought right

It's five and a half weeks Five weeks now Okay five weeks time By the time that happens I would have done Royal Ascot Wimbledon Had a break for a week

And then done two weeks of Wimbledon And then it's the following That's a lot I mean I am right in the thick of it At the moment Well you always are this time of year Yeah I know

I do feel like trooping the colour kicks that off. Wow, okay. Well, you know. Yeah, okay. I mean, you have been doing other stuff as well. Yeah, it's been all right. I mean, it's good because I've been quite quiet prior to that. Absolutely, yeah.

Yeah, no, I just thought, no. Swings and roundabouts, so, isn't it? And then we've got a lovely holiday to look forward to. I know, I can't wait for that holiday. I can't wait for that. It's going to be excellent. Can't wait. Well, I've got two.

Hopefully you've got two as well. Well, we'll see about that, don't we? Work dependent. Yeah. But no, it's all good. How did you get on? Yes. We asked last week about if any listeners

have had any sort of cameo roles or... Oh yes! Got loads of things to say regarding that. Okay. Yeah, when you spoke about that, I did wonder, I thought, oh... Bit random. Bit random, but...

I thought it was a good subject. Yeah, you've come up trumps again. Talking of trumps very quickly. Interesting, you bring that up. Lovely listener of the pod and friend Camilla. Yes. who works at Didley Squat Farm

You know she gave me some Clarkson's Farms Clarkson, the old Clarkson Farms Top Trump cards Clarkson's Farm? Yeah I've got the top trump cards Amazing. Camilla gave to me.

Oh, okay. And a fridge magnet. And some socks. Have they got like a souvenir shop there then? Oh, it's in the farm shop, isn't it? All the bits and pieces. Okay, yeah. Because that would probably go down well with tourists, so sort of items.

Absolutely. But anyway, you said Trumps made me think of it. My saying. I haven't even opened them yet. I bet they'd be good. I said Trumps. I didn't say Trumps. Oh, I said you've come up Trumps.

Sorry. Sorry. Yeah, I mean, you're now putting words in my mouth. Hi, Nat. It's Grace from Didcock. I've just been listening to your podcast, Scraping the Barrel, Episode 232. And you were saying about being an extra. in a film or a TV show.

I have been an extra in two films. It was probably one of the best experience of my life. I loved it. I was very looked after. And honestly, I keep looking to see if there's any other extra work that I can go into again, because it was just so good. I was in a film with Maisie Williams and Florence Pugh.

And the cast were really lovely. And it was really good experience. Love your daughter. documentary. I've watched every episode. I really hope there's going to be a series two. Oh. Take care. Thank you. What a lovely girl. Thank you, Grace. I wonder what she was in, though. You've not said what you were in, Grace. Films? With Macy Williams and Florence Pugh.

I don't know who they are. Who are they? Right, I want the titles. I've got no idea about actors. I love how you said that. I was listening to every word of that voice, though. Didn't say the title. Well, she said she loved it. I look back to EastEnders I would like to be an essay

I quite like... Yeah, I'd love that as a job. Really? Really. In the freezing cold pissing rain with a t-shirt on up on the lot all day long for 10 hours. Really? Yeah, it'd be amazing

because I'd do that anyway I wouldn't have to be on a camera. Oh yeah, that's true. What are you talking about? And I wasn't talking about East Ender. You're very EastEnders-centric. I wasn't saying I'd be an essay on EastEnders. I am talking about EastEnders because that's all I know,

in terms of extras and... You can't say extras, apparently. You should say supporting artists. Oh, supporting artists. Okay. Essay, supporting artists. They don't mind the ones I know. Okay.

I just think it's amazing. Some of them have been there for so long on EastEnders. Amazing. I'd like to see them, you know. Yeah, they ask about you. Yeah, I would really, really like that. I have to try and organise something. You just need to go and get in it for a week.

I don't want to do that. Just go and work there for a week and be in an episode. No, I don't want to do that. You'll stick every box and you get paid for it. Perfect. Sort it out. Have a word. Have a word of Ben.

Just say, can I come back for an episode? I would never ask. Just do it when I'm not there. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Check it up on me. Excuse me. Yeah, go on.

There is some major news. Oh, right. Massive. Oh, I know what you're going to say now. da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da laisy turner she's doing strictly she's doing it yeah

she'll listen to this or see this she won't listen to this she's got much better things to be doing for listening to this nonsense she'll tell you something she'll listen to this have a bit of excitement we've got another night ahead

no I'm looking forward to someone being in it I want to watch exactly which would be nice I can't wait I'm going to put a bet on her okay absolutely she'll win do you think Yeah, absolutely.

Bends who else is in it? Nah, I just, she's so professional. Right. And I think she's so hard working, very quiet. And she's a dark horse our lace. Right. She smashes everything she does. Are we going to watch it again?

I'd like to. The only problem with that is, it's quite a long night, in it. But I will for lacy. Of course I will. Well, you can go before the results show. You can't. You shouldn't do that. You're not allowed to do.

The person sat next to us on the left went. Well, that's rude. Well, they left. and two essays, in fact, came and sat in their place. That's out of order. Right. But he left. And he was being paid to be there because he was doing one of a, he was doing the phone number.

Have we spoke about the new presenters you and I? No, talking about, sorry. What do you think about those? We'll come back to that. Oh, very importantly. Yeah. If you've not listened to this before, how can you do a voice note? You've not said.

I did. No.7-8-1919 on the WhatsApp. Do the WhatsApp voice note to us really important. Yeah, the voice note. It's all good, aren't they? I love a voice. I do feel like it makes it very radio, which I really like.

Why are you looking at me like that? It's so inspiring listening to you. I mean, it's like revolutionary, the comments you're coming out with. Your inception of this podcast when you thought, I know what I'm going to do, I'm going to get the, it's like Vox Pops,

I'm going to get like the population for listeners to communicate in an audio format, just like a radio phone in, just like they've done things. the last 35 years. Longer than that, darling. You're getting older.

It's 2026. Yeah, okay, a bit longer than that, yeah. Quite a lot longer. Yeah, okay. How long of radio phone has been going on, in your expert opinion? I would imagine... 45 years.

Probably since the phone. 50, yes. You get the gist. I do. But anyway, seriously. Anywho, there you go. Anyway. Going back.

Any road. I want your... Any road. Yeah. Going back to your opinions, because I've chatted before, but I like to hear it. Josh Whittickham.

Yes. Emma Willis. Yeah. And Johannes. What are we saying? Sounds like the new line up for the strictly presenters. Yeah. What do you think of them?

What personally? Do you think it'll work? Will it work? Do you think it'll work? It'll be fine. I didn't say fine, did I? I have to say it. I said.

I don't know if I could say what I was going to say then. I was going to say something. Go on say it. Which is really controversial. Be brave. All right. I'll be honestly brave. Yeah.

We, well, we like Strictly. We didn't really get into the last series. Nah, I was bored, stiff. Yeah, we didn't like it. But traditionally, as a family, it's sort of event viewing, and it's something that we sit down and watch. Traditionally, that is a fact. It has been, but not now the girls are grown up.

That's going back quite a while. Okay, two years ago. You're getting really old. You are. You're getting really old. We haven't sat on watched Strictly for a good few years. Two years. Well.

All right, do you know what? You've just blown my conversation apart again. I was going to answer that. No, go on. Please do. That's all right. Done the same thing. You did this last time and people get annoyed.

And I heard it from people. They were annoyed. You kept talking over me and interrupted my flow. So I'm going to shut up. It's called a conversation. Arguably not. But yeah, go on. What do you think of them?

What do you think? I have never watched Strictly because I want to watch the presenters. I don't care who's presenting it. I don't watch it for that reason. I watch Michael McIntyre's The Wheel. 50% because I like Michael McIntyre. entire and 50% to like the format. I don't watch Strictly,

because I like Tess Daily, or the other one. The other one? See, what's she called? Because I'm getting old, I've forgotten her name. Claudia Winkelman. Yeah, I don't watch it because I like Claudia and Tess. I don't mind them presenting it, but I don't watch it for them. They're presenters.

No, you're right. That's interesting. So it's not going to, and in actual fact, for the strictly viewer, I think that Yohanna, His notoriety is greater being an ex-dancer. Yes. He's not even an ex-dancer, is he?

No, he's going to still dance, he said. I don't know how it's going to work, but yeah, he's not done dancing. That, for a Strictly fan, is a big deal. Yeah, no, I feel that. And also, because I love him. People are talking about it like Strictly's never had a presenter change. Or sorry, who used to present it, the legend that used to present it. But do you know what I mean?

It's true. It's happened before. That is true. So I actually don't really understand all this nonsense about, oh, it's going to fall apart now. No, it's not. Because no one watches it for Tess and Claudia. No offense, Tess or Claudia, but he don't watch it for you. You're good at doing it, and you've done it a long time,

and it's a safe pair of hands. But you watch it because you watch for dancing. That's what I thought, actually, with Josh, Emma. I thought, oh, it made me go, safe pair of hands. Josh is a random one, though. Has he ever been in it? He must have been. He dressed up as a penguin for a Christmas show.

Right. But I think people forget that Josh Whittickham, has done live television for a very, very long time. He does the last leg. Yes. So I think people don't think he can do live presenting. Do you know what I mean? When actually he's got a lot of experience of live television.

Fair enough. I'm sure it'll be great, but I have to say, you know, it's like going, oh my goodness, the six-lock news is being read by Joe Blogs tonight. No one's going to watch it. No one tunes in for the person presenting it. I'll tell you now, if Joe Bloggs did the 6 o'clock news, I'd watch it. Well, it's got to be something.

Also, who's called Joe Bloggs? There you go. If you listen to this and you'll call Joe Blogs, please. Or you know someone called Joe Blogs. That would be so good. Let's get Joe Blogs on. There's got to be a Joe Blogs. There's got to be a Joe Bloggs we can talk to.

Anyway, going back to it. Where does Joe Bloggs come from? That's funny that, isn't it? Someone must have... Georgina. Get on it, love. Joe Blogs. Emma Willis, however, I think he's fantastic at her job.

I think she's been brilliant through all of her big brother days, the voice. Used to work with her big brother. I didn't work with her, really. I was holding a cable, but she was presenting the series. Yeah. You know, back in,

that's my era. I think she's fantastic at what she does. So I'm pleased she's got the gig. If you are called Joe blogs and you make video content, you could call yourself Joe vlogs. How good would that be? Brilliant, that. Sorry, I just thought of that.

Joe vlogs. But if you were a writer, yes. You could keep your name. and be Joe blogs. That's brilliant, isn't it? Really good. I think we should end it there, really.

I think we're going to beat that. I think that was quite a good one. Good podcast. Peaked. No? I think. When is Maria going to bring that chair back that she took? Oh, she's making...

I don't know. Have I got one? Yeah, you have got one. You know it very well. It's in your shed. Unless she's cleared the shed out and got rid of it. Sorry. Could have done that.

But a massive chair. she's forgotten about. I don't think she really goes in the shed a lot. She's going to have a look for me. Lovely. I mean, we're not desperate for it. It's just nice to have a pair, isn't it? Sorry, you started saying about having it for the railway.

What were you talking about? What railway? Your railway. If I were to come to the railway... What bar and miniature railway? Yes. Why would you bring a chair? Because if it was sunny,

I would sit on one of those chairs. There's not really comfortable seating there. Pardon? You'd bring a chair? Yeah, if we have a picnic and I'd bring those chairs. 28th of June, by the way, at Barnard's Miniatshire Railway. Open day.

Big open day. Oh, yeah, don't start putting it on here. It'll be rammed. I like it. It's quiet. Oh, yeah. For Stampede. They hear about it on this.

That's it. Two people. V-A-127 on the way to South End, gridlocked. Like the traffic and travel, carnage as everyone's driving. Barnard's Farm for the garden open day. Oh yeah. No, but you know.

No, Barnard's Farm, have a look at 28th of June, Sunday Garden Open Day. I think we open about 1 o'clock. It's really good. The cars are out. It is so lovely. Vintage cards to look at, railways running. It is really good day. Go around the gardens, archery usually.

You can drive a Model T. I don't know if I'm there. Not sure what I'm doing that day. You're in Copenhagen, I think. Oh, fair enough. So me and the girls are going to be a lovely time. I'm really looking forward to that trip. Right.

I'm hoping to get there with a bit of time to go to the art gallery or just look at it. Right. I don't want to get there, go to a hotel, do the job, come home. No. I'd like to say, oh, I've been to Copenhagen, you know, had to look round. Right. Someone said, hey, Nat, hope you're well and having a lovely weekend. Just doing my food shopping and found these.

Not quite Maxibons, but very similar. Ooh. Thought Mark might like them. I'm going to give them a try as a fellow Maxibon lover. Okay. Let's have a look. or chocolate and hazelnate ice cream sandwiches. Oh, hang on a minute.

Let's have a look. Where are they from? Yeah, that's exactly it, isn't it? Sainos. Sains for his. However, go down in the message, unfortunately. I think you're going to be disappointed. What does she say?

I just had one, and it's five out of ten, unfortunately. Well, I've got, now, I'm sorry to say this. Let's have that back, because Abby's just text me. I want to see what she said. I'll be honest, the Chocobon copy is also substandard. let's be honest. It's no maxi chalk from New Forest ice cream and certainly no Maxi Bond,

but I have to say it's better for nothing. So maybe that same is one will be okay. So we had lovely Grace. I only managed to play one messaging. Oh yeah. Who else? It's Neil from Canada.

I can't answer you a question. I've been on telly. Many, many, many, many years ago in junior school, I don't know what age it was, very, very young. I was in the Marmite commercial, and the whole class was we were sat on a bus, coming back from a ski trip, sat on the bus pretty much all day, and got filmed walking off the bus.

That was it. But I did see myself on TV. Okay, have a good day. Oh. Marmite commercial. Did they get paid, though? I bet they didn't. You should have done, isn't?

Not if they used a, you know, bus full of kids. I bet they didn't. Okay. Our Dorney has been on the radio. Have to listen to this? Hello, Natalie. It's Dorney from Kent. So I was just listening to yours and Mark's podcast this week.

And you was asking if anyone's been on the telly or been on the local radio. Well, I have been on the local radio. I was a security guard a few years ago before Max was born. And I did that for about seven years. I worked as a doorwoman, a bouncer, on nightclub doors. And I got approached by one of the dads at nursery, because I also did that as well, to be on the local radio, his name was James Heming, and he worked on Hart, which was based in Wittstable, not that far from me.

And he wanted me to be, all in my sort of bouncer. outfit, tie, shirt, blazer, you know, all of it, and be on the radio for a competition where three, I think it was three people, had to try and blag their way past as if I was standing on the club door. And it was for one of them for a trip to go to America, Bacardi Breezer competition thing. So yeah, I was on the local radio and they recorded it and it was. And it went out live and yeah, I had an amazing time, but I'd lost my voice that week, so I sounded really husky, so that was quite funny. But yeah, so I have been on the local radio, been broadcasts all over Kent, which was fantastic. And we had a really, really good time. And a lady

that won the competition, she told me that she'd lost her shoe in the club and she needed it. one lady told me that Robbie Williams was inside and she was meeting him and I can't remember what the bloke's excuse was. But yeah, it was such good fun. But yeah, that was my little claim to fame. Yeah, so, yeah, I thought I'd just share that. Sorry. Yeah.

I love you, Dornie. I tell you what, but that didn't make any sense. Half of that. So she was in the club. Yeah. I get what she was doing and she had the outfit on and what have you. Yeah. But it was for the radio.

So what she have to dress up for? Oh, because, no, of course she did, because they had to get past her, didn't they? There was a competition going on. I would just query whether, did you ever actually hear this on the radio? Or was this some weird setup from some slightly odd father at the school that sort of roped you into some scenario that you're slightly unsure of? Something funny is going on there, I feel. Do you know, I was on Radio Kent?

No. I was on Radio Kent and I loved it. And I'm trying to think of a presenter. What did you do? And he was brilliant. Because I was in an Amdram group and I was playing... I'll fiddling with that wire. I'll fiddle with whatever I want to when I'm sat here, thank you.

My hands are under the table and then one can see what I'm doing. But what if it affects the wire? Me, fiddling with this is not going to affect anything with wire. This is why you say it's so much better to listen to this, not watching it. No, it's true. Because anyone would listen to this is a whole other dynamic. It's true. Anyway, look know what I'm doing here, but just listen to what I'm saying.

Keep your eyes on me. Don't look at what I'm fiddling with. Okay. So what I was saying... Make yourself laugh. That's really not funny. Terrible. It's about right.

Entertaining myself. Well, I'm sorry that I'm not entertaining for you. And that's doing a podcast that is going to be broadcast soon. I'm just having a fiddle with a cable. It isn't, you know, interesting enough for you. Would you like to do a stuck skydive or bungee jump this afternoon? Yeah, I would actually. Should we pop down to the River Thames and do some weird.

surfing or, you know, what would you like to do? Winter. How many people win surf on the River Thames? I don't know. I was just thinking things up, aren't I? Lightning speed. It's the Le Macca of the podcast, that, the speed you thought of that stuff. Yeah, I was playing the Tim Man in an Amdram thing, and we got interviewed. And I'm trying to think what his name was, but it was a bit of a legend, a radio Kent legend, that was when it was based, Dornhill like this, it was based in Tumbridge

Wells, and you could walk through the little shopping centre in Tumbridge Wells, and there was a window that you should look into the studio. Tunbridge Wales is a lovely area. I used to go there. My sister got married there. We went to her wedding there if you're right. No, I know.

Beautiful. But I like that. I like Tunbridge Wales. I used to spend a lot of time there with Jack Ryder. Yeah. Oh yeah, I've heard all about it. Well, don't be jealous.

I'm not jealous. You are? Whenever I mentioned Jack, you're like, oh. You know that it was on the telly that you were in a relationship with him. You know that, yeah? I do. Right. Because you're starting to sound like a weird fan that...

No, I just don't have extreme. I would like, in fact, in fact, And jokes aside, I really would love to have him over here. I would love to see him. Okay, we'll get him on the podcast. I don't you do an interview? I could do that, get him over and do a pod. People would love that, wouldn't they?

Do you know what? That's a great idea. You can write that down? Yeah. She's writing it down. She's actually writing that down as an idea. Unbelievable. But then me and him could do that,

and then we could have a bit of dinner and he could meet you. I love Jack. I think we need to hire a producer for this, podcast. What you mean? Or just someone to sort of think of these things and maybe organize it. I'm fine, thank you. I'm quite happy doing it myself.

Emma helps as well. You've got some exciting news about the podcast. You're going to say later. I certainly am. When are you going to talk about that? I'll talk about it later. Everyone now fast forward to the end. This is a lovely message, Mark.

Listen to this. So lovely. And I'm so happy people are booking up for our shows that are the end of the year. Have a listen to this. Hi Nat, it's Christine from Lincolnshire. Just a message to say that myself and my daughter have managed to book tickets for Covent Garden. So she lives very near you and has crossed over with you so many times and just not managed to meet up. So we thought we'll go to one of the podcasts. So we missed out on the beam at half. So we've booked as far

in advance as it is. We've booked for November and we're going to use it as a little pre-Christmas day out and hopefully have a nice afternoon with yourself. But could you please make sure Mark and Tony are on this one because them together with you, just crack me up. Anyway, we'll keep listening until November. Keep up the good work. And we'll see you there. Bye for now.

Isn't that a lovely message? A really nice message. She wants you and Tony there. But she hasn't heard me and Tony together. No, but she likes me and Tony and me and you. She's assuming that that's going to work then, is a... Absolutely. I see.

But isn't it nice that people have booked it already and are looking forward to something... It's mad. It's good. I mean, I haven't looked at the other listings for what's on in London, but... What are you doing now? I'm fiddling with this now. Could you stop? Elliot does this.

What, fiddles? She's always fiddling with something. It's all right here. Do you know what's been really lovely today doing this with you? Yeah. I feel like we haven't done it for ages. That's what I thought. And, um...

It's a bit of a lie, isn't it? Ugh. What'd you do that for? A little shiver went down my spine then. I'm going to tell the listeners. No, you're not. I am. Though you're absolutely not.

We have had. No, no, no, no, no. An afternoon to ourselves. No, it's good. An afternoon to ourselves, yeah. I need to go and cut the grass. Can we crack on, please? You can't bear it, can you?

It's nice. It's nice. When do we ever get an hour in the afternoon on our own? Very rarely. So it's nice. What's nice? To have that time. And we've them come in here to do this pod

and we're in jovial mood. It's good. It's healthy. I've got no idea what you're talking about. Shut up, Mark. I don't. I've really enjoyed it. sitting here.

Brilliant. After the week I had, I was really dreading doing the pod. Why? Just because I was tired, couldn't be bothered. Oh.

Didn't want to do it. And I think about it and then I hear all the voice notes and I read all the messages and I think this is brilliant, this. People really do love it. They're invested in it.

But it is really important that you give us your messages because that really does. I always say it without you. The pod is very boring. It's a nice community, Phil. It is. And I miss it when we haven't got voice notes on this.

I know exactly what you mean, actually. I agree. But I also appreciate it is quite a big thing. Nicola was saying that the other day, when she was saying about doing a voice notes. But she did a voice note to explain that her mum, she'd cared for her mother. Yes.

Which she sort of alluded to in the second voice note. But she said it took a long time to sort of build up the confidence to sort of do a voice note and other people have said the same. Yeah. Claire at work goes, oh, I should have done a voice note the other day, but I didn't bother. Yes. And I think, why not?

You say that, though. I mean, I... I mean, I have to talk on here. Like, I mean, it's not just a voice note. I mean, I get away with it. So surely, I mean, if you've got any doubt in your mind, just do a voice note. No, just send me a voice note. It's lovely.

Talking of community, something exciting is happening next week. Right. So from the 22nd Monday. Of June. Yeah. Phoebe's birthday. Yes, it is. Yeah.

We are going to get a Patreon. page. Right. Now, I think people are going to laugh at me because I don't think it's called a Patreon page. Right. I'll be honest here. What is a Patreon? I don't know if it's, we're on Patreon.

We've got a Patreon page because I'm ancient and I don't know. So this is a new thing. Loads of podcasts have it. Right. Right. Loads and loads of people. So they have their pod and then they have this special Patreon. Yeah.

And it's where people that really love the pod pay a little bit of something each month. Right. And they get bonus episodes and there is a whole kind of community that grows there. It is a club. It is a club. Yeah. Well, it's like, for me, what I said, which I think is quite nice,

is come and join the family, be a part of the family. Okay. And it's going to be a five or a month. Right. It's not bad. Well, it's like a cup of coffee, in it. Yeah. Five or a month.

And then there'll be stuff on there. And next Monday I'm very pleased to say, I know I get so many messages. I'm inundated, actually, with people saying, and I can't make the live show. Where can I watch a live show? I live in Ireland or Scotland, and I can't make the show.

So I am putting out the Hartford live show on Monday, and that's the first thing that will be on. That's brilliant. Is that just to watch or listen to? I think you can watch or listen, yeah, but that will be on there. Because Ed filmed it. Yeah.

So you can watch. So you can spend a fiver and watch for live show. The live show. That's very good. It's good, isn't it? And then I've got other live shows. Yeah. So I'm going to... You might put them in.

I will put them in at some point. There'll be bonus material from us. Right. But sort of silly bonus stuff. So I feel like we don't get to do it. So, for instance, Kat, our lovely listener Kat and Elia's friend, and my friend, she really is desperate. And keep saying it, I want to know everyone's death row dinners. Right.

So I think that's really, we can just sit and do our favourite foods, death row dinners, what we like. So there'll be little bonuses or there'll be a quiz or there might be an episode where me, you're in Tony, I don't know one night when me and Tony have done one, we come up and do half hour about something. We could maybe do the, when we go on holiday, and we do stuff on location and stuff. Exactly, because, because it's all video now. Yeah, you can't really do those anymore.

Not really, but on Patreon, you can. We can do anything on there. But also, if you're listening to this and you think, okay, I've barely managed to listen to this as a podcast, as in, you know, this is, you're not really into your technology or whatever, and it all sounds a bit weird. Does it affect you as a general listener? Absolutely not. It's exactly the same.

Right. Nothing changes. It's just a bonus. If you fancy a bit of bonus stuff, you can pay. And you have to pay for Patreon. You can sign up to Patreon for free and you'll get a monthly newsletter. Right. And you'll be able to, yeah, just see what's going on a bit and see what is available.

I see. So you can sign up. Well, okay. So if you're listening to this and you think you can do it, sign up. Yeah, just sign up and have a look. Just sign up. Yeah. And then if you want to have a go, once you've signed up and pay,

you then get to see this. Yeah. I've said it's a five. I don't know if they said six quid now. I'm really worried. Oh dear. Anyway, five or six quid. Five or six quid.

It's not bad really, is it? Every single week there'll be something new in the bonuses. I'm going to put the book club on there. Do you have to, hang on. If you're paying for Patreon, do you get adverts? No adverts. Oh, so. Ad free.

So if you, okay, well, that might encourage people as well. It's ad free. So if you don't like the adverts. So it is all very new to me, though, and I do feel like... Wait, that doesn't exist yet. I'm not quite... No, I know, but I was a member of Chatterbix's Patreon. Okay.

I pay for that. Brilliant. You've been on it, but they haven't that you have that for free? No. Brilliant. No, but I don't think I asked them. It's weird things to say. I might have a word of joy about that.

I think that's an interesting one. Surely you could be... I love how, as a contributor to their podcast, they're charging you. No, for ages, have I? Are you still a Patreon member of football? No. Okay. I'm not a Patreon member now.

I bet that. I mean, blind me. They do enough episodes as it is. Yeah, but the stuff they put on there, it's just sort of David playing a guitar

or a phone conversation or it can be anything. Like, if me and you have a load of funny voice notes, we could just pop those on. I don't know what you're saying then. I mean, maybe,

could I launch my train podcast for the husband's on there? Yes. You can. So I could do my own little episodes. Absolutely. I don't want to put anyone off though. That's the trouble. Well, no, people just won't listen to it. But yeah,

you can shove that on there. I've said to Maria about doing some fashion stuff where you really are honing in on clothes or what I'm wearing and we go shopping and we have the mics and so just fun stuff. Obviously food stuff we want to do. What are you laughing at? It's tough in.

It's quite exciting though, isn't it? I wonder what people are going to get more bored of for trains or the fashion. Both of us are quite geeky really, to be fair. Just wondering. Yeah, no, it sounds good. Might be other family members that I bring on for a little chair. Okay. Friends?

You're not going to neglect the actual podcast, though, and you're not going to get all excited about this Patreon thing. Absolutely not. Pod. It's number one. So it is literally a bonus. All bonuses. It sounds like it's worth it.

Well, it certainly sounds like it's worth signing up anyway. If you can sign up for free. Well, I get quite a lot of people saying, I wish I was more a week. And if you sign up for free, you get what? A newsletter. Get a newsletter, yeah. You're going to write a newsletter? I've done it.

I've done mine for next week. I'm impressed. Yep. there you go. I mean, that's worth signing up for in itself, surely. Handwritten. Is it handwritten or is it? Handwritten?

No, I did it. I typed it up and sent it to the person who's doing it. You didn't use chat GPT, did you? Absolutely not. I didn't. I do love it for certain things, but I would never write something with it. I hope not. But you'd let us know.

Absolutely not. Yeah, let us know. Right. On that note, should we go and have a rose out earlier's? Yeah, okay. It's lovely. Brilliant. You're driving around there.

Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. We'll walk around there. Thank you for listening. Have a lovely week, everybody. Thanks, darling, for taking up your time, precious time, after being up since half-past four this morning. You're more than welcome. I love you. You too.

Tim. He won't say I love you. Take care, everybody. Speak to you on Thursday. Cheers.