Life with Nat - LWN 220: The Pod's 2nd Birthday extravaganza

Episode Date: April 22, 2026

WELL, what a treat! It's a Scraping the Nagging with Talking with Nat's Nieces, Tony, Linny, and Marc. We dip into the mailbag and hear what the two years of Life with Nat has been like for you all, and also... because that might be just a little bit self-indulgent - it's St George's Day, so we're looking at what it means to us to be English. Enjoy!! xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marc's insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@camera_marc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Niece's insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MORE LIVE SHOWS! 10th May 2026 - The Grief Show with Auntie Linny - Studio, Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TICKETS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 24th May 2026 - Hertford, Beam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SOLD OUT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book Club: April's Book -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kathy Burke - A Mind of My Own - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-Mind-of-My-Own/Kathy-Burke/9781398548145⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat’s solo chats - any rants always welcome. Loads on the radar - living our lives for ourselves, the constant comparisons with others on social media... and the audacity of teenagers! Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What’s brewing with the Nieces - AGEING & non-negotiables Things we’re nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming. What are your favourite films & albums? Nat and Tony's big life changes clinic is open for advice questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nice. Am I in it? No. I don't know why you're not in it. Brilliant. That's noted. Thanks, Georgina. You better give us a reason, George.

Nice. Anyway, happy two-year anniversary. Thank you. Welcome to the pod today, everybody. It's two years since we started this little shebang. And it's also St George's Day Today, so there you go. But, yeah, can you believe we've been doing it for two years? No, it's gone quickly.

I mean, arguably I've not been involved in it at all, according to that poem. Can I just say... But you've chosen to read out before I've come and sit in it. Can I say, I've actually not... Been nagging me all morning to come and do this. Yeah. You just read that to, like, wind me up. I'm going to tell you something.

Yeah. I actually haven't read that until that moment. So I knew Georgina had sent me a poem. Right. I've not read it. Okay. And I thought we were all in it. Yeah.

Not being done on purpose. Why have you chosen to read it out now? Because I thought it would be a nice start to the anniversary pod. Brilliant. It's really good. It was good. though. It was a nice one. You got a little bit of, um...

A paint on my face. A little bit of paint. I'm painting a thing at the moment. I quite like it when you've got a bit of paint on your face. Or you've come home from sort of the railway and you're a bit dirty. Okay. Just... When you say you like it, what do you mean by that? Well, you look quite handsome.

And you always look handsome. Okay. That is quite sexy. All right, yeah. Saddling. antique oak for any husbands out there want to follow my footsteps. Very good.

I could package that, I couldn't I could sell that. Pack of overalls and a tin of saddling. Yeah. Eharmonie.com. Why not? Should be on a shelf. Why don't you buy me anything from eharmonie.com?

Well, clearly I don't need to. I just need to go to Wix. Have a listen to this. Hi, it's Angie from Northampton. Wow. years. Fantastic. Well done you guys. Love every single one of you. Listen from the beginning. You were my first dabble into podcasts. I've tried others. I haven't stuck with them. You are the absolute best. Love it. Thank you. Thank you, Ange. Great, isn't it? What's the highlight

for you of this year with the pod? This, about the last year. Yeah. A bit of podcast. Oh, I don't know. Christmas live show was good. Yes. I think it was a highlight for you, dressed as an elf. Yeah. What else?

I like the one. Oh, it wasn't in the last year. What? I need to do more ones where we go out and about. I quite enjoyed our day trip to, sort of near South End. Oh, that was ages ago, darling. That was nearly two years ago.

What about our lovely live pub was Scarlet? That was good That was brilliant, wasn't it? And our friends. Only 150 people potentially listening to this know what we're talking about. Well, you know.

So I was trying a bit more inclusive actual podcast content as opposed to But live shows. Get a ticket. Get a ticket. Then you'll know what it's about. That's true. There you go.

So I said, because it's St George's Day, I thought I'd put a little, because we can't just sit here all day saying, oh, it's two years, that's good. It's a bit of a boring pod, isn't it? Okay.

So I put a message out regarding British things and what's the most British thing that you do surely it's got to be owning a steam engine how's that British? Oh it's, I just find it very quintessentially

English actually. If it was a traction engine no I was like cruising down the road on a Sunday to the pub on it I'd agree but yeah maybe I was going to say

announcing going to the toilet yes It's very British. Europeans find out very funny, but we always go, just going to go to the toilet. We've done this already. I know, I know.

But it is... Everyone does it. Very true. And also, I think, politely queuing is another one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No one else does that. No.

There's got to be other nations to do that. There must be. There will be other nations. I think another thing that we do, which is very British, is we love a UK holiday. We like a stay-cution. That is true, yes.

Don't we? Mm-hmm. We love a bit of Cornwall. Mm-hmm. So that's quite good. Surely other countries do that as well, though. What, stay where they are? Yes.

I'll give you some examples. Italians. Yes. Yeah. People that live in Barbados. Some nations. Do you think? Mm-hmm.

I think so. Parisians. Maybe. Yeah. I've been basically... I would imagine most other places. Oh, I know, but I'm talking about Britain, aren't I? Yeah.

Today. I do like a British holiday. It is nice. And then I asked about beans on toast, to which I'm going to have to do some sort of bonus episode on. Okay. Because I've had so many messages. I mean, our listeners really do like the mundane things in life.

But obviously, I thought I'd bring it right back to what the pod's about. How do you have your beans on toast? Now, I was thinking about you. You don't really have. beans on toast to you, but you do love beans. Hang on. This isn't like a, like a, what do you call it? Pod. Pardon conversation, is it? When you say, how do you like your beans on toast? Yes. You expect me to go, well, actually, I do the beans first and then I put the toast on top.

No. Right. So what, so in terms of how I'll have my beans on toast. Because people have, people, people, people have toast, butter. Yeah. Is it thick butter? Are they baking hot? Are they tepid? Is this what is? Is it? Is it salt? Yeah.

Do you have pickle on the side? What's it going to be like in five years? Bit of brown sauce? Yeah, okay. I'll probably be asking people how they wipe their asses. What, in five years? Mm. Okay.

Already done that, I haven't with the toilet paper, which way around it goes. Well, but not the actual wipe. Anyway, moving on. Nice. You don't really have it. You just have beans. I normally have beans on toast. No, you don't.

When do you have beans on toast? No, no. When I do have beans on toast, I have beans on toast. Bit of cheese on top? Well, when I was a kid, yeah. But then traditionally that would be called beans on toast with cheese on top. Beans on toast tends to be beans on toast. I disagree.

To put cheese on it, you've made a different meal because you've actually added a third of ingredients extra. Cheesy beans on toast. Yeah, it's different, isn't it? It's like a garlic bread and a cheesy garlic bread. You don't go, how do you have your garlic bread? But actually, I put cheese on mine. Yeah, you've trumped me a little bit.

Okay. So it's beans on toast. What beans is the other conversation? I mean, obviously, Heinz beans, Brandston beans. Marks his beans. They're all made in the same factory, so I hear, and then they put different recipes in for the source. Really?

Interesting. Yeah, that was on one of those programs where they sort of go to the factory and talk about the... And they do a comparison, blind taste test with Aldi Beans. I know. I love those shows. Hein's beans are very good, though. And there is a difference.

There is a difference. Definitely. I agree. It's not. Joanne Carmoudi. What a great name. Beans on toast is a great meal at any time of the day. White bread, just slightly toasted, tad golden, good amount of butter,

then cold beans straight out of the tin. The hot butter mixes with the bean juice. So good. I know exactly what you mean by that. And Liddell's cheap range of beans are very close second to Heinz. Cold beans. Do you know something? I said I haven't had beans on toast.

I don't have that as a meal. However, that has just reminded me If I have a fry-up And it comes with a side of toast I always will put a little triangular toast on the plate And then put some beans on top Then I might also take another triangular toast And put an egg on it

Right, we've had this conversation about the sausage Well, that was Weatherspins When they did the side order of bread You can't get anymore So you could do a sausage-chipped beans And you could cut the sausage, put it into a bit of bread And make it into a sausage bat basically As well as your dinner

Pete and yourself. Well, yeah, but we're talking about beans on toast. I think I'm entitled to. Sorry for mucking about. It's just that, because everyone's on this, I've got certain messages for certain people. I've had to be very organised. Yes.

Because tonight we're having a little celebration. Excellent. It'll be fun. Okay. I might wash off the saddling from my face by that. Oh, no, leave it on. Leave it on. Okay. Hi, Nat.

I hope you're okay. I've just seen your post on Instagram. about celebrating St. Georgia State. The most British thing I do complain about the weather. I fucking hate beans on toast. I literally, they make me gag. Gross.

Offer people cups of tea, a drink when they come in a house. Absolutely. I always do this. However, I did have a friend who used to come in. We weren't great friends, but we'd known each other since primary school and secondary school, and we started, like,

becoming friendly again. She'd come on my head. house and just go into my fucking cupboards and help herself make a cup of tea. What the fuck is that about? What the fuck is that about? Um, I can't remember what else was on your list now, but I could, you know, I could go on and on and on. Anyway, have a lovely week and I will catch up with you soon. Bye. I think it depends what sort of friend you are to someone, but it sounds like they were just developing a friendship from an old one. You can't walk into people's houses and make tea, can you?

I can do it at Elias or Maria's or, you know, family. Really? Would you do that? Yeah. Hmm. Interesting. Oh, it's Annie from Wilkeshire, by the way. I always forget to even my name. Thanks, Annie.

Talking of two years, how's the old plant doing? Because I think it needs a bit of TLC. I think it does. It doesn't seem to be very well looked after, is it? No, don't say that. I watered her. A little while ago.

Okay. It's very warm in here, isn't it? That's the problem. Yeah. You can have aircon fitted this year? Yes. Give me another year. No, no.

I've had that. Again, conversation has been had. Absolutely going to sort it out. Fair enough. How's the merchandise going? You're going to be doing that this year? Can I have a baseball cap for the pod?

Yep. Yeah. I've got a hoodie that I've worn now a million times. Has it been washed that hoodie? Because you take it off and you leave it in this room for some reason. Yeah. It's not been washed, no. Right. Okay.

Washes up well though, isn't it? Basically the same podcast we did like three weeks ago with this conversation. But like a short version. In fact, if you're not listening to it, don't bother. This 20 minutes will do. Honestly, save yourself an hour of your life. If you just happen to have stumbled over this 20 minutes that we're doing now, don't listen to the last podcast.

I think this podcast, can I just tell everybody who does listen, if any of your mates are like, oh, I don't really listen to Pod. Say to them, just listen to this one, because it's a taster of everybody. And I think it's a really good one to introduce people to. What do you think? I think hopefully Georgina might listen to it and she might discover me. That is true. Does that hurt your feelings a little bit?

A little bit, yeah. Fair enough. That's fine. I mean, everyone got more of a compliment than me as well. Mm. So. Do you know Georgina? Who is Georgian?

Lovely George, yeah, gee. She comes to the shows. Fact lady. I understand. Good mate of ours. We had a lovely video from Dorney. Right. One of our listeners.

Yeah. Hello, Natalie, Auntie Linney, Mark, Nat's nieces and Tony. Happy second birthday. I thought I'd jump on and send you a little video rather than a voice note. It is 7.50 in the morning and I'm walking to the nursery where I work. Just a short five minute walk. So, yeah, I hope you have a lovely celebration for your second birthday. I have obviously been listening since day one when I was doing a walk 30 miles in May those two years ago for dementia.

Sadly my mum has dementia and since my dad passed away she has been in a home where she is marvellously looked after but I raised over £700 £700 for for dementia charity which was

amazing but you all kept me company on my walks every day and I have never missed an episode and yeah so I hope you have a lovely time And as for baked beans, do you love them or hate them? I love baked beans and the best way to eat it is on a jacket potato with marmite, cheese and grilled bacon.

Oh! Anyway, and yeah, the most British thing I do, I think it could be having a roast on a Sunday. And I'm rubbish at offering people a cup of tea because I don't really drink hot drinks a lot at home. I'm rubbish. so yeah, I don't do that a lot, I'm bad. But yeah, have a lovely day, everybody. And, yeah, look forward to the next pod. Just listening to you and Auntie Lilly.

See you later. This is Dawn from Kent. Oh, lovely Dawn. I like how Dawn does a video note. First one from Dawn. Bold. Very good. Have you ever had video notes before?

I've got a lovely lady who always... One of my favourites, actually. I wonder if I can find it for you. Oh, she's a regular. I put it on Instagram the other day, actually. It was a video of her and she always uses the big mouth. Did you see the video that I put on Instagram? I do know who you mean.

Maria. My name's Maria. Is it Maria? Mm-hmm. You're sure? Mm-hmm. No, it's not. It's Mia. It says Maria, I think, on her Instagram.

This is very bad. Let's go back so this can be edited out. Go back. Leave it, leave it, let it be pure. This is what it is, guys. But Mia, it's Mia. I would go and look, but I'm wearing... It is Maria.

I haven't got any trousers on. Else I would get up now and go and look at my phone. Why don't you give everyone a little two-year treat? Shut up. I need to go and get my phone. He hasn't got any trousers on. He has got pants on everybody. It's because he's painting outside and he can't come in this room

with dirty jeans on. Don't paint outside in my pants. Obviously. No, but your jeans are dirt. That sounds like a very weird reason. That's really annoying. I can't get my phone. You don't need the phone.

No. It's all good. Okay. Thought we better give Emma a call. Okay. Hello, hello. How are you? All right, thanks.

How are you? Yeah, very well. I'm sat doing a 20 minute scraping the barrel for anniversary day, and I thought I've got to include you and say thank you for all of your hard work over the year. Oh, lovely. What's smaller than a barrel? We're scraping a thimble. A little cum. Thimble, scraping the thimble. Scraping the thimble this morning. Lovely.

But I mean it, Em, thank you for all your hard work. Oh, thank you. It's been great fun, isn't it? It has. It has. You got any highlights of the last year? I think the live shows have been a lot of fun because it's very easy to just get on with things and not realize, you know, you get messages in and stuff. but going in actually seeing people live. Yeah. It's very tangible, isn't it? Also, our car journey on the way home from where were we last?

I can't remember. Bristol? Yes, when we had a huge sing-song, didn't we, all the way home? We really got into the, well, sort of the 2000s indie tunes. Fantastic. Proper sing-along. And, yeah, that was a lot of fun. A lot of fun.

Just shouting bands at Maria. Just like, ah, the wombat. Bombats. Scat of girls. Go. Scat him. Adam. Yeah.

That was so much fun. Very good fun. Very good fun. But yeah, I just wanted to say that you are such an integral part of the pod. We all love you very, very much. And we'll have a proper catch-up on here soon anyway. Yeah, lovely. All right.

Oki-dokey. Fab. Enjoy the Stimble. Do you want to do you? Just say thank you to Emma and goodbye to Emma. Do you want to do that? It's not my pod. Go on.

Thank you, Emma, for putting up with all the random phone calls and messages. Oh, no. And tech support when I'm trying to sort out the studio. We're doing well, aren't we? We're figuring it out. Between us all, we're figuring it out. It's been, it can be a challenge. There's always something different tech-wise, isn't there?

There is. But, yeah, it's all good. Couldn't do it without you both. I can't even load a file up, so there you go. It's all good. It was fab, isn't it? We're managing to do loads of stuff, just the three of us mainly doing all the bits and pieces. Yeah. We're doing very well. I feel very proud of us all. Lovely. Lovely to hear from you. Lovely to hear from you. We're going to get back to saying goodbye to everyone because scraping the thimble is now 25 minutes long.

Bye. Bye. Bye. Anyway, darling, I hope that we're going to have a really lovely day. I'm going to record with the girls in a little while. Elliot's going to come around. I'm not sure how it's going to go. Okay. Because we've got to get James to bed and then do the pod and whatever.

But then I'm hoping that Maria and Ellie are cooked dinner, prepare it all. That'll be nice. I haven't got to be bothered. I've got to have beans on toast. No beans on toast or cereal tonight, darling. Nice. All right. I love you.

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Where has that gone? How many recordings have we done? How many episodes have we personally done? done without all of... Don't ask me that. Well, she doesn't have her figures, guys. No, it's mad. Incredible, isn't it?

No, it's mental. It's hoodiful. And for me, what I love is the way it's evolved. Yeah. And the way it's just got its shape. Yeah. And I never knew that would happen. I always remember Emma saying, just start it.

Peepodders, but say, if you just start it, organically, it would just work out and thinking, well, how will it? What am I going to do? And I'm not saying there can be no change because, yeah, we can have different people pop on, different family members, the odd guest to I love, or, you know, I'm honoured to have on. But the kind of bones of it are now. But also, again, we're all taking it slightly for granted that you have selected, how did you select the family members? Well, that's it. I didn't. How did that happen? It just, it was very much, do you fancy having a go? Yeah, because the family members that aren't. aren't doing it.

Yeah. I'm not phased in the slightest. No, equally could do it. Absolutely, but are not chomping at the bits too want to do it. No, it's just worked out that... And the ones that are doing it... Love it. Love it.

No one's turn around and said, no, not for me. No, it's true. I'm calling it a day. But that could happen. And I think because this is like, you said it the other day, we've hit on something here that is, it's like a mini-reality, me and my family.

And if someone did turn around and say, you know what, I can't be asked to sit and do it anymore, you just say to people, so-and-so, I don't want to do it anymore. And someone else might do it. And again, that's life. But we've all done two years, Natalie. I know. And not only have we done two years in this studio on a one-to-one,

we're on stage in front of an audience. Has that been your highlight, do you think of this year? Oh, without shadow of a doubt. I mean, as much as I love being in this room with you, of course. Yeah, of course. It forces us, not that we need to be forced to be together because we're always together, but it does. No, it gives us that quality time, even if, because we do have a chat before and after. So it's lovely.

But for me, the live shows, I pinch myself, especially when I'm driving to work the following morning to do my regular job. Yeah. I'm like, this is mad. Because yesterday I was on a stage with my daughters. And I think how much we've grown in those shows, and I would say probably you the most, of how much you enjoy them and you can tell you enjoy them, as been amazing to see.

It's been amazing to watch. Yeah, I love it. So good. I love the fact that, I mean, I'm not a comedian by any stretch of the imagination, But how lovely to sit on this stage here, people roar with laughter. Yeah. Just having a nice time. Just people, I just feel like I'm giving something back to people,

chatting to some of the audience after the show. Yeah, yeah. Which I know we shouldn't necessarily be doing, but we can't help ourselves, can we? Because we are that audience. We feel part of that audience. And talking to so many different types of people, different reasons that are there.

How much have enjoyed it and they listen. and have travelled. I say it all the time. I know I'm like a broken record. But the fact that people book something, pay for something, get up, get out for us. I'm genuinely,

I know that I've been on the telly for a long time. It doesn't matter. I still think it takes so much effort to do that and you've chosen us. To spend an evening and afternoon. Come and see life for an app. Yeah. I love it.

And the grief pod for, for me, obviously as you know, it just means so much. They're our thing, aren't they? Yeah, massively. And to think that we have a live pod. I know. It's amazing. There are no words for me to be able to explain and describe.

I just never in my wildest dreams would ever have thought that I personally would be doing something like this. And to be able to share it with the family, in particular you and the girls, obviously, It's incredible. Even our journeys to some of these places like Manchester and Brighton, which were long, long journeys, weren't they? They were great. We loved it. Just have fun, don't we?

Yeah, amazing. Really, really amazing. Hi, gang, it's Lindsay from Stafford. I just wanted to wish you all a very happy second podcast birthday. I'm an OG. I've been listening from the beginning. And I know some people may have their favourites on your podcast. But honestly, I don't. I really enjoy absolutely every episode with you all. You all bring

something different to the podcast. And I love your dynamics and your family relationships. I haven't been able to get to a show which I'm gutted about because I've been so busy working all over the country. But that's where I listen to you. I'm in the car. I'm up and down the country and I just love listening. It really feels like you're there with me. I laugh. I join along. I nod and agree with most of the things that you say. So yeah, thank you for being part of my journey and keeping me company. Really appreciate it. Oh, sorry, over a minute. Bye. Thank you, Lindsay. She sounds lovely. Yeah. So lovely. And this is, yeah, she's kind of summed it all up for us, Yeah.

Makes it so rewarding to know that we're keeping people company. Amazing. So not only is it our two-year anniversary this week, but it's also, it was St George's Day yesterday. Of course it was. So I whacked out a post and I thought, what English, British things, what can we talk about? Because everyone really loves the mundane things that we chat about the most. Right. So I've got some questions for you.

Okay. Tea. We love a cup of tea, don't we? Oh, the Brits love a cup of tea. That's the... Fancy a cup. Yeah. It's the solution to everything, isn't it, that cup of tea?

That is so quintessentially British. And the different types of tea and how you make the tea. Well, making the discussion about tea, tea leaves, tea bags. How do you make your tea? I make my tea. Tea bag in, hot water. Yeah. I leave it to brew for a little while.

Because I personally like a strong but weak cup of tea, if that makes sense. Strong but milky cup of tea. So do I. So tea bag in, leave the tea bag. I do do the whole, I don't put my milk in with a tea bag in. I then squeeze the tea bag. Out comes a bag, in goes the milk. Fair enough.

I do exactly the same as you. Sometimes I can be known to put the milk here When the tea bags in Yeah But very rarely Yeah So I do the same as you Yeah

But it is true about tea Yeah We It reminds me of EastEnders though as well Does it? Let's put the kettle on cup of tea Pauley, wouldn't it? Yeah

Yeah It was a tea cosy I mean I couldn't imagine Someone walking into the house And not offering them a cup of tea You're just on automatic pilot Cup of tea or you'll come here and go

I'd love a cup of tea I've not had a drink all day yeah yeah hello Nat shall have been new adding to again is it rude to not offer somebody

a cup of tea when they come in the house yes I don't about rude but I always do it so yeah I think

if somebody comes to visit you the first thing you should do is say would you like a drink whether that be a cup of tea glass of wine beer whatever you should always offer somebody a drink when they come to your house

unless of course you're visiting your parents or family members and you're just going in and help yourself and that's what usually I do I go in and say Does anybody want I offer

Does anybody want a cup of tea when I go in somebody else? Love that And I go and help myself and make a real cup of tea Oh yeah Yeah I think it should be the dumb thing

Bye bye Yeah I agree You have to do it don't you Vicky from Liverpool said I clean for my friend as a job And when I get there She makes herself a cup and never offers me one.

It drives me around the bend. Vicky from Liverpool. Oh, Vicky, I'm with you, darling. You can't stand and make a drink. I remember as a young girl, I'm not going to mention any notes, but I remember a similar concept going around to someone's house, they'd be standing there drinking a cup of tea, and I'd be watching them do it.

And I used to walk away thinking, that is so rude. Yeah, or any glass of water, and you don't say, do you want one? No, you just do. That's mad. Yeah. Yeah, that is mind-blowing. Yeah. It's not when a builder comes around or a gardener can.

Oh, mind you, I don't offer my gardener a drink. Is that bad? You know why? I do. Because she's very, very... She just cracks on. She's got headphones on. She barely says hello.

She just gets cracked on with it. No, if I have like, you know, my contractors, I know so I mean. I'll say to them, guys, they'll let themselves in. Yeah. Because they're known to me through work and stuff. And I go, you know where the tea is? Help yourself to tea. Sugar, you know where that is?

milk's in the fridge. Help yourself to biscuits. The one thing with that, though, go on. I don't like the mug that I like being used. Yeah, no. My mug. Yeah, I know. I want old mugs for people that I don't know.

Yeah. Why is that? Because you're going to put them in the dishwasher. It's absolutely no difference. Yeah, no, I'm the same. Get all the old mugs out. The big builder's mugs come out. Yeah, exactly that.

Funny, isn't it? I suppose because you don't want to, it doesn't matter if one gets smashed or. No. But I remember when I was doing work to the house. house when we first moved Natalie. I'd come home. There'd be like 20 mugs outside. Mark likes to leave mugs outside. Mark.

Mug on the brick wall. Coffee cup here. And the drinks that are made and not drunk. Let's not talk about that. Unbelievable amount. Lovely Vicky from Liverpool there. Listen to this. Hi, I'm Charlie and I'm 12.

And I'm from Liverpool. And I love listening to your podcast with my mum. Happy two year anniversary, Natalie. Charlie. Your accent, Charlie. You're the best, Charlie. Thank you very, very much. Oh, it's a great accent, isn't it?

I love the accent. Me too, fantastic. I'm very, very pleased. I'm very, very pleased. Oh, does he listen to all about it? It's all right. He's 12. Joni's down there watching live at the Apollo.

Last one laughing. I'm like, oh, this is a little bit below the belt. But thank you, Vicki and thank you, Charlie. And it's my favourite name. Another little thing I'd like to mention. Got it all going on this week. It is my dad's anniversary of when he passed as well this week. But it's a lovely, lovely week.

And I always think the pod started. Yeah. For that reason. Another little nod from him to say, do it. It was just weird. When should we start? And someone said, you've got to do it here. And I said, well, that's weird.

Not on the same day, day after or whatever. But, yeah, very, very good. Very, very good. We can dedicate this to him. Absolutely. So before we go, because I've got to get all of the mob on, what would you say is the biggest thing you do? That's quintessentially English.

Yeah, English, British, yeah. Probably, I mean, there's probably lots of things. But, I mean, and this isn't rehearsed, guys. She's just caught me here saying you've got, this is what we're doing. I think what's very, that I probably do, that's very British is nagging, there you go, nagging over the garden fence. Oh, with Maria and Jimbo. Yeah.

Proper over the fence. Well, I'll give you an example. So last weekend, was it? That is really old-fashioned. And we do it. And sometimes, no, so this was last weekend. I popped out, I know what it was, hoover my car, inside of my car. No, for fuck's sake.

I know, cleaning again whilst your brother's indoors. So I said today, I'm just going to be 10, 5. Five minutes, I'm just going to give the car, I have the dice and stuff. I'm going to give the car a quick whiz round. Anyway, I've gone out to do it. As I've stepped out, Jim's pulled up in the drive.

So over the guy, this is the front, obviously, because we can't really see him at the back. He's come over, give me a kiss. We've started chatting. Obviously, Maria must have seen him pulling and thought he's been gone 10 minutes. What's he bloody doing? Out she's come.

He's then said, I'm going now because I was going to skip to dump a lot. and stuff. How long? Natalie. I think we were out there for about an hour. And it ridiculous

when you could have had a cup of tea indoors. Absolutely that. But you know, you don't think you're, you know what we're doing on the phone because it's going to be a too many cup of that.

But what I'd happen was the sun had moved. I only had a little thin top on. She noticed Marie had a jumper on and it was so cold and about an hour later I thought I'm going to get a hyperphobic. Oh no.

And we've chatted for an hour over the garden fence. Can I ask you another question? Did my brother come out and see if you're all right? No. Just wonder, because you said you'd be five minutes over in the car. I've got back in, he went, you were a while. What did you do to the car?

Well, to be fair, he's right. You could have dissected the car whilst you're out there. I mean, I would have cleaned the engine and everything in an hour. But yeah, I think that's quite a... It is. Talking to the neighbours. Yeah, that's a very neighbourly English thing to do, isn't it? Over the fence, having a chin wag.

I have a little nag. Which is lovely. It is really good. Like that one. Like that one. Do you know, we've had so many, because it's that mundane chat that people love, I'm going to have to carry this on when I get all the voice notes instead. So many things.

That's quintessentially in British. Well, I've spoken about beans on, I've told people beans on toast. I've got a thousand messages about beans on toast. I'm going to have to do a beans on toast epe. Beans on toast epe. Yep. How you make it, how you make it, if you like it, if you don't. You're going to have to do it.

It's underrated beans on toast. Do you like beans on toast? It's one of those, isn't it? You know when you do it, well, you don't think of it. And then when you do do it, you think, why don't I do that more often? Agreed. How do you have it? What do you mean?

What do you have, white bread, brown bread? Probably white bread. White bread. Thick butter. Mm-hmm. Baking hot beans? It has to be baking hot beans. White pepper?

Yes. But then I have grated cheese on white. Absolutely. And do you know what else I have? A massive dollop a pickle on the side. Do you? Yes, I do. I would never have thought to do that.

So good. Dollop a pickle with beans on toast. Interesting. But it is one of those dishes, isn't it, that you eat it and you think, I've really enjoyed that. But I don't really like beans anywhere else. No, see, I don't mind beans. Yeah, Mark loves a bean. Does he?

He loves beans with fish and chips. You pours all the beans over his chips Whereas With fish and chips Yeah I'm not sure about that one Yeah we'll let him talk about that one Jack likes a

Oh don't Once we get to Elle She can explain But I think everybody who listens to the pod Already knows that Jack doesn't like beans But yeah I like beans in a chili Bake beans

Yeah I don't get that one Yeah see I don't Well I get it because it's just a bean Funny Have you been Bean. If I carry on like this, I won't have a bean, because no one will be listening. Very good. Oh, dear.

It's been a long day, isn't it? Oh dear. Congratulations to you all on your fantastic two-year anniversary. What a ride. For us lifers who have been here since day one, while we're so proud of you all, and we love every minute of you twice a week. Being able to see you in person this year has really been the icing on the cake. Keep up the great work, you lovely lot. And let's be honest, if someone hasn't heard of your podcast, we simply say,

What do you mean? Loads of love, Haley and Bristol. Oh, that's so lovely. Thanks, Haley. And, yeah, fantastic. We'll carry on the British topic soon. Indeed. I'll see you shortly.

Not for a traditional British dessert, though. No, I can't wait. The old tiramisu is coming out later, guys. Beautiful. Can't wait for it. Should have been making something quintessentially British. Yeah, we could have done that, but your tiramisu is too good, I'm afraid. But I have put you afraid bent on spite.

Tone. Net. Two years. Two years, eh? It's a bit mad, isn't it? I say time flies, but I mean, that's ridiculous. Remember the first time I came out? Yeah.

And we did a test one. Do you remember? And he was asking me all about when you was a kid and what was it like in Islington and 72 and all the people and stuff. I thought, yeah, it's quite nice to sit there and have a chat. I didn't ever see it going on for two years. What I love is life's busy.

Yeah, it is. And it makes me quite emotional that I feel that this means that I get to see you. Yeah, it's right, yeah. Because we wouldn't. No, no. We wouldn't. Be honest.

No, if I'm honest. It's bullocks. Yeah, it would be every six months. Yeah, it would be once in the summer and at Christmas. Christmas. You're quite right. And I love the fact that I get to see my brother more. Yeah, it makes us get together, don't it?

Yeah. That means a lot to me. Which is good. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass for me, to be honest with it. Driving up the A-10, hmm. You know, opening the gate, mm. That's lovely. It's good.

The summer months are coming Yeah It'd be lovely Sit in the garden afterwards Yes Watch the sun come down Yeah watch the sun go down on that field Oh

Unbelievable Be lovely We need to post that Oh we absolutely will So people can see what we're talking about Because it is quite amazing There's been a lot of aircon chat Yes okay

Yeah So do need to Stop no more talking Actions need to be done Well this is I mean I'm there Yeah

I'm primed locked, loaded and ready. Yeah. As and when you require. Next week, I've got to get the guy up. It was baking in it today and I thought it's not even hot. I know, once it's it's really, it's terrible in here when it's really wrong. I mean, it was okay, obviously, when we weren't being filmed.

Yes. And I was sitting here in my pants. Fine. With the ice pack on my head. That was okay. But that's not going to go down too well now. Not really. On YouTube and all these other things where people can actually see us.

Yeah. So I think a bit of a bit of cool air will definitely be in order. 100%. I shall make a phone call forthwith. Oh, absolutely. What has been your highlight of the year, this year, April to April. Sorry, it's a tax year. Shit, isn't it?

Oh, yeah, that's a bit. It's a bit. It's a bit iffy, isn't it? It's a shame. I suppose, yeah, April to, yeah. It's a little bit of a... It's a bit sort of... Yeah.

Anyway, that's what it is. For me, live shows, definitely. their live shows. When you talked about doing them and I thought, oh, yeah, I'm sure that's not really going to happen and stuff. And I've been to, I haven't done many this year because I've got problems with me back and stuff and I can't sit in the car for too long, unfortunately.

But when we've done the ones last year that were reasonably local. And we've got one coming up. That's right. Hartford. Is it Harlow or Hartford? Hartford. Hartford, sorry. Be great.

It's 24 for May. Yeah. All sold out. Oh, really? Yep. Completely sold out. Sorry, everyone. That's brilliant.

But that'll be fun. Yeah, I look forward to that. But the Clapham Grand was special at Christmas. Yes. Yeah, that really was. If someone had said to me a couple years ago, you're going to be on stage in front of 700 people on a Sunday afternoon. Yeah, I would have thought I was a bit mad, to be honest.

But it was good. Also, I feel the dulcet tones of your voice have got a lot of traction this year. Really? Well, I think that is a highlight for you. Maybe. People like your voice, don't they? Well, if they do, I need them to tell me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know, we all have a bit of feedback. 07-820, 1919. Yeah. Who likes Tony's voice? Yeah, a bit of feedback, please, chaps. That'd be very nice. It's also St George's Day when this comes out. And I'm a very proud Brit,

and I thought, let's have a little chat about British things. Yeah. And everyone on this pod loves the mundane things in life. So, Rosie from Durham said, and I've saved this for you, Toon. Because remember, everyone's on this. pod. Yes.

Right? 20 minutes each, bang. But I saw this and I thought, I'm saving it. Right, okay. Fire away. Oh, I thought of one. Having a drink at the airport when you're going on holiday,

no matter what time of the day it is. 4 a.m. pint a lager. I actually don't do it as it just makes me tired during the day, but after 6pm, definitely. Love the pod. It's an absolute classic. It is, but not if you've got kids.

Oh, go on. No, when we went on holiday with the kids, I'd never, might have a drink on the plane, but never drink early and stuff. What sort of age were they? They might have been seven and three. Oh. You know, eight and five or whatever it boils.

Oh, really? There's sort of three and a half years between and whatever so. So, yeah, but when I've been away for work or being going football... I feel like me and Mark have had a drink when they're that age. Really? Yeah. Well, you know, that's up to you, isn't it? It's personal choice.

But last time I went away in Europe and football, and I'm not been since for various reasons, we were going to Belgium and we met at Gatwick at 5 in the morning. Yep. And we had a drink and then it sort of carried on until quite late the next night. When you got home? Well, not quite when I got home. So I've done it.

I've done it. And it is, I think it's quite, if you're, if you don't feel, for me, it's, I can't do it if I feel like I'm responsible for some stuff. I mean, so I'd just, yeah, I wouldn't be out of be half-piss getting on a plane with the kids. No. That causes problems. No, it's a problem. But, yeah. I'm not saying we're absolutely paralytic.

No, no, I know. But we'll have a couple of drinks, you know. Yeah, I know. And also, it depends. Well, I don't really go away a lot. So, I mean, I'll be quite honest with you. It's not really a issue for me because I don't really get on planes anymore. You know, don't really like them.

No, I get it. Don't like planes. They're not flying. For me, though, also it's about the drink you have. So, for instance, it's absolute rubbish. But in my brain, I go, if I'm having a glass of champagne, that's fine. Oh, yeah. If I have two glasses of champagne, that's fine.

Two pints of cider would be ridiculous. Oh, yes. No, that's a very good point actually. So when I was 40, Sharon took me to New York as a surprise. And you got me an upgrade on Virgin. Yes. So we flew Virgin upper class or whatever it was. And that was really nice.

Because I got on board and the stewardess said, what do you like to drink? I said, can I have some champagne, please. And I just drank, carried on drinking it. Drunk about four bottles. All excited. had Kevin Bacon in the seat next to me. Fantastic.

Yeah. Felt a little bit special. And she just pissed herself laughing at her flight and said, hey, you're still standing up? I said, I'm fine. But you are very, very, you're fine. It's over a long period of time. I know, but you are fine.

We do these pod conversations. And let's be honest, we switch off the machine. We've done our pod. And we go and have a drink. Yeah. And we have a chat. Yeah. But it's sort of not an hour, is it?

No. It's three hours. Yeah, three or four hours, yeah. Three or four hours of chat, conversating. Yeah. Putting the world's to write. Yeah, find out what's going on. And...

Planning for the future. We do. We do a lot of planning for the future. Yeah, it never happens, but we plan. But we plan. But we plan. We plan. At least we're talking. Exactly. Yeah.

Yeah. It's fantastic. Oh my God, Nat, the weather. I talk about it all the time. I think I take after my lovely late mom who would phone me on a daily basis to tell me the forecast, It did me head in a bit, to be honest, but she used to ring me every day, God lover.

Even when I was on holiday in Florida, she rang me to tell me what the weather was like at home. Why? I'm on holiday. I've got beautiful weather. I don't care. But regardless to that, now I do it all the time. I check the weather, try and plan my day out around it. It's just a bit of an obsession. And I started up a messenger chat with all my girlfriends. I did it for quite a long time over a year. Maybe it's nearly two years, I don't know. Anyway, I used to tell them every day what the weather was going to be, whether they could hang the knickers out or not,

made it a bit funny and a bit of a fun weather report. But sometimes I got it wrong and then I got it in the neck. So I stopped doing that after a while. But yeah, I think it's a real British thing talking about the weather. We do it all the time. That's it really. but congratulations on two years of the podcast. It's amazing.

Listen to it all the time. Love all of you. Keep on doing what you doing. It's Alison from Grimsby. Bye. Thanks Alison. Thank you so much. We do.

We don't half bang on about the weather. Do you know why we bang on about the weather? Because we live on a rock. Yeah. In the middle of an ocean. And I think we're closer to the Antarctic than we are to Spain or whatever. Yeah. So if you're Spanish, you're Italian, or what, you know, you get up every day and you go,

sunny again, what's the weather like? Sunny again, that's what they do. When it rains, they go, what's raining? What's that all about? Next day, as sunny again. With us, we can have snow in June, rare. Snowing ascot. Snowing ascot.

No, it's true. But it is funny. isn't it? Yeah, but it's... And I was saying with the girls coming up actually on this pod whether it's been spoken about

but it is a conversation starter isn't it? It's an icebreaker. It is, but... And it lovely, or nice to get out and it starts. And the sun night or whatever. I mean, again,

like dry and weather very important. You know, like when you've been, when you've had clothes on radiators or on, we've got an era now that we put our clothes on to dry it. when the sun comes out and it's warm enough to put the stuff

out in the garden on the line and get it dry, that's major. That is really, that's a, you know, that's like a... A win. A massive win. And it's a, it's the start of the new year looking forward to going into spring and summer.

I'll tell you what wasn't a massive win. Sunday for Arsenal. No. I sat there. I don't watch it anymore. No. And I thought I'm going to get into it again. And that's a bit late in the day.

But I thought, no, I'm going to pop it on. And the stress I felt watching, I thought that's why I don't watch it, because I do get stressed by it. Yeah, I was stressed all game. Yeah, I was stressed all game. What do you reckon? Me personally, I mean, like James says to me,

I don't like negativity, and I agree with all that with Arsenal fans, but you've got to look at the facts, and the facts are. One in hand. We're not scoring goals. Sit here on a run. They are at this stage of the season.

and they go on runs and they just don't lose games. We're not scoring goals. We're not playing well. We've got some injuries. Confidence is a bit low. We need a really big result. We need a big result. And if we don't win the league,

it wasn't because we got beat at Man City. It's because we drew at Wolves. I see what you're saying. Yeah, that will be the headline. We've got beat at home. Ballmouth beat at home. Yeah, yeah. It's all those.

Listen, all these teams are good teams. I'm not saying that about any of them. No. But if you are top of the league, And you are trying to win the league. You should be smashing those down. No, you should be winning your home game. Yeah.

No matter who it is, if it was Chelsea or Man United, or whatever it might be. Like Man United came and beat us at home. No, Man United had been not very good this year. No, they've been awful. But, you know, he's done something and they're now probably going to be Champions League next year and whatever. But I think there's just certain results in the season that they're the ones that calls it. So is it all mistakes. It's not.

It's not being beat by man sitting away. You know when people moaned? They go, oh, I didn't get the promotion. But I was so good on Tuesday when the general manager was in. You know what I mean? And they were looking at me. And you think, well, no, you have to be the best you can. You've got to be consistent all the time.

That's right. Yeah. In anything. In anything we do. In anything we do, yeah. Any walk of life. You have to get up. Or if you want to be good at it or you want to make a success of it.

You can't wait for. for those big moments. No. It's all the little ones that count. Yeah, and the little ones are the hardest ones. Because the little ones are the ones where you've got to get up and self-motivate and get on with it. Yeah, so true. Not the great big, you know, flagship moments.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, where something happens and it's all great. It's, you know, it's half-past six on a Monday morning and it's pouring rain and you've got to get up and get in that van and go and do some shit and whatever. And they're the moments. They're the moments that is the consistency. Consistency and dedication, I think. All throughout anything you do. But yeah, well, to put it into a nutshell,

I don't think we win the league. I don't think we win the league this year. I think City will win the league. Agreed. But there we go. There we are. Hi, Nat and all the family. Congratulations on the two-year anniversary.

Have been enlistner since you're off the telepod, finished, and I love Life with Nat. Came to see you in Leeds. Oh, thank you, Angela. Regarding British things, the most British thing I still do is Q. I still do it at home and abroad. God knows why. Q jumpers really pissed me off, especially the traffic queue jumpers.

I've uttered many expletives when I've had to let the shits in, who can't be bothered to get in line and speed up the lane that's filtering into the one I've been queuing in for 10 minutes. And that's from Angela. Angela, this pod started with a huge rant about cutting into lanes. So I'm pleased you've brought it up. Yeah.

I hate it. Yeah, I hate it, but there's not a lot you can do about it. Hate it. There isn't. Unless you've sort of got like ground-to-ground missiles on the van or whatever. That'd be good, wouldn't it? You're not going to start getting out and fighting people because of cut in and whatever. You just got to, honestly, just suck it up?

Yeah, you do. You do. One good story about, um, cueing is one of my mates we was in Rhodes. It was my first boys holiday. I was 17. And, um, he nearly had a fight with his grand. big German because we were queuing up for money. This was back in the day, Travelers Checks.

Yeah. And you had to queue up and change them into Dracma. And there was this little Bureau Deschons and roads where we were, Faluraki, and you'd just queue up every day and get your money, you know, change your 50-pound travellers check for your money for the day or the night. And this German just didn't understand it. It didn't understand that you can't just walk up and get what you want. Right.

Even though there's 20 people behind you. And, yeah, it got quite fruity, actually. Yeah, it was quite interesting. I was standing there laughing and he was doing his nut. But again, you know, like completely alien to some cultures, stroke, whatever, is the thing about curing. And we just, yeah, we're great at it. Should be a, if it was an Olympic sport, we'd win the gold meddling Qing every time. I shouldn't be should bring it in.

I don't think they'll have it. We can try it. We'd be fantastic. We'd bring gold. We'd win gold. We'd win gold. Gold. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Heck's sake. Hello, Natalie. And everyone at the Life with Nat Pod crew. Many congratulations to you all. Two years. Thank you for giving up your time to entertain all of us.

I know Tony like myself working for yourself. It's a way of life trying to find the time to have a crap, let alone trying to do, you know, going over to your sisters. once every now and again to do 45 minutes worth of chatting away. Listen, everybody, it's been brilliant. I'm just going to wobble on if I carry on. So well done for two years. Keep it up.

And thank you for allowing me to be a part of it as well. It's all great fun. And yeah, keep it up. Thank you. Bye-bye. Love you. Cheers, Timbo. I love the way he compared himself to you

because he is a self-employed coach driver. Yes. He's got his own business, he works hard. So he understands what it takes for you to get over here, so have a chat. So thanks, Timbo. Brilliant. Isn't it fantastic, though, over the two years,

the listeners that we have collated when you think about it? I'll be honest with you, this is, it's like two different, it's like a parallel dimension for me. So if you can imagine, like today I've been trying to paint a hall stairs and landing because of whatever happened and couldn't get a decorator and it's got to be done. I've been running up and down ladders all day, and I'm actually very, very tired. Thank you for coming.

No, it's not, I'm not saying that. No, but I'm doing that and doing like mundane stuff. Then I come up here and you're going to me, we've had five million downloads. And I'm going, well, I don't really, I can't work. It's such a diametrically opposed this and what I do. You know, what I do isn't not glamorous and it doesn't involve, you know, or it doesn't involve being, you know, it's just shit you do to earn money, basically.

So when I do this and then you start talking about we're doing this and we're going to be on such and such, and then the videos are going out and they're going to be on YouTube and whatever it might be or whatever's going on. And I'm sort of nodding and I'm thinking, I don't really know what's going on, but I'll nod. Sounds all right, you know. So it's mad for me.

It's absolutely mental. Isn't it funny? Because it's mad for you. but for me, this is mundane. Exactly. And it's mad. That's exactly what I'm talking about. So for you,

this is just mundane. It's just what you do. Don't say that's too mundane. No, well, people love the mundane. They love it. I could be really mundane if you want me to be. Oh, that's brilliant. I said to Mark earlier, I said,

listen, in two years' time, it'll be four year anniversary and I'll be asking people how they wipe their asses. That's the level we'll get to. That's fine. So. I mean, I've got loads of mundane stuff. Yeah, bundles.

We'll get there. We'll get there. We'll get there. We'll get there. But it's weird for me. It's really, really, really odd, you know. Yeah. But it's great.

So. I'm just thrilled to have you here. Can't knock it. Really am. Frewd that you're a part of it. Thank you very much. Hi, Nat. It's Carol from West Yorkshire here.

Still on a high from the news that Tony's kitchen is finally finished. I just wanted to say congratulations for Thursday. Two-year anniversary. Wow, where has that gone? I remember when the pod first started and I was away on holiday and I listened to the first two episodes lying on a sun lounger by the pool, getting funny looks from people around me because I was giggling away to myself. I've listened ever since and loved it ever since and I want to say thank you for sharing your wonderful family with us. Congratulations again. Bye. Thank you so, so much.

What a beautiful message. Absolutely beautiful. And that's what I'm saying to you. I just can't get me head around at all. Yeah. That anyone would want to listen to me, that there would even be a reaction. You know, and we do get reactions.

But they love that people enjoy us, the family. Listen, people have gone, oh, Natalie Cassidy's doing something. They've grown up with me on the telly, whatever. But they enjoy me and my family. family. Yeah. And that's what it is.

And that's what it's become. So it's really important that you all know, you're very special. And the pod is, it's going great guns. And there's a lot, a lot that's going to happen. And we're going to grow. And it has been two years. But two years is really early on for a business. Yeah.

I just can't thank everybody enough for sticking with us, coming to live shows, you know, sending messages. It all means so, so much and we couldn't do it without you. No, no, no. We couldn't. The whole pod is about the listeners. Oh, without listeners, you've got no chance.

Absolutely. Pointless. Absolutely pointless. And I'm going to finish on this. This is from our wonderful listener, Roger. He's been a listener from the start, fantastic, supportive man. And he said, hey, Natalie,

I just wanted to say, you and your amazing team have made such a difference to my life over the last two years. you've got me through some very, very dark times. I love all the pods and I listen as soon as they're available. Congratulations on two years. And on Thursday I'll be listening from Grand Canaria.

And Roger, you enjoy your day on Thursday in Grand Canaria. I'm so pleased you listen. We all really, really love the people that listen. I care about you deeply. It might be a bit strange. I can't help it. I think about the listeners. I care about you.

I wonder what you're up to. I don't know all your names, but I listen and I read and I comment and it means a lot. So here's to the next two years. Who knows what's going to happen? And we're going to go downstairs now and have a lovely celebratory two-year anniversary dinner. Lovely.

Great. Fantastic. Beautiful. Thanks, Roger. That was a really, really lovely message. And again, I can't. aren't put into words what that means. I don't even understand how that happens,

but I'm very, very grateful for it. So, brilliant. That's all we can be. That's all we can be is grateful. Being grateful. Yeah, definitely. It's the best. Yeah, without a doubt.

Tom, thank you for everything. No, thank you. Honestly. Being a part of it's amazing. Love it. I want to continue doing it. We've got a pod coming up next week. We're recording next week.

Yes, we are. So looking forward to it. And yeah, so I'm why, yeah, can't wait. Fantastic. Cheers, Tony. Cheers, bye. See you. Square knows that in hospitality, efficiency is everything.

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This is Nikki, aka Thrifty Green Life on Instagram. I just wanted to send a voice note in to remind you that we are all still waiting in anticipation for the Freibentos tinned pie tasting. And I just wanted to let you know that we haven't forgotten. And I'm very keen. I'm very keen to know what these pies taste like. So I said to Nat Sneez's Instagram that I'm going to remind you because I'm very keen to know what you taste like. Thanks, bye.

Taste one then, babes. Buy one. Nikki, you little minks. No, it's us to do it. We should do it. We will do it. We will do it. This is what it's come to.

It's kind of your fringe. After two years, what's happened? What is it? Yeah, it looks hard. Static. I've not brushed it today. I'm going to get jazzed up for our celebrationary meal later. Oh, you?

Yeah. I didn't get the memo. Maybe brush my hair. She didn't get the, MMO. Hair's all done. Make-up. Yeah.

My hair's not all done. Looks lovely. I didn't do. I've just gone over the top. It's frizzy. Looks lovely. Thanks. I had mine done like, yeah, about a week ago.

Mine's greasy. It's mad how your hair keeps. Did wash my fingers then. Happy two years, guys. Happy two years. Where did that go? Crazy, isn't it? Had.

Two years. That's a long old time. It's a lot of chatting bollocks. I was just pregnant. Yes. I say just. I was, yeah, like three months, yeah. Mad. A lot has changed in those two years. Yeah, it's been a crazy two years. Yeah, it has. A crazy couple of years. Good though. Everything feels very positive.

You know, what has changed is me having a coffee on the pod instead of a wine. Yeah, she's a bit of shame. That's true. We've had so many messages because it's also St George's Day. It is. So happy St George's Day, everyone. thought, right, let's go into just English, British things that people do. And we've had so many messages from everybody because people just love the mundane shit. We know it. That's what this pod is about.

There's no getting away from it. We love it. At least we know with mundane shit is always going to be there. Exactly. Very on trend. I said to Mark, maybe in the next two years I'll be asking people how they wipe their asshole. It'll go right down to... I don't think we need to wait two years.

That's a cracking subject. I've done that already. No, we haven't. No, we've done toilet paper. One for a few episodes of time, I'm sure. Maybe one day we'll be asking, you know, how does your robot do the washing? Yeah. I saw, sorry, David Atten Brissny program Secret Garden, popped it on in bed the other night.

What was that on? I'm not saying it. It's on Eye Player. And it's just all about English gardens. Oh, nice. Well, British Gardens and what goes on in them. So hedgehogs, foxies. Oh, right.

Yeah. there's a huge worry about robotic lawnmowers that come on in the night. Just like taking them out. Oh, don't. Voles. Really bad. So you saw this tiny little, I think it was a voul or a little mole of some kind. Can't remember.

A voul or a mole. It wasn't even one of them, I don't think. Can't remember the name. Anyway, I was a bit tied in bed. But it was so scared. Petrified and then the lawn mower. They'll have to make a film. There'll be a Disney film about that, wouldn't they?

So I've all done. It's funny you said actually because I was thinking about getting one of those hovers that do it themselves because I've got ants now. So I thought they could just sweep them up. Fricken ants would be like that. Oh, why don't you get some ant powder? I have, I did it. But now they're coming from somewhere else.

I don't know where. I got some Manchester, funnily enough. That time of year, isn't it? Yeah. Apparently. Cracking. Good chat. What has been your favourite moment of this year?

with the pod. Oh, I was going to say, yeah. What do you reckon? Well, live shows have been a highlight, haven't they? Yeah, I can't get away from that. Clappin was excellent. Clappin was real fun. It feels like, yeah, it was like a bit of a dream,

wasn't it? Yeah, see, Clappin was great, but just some of the more recent ones. Yeah. I just feel like we really got into it. Brighton was jokes, wasn't it? Brighton was a highlight for me. Yeah, Brighton was very good.

Really enjoyed it. And then Bruce, yeah. Stahl was really, it was great as well. It was. I think for me, it's just the amount of giggles we've had. I was going to say that. Like, we've had some really, really funny moments of us hysterical. Yeah.

The hysteria. The one that sticks out for me was, I was crying. Christmas, the one when we were talking about what actor was in the film. Oh. No, well, I think there was that. Hello, Miram. No, I was thinking of the one with, um, Tom Allen.

Oh yes, Tim Allen. Oh, it was. Yeah, that absolutely has been a highlight because they make you feel good. I just love the fact that I get to spend more time with you because life is very busy. Here she goes again. Obsess.

Why you're so obsessed with me. Leave my speech for a minute. Hi. Hi. Come on. You love spending time. No, I just think it's really lovely and what a special thing we have

for people to see our relationship because it is weird having an auntie of this age. It's a unique. It's a unique dynamic. But also, I guess, again, with the live pods, where was we? Was it Manchester?

Met a group of women and they were aunties. Yes. And just meeting those, yeah, meeting people like that who love it because they're like us. When we're at home together and it's people that can relate to the dynamic because they've got it.

or people that enjoy it because they don't have it. It's so true. I actually think the highlight, I'm going to throw it out there for me, was at Brighton meeting a lovely couple. The lady couldn't make Clapham. So the husband said, book Brighton and I'll come with you. He said, I bought her in and then I was going to leave and I sort of started listening.

I really enjoyed it. Then proceeded to tell me that he was also a Chelsea fan and was missing a massive game that they were playing. So he chose to sit. with us and have a few drinks. That's cute. And Miss Chelsea and he was a lovely guy. It's remember it well.

Very good. Yeah, so that's probably a highlight for me as well. And we know what it's like for men to give up their football. So we appreciate that. Not just men. I was fuming. No, it was all of a year. Even I watched on Sunday.

Yeah, shocking that was. Absolutely shocking. There's still time. There's still time. She couldn't score, could they? We're talking about Arsenal, by the way. There you go. So going back to.

British things that we do, is it rude not to ask someone for a cup of tea when they walk through the door? And it led me on to thinking of us, it's not really tea, is it? No. No. Or gin. Wine, gin. Depends on the time of day and who it is. I think it's just more the drink thing. Yes.

When someone comes in. A cold drink. Depending on what time of day it is, would you like a tea? Would you like a... Always. Yeah. But the tea thing, Oh, I'm sort of, I'm cut off by about 2 o'clock.

Oh, see, I only have one in the morning. Me too. I've not had one today. That's why I'm having a coffee now. Yeah, see, I would more have a cup of tea later on than coffee. First thing, I want a tea to get me started. Yeah, but if I'm having a hot drink later on at work at work, it would be a tea. It would be a tea.

I'd never make a coffee at like 2, 3 o'clock. Oh, no. Sometimes I might have a little tea at a 3 or 4 if I'm, Yeah. I would have a cup of tea at 3 o'clock if I had a little bit of cake. Oh, yeah, or a biscuit. And you haven't really eaten. You feel I'd just have a couple of biscuits.

Since the operation, because when you come around, I can crave in a cup of tea and biscuits, and it was sensational. Yeah, it's always the best. And then when I was recovering, just wanted tea and biscuits. It's the best, I'm it? And even, when was it the other morning? I had a tea. Yeah, I've got into the tea again.

I do love a tea. Since being pregnant, I now have a tea in the morning. Not a coffee. Really? Pregnancy made me go off coffee. Yeah. And I need to still really fancy a cup of coffee. I much prefer a cold cup of coffee.

Yeah, nice. Yeah. If I'm hungover, sometimes. With a little sugar in it. Oh, lovely. No, not sugar, but just a tea. I can't do a coffee. Diet Coke, I want it if I'm hungover.

But the tea thing, tea and coffee stresses me out when going to other people's houses. Coffee's more risky, I think. It's not for me. Because I am a brew I like it brewed for a very long time But a lot of people don't do that And then I feel like I'm just drinking hot water With a bit of milk

And so when I'm making it I'm very conscious to ask How do you take it? How do you like it? So my thing is Strong in flavour, not in colour So I like it brood but I like it milky So that you get the flavour It's not really strong.

I do love it when I have a couple of guys around that do my decorating and bits and bobs at home. And I'm just literally making cups of tea all day long. It cracks me up. Yeah, is that weird? Why? Because when we had the work done, no, like 20 teas, I was making a day.

It is cute. I don't know, it just feels really nostalgic. Yeah, it does. How are you drinking that much tea? I also feel like you're... It's one of the most grown-up things you can do. But I do it with my window cleaner Do you want a tea or the gardener?

I do. I get everyone right involved. When Fishballs came and delivered my table, they did have to put it up. Yeah, so you like, do you want to do you? That's all right. I thought you meant someone. No. She's at the door.

Hey, Amazon driver. Do you want a cup of tea? No, but I thought, oh, they're putting it all up, two older blokes and they loved it. I get it. Cute. Lucy. Lucy in the sky, her name is,

honest. Very nice. The most British thing I do is have a cup every morning before I do anything else. Won't leave the house without one. Also use tea for every occasion. I'm cold so I drink tea. I'm anxious so I make myself a decent brew. I'm snacky so I grab a couple of custard creams and dunk into my tea.

Stunning. 100% rudeness not to offer tea to somebody visiting or popping around to say hello. Yeah. A lot of people have a cup of tea when they're hot. Yeah, it's meant to call you down. Nanny used to. But also, do you buy you? brush your teeth before you have that first tea?

No. No. Because I'm funny about that. So I like to have my hot drink. Otherwise, I can't have it for at least an hour after as it tastes disgusting. Absolutely. If I've brushed my teeth, you can't then drink that. Agreed.

No, no. I'm not going downstairs, having a tea going by I can't brush my teeth. Well, it depends. I never used to, but now I do because I'll go down with James and then the best one is when Jack doesn't leave super early for work and I get tea. I love a tea in bed. And James is still asleep and I've just got 10 minutes. Oh, it's the best tea.

I do love a cup of tea in bed. But some people go up to bed with a cup of tea at night. I wouldn't sleep. No, well, you can have decaf, mate. No, I'd have a calm tea. Yeah, like I'd go up with a herbal tea. I wish I could get into that routine because I really enjoy them. It's nice, good.

A woman I used to work with, her husband or partner always made a tea for her. And he used to work away. So when he used to work away, she used to make a tea in a chili bottle, bring it up to bed so that in the morning she could just pour it into her mug because she couldn't bear the thought of getting out of bed. That's brilliant. I love that. That is hilarious.

That is absolutely brilliant. That's quite a good idea though. I should do that. That's good. Let's do that with the baby's milk. Yeah, cracking. Jessica Rose. I think I was going to say Jessica Rabbit.

Jessica Rose here brings us onto the weather. We always talk about the world. weather, don't we? Us Brits. I'm a beautician and honestly I know how my conversations are going to go all day if there's been some sun, some rain, a storm, some snow. Other friends who are in the industry say the same. So, so funny, every conversation starts the same. Oh, have you seen this rain? Oh, what about the sun then? Hey, so British. It's so true. I did it a little while ago. I was sitting there and it went all dark and I texted in the family chat. Oh my God. It's just gone really dark here.

I mean, so what? And then mum was like, we've just had house stones in it. They're going to be coming to you. And I did it the other day. I bumped into someone again, sort of, you know,

I know them, but not that well. And it's like, oh, isn't it just so lovely when you can just get out and the weather's nice. It's such a little conversation filler. It is just a conversation filler.

I did it yesterday. I picked the kids up from a master's school club. First time they were all playing outside. So the teacher, I said, oh, isn't it lovely? Because the weather's nice. You can all be outside. But we're going to continue to say that every day. Yeah, all the time.

Until winter and then we'll be moaning. What about when we had the rain and it was Easter Sunday and we were sending videos to each other out of the windows of the rain. Like we don't know what it looks like. I haven't got rain here, no, but I've got it here. Hopefully that means. Well, no, we said it on the phone. I said, yeah, it's lovely out.

Literally Sunday. Well, there's no sun here. I'm like, oh, it's beautiful here. Isn't it mad? But everyone blames everything on the weather. Yeah. Even with work in retail, if sales are a bit tough, they go, oh yeah, but this time last year, it was hot. Yeah.

Wow. So you can't ever, how can you base anything on anything? No. Because you're just constantly predicting the weather. It's so true. It's mad. Yeah, it just blows my mind. We love it.

Wait till the old snow comes. Morning. I've just seen your thing on Instagram as ever. I'm a little bit late to the party. and you were talking about sort of mundane things that British people do. And you were saying about the weather, why we all love to talk about the weather. And do you know what it is? And I think, you know, it's a little bit like this pod.

In that, the weather connects all of us. It's something that we can all talk about. So, you know, whether we know anything about the weather or not, we could strike up a conversation with a stranger about it if we had to. because we just have to look around to see what's happening. Open the door, open the window. You know, sun, rain, mainly rain in this country, let's face it. But, you know, so that's what I think, like, you know,

and if you meet someone, sometimes you don't have anything in common with them. You don't know what else to talk about. So, you know, making a little comment about the weather, just to get the conversation started. Perfect. Not problem. Beans on toast, on the other hand. Oh, my goodness.

Why? Why would you? And can I just say, this is an ick. Well, show up baked beans. Oh, no, no, no. When they're at the bottom of the sink, bottom of a sauce bun, stuck off, making me feel ill, just thinking about it. Anyway, I just wanted to say a happy two-year anniversary to you all. You all bring something different to the pod, which is absolutely fantastic. And I love listening. to each and every one of you. So congratulations, guys. Lots of love, Joe from Bristol. Thanks, Joe. Oh, I love baked beans. I had beans on toast for lunch yesterday. Is it just?

One little slice, just very basic bread, which is lovely. And the game changer, and I don't know why people don't do it. I think people do, but not enough people do. You have, there is, you cannot cook beans in the microwave. Agreed. Absolutely. Sickening. I agree.

Get in the bin. You're disgusting. Agreed. Sorry. I don't have a microwave full stop. Listen, I don't get to eat beans very often because we know that Jack has a phobia. So they're not really in the house. If I can sneak a little tin in.

And yesterday I thought in celebration of two years, but you have to go cheese, beans, cheese. 100%. I don't reckon. Sorry. Never done it in my life. Or some people do else. Have you tried this? just mix the cheese in with the beans.

Cheasy beans. You have to get a little layer of cheese underneath. Stunning. Sort of did with the bonnays. And then the cheese. Exactly. Loads of pepper. Loads of pepper.

Yeah. And I don't want to see one little bit of dribbly juice because it's all gone thick. You know when they're like still hard and loads of juice. No. A big machine. I went for a cook. I went for a breakfast.

What I had? I can't remember. I normally it I had, but I asked the beans on the side. Where they rank. the pot was that big. Oh yeah, but that's annoying. The fuck is that?

No. How many beans in there? 10. 12. A bean, a bean and a half. Half a bean and a bean. Is that right? Why?

What are I doing with that? Yeah, no, that's a piss take. How much were they? I don't know. I bet there were a couple of weird. Probably. Could have got four tins. But anyway, it's so weird because I have all of a sudden become obsessed with beans

and do you know what I love? Ruby is obsessed. That's good. At least you love your daughter. No, because Alfie can't stand all that stuff. She had the other day four slices of toast with beans on. She's slashing it down. She has it off the school club.

She comes in and says, Mom, can I have beans on toast? Oh, it's good for you. I'm like Joe. It's a nice little filler sometimes when you don't know what, you know, they don't know what to eat. Nice jacket with beans. Mush potato with beans. Oh, jacket potato with cheese and beans. And butter and pickle.

No, not pickle. I love pickle. And you know what's also stunning? Again, if you have a really good one, a cheese and bean, like panini. like a melt. No, thank you. We used to have them at school. I don't want beans in a sandwich.

But that's like beans on toast. No, it's not. But for me, beans and mashed potato is the nuts. The nuts. So if I have sausage and mash, I'm having beans. When we were younger, I would remember Kate coming around after school. She used to come around a lot. But absolutely, once a week, we would have chicken, like chicken nuggets or chicken guzion,

with smiley faces and beans. Loads of mayonnaise are stunning. What about just a pile of chips? Yeah. Salt and vinegar and then loads of beans on top. That's Mark. He has fish and chips with beans. Oh, that is stunning.

Fish and chips. He always has beans. How many beans make five? A bean, a bean, a half, a half a bean and a bean. That's my brother David for the two-year anniversary pod. He is something else that man. He really is. Oh, wow.

He's an absolute cracker. He's a bean. Mr. Bean. We used to call him Mr. Bean. He used to tell him my friends he was Mr. He did learn like Mr. Bean a little bit. That's the national treasure in all. Yeah.

While we're talking about St. George's Day. Oh, Mr. Bean. That's our childhood. What's your favorite episode? Oh, when he goes to the supermarket to try out all the things. What, the fish in the frying? The fish in the frying pan, the potato peeler for the potato. My one is sandwich on the bench.

With the anchovy. Mine is in the restaurant with the stretch. Yeah, fantastic. And the swimming pool don't mock about either. And they get some of the diving pool. So all of them. Bustles down, oysters down. I haven't seen that one.

Is she having the hotel, we stays in the hotel. And that guy is up following him around. All of them. All of them. Absolutely. The Christmas one. Fantastic. Oh, the twiglets.

Oh, that's brilliant. The Marmite. Excellent. Or the twigs. That's my life. This is a lovely one. Hi now, on the subject of being overtly British, I do genuinely believe a cup of tea solves most things,

but the thing that really makes me recognise how British I am, particularly when abroad, queuing. Going back to the beginning, guys. No one queues like us. I have often stood patiently in a line that other people seem blind to and bobbed my head around, probably with a dope-a-assed expression, as if gesturing to no one in particular, to get a look at the people pushing in.

Probably even a Mr. Bean-style tut sometimes. Oh, what is that? Not loud enough, so anyone would ever hear, obviously. Actually, it probably extends to general politeness. After a haircut, yeah, it looks fab, thanks. No, it doesn't, it's shit. Just tell them for fuck's sake. In a restaurant having grumbled to each other

since the plate appeared until the waiter comes over. Oh, yeah, lovely, thank you. No, it's a fucking dog's dinner. The portion is tiny, and that's... Absolutely not one of my hairs. Cueing is what we do. Polite, it's who we are. Now let's pop the kettle on and calm down.

Have a fab we call Katie. Perfect. So true. But when you go to Italy and nobody cues, it's really quite frustrating. Maybe because we don't know how to just do that. It is amazing on holiday. And you are just stood there.

Mum stood outside this outlet. Trying to get a bottle of water for about 20 minutes. Because everyone's just going in front of. I just got to get in. He'll also went over and just got his stroke. Yeah, it's funny, isn't it? Brilliant. Hello, Nat.

Congratulations on two years. Two years of bringing and spread in total joy. You and all your gang have been company when I've been peeling mountains of spuds, saving two episodes when I've had a long spin and feeling involved in a convo that's nothing to do with me. I'm so happy I stumbled on your pod. It's the highlight of my Monday.

Honoured to have the same birthday as the pod. Don't stop what you've got. It's so, so special from Carla. So happy birthday. Thank you. It's so lovely, isn't it? It's all so lovely and, yeah. Just such a nice community of like-minded people and...

It's incredible. The whole thing is absolutely incredible. Guys, I know we could sit here for another hour and a half, but I've got everyone in this one. So we've got to go. We're sharing. We're sharing. We're sharing.

Sharing is caring. It is. But I wanted to say, in all honesty, I cannot thank you both enough for making this pod what it is, genuinely. Thank you as well. Thank you. It is special. It's very special.

Such fun. Such fun. Such fun. Has anyone asked you what your favourite thing is? No. Do you want to share? The whole thing. And to be honest, it is recording them for me.

I love the live shows, but coming up here, sitting with all members of my family, talking to you. It's the whole process for me. I just feel very proud of myself. I'm not going to lie to you. I do. I feel very, very proud that we're two years along. It's growing. going, there's lots coming up, it's very exciting.

And really, we're only just beginning. It is true. It is amazing. I'd love to like listen to, maybe we should, listen to one of the first ones to see them. I'd love to just out of interest and see how cringe it is. Some people are doing that, they're starting from the beginning. I know.

Let us know what you think. How's it gone? And let us know what you've thought of this, please. 077, 28, 20, 1919. Like I said, we'll go back to all these amazing mundane things that we talk about. I really, really hope you've enjoyed today's episode. Thank you for sticking with us. Tell your friends, recommend it to people, especially this ep, because it's a real insight into the whole whole thing. And can I also, before we go, very importantly, wish everybody who is running the marathon on Sunday, all the luck in the world.

Good luck, guys. You've got this. It'll be on my telly and I'll be watching with my feet up. This is what we like to do. We like to watch from the sofa. Absolutely. No, we went, don't worry, I went last year with Dom. Fun times. Anyway, there we go. Thank you all for listening. Thanks guys.

We'll speak to you on Monday. See you all. See you. Bye you.