Here is the final podcast of season one, recorded before we take a break and prepare to return in 2020. It finds us in relaxed and reflective mood looking out at a grey seascape from Paul's house in Whitstable, reviewing their first year of po

Episode 67 Wildly Wrong On Every Subject

Dec 14th, 2019 30m 56s

A fast moving and sometimes fierce pod, in which battle lines between the friends are drawn up, attacked and defended with gusto. Paul continues his political journey to the left with trips to the food bank, and Guy does his best to get him to

Episode 66 A Portrait Of The Artist

Dec 10th, 2019 31m 32s

Therapy, camping, Bukowski, being a writer and gay easyjet stewards. Add hungry children, drawing and cruelty and you have this weeks' podcast.

Episode 65 Some Advent Musings

Nov 30th, 2019 31m 27s

The two friends discuss plans for the forthcoming season of good cheer. Paul proposes to liven up Christmas with a pagan celebration that includes animal sacrifices, upside down Christmas trees, and dinner in the West End. Guy delivers a very

Episode 64 Guy You'll Be A Woman Soon

Nov 23rd, 2019 31m 19s

From a couple of armchairs in front of the woodburner on a rainy morning we discuss old age, eco militarism, and Prince Andrew's passport. Paul, as an expert, comes up with a working definition of the verb 'to party'. We then pass via Isadora

Episode 63 The Biggest Gay Club In The World?

Nov 16th, 2019 31m 4s

This week the friends discuss the Catholic Church. Paul was brought up in the religion and so feels qualified to speak on the subject. Guy has little experience of it but offers his opinion anyway. The conversation then veers into the subject o

Episode 62 Whitstable, Mon Amour

Nov 9th, 2019 30m 55s

On a crisp sunny winter’s day, we pod from Paul’s house on the beach at Whitstable. We sample oysters Paul picked from the foreshore, and hear about his adventures on his boat, the Lamia. Beach huts, sex and death also all come under conside

Episode 61 Fools Seldom Differ

Nov 5th, 2019 31m 39s

This week we talk about the fatbergs clogging our sewers and what to do about them; Paul interviews Guy for a job as his butler, and then admonishes him for behaving too politely in restaurants. We finish with a look at some old proverbs while

Episode 60 Nothing Is Real

Oct 26th, 2019 31m 11s

A pod for the hard core fans of That’s Just Ridiculous. We tramp across the outer limits of taste and decorum as we submit Gary Glitter lyrics to a forensic textual analysis, then charge through flight shame, virtual reality and rapist shamen.

Episode 58 Jamaican bars, Clubs And Country Dances.

Oct 19th, 2019 31m 43s

Still in Jamaica, we talk in the evening over a glass or two of rum. We discuss bars, clubs, benders, and country dances we have recently enjoyed. Paul turns the talk to Xtinction Rebellion, and Guy explains what he would do in the event of a

Episode 57 Our First Guest

Oct 11th, 2019 31m 58s

This week we are again in Jamaica and are proud to have our first ever guest on That's Just Ridiculous. In the heat of the night we enjoy conversation with Cuba, an old friend, who talks about Jamaican life today and in the past. We hope you

Episode 56 The Cock Fighters

Oct 6th, 2019 31m 50s

This week the friends broadcast from the fading colonial splendour of the Liguanea Club, Kingston, Jamaica. They talk about attending a gathering of gay men in the capital of one the most homophobic countries in the world. Paul men

Episode 55 Foie Gras De Guy

Sep 28th, 2019 32m 19s

Over a bottle of Macon Rouge from the prestigious vintner Aldi, the two pals enjoy a typically far ranging conversation. Polyamoury and harems come under discussion, then Guy boasts about his bargee blood, and Paul describes a drunken prank.

Episode 54 Attack Of The Super Soldiers!

Sep 21st, 2019 32m 14s

This is an usual episode because we spend nearly all the half hour talking about one thing: a documentary about a road traffic incident on the M5 made in 2011. Never say we don't have our finger on the pulse of contemporary culture. We manage

Episode 53 Look What The Cat Dragged In

Sep 14th, 2019 32m 14s

The picture accompanying this week's pod is of Paul in drag. He has photoshopped it heavily because I can assure you he looked nothing like as good as this in real life. We discuss Paul's fatal taste for cross dressing, have a good rant about

Episode 52 A Full Year of Podcasting

Sep 7th, 2019 31m 44s

The Pod is one year old! Happy Birthday to us. And thank you all for coming to this our little birthday party. On a September afternoon we celebrate over a cup of tea and talk about the year that's passed. Paul tells me about ineffective ha

Episode 51 Cut Loose Like A Deuce

Aug 31st, 2019 30m 54s

Some episodes are better than others, and this is a good one, with a fine balance between the absurd and the ridiculous. We start somehow on the artist Barbara Kruger and warm up on billboard statements. It is not long before Paul is absolvi

Episode 50 ɿǝnniꓷ ǝƨɿǝvǝЯ

Aug 24th, 2019 30m 49s

In this episode we discuss a forthcoming project to consume an entire restaurant dinner in reverse. We ask listeners to give us recommendations for a suitable eatery. Please get in touch and help us on this misguided enterprise.

Episode 49 In And Out Of Love

Aug 17th, 2019 30m 41s

We podded this week after a fine lunch at The Chapel in Bruton, which set us up for a conversation starting with butterflies and ending in Ibiza. On the trip we encountered gin, the ancient mariner, crying, and masturbation, or as Paul daintil

Episode 48 Paul, The Devil's Child.

Aug 10th, 2019 31m 22s

Paul gives us a touching account of his childhood and his relationship with his mother, who sweetly called the young lad 'The Devil's Child.' Over the decades since, Paul has not changed, and later in the pod sneers at Guy's more fortunate sta

Episode 47 Obesity Challenge

Aug 3rd, 2019 32m 38s

It was another tough week for Guy, still on the painkillers, and Paul puts the boot in. He never misses a chance to hit a man when he's down. Guy milks it for all it's worth. Paul also has time to give advice on serviettes, negative ionisers

Episode 46 Pain Relief

Jul 27th, 2019 32m 22s

Guy has a slipped disc and recorded this pod under the influence of diverse and heavy pain killers. Listeners may or may not notice him rambling more incoherently than normal. Luckily, Paul takes up the slack and ensures the delivery of a spa

Episode 45 Crap Acapella

Jul 19th, 2019 19m 33s

This week's pod starts with an acapella rendition of our theme tune, setting the tone for a gentle, reflective half hour. Paul s starts with a feelings check, and we move on naturally to tidying my tool shed and Paul blocking people on FB. We

Episode 44 Disco Biscuit

Jul 13th, 2019 32m 26s

We missed the pod deadline for the second time in our ten months of existence, on account of operational complexities occasioned by a fine dinner followed by poire william and many godfathers. But on Saturday afternoon we sat down to pod, star

Episode 43 : Guy & Paul report from the Glastonbury Festival

Jul 5th, 2019 31m 59s

The two friends make a report from the front line at the Glastonbury Festival. After hearing this you can save yourself 240 quid and tell people you were there. They review gigs by Interpol, Keane, The Killers and the Chemical Brothers. Sec