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Episode 132: Soft Power, Hard Facts - or at least some strongly-expressed opinions... 16:36

21d ago16:36

16:36

Time almost seems to be standing still in the Happy Place for the chaps this week as the futility of attempting to remain fresh and topical in a world that remains relentlessly gruesome in exactly the same way begins to dawn upon them. Fortunately (for them, at least) reflecting upon ugly malicious pointlessness can't help but remind them of the Ro…

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Episode 131: Things Have To Get Worse Before They Get Even Worser 14:59

28d ago14:59

14:59

Having skipped a week - through no fault of their own - Foxy and Arkham hit the Happy Place with a tad more than their customary gusto, élan, and (dare it be said?) brio. Fortunately, their pent-up podcastular energies encountered no difficulties in finding release. Isn't it simply smashing that so many people are positively champing at the bit to …

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Episode 130: Boys Will Be Boys - But Some Ain't Very Good At It 15:04

1M ago15:04

15:04

A certain pall of dissatisfaction hangs over the Happy(?) Place this week as the chaps learn that their Favouritest Place In The World could probably be a bit happier. On the other hand, learning that there are still influential public figures who seem to give a shit without a tawdry and commercial ulterior motive did buck them up a bit. Incidental…

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Episode 129: Honeyed Words And Polished Turds 17:28

2M ago17:28

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When a pair of fun-loving youngsters have been knocking out this guff for as long as Foxy and Arkham have, it's hard to imagine anything disillusioning them - and neither has it. Even so; the chaps in the Happy Place do experience a touch of surprise this week as they consider just how samey the same-old-same-old can be while considering the Govern…

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Episode 128: Delicate Blooms 15:21

2M ago15:21

15:21

The chaps arrive at the Happy Place in good spirits this week following a chance encounter on the bus - but naturally, the good times don't last. Sadly, the latest MAGA offshoot to be imported from the USA (tariff-free though, to be fair) leaves them more than somewhat bummed out. Won't somebody think about those poor, oppressed, straight, white me…

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Episode 127: An Apology, an Epiphany, and an Epstein 15:49

2M ago15:49

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A belated "drop" due to some circumstances that even the chaps' harshest critics would concede were beyond their control. Nevertheless, a couple of days' delay did allow dots to be joined and some pretty arcane and mysterious connections to become apparent - so the Happy Place's resident sages can finally reveal to a waiting world just why the Grea…

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Episode 126: Are We The Baddies? Almost Certainly Not - But It's Painfully Close sometimes... 18:06

2M ago18:06

18:06

An uncharacteristically belligerent motif may be detected by the more carefully-tutored ear this week as the chaps consider the proposition that by following their moral code, they might have become warmongering monsters. Fear not though, podcast pals; it recedes PDQ - to be replaced by the reassuringly familiar tone of despair. Yes; supporting the…

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Episode 125: WhatsApp Doxxed? 16:08

3M ago16:08

16:08

Love is in the air, cats and kittens - or at least it was yesterday - so this week's episode is a little late due to the chaps' regular schedule being interrupted by a Valentine's Day tryst 'twixt Arkham and a Cairn Terrier called Peggy. The old boy's still got it - not bad for fifteen years old... Hearts and flowers aside, this week sees Foxy and …

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Episode 124: A Truly Gruesome Kind of Freedom 16:21

3M ago16:21

16:21

The winter-bared trees of the Happy Place tremble 'gainst more than the chill winds this week as the chaps wax wrath about dishonesty. A stale dish, you might well think - and one that Foxy and Arkham have chewed over many times. Underestimate not the capacity of the Great and the Good however - for this week's teeming tureen of truthlessness is ri…

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Episode 123: Trial and Denial 15:50

3M ago15:50

15:50

The chaps consider boastfulness, braggadocio, and bullshit this week in the Happy Place (purely coincidental, cats and kittens: this damned thing isn't turning into a dysfunctional, expletive-laden version of "Sesame Street") as somebody's weird actions are called into question and other people steadfastly refuse to examine their own.…

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Episode 122: Holding Out For A Weirdo 15:15

3M ago15:15

15:15

It is with faces set and pale that the chaps arrive at the Happy Place this week - for the news is far from spiffing. Well; some of it might be spiffing-adjacent, in fairness - but the long-term outlook is distinctly bleak. Not only do Foxy and Arkham reveal the world of politics' biggest and dirtiest secret (you will be flabbergasted, rest assured…

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Episode 121: Breathe In That Unique, Compelling Musk - As though you have a choice in the matter... 17:02

4M ago17:02

17:02

This week sees the chaps lamenting the absence of other voices from the podcast while pointing out that in their view (because the right to express any opinion on the internet should be staunchly upheld and should not result in any real-life consequences) one voice is perhaps a little too ubiquitous.…

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Episode 120: Auld Lang Syne of a Shocking Indifference to the Wider World 11:15

4M ago11:15

11:15

While hysterical speculation and doomsaying grips 't'interweb, the chaps resume their respective positions in their snowbound Happy Place and declare 2025 open for Business As Usual and ponder why more people don't. Needless to say, they come to no conclusion that redounds to the credit of Western Civilisation in any meaningful way. Cheers, cats an…

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Episode 119: Getting Back Into It 15:57

4M ago15:57

15:57

As Foxy adjusts to life without coughing fits that come perilously close to bouts of projectile vomiting - and Arkham adjusts to Foxy's adjustments - the chaps take the easy option by dissecting The King's Speech. It doesn't take long: there was probably more meat in the vegan mushroom Wellington that served as Christmas Dinner. Still; gently does …

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Sicknote 4:19

5M ago4:19

4:19

Foxy is rather under the weather - though Arkham remains full of beans, you'll be happy to hear. Unfortunately for those keen on regular audio content, this minor indisposition has led to an Agonising Reappraisal of personal health and wellness; and thus a difficult decision has been reached that means things are going to be rather quiet around the…

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Episode 118: Placed In A Difficult Position 17:05

5M ago17:05

17:05

A gathering storm of Democracy looks set to sweep away the Old Order, and the Establishment's minions are apparently filling their silken undergarments on the hour at the prospect. Small wonder then that the chaps have sought refuge from the political turbulence that an online petition has wrought upon the Nation in their Happy Place. How will all …

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Episode 117: 'Twas The Month Before Christmas... 11:32

5M ago11:32

11:32

Having been imprisoned by torrential rain over the weekend, Foxy and Arkham find themselves positively giddy with joy to be out and about once more - and with the Culture War's Sugar Plum Fairy sprinkling discord and stupidity hither and yon, they're even more delighted. Join them for an early celebration of all that's base and cretinous about the …

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Episode 116: Old McDonald Had A Point (Did-'E-Really-Though?) 15:08

5M ago15:08

15:08

A hectic week of terror, despair, and outlandish conspiracy theories leave the chaps weary, breathless, and more than a little shell-shocked - but ultimately defiant - as they vow to maintain their cataract-blurred vigil on the State Of Things this week. Rather melodramatic, obviously; but if there's one thing this week has taught us all, it's that…

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Episode 115: A Little Bird Told Me... 13:10

5M ago13:10

13:10

Some sad news causes an unwonted lack of professionalism today as the chaps in the Happy Place come dangerously close to showing a little too explicitly how the sausage is made. In other news: events conspire to form a metaphor as shitty and half-baked as any the Silver Fox has devised as thoughts turn to World War III - which seems to bother peopl…

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Episode 114: Two Vast And Soulless Piles of Crap 14:21

6M ago14:21

14:21

The Happy Place resonates to the unusual sounds of celebration this week as the chaps ponder the downfall of two utter shitehawks who claim - with varying (though damned little) degrees of credibility - to have been touched by the Divine.By discontentprovider

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Episode 113: Bad To The Boneheads 16:28

6M ago16:28

16:28

Rarely have Foxy and Arkham retreated to the sanctuary of the Happy Place with more alacrity than they have today: it might be a bit chilly and damp - but at least there is nobody there talking about how tip-top it is that America has found its way back to the path of far-righteousness. The chaps are - but of course - pondering the fatal fascinatio…

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Episode 112: A Warning To The Furious 14:35

6M ago14:35

14:35

(ALT TITLE: In Which The Silver Fox Plucks A Low-Hanging Fruit - And A Plump, Over-Ripe, Orange Fruit At That) With everybody facing horrible choices, Foxy and Arkham are feeling a mite hemmed-in by the inevitable today - but still find it within themselves to not only podcast, but to do an unexpected and unprecedented Monday Song. Well; they might…

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Episode 111: Everyone's A Loser - Apparently 14:51

6M ago14:51

14:51

As the ghouls and monstrances of Hallowe'en recede back to the Poundland nether-hells from whence they came, Foxy and Arkham repair to the Happy Place to consider superstition, tradition, and the untenable position into which so many claim this week's UK Budget has placed them - including the Budgeter. They're too modest and self-effacing to have s…

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Episode 110: Everyone's A Winner - Apparently 10:24

6M ago10:24

10:24

Though now fairly well-stricken in years, the chaps are still more than capable of indulging in one of Britain's best-loved pastimes - to wit, pontificating about what they'd have done when it comes to a rumble. They're also - much to their surprise - not too far gone in nihilistic cynicism to give credit where it's due as it turns out that even so…

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Episode 109: And You Thought YOUR Family Get-Togethers Were A Bit Awkward... 13:52

6M ago13:52

13:52

Amidst the falling leaves and frost of their Autumnal Happy Place, the chaps find themselves unexpectedly pleased not to be in a tropical island paradise. They may be cold, bitter, and unappreciated - but at least they're not having to face an extremely difficult conversation that's been brewing for seventy-five years.…

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Episode 108: Meddle and Dishonour (Get THAT up you, EA - That's English Spelling, That Is!) 10:23

6M ago10:23

10:23

While the Great and the Good blame each other for interfering in their affairs, the chaps in the Happy Place prefer to take the stance of Personal Responsibility and accepting their own shortcomings. Turns out it's surprisingly easy to do it - especially if you're as great as wot Foxy and Arkham are...…

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Episode 107: It All Gets Easier When You Get A Bit Sleazier 17:19

7M ago17:19

17:19

Is the Autumnal mist a little thicker in the Happy Place than usual today? Do the denuded branches of the trees seem to weep with that touch more melancholy? Hard to say - but certainly the chaps are feeling a touch under the weather. Inspiration may be at hand from an unlikely source though. Perhaps concerning themselves with a potentially massive…

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Episode 106: Saying The Loud Part Out Loud 8:34

7M ago8:34

8:34

For reasons they feel disinclined to divulge, the chaps are a day late to the Happy Place this week - but are, nevertheless, almost painfully eager to point out other people's shortcomings. Today, they're looking at how politeness costs nothing - except possibly job security, human dignity, and other insignificant trifles of that nature...…

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Episode 105: Pedants' Revolt 16:15

7M ago16:15

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Being a pair of careful, rather close-mouthed coves, the chaps are not perhaps as sympathetic to Prime Ministers who don't sufficiently distinguish one form of ordnance from another - especially when a hostile Nation is just aching for a self-righteous war-wank. This episode also features a moment of self-doubt, a touch of shaudenfraude, a Song At …

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Episode 104: What Is There Left To Say? 5:34

7M ago5:34

5:34

Neither the crackling of fallen leaves nor the invigorating sting of autumnal air in the Happy Place can cheer the chaps today as they ponder the dishonesty, insincerity, indifference, and cruelty of both those who promulgate and those who profit from the ever-growing horror of the Middle East conflict. Still; it's only a short one - and they both …

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Episode 103: The White Man's Tantrum (And a Fond Farewell) 15:01

7M ago15:01

15:01

While the Britain beyond the leafy tranquility of their Happy Place rings to the anguished howls of post-colonial cretinism, Foxy and Arkham ponder the idiocy of people who LITERALLY didn't know what they'd got 'til it was gone - and then kicked up the most fearful row about it. Also - and on the subject of great songs, the chaps pay musical (near …

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Episode 102: Snider With Rosie 8:59

7M ago8:59

8:59

Perhaps it's because Christmas is looming ever-closer and it doesn't hurt the more parsimonious to slim down their address books (even if they can claim the cost of cards and stamps back on expenses) but a lot of harsh words are being chucked around of late - or maybe some sort of Seasonally Affected Disorder is just making people say the quiet par…

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Episode 101: It's All An Allusion 14:21

7M ago14:21

14:21

Foxy and Arkham find themselves in the distinctly unfamiliar position of defending a British Prime Minister against the slurs of the uneducated lumpen herd. What many people have mistaken for a slip of the tongue was actually a damnably witty literary reference - or was it? Maybe he's just an idiot who hates the sick and disabled - though how likel…

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Episode 100(!): Very First Century Boys 10:33

7M ago10:33

10:33

Foxy and Arkham are feeling dreadfully bucked to have arrived at their 100th Episode (give or take a couple of two-parters and "get-aheads" that don't count as canon). Needless to say, events beyond the leafy confines of the Happy Place may receive less than the chaps' usual forensic attention... It's Political Conference Time though - so comment i…

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Episode 99: Paging The Grim Reaper (A Parable - of sorts) 13:00

7M ago13:00

13:00

The chaps wind up the week with both a bold (if impractical) Mission Statement and some Statements about a recent Mission. Comparisons 'twixt Small States and Rogue States which are not wholly favourable to the former.By discontentprovider

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Episode 98: There's Always Somebody Worse Off - And Sometimes Deservedly So 9:16

8M ago9:16

9:16

The chaps find themselves in unwontedly chipper mood today because... Well; while they're not doing particularly well, they're doing a damned sight better than people upon whom they're not frightfully keen - and if that isn't cause for celebration, what is in these debased times? There's also a nod to both the Survival Horror genre and a band from …

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Episode 97: Star Trekkin' and Health Checkin' 14:16

8M ago14:16

14:16

An indecently proud Foxy and Arkham compare producing two podcasts in the same week favourably to performing a spacewalk - justifiably, considering their budgetary limitations. After that, they consider the prospects of a reformed NHS and a Health Utopia as envisioned by centrists. It's probably not as bad as it seems - but only by a bit.…

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Episode 96: Chillin' With Starmer 10:09

8M ago10:09

10:09

Exciting times for the chaps this week: a (partial) visual renaissance arrives just in time to see the shafting of Senior Citizens and irrefutable proof that the wheels have finally come off Humanity's little red wagon. And, were that not enough (though it obviously is) a tweak to the format is announced - one that will leave Mondays changed foreve…

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Episode 95: Back In The Sadness Again 19:18

8M ago19:18

19:18

After a week on holiday, the chaps are disappointed - though by no means surprised - to return to the Happy Place only to find that little has changed. Big Money is still acting as though there has been no change in Government - and perhaps there hasn't been after all. Still; if enough of us eat enough tinned pineapple, who knows what could happen?…

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Episode 94: It's The Little Things That Matter (Pun intended - albeit with the utmost reluctance) 19:52

9M ago19:52

19:52

This week finds the chaps burning any conceivable bridges and damning themselves irrevocably to never ever being invited to guest on another podcast by lashing out at practically every columnist, podcaster, and opinioneer and calling most of them idiots. Frankly, it's surprising it's taken this long... On a more positive note, The Silver Fox has so…

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Episode 93: A Moment of Riot Introspection 18:49

9M ago18:49

18:49

As the country - and the chaps in the Happy Place - enjoy a respite from the worst of the chaos and cuntery of the past week, we take a look at what drove hotel-burners and sausage-roll heisters alike to give so many of our towns and cities some new scars - and just as we hope those scars will heal, we also hope that greater understanding can lead …

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Episode 92: Hair-Trigger "Heroes" 15:43

9M ago15:43

15:43

Before you download this week's offering from the Happy Place, perhaps you should think for a moment: do you really want to listen to the chaps' reflection on a week of slaughter and unrest? That's not to say that it's any better (or worse) than their usual offering - but just a reminder that it's probably best to think about ANYTHING before doing …

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Episode 91: Summer of Love 2.0 - unless we missed a couple. 16:28

9M ago16:28

16:28

Hey there, you groovy cats and kittens; drop by Foxy and Arkham's Happy Place this week and dig the sweet sunshine and the good vibes, why don't you? It's all so cool and beautiful, baby - ever since Parliament tuned in, turned on, and dropped out into a Political Age of Aquarius, we're all a lot more mellow, man... Unless you disagree with somebod…

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Episode 90: A Right Earful 17:13

10M ago17:13

17:13

As the Chattering Classes and the Political Elite shout themselves hoarse in an attempt to make some sense of Saturday's events in Butler, Pennsylvania - or at least some form of sense in which they're absolved of any and all blame - Foxy and Arkham retreat to the Happy Place to escape the cacophony of cant and reflect that with everybody mouthing …

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Episode 89: Turns Out It Really IS All About Football - Sort Of. 16:16

10M ago16:16

16:16

As the chaps twiddle their respective thumbs and paw-pads in the sun-drenched seclusion of their Happy Place - rather at a loss as how they might best tackle the recent seismic-but-probably-not-very-seismic changes in the UK, a remarkable thought occurs - and one from an even more remarkable source. Over to you, Brian...…

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Episode 88: The Party's Over 17:13

10M ago17:13

17:13

The Happy Place is (a bit) Happier than usual this week as Arkham and Foxy see in the formation of a new Government. Needless to say, it's not all larks and untrammeled merriment - and there's still plenty to grouch about. For all that however, it may still be that chaps' most Upbeat Episode Ever - and you'll certainly never see a ventriloquist in …

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Episode 87: Squinting Through the Introspectoscope 20:21

10M ago20:21

20:21

After a brief absence - (relatively brief, anyway - in geologic terms) the chaps are back in the Happy Place. As the Nation gears up for the Election, Foxy and Arkham consider crises of conscience, unintended consequences, and the evanescence of a cornstarch coating. Also, exciting noises are made about LIVE election coverage. Doubtless Jeremy Vine…

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Episode 86: I Don't Know Much, But I Know What I've "Liked" 17:19

11M ago17:19

17:19

A certain pre-election ennui has caused Foxy and Arkham to retreat to the pastoral splendour of their Happy Place with more alacrity than usual this week. Fortunately, the splendid isolation did both of the chaps the world of good, and provided time and space enough to ponder as to why the Twitters, they are a-changing - as well as realising that t…

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Episode 85: Warmed-over Warmongers 17:39

11M ago17:39

17:39

Even in the Happiest of Happy Places, the odd speck of ague and/or ennui can somehow insinuate themselves from time to time - hence the shocking lateness of this episode. This week sees Foxy and Arkham appalled - but not all THAT appalled - by the Prime Minister's French Leave, but decide that there are worse things about war-related ceremonies.…

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Episode 84: Come Rayner Come Whine (Including an unprecedented apology) 15:41

11M ago15:41

15:41

Something of a chivalrous interlude in the lives of Foxy and Arkham this week as the chaps ransack the cupboards for tin trays, pots and pans, and a suitably massive colander in order to ride (well, ramble) to the defence of a lady whose temerity in not knowing her place has incurred the wrath of a bunch of cunts. They're about the most inept and b…

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