Discontent Provider

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

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 Royal Family - and if they can't squeeze a podcast out of that shower, they're not the Silver Fox and the Black And White Dog we all thought they were...

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

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 make even the most gruesome situations so much more cataclysmic and ghastly? Obviously not - but it does make providing audio content a doddle. "Every cloud" and all that, eh?

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

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. Incidentally, while The Song At The End is rarely titled (because titles are difficult), this week's effort simply had to be given a name - it's called "Tatebro's Blues" (which ought to delight those of the twelve-bar faith).

Episode 129: Honeyed Words And Polished Turds

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 Government's latest scheme to "help" the long-term sick and disabled...

Episode 128: Delicate Blooms

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 men?CW: The Song At The End is a blues number that contains some inept slide guitar work and a couple of slurs - but how else is one to portray a paranoid White Supremacist dickhead and Shadow Minister? Take slurs away from them and all they can say is "boats" and "Jesus"...

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

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 Great and the Good are so dashed secretive. The truth may shock you! Well; it'll certainly depress and infuriate you - but isn't that what this podcast is all about?

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

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 Right Side can lead one to unpleasantness - but at least few of us will ever be as ghastly and foul as the real wrong'uns...

Episode 125: WhatsApp Doxxed?

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 the World's Most Romantic Lurcher illustrating the abject stupidity of being a dick online by ... Well; by being dicks online, really. "Plus ca change...", and all that.

Episode 124: A Truly Gruesome Kind of Freedom

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 rich enough to render language itself meaningless. On a more sombre note, a harp wheezes its last ailing breath mid-song - thoughts and prayers are appreciated (be though never so useless).

Episode 123: Trial and Denial

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.