Ambition is Critical

The lads are joined by the young man behind clothing brand Cambrensis Ioan Bowen-Pickett and chat about Ioan’s nightmare drive to Swansea from Barry, his changing University situation, the origins of the brand name and meeting Gary Aspden. The boys discuss Turkish copies, modern shopping habits, the South Wales clothing boom, London Fashion week, Craig Bellamy as Wales manager and have a very grown up conversation about the current predicament of both Swansea and Cardiff City plus much more….

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The boys are back on their own and talk about Ryan’s comeback to competitive football after a 14 year hiatus, the art of defending and the Man City kit man. Paddy has been on a long weekend in Malta to watch Liam Gallagher and friends. Chubb rub, The Blossoms and Frank Gallagher all get a mention. The lads discuss Liam Gallagher’s We,blew performance, Huw Edwards, Rockspur/Penlan, AJ/Dubois, Connor McGregor, Wiseguy and the Mr McMahon docu-series plus much much more….

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The lads are joined by Dylan and Fin from Subterrania and talk about meeting at open mic nights, starting out as a cover band and how those nights still now cover the costs or creating their own music, putting on their own gigs and playing at the iconic Dublin Castle in Camden. The boys talk about recording at Rockfield studios, playing the Swansea Arena Houseparty, headlining a sold out gig at The Bunkhouse, playing the Isle of Wight Festival, Paddy is off to Malta to watch Liam Gallagher and the Subterrania boys and Ryan gloat about securing Oasis tickets plus much more….

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The lads are joined by old friend and one of the worlds top Bare Knuckle Boxers James Lilley and discuss where they were on 9/11, how awful cat poo is, cold water therapy at Recovhub and New Orleans. James talks bout walking through the wrong part of Miami, the Hard Rock Hotel, being involved with the BKFC tryouts and his 5 round war headlining in Milton Keynes. The boys talk about the Oasis ticket debacle, “The Warrior Poet” documentary, the Drunk Poets Society, dreams of fighting in Swansea arena and James upcoming fight at BKFC Marbella plus much more….

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The boys are joined by Swansea’s Love Island star Paige Thorne and discuss being neighbours in Port Tennant, Paige becoming a Paramedic and a relationship break up leading to her doing Love Island. Paige talks about the process to get on the show, the intensity of the day to day, having to embrace what the show is about and having her parents come to visit her on the Island. Paige discusses going on Lorraine, internet trolls, paddle boarding in a hurricane and jet skiing in Cannes plus much much more….

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The boys are back for Season 8 after a slight delay because Paddy burnt his trotters in Ibiza, Donna held hands with Wayne Lineker and they both had a night away at the Bare Knuckle boxing in Cardiff. Ryan’s been away in Turkey and nearly brought home a 6ft 5 German, upset Turk with his crazy artwork requests and finally had some justification with his spaz hands. The lads talk the outrageous cost of going on holiday, Oasis reforming, the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Hitler being a massive drug addict and the weekends South Wales Derby plus much more…..

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The boys are joined by Aaron, Dylan and Fred of The Stray Pursuit and discuss the origins of the band, how the Bunkhouse is hugely important to the local music scene, selling live tickets and crowds singing their songs back to them being mental. The lads discuss having a plan for the future of the band, the importance of using social media, how they go through the song writing process and how Aaron taught himself how to sing. The boys talk about how they critique each others live performance, doing cover gigs to fund the progress of the band and Covid scuppering their chances of performing at the Isle of Wight festival plus much much more…..

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The boys are back fresh from seeing Liam Gallagher in Cardiff and talk about not crossing a certain level of drunk at a gig, the Euros are about to start, Paddy’s done Poppers with Jason Orange and Ryan’s gone Gyros crazy in Chippy lane. The lads discuss the quality of Wayne Rooney, the Channel 4 dispatches documentary “Killzone Gaza”, Jeffery Sachs incredible podcast with Tucker Carlson and Jenny from Forest Gump being a whore plus much much more…..

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The boys are back and getting boozed on a Friday and talk the Willows Place Smellycopter, former girlfriends, smoking and bar room brawls. The lads talk FA Cup final day, the Manchester United “99” documentary, Baby Reindeer, Drones that can bomb you through facial recognition, the Chinese Government causing the drug crisis in America, the Moon landing hoax and Ryan getting banned from Mama’s Pizza plus much much more…..

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The boys are joined again by Nigel and Pancho from San Portablo and talk about Brian Flynn, Leighton James, the current state of play at Port Talbot Town football club and the upcoming In It Together Festival. The boys talk about the continued growth of San Portablo, skate cultures effect on fashion, Nike Air Max, the AiC x San Portablo colab, Wales not qualifying for the Euros and the effect the Port Talbot Steelworks situation as not just here but nationwide plus much much more…..

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