Anecdotally

n episode three of the Anecdotally podcast, Bethan complains about Paul Hollywood’s tentacles and shares her idea for making the Great British Bake Off much more entertaining, and Greer reminisces about throwing a tantrum during the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh‘s Award. We also discuss why you should never stick sanitary towels to your shoulders and if you have to perform in front of a class of 30 students it’s probably best to leave Shania Twain alone.

Welcome back to episode three of Anecdotally with Greer Riddell and Bethan Poyser, a free therapy session (not for you but for us) that we’ve for some reason uploaded to iTunes.

You know when you’re doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award, right? And, your backpack is chaffing your shoulders a bit too much - yes? Well, here’s some advice…. Don’t stick Sanitary Towels to your skin as a quick fix. How do we know this? Bethan did it and it much like her performance of Shania Twain’s That Don’t Impress Me Much to a class of 30 students, it was one of the worst decisions of her life. Greer wouldn’t know either of these things, however, as she too was embarrassing herself in front of another 30 students by playing a lyric-less rendition of Wonderwall on guitar, missing out the chorus as F#m7 was a bit too hard. Either that or she was refusing to drop her trousers and wee in a field full of cows.

In episode two of the Anecdotally podcast, Bethan has recently trafficked herself to Ghent, and introduces us to Henry the Duck who seems to enjoy tea, Greer is still not over being called a “Bastard!” by a teacher for writing a finely crafted rhyming poem. I still don’t fancy Ian Hislop.

A new week and a new episode of Anecdotally, a comical and potentially libellous new podcast from Greer Riddell and Bethan Poyser. I do not fancy Ian Hislop.

In episode two, we’re talking about men. Specifically old men. Thankfully you never heard our teenage conversations which involved Bethan walking up to the top of an isolated hill at night to find signal purely so we could gossip about her unconventional teenage crush, the Wiff-Waffing, Ziplining, Weirdly Womanising, now Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It was either him or an unsuspecting Maths teacher with a memorable hair cut. At least neither of them spilt tea on her during a work conference at Legoland like some people’s actual partners... ahem.

As well as men, Bethan has recently trafficked herself to Ghent, and introduces us to Henry the Duck who seems to enjoy tea, Greer is still not over being called a “Bastard!” by a teacher for writing a finely crafted rhyming poem. I still don’t fancy Ian Hislop.

In the first-ever episode of the Anecdotally podcast, Bethan says goodbye to private school and hello to talking about excrement. Greer discusses why she was once semi-naked during a Latin lesson and we finally get to the bottom of how on earth Bethan managed to dye the front of her hair with Clearasil as a teenager.

In the first-ever episode of the Anecdotally Podcast, Greer and Bethan reminisce about when they first met. Was it friendship at first sight? Probably not as neither of them can remember exactly when it was. However, if Bethan’s account of Year 7 is anything to go by, it would most likely be a resounding no.

After having to transition from Private School to Grammar School (the shame), Bethan said Goodbye to the East Kent elite and Hello to talking about poo. This later led to her being pulled to one side by a teacher over her conversation topics. Thankfully for our listeners, this stern talking to didn’t fix the problem and we now both have a healthy bank of embarrassing stories to tell 10 years later in a public podcast.

While Bethan was attempting to socialise, Greer was trying to cram in as many GCSE and A-Level subjects into a week as possible and binge-eat Morrison’s cheesecakes behind a copy of the Aeneid during class. No wonder we’re still friends.

Join us for a traumatic look back at our school years in Episode 1 of Anecdotally and find out why Greer was once semi-naked during a Latin lesson (no, it wasn’t due to the cheesecake) and if you thought poo-talk was bad, we’ll finally get to the bottom of how Bethan managed to dye the front of her hair with Clearasil.