We had a few issues with Marco’s audio levels this week, and whilst we have worked to counter them, we apologise for any dips in quality you experience with this episode. Thanks!

This episode we delve into the weird and wonderful parts of the internet to discuss some myths and misconceptions about things that are bad for you.

Links:

• Bampots Podcast on Twitter
• Bampots on Instagram
• Bampots on Facebook
• Loneliness: A disease?
• London is among the loneliest cities in the world
• Those Of Us Who Are Lonely In London Are Almost A City In Ourselves | HuffPost Life
• Smoking is down, but almost 38 million American adults still smoke | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
• Adult smoking habits in the UK - Office for National Statistics
• 5 Things That Are Almost as Deadly as Smoking, According to Science
• World Health Organization Says Processed Meat Causes Cancer
• WHO | Q&A on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat
• List Of Things The Daily Mail Says Will Give You Cancer • Lazer Horse
• 6 Ridiculous Things More Likely To Kill You Than A Plane Crash - Travelstart Blog
• How to beat the fear of flying | BBC
• 14 Seemingly Harmless Things That Could Actually Kill You
• Fatal air embolism during female autoerotic practice | SpringerLink
• Dyson vs Big Paper Towel | The Verge
• Vehicle Fatality Estimates

As two foul mouthed Scots, we delve into the origin story of our relationship with swearing and bad language.

Warning, this episode takes a sharp turn from our usually squeaky clean podcast!

Links:

• @BampotsPodcast on Twitter
• @bampotspodcast on Instagram
• Bampots Podcast on Facebook
• r/Bampots on Reddit
• Bampots Contact Form
• Miriam margolyes - Google Search
• South Park It Hits the Fan - Wikipedia
• Every Swear Word Ranked - The Independent

This week we begin by delving into our own accents before briefly dealing with the fallout of the tinder episode.

We then move on to discuss some movies that disappointed and enraged us, from Jobs, to Spectre, to Iron Man 3.

Links:

• What STD is commonly called the Clap?
• Bampots Website
• Bampots - Facebook
• Bampots - Twitter
• Bampots - Instagram
• Bampots - Reddit
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - Rotten Tomatoes
• Keanu Reeves Movie Box Office Results
• Jobs (2013) - Rotten Tomatoes
• Steve Jobs (2015) - Rotten Tomatoes
• Steve Jobs (book) - Wikipedia
• Mean Girls - Wikipedia
• Spider-Man in film - Wikipedia
• Spider-Man (Sam Raimi film series) - Wikipedia
• 2012 (film) - Wikipedia
• List of disaster films - Wikipedia
• Doctor Strange (2016 film) - Wikipedia
• Spectre - Google Search
• Iron Man 3 - Wikipedia
• 'Iron Man 3' Twist Has Fans Torn - Business Insider
• War of the Worlds (2005 film) - Wikipedia
• Five Ways BATMAN Could Beat SUPERMAN (Without Kryptonite) - YouTube

As two men with a lot of experience of being single, we wanted to give our views and tell our war stories about online dating.

We compare our own experiences, sharing a little too much along the way, and discuss apps such as Tinder and Bumble.

Links:

• The Tinder algorithm, explained - Vox
• Tinder is under fire after charging more for users over 30 - Business Insider
• Why Tinder Gold pricing is different between men and women ? : Tinder
• Gay Tinder is 10x Better Than Straight Tinder. : Tinder

Two experts discussing the trends and pitfalls of social media? Sadly no, but this week we share our opinions and experiences of social media, circulated around two Netflix documentaries, Fyre and The American Meme.

Links:

• Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Wikipedia)
• Billy McFarland (fraudster) - Wikipedia
• Ja Rule - Wikipedia
• Excel Will Now Have Stories
• The American Meme (Wikipedia)
• Paris Hilton - Wikipedia
• Josh Ostrovsky - Wikipedia
• Brittany Furlan - Wikipedia

As two white males we decided we were best placed to discuss diversity and minority representation in films. This includes but is not limited to Captain Marvel, Black Panther and Love, Simon. We also briefly touch on gaming and a few other things.