Chat Hits The Fan

Episode 108 (19/03/26) – On this week’s show: Random Podcast Scrutiny, Bingo rhymes, the rising price of Snickers multipacks (and other things), the Oscars, our new improv called The Concierge, inappropriate AI toys, Greg’s ongoing online dating shenanigans, post apocalyptic spivs, the story of an electrician that sent pictures of his genitals to women instead of giving them quotes, rival building trades, funny Chinese translations of Pixar movies, the UK’s version of SNL, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole tot more!

Episode 107 (12/03/26) – On this week’s show: One of Barry’s young cats going AWOL for the first time, Greg’s ongoing progress on Gran Turismo 7, the “Manosphere”, Trump’s bootlicking administration, the story of a woman that stubbed her toe, made a funny noise and then worried that her boyfriend would dump her, Liza Manelli’s new autobiography, Clive Barton Travel Agent, Back With The Likely Lads, a Milkybar kid quiz, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 106 (05/03/26) – On this week’s show: How to go shopping on an electric skateboard, the new Resident Evil game, some questions from a long time listener, MAGA morons, our new improv Clive Barton Travel Agent, people that use AI an unhealthy amount, the Brits and the Baftas, a couple that fell fowl of an airline ticket scam, Richard Osman quitting House Of Games, Brits stuck in Dubai because of the war with Iran, illegal electric meter bypasses, Keanu Reeves vs Dave Grohl in a nice guy off, our other new improv Back With The Likely Lads, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 105 (26/02/26) – On this week’s show: Zippy and Bungle’s Gaza peace plans, second chances to make first impressions, our new improv Clive Barton Travel Agent, a look at all the Nescafe Gold Blend adverts from 1987-1993, more future TV and movie projects, the story of a man that killed his mum and lived with the body during lockdown, an improv of two guys doing a drug awareness presentation about Ketamine to school kids, do you need to go to the toilet in heaven? Online IQ tests, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 104 (19/02/26) – This week our friend Chris joins us all the way from Cambridgeshire to chat about: Greg quitting “The Bricks”, the amusing antics of Chris’s four year old son, kids not caring about Westerns anymore, swearing in Beetlejuice, old VHS and DVD’s increase in value, possible punishments for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, an interview with singer/songwriter Ren, lonely people’s relationship with AI and social media, songs about coming back to your home town, an improv of a man returning to a restaurant to pay for a dine ’n’ dash he did many years earlier, having too many socks, The Mandela Effect and Magic Stars, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 103 (12/02/26) – On this week’s show: The Winter Olympics, brick related injuries, Greg’s new electric skateboard, Noel Clarke being a wrongun (again), a lady butcher that killed her lover, the dick pic violinist, some more Random Podcast Scrutiny, a miniature deep dive into the 60 & 70’s sitcom The Likely Lads and it’s sequel series Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads before our new improvised sitcom Back With The Likely Lads, the death of James Van Der Beek, a Dead Celebrity Séance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 102 (05/02/26) – On this week’s show: A kind letter from one of our “Top Fans” reviewing our 100th (or 300th if you include the podcasts we did under another name that were ostensibly the same as this one) episode, more Brick Tales, another attempt at doing 50 improvs in 50 minutes (with similar results to last week’s attempt), webcams in restaurant toilets, rip off/cowboy locksmiths, Sean Bean’s new birdwatching podcast, the return of Random Podcast Listen (I don’t think that’s what we used to call but never mind) where we pick a random podcast and scrutinise it (after listening to the intro and a bit in the middle), the fear of zips breaking, Robbie Williams’ new band, a Dead Celebrity Séance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 101 (22/01/26) – On this week’s show: balancing work and play, dutch courage, the sad passing of Tigi (Barry’s Staffordshire Bull Terrier), a couple that first connected playing an online horror game, an attempt at our previously mentioned idea of doing 50 improvs in 50 minutes (coming in just 45 improvs short), a few random facts about TV shows from the last 100 years, episode 3 of our new improvised radio show Matthew Magic, the acting of Ray Winstone and a quick acting lesson given from him to Greg, Barry’s clever new idea for a Pot Noodle advert, the origin story of a comedian that Barry and Greg have never heard of, Madonna’s love of Margate, Turkey teeth, Stranger Things, thinking about writing, more brick chat, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 100 (22/01/26) – On the special 100th episode of CHTF: More brick chat, Greg's trip to Oxford on the bus, caveman porn, episode 2 of our new improvised radio show Matthew Magic, murder mystery shows that have people that aren’t in the police investigating them, some lost archive audio from the Masters snooker tournament, crap music, the story of a woman that died in her home and wasn’t found until decades later, some things that are 100 this year (to help celebrate our 100th episode), our (not new) improvised radio soap Archers After Dark, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 99 (15/01/26) – On the show this week: Greg laments about having two jobs, some feedback for the 2 improvs we tried to do last week before attempting another new improv Matthew Magic, the visibility or lack thereof of cat genitalia, a look at some documentaries yet to be released and some future Film & TV projects, the rise and fall of London’s Burning actor John Alford, our improvised radio soap Archers After Dark, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!