Chat Hits The Fan

Episode 88 (16/10/25) – We start by talking about the changes we’ve made to our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot (now a fusion of Chat GPT and improv). Then there's the ghosts of the Borley Rectory, people that don’t really smoke cannabis buying weed in Amsterdam, a man in the Guinness Book Of Records for the most Monopoly sets, Ian Watkins getting killed in prison, stealing from people that employ you, Greg plays a brand new song that (he thinks) is his most commercial to date and then Barry gives his feedback, upcoming Sci-Fi movies and TV shows, the prospect of a new Inbetweeners project, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 87 (09/10/25) – We start by talking about some of the advancements in AI, as well as areas where it is still deficient. Then there’s the next “thrilling” instalment of our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot (although this week It’s not actually Chat GPT because we went off script), energy vampires, the Safdie brothers, Alan Carr, a Dragons Den improv, the dangers of charging your phone in the bath, the secrets to long life from a 101 year old, Kate Garraway finding love again, a scratch card winner that nearly partied himself to death, our improvised radio soap Archers After Dark, a Dead Celebrity Séance, recommendations, Future Greg  and a whole lot more!

Episode 86 (02/10/25) – The Labour Party conference, Bill Burr and many other comedians performing at the Riyadh comedy festival in Saudi Arabia, a clumsy segue into a bit about Dubai Chocolate before the next thrilling episode of our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot. Then there’s the big first time taste test for the aforementioned Dubai Chocolate, Barry George on Strictly Come Dancing, the legendary Aylesbury shop ASHCO, some fun hypothetical questions from listeners, our improvised radio soap Archers After Dark, a Dead Celebrity Séance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 85 (25/09/25) – Before we get stuck into the proper chat, there’s episode 22 (we think) of our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot, which finds Jack Mallory in new surroundings once again. Then we cover the disappointing Thursday Murder Club movie, the relentless adverts on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, Labubu dolls, a man fined for having sex with a horse, an improv of someone doing a joke about Charlie Kirk on Kill Tony, Dani Dyer dropping out of Strictly Come Dancing, Noel Clarke failing to take The Guardian to court, the shop QD selling Freddos for the old price of 10p, some relationship and internet dating advice, a list of 11 of the worst comedians on British TV, the best trades to get on the packet with, a dead celebrity séance, a quick version of Stand By Me in our new segment “5 Minute Movies,” recommendations, Future Greg, and a whole lot more!

Episode 84 (18/09/25) – We kick off with Trump’s state visit to the UK and a special interview with a groundskeeper from Chequers. Then there’s the ongoing furore over the Charlie Kirk killing, the latest (and extremely meta) episode of our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot, the ever growing divide between the political left and right, some interviews with people that attended the “Unite the Kingdom” march, the death of Ed Gale (who acted as the body of Chucky in the Childs Play movies), Charlie Kirk’s horrible quotes, a list of 10 great Sci-Fi shows you may never have heard of, some agony aunt advice for a long time singleton, our improvised radio soap Archers After Dark, recommendations, Future Greg, and a whole lot more!

Episode 83 (11/09/25) – We briefly touch on the shooting of divisive MAGA mouthpiece Charlie Kirk, and then swiftly move on to something equally divisive: the return of our ChatGPT-generated radio play The Depot, back by not-so-popular demand for Episode 19, in which Jack Mallory finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings. Then we take a look at some sci-fi and fantasy TV shows and movies that are in the pipeline, famous superhero quotes, the story of a man who walked past a chip shop, what really happened to the cars on Pimp My Ride, Barry buys a tennis racket stringing machine, repeat-watching movies, our new segment called “5 Minute Movies,” recommendations, Future Greg, and a whole lot more!

Episode 82 (05/09/25) - On this week’s episode, Baz and Greg are joined by ex fellow CHTF podcast host, Johnny Ribena, and they’re chatting about 90’s deep voice trailer guys, Cadbury’s adverts (old and new), the Top 10 cheapest supermarkets, an improv of 3 Italian men working in an ice cream van, an interview with Ben Kingsley, a noughties style pop/dance tune about going out and partying, what TV or movie character would be the best to swap lives with for a week, going on a date with a lady made of potatoes? An improvised drama set in Fleet St during the 80’s, the death of Purple Acky, the top 10 wealthiest wrestlers, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 81 (28/08/25) - The last ever feedback for our Chat GPT generated radio play ‘The Depot’ (as it has now finished), the most desirable skills (if you could learn one instantly), Rylan Clark stoking the anti immigration fire, are people born lucky or do they make their own luck? The origins of Smiths (and all) crisps, an improv of Frank Smith trying to sell his first pack of crisps to a pub landlord in the 1920’s, decisions that change your life more than you expected, the story of an old lady who has never had an orgasm, things you would ask your future self, some of the craziest World Records, is technology making life simpler or more complicated? a short reenactment of The Shining, our improvised radio soap ‘Archers After Dark’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 80 (21/08/25) - A surprise bit of “feedback” for The Depot (which has now been banished to the back end of the show), anti immigration racists, how to woo different famous ladies from history, Greg talks about his trip to the Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge and the subsequent pub crawl, the truth behind the making of the Carry On films, has Chris Pratt been secretly cancelled? How Barry’s Grandad won the Victoria Cross, Bonnie Blue meeting the Ibiza Final Level Boss, a man who owns lots of buses, Jim Davidson’s ‘You Stream’, an interview with Tommy Fury, the 18th (and probably last) episode of The Depot, Megadeth splitting up, our improvised radio soap ‘Archers After Dark’, a Dead Celebrity Seance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 79 (14/08/25) - More “feedback” for ‘The Depot’ before episode 17. Then there’s the last episode of Masterchef to feature both of it’s recently cancelled presenters, burial “fat tax”, Walkers 2 new permanent crisp flavours, lying about A levels, a ‘Dead Celebrity Seance’ with the creator of the Freddo chocolate bar, a list of 7 movie performances so good that they ruined the actors careers, the old reality TV show “The Family”, the reality of killing your own child with one punch, Rod Stewart’s concert with AI pals, Japanese Interval Walking, the Parkinsons medication that makes people horny, a man with a strange drinking problem in our agony aunt segment ‘You Be The Judge’, an improv of someone giving a talk about the danger of knives, a re-enactment of a scene from Fight Club, our improvised radio soap ‘Archers After Dark’, the life and works of Thora Hird in ‘Masters of Comedy’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!