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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, we’re joined by Dan Conn — developer, ex-DJ, marathon runner, and man with a very specific grudge against most pulses (with notable exceptions for chickpeas and lentils).

We get into:
🎧 What it’s like to move from mixing clubs to coding clean
👟 How marathon training rewires your brain (and your playlists)
🎵 His lifelong connection to Jam & Spoon – Odyssey to Anyoona
🥃 Why the Old Fashioned is the only drink that makes sense
🫘 And his war on beans: reasoned, relentless, and weirdly convincing

Dan’s got calm energy, trance wisdom, and absolutely no time for your black-eyed peas. This one’s a low-frequency roller with a heavy emotional BPM.

#FlobbleGobble #DanConn #NoBeansJustBeats #MarathonMindset #DJToDev #OldFashionedForever #JamAndSpoon #TranceTales #TheVodcast #SipHappens

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In this episode of Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, we welcome the utterly uncategorisable Tal — lover of psytrance, hard techno, heavy metal, and Bloody Marys so spicy they might violate the Geneva Convention.

We explore:
🎧 Why genres are cages, and Tal doesn’t do cages
🌡️ What a "mood-based playlist" really says about someone
🧃 The perfect Bloody Mary: drink or personality test?
🧠 How identity, energy, and chaos coexist in her day-to-day
🎛️ Why Monday isn’t the start of the week — it’s the drop

This is an episode full of feeling, feral rhythm, and the calm before the bassline.

#FlobbleGobble #TalOnTheMic #SpicyAsHell #PsytranceVibes #CyberChaos #MondayDrop #TheVodcast #GenreBender #SipHappens

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In this episode of Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Guest Host; Kelly and Jem sit down (carefully) with the one and only Peter Jones — a man of few words, big riffs, and even bigger northern energy.

We talk:

⚔️ What it means to grow up metal in the modern cyber world

🥃 The sacred art of the Old Fashioned

🎸 Why “Hallowed Be Thy Name” isn’t just a track, it’s a personality trait

🧠 How to thrive in tech without pretending to like small talk

🕶️ And what happens when a man prefers riffs to PowerPoints

It’s bold. It’s loud. It’s emotionally allergic to networking drinks — and we loved every second.

#FlobbleGobble #PeterJones #IronMaidenVibes #TallNorthernMetal #CyberWithRiffs #OldFashionedEnergy #TheVodcast #HallowedBeThyName #SipHappens

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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Hazel and Jem are joined by the powerhouse that is Michelle Edmondson — former English teacher, Aussie passport holder, and self-declared menopausal legend.

We dive into:
🍸 Why a smokey Old Fashioned is the drink of midlife queens
📚 Her former life marking essays and dodging teen drama
🌡️ How menopause brings both fire and freedom
🛫 Identity, resilience, and what happens when you truly stop caring what people think
🎸 Plus: why “Rock the Casbah” isn’t just a tune, it’s a lifestyle

Michelle brings the kind of clarity, courage, and completely unfiltered honesty that only comes from living it — and laughing about it.

#FlobbleGobble #MichelleEdmondson #MenopauseMatters #RockTheCasbah #OldFashioned #WomenInCyber #TheVodcast #SipHappens

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In this episode of Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, we’re joined by Ellie Blore — single parent, GDPR powerhouse, karate enthusiast, and possibly the only person alive who can balance wine, Schubert, DIY, and flying lessons without breaking a sweat.

We chat:
🍷 Parenting + privacy law = elite multitasking
🛫 Learning to fly (literally) while holding down a DPO job
🎶 Her playlist — part Prodigy, part Swift, part Schubert’s Trout Quintet
⛺ Her love of a holiday, from skiing to Interrailing with mates
🥋 Why karate on a Thursday night is the perfect reset
…and the unsung joy of mowing your own lawn

Ellie Blore doesn’t just follow rules — she manages them, rewrites them, and then takes a plane break.

#FlobbleGobble #EllieBlore #WomenInPrivacy #GDPRQueen #FlyingLessons #KarateLife #PodcastDrop #SipHappens #DarkNStormy #TheVodcast

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The Mic Is On. The Pod Is Off.
It’s PodOff time — and going mic-to-mic with Hazel and Jemma is none other than the unshakable, unbuilt, and undeniably sharp John Lyons.
This is the man who:
 🧼 Cleaned the Houses of Parliament (from the inside — with a mop)
 🧱 Owns every LEGO brick needed for a life-sized trilby… but has never built it
 🎩 Was once photographed pretending to be Banksy… by actual Banksy
 🥃 Has cocktail opinions strong enough to trigger a licensing review
In The Pod-Off, we get into:
The grime behind political shine
The LEGO hat haunting a shelf near you
A Marvin Gaye moment worth bottling
Why Whisky Sours are sacred
And which cocktails are now officially banned
John brings stillness, soul, and stories you couldn’t script. We bring the flobble and the gobble — and just enough lemon juice to keep it sharp.

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Hazel and Jem sit down with Oliver Betts-Richards — thrill-chaser, Forest diehard, comedy survivor, and proud cortado drinker with excellent taste in rejection anthems.

We talk:
🪂 Why he jumped out of a plane on purpose — and what that has to do with risk, resilience, and needing a hobby
🎤 The time he bombed spectacularly at a comedy show (and what he learned from it)
⚽ What it means to love Nottingham Forest like a long-term situationship
🎶 And why You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby by The Smiths is his go-to banger for bruised egos and bouncing back

He’s self-aware, sharp, and somehow both chilled and wired — a man powered by cortado by day and Neck Oil by night.

#FlobbleGobble #OliverBettsRichards #PodcastDrop #YouJustHaventEarnedItYetBaby #SkyDiveToStageDive #CortadoLife #NeckOilEnergy #SipHappens

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Hazel and Jem welcome the brilliant, bilingual, and beautifully unexpected Sara Carty.

She’s trained in drama and diplomacy, speaks fluent French and firewall, and somehow makes a Vanilla Vodka and Diet Pepsi sound like a lifestyle choice we all should’ve made sooner.

We talk:
🎭 Acting behind a face mask at a conservatory during Covid
🌎 The wild world of Cyber Diplomacy and her PhD journey
🍁 Growing up anglophone in French-speaking Canada (and surviving solely on poutine and maple syrup)
🥝 And why the Kiwitini walked so Jemma’s cocktail could run

Sara brings geekery, grace, and Otis Redding-level soul to everything she does — and this episode is no exception.

#FlobbleGobble #SaraCarty #CyberDiplomacy #ForeverStudent #PodcastDrop #DramaSchoolToData #VanillaVodkaLife #SipHappens

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Hazel and Jem are joined by the wonderful Heather Lowrie — a woman who finds her freedom on the hills, her pace on the trails, and her peace under summer skies.

We talk:
🏃‍♀️ The magic of running and hillwalking
🌄 Chasing horizons instead of deadlines
🎶 Why Dignity by Deacon Blue is her personal summer anthem
🌶️ And the bold, tomato-fuelled glory of her go-to drink: the Virgin Mary

Heather is all about balance — quiet strength, sharp wit, and enough spice to remind you she’s not here for bland takes or boring paths.

🍹 Drink of the Episode: The Virgin Mary
Tomato juice

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

Tabasco (to taste)

Lemon juice

Celery salt & black pepper

Optional garnish: celery stick or pickled sass

Zero alcohol. Maximum heat.

Tune in for some crisp wisdom, good stories, and the kind of guest who could run a 10K before breakfast — then politely disagree with your life plan over brunch.

#FlobbleGobble #HeatherLowrie #HilltopsAndHorizons #VirginMaryVibes #Dignity #PodcastDrop #SipHappens

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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Hazel and Jem are joined by the quietly legendary Gary Hibberd — blackbelt in Bujinkan Taijutsu, Titanic aficionado, early-2000s fiction author, and curator of one seriously classy mocktail.

We talk martial arts, shipwrecks, the chaos of publishing before social media existed, and why writing a book feels like surviving a fight with yourself (but in soft pants).

He’s part stealth mode, part storyteller, and 100% sipping greatness, and have you seen those waistcoats?

🥤 Gary’s Blackberry Paloma Mocktail Recipe:
Fresh blackberries, muddled
Juice of 1 lime
Grapefruit soda (sparkly, like his wit)
Optional dash of chili for the kick
Serve over ice, preferably after mastering inner peace

📚 Karate chops. Ship facts. Soft-spoken sass. This episode’s got it all. Shaken, not stirred.

#FlobbleGobble #GaryHibbert #BlackbeltVibes #VodkastEpisode #BlackberryPaloma #SipHappens #TaijutsuTales #TitanicTalk

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