GapeCast empresario FFF returns to the show to talk about a range of now-outdated news stories with Jack and Geraint, including: Sunak's Gary Glitter fandom, the death of Jerry Lee Lewis, the existence of Mike Gapes and "Ye" on Drink Champs.

Episode 255 - Glittermen (ft. FFF)

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RP Corp founder Jack Frayne-Reid and post-2019 junior partner G. Wariotifo bicker for an hour or so about the commercial and creative direction of the show, culminating in the return of classic RP segment "Cop or Comrade", a Nick Cave impressions competition, and the shock departure of half the once-iconic duo.

Episode 289 - The Great Conflagration

In this clip from our new Patreon bonus episode, Will Sloan explains who David Zaslav is, and why Keir Starmer would see him as a kindred spirit.

ALSO IN EP: John Cleese (duh). Bill Maher. Owen Jones leaving Labour. Starmer comparing Stormzy to "Velvet Underground" (no "the".)

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PREVIEW: RP288 Extra - Cleesewatch 2024 (ft. Will Sloan)

Longtime friend of the show Will Sloan (@WillSloanEsq) joins Jack and Geraint for one of our trademark* sprawling deep dives, this time on one of the definitive comic works of the 21st century, Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington's On Cinema At The Cinema, and its expansive extended universe.

Will Sloan is the host of the Michael & Us and Important Cinema Club podcasts and a certified film expert.

*we literally invented them. fuck you

Episode 288 - Back In The Hei Life Again (ft. Will Sloan)

Following his hit appearance on RP co-host Geraint @wariotifo's hit wrestling stream Top Rope Deep Dive the other week, Jack realises he has the ability on Discord to call into, and sabotage, the other guys' streams at any time.

Check out Top Rope Deep Dive on our friend @MarkedAsRed's Twitch page: https://www.twitch.tv/markedasred

Jack calls into Top Rope Deep Dive's Stone Cold Steve Austin episode

Jack and Yair talk about the unhinged response to Jonathan Glazer's acceptance speech for Best Director at the Oscars, Lex Friedman's five-hour Finkelstein-Destiny debate on Palestine, and the continued efforts by Starmer's Labour to big up Margaret Thatcher.

Episode 255 - Glittermen (ft. FFF)

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