Ho Ho Ho, Fans of the Esoteric, and welcome to Magenta and Bernard's Christmas/Festivus/Yule/Winter Solstice livestream, and it's a bumper long one. Perfect, one might say, for a long drive in the wintertime (RIP Chris Rea).

If you'd like to donate to this week's charity, Amnesty International, you can do so here.

We have one more livestream left in 2025 - on the 28th December at 8pm UK time (3pm ET). Watch it on YouTube here.

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Cat Neko wearing a delightful Christmas jumper turned out to be an incredibly distracting presence this week, but it was so worth it. You'll have to tune in next time to see him in all his glory.

Link to the next stream! Watch here on YouTube on Dec 14th

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Neko the cat joins Magenta & Bernard for a special, calm, soothing instalment of the show. Picture a waterfall...

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Magenta & Bernard's weekly dose of absinthe-soaked, slow burn esoteric ramblings. Haunted phones! Typography jokes! Dropping a social hand grenade at your office Christmas party! All this and more.

On Wednesday 26th November at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) - tune into the MOCKERY MANOR S1E1 Live Listening Party! Watch on YouTube here

And you can still donate to this week's charity, International Rescue Committee, by visiting the GoFundMe page here.

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M&B battle some gremlins this week on a quest to find out what the hell Jimmy Buffett is talking about.

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 23rd at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

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And you can still donate to this week's charity, Medecins Sans Frontiers, by visiting ⁠this week's GoFundMe page

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Bernard has been trying his hand at Astral Planing, but listeners - we must advise against it. Astral Planing should only be done by a trained professional (ie Magenta).

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 16th at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

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Hello, Laurence & Lindsay here. We've got a big problem, and we need your help.

If you're listening to this on Spotify, we're asking you to stop, and switch to another podcast player.

As I'm sure most of you know, there's plenty of evidence that Spotify is a terrible company with a long history of exploiting and underpaying artists, but that's only part of why it's so bad.

It's been reported that Spotify's CEO, Daniel Ek, has recently invested millions of Euros of your subscription fees in an AI weaponry company called Helsing. This company has developed an automated target identification system, with the option to keep a human in the loop. In other words, it's machines selecting which humans to kill on the battlefield.

It's also been reported Spotify donated $150,000 to the Trump campaign, and it's recently been running ICE recruitment ads. It is a powerful force for bad.

So here's our problem. Almost half of our total listenership comes from Spotify, and the adverts that we run are how we make our money. If we just pulled our podcasts straight away, that would be a huge financial blow for us.

So we would like to urge you to listen elsewhere, on another podcast player. Lots of people recommend one called Pocket Casts, we've also heard good things about Podcast Addict. In the last month, we've had downloads from about 50 different podcast players, so there are plenty of alternatives.

We've going to take our podcasts off Spotify as soon as it becomes clear that there is a real movement to cancel Spotify subscriptions and move to other platforms, and that movement is growing.

For you, thankfully, this doesn't cost anything. Podcasts are, and will always be, free to listen to on any platform. Like we said, a lot of people seem to like Pocket Casts, and as far as we know, they're not evil. There are also a ton of others to choose from - all very accessible, and all free.

If you've ever enjoyed our podcasts, or you're about to discover them, thank you so much for listening. Let's try and do the right thing.

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It's the Halloweeeeeeeen live stream! Recorded on October 31st 2025, and goodness me, what a lot of chaos there was on this one. The cocktail completely malfunctioned, and for some reason the chat decided that "FART IT!" should be the show's new catchprase. Who are we to deny them that?

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 9th at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

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What a week this was! We had cocktail based on a World War 2 ration pack, an abrupt expulsion of air, and a Pet Shop Boys number that you won’t get to hear because of copyright laws. So you better tune into the next one!

You can still donate to this week's charity, Care International, by hitting this link.

Tap here to watch the next live stream on 26th October!

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Possibly the bluest (meaning: dirty, rude, saucy) live stream M&B have perpetrated so far! What fun.

Join us for our next live stream! It's on October 19th, 8pm UK time (3pm ET) Here's the link to watch live on YouTube.

And if you'd like to donate to this week's charity, UNICEF, you can visit the GoFundMe page here.

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