🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t predict the future, fix modern technology, or improve the sporting calendar… but will happily review the year anyway.

In this episode, Richie Firth and Chris Skinner take stock of 2025 so far, casting their mildly informed eye over the things that have defined the year — from what we’re eating at lunchtime to the gadgets we’re apparently meant to care about.

This week’s episode features:

🥪 Lunch in 2025 – what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what we’re weirdly proud of

🌡️ Meat Probes – still essential, still slightly unsettling

🚗 Electric Cars – progress, prices, or pure pleasure?

🏟️ Sport in 2025 – what’s working, what’s broken, and what everyone’s arguing about

It’s a reflective episode packed with strong opinions, weak evidence, and just enough insight to leave you Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your loft, improve your tram network, or hit the right note at karaoke… but will absolutely overanalyse all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tumble through another week of questionable decisions, domestic chaos and surprisingly strong feelings about dried fruit. Mild insight only. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

This week’s episode features:

🥭 Top 5 Dried Fruits – raisins? apricots? a place for a prune?

🪜 Richie’s Loft Discovery – genuinely unbelievable

🚊 Trams – do we love them? do we trust them? do they exist everywhere?

🎤 Karaoke – the songs, the shame, the power ballads that should never remain private

PLUS – on Patreon, the boys delve into school concerts. Chaos, camcorders and kids singing wildly out of key.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t secure your home, restore Victorian Christmas traditions, or finish your loft conversion… but will absolutely talk about all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of vague investigations into modern life, festive nostalgia and one man’s ongoing battle with his roof space. Expect mild confusion, gentle opinions and no real answers.

This week’s episode features:

📱 Pluribus – the best new TV show?

🔔 Ring Doorbells – surveillance for your postman and your soul

🎄 Dickensian Christmas – charming tradition or cold, muddy nightmare?

🏠 Richie’s Loft – now includes train sets

PLUS – on Patreon, Chris reviews his work-from-home lunches. Expect limp sandwiches, rogue leftovers and one surprisingly elite discovery.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cure a hangover, shorten an inset day or tell you which Quality Street is best… but will absolutely debate it at length.

This week, Chris Skinner arrives noticeably hungover and Richie Firth does what any good co-host would do — prods him with questions and refuses to let him off the hook. From school schedules to seasonal chocolate, it’s a week of highs, lows and mild regret.

This week’s episode features:

📅 School Inset Days – educational for teachers, chaos for parents

🍾 Free Booze – delightful on the way in, devastating on the way out

🍬 Quality Street – what’s elite, what’s filler, what must go

📆 Advent Calendars – chocolate, cheese, Lego, whisky… has it gone too far?

PLUS – on Patreon, Chris opens up about getting his kit off for the doctor. A story equally vulnerable and very funny.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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You want a double entrendre? We'll give you one! Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they wander through another week of niche observations, life admin dilemmas and wildly unnecessary analysis. Mild insight: guaranteed. Expertise: not so much.

This week’s episode features:

🗡️ Weapons – why are we talking about them? good question

🏏 Cricket – sport is happening

🧀 Cheeseballs – elite snack or Christmas novelty?

🧍 Queues – the British art form no one asked for

🌭 Vegan Hotdogs – progress? punishment? who can say

PLUS – over on Patreon, Richie and Chris go full synth as they discuss Kraftwerk: robots, rhythms and German efficiency.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t bring back train tickets, fix the football schedule or tidy up your driveway… but will absolutely moan about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dissect another week of questionable decisions, crumbling institutions and overly crunchy pavements. Mild insights guaranteed. Solutions very much not included.

This week’s episode features:

🎟️ The Death of Physical Tickets – trains, football, flights… everything’s on your phone now

⚽ The International Break – a farce? absolutely

🍁 What Do We Do With Fallen Leaves? – are they toxic?

🍲 Chris’ New Hot Lunch Spot – a discovery he’s far too excited about

🇬🇧 “Britain Is Broken” – Richie presents his evidence (there’s not a lot)

PLUS – over on Patreon, the boys go fully wholesome as they talk dogs. Yes, dogs. Bad dogs.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t win you a football trophy, make your sandwiches, or help you serve in padel… but will definitely have a go at analysing all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again pick apart life’s obsessions, awkward moments and unnecessary new hobbies. From computer screens to court surfaces, nothing is too small to overthink. And WHO DID CHRIS MEET??

This week’s episode features:

⚽ The New Football Manager – addictive, life-consuming, and somehow “educational”

⭐ Meeting Your Heroes – Chris has an encounter he didn’t see coming

🥪 Triple-Decker Peanut Butter Sandwiches – genius snack or total overkill?

🎾 Richie’s Padel Debut – a new sport, a new obsession, and possibly new injuries

PLUS – over on Patreon, Chris opens up about his kids’ party anxiety. There’s cake, chaos and emotional damage.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t carve your pumpkin, light your bonfire, or manage your payday spending… but will absolutely have a chat about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive into another week of overthinking seasonal chaos and confectionery greatness. From spooky nights to spark-filled skies, it’s all up for debate — with only mild insight guaranteed.

This week’s episode features:

🎃 Halloween vs. Guy Fawkes – sweets or sparks? masks or matches? the ultimate British autumn showdown

🦌 The Malteser Reindeer – festive perfection or overrated lump of malted mystery?

💸 Pay Day Decisions – big spender or cautious calculator? how do you play it?

PLUS – over on Patreon, Chris reviews Richie’s complete lack of response to his messages. Spoiler: it’s personal.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t recover stolen masterpieces, clean your ears, or find your lost keys… but will definitely talk about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of unnecessary analysis and deeply average insight. From fine art to fine foam, nothing escapes their mildly curious minds.

This week’s episode features:

🎨 The Louvre Heist – daring theft or just a very French misunderstanding?

👂 Microsuction of the Ear – oddly satisfying or disturbingly intimate?

🧤 Losing Things – keys, wallets, dignity… why does it keep happening?

🚗 Hand Car Washes – the unspoken awkwardness of standing there while someone else cleans your car.

PLUS – over on Patreon, it’s a Chocolate Biscuit Special: vindication and sadness.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t book your flights, whisper soothingly in your ear, or expose any celebrity traitors… but will certainly try.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into another week of mild revelations and questionable logic. From tech reviews to tan lines, it’s chaos as usual – all in the name of being Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

📱 Richie’s New Travel App – will it actually make life easier, and should we sponsor them?

🕵️ Celebrity Traitors – who’s bluffing, who’s farting, and why do we love it?

🎧 ASMR – relaxing or ridiculously weird?

🏖️ Chris’s Trip to Corfu – sun, snacks, and...wickets?!

😂 Chris’s New Joke – a debut that may or may not land

PLUS – over on Patreon, the lads discuss the mysterious world of ‘Pundit Shoes’.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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