🎙️ 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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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your finances, finish your bike ride, or redesign your Kit Kat… but will happily have a go at all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they yet again turn everyday chaos into light analysis. From politics to confectionery (and the disasters in between), it’s another week of strong opinions, weak evidence, and mild insight.

This week’s episode features:

🍫 The Latest Kit Kat Version – innovation or unnecessary tampering with perfection?

🏛️ The Party Conferences – the week democracy took a coffee break

🚴 An Awful Bike Ride – Chris suffers for content

🏦 Dealing with Bankrupt Businesses – the grim admin of financial collapse

It’s chocolate, conferences, chain grease and corporate grief – all adding up to another serving of Mildly Informed.

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

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t scrub your oven, mix your salad, or pedal your bike… but will gladly waffle on about them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they continue their mission to overanalyse life’s everyday highs, lows, and baked-on stains. From TV tourism to new condiments, they’ll leave you with just enough insight to be Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

🧽 Cleaning the Oven – Richie’s surprisingly joyful domestic obsession

🥗 Chris’s New Favourite Dressing – the recipe that’s changing his mealtimes

⚽ Ted Lasso Tourism – Richie’s trip to Richmond in search of fictional football magic

🚴 Chris’s Next Big Bike Ride – lycra, logistics, and looming hills

It’s ovens, outfits, outings and oil-based dressings – all adding up to another episode of Mildly Informed.

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

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t mow your pitch, fix your tuna tins, or run your supermarket radio… but will absolutely chat nonsense about them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again trawl through the week’s curiosities, from the serious to the seriously trivial. Whether it’s turf, tinned fish, or Trump, they’ll leave you with just enough to feel Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

⚽ Richie the Football Groundsman – Stripes aplenty!

🐟 Tuna Tins – Chris has beef (or rather, fish) with the new design

📻 Asda Radio – the secret soundtrack of the nation?

🇺🇸 Trump Gets Pranked – when politics meets practical jokes

PLUS – over on Patreon, Richie & Chris weigh in on Barack Obama’s appearance at The O2.

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

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t host your state visit, train a monkey, or bake you a flapjack… but will definitely have opinions on all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they take their trademark sideways look at the important, the trivial, and the downright chewy. From political pomp to primates, if it can be overthought, it’s going in.

This week’s episode features:

👑 The State Visit – ceremony, tradition, and slightly awkward handshakes

🐒 Monkeys – drunk absolute chaos machines?

🍪 Flapjacks – wholesome snack or burger level bad?

📺 Alien Earth – is it great?

📺 The Girlfriend – is it even better?

It’s crowns, creatures, chewy oats and cosmic telly – all leaving you perfectly Mildly Informed.

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

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cook for your parents, end the tube strikes, or ink Richie’s arm… but will happily chat about all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again dive headfirst into the everyday, the random, and the slightly overcooked. From browned meat to broadcast TV, no topic is safe from a mildly informed review.

This week’s episode features:

👨‍👩‍👦 Having Your Parents Over – stress, snacks, and what counts as tidy enough

🥩 The Maillard Reaction – the science of browning, or just an excuse for crispy edges

🚇 Tube Strikes in London – frustration, solidarity, or just an unexpected day off?

📺 The Demise of Cooking TV Shows – why are they disappearing, and do we care?

🎨 Richie’s Tattoo Debate – is it finally time for some ink?

It’s parents, proteins, protests, programmes and (possible) permanent ink – all leaving you Mildly Informed.

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

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