Mildly Informed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your life, but might help you pick the best bits from a buffet.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into the gloriously random corners of everyday life – from the TV shows they binge, to the snacks they inhale, to the strange emails lurking in their inbox. No topic is too niche, no opinion too half-baked.

This week’s episode features:

🍢 Picky Bits – the ultimate meal or just snack chaos?

🔍 Department Q – Scandi crime drama or reason to trust no one, ever?

🎾 Wimbledon – tennis traditions, strawberries, and questionable grunting

🚂 Post-Covid Train Journeys – the new etiquette of awkward eye contact

🍇 Raspberries – delicious treat or tiny, expensive disappointments?

It’s crime, courts and carriage seats – all wrapped up in just enough chat to keep you Mildly Informed.

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

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t change your life, but might make you question that third lunch course.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they enthusiastically overthink the unimportant, mildly analyse the ridiculous, and offer unsolicited opinions on whatever’s in their inbox, news feed, or fridge.

This week’s episode features:

🍳 Food Recipe Social Channels – soothing inspo or culinary insanity?

🚁 Low Flying Helicopters – dramatic, suspicious, or just lost?

🍽️ Big Lunches – a bold midday choice or an energy-zapping trap?

🍫 Melted Chocolate – heaven, hell, or hand hazard?

👻 Horror Movies – why does Richie now love watching them?

It’s food, fear, and flying things – all covered with just enough insight to leave you Mildly Informed.

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

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t tell you how to live, but might gently suggest you rethink your legwear choices.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dissect life’s smaller dilemmas and overlooked moments with unearned confidence and questionable logic. From listener emails to daily chaos, no topic is too specific, or too silly, to escape their scrutiny.

This week’s episode features:

💒 Sunday Weddings – romantic, or just selfish scheduling?

📺 Hotel TVs – why are they always weirdly loud and slightly sticky?

🩳 Wearing Shorts to Work – brave, breezy, or a HR incident waiting to happen?

It’s a half-hour-ish escape into the mildly useful, slightly ridiculous, and always conversational.

Basically: be less clueless with us.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that offers no qualifications, just opinions. Often unrequested. Occasionally useful.

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

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they wade through the weird, the mundane, and the unexpectedly profound. Each week, they pick apart life’s smaller moments and bigger questions – usually without being asked.

This week’s episode features:

🎫 Ticket Inspectors – need some PR?

💸 Banking in the Adult Entertainment Industry – the financial fine print of saucier professions

🤖 Transformers One – robots in disguise... but are they any good?

🧼 Dry Cleaning – does anyone actually understand how it works?

This episode was supported by Proliffic.com - who have made us better writers!

It’s thought-provoking chaos with a light dusting of insight – classic Mildly Informed. Also on YouTube.

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

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t blow your mind, but might make you think twice about pick’n’mix strategy.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive into life’s deeply unimportant but strangely compelling topics. Whether it’s something from their week, the news, or your inbox, they’ll overthink it for your mild entertainment (and enlightenment?).

This week’s episode features:

🌺 Lilo & Stitch – Disney chaos, alien koalas, and... child services???

🚜 Farm Shops – the best places to buy food in the UK?

🏄 Paddleboarding – serene water sport or standing-up anxiety?

🍬 Pick’n’Mix – sweet strategy, high prices, and fizzy regrets

This episode was supported by Proliffic.com - who have made us better writers!

Expect debates, digressions, and definite nonsense – all wrapped in a podcast that keeps you just Mildly Informed.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t change your life, but might help you avoid a scam or at least rethink your grooming routine.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they heroically overanalyse the random chaos of their lives, the world, and your suggestions. From what’s in the news to what’s in their inbox, no topic is too strange or too small. If it can be reviewed, it will be.

This week’s episode features:

💸 Scammers – how not to fall for them (or accidentally become one)

👃 Nose Waxing – beauty or brutality?

⚽ Tottenham – football, feelings, and inevitable disappointment

🎤 Talent Shows – are they inspiring… or just weirdly intense?

Expect strong opinions, unexpected tangents, and just enough facts to leave you Mildly Informed.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that promises absolutely no life-changing advice… but just enough insight to help you make slightly better decisions.

👉 Like what you hear? Support the chaos and comedy: patreon.com/mildlyinformed – there’s an exclusive extra review waiting for you there!

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner every week as they dive headfirst into life’s weirdest and most wonderfully mundane topics. They’ll review literally anything – from TV shows and snacks, to bizarre lived experiences, current news stories, and the random brilliance sent in by you, the listener.

This week’s episode features:

🏆 A breakdown of awards ceremonies – glamorous nonsense or meaningful milestones?

👕 A battle with the eternal struggle of drying clothes – science, frustration, and mysterious damp patches.

🌅 The case for and against getting up early – can anything truly good happen at 6am?

🚿 And yes… seeing your colleagues in the nude – it’s not what you think, but also exactly what you think.

Expect laughs, unexpected opinions, and just enough useful information to keep you... Mildly Informed.

A show from The Bugle – watch the video version here

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that promises absolutely no life-changing advice… but just enough insight to help you make slightly better decisions.

👉 Like what you hear? Support the chaos and comedy: patreon.com/mildlyinformed – there’s an exclusive extra review waiting for you there!

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner every week as they dive headfirst into life’s weirdest and most wonderfully mundane topics. They’ll review literally anything – from TV shows and snacks, to bizarre lived experiences, current news stories, and the random brilliance sent in by you, the listener.

This week’s episode features:

👑 A curious look at Royal Warrants – how do baked beans become officially regal?

🌶️ A fiery review of Laoganma chilli oil – cult condiment or tastebud terrorism?

🎂 Richie shares why he’s just not that into birthdays – and Chris absolutely does not let it go.

📺 And a take on The Studio – is it the most baffling show on TV right now?

Expect laughs, unexpected opinions, and just enough useful information to keep you... Mildly Informed.

A show from The Bugle – watch the video version here

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that promises absolutely no life-changing advice… but just enough insight to help you make slightly better decisions.

👉 Like what you hear? Support the chaos and comedy: patreon.com/mildlyinformed – there’s an exclusive extra review waiting for you there!

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner every week as they dive headfirst into life’s weirdest and most wonderfully mundane topics. They’ll review literally anything – from TV shows and snacks, to bizarre lived experiences, current news stories, and the random brilliance sent in by you, the listener.

This week’s episode features:

🕳️ A surprisingly heated discussion about tunnels – safe passage or subterranean anxiety trap?

🔈 Is it ok to blast music out in public?

🧴 Sunscreen: why is staying sun-safe so expensive? Richie and Chris investigate the price of protection.

🍞 And yes, Malt Loaf gets its moment – sticky, divisive, and oddly comforting.

Expect laughs, unexpected opinions, and just enough useful information to keep you... Mildly Informed.

A show from The Bugle – watch the video version here

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A secret field that summons lightning. A massive spiral that disappears into a salt lake. A celestial observatory carved into a volcano. Meet the wild—and sometimes explosive—world of land art, where artists craft masterpieces with dynamite and bulldozers.

In our Season 2 premiere, guest Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, takes us off road and into the minds of the artists who literally reshaped parts of the Southwest. These works aren’t meant to be easy to reach—or to explain—but they just might change how you see the world.

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