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📄 “Sunday’s papers LMBYTS #1460 Jason Newland – 12th October 2025”

🕰 Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

🎙 Style: Casual, reflective, meandering, humorous

🐶 Recurring co-star: Vinnie the dog (adorable and opinionated as always)

🧘‍♂️ Overall Tone & Purpose Jason’s goal remains true to the “Let Me Bore You to Sleep” spirit — to gently ramble, muse, and entertain while helping listeners unwind or fall asleep. Though nominally a commentary on Sunday’s papers, it’s largely a relaxed and tangential exploration of Jason’s day, thoughts, and observations, with a few news stories sprinkled in.

🐾 Part 1: A Walk in the Park with Vinnie (0:00 – ~19:00)

Weather report (Jason-style): Lovely day, nice weather lately.

Bendy tree anecdote: Jason contemplates taking a funny picture pretending the tree bent under his weight. But alas — no phone, no photographer, and a confused passerby.

Fence and bush mystery: He hears an odd sound, thinks it’s from a bush, suspects it might be a toilet flushing in the woods (spoiler: it’s geese).

Vinnie as a philosophical sidekick: Jason imagines a full-on dialogue with Vinnie, who sasses him about bush ventriloquism and corrects him on the difference between hibernation and migration.

Squirrel TV habits: A hypothetical debate on whether squirrels watch Strictly Come Dancing during winter.

📰 Part 2: Avoiding the Serious News (~22:00 – 30:00)

Jason delays opening the papers, chatting more with Vinnie about the nature of the podcast — improvisational, soothing, not heavily scripted.

Vinnie teases Jason about his lack of professionalism, and Jason defends the charm of going unscripted.

🗞 Part 3: Paper Highlights – The (Mostly) Lighthearted Bits (~30:00 – 1:17:00) Jason flips through the Sunday Star, picking out quirky, amusing, or mildly absurd stories:

Brits face 4-hour EU border queues due to new face and fingerprint scanning systems.

Steve Coogan tired of people shouting “A-ha!” — Jason empathizes.

Dua Lipa performs at a drag bar — Jason admits he doesn't know her songs.

Sigourney Weaver (76!) may return in a new Alien film — Jason is surprised by her age.

Conker Championships scandal: An 83-year-old champ was accused (and cleared) of cheating with a steel nut. Jason is both amused and impressed.

Gen Z revives CDs – Jason grumbles affectionately about retro being things he still uses.

Jude Law says being seen as attractive is limiting — Jason mocks the “tragedy” of beauty.

Ryan Reynolds jokes raising a boy is harder than girls — Jason skeptically predicts teen daughters may prove otherwise.

Sam Fox says Brits don’t appreciate her singing due to her Page 3 past.

John Bishop biopic with Will Arnett playing him — Jason wonders why John didn’t play himself.

Brad Pitt moves in with his partner — Jason jokes about being overly concerned about celebrity relationships.

🪐 Part 4: Astrology & Oddities (1:28:00 – end)

Horoscopes with Russell Grant – Jason reads horoscopes in a friendly tone, paying extra attention to Virgo (his sign) and Pisces (potential soulmates, perhaps?).

Odd news:

Talking litter bins in a Dutch theme park.

Nude Christmas dinner at a Southampton pub for naturists.

Karate black belts earned by two women aged 79.

Edible cucumber packaging.

Ark orbital capsule for fast emergency deliveries.

Influencers with music careers, including Addison Rae.

Jason ends with gentle reminders of kindness, self-care, and love.

❤️ Themes & Takeaways

Gentle, slow humour: Delivered in Jason’s trademark soft-spoken, rambly style.

Absurdity & affection for the mundane: Whether it’s geese honking or a newspaper pun, Jason leans into the small, funny oddities of life.

Imaginary conversations with Vinnie are rich with irony and warmth — an ongoing highlight of the LMBYTS episodes.

Sleepy vibes: Everything is structured (loosely) to help you relax, chuckle a bit, and drift off.