The Randal Report

By The Randal Report

I'm lifting the lid on a myriad of topics and sharing my thoughts and experiences on a voyage of adventure and discovery that has been more than six decades long. Like a vintage wine, I hope to be

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

The Randal Report episodes:

September 27, 2022 The Happy Birthday Special !
Today we do what we do best, talk absolute nonsense about whatever comes into our heads! Follow us along our journey to nowhere....
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1h 7min
September 14, 2022 AND THE WINNER IS....NO ONE! S01 E20 part 2
After two months of navel gazing the Tory party have finally chosen their leader! Two months of something duller than a November afternoon, culminating in the Tory party membership voting a winner, or not as the case may be!! As it appears, a significant number of the membership didn’t bother to vote and that a poll suggests that Boris Johnson is still more popular amongst the party membership than the two main protagonists in the run off! We now know, of course, the winner is Liz Truss! The question is, will we be the losers, as yet another one takes the helm of this rudderless ship of a government and can Lizz Truss really save the day???
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35min
September 14, 2022 AND THE WINNER IS.... NO ONE! S01 E20 part 1
After two months of naval gazing the Tory party have finally chosen their leader! Two months of something duller than a November afternoon, culminating in the Tory party membership voting a winner, or not as the case may be!! As it appears, a significant number of the membership didn’t bother to vote and that a poll suggests that Boris Johnson is still more popular amongst the party membership than the two main protagonists in the run off! We now know, of course, the winner is Liz Truss! The question is, will we be the losers, as yet another one takes the helm of this rudderless ship of a government and can Lizz Truss really save the day???
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41min
September 10, 2022 THE QUEEN IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!
In this episode we discuss the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the ascent of King Charles III and what that means for the rest of us.
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39min
August 29, 2022 THE RANDAL REPORT : THE FREEDOM TO OFFEND S01 E18
SINCE THE RECENT STABBING OF THE AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE, THE SUBJECT OF FREE SPEECH HAS REARED ITS HEAD ONCE MORE.
IT HAS BECOME COMMONPLACE TO BE VILIFIED, HAVE YOUR INCOME/LIVELIHOOD ADVERSLEY AFFECTED, FOR SIMPLY BEING A LITTLE OUT OF TOUCH. HAVE WE BECOME A SOCIETY THAT’S TOO EASILY OFFENDED AND WHERE DO WE DRAW A LINE ON WHAT IS, OR ISN’T ACCEPTABLE?
The threat of death for having an opinion
Is religion oversensitive to criticism or humour
The woke generation
Gaslighting and cancellations, quote Germaine Greer
Stopping of books and tv programmes from being aired,
Warnings on content “the following programme may contain outdated views”
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37min
August 29, 2022 THAT’S NEWS TO ME! Episode 02
That’s news to me, where Mel and I will take three stories that have been currently or recently featuring in the news and in ten minutes or less, add our take on the finer points, yep, just ten minutes or less!
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37min
August 18, 2022 THAT’S NEWS TO ME ! Episode 01
That’s news to me, where Mel and I will take three stories that have been currently or recently featuring in the news and in ten minutes or less, add our take on the finer points, yep, just ten minutes or less!
On today's episode we discuss, Chinese vs Taiwanese tensions, Archie Battersbea and the right to life & the Energy Crisis.
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35min
August 10, 2022 DOWN TO THE WIRE (Or not, as the case might be)! S01 E15
As the leadership race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister enters the final furlong and the contenders have been whittled down from near a dozen to just two, we cogitate the likely outcome and thus what it means for the rest of us!
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37min
July 26, 2022 PM RESIGNS! GOING, GOING BUT NOT QUITE GONE! S01 E14
What a tumultuous week, last week was in the way of politics. Finally, Boris has to concede he’s no longer wanted! But how quick the polished, or no to so polished, videos appeared and the glossy booklets of policy for the contenders competing to replace the deposed leaded!
As a bunch of wanabees jostle for the top job whilst resorting to all sorts of tactics to hamstring their opposite numbers, the competition, whilst entertaining, is an ugly display of what Tory politicians will resort too, in trying to land the top job. If ever there was a need for a Simon Cowell to be overseeing the judging, its right now, lest we face the danger of having a PM that’s as dodgy as a ventriloquist on BGT or worse still, a dog act! Naming no names on this one!
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54min
July 04, 2022 Visitors from Outer Space S01 E13
“YET ACROSS THE GULF OF SPACE, MINDS THAT ARE TO OUR MINDS, AS ARE TO THOSE OF THE BEASTS THAT PERISH, INTELLECTS VAST AND COOL AND UNSYMPATHETIC, REGARDED THIS EARTH WITH ENVIOUS EYES, AND SLOWLY AND SURELY DREW THEIR PLANS AGAINST US”
H. G. WELLS
(WAR OF THE WORLDS)
A SMALL CLUE AS TO TODAYS TOPIC!
ALTHOUGH HUMANITY’S BELIEF IN ET LIFE FORMS DATES BACK TO THE TIMES OF ANCIENT GREECE, IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT THE REAL FASCINATION FOR THIS SUBJECT WAS REKINDLED WHEN H. G. WELLS RELEASED HIS SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL IN 1897 ‘THE WAR OF THE WORLDS’ WHICH OF COURSE WAS ABOUT AN ALIEN INVASION OF THE EARTH.
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28min

FAQs about The Randal Report:

How many episodes does The Randal Report have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.