This week Owen makes an appearance (well, not appearance - it's just audio, and he was on the phone so even we couldn't see him). There's also an update on one of our campaigns, an update on a sinkhole, and one of the team has some very special anti-news.

Despite all having injured their feet, the chaps are back and discussing everything from a machine that makes bad eggs, to a hat for bananas, and there's the usual mix of heady excitement, and brooding anger.

Why is there a "b" after the number in the title for this podcast? It's because I got confused last week and wrote that it was podcast 158 when it was really 157. Who cares though, when you've got rich chatter about such matters as stranger danger, North Korean unicorns and much more besides. Not me, though you could argue that my lackadaisical attitude is demonstrated in the labelling of this podcast.

Dan and Brendan sit there like people on chairs, talking about Japanese onions, sinkholes in space, and Florence from the Machine being flung into a well.

This week there's a totalitarian vibe to the start of the show, but that doesn't mean the chaps aren't as slovenly and disorganised as normal. Featuring Asian news, Kickstarter updates, and lots of silly bits of audio.

This week the chaps are slightly more tired and lethargic than usual. But who cares, this isn't a podcast to make you get up and go, it's a podcast to make you sit in a near-horizontal position, so let's all just slump together shall we?

Dan and Ian share their thoughts on topics as wide ranging as nature, drinking, eating, back to nature again, eating again, and some other stuff that isn't nature or eating or drinking. We hope it pleases you. A service charge of 12.5% has been added to your bill.

This week features a lot of Asian news, some time travel, and a couple of bits that required even more explanation than usual. Still, it's free so just remember that when you're complaining to your friend about the quality...

Well, this week there were numerous setbacks in the recording of The Slump, so there's a chance that amidst the talk of milk cartons, public releases of gas, and suggestions of how to improve nature programs, you might notice a few little bobbles and wonky bits and differing sound quality. But consistency has never really been our watchword, so who the hell cares eh?

The team are having trouble speaking, but despite this they still managed to ramble on for a fair old time, discussing missing lyrics, the trouble with milk, and how much you can reasonably ask a mechanic to pay for your dinner.