What are BRITS Listening to? / Our NEW English Podcast! | Easy English 136

Really good podcasts are compelling stories.

So I'm Irish, so obviously, we're...

we're number one the world at the moment.

For me, if you took that one hit,

I don't think I could ever do it again.

And they're like, sometimes you take six months,

or years, of not getting a laugh.

It's exploded.

Like, any kind of fake news has exploding all over  the internet... the construction of the internet.

Hiya, welcome to Easy English.

So today, we wanted to ask the people of Brighton

about their favourite podcasts.

Because, we have a special announcement to make...

We are starting a podcast!

But more on that later.

Let's get on with this week's episode

of what podcast the people of Brighton listen to.

Here we go.

What is your favourite podcast?

'The Wittering Whitehalls'.

So, it's Jack Whithall's parents

and it's like, an agony aunt kind of, show,

where they're just... random members of the public

ask them questions and they give advice.

What podcast would you recommend to people?

So I've just been listening to 'Off the Ball',

which is a Irish sporting podcast.

'Fly on the Wall'.

And who's that by? - Which is David Spade and...

you'll have to forgive me... is Dana Carvey,

who played Garth in the 'Wayne's World' films.

'The Coming Storm', which is about  fake news, it's quite interesting.

It came out just after the Trump administration.

What is a good podcast you can recommend?

I would recommend 'The Dropout'. - Okay.

And it's called something like;  'The Theranos Story' or something.

And it's about Elizabeth Holmes,  who was an American student.

She was at Harvard and she dropped out of Harvard

to start this very excellent,  supposedly, excellent company,

testing people's blood and telling  them whether they had cancer

and all kinds of other things.

And she got a lot of money  from all kinds of people,

very high up in the American government.

And, it was all a great big... Uh...

well, was it a con? I'm not sure it was a con.

I think she believed it, but  it didn't work, basically.

So you tested all their blood

and you couldn't tell anything from it.

For people who might not  know, who is Jack Whitehall?

He's a comedian. I think he's about my age,

about 30... something, I  think. - Right. - So, yeah.

And he made like a... he  made a documentary series,

where he took his father... kind of,  on a round the world tour, right?

Yeah. - And so, does this have anything to do with

that programme at all? - It doesn't, no.

But I did like that programme,  I thought was really good.

But yeah, I do find his dad amusing as well,

so that's why I started listening to it.

We just beat New Zealand in New Zealand,

which is the first time in history we've...

we've won there. - Oh really? - Yeah.

So you're a happy guy right now?  - at the moment, rugby is...

yeah! Looking good in Ireland.

No wonder you were going  so fast, just on pure joy.

I'm enjoying it, I'm enjoying it.

You look at the introduction  of the printing press,

the printing press, when that first came out,

there was a book that came out about witches

and that... that went massive.

It was the second biggest sort of, published book,

apart from the Bible. - About witches?!

About... yeah, it was about... it was just some...

this guy, I can't remember  with the guy's name was,

but, he decided that... he came up with this...

these ideas about witches and  how to burn them and that.

How to get rid of them. And...  and, how to spot a witch.

And it was... so, I think it was  like the 15thSLASH16th century,

it was... this massive book.

And then... and then the  danger of that was obviously,

because you had all the witch hunts after that,

all these people, burning witches.  - 'Cos, they all got this press...

this release? - So this guy  who released this book. - Yeah.

Which was obviously... he was a bit barking.

And these people thought it was... was the gospel.

Why do you like this podcast in particular?

It's a brilliant... I think it's a brilliant...

like, really good podcasts are compelling stories

about human frailty and human  sort of, foibles, I suppose.

And this is a, I think, a really fantastic one,

particularly because, you  won't surprise anybody to know

that she's a very young, very attractive woman

and her company is funded and run by, largely,

by very old, very unattractive, very rich men.

So, in case you didn't get our  little hint at the beginning,

we're starting a podcast. - Yeah! - Whew!

Finally! We know some people  have been waiting for this

and you wrote us messages about  it and we have delayed it a bit.

But, we're here now.

We started the podcast...

actually, episode one is now  on your favourite podcast app.

It's out now! It's out now, right now.

Whether you're an English learner

or just want to get to know  myself and Isi a bit better,

then this podcast is for you.

We'll talk about all things British;

British life, British culture  and all things in between.

And we don't only produce, now, podcasts,

We also created a very  special perk for our podcast,

we now have a 'Podcast Membership' with two perks.

One is for English learners; you  can get an interactive transcript,

so you basically read the  transcript of the episode

and you can directly translate  it, into many languages

and see what we are talking about, learn with it,

learn some British English, some slang, maybe...

Hopefully. - from you, probably.

And the second perk, is for  everyone who is interested

in more talking of us, basically.

You would get there, the 'aftershow';

so the episode will be longer  then on the podcast apps,

we will talk before and  after about a bit more stuff,

maybe a bit more personal things.

And yeah, if you wanna to hear the full episode,

become a member.

There was one about Bill Clinton

that said that he'd murdered  his... one of his cabinet,

or whatever the equivalent is in the States.

Oh yeah, I've heard about this  as well yeah, him and Hillary.

He'd got rid of this guy, they got rid of him.

And it's with his father and mother? - Yes.

And, his father's really funny, I find. - Yes.

Because he's kind of dry. - Yeah. - And what's...

what's his mother like in terms  of... - Yeah, she's amusing as well.

Probably not as amazing as Michael, but yeah,

she's also quite amusing as well.

Lots of what er... what do they call it?

Witticisms. - Yes. - Is that what it is? - Yeah.

My mum likes to say she's a bit like Camilla.

I think she does look a little bit like Camilla.

The whole idea of rugby was that it was like,

for people of different shapes, sizes.

You know, the main bodySLASHphysique kind of,

that each position on the... on  the team required specific skills

and a specific body shape.

So it was considered a very  inclusive game. - Oh yeah.

And I think that's one of the joys;

that you can have scrum  halves who are like kind of,

five-foot two and and 12 stone.

And then you can have a front row,

who might be six-foot six and 20 stone.

So I kind of, yeah, there's a...

it's quite inclusive and  diverse as a sport, really.

From listening to it, have you ever thought

about trying like, an improv night or stand-up?

Oh, no, I don't think I've...

I don't think I'd ever have the...

and that's the other thing as well though,

the nerve you need to do  stand-up - Yeah, you need balls.

I find that... and the more I listen to it,

the more... it's like the analogy.

The analogy is; if you watch golf on TV,

you kind of think; well fine

and then if you have one go at golf,

you're like; that is amazing.

What they're actually doing is... is...

it's almost... it's superhuman  what they're actually doing

and it's the same with comedy;  the more you listen to it.

And you kind of think, Oh, that's just someone

telling a few jokes and stuff.

But when you hear the effort  that they go into it. - Yeah.

They're quite tortured aren't they  as well, I think a lot of comedians.

Are you to sort of, finishing  listening to each podcast,

banging your fists on the table?

It is really sort of, it is unbelievable. - Yeah.

That... that someone who  presents themselves, as this...

she modelled herself on Steve Jobs. - Mm.

So... she even deepened her voice. - No.

Because... yeah, because she  thought that made her more,

sort of, impressive. She... she...

Did she wear the black turtleneck?

Yeah all the Issey Miyake.  She shopped at Issey Miyake,

the black turtlenecks, everything was very sleek,

the machine itself was kind  of, if you see the machine,

you'd think that was designed by Apple. - Amazing!

So it's a... it's a triumph  of style over substance.

Thanks for watching this week's episode.

Please let us know in the comments below

the favourite podcast that you love to listen to.

And we would be super happy if  you would listen to our podcast

and let us know what you think,  give us any feedback and yeah,

we're really happy, it's a  very special episode for us;

the start of our podcast.

We want to thank you for your support and yeah...

we're just really happy.

Hope you enjoy Episode one.