Mildly Informed

This week...

🚗 Blackwall Tunnel Fines
How bad can it really be? Turns out… quite bad. Admin, confusion and accusations of immorality

🍻 Outdoor Drinking
A national pastime the second the sun appears. Glorious!

💅 Why Do Humans Have Fingernails?
Useful tool or weird evolutionary leftover? The kind of question that probably didn’t need answering… but gets it anyway.

🚇 Tube Strikes
Disruption, debate and everyone suddenly becoming a transport expert.

🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again tackling life’s most important questions… and answering almost none of them.

This week’s episode drifts from infrastructure frustration to pub garden philosophy, with a brief but committed detour into human biology.
It’s another episode that goes exactly where it wants — and nowhere particularly useful.

PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads get stuck into the football concept of “must win”. What does it actually mean? Is every game “must win”? And why does it always feel slightly dramatic?

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🍺 Why is Lidl Building a Pub?
A sentence that raises more questions than it answers. Is this genius or has everyone lost the plot?
👓 Why Do New Glasses Take So Long?
You’ve already chosen them. You’ve paid. What’s actually happening behind the scenes?
😂 The Best Kids’ Jokes
Simple, terrible, and somehow impossible not to laugh at.
⛳ The Green Jacket at The Masters
Golf tradition, quiet prestige, and a garment doing a lot of heavy lifting.

🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again tackling life’s most important questions… and answering almost none of them.

This week’s episode is a proper mixed bag — retail confusion, everyday frustrations and a surprising amount of golf knowledge.

It’s one of those episodes that jumps from topic to topic with zero warning — exactly how it should be.
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🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again throwing around ideas, observations and inventions that probably shouldn’t exist.

This week feels particularly experimental — both in terms of food and general life philosophy.

Here’s where the chat goes:
🍽️ British Tapas (Invented Live)
What if tapas… but British? Small plates, big confusion, and at least one terrible idea.
📊 Football Nerds
A man has visited every football ground. Respect? Concern? A bit of both.
📍 Tractive
Tracking your pet sounds sensible… until you actually think about it.
💷 Tip Workers
Who deserves a tip, who doesn’t, and why does it always feel slightly awkward?

It’s inventive, loosely structured and full of the kind of ideas that sound better the longer you talk about them.
PLUS — over on Patreon, it’s a full-on Easter Egg review special. Rankings, revelations and at least one controversial take.
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🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again bouncing between big topics, great TV and oddly specific social observations.

It’s one of those episodes where the conversation starts in space and ends in a very British emotional cul-de-sac.

This week, the chat includes:
🌕 The Moon Landings
A small step for man, a giant leap for podcast chat. Still impressive? Still unbelievable? Still worth discussing. And where do they poop?
📺 The Pitt
High praise where it’s due — finally, something everyone can agree is actually good.
🚓 The Return of a Classic British Cop Show
Comfort viewing, familiar faces and the joy of a proper case-of-the-week format.
🤝 The Science of Men Praising Each Other
Why is it so hard? Why does it sound sarcastic? And why does everyone feel slightly uncomfortable?

It’s space, screen time and social awkwardness — all loosely connected and confidently analysed.

PLUS — over on Patreon, Chris shares his hangover cure. Is it science? Is it nonsense? There’s only one way to find out.

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🎙️ Mildly Informed goes on the road (sort of), as Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner record this episode from a hotel room at a wedding - and launch our first ever campaign!

On this week’s agenda:
🏨 Podcasting from a Hotel Room
See how elite podcasters do a weekend away
🏊 Duncan Goodhew
A genuine legend gets the Mildly Informed treatment. LET'S MAKE THIS MAN SIR DUNC!
🎀 Bow Ties
Stylish statement or formalwear panic button?

It’s loose, it’s slightly sleep-deprived, and it’s exactly what you’d expect from two people recording a podcast instead of fully committing to a wedding.

PLUS — the episode continues on Patreon, where Richie has some serious backtracking to do. No spoilers, but it’s worth it.

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