Mildly Informed

🎙️ Mildly Informed returns with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner, once again solving life’s smaller mysteries through loosely structured conversation and questionable personal anecdotes.

This week the chat wanders through dogs, seasonal food politics and one deeply questionable evening out. As ever, strong opinions are formed quickly and supported by almost no research.

In this episode:
🐕 Crufts
The world’s most prestigious dog show… and possibly the most intense dog-related event ever broadcast on television.
🍞 Hot Cross Buns
Are they an adult-only food? The lads investigate the strange cultural status of Britain’s most seasonal baked good.
🍷 A Weird Date Night
A story that starts weird and becomes increasingly uncomfortable.
🛒 Chris’ Terrible Food Shop
An all-time bad supermarket run that raises serious questions about planning, hunger and impulse purchasing.
It’s another wandering, snack-adjacent conversation packed with everyday observations, mild outrage and the usual level of highly questionable expertise.
👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed
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🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner settling in for another episode of enthusiastic chat, snack analysis and completely unqualified television criticism.

This week’s conversation swings comfortably between food nostalgia and prestige TV — exactly the sort of topics that deserve strong opinions formed almost instantly.

On the agenda (loosely):

🍪 Cookies & Cola Cao
A surprisingly passionate discussion about chocolate milk, international snacks and the drinks that defined childhood holidays.

⚔️ A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Hope, hype and cautious optimism as the Game of Thrones universe expands again.

🌊 Under Salt Marsh
Dark drama, coastal mystery and the eternal question: are we actually paying attention or just vibing with good television?

It’s relaxed, snack-heavy, and occasionally insightful — the classic Mildly Informed blend.

PLUS — over on Patreon, Richie and Chris dive into the lost art of IRL comments books. Public feedback, passive aggression and handwritten complaints make an unexpected comeback.

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🎙️ This week on Mildly Informed, Absolute Radio star Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner are back doing what they do best — chatting absolute nonsense and accidentally forming opinions along the way.

The conversation drifts (as it always does) from mildly awkward social situations to full cultural breakdowns, with several unexpected snack-based diversions.
Expect chat about:
🍽️ Solo Dining
Is it peaceful self-care or does it feel like you’ve been stood up by society?
🍫 American Chocolate
Why does it taste… like that? Scientific? Emotional? Slightly alarming?
🍗 Deep Fried Food
A culinary triumph or a cry for help? Possibly both.
📱 Richie’s Ongoing Pluribus Review

Is it useful? Is it confusing? Has anyone fully explained it? Not today.

This episode is loose, silly and packed with the kind of chat that feels like overhearing two mates loudly debating snacks in a pub.
PLUS — over on Patreon, things escalate dramatically as Chris enters Richie into The Hunger Games. Strategy, betrayal and surprisingly detailed survival planning all included.
👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed
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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your dog, reduce the price of chocolate, or curate a museum… but will absolutely review all three
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they stumble through another week of domestic drama, cultural excursions and confectionery outrage. From canine chaos to Easter economics, nothing is safe from mild scrutiny

This week’s episode features:
🐕 More Dog Trouble – lessons not learned, mistakes repeated
🚨 Blue Lights – reviewed, discussed, and gently overanalysed
🥚 The Cost of Mini Eggs – who’s paying these prices?
🏛️ The Hunterian Museum – culture, cabinets and mild awe

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed
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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t get you an autograph, save you from gym class humiliation, or explain the meaning of life… but will absolutely talk about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they move seamlessly from low-stakes cringe to genuinely big questions. It’s an episode that starts with professional idiots and ends somewhere uncomfortably reflective.

John O'Leary 1955-2025. RIP.

This week’s episode features:

✍️ Autograph Hunters – harmless fans or exploiters?
🏃 Gym Class Embarrassment – memories that refuse to fade
🌌 The Meaning of Life – lightly discussed, conclusively unanswered

PLUS – over on Patreon, Chris unloads about supporting bad sports teams. Loyalty, suffering and the long-term emotional damage.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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