#410 - Nepo Connectors, Keir Today John Tomorrow and Richard Herring

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

What do the people want? Wordle Live. What do they not want? The Cymru Connection. That’s the opinion of John Robins. Just John Robins. You thought that we were out of the Wordly woods. But no, the more concern you have for the woods the more trees John will plant. PLANT being a good starter. John wants a feature substitution and he'll wage this war on Elis, listeners and production staff alike until he gets it.

Failing that, what about a daily Wordle podcast? Guys. Guys! GUUYYS!?! Don’t run off. It can’t happen anyway because they’re hard to promote and you can’t get a commercial midroll advert in if they’re too short. So it’s all fine. That door is closed.

Anyway there are larks aplenty today on the show, and not the avian sort. For Richard Herring and his singular ball are in today to talk about someone who looks like Tim Key. Plus there’s a Made Up Games which really will make TV commissioners *finally* sit up and listen to the ideas machines.

If there’s any format that you think has the potential to make the boys boat loads of cash then it’s [email protected] or 07974 293 022.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.7	Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.
0:08.4	I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.
0:11.4	But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.
0:15.4	I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into
0:19.2	a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to
0:25.2	give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole
0:30.0	new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories
0:34.2	that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.
0:40.8	BBC Sounds Music, radio podcasts. Good morning, everyone, everyone, and welcome to Word Alive. That's right. We're the one-stop shop for all your
1:14.4	wordling wisdom, so if your start-to-word is G-R-E-A-T, great, then you're holding a fistful of greens.
1:20.4	We've got all the results from across the globe. From Seattle to Sydney, but as ever, we won't spoil anything at all.
1:31.0	According to the New York Times, America has found Friday's five-letter friend Fiendish with users.
1:42.1	From Milwaukee to Michigan
1:44.2	averaging a 4.2 turn average solve.
1:48.0	So we're staring down the barrel
1:50.1	of a double letter, a hidden obscurity in the style
1:52.8	of a manner,
1:55.8	major,
1:57.2	50, 50, or will audio,
2:02.4	starters be crying?
2:06.0	Why is they fail to hit that elusive semi-val?
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