#412 - John’s Pensionversary, Riffing on Togetherness and There Will Always Be More Steves

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Brace yourselves, because John is about to discover something massive LIVE on the podcast. This could be significant. This could change the game. This could mean that Project 2032(TM) has come early. It’s a potentially life-changing day for Robins, and somewhat like an episode of 24, it all plays out in real time. Strap yourselves in, folks.

And with John’s attention elsewhere, could this also be a game-changing day for our Elis James? Will the sense of excitement that’s pervading the studio seep into Elis’ attempt to connect to a random Welsh caller? Is a tap in on the cards for Made Up Games? It’s certainly all to play for.

So sit back and enjoy some textbook Elis and John badinage, featuring a welcome return of #HotChat, and a Made Up Game that features so many brand names it’s taken the production team 2 days to fill out all the forms.

Send in your reactions to John’s potentially life-changing news to [email protected], or WhatsApp the show on 07974 293 022.

Transcript

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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. Hello, welcome to Ellis and John and thank you listeners for downloading, but you find me at a low web.
1:09.4	Over the past few days,
1:14.8	a combination of things have made me realise that I offer nothing.
1:17.8	Even though I'm 45 in November, three... Are you?
1:18.4	Yeah.
1:18.9	Wow.
1:20.0	Have three pretty good A-levels and have great company on a stag.
1:23.9	When our boiler broke on Tuesday, I was helpless.
1:28.0	Thankfully, a nice man called Neil came around to fix our heating and stop my kids from hating me,
1:31.9	but I realised there are basics that other people my age have mastered that are beyond me.
1:37.3	For example, am I able to administer first aid with natural resources?
1:42.2	No. Can I read animal tracks, identify plants or start
1:45.8	a fire with our access to an iPhone or a zip or lighter? God no. Can I do a variety of knots or
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