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Radio 5 Live,15 May 2026,61 mins,

#540 - Hate Merch, (Non-Predator) and Institutional/Pedantic Failures

Elis James and John Robins
Contains strong language, adult humour and some scenes of a sexual nature.

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Life’s too short to drink bad wine, when people are wine, and drinking is being near them and having them in your life.” Another wise and pithy quote from the mind of John Robins. You’d think that’s included in his wise and pithy autobiography about alcohol. In fact it’s not, because he gives them out for free here. Gratis. Speaking of all the relevant pith, John’s a bestseller! Isn’t that neat. No. 2 General Hardback. And No. 1 if you include a vast variety of audio platforms which Big Bird Book won’t care to mention. Elsewhere, Dave’s brought a present, a listener has been radicalised against Elis and there are yet more sackings in John’s crosshairs. And do remember, t-shirts can be given to people for different reasons. hello@elisandjohn.com for all of your bits.

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