152 Jonathan Creek w/ Luke Murray
With the release of the new (and possibly final ever) Jonathan Creek, superfan and friend of the pod Luke Murray comes on to discuss the new book, the amazing show itself, and much more!
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With the release of the new (and possibly final ever) Jonathan Creek, superfan and friend of the pod Luke Murray comes on to discuss the new book, the amazing show itself, and much more!
Weeping into our Brie while discussing the origins of the human chin
...and the unmistakable smell of a setup that’s about to become a full media empire or collapse immediately. Carpet has entered his “becoming a runner” era, backed by a Garmin watch chosen through an alarming amount of AI consultation. ChatGPT has also somehow become a fitness coach, life advisor, and enabler-in-chief. We also revisit *Recovery* (the sitcom, not the physio chart), where writing partnership dynamics are dissected like a Premier League transfer deal: Carpet is “solution-oriented,” Rob is “creative chaos in human form,” and somehow it works… allegedly. Elsewhere, ACL rehab stories get uncomfortably real, including hospital anecdotes that make everyone grateful for not being in withdrawal management today. Then, because obviously, we detour into UK politics and Andy Burnham, devolving into a debate about whether running a country is basically just being a slightly more stressed football manager with better lighting and worse Twitter replies. By the end, nobody is sure if this is a podcast, a recovery diary, a sitcom pitch, or an AI experiment gone slightly rogue. Possibly all four. THANKS GPT
Doctors told me that I had little time left for cancer. I decided to travel alone and bid farewell to this world quietly.
I have no children. My only regret is that I can't spend this life with you.
You are my first love and you will always live in my heart.
I leave you a precious legacy. I hope this friendship will bring us together again in the next life.
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In this clip from my conversation on The Tower Record, we get into the mainstreaming of fringe ideologies, the hypocrisy of right-wing influencers, and exactly which circles of hell they’d belong in. A chaotic, funny, and occasionally very dark section from a much longer discussion on media, politics, and online culture.
Full episode out now, everywhere you get your podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/episode/69ZqXJnWaKaQWzZdM8k7lE