Holding the Quill

Holding the Quill

Expect an embarrassing story or two in "Quill-Fail", an unpredictable short story in "Quill-Literature" and a completely random quiz against a special guest in "Quill-Legacy"; all intertwined by some phone-calls from our wondrous listeners. Come and enjoy the magical Podcast world of Drinks and Grodes.

Episodes

January 17, 2021 71 mins

Holding the Quill - Season 2, Episode 6: It's the Season 2 finale & WHAT an episode the Quill-LADS have got for you!

Dom Joly is our very special guest for "Quill-Legacy"; a showdown that will see if Grodes can rescue the series with some random questions about all things British whilst Drinks pens a "Quill-Literature" about a dystopian Britain in 2062. Grodes shares a personal "Quill-Fail" from his personal wedding drama archi...

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Holding the Quill - Season 2 Episode 5 "Christmas with the Carpets!" (with special guest Greg Falla from Cereal Killers Podcast)


Drinks and Grodes are here with a very special Christmas themed episode 5 of the second season of HTQ! 

Christmas is almost here and Drinks and Grodes are full of festive cheer discussing Drinks' stubby bush, a 90s Christmas film starring Danny DeVito and saviour Nuns. There's three fantastic ca...

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Holding the Quill - Season 2 Episode 4 - "Like Phil Tufnell... you can't silence me!" (with special guest Kat Kasisopa)

Drinks and Grodes are back with another delightful episode of HTQ where an unplanned recent Quill-Fail is announced involving one of the Quill-LADS, a regular caller contacts the show challenging Grodes about him delivering "FAKE NEWS" on the show, and a long time emailer also calls in to update us on his thoughts...

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Holding the Quill - Season 2 - Episode 3 - ‘Twist and Shout!’  Episode 3 is here and there is the biggest twist since the show began... the HTQ phone lines have finally been fixed and for one episode only Drinks is answering the phone lines to three new callers! In addition to the change up with the calls - it’s the complete Quilly-feature-switch-swap-a-rooney with Drinks doing a very personal ‘Quill-Fail’ and Grodes having the cha...
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Holding the Quill - Season 2 - Episode 2: ‘Mary had a little lamb!’ 

The lads are back after a few weeks off for Episode 2 - a new zoom based “Quill-Fail” is revealed alongside another celebrity caller who unexpectedly is rating crisps. “Quill-Literature" brings up some McFlurry confusion whilst Grodes goes head to head with comedian Matthew Harrison (@MatTheComedian) in “Quill-Legacy” where the quiz focuses on 90s retro video...

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Holding the Quill - Season 2, Episode 1: The Quill-LADs are back for another magical Podcast season. Out with Egg-Chat and in with "Quill-Fails" - we read out the first of many embarrassing stories that will be revealed on each episode during season 2. Everyone's favourite "Quill-Literature" returns but Drinks v Grodes is no more... we get Comedy Central's Tom Thakkar on the show in the first ever "Quill-Legacy" to challenge us ins...

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June 30, 2020 27 mins

Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 - Bonus Episode! 

Season 1 may have finished but we’ve put together a small bonus episode from all the recordings that didn’t quite make it into Episodes 1-6. A caller from the North who claims his daughter went to school with Grodes rings in to provide some feedback, Drinks and Grodes reminisce about the glory days of X-factor and Stormz-Lee provides a couple of exclusive ...

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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 6:

It’s the end of the season show and to celebrate we’ve brought you an extra special (and extra long) edition of Holding the Quill. It’s all to play for in Drinks v Grodes; where there can only be one rightful keeper of the 'Golden Quill', Egg chat is resurrected from the vegan land of the Oggs and Drinks & Grodes finally get in touch with Stormz-Lee, who has some ...

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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 5: For one week only, despite not running it by Drinks prior to the show, Grodes replaces Egg Chat with Ogg Chat and there is a very special seductive 'Quil-literature' by Drinks.  Callers on the show include David Chattenborough, who provides another rendition of 'Wildlife in a Window' and a new caller from Wales who let’s rip on an absolute belter of a song. Listen now...
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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 4: 

A cricket rom-com to rival the script of the film ‘Wimbledon’ is revealed by Drinks in Quil-literature, Grodes has it all to do to avoid going further behind in the Hunt for the Golden Quill and a needy Stormz-Lee rings in again appearing to anger a normally calm and measured Grodes... 

Episode recorded: 29/4/20 


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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 3: 

Now that Colonel Drinks and Sergeant Grodes are finding their podcasting feet, some intriguing companies have chosen to advertise their products within the HTQ world. Grodes gives light to some compelling news about the plight of Peregrine Falcons in Rochdale. And, as usual, there are some gripping call-ins from some new and old favourites!

Episode recorded: 15/...

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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 2: 

Drinks and Grodes discuss how they'd like to cut loose post-corona. There are some insightful call ins from Stormz-Lee, a West Virginian HTQ super-fan and a frisky Master Mick! Now that Grodes is fighting fit again he's been hitting the egg chat research books hard for this egg-stra special Easter egg-chat! So... why is there an Easter bunny? Listen in to find o...

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Holding the Quill - with Drinks and Grodes - Season 1 Episode 1:  Egg chat uncovers what's been going on behind closed doors in Barrow. Drinks and Grodes discuss potential career changes. There's also some call-ins from three people giving their insight into how they're adjusting to coping with shopping in Lockdown London.  Episode recorded: 26/3/20  Socials:  Instagram @holdingthequillpodcast  Email: holdingthequill@gmail.com  M...
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