🎙️ Episode 277: The Fat Friar
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📍 PART 1
🎸 Mike – The Wisdom of Ozzy – A chaotic, beautiful life summed up in 38 seconds
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🎤 Elis – Kenny Sansom’s impressions at Euro ’88 – A lost art
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⛷️ Steff – Grass Skiing in Leeds, 1981 – It’s got speed, risk, and Yorkshire
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📍 PART 2
🎬 Elis’ Documentary – Vive le Tour! (1962) – A poetic, joyful time capsule of the early Tour de France
📖 Steff’s Book – Call of the Warrior by Gareth A Davies
Stories of combat sports, warrior culture, and mind over matter
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📍 PART 3
🏉 Elis – When a linebacker switches to rugby – This lad might sort out your midfield
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🏟️ Mike – Chiefs vs Brumbies – High-octane, no-frills Super Rugby
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🎬 Steff – Wes Anderson does sport (sort of) – Framing, pacing and peculiar joy
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📍 Tour Dates:
- Fri 20 March – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Sat 21 March – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Tue 7 April – London, Hackney Empire
- Wed 8 April – London, Hackney Empire
- Fri 24 April – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre
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