What's The Chat? with Alison Craig and John Wood
Join award winning broadcasters Alison Craig and John Wood in their freewheeling chat about encounters with rock stars, comedians, clackers, politicians, actors, friends, family, Fireball XL5 and more. Live calls, occasional guests and a general stream of consciousness all provingthese two pillocks are older and none the wiser. John and Alison also present The Sunday Zoo a weekly radio program in Scotland every week 10am - 1pm on They don't so much come of age as slide towards decrepitude and incontinence, laughing all the way. It wouldn't be the same without you so email us at WhatsTheChatPodcast@gmail.com Subscribe to this monthly podcast.
Episodes
Summer 2025 - it's been a beezer. Taking advantage of it John and Alison headed to the centre of the city for a picnic. Foolishly Alison trusted John to organise that part needless to say it didn't go as planned.
Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart. <...
It's August in Edinburgh. Sitting on the beach in the sunshine John and Alison review what they have seen so far, soaking up the atmosphere at Fringe By The Sea, The Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Festival, The Gilded Balloon and much more.
Inevitable laughing, horrendous stories, confessions and nonsense.
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Unplanned meandering includes...embarrassing experiences on trains...John talking about seafood pasta and beer....far tooo much interest in food and nonsense.
The usual unplanned meander from two lazy swines.
As ever no brain cells were used in the making of this podcast.
You can hear one of Alisons fun songs at the end of the podcast....That's Life. Enjoy.
It may stimulate parts of your body otherwise...
Bobby talks about his life as a Bluebell, his extraordinary songwriting career under his real name of Robert Hodgens and tells some knicker wittingly funny tales about the wild days of yore peppered with some fascinating insights in to the art of songwriting. It's a must listen.
The Bluebells on The Old Grey Whistle Test https://youtu.be/QWXRzAI1p6c?si=mI_C96ylBCk-tyW0
John and Alis...
Lazy swines have got it together finally to do a new Episode.
Covering a myriad of topics...Alison recently back from the US recording in LA, driving from East to West Coast after sailing across the Atlantic then back again to work with Andrew Rollins and others ...links below. 6500 miles in a hire car there are stories.. so Edinburgh Fringe, travel, music, diets, guns, food, domestic battles ....
John and Alison wander through Edinburgh's famous Christmas market, chat to a few tourists, become hysterical over some very lame jokes and go for lunch. Business as usual. Please note Johns insistence that he is not drinking til Christmas and time how long it takes him to forget. Person closest to the time gets a t shirt.
Hope you enjoy it.
and Merry Christmas to you and yours! <...
A must listen for the musos...we talk to Ronnie Gurr, man of music kidnapped by The Stranglers, encounters with Grace Jones, Sue cat woman, Sex Pistols, The Village People... and a new record pressing planting Scotland. Fascinating and fun.
Enjoy.
Www.seabassvinyl.com
Get in touch with John and Alisom on Whatsthechatpodcast@gmail. com
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Hilarity as John and Alison lose it sitting in the pub swapping stories about....
A leather jacket eating dog.
John refusing to bin his aged Hard Rock Café jackets…
Trying to release 4500 photos of your phone..
AGFA photographs.
Disc Cameras
Getting the photos developed…into Boots mortified….
Link to fabulous singer Georgie Cecile - http://www.georgiacecile.com
Fraser Urquhart, loca...
Enjoy a wander round Edinburgh with John and Alison and a few tips for shows to see during the biggest Arts Festival in the world.
Alison grabs the Director of The Pleasance Theatre for a chat as John waits at the bar for a pint....
Lamenting the loss of bars and restaurants in the City, laughing like drains at the most unlikely things and enjoying life. Join us.
Fre...
John and Alison start the way they mean to go on...in the pub.
A day out of Edinburgh in North Berwick at the seaside the chattering dafties return with their freewheeling chat.
On the week Tony Bennet sadly passed on, John recalls meeting the great man himself.
Every week in Series 1 John managed to talk about San Francisco...this is no exception, much to Alison's annoyance....
Usual, unedited, freewheeling, nonsense...bear with us as 2023 hits it's hot an glorious summer we are back in the room and in the ear area with What's The Chat Series 2.
It's a round up, catch up and waffle in advance of the more regular podcasts we have planned from here...yes there is food and drink involved ...and we hope you will join us as we celebrate and indulge in some of...
Last one of the series. John and Alison wrap up the first series of What's The Chat? with an array of nonsense. They will be back 7th September, even older and dafter.
Transfer Magic. Where to get your stuff off cassettes and vids and onto memory stick....
TV Recommendations of the week.
Mare of Eastown Kate Winslet's brilliant new series on Sky. Or prime if you...
Alison Craig and John Wood - not as unreliable and inconsistent as you thought - it’s Episode 20 !
Ranting, raving, chatting, laughing, friends, Romans, countrymen. Without the Romans and countrymen. Enjoy.
Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a h...
A great insight into the life and times of Elaine C Smith, one of Scotland's favourite actors from being at the Royal Scottish Academy of Dramatic Art with John, to surviving lockdown and reassessing life and what comes next.
This is an extended podcast conversation with Elaine, well she is a BAFTA award winning, comedian, writer, actor, singer, mother and now grandmother...it was going to ...
John has taking up bowling, Alison is horrified until he explains why....
Meandering hilarity Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Concorde, Scotch Eggs, time machines, The Zoo Crew.....and a helluva lot more....
This week Alison has been watching Halston starring Ewan Macgregor.
John has been watching The Pact.
and they are discussing ....well everything...
Email whatsthec...
John was a Milk Monitor…discuss.
Going to school in Scotland in the 70’s…
First holidays with your mates.
Cell memory, transplants…
John bumps his gums about bloody San Francisco again.
Superstitions.
Connect on Facebook.
Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hel...
A cheery, chat with old friends. Unscripted chat this week scoots through getting the belt, Johns dodgy collection of Hard Rock Café jackets, non alcoholic beers, Edinburgh eccentricities, the Scots language,
Quality of life. Playground games kiss, cuddle and torture. French Cricket, and utter freewheeling nonsense.
The winner of the Andrew Cotter book is.... Gary Sutherland…YEAH! Congratulations Ga...
Mealie pudding v white pudding
Middle class idiots loose!
Stockbridge
Bus drivers idling…
High dudgeon…
Line o f Duty
Vicky McClure for James Bond.
Johns tips for perfecting the Geordie accent
3 fuck golf.
One year no beer
Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.
The. pubs are open! Yeh. So order yourself a pint and enjoy What's The Chat with. Andrew Cotter?
You Tube sensation Andrew talks about his lovely hairy companions John and Alison and Olive and Mabel too.
John and Alison bumping their gums enjoy a great in-depth chat with Andrew Cotter.
Andrew regales us of tales to make a sports fanatics heart sing and laugh.
Tales to make a dog l...
Fashion victim confessions.
Playaway.
Magpie
Tales from Europe
Tales from the Riverbank
Animal Magic
Johnny Morris
Desmond Morris
This is Us
30 something fashion
Hitler Amazon Prime
Ian Mckellan and Peter O 'Toole
Andrew Cotter
Eurovision in Edinburgh
New Seekers
Blood Brothers
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