Mildly Informed
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal experiences, the news of the week, and an inbox full of questionable queries, Richie and Chris promise to leave you ever-so-slightly wiser… or at least Mildly Informed Help the show to continue to rewrite history via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mildlyinformed A Bugle Podcasts Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
🌙 Late World Cup Pub Openings
The Women's World Cup means late-night kick-offs... but should pubs stay open for them? Richie and Chris weigh up pints versus bedtimes.
🏰 The Maunsell Forts
Abandoned sea forts sitting in the Thames Estuary. One of Britain's strangest landmarks—and quite possibly its coolest.
🏏The Women's World Cup
Chris went to the big game, it was exciting!
🚇 Idiot Men on the Tube
Some men a...
🚆 Melting Train Tracks
Every summer, Britain seems to discover that heat exists. Why do our railways struggle the moment the temperature creeps into the twenties?
🍫 Melting Chocolate
A minor inconvenience or the best thing ever? Richie and Chris investigate the science—and etiquette—of chocolate in hot weather.
✈️ Ryanair's Wild Approach to PR
Some companies hire expensive PR agencies. Ryanair simply opens Twitter ...
📺 ITV vs BBC: The World Cup Studio Debate
Who does tournament coverage better? Better pundits, better presenters, better theme music? The lads enter one of British sport's most important arguments.
📈 Jevons Paradox
A surprisingly fascinating economic theory that somehow finds its way into a comedy podcast. Efficiency goes up... so why do we end up using more of something?
🐦 Richie Is Not Much of a Bird Spotter
A revelation th...
👓 Meta AI Sunglasses
The future is here. Apparently it involves talking to your glasses and hoping nobody notices. Can you do it without being creepy?
🎥 Ref Cam
Football from the referee’s perspective. Revolutionary broadcasting innovation or a guaranteed route to motion sickness?
🚗 Sunroofs
A luxury feature, a forgotten relic, or the quickest way to create unexpected wind noise?
🫐 Boysenberries
W...
🚽 The Life of Thomas Crapper
Inventor of the toilet? Not quite. Legend of British plumbing? Absolutely. Richie and Chris separate fact from flushable fiction.
🗣️ Words Unique to Your Family
Every family has them — strange phrases, made-up words and expressions that make perfect sense until you say them in public.
🚗 People Who Park Badly
A topic guaranteed to generate strong opinions. Crooked bays, abandon...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again moving effortlessly between childhood trauma, emotional hardship and chocolate-based analysis.
This week’s episode is oddly nostalgic — covering everything from lost possessions to caravan holidays — before descending into a very serious debate about elite-tier chocolate bars.
It’s emoti...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again diving headfirst into the topics that matter most — overpriced football merch, questionable holiday etiquette and increasingly absurd band names.
This week’s episode is part game show, part political analysis and part travel rant, which is a fairly accurate description of ...
🎙️ It’s Episode 50 of Mildly Informed — somehow.
To celebrate the milestone, Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner bring together everything the podcast does best: strange observations, everyday frustrations, TV chat and conversations that spiral almost immediately.
From futuristic drones to old-school civic duty, this episode covers an ala...
🚫 Richie’s Broken iPhone
A modern crisis. Panic, denial, and a new iOS
🛒 Supermarket Delivery Etiquette
Where do you stand? What do you do? And how loud can someone knock?
🧱 Tiling Companies
Are they all doomed?
🏫 Parents’ Evening
Short slots, big stakes, and have they got better?
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chri...
This week...
🚗 Blackwall Tunnel Fines
How bad can it really be? Turns out… quite bad. Admin, confusion and accusations of immorality
🍻 Outdoor Drinking
A national pastime the second the sun appears. Glorious!
💅 Why Do Humans Have Fingernails?
Useful tool or weird evolutionary leftover? The kind of question that probably didn’t need answering… but gets it anyway.
🚇 Tube Strikes
Disruption, debate and ...
🍺 Why is Lidl Building a Pub?
A sentence that raises more questions than it answers. Is this genius or has everyone lost the plot?
👓 Why Do New Glasses Take So Long?
You’ve already chosen them. You’ve paid. What’s actually happening behind the scenes?
😂 The Best Kids’ Jokes
Simple, terrible, and somehow impossible not to laugh at.
⛳ The Green Jacket at The Masters
Golf tradition, quiet presti...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again throwing around ideas, observations and inventions that probably shouldn’t exist.
This week feels particularly experimental — both in terms of food and general life philosophy.
Here’s where the chat goes:
🍽️ British Tapas (Invented Live)
What if tapas… ...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again bouncing between big topics, great TV and oddly specific social observations.
It’s one of those episodes where the conversation starts in space and ends in a very British emotional cul-de-sac.
This week, the chat includes:
🌕 The Moon Landings
A small step for man, a giant...
🎙️ Mildly Informed goes on the road (sort of), as Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner record this episode from a hotel room at a wedding - and launch our first ever campaign!
On this week’s agenda:
🏨 Podcasting from a Hotel Room
See how elite podcasters do a weekend away
🏊 Duncan Goodhew
A genuine legend gets the Mildly Informed treatment. LET'S MAKE THIS MAN SIR DUNC!
🎀 Bow Ties
Stylish s...
🎙️ Mildly Informed is back: This week’s episode takes in architecture, PR nonsense and attempts at self-improvement…
Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again chatting their way through culture, chaos and confectionery — with absolutely no plan and just enough opinion.
On the conversational menu:
🎬 A Listed Cinema in Milton Keynes
A cult...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner, once again drifting through the week’s cultural discoveries, strange internet finds and the sort of conversations that start serious and end somewhere completely different.
This episode takes an unexpectedly dark turn — before quickly becoming ridiculous again.
On the agenda this week:
...🎙️ Mildly Informed returns with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner, once again solving life’s smaller mysteries through loosely structured conversation and questionable personal anecdotes.
This week the chat wanders through dogs, seasonal food politics and one deeply questionable evening out. As ever, strong opinions are formed quickly and supported by almost n...
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner settling in for another episode of enthusiastic chat, snack analysis and completely unqualified television criticism.
This week’s conversation swings comfortably between food nostalgia and prestige TV — exactly the sort of topics that deserve strong opinions formed almost instantly.
On the agenda (loosely):
🎙️ This week on Mildly Informed, Absolute Radio star Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner are back doing what they do best — chatting absolute nonsense and accidentally forming opinions along the way.
The conversation drifts (as it always does) from mildly awkward social situations to full cultural breakdowns, with several unexpected snack-based diversions.
Expect chat about:
🍽️ So...
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your dog, reduce the price of chocolate, or curate a museum… but will absolutely review all three
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they stumble through another week of domestic drama, cultural excursions and confectionery outrage. From canine chaos to Easter economics, nothing is safe from mild scrutiny
This week&r...
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