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The Phil Bak PodcastBen Hunt: Epsilon Theory Part FourPhil is joined by friend of the show Ben Hunt for his fourth appearance on the podcast. Ben Hunt holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University, is the co-founder and CIO of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder of Second Foundation Partners. Ben and Phil discuss narratives driving flows in markets, the incentivization of risk-taking by financial and government institutions, and the issues that have arisen within American academia over the past several years.2024-05-1453 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 19 - 09/06/2022) with Rob Hornby + Roudee Racing's Mike EdwardsSend us a textWith Bruno on holiday this week, Ben is left to fend for himself but he's joined but two special guests to keep him company.Firstly, he meets top jockey Rob Hornby who rode Westover to a luckless 3rd place in his first ever ride in The Derby last weekend. Rob talks us through what it's like riding in the world's most prestigious flat race and his view on how the race panned out as well as his background in racing and some of his big rides next week at Royal Ascot.2022-06-091h 01
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 18 - 01/06/2022) with Ben Curtis + Oaks & Derby PreviewsSend us a textThis week, Ben meets red hot jockey and all around good guy Ben Curtis to discuss his spectacular start to the flat season, how he got into race-riding and the winners he's ridden for Roudee Racing this season including when breaking Glorious Angel's maiden tag at Redcar on Monday. He also gives us a recent ride of his to follow for the rest of the season! Following on from the promise made in last week's episode with Will Mort from Pat Whelan Racing, Ben and Bruno then attempt to do their ow...2022-06-0158 min
Phree TimeBen Thomas😹Phil brings in a very special guest on this episode of Phree Time: Ben Thomas. Phil dives into Ben’s mind and aspirations, in attempt to get a better grasp of how he thinks and why he does what he does. Enjoy and happy summer🎉2022-05-0548 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.NEW PODCAST! Ben Baker's Christmas BoxWelcome to Ben Baker's Christmas Box, a seasonally swanky trip through television's present-wrapped past. In each short episode of my new series I talk to a guest about something that represents the Christmas period to them and today I'm joined by musician, podcaster and composer of my amazing new theme tune Paul Abbott who has brought to the turkey-stained table "Peace On Earth", a 1939 Christmas cartoon all about the very least festive subject imaginable. He's here to expunge some childhood terrors and pass them onto us...Merry Deathmas!
SUBSCRIBE TO CHRISTMAS BOX VIA YOUR...2021-12-0717 min
PHP Town HallEpisode 82: Another UUID bites the dust.Ben and Matt are joined by Ben Ramsey to talk about what it like being in charge of PHP 8.1, his new gig at Skillshare and we ponder the question: do all good uuids go to heaven?
Links:
Ben Ramsey on Twitter
Ben’s UUID Library
PHP Release Process
Ben’s PHP Library starter kit
Rand’s Leadership Slack
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Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Ketchup and Rings (May 18th)Do you want to listen to a podcast about rotten Draculas, strange handprints, Pope swapping, TV monkey homing, New Zealand's unusual chart toppers, the art of Star Trek Captain naming and Tom Mix's horse Tony among things? Well, this was indeed the series for you!
Sadly this is the final regular episode of "Don't Lets Chart". We've really enjoyed our two and a half years of creating silly list trivia but we both feel we've done as much as we can under the current name. We will return with something different soon but for now its goodbye...2021-05-1830 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Satan Is Everywhere (May 11th).trahC steL tnoD fo edosipe wen eht ot emoclew dna olleH...ahem, sorry, we've been listening to those backwards records again as there's moral panic on the horizon and its coming for your children!!! I mean, it's not obviously. But Ben Baker and Phil Catterall will be exploring some of history's weirdest uproars alongside learning about Gangulphus of Burgundy, the things that happened in Monty Python's wake, toxins, yellow reggae, the 'Cattomeat Bin Animal', Rainbow Parties, chess nonsense, Elvis' last hit singles, foam rolling, Minnesota mascot wars and why you cant even say Christmas anymore.
So come...2021-05-1131 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.An Outbreak Of Quincyism (April 27th)Hey kids! Do you like facts? Do you like charts? Do you like betraying your country for upwards of £6 and a bottle of Tizer? Then Don't Lets Chart is the podcast for you. Ben Baker and Phil Catterall lead the parade of the past with terrible deals, Beethoven's working titles, the finest in pathologists, money for literally nothing, your best Swedish Idol judge, unfreedom, impressing Jodie Foster, what ET is short for, a talking 12" Nelson Mandela, frame frisking, uprisings and a leather pavillion for everybody.
Listen, share, hit subscribe, steal an experimental aircraft, all that usual stuff. W...2021-04-2728 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.The Most Beautiful Steve (April 13th)Want to learn some genuinely true facts from this date in time but also like silly people making jokes about Slimer's buttocks, sexy elephants and the Fuse bar throughout? Then "Don't Lets Chart" is your podcast!
Its quite the trunk laden episode too with the internet's most burning questions about peanut-eating pachyderms alongside a visit to Pope Martin, 1962's biggest novelty hit, the perfection of tap dancing, Bobby Brown's unfortunate stomach troubles, cannibalism in comedy, the most misquoted movie moments, Metallica taking on the internet, a ban from the ping pong council, the possibility of a 'Jeff Erson', needless references...2021-04-1329 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.I've Patented A Shoe (April 6th)Don't Lets Chart is a podcast that looks at the current day in history, shakes it for interesting trivia and then spray paints "BUMS" over the top of it.
In this look at the April 6ths of time, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall learn about America's furry millionaire, Tartan Day, Napoleon's more petty acts of sulking, celluloid filth, Olympic pigeon bothering, the true inventor of the Pog, Steve Video Plus, boxing for peace, how Teddy Roosevelt definitely sounded, the early days of animation, ABBA's rise to Eurovision dominance, New Beer's Eve, the sadness of Spare Dad Three...2021-04-0630 minPHP Town HallEpisode 79: Fell In Love With A Tree: The Phil Sturgeon StoryBen and Matt sit down to talk to Phil Sturgeon… yes that Phil Sturgeon for their once every 2 year check in with the former host of this very podcast. They talk about what it’s like to bikepack across Europe during working hours, how Phil knew what issues needed to be addressed
immediately and which he could push off to later and then they talk about his current project which involves APIs and trees.
Links:
https://protect.earth - Trees foundation Phil is involved with
https://twitter.com/philsturgeon - Phil’s place on the intern...2021-03-091h 01
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Phil and Ben's Transformers 101Phil loves big giant fighting space robots. Ben has never seen the appeal.
Now, after years of in-fighting and insults, Ben is finally conceding to try and understand his friend's genuine obsession with the whole Transformers franchise. As an outsider he's going to learn about all aspects of the Autobots and Decepticons' long history of interplanetary punch-ups over the past four decades from the good to the impossibly rotten.
And we start our journey at the very beginning with the opening three-part mini series from 1984 "More Than Meets The Eye". On the way we'll-
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Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.It'll Be Alright On Some ChartsAs you all know Ben Baker and Phil Catterall are incredibly professional young men with all their own teeth and they definitely don't make a noise every time they sit down. But what of those rare moments where things went wrong? Or funny but unnecessary tangents were followed? Or sections were simply too long to fit into the regular episode? You're about to find out in half an hour of cocks going up Denis Norden's aunt's bloomers whilst an animated David Walliams looks on disinterested...sorry, we mean funny outtakes and deleted sections from "Don't Lets Chart".
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Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.A Bearable New Year With Ben and PhilHappy New Sort Of A Year! Ben and Phil are here with a bit of New Year Cheer which will be as delicious as the injection man coming round with all of your vaccines! There are resolutions, celebrations and confusing traditions for everyone as part of this new year we've been slung into. Plus all the spines you can eat! Think of it as Advent Day 263 if you will. Merry Yearmas! 2021-01-1925 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Christmas Chart With The StarsBetween 1958 and 1972, the BBC would run a big programme entitled "Christmas Night with the Stars". In it you could find mini versions of all your favourite shows of the time plus sketches, monologues and other seasonal nonsense. Today, Don't Lets Chart are reviving that tradition with a big beefy feature length special containing bite-sized editions of some of our favourite podcasts including "Retrospecticus", "The Big Beatles Sort Out", "Looks Unfamiliar" and "Round The Archives". There's also an exclusive story from Twitter favourite Darrell Maclaine plus your top presents of all time, the seasonal episodes of a certain sitcom are...2020-12-251h 26
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 22We all know our classic British traditions, unless we dont, but what of more old fashioned Christmas activities? Phil gots a list and he's only mildly afraid to use it! MEAT WILL BE SHOWN!
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Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now!
BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.l...2020-12-2211 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 18It's a self-indulgent Friday as Phil asks Ben about some of the weirder entries in his new book. Did he mention he's got a book out? Yes. Yes he did.
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Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now!
BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/sh...2020-12-1812 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 11One of the biggest signifiers of the oncoming festive period would be when your favourite comic suddenly added some snow to the logo. But what of Ben and Phil's very different comic buying childhoods? And how does this affect Buster Capp's Christmas haul? All this and great news inside for all readers!
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Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from...2020-12-1109 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 10Our first festive listener question has come down the SpeakPipe and its The History Buffet's Eric Stockberger who enquires on Ben and Phil's opinions about all things seasonably musical.
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Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now!
BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/be...2020-12-1009 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 7Christmas cards - yay or nay? Not in the era of coughing and death post but years that arent spent hiding in the spare room in your Spiderman onesie. Ben and Phil discuss cards and which of them is actually good at sending some. Plus: more robot rambling.
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Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant an...2020-12-0707 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chartvent Day 2After yesterday's rather less than Crimbletastic edition, we're stepping it up a notch with a look at the Argos catalogue to see what we want best. Spoilers: Phil ruins it.
Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart
Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now!
BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb...2020-12-0210 min
How Do You Do? PodcastChef Phil Kastel, how do you make kosher food with gusto at Spielberg-owned The Milky Way?PK&J Hospitality Group's Phil Kastel is a chef and restaurant consultant. For over twelve years, Phil served as Executive Vice President of Culinary for L.A.-based Grill Concepts, Inc., where he was responsible for culinary operations of twenty-nine restaurants nationwide, including the Public School brand. Prior to Grill Concepts, Phil served as Executive Chef of Hillstone Restaurant Group, where he was responsible for kitchen operations, menu development and training. Phil is currently the Creative Chef at The Milky Way, the beloved Pico-Robertson kosher restaurant that’s owned by the Spielbergs. In his current role, he’s jumping at t...2020-11-2941 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 7 - You Cant Say Crumpets AnymoreWhy is calling your child "Bloody" a bad idea?
What were The Beatles doing to our Nation's youth in 1963?
Can you truly fancy a spaceship?
When will the "Star Wars Holiday Special" start being special?
And just who is Jimmy Todhands?
Answers will occur from the mouths and souls of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall in your weekly dose of history and stupidity. Also covered in this module: "Weird" Abe Lincoln's Yorkshire roots, a nice glass of Brianade, page 3 vs hard sums, the latest birthdays, the concept of Shaq F...2020-11-1736 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 6 - Gin-Faced GregoryWhy is Dr Seuss no help with chatting up a partner?
When is Racist Cluedo too racist?
Who spent all their money on "trains and Michaela Strachans"?
What's the real ending to "Stand By Me"?
Which presenter is planning to become dead from robot sex?
As ever, we'll dive into all of the above nonsense in the new episode of "Dont Lets Chart", a comedy and history podcast by the hugely unqualified Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Also in this cavalcade of trivia nonsense we'll learn why a 10 day...2020-11-1036 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 5 - Feed Me Pie For InvestigationsHow did the cowboy Black Bart give himself away?
What happened to Sputnik-1?
Who would win in a fight between Rin Tin Tin and Lassie?
Was the event pre and post Congo?
And why is Ben going to be given away to an ostrich farm?
Answers to these will be forthcoming, along with countless other facts and stupid jokes from the mouths of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Plus: the incorrect Scooby Doo, becoming unretired, some Willis, too many Air Bud films, Sticky Fingaz vs Ben Fogle...2020-11-0337 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 4 - Unknown: Weather MichaelWhich episode of Paddington featured his powerful death squads?
How many Spanish Galleons is too many for private use?
What is the best Steve Guttenberg film from 1984 to 1987?
When will the fiancées of Darren Day get their reparations?
and where does "Lovable Zanies II" fit into all this?
The answers to all of the above and more are featured in this episode of the internet's eighth or ninth most popular facts and daft jokes podcast (Skipton Region ONLY) with your hosts Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Other i...2020-10-2737 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 3 - Six Renditions of Freebird and a NaziWhere is a Cheese Heavy Nation?
How did the bloke off Ghostwatch make it to the Sydney Opera House?
Why are the British so good at murders?
Which company hit big by giving people the squits?
And at what end do you check a Stevenson's Plomp?
Its all in your soapy new Don't Lets Chart with Robot. (Also Ben Baker and Phil Catterall) alongside some of the best inventor-named products, rockin' disasters, secret SS pasts of the TV st...2020-10-2036 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Series 3, Show 1 - Who Stinks Now?How did a goat lead to a sporting disaster for over sixty years?
Is Fall Guys the ideal way to decide who is best at religion?
Was Thomas Edison's first film really called "Two Lasses Doing Some Kissing In The Bare"?
Where is the best place to buy bees?
And what did Bruce Springsteen pull out of in 2007?
All these questions amazingly will be answered in the first episode of a brand new series of weekly trivia and stupidity podcast "Don't Lets Chart" with Ben Baker and Phil Catterall...2020-10-0638 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart Says Hello!New to Dont Lets Chart and our daft mix of trivia, quizzes, history and very silly jokes? Here's a hello selection checking in with some of our favourite moments including:
- The deadliest toys ever released,
- Super sizzlin' Steamed Hams memes,
- Amazon's greatest gravy collections,
- A searing investigation of the Nixon era,
- Brittas, Bono and the best of the Royal Variety Performance,
- Ranker.com's top six Terry and June characters,
- Beatles or Beetles? - The greatest radi...2020-09-2437 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.The Dont Lets Chart Isolation Lockdown RoadshowWell, "Don't Lets Chart" might be gone for now but over on Patreon we've just begun our Summer Roadshow touring around the country...minus the actually leaving the house and going anywhere aspect. In every all new hour-long show, there's the usual mix of charts, daftness and trivia, plus some the best and strangest sounds you'll hear all year. Its available exclusively on Patreon for less than the price of a Twix per show but here's a small preview clip from episode one in which Ben and Phil discuss Scunthorpe's biggest news stories and argue over who is the...2020-07-1804 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 221 - GoodbyeAnd so we say farewell to series two of Don't Lets Chart with the Top 15 BEST THINGS EVER as voted for by you lot! And its....weird. Really weird. We have classic epic fantasy clashing with bacon whilst Time Lords and Tea face off alongside crisps, brown booze, domestic animals and those bloody transforming robots again. We're joined by Louise Nilon again, plus a LEGO odyssey with Tim Worthington and Garreth Hirons reveals the shocking truth behind the conspiracy linking ham and cheese sandwiches to the Pet Shop Boys. There's also the final daft "REAL or FAKE" quiz, a...2020-06-1939 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 219 - Blackmail WillisTHE BIG DONT LETS CHART VOTE 2020....will be in a fortnight. For now, enjoy an episode devoted to the things that just didnt make the top 25 from the worlds of TV, toys, films and animals. Did yours make the cut?
In this edition: the animal Phil would smuggle into his home, our history with Monty Python, how to defeat ghosts for under ten pounds, Friends vs. Frasier, comparing Robotic Cops, when The Wire was much funnier than you remember, why you should probably not send meat by post, Hanna Barbera's obsession with bears, we dont build Tracy...2020-06-0136 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 218 - Bum PramboYou are cordially invited to the book launch of "Ben Baker's Fun Book For The Apocalypse" at the Social Distancing Rooms, Up Tarn. Bring a bottle and a...nother bottle as this is about to get off the chain. Guests include Paul Nicholas, a lifeboat, Hale and Pace, a blind man's wand, Derek Dick, the opposite of badmington, the worst S Clubs, some marbles, Clive Dunn's sex drive, the novelisation of Jaws: The Revenge, Uncle Grandpa Joe, Winifred Atwell, skiffle, war, Showaddywaddy and many more. And remember: there aint no party like a Grandma's Party cos a Grandma's Party...2020-05-1837 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 217 - fu3k0ffbak3rCreamy mash mash. That about sums up this week's episode of "Don't Lets Chart" which tries to celebrate May 4th as literally anything but Star Wars Day, looks blankly at the over-specific Grammy categories and ends on a quiz that defames every single children's puppet character you loved as a child. Its shocking, its steamy and its here! So change the password on your dog, bin that lightsaber and lets begin....
If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com...2020-05-0436 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 216 - Fred Dineage Was Probably Not InvolvedEveryday is like Ghost Train on Sunday as the definitely not driven mad Ben and Phil go head to head in a Saturday Morning Showdown featuring the likes of No.73, The 8:15 From Manchester, Tiswas and - yes - Telegantic Megavision! Then there's a quiz for all fans of Derek Boy and his Peckham pals on "Only Fools And Horses" before we run down the top ten charity singles that fell through the floorboards and Ben announces his ill-advised and dubiously beneficial new project...
This is what they want? Um...I'll get back to you on that after I...2020-04-2037 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 215 - The Golden Selection CollectionHappy birthday to us! Yes, this our 50th episode! I know, we dont look a day over 47!
To celebrate, we present this new tailor made collectors edition episode of "Don't Lets Chart" with exquisite ruby and mushy pea-encrusted highlights of the award-borrowing lists about Phillip Schofield, bad gravy, Terry and June, hams and A Dracula to name a few. This graceful and intricate collection was crafted by artisan Ben Bakers with striking ornate Phil Catteralls sewn into the lining. This record is not available in the shops. Because shops dont exist anymore.
The French have a...2020-04-0637 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.An Introduction to Don't Lets ChartDoorbell noise.
Wow! Can it nearly be a whole year since Don't Lets Chart first opened its ridiculous doors? With over 1,300 hours of nonsense available for free, it might be quite daunting for anyone new coming to our unique 35 to 37 minute mix of trivia, daft quizzes and very silly jokes. So here's a hello selection checking in with some of our favourite moments from the previous 12 months, including:
- The deadliest toys ever released,
- Super sizzlin' Steamed Hams memes,
- Amazon's greatest gravy collections,
- A searing investigation of t...2020-03-2337 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 213 - A Doll Called Alan"You can watch Dog Day Afternoon because you rotated your arm..." Happy International Richard Herring Telling People About International Women's Day! We're doing our best to celebrate the day despite you know...the obvious. There's a Cheryl Baker inspired look at the lesser discussed pre-9am Saturday shows including Breakfast Serials, Kissyfur, the wrong early version of ChuckleVision and whatever the frig Ovide was meant to be. Then we visit the video shop for a very original game show not affiliated with the late Bruce Forsyth before we discuss rare dolls seriously and with great insight. And not just...2020-03-0837 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 212 - James Brown Shotgun ToiletJoin Ben and Phil for a "stab" at the murder podcast market with some unfortunately obvious crimes before playing the latest mop topped quiz all the kids go wild for and finishing up with a daze over days. There's tax evosion, new format pitches, PCP, thumb quandries, Wesley Snipes and Willie Nelson - together at last, gloves 'n' rhymes, Chad Beans, sock racism, America's Unwanted Chaplin, easily our dumbest quiz yet and oh so much cocaines for everybody! Plus: Why is there a zucchini on your doorstep? Who released "The Best of the Beatles"? And when is the optimum...2020-02-2435 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Some Sort Of Promotional EndeavourHello friends! Did you know that for less than £3 a month you can get two extra podcasts with Ben and Phil? In fact, if you had one of our snazzy personal RSS feeds that each patron gets, you'd just be receiving the new episode of our sister show "Don't Lets Chart...Nights" right now in which we talk at greater length on just one pop culture topic, sometimes more personal but usually just as stupid. Previous shows have seen us fix the Christmas charts, look at Radio 1's least likely DJs, find the less popular celebrity siblings, take an o...2020-02-1601 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 211 - Bubblegum Tongue (Direct To Video)Its Valentine's week and as per usual Ben and Phil are here to put this d on you. Or is that old Ian Snoop Dogg? Either way, its not a very welcoming start to a show dedicated to all the best romantic things - i.e. murderous computers, Ernest Goes To Camp and the music of Mr Mister...which probably explains why your hosts are both single. That and their faces, personalities and clothing coverage in biscuits obviously. And thats before they've heard this new episode which is really very silly indeed.
So...um, you seeing anyone t...2020-02-1037 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 210 - A Song With The Word Smurf In It2020 already doing your head in? Time for an arbitrary time warp back to 1996 for a listener voted top 20 of things including Kenickie, Mark and Lard on the Graveyard Shift, the mysterious mayfly career of Bear Van Beers, the Spice Girls tell us what they want, a brief trip to the Eighth Doctor, Take That splitting up, Quake and Resident Evil change up the videogames, all the heroin films, the mediocre return of Fist of Fun, football came home...for a bit, Jarvis vs Jacko and much more.
Ben and Phil were teenagers in 1996 so expect talk about...2020-01-2738 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 209 - Two Flew Over The Cuckoo's NestIts an old school sort of Chart this week as Ben and Phil look at the week in years gone by and find some totally unconnected but suitably ridiculous facts about Bad Boys 3 and the longest gap between movie sequels of all time, wonder why most 1950s sitcom titles sound like filth and run through the best (read: most childish) Royal nicknames of history. Its a very funny episode but if you dont enjoy it, give us a shout and we'll tape a Baby Yoda to the front improving the content by 200%. You can be sure of it!
If you w...2020-01-1337 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 207 - More Boglin Themed Than I Was AnticipatingMerry Christmas from Ben and Phil! Here's a special show for everyone spending today alone (or just wants something to do whilst hiding!) With thanks to Colin's Godson, The Plimptons, Wolf 359 and all of you for a year of ridiculous fun in very strange times. See you in 2020! 2019-12-2549 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.BONUS - A Green Bullet Of FunSurprise! As its Christmas we thought it'd be nice to share the new "Don't Lets Chart...Nights" episode with everybody! Meet Ben and Phil - Christmas Chart Fixers going through the festive number ones from 1980 to 1989 and deciding if they stand the test of time or need to get booted off for something else. From St Winalot's Vomitorium Choir to Another Band Aid with lots of Shakin', Cliffin' and novelty tut on the way. And if you like it, look out for part 2 in a few days in which we fix the 90s charts - exclusive on Patreon! Yes...2019-12-1929 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 206 - Schnorbitz Was Not In Star WarsIts...sort of...almost...Christmas! Time for a bubble of nonsense away from the reality of the previous week as Ben and Phil jump back to the eighties for a listener-suggested game of Christmas TV Schedule Wars. Its almost like one of them has a book out about it. The years 1981, 1985 and 1989 come under scrutiny for "Ratty Old Puppet Fun", "Lethal Amounts of Cliff Richard", "Christmas Dinner Sitcom Disasters", "Shit Disney" and lots of "Things They'd Never Show Now" among other things selected by you lot.
Plus Smash Hits, the Queen's Speech, Phil goes up against Tiffany (c...2019-12-1638 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 205 - Gravy Changes EverythingThe boys are back...in delicious gravy! Ben's got something to promote but he can't for the life in him remember what it is so instead he and Phil investigate Doctor Who cameos as the worlds of James Bond and Ken Dodd collide. Plus: Mr USA and Ms Sidedish's finest works revealed, John Cleese gets it wrong, what bird not to cover in gravies, Sloths for Kids, a Christmas episode set before Christ, Julian Glover is left out, 175 recipes for a sauce and the most depressing comedy episode of the 80s. Improve any meal with this podcast!
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Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 203 - 65 Fabulous Years of Phil CatterallYour favourite facts 'n' fannying about podcast returns with an all star tribute to six decades of Phil Catterall (aged 39). There are messages from his friends - also Ben is there. Plus Phil's top 20 things of all time ever (that arent giant fighting robots) including some nifty 90s shootouts, which comedy act he went to see instead of revising for his GCSEs, best Bonds, the best foot that can be barely considered a food, Greendale pride, perhaps the most stupid quiz yet and lots more. And because its a 40th celebration, the episode is a slightly longer almost 40 minutes...2019-10-2839 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 202 - I'm So Tired, Why Are You Doing This?Sexual swear words and adult situations ahoy this week as Ben and very under the weather Phil play a game of Birthday Top Trumps pitting unlikely duos born on the same day against each other, including a horror writer vs. a puppeteer, Johnny Marr's neck strength, Corbyn's collection of video nasties and Simon Bates in a battle you'll be delighted never to know the answer to. And later Beatlemania is fully covered with items on unusual manias and also a Beatle. Plus Thatcher's heroin crimes, what the R stands for in Kelly, moist Alans, Orville The Duck's audition for...2019-10-1437 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Attack of the Return of the Monster of Don't Lets Chart Series 2The second series of "Don't Lets Chart" will be with you on Monday September 30th. This short documentary presentation feature trail will explain the small differences we're making to this new run. Find out how you can get even more from Ben and Phil by visiting our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart2019-09-2103 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 120 - That's A Good PointAnd so we reach the final destination of the Don't Lets Chart Summer Roadshow and also the final episode of series one. We hope you've enjoyed the past five months of facts and nonsense and we're going out with our biggest adventure yet. Yes, even bigger than the Nottingham Industrial Museum of Dust. And because its the end of term, Ben has kindly allowed Phil to finally talk about bloody Gobots or whatever he's into, including our listeners' own top ten most tedious robots of all time! Plus some very daft jokes, god-awful gimmicks, Autobot stand-up, terrible toys, Emu...2019-08-1837 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don’t Lets Chart 119 – Do You Like DickensAnother jump on the increasingly stupid Don't Lets Chart Summer Roadshow as Ben and Phil travel back in time to visit The Book Tower in order to promote Ben's new book. If you dont know, its probably best not to ask. Just strap in for what the Mr Men did next, a celebration of good Dickens, Phil reading erotic fiction like in that nightamre you had and the best of Baker. But not Ben...
Ben's new book "Death Death Death Stereo Stereo Stereo" is now out for Kindle and paperback. All the links can be found on...2019-08-1136 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 116 - Hedges CapersWoah dude, its a new episode of the "Don't Lets Chart Summer Roadshow" and Ben and Phil are visiting "Mawkins, Indianus" - home to "Stangler Thongs" - which is legally different from anything on Netflix set in the mid 80s and about obsolete Americana. Although saying that, we do have lists on forgotten McDonalds characters, lost TV catchphrases and the 'grot n gore' best in VHS sales. Plus: nuggets with cowboy boots, Hillbilly John meets the devil, the real anniversary of the moon landing, delicious beaks, Dr Frankenstein loses his freaks, the tiresomeness of Punky Brewster, green milkshakes, the D...2019-07-2137 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 115 - The Worst Motown Trio Of All TimeFramed for a crime they probably did commit, Ben and Phil are making melonade from rocks and dust by turning their six week community service into a summer roadshow just like all those people we're not allowed to talk about anymore used to do on Radio One in the past!!!! Sadly, a matter of ankle tagging and house arrest means the first edition is coming from the less glamourous locale of Phil's flat. What would Smiley Miley say? Nothing you idiots, he's locked in my basement.
Plus: Taub.
If you would like to support our Pat...2019-07-1437 min
Don't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don’t Lets Chart 114 - Chekhov's ChickenIt’s a five-alarm all out listener takeover episode as Ben and Phil hand the whole show over to you for questions, guest charts and comments, alongside special appearances by our friends at Round The Archives and Tim Worthington off of the Guardian. Plus: how we met and our earliest collaborations, Phil's best punk, horrible ITV comedy, how to play "Year Of The Cat", the most appalling action figures, important crisp discussions, the best and worst sitcom movies are ranked, strange pet jokes, the highs and lows of Transformers, our best graphs, the top ten top tens, Eve Myles' lu...2019-06-3036 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 113 - Crime Alert!Or "Congratulations! It's A Knife!" Put yer hands up and drop the off-brand "Avengerists" action figure! Detectives Ben Baker and Phil Catterall are on the lookout for terrible toys from the past, street messers and sex type people doing naughty kissing and that. Why? Well, it’s summat to do between "Columbo" repeats, innit?
Also: A Lady, Tim Allen funnies, bloody GoBots, dogs eating spaghetti, hugging a mutant chicken, the trouble with airplane toilets, knock off pogo balls, Hoo-Moon's arch enemy, free foundry hand-outs, Morrissey the Consumer Monkey, public speedboats, what makes an "Open All Hours relationship", Oas...2019-06-2335 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 112 - The Answer Is QuaversSunday, Sunday here again and...wait, we dont upload our new episodes on Sundays, do we? Aaahhhh, but we do. Presenting our mildly irrelevant move to Sundays for the forseeable future. In this week's episode, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall attempt to provide the complete Lord's Day experience from morning papers to the late night telly and most importantly of all: gravy. Plus: Bully's special prize, Creme Egg record breakers, Michael Hordern is The Singing Detective, Gazza's face, the correct words to the "Crazy Like A Fox" theme tune, we wear our Mushroom with Pride, an unwelcome IKEA food...2019-06-1636 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 111 - What Night Is Space Bins?Hello space fans and fellow mutants to the latest podcast from Moon Ben Baker and Phil "G-Balls" Catterall! In this one: sub-par superheroes, Royal Variety rave ups and strange stuff shot into space (but not necessarily stayed there...)
Plus: the majesty of Les Dawson, hero Bottle Opener makes his debut, American puppets, we find out what the Brittas Empire cast were up to in 1996, the real true story of Laika the dog, a big net, Obnoxio The Clown spoils Dark Phoenix, disco dies, we all give thanks for Gary Wilmot, making work for the beeper, where Jasper Ca...2019-06-0936 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 110 - Trying To Swallow A Former Member of BananaramaWe all know what its like. You record a smash hit song but accidentally mention a brand name leading to a ban from the BBC so you have to fly 6,000 miles across the Atlantic to record two words then fly back again. To celebrate Ray Davies from the Kinks' marathon jaunt for a minor act, its a Lola-tastic week of charts this week as Ben and Phil ogle unusual things that have been banned, test the worst product ideas of all time and there's a right and proper BBC-approved quiz which isnt just an excuse for Ben to bellow...2019-06-0335 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 109 - No-One Voted For ALFWe've taken the bin box time machine back to 1987 again for the second and final part of our entirely listener-voted chart.
Along the way, we pump up the volume, drown some Pound Puppies, chart the rise of Jonathan Ross, make Phil listen to Big Black for the first time, fail to get over how great Withnail and I is in the edit, chase away Mike Read and his new jingles, enjoy some wind, Ben reveals his biggest musical fantasy, Wax get lyrical, there's a New Years visit with Predator, Phil bangs on about The Living Daylights, we w...2019-05-2737 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 108 - McKellen For RobocopPresenting The First Annual 32 Fabulous Years of 1987 Show.
Why? Dont worry about that. Just be dazzled and wowed by the bright colours and flammable materials of the era as Ben and Phil run down the first half of our listener's selections for the best things of '87 - thats right, FIRST! - you lot sent in some fantastic suggestions and we didnt want to skimp on the best so its our first exciting two-parter. Like Timelash. Ok, maybe not that...
In this one there's grudging acceptance of The bloody Raccoons, we meet the Son of t...2019-05-1935 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 107 - Slimer Stinks Of Onion IDSTSponsored by Nixon's Crisps. "The crisps that are crisps".
It was the philosopher Ian Reelbigfish who once sang "Sell out / with me oh yea / sell out / with me tonight". And never has a truer word been skanked as your hosts Ben Baker and Phil Catterall decide it’s time to cash in on the giant success "Don't Lets Chart" clearly is and try and hook one of those big sponsors. So why they decide to mention ghosts, "On the Buses" and controversial stamps is anyone's guess.
Also in the mix are such topics as fancying a...2019-05-1335 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 106 - Rotating HannigansIt's a bank holiday special as for the first time Ben and Phil are in the same room to record one of these. We enter "The Meet Zone" (or is that "the Meat Zone"?) for a rundown of what Nottingham has to offer, the strange world of beer naming and our second listener-voted chart as you decide the worst double acts of all time, a mixed and occasionally very wrong list.
Plus: visiting Batman's house, the new Alan Bennett play, Horne and Corden's body swap adventure with Foster and Allen, windmill facts, the original Planeteers, Frank Sidebottom...2019-05-0636 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 104 - Little Jenny Knives For EyesBen's not content with the ratings for the last few episodes so he's decided to refit the whole show to be one of those murder podcasts that are doing insanely well in the charts. However, neither him or Phil are comfortable with the whole "murder" aspect so instead pivot to dangerous toys, murderous songs, the deadliest Marvel superheroes of all time and erm...Richard Nixon. Plus: Hannah Montana's crippling addiction to lead reign of terror, Sophie Ellis Bextor Vs W.A.S.P, Enormous Ken's best cinematic role, hammocks for kids, the first time anyone has mentioned "Fully Booked...2019-04-2236 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 103 - Inhaling Some Chuckle MuskHey you! Are you interested in dead celebrities, Yorkshire heroes and ridiculous Happy Meal toys? Well stick around anyway as Ben and Phil look into why under no circumstances should you let someone fire a gun directly into your face, which action star is incomplete without his arm squirter and why Ben isn't the greatest Yorkshireman of all time. Plus: Kevin Keegan face moulds, grease-stinking Furbies, Matt Le Blanc has an accident, a lot of impressions that all seem to be Michael Parkinson, Kermit squirts, Hitler's last word, a demand for medals and the magical secrets contained within "Disney...2019-04-1534 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 102 - I Thought You Said Rapid RodneyAnd so it was that our brave idiots Ben and Phil returned for a second adventure that the law of sequels suggests will probably not be as good as the first. With that in mind they look at Rotten Tomatoes' Worst Sequels Ever with guest appearances from Batman, Jaws and the actor Stan Collymore. There's also a tribute to this weekend's Wrestlemania as Ben tests Phil's near-absent knowledge of wrestling then outrage as Britain gets pies wrong. Plus: Jamie Kennedy's scientific methods are put to the test, steak is dismissed, Twin Peaks begins, Rob Schneider gets paid, the Shockmaster...2019-04-0835 minDon't Lets Chart - Comedy. History. Stupidity.Don't Lets Chart 101 - Clooney's Catbox Comedy CompanyWe can all agree that pranks and April Fools' jokes are invariably god awful and not in the slightest bit funny - but what would you do if it was the Hollywood superstar George Clooney pulling them on you? Ben and Phil put on their best "the actor Richard Kind" masks to explore the comedy back catalogue of The Cloon. But before that, we take time to celebrate Phillip Schofield's birthday and the first ten programmes he ever introduced on Children's BBC from Mike, Mop and The Moke to The Kwicky Koala Show. Plus: authentic American accents, Hanna Barbera's c...2019-04-0136 minPHP Town HallEpisode 62: All the HostsMatt Trask, Ben Edmunds, and Amanda Folson are joined by our deported former co-host Phil Sturgeon.
There’s not much of an agenda to this episode. We all catch up on what’s new with Phil and we fill him in on what’s new with PHP.2019-02-191h 12PHP Town HallEpisode 56: GraphQL is better than RESTAmanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Phil Sturgeon to discuss what’s new in the world of API development.
Make sure to check out his new book Talking To Other People’s APIs.
Sponsor
We’re sponsored this episode by the Southeast PHP Conference:
Southeast PHP Community Conference in Nashville, TN is happening August 16th and 17th right in downtown Nashville. Our CfP opens February 15th with a theme around the modern PHP toolbox. Come hang out with us, listen to awesome speakers talk about a wide variety of topics...2018-01-1255 minPHP Town HallEpisode 51: Good RiddanceIn this episode Ben and Phil discuss what’s new in their pathetic little lives, the state of the PHP-FIG, and bid an ecstatic.. ahem.. sad farewell to Phil as he departs the podcast. Starting with Episode 51 Amanda Folson will be taking over as co-host. Ben is staying so don’t worry, we know he’s your favorite.
Phil,
Thanks for 51 fucking fantastic episodes, 5 years of podcasting together, way too much booze, and a lot of fun.2017-01-0843 minPHP Town HallEpisode 50: Low down on PSR-15An all star cast this episode, as Ben and Phil are joined by regular guest Anthony Ferrara - thinker of good ideas and long-time part-time side-line contributor to the PHP-FIG, Woody Gilk - one-speed rider & BDFL of Kohana, and
Beau Simensen - author of a bunch of stuff including StackPHP.
Here we’re talking about some awesome stuff the PHP-FIG is working on: PSR-15 (HTTP Middleware). This PSR is in Draft mode, and is potentially not as well known about as some others. There was a bit of a cuffufle getting it started as before it had ev...2016-06-2856 minPHP Town HallEpisode 46: Christmas TheraphpyBen and Phil have a little catch-up to try and get things back on track after a little 2015 lag. Basically this episode is just Sober Phil having a massive vent about how daft some people are on the Internet.
For some reason he accidentally read some /r/lolphp and got into an argument about how they think that PHP 7 is purely a cosmetic change. This was a good excuse to re-emphisize what an awesome set of fundamental changes PHP 7 really was.
Ben and Phil then discuss the FIGs identity crisis before Phil goes off on...2015-12-281h 10PHP Town HallEpisode 45: Live from PNWPHPLive from PNWPHP ‘15, Ben and Phil are joined by guests Ben Marks, Yitzchok Willroth and later we are joined by returning guest Sara Golemon who popped in to talk about HHVM/Hack while Phil played waiter for the rest of the episode.
Ben talks about Magento and some of his conference traveling madness, as does Yitz, who got trapped in a hotel for a whole weekend due to some interesting combination of Jewish holidays and an argument over the interational date line in New Zealand. Phil also tells us all about his NZ speeding ticket, mowing down po...2015-09-1250 minPHP Town HallEpisode 42: Paul and VanceAfter a little hiatus Phil and Ben back at it, joined this time by Paul Dragoonis and Vance Lucas.
Paul does some fairly call stuff, manages the PPI framework and contributes to building the actual PHP.net website, the poor sod. Paul is also the winner in the “PHP developers from the UK who are hard to understand” contest two years running, only beating Phil to the title due to being slightly better at handling his booze.
Vance works at NetSuite and has open-sourced a bunch of code things, most notably phpdotenv and frisby.
We...2015-05-231h 04PHP Town HallEpisode 39: Hi Josh!Phil and Ben catch up with Josh Lockhart who has been on the show a few times before.
Josh is involved in some great projects and interested in some new tools, which all kinda wind in together. PHP, FIG, League, etc.
Josh joined the FIG
PSR-7 which is gonna be used in Slim 3
New Stuff in Slim PHP 3.0
The new league/uploads project - more info on the League mailing list
We touch on a few topics, and really this one is just a fun fluid chat with a really relaxed guest.2015-03-1254 minPHP Town HallEpisode 37: Sunshine Round-Hall? Town-Table?We all know that SunshinePHP is one of the PHP communities finest conferences. It attends an amazing group of people, wonderful speakers and Rasmus usually pops in for a drive-by-keynote.
Every conference Phil or Ben attend has some vague promise of “yeah we’ll probably try and do a recording there or something,” but this SunshinePHP we actually did it, all thanks to the wonderful Sammy K off of PHP Roundtable.
The topic this time around was that of APIs, and we were joined by an all star panel:
Sara Golemon
Josh Lockart
Eryn O’Neil...2015-02-081h 13PHP Town HallEpisode 33: CakePHP, Monga and RFCsThis episode we’re joined by two two top CakePHPers Jose Diaz-Gonzalez and
Bryan Crowe.
Ben is AWOL, Phil is insanely jet-lagged and has no idea what he is talking about. Our awesome guests try their best to carry Phil through the show, where we discuss exciting new stuff happening with CakePHP, and what we think of a few current RFCs being discussed in PHP land.
We also talk a bit about Monga, a League package which Bryan has now assumed the role of project lead.
It took a while to get this on...2014-11-1951 minPHP Town HallEpisode 32: Ben and Phil Catch UpThis week Ben and Phil take some time to catch up on each others lives and let you listen in. Ben doesn’t remember how to code. Phil is leaving PHP for Rails. They’re both moving again.
Since we don’t have any cool tools to recommend this week you should buy our books to support the podcast:
Building Secure PHP Apps - Ben Edmunds
Build APIs You Won’t Hate - Phil Sturgeon
PHP APIs and Security Bundle - Bundle of both books together2014-11-041h 02PHP Town HallEpisode 32: Ben and Phil Catch UpThis week Ben and Phil take some time to catch up on each others lives and let you listen in. Ben doesn’t remember how to code. Phil is leaving PHP for Rails. They’re both moving again.
Since we don’t have any cool tools to recommend this week you should buy our books to support the podcast:
Building Secure PHP Apps - Ben Edmunds
Build APIs You Won’t Hate - Phil Sturgeon
PHP APIs and Security Bundle - Bundle of both books together2014-11-041h 02PHP Town HallEpisode 31: The One about Hot DogsThis week Ben and Phil are joined last minute by repeat guests Kayla Daniels and Matt Frost.
We talk waaaaay too much about hotdogs, Phil’s fun-employment, cocaine, and what’s new in PHP-land.
The recommended cool stuff of the episode is:
Dossier - super secret stealth mode project for managing talk abstracts
No Capes - Live Interviews with prominent speakers, community members and package developers in the PHP Community
WurstCon - The wurst conference in the US of A
SideSwell - beautiful side project execution tool
2014-10-1747 minPHP Town HallEpisode 30: Specs, Implementations, and New Engines OH MY!This week Ben and Phil are joined by core PHP developer extraordinaires Andrea Faulds and Levi Morrison.
We discuss the new PHP engine spec, various RFCs, and all things internals. Also PHP 6 is officially dead, let’s have a moment of silence.2014-08-261h 14PHP Town HallEpisode 29: Dont Mention PHP 6 v PHP 7This week Ben and Phil are joined by long distance target shooter Paul M. Jones and the handsome man that is Daniel Lowrey, to talk about a whole bunch of PHP relating things.
Paul has recently been talking a lot about “Action Domain Responder” which is billed as a more representative
replacement of the often mis-used “Model View Controller” architecture. Luckily he does a good job of ELI5 so we don’t get too lost, and we talk a bit about how ADR helps with putting content negotiation in a logical place.
Daniel then goes on to talk...2014-07-301h 19PHP Town HallEpisode 28: Loosley Coupled MashupIn this episode, Ben and Phil join forces with Loosely Coupled to talk about Open Source, burn out and briefly discuss their favorite open source projects. Jeff was out of action for a lot of it due to unexpected wifi troubles (in San Francisco of all places) so he sadly did not get to take part as much as he would have liked.
Questions this time around:
How do you deal nicely with someone who’s too reliant on you for solving problems and is too quick to ask you rather than figure it out th...2014-07-101h 54PHP Town HallEpisode 25: Girls Aren't Any DifferentTalking about feminism in tech is always difficult. This episode was quite a heated discussion with Kayla Daniels and Jessica D’Amico discussing their opinions about women-orientated groups such as PHPWomen and Girls Who Code.
Kayla wrote an excellent article titled Not a shiny unicorn, in which she made several points.
“Somehow, [being female] means I am some kind of oddity. I’ve been met with skepticism, mistrust, and probably the most insulting reaction; complete shock and awe.”
“If I’m offered something, I want it to be because of my accomplishments, and not my sex.”
“Bottom line: Gir...2014-05-2854 minPHP Town HallEpisode 24: But is it Web Scale?This week Ben Edmunds calls in from Portland and Phil Sturgeon calls in from THE FUTURE. They are joined by Steve Corona to discuss Scaling PHP.
Most of this conversation centers around Phil and Ben’s horrible facial hair with a few questions thrown Steve’s way to educate us on getting the most out of your LAMP stack. The main takeaways are to stop using Apache and to start using Postgres.
Go buy Steve’s book Scaling PHP if you want to be Web Scale.2014-05-141h 35PHP Town HallEpisode 23: VirtPHP - Managing your Herd of ElePHPantsThis week Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon are joined by Jacques Woodcock and Jordan Kasper to discuss virtPHP.
virtPHP is a tool for managing multiple environments on your development machine. It is similar to Python’s virtualenv or Ruby’s rbenv, but for PHP.
Upcoming Conferences
Phil will be speaking at PHP South Africa in April.
Ben has no idea what he will attend this year.
Jacques will likely be speaking at True North PHP later this year.
Jordan will be speaking at jQuery UK in May and...2014-04-101h 19PHP Town HallEpisode 22: The Great Joomla! License Battle of 2014This week Ben Edmunds is joined by new guest David Stanley and recurring guest Don Gilbert to discuss the latest Joomla! framework licensing drama. Phil was too busy having a real world life to join us this week, boo!
Don does a great job of articulating why switching the Joomla! Framework to an LGPL license would be best for everyone and just might cure cancer. Ben tries to play devil’s advocate but eventually can’t even maintain the ruse. David talks now and then, mostly about his new found love of the AeroPress.
Cool thin...2014-03-261h 06PHP Town HallEpisode 20: A nice friendly chat about Sculpin, Guzzle and PSR-7Trying out a slightly more professional format with questions, Phil manages to avoid talking over everyone. Winner!
This show has a history of talking about FIG stuff as it is hard to avoid. The group is working on so much cool stuff
and prominent figures of the community are involved. We got two more prominent figures, who also happen to be involved
with FIG stuff: Beau Simensen lead developer of Sculpin and Michael Dowling lead developer of the wonderful
HTTP library Guzzle, who also works at AWS on their PHP SDK.
We discussed each of...2014-03-061h 03PHP Town HallEpisode 17: Authors Galore, Conferences and Game ChangersCal Evans talks with us about some of the great projects he is (and has) been involved with, including training days, writing books, speaking, organising conferences and a bunch more.
Seriously, this guy has done a shitload of stuff:
Voices of the Eephant Podcast
NomadPHP
Day Camp 4 Developers
Signaling PHP Book
More relevant links:
Build API’s You Won’t Hate - Phil’s latest book
SunshinePHP 2014 Conference
Taylor Otwell’s upcoming NomadPHP Talk
Phil Sturgeon’s previous NomadPHP Talk - There is a coupon code in this episode
PHP Debugger (PHPDBG)
Annoyingly in this ep...2013-12-301h 02PHP Town HallEpisode 14: Ship Like a Candian, Eh?This episode Ben and Phil are joined by Lee Tengum, who has sold more apps
than Phil and Ben have even thought of. He founded Pancake Payments which has
been featured in Inc. Magazine and is doing very well in the very crowded sector of invoice, time-tracking
and basic project management. Lee also works as a freelance developer for local companies in the “city”
of Cranbrook, BC, Canadia.
We got Lee on to share some of his success stories of building small, simple, useful products that do not
try to be the next Facebook but make good mone...2013-10-241h 05PHP Town HallEpisode 13: PHP Internals, Service-orientated Architecture and Language WarsSome episodes of this show are brought to you after more beers than others. This is one of those episodes where its more, so if you don’t like swearing and listening to a slightly confused Bristolian ramble about points he occasionally forgets then you might want to skip this one.
Regardless Ben, Zack K. and Phil discuss the difference between PHP’s organisational structure and lack of BDFL with that of Rails, or Linux. We then discuss service-orientated architecture a little and move onto how you should not box yourself into a single programming language - on y...2013-10-1449 minPHP Town HallEpisode 12: Awesome RFCs and YoloSilex and PHP contributor Igor Wiedler joins Ben and Phil to talk about his recently accepted RFC: Importing namespaced functions along with a bunch of other super-nerdy things that he has been working on.
PHP: a fractal of bad design - The trollol bible
PHP RFC: Variadics
PHP RFC: Argument Unpacking
Mozilla’s JavaScript Spread Operator
Yolo
StackPHP
2013-09-111h 04PHP Town HallEpisode 9: Is OAuth 2 The Devil?Alex Bilbie and Zackary Blank come on the show to talk about OAuth 2, which has been getting a lot of
flamey bad press over the last year or two after the original author quit the project.
Why these guys? Well, Alex until recently was working at the University of Lincoln where they did a
whole bunch of OAuth 2 work as auth for various API projects at the university. During this time he
created the fully spec compliant CodeIgniter OAuth 2.0 Server, which was later replaced
with a new generic PHP version for “The League of Extraordinary Packages”. It’s safe...2013-07-1054 minPHP Town HallEpisode 8: Use your time machine to go to PeersConf yesterdayIn this episode Ben and Phil talk to the super-talented conference organiser Jessica D’Amico, joined
by avid conference goer and PHP rockstar Matt Frost. We all gab a bunch about conferences in general,
specifically LaraCon, PeersConf and php|tek.
We fucked up and didn’t get this episode out soon enough to actually get her any sales for her
latest conferences PeersConf (Phil is at PeersConf right now), but you should definitely
follow Jess to see what conferences she puts on in the future, they’re always great.2013-06-2746 minPHP Town HallEpisode 7: Web Sockets Are FastChris Boden joins us to talk about a Ratchet and React. The conversation is basically Ben and Phil asking a bunch of questions about how Ratchet works, pretending we know what is going on while Chris uses lots of words like “concurrency” and “non-blocking”.
We decide that PHP is web-scale, event-driven programming is not just for NodeJS hipsters, we all take the “Are You a Brogrammer” test and Michael Wales crashes the show half way through like a ninja.
React: Promise
Are You a Brogrammer
Ubiquity Servers
Feedly
Slim Framework
Deployd
2013-05-1844 minPHP Town HallEpisode 6: PSR-X and the Mexican StandoffPHP-FIG member Paul M. Jones and PHP contributor Anthony Ferrera come on the podcast with Ben, Phil and regular guest Zack Kitzmiller to discuss the new Package Orientated Autoloader Proposal (a.k.a PSR-X), and whether or not PSR’s should ever be amended.
Paul explains why the new PSR-X is a handy idea for those who are already PSR-0 users, or even those that aren’t, Zack flips a shit and gets bored of talking about standards wishing everyone could just use Python and their awesome PEP-8, we convince Paul to try swearing for once and we a...2013-04-191h 15PHP Town HallEpisode 5: PHPness Gate, Sexism and Mental IllnessThis was a tricky episode where we talk about some big genuine issues that affect PHP developers around the world, and we talked a lot about a t-shirt.
After Chris Hartjes cheated on his /dev/hell podcast by joining us in Episode 3, Chris' partner in crime Ed "Funkatron" Finkler decided to get revenge and come on the show.
Our other guest Miko Federmann is a brilliant PHP and C developer who is a friend of Phil and Ben. She joins us on the show to discuss the recent hullabaloo known as "PHPness Gate" and the...2013-03-031h 19PHP Town HallEpisode 3: ExpressionEngine StackExchangeExpressionEngine Pro Anna Brown and Testing Hero Chris Hartjes join Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon to discuss the recent rumblings in the ExpressionEngine community and the
new EE StackExchange site. We talk about Inversion of Control (IoC), what it is, why its useful and how it’s done.
We also talk a little bit about how PHP has been (and is continuing) to move towards a post-framework world thanks to independant framework-agnostic components - and of course we talk with Chris about unit-testing.
ExpressionEngine StackExchange
/dev/hell Postcast
The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP...2012-12-2054 minPHP Town HallEpisode 1: Composer kicks ass, Laravel 4 is coming, and PHP Hosting sucks - guest Taylor OtwellIn the first episode of the PHP Town Hall podcast, Phil Sturgeon and Ben Edmunds rant about how awesome Composer is; chat with Taylor Otwell about the upcoming Laravel 4 release; and whine about how horrible PHP PAAS hosting is.2012-10-1147 min