Shows
GradCast528 | #InspiringMinds 10: Caravaggio with a Cellphone: Merging Tradition With Digital IdentityIn this week's episode, hosts Ryan Baxter and Mark Ambrogio interview Natasha Beaudoin, a student in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program. The MFA has both academic and production elements, which enables Natasha to pursue her interests, mixing traditional painting techniques with influences from social media, gaming, and digital culture. Natasha is inspired by the use of light in the works of the Italian renaissance painter Caravaggio (1571- 1610). While portraiture is sometimes associated with the past, Natasha would like to see this tradition continue.
Natasha can be found on Instagram and her website is: https://tashaskates.wixsite...
2025-11-2529 minGradCast526 | #InspiringMinds 9: Relations, Not Relationships: Values, Algorithms, and Dating PlatformsIn this week's episode, hosts Ryan Baxter and Mark Ambrogio interview Meghan Voll, a PhD candidate in Media Studies here at Western University. GradCast listeners will recognize Meghan's voice, as Meghan served as a long-time host and Social Media Manager for this show. This is Meghan's second time with us as a guest, as she approaches the conclusion of her doctorate, for those interested, Meghan's first episode, as a guest, can be heard here.
Meghan studies the interaction between economic value and values on mobile dating platforms such as Tinder, Hinge, and Coffee Meets Bagel, drawing from the p...
2025-11-1128 minGradCastThrive, Don’t Just Survive #1: Sustaining Motivation in Graduate SchoolWhat's a better way to start off the school year than with a brand new mini-series! GradCast is teaming up with Learning, Development and Success, out of Western Student Experience, to talk to experts on campus who support graduate students in doing research, writing theses, and have all the tips and tricks to succeed in grad school!
In our first episode, hosts Chrishma Perera and Ryan Baxter chat with Aldean Ellis, a Learning Specialist, to dive into motivation. He defines motivation, key factors that shape and sustain motivation and practical strategies for navigating periods of low motivation o...
2025-09-1828 minGradCast522 | #InspiringMinds 7: Residential Decarbonization using Solar PhotovoltaicsJoin us for the 7th episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, which is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferable skills.
This week, hosts Riya Sidhu and Ryan Baxter chat with Shafquat Rana, a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Her research at the Free Appropriate Sustainable Technology (FAST) lab focuses on decarbonization of Canada’s residential sector by integrating renewable resource...
2025-09-1628 minGradCast519 | Mind the Gait: Walking the Internal TalkIn this week's episode, hosts Riya Sidhu and Ryan Baxter interview Sarah Park, a student in the combined MScOT/PhD program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Parkinson's disease can have a deleterious effect on walking, or gait. Left untreated, worsening gait (such as uneven pacing, or irregular steps) can lead to negative outcomes, such as falls. Sarah discusses her research in non-pharmacological interventions to help improve walking.
Sarah, Riya, and Ryan discuss interdisciplinary research opportunities and ways in which graduate students can become involved in the local community.
Sarah is co-supervised by:
- Dr. Je...
2025-08-2629 minGradCast517 | Theater Kid to Brain Nerd: The Connection Between Music & MemoryHosts Ryan Baxter and Chrishma Perera chat with Caitlin Fitzpatrick, a MSc student about to defend her master's in Neuroscience. Caitlin returns to GradCast to discuss her findings into the emotional connection between music and memory, specifically in older adults experiencing "normal" forgetting or mild cognitive impairment.
If you'd like to register as a prospective research participant with OurBrainSCAN, you can do so online: https://ourbrainscan.uwo.ca/
If you're interested in attending a public defense at Western, consider reviewing details available on Western's Events Calendar and filtering by Public Events: https://www.events.westernu.c...
2025-08-0728 minGradCast516 | How are your Knees? Understanding Injury-induced OsteoarthritisHosts Ryan Baxter and Maris Schneider chat with Geneva Herold, a MSc student in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Geneva studies patients who are at high risk of developing osteoarthritis in their knees due to a previous injury, like an ACL tear. She is studying the cells in a special tissue in the joint called the synovium, which she hopes will help us better understand why some patients develop osteoarthritis and why some don’t.
Geneva discusses graduate student life, both in and out of the lab, with Ryan and Maris.
Learn more about the...
2025-08-0529 minGradCast514 | I'm an Adult Now: Supporting Young Adults With a Rare DiseaseIn this episode, hosts Ryan Baxter and Mark Ambrogio interview Dima Kassem, a PhD student in Anthropology on her research in the field of Sociocultural Anthropology. More specifically, Dima is studying the assistance provided for People Living with a Rare Disease (PLWRD). Entering the second year of her PhD, Dima is furthering her research on this subject, continuing work she did in her Master's degree. In this conversation, Ryan and Mark learn about the support networks available for PLWRD -- and where support may be lacking; especially, as youth transition into legal adulthood.
An important part of the c...
2025-07-2228 minGradCast511 | Mapping It Out: The Cerebellum in ActionIn this week's episode, hosts Anthony Cruz and Ryan Baxter interview Ince Husain, a PhD student in Neuroscience. Ince discusses her research on mapping the actions and impacts of the cerebellum, as well as her contributions to the London community as a local journalist.
Recorded on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Produced by kirstyn seanor.
Theme song provided by FreeBeats.io (Produced by WhiteHot)
2025-06-2425 minGradCast506 | Environmentally-Conscious MusicIn this week's episode, hosts Riya Sidhu and Ryan Baxter interview Catherine Birt, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) candidate in Performance and Literature. Catherine is studying collaborative piano -- this, though, is just the tip of the iceberg! In addition to her interest in piano, Catherine explores the emerging interplay between climate activism and classical music. Intriguingly, Catherine points out that there has been a growing presence of environmental themes in classical music -- one example being the interplay of whale vocalizations ("whale songs") with some classical music in the late 1970s and early 80s, coinciding with the ant...
2025-05-2029 minGradCast500 | Big Brain EnergyHosts Liam Clifford and Ryan Baxter meet with Rafaela Platkin, a MSc student in Cognitive, Developmental and Brain Sciences Psychology. Her research looks at how engaged children become with different story themes, and how this may influence broader cognitive domains (listening effort, attention, load, etc). She discusses studies with behavioural dual task to measure listening effort through reaction time, gaze and EEG brain activity. The hope is to better understand how children engage with auditory-only narratives and general stimuli and see how their listening effort and/or fatigue are affected. Rafaela talks about how she became charmed by the...
2025-04-0828 minGradCast498 | #InspiringMinds 4: Development of Parasports in GhanaOn our fourth episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience and Western’s 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferrable skills.
Our hosts Riya Sidhu and Ryan Baxter are joined by Dennis Osei-Nimo Annor, a PhD candidate in the Department of Kinesiology, under the Faculty of Health Sciences. His research examines the ways in which sport can be used as a toolkit to address physical and sociocultural chal...
2025-03-1830 minGradCast494 | Advancing Ultrasound Imaging: Speed, Accuracy, and Biomedical Innovation
Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter welcome back Kian Esmailian, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Western University, to discuss his research on ultrafast ultrasound imaging and Doppler applications. Kian shares his journey from Iran to Western, detailing his passion for merging engineering and medicine. He explains how ultrasound imaging plays a crucial role in diagnostics due to its affordability, safety, and real-time capabilities, making it a preferred choice over MRI and CT scans.
The conversation dives into Doppler ultrasound applications, which allow for velocity estimation in blood vessels, helping doctors detect abnormalities like c...
2025-02-2526 minGradCast493 | #InspiringMinds 3: Easing the Load: Shoulder Injuries and FirefightersThis week, we engage in the third episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience and Western’s 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferrable skills.
Our hosts Garth Casbourn and Ryan Baxter are joined by Temitope Osifeso, a PhD Candidate at the School of Physical Therapy in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Temitope’s research explored how firefighters manage shoulder injuries and what they need to rec...
2025-02-1825 minGradCast492 | Mining and Modeling: Here and AbroadThis week, hosts Garth Casbourn and Ryan Baxter speak with GradCast's own Mohammad Zeraati, a third-year PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering about some of the real-world implications of his research into the “Instability behaviour of granular soil and tailings and particle cementation.” Some of the topics discussed include mining regulation, computational methods, and the environmental effects of mining, through mining waste.
Recorded on January 28, 2025
Produced by Jessica Eblie, Scott Walters, Maria Khan
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
2025-02-0426 minGradCast488 | #InspiringMinds 2: Joeana Cambranis, Improving Biomedical Procedures with Virtual ToolsThis week, we engage in the second episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience and Western’s 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferrable skills.
Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter converse with Joeana Cambranis, who is pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Joeana's research focuses on developing augmented and virtual reality tools to help surgeons practice and improve procedures related to the treatment of liver cancer. She...
2024-12-1728 min
The Artful DollarEPISODE 1: Building Wealth as an Artist with Nick BaxterIn this episode of the Artful Dollar Podcast, we revisit the very first episode, a classic conversation with renowned tattoo artist Nick Baxter.
Nick is well known and recognized in the tattoo industry for his incredibly technical and dimensional tattooing styles and his work has been featured in many magazines and publications over the past 20+ years.
Ryan and Nick discuss money, financial awareness, and the intricate relationship artists have with finances. Nick opens up about his middle-class upbringing, rebellious streak, and journey towards financial literacy.
Together they explo...
2024-12-1146 minGradCast480 | A Symphony of Music Making, Education and DisabilityThis week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter are joined by Lauren Jarman, a Masters of Music Education Candidate in the Don Wright Faculty of Music. Her research is focused on the impact of policy, globalization and neoliberalism and how it affects students with disabilities through a windband pedagogy. Lauren explores how AI and technology enable learning for musicians and how it can improve student and teacher experience. She also talks about her involvement in student government and her own experiences with disability as a student.
Recorded on October 15, 2024
Produced by Maria Khan
2024-10-2228 minGradCast477 | Music, Memory & Media (Libby’s version)Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter are joined by Elisabeth (Libby) Roberts, a Ph.D. candidate in the music cognition specialization at the University of Western Ontario, Don Wright Faculty of Music. Libby discusses her research in music-evoked autobiographical memory and how she combines methods from behavioural sciences, sociology, and music theory. She discusses how social media, a space of interaction, memory, and, importantly, hearing and playing music, influences the way we remember popular music.
Check out Libby’s research, composition and performances here!
Recorded on September 24, 2024.
Produced by Maria Khan
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2024-10-0129 minGradCast#GradLifeXXI | Right Place, Right Thai-mThis week, join hosts Ryan Baxter, Mark Ambrogio, and Anthony Cruz as they discuss graduate student life at Western. Topics include Summer travel, musical performance, and the hosts' various research interests.
Recorded on August 27, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
2024-09-0322 minGradCast461 | Pulling an Architect out of HistoryThis week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter interview Benjamin Vazquez, a student at Huron here at Western working on a master of arts in theology. They chat about the work of Gordon Lloyd, a local architect who lived and worked in the late 19th century. Benjamin follows Lloyd's career and spends, in his words, altogether too much time in old churches - but he loves it!
Recorded on May 21, 2024
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
2024-05-2829 minGradCast458 | Musical Clarity: Music, Emotions, and MemoryThis week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter are joined by Caitlin Fitzpatrick, a Masters of Neuroscience student who is interested in examining the emotional effects of music on older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Tune in to this week's episode for discussions on the two sides of emotion in relation to music, as well as the grander applications of this research.
To learn more about Caitlin and her work, check out her LinkedIn page!
Recorded on April 30, 2024
Produced by Suzy Lee
Theme song provided by h...
2024-05-0729 minGradCast449 | A Hunter's Guide to Occupational TherapyThis week, hosts Carly Charron and Ryan Baxter speak with Hunter Pharazyn, an occupational therapy student. They discuss the goals of occupational therapy and the unique program offered here at Western. Hunter also describes what led him to this area of work, and what he hopes to pursue in the future.
Recorded on February 20, 2024
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
2024-02-2728 minGradCast445 | Pianos & Pedagogy: a journey into the Doctor of Musical Arts programOne of GradCast's own, host Ryan Baxter, is interviewed about his studies as a doctoral student in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Don Wright Faculty of Music. Ryan chats with us about his program, the balance between research and musical practice, and performing both on campus and in the community. We also discuss Ryan’s diverse passions, including education, distance learning, and truth and reconciliation with the Memegwaanh Indigenous Learning Honour program here at Western. Join hosts Mark Ambrogio and Amalie Hutchinson for this week’s special and insightful episode.
UWO Faculty of Music Even...
2023-12-1929 minGradCastThe Scoop on SOGS | 2This is the second installment of our mini-series: the Scoop on SOGS! In this episode, hosts Brittany Melton and Ryan Baxter speak with Hannah Litchfield, the current SOGS Racial Equity & Inclusivity Commissioner. Hannah shares about her important work and some upcoming events to bring together the diverse cultures at Western.
Check out their Instagram page: @sogs.reic
Recorded on September 11, 2023
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson, edited by Jordan VanderBurgt
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2023-09-2129 minGradCast432 | Panic! from the Sand-SuckersThis week, hosts Meghan Voll and Amalie Hutchinson interview History MA Mary Baxter. Mary tells your hosts about an unheard-of moment in Canadian Dredging History: the "sand-sucker panic". We learn about what dredging is, the ecological impacts, and the historical connotations behind it!
Find Mary on Twitter here: @MaryBword
Recorded on September 5, 2023
Produced by Suzy Lee
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2023-09-1230 minGradCast#GradLifeXIX - Shelves, Catalogues, and Stacks: the role of libraries in our livesJoin the GradCast team in another episode of #GradLife were we discuss the realities, joys, and pitfalls of academic life here at Western. In this episode, hosts Scott Walters, Mark Ambrogio, and new team member, Ryan Baxter, chat about libraries. More than only a repository for books, they inspire and provide resources beyond what is often recognized and we discuss their role in academia and elsewhere. The fantastic library system here at Western is highlighted, and Ryan issues a challenge to the hosts and listeners on how to better take advantage of this asset.
Recorded o...
2023-08-0123 min
How Did I Get Here? With Ryan PoliEpisode 02 - Brian Baxter of The Catbird SeatIn the second episode, Ryan sits down with fellow chef Brian Baxter, who helms the kitchen at the buzzy and coveted small-seating chef's counter The Catbird Seat in Nashville, TN. To dine at Catbird is to be pleasantly surprised again, again, and again. Employing an almost inhuman technical ability and a deep passion for the artfulness of flavor and function, the chefs there present a whirlwind of a tasting menu that leaves one awestruck at the simultaneous whimsicality and attention to detail that goes into each dish. An alumnus of Catbird himself, Ryan and Baxter talk about coming up...
2023-01-1451 minHow Did I Get Here? With Ryan PoliEpisode 02 - Brian Baxter of The Catbird SeatIn the second episode, Ryan sits down with fellow chef Brian Baxter, who helms the kitchen at the buzzy and coveted small-seating chef's counter The Catbird Seat in Nashville, TN. To dine at Catbird is to be pleasantly surprised again, again, and again. Employing an almost inhuman technical ability and a deep passion for the artfulness of flavor and function, the chefs there present a whirlwind of a tasting menu that leaves one awestruck at the simultaneous whimsicality and attention to detail that goes into each dish. An alumnus of Catbird himself, Ryan and Baxter talk about coming up...
2023-01-131h 46
Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies4x3: How CXL Can Right-Size Server Memory with Ryan Baxter of MicronAlthough x86 servers have some configuration and expansion options, they are increasingly monolithic, putting customers at the whim of the system vendor. CXL promises to change this, allowing customers to configure, and reconfigure, servers according to their needs. On this episode of Utilizing CXL, Ryan Baxter of Micron Technology joins Stephen Foskett and Nathan Bennett to talk about the options that CXL brings to the table. One of the first benefits of CXL technology is memory expansion, allowing servers to be created with exactly the right amount of memory instead of over-populating memory to fill channels and meet needs...
2022-11-0735 min
FootballlandS02 E42 | Robbie Fowler's Growler, Calf and a Half & The Referee's A W*nkerGreetings, Captain Footballland here!I have exciting things to report: our intrepid trio continue to fight for the greater footballing good – battling interminable desert sand storms, blistering temperature and general indifference – the park progress. Flying high above the footprint of Footballland I can imagine the splendour that awaits, which is good because it's just sand at the minute. BUT meanwhile our brave threesome not only continue the build, but bring us THREE new attractions too!!!Robbie Fowler's GrowlerWhile the boys struggled to imagine Robbie Fowler in any other era than the...
2022-07-0539 minFootballlandS02 E41 | Robbie Keane's Roly Poly Shooting Gallery, Headless Chicken FC and The Footballer Vacation SimulatorGood day fair Footballlanders,Another glorious week of Footballland is upon us, and what a week of Footballland last week was, no? EXCITING NEWS ALERT!! We have broken ground! We think... (TBC) Either way Mark is out in Qatar, we think... (or Saudi Arabia (TBC)) and he's employed a local (TBC) building contractor/builder/man who is definitely doing stuff.Robbie Keane's Roly Poly Shooting GalleryRyan brings us one of the most iconic and poorly executed celebrations in football BUT in the form of a triathlon and possibly lots and...
2022-06-2840 minFootballlandS02 E40 | Martin Tyler's It's Alive, The Quadruple Loople & The Mark DraperyGreetings Footballland Earholders!Well, we must apologise again, not sure to who, but to somebody for sure... Yes we've failed, yet again, to break ground on Footballland but we're not really worried because it's all sand and sand is dead easy to dig so, you know... In other news Anthony is having a lovely time in Hawaii as he makes his way "the other way" around the world back from Tuvalu, so as not to lose a day AND then there's the small matter of coming up with three excellent new rides too:...
2022-06-2139 minFootballlandS02 E39 | Ten Hag Pin Bowling, Lee Cars Lee & The Draught ExcluderGreetings Footballlanders,It's all kicking off in Tuvalu! Anthony has started the newest, spiciest rivalry in football. After beating them in an 11 vs 1 game, he has now started to berate them and insult them whenever possible. Needless to say, we've not started building yet BUT we did come up with three excellent new rides:Ten Hag Pin BowlingMan Utd have tried everything to not be sh*t recently, and failed, but it's possible that Anthony might have a solution for them – 46 pin bowling! What better way to make squad choices th...
2022-06-1433 minFootballlandS02 E38 | Mount Mason, Father & Son & The Open Top Bus Parade Rollercoaster Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Footballland Earholders!What a sunny day it is here in Western Samoa, Doha and Butlins Minehead respectively! The team at Footballland are working around the clock to bring you the first, best, biggest and only football themed theme park in Qatar, ready for the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar, in Qatar in 2022, in Qatar, and we've almost started building!The three brand new rides for the park this week are...
2022-06-0741 minFootballlandS02 E37 | The Steve Wall of Death, Give It 110% and WAY Too PumpedSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWelcome one and all to Footballland! After a slight mix up two of the trio are in Goa, India, while our Lord Sir Chief Ride Engineer Mark Davison is in Doha. So we've been left with no option but to delay the building of our theme park by yet another week. Instead, we have decided to come up with THREE brand new rides for the world's first football theme park, in...
2022-05-3139 minFootballlandS02 E 36 | The Rebekah Vardy Escape Room, Groundswell & The Hall Of Past/Future Mirrors Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandHello from Saudi Arabia! The boys are in Saudi (although Mark is in fact in Qatar) to build the world's first football theme park in Qatar for the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 in Qatar, in Qatar! And what a theme park it's set to be. With over 200 rides and 17 different themed toilets there truly is something for everyone. And instead of building the thing this week, we decided to come up wi...
2022-05-2438 minFootballlandS02 E35 | Ashley Young Getting Bird Poo In His Mouth: The Ride, The Damp Squib Factor & The WatcherGreetings from Qatar!For the first time in Footballland history, the boys are in the Middle East! Anthony is in the Holiday Inn in Doha, Ryan is in The Marriott in Doha, and Mark is in Saudi Arabia. Time is really running out to build this park - at this rate we’re looking at building one ride per day before it opens - but Mark suggests we invent THREE more attractions this week before starting construction in earnest next Monday.Ashley Young Getting Bird Poo In His Mouth: The RideRe...
2022-05-1740 minFootballlandS02 E34 | Lukaku's Lucky 7s, Hit The Stanchion and Paul Ince's Magic BandageSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandFinally something for the children! Paul Ince is in danger of being forgotten by the youth of today, so what better way to revive his playing career than by creating a giant inflatable side with the bloody headband he wore in Turin?Plus we immortalise the 7 (SEVEN) touches Romelu Lukaku made in a Premier League game against Crystal Palace with a brand new sport involving a judo ring, a front door a...
2022-05-1039 minFootballlandS02 E33 | Le Le Tissier Conspiracé, Pep's Over Thinking Obstacle Course & The House of the UnreadFair Bank Holiday my UK based earholders! (And to the rest of the world... er, hello and don't ask what a Bank Holiday is.)We did it again, didn't we? Yep, we only went and came up with THREE sexy new attractions! We don't care how close it's getting until we're supposed to be opening the park, because we KNOW we can get it done. Plus why deny the future patrons of Footballland three new sexy attractions. Right?A big thanks to Patreon Thomas Stirewalt, who returns to pitch. Would you like to pitch...
2022-05-0343 minFootballlandS02 E32 | The Unsung Hero, The I Love Football Global Theatre & Live Draw Love BallsSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGood morrow Footballland Earholders! Can you believe there's only 210 days until the World Cup? Which means there's just 209 days until we need to have built Footballland, the world's first football themed theme park (we're building it a day earlier just in case people have already got to Qatar).This week we're excited to unveil THREE new rides, of which only one is a ride. The other two are experiences, and what incredible e...
2022-04-2639 minFootballland S02 E31 | Emerson Royal With Cheese, He Doesn't Want It! & The Back PassSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandHappy Easter to all our Footballland Earholders! And a special Happy Easter to Patreon Graham Boosey, who pitches the grass roots experience HE DOESN'T WANT IT.Footballland is really taking shape now. With just 6 months until opening day we're proud to have designed nearly 200 rides directly or loosely related to football. And our Lord Sir Chief Ride Engineer Mark Davison informs us that he will start building them as soon as he has a bit...
2022-04-1942 minFootballlandS02 E30 | Nightmare (Dele) Alli, Fox In The Box & The Time Waster Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Footballland Earholders, And a special Footballland greeting to those of you interested in seeing a Fox In The Box placed in a perspex box the size of a penalty box with an actual fox. Boy are you in luck this week!A huge thank you to our Patreon Thomas Stirewalt, who pitches The Time Waster, the world's first Diego Simeone simulator! Plus our intern Ryan introduces a maze featuring THREE Dele A...
2022-04-1241 minFootballlandS02 E29 | Tickly Thomas Tuchel, It'll Be All Dwight On The Night & Punt It Upfield Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Footballland earholders!It’s another week of dreamweaving here at Footballland HQ. We’ve been accidentally given $1 billion by the state of Qatar to build the world’s first football theme park and by jove we’re spending that money wisely. Plastic surgery to make 5 tickling fetichists look like Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel? CHECK. A giant velcro catapult to chuck missing children back towards their worried parents? CHECK. An art installation hosted by Burnley’...
2022-04-0542 minFootballlandS02 E28 | The Glenn Hoddle School of English, The Matty Cash Point & Ooh Aahh Canada! Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Footballland Earholders! And a special welcome to our new Patreon Thomas Stirewalt, who is the proud sponsor of our new car park (The Thomas Spirewalt Car Park, suitable for both cars and motorcycles and nocturnal nesting place of Pepe, should he so wish). Thanks, Thomas!This is an apt point to remind you that you can pitch a ride to us if you're a Patreon and we will discuss it on t...
2022-03-2940 minFootballlandS02 E27 | The Kane & Sonbination, The Catapult Bra & Garth Crooks' Team Of The Day Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Earholders!What a lovely day it is too, not least because you've got a brand new episode of Footballland ready to plug into your earholes! We have $1 billion dollars burning a hole in our pocket and we're about to spunk it all on some giant fibreglass faces of Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min! Here's the rides for your consideration today:The Kane And SonbinationHarry K...
2022-03-2241 minFootballlandS02 E26 | Klich Koch The Bielsa Clock, Stick It In The Mixer & Be The KepaDear Lorders and Lorderesses of Footballland,We had another indulgent meeting this week – when we really should be cracking on with building the park – we just couldn't help ourselves. So yes, we've piled more pressure on ourselves by creating three more attractions that just have to be built.Klich Koch The Bielsa ClockThis aspect of the park might not get used all that much because it's almost impossible to pronounce – even Ryan, the idiot that came up with the idea can't say it until about the fifth attempt. Anyway he sees i...
2022-03-1544 minFootballlandS02 E25 | Revenge Of The Picked Last Kids, The XG Experience & The Romelu Poo-Car-QueueSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandDear Earholders of Footballland and those fortunate enough to stumble across this recording.It's been another hugely successful meeting in the planning of the world's first football theme park in Qatar for the World Cup in Qatar, in Qatar (in Qatar). Mark has stopped calling it an 'improvised comedy podcast,' Ryan is making prototypes other than the Steve Mechanical Bull, and Anthony has bought two shovels off Amazon Prime. We are delighted to...
2022-03-0845 minFootballlandS02 E24 | Snoring James Milner, Victorian Terrace Pissball & Freaky Free Kicks Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland[Musical notes emoji] Footballland, FOOTBALLLAND. FOOOT BBAALLLL LAND [/Musical notes emoji] It's a serious business, creating the world's first football themed theme park in Qatar for the World Cup in Qatar in Qatar, but you know what? We had a right bloomin laugh making this episode. This week in Footballland we have the pleasure of unveiling THREE new attractions. They are:SNORING JAMES MILNER - FOR FOU...
2022-03-0142 minFootballlandS02 E23 | The Aubameyang Boomerang, Full Ham & The Faillercoaster Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings Footballlanders! It took us until Episode 23 of season 2 to come up with a casino for Footballland. What have we called it? The Tony Cascacasino. The great news is that you're all invited to gamble there to your hearts' content. And if you're fortunate enough to be the last person into the park on any given day, you get to play our special new game - Full Ham. The rules of the game are q...
2022-02-2241 minFootballlandS01 E22 | John Terry's Farewell Tours, Alisson Pecker & The Player Manager Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"Don't chat. Risk of death."Hello Footballlanders! The world's first football theme park is ever expanding and we are thrilled to announce TWO new rides from us and ONE from our patreon patron Calum Lightfoot! If you'd like your ride discussed on Footballland, then follow these easy steps:1. Make sure you're a patron2. Write down your ride idea using your computer.3. Send it to us. I...
2022-02-1531 minFootballlandS02 E21 | Arsene Wenger's World Cup Mayhem, Shit House and See No Medieval, Hear No Medieval, Speak No Medieval Greetings Footballland guests, patrons and earholders! There's a growing excitement here at Footballland HQ. The park is slowly taking shape. We haven't yet built anything as such, but if 90% of the work is in the design, then Footballland is 28% complete! We are thrilled to announce THREE more rides for your pleasure. Arsene Wenger's World Cup Mayhem Le Prof is a big advocate for ruining things by overdoing them - just look at his relentless lobbying for a World Cup every two years. Nobody but Wenger wants this to happen, so w...
2022-02-0845 minFootballlandS02 E20 The Diving Header, Eddie Howe’s Supermarket Sweep and Manager Marriage CounsellingGreetings Footballlanders!Fantastic news! Over the weekend we chatted with a guy whose flatmate was from Qatar. He said that they’re counting down the days until the world’s first football theme park opens in their country, and all anyone can talk about is how many seconds they’re going to last on Steve Mechanical Bull. We’re beyond excited at bringing our vision to Doha, and all for the cut price of 1 billion dollars minus the price of a laptop and a nice pen. This week we’re proud to unveil THREE new r...
2022-02-0140 minFootballlandS02 E19 | Ronaldon't, The Frank Lampard Lol-lercoaster & Chris Kamara's Lallana and Benrahma on LlamasGreetings Footballlanders! After another fruitful meeting at Footballland HQ we are pleased to announce THREE new rides. OK, so one of them is just Chris Kamara solving park problems, so let's call it TWO new rides and ONE important piece of park infrastructure! This week the world's 2nd greatest footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, returns to the park (after being fired off into space) with The Ronaldon't, a ride which challenges guests to be as far removed from Cristiano as humanly possible. Which led us to ask ourselves, who is the football opposite of CR7? Ro...
2022-01-2537 minFootballlandS02 E18 | The Mikel Ar-Vet-a, Garden Furniture Gauntlet & SAS: The Wedding Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWelcome earholders, and general listeners to another week of theme park planning! We're one step closer to building Footballland, and we thank you for your support as we near the final stages. Mark, Anthony and Ryan are delighted to bring you THREE new attractions! The Mikel Ar-vet-aYeah, you read that right - Mikel Ar-Vet-a. The world's first Mikel Arteta themed veterinary surgery. There are so many maimed an...
2022-01-1839 minFootballlandS02 E17 | The Terry Venables Wrecking Ball, Emmanuel Frimpong's Ping Pong Ding Dong & Shrug It Off Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandTerry Venables, in a giant velcro fat suit, attached to a mile high crane, swinging through the park at midday every day singing 'We're All Going England Crazy' and taking anyone in his path with him. You in or what?Because that's the sort of billion dollar theme park we are. A park not afraid to pay El Tel's exorbitant wages while informing everyone that the afternoon has begun. And if you don't...
2022-01-1137 minFootballlandS02 E16 | Ralf Rangnick's Quicksand Experience, Go On Mer'son & The Maze Of Mesmeric Feet Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandSome new year resolutions are bigger than others. We're not belittling your yearly vow to drink 3 pints fewer per week before inevitably giving up by early Feb, but we have a serious resolution here at Footballland - to build the world's first football theme park in Qatar for the World Cup in Qatar this year in Qatar. If we don't, not only will we have let ourselves down, we'll have let all football fans down too...
2022-01-0439 minFootballlandFootballland Very Best Rides Of 2021!Happy Nearly New Year!It's been a hectic year at Footballland HQ. We're so close to opening the world's first football theme park in time for the world cup 2022 in 2022 in Qatar in 2022, and we couldn't have done it without your help. Your ride ideas, your jingles, your many car parks have been invaluable, so a massive thank you for your support. In time honoured tradition, we've cobbled together a year-end best of Footballland. Three rides that in our opinion are the absolute bees knees, and CERTAIN to bring punters through the gates. They are:
2021-12-2845 minFootballlandS02 E14 | Elf-Inge The City, A Football VR Simulator & Get Your Kit On Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandMerry Christmas! While you've been working hard, a glass of merlot in one hand, a block of brie in the other, we at Footballland have been preparing for the opening of Footballland in just 336 days time. And we were delighted to have the CEO of Hashtag United Spencer Owen in the Wayne Lineker testicle. Spencer created a football team from scratch so he's no stranger to impossible dreams. And he loves theme parks, a...
2021-12-2140 minFootballlandS02 E13 | Steve Bruce: Victorian GentlemanSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWhile No. 10 have been partying, your executives at Footballland have been knuckling down to design the world's first football theme park in Qatar in time for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar in Qatar. That's right - if this were a Zoom quiz, our specialist subject would be inventing FUN. And what's more fun than a giant fibreglass Steve Bruce with a working flushable toilet? Here are your rides this week:S...
2021-12-1438 minFootballlandS02 E12 | The Relegation CockfightThis week on Footballland we're proposing teaching chickens to fly but in the spirit of equality bears and dogs too, and before you start moaning we're also modifying planes for bees as well, so... okay? We've also got a new security detail in the form of turn of the (20th) century comedy troupe, The Keystone Cops, only they all look like a certain Premier League manager from Germany. Not forgetting, an around the world ode to the star spangled stallion and MLS/NASL strawberry blonde hero, Alexi Lalas.The Relegation CockfightAnthony brings us...
2021-12-0739 minFootballlandS02 E11 | The Cristiano Ronaldo RocketThis week on Footballland we're sending Cristiano Ronaldo into space and never bringing him back, we're setting up a creche overseen by Brian Kidd and 92 goats, and we're building a massive bouncy castle in the shape of St James' Park where YOU TOO can be washed by former Newcastle legends Les Ferdinand and Warren Barton! Who wouldn't want to be lathered up by a Toon great?The Ronaldo Rocket Cristiano Ronaldo loves that ridiculous Siiiiiiiuuu celebration, doesn't he? But the trouble is, he always lands on the ground afterwards. A not exactly impressive loyalty t...
2021-11-3041 minFootballlandS02 Ep10 | Ole's At The Wheel Viking Pleasure Boats Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandThe birds are singing, the bees are fornicating and Mark is back in the studio! That's right, all three Footballland executives are in the room to bring you 3 [THREE] new attractions. Ole's At The Wheel Viking Pleasure Boats Man United might have discarded Ole Gunnar Solskjaer like a lukewarm flannel on a long-haul flight but his legacy lives on at Footballland in the Ole's At The Wheel Viking Pleasure Boat Rides! In...
2021-11-2337 minFootballlandS02 E09 | The Graham Poll Exit Poll, Sniffing For Cloughles and Danny DrinkswaterSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandCan you imagine snow falling on Graham Poll's naked back and would it be beautiful? What's the point of Space food? And if you were to cosmetically engineer two pigs to look like managerial dynasty Brian and Nigel Clough, which would find a truffle first? Those are the questions we're asking this week, and asking them with us is Empire Magazine's Chris Hewitt. Chris is the best-placed guest to pitch a ride at Foo...
2021-11-1638 minFootballlandS02 E08 | Claudio Ranieri's Operating Theatre It's been another highly successful week at Footballland and we're delighted to announce THREE new rides! One of which came from listener and patron Nick Dunmore. Remember, you can send us any of your half-baked ride ideas and we're contractually obliged to discuss them! Sign up to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandHere's what's on the menu at Footballland this week:Claudio Ranieri's Operating TheatreHe's known as the tinkerman, but what if we let Claudio Ranieri tinker with human bodies instead of relegation threatened Premier League football clubs? L...
2021-11-0936 minFootballlandS02 E07 | Freaky Friday Night Football, Fake Shakes and The Horror TackleHey guess what? It's Footballlllllaaaaaaaaaand! The world's first football theme park is *really* taking shape now. Can you believe we've gone and created another three rides? Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballland and if you'd like a bit of extra special treatment sign up to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandThe Horror TacklesRemember those little fish that bit off all your dead skin in shopping centres in the mid 2000s? Well, it's that, but it's the genetically modified penises of players that have performed career ending challenges. Sorry? What...
2021-11-0234 minFootballlandS02 E06 | Mané Hands Make A Light Work, Foosball Manager and Tim Cahill Beyond The Corner FlagAfter another extremely important meeting at Footballland HQ we're pleased to unveil THREE new rides. And one of those has come from our patron Phil Lee. Remember, you can send us any of your half-baked ride ideas and we're contractually obliged to discuss them! Sign up to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandSo here are the rides in this week's lineup:Mané Hands Make A Light Work Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mané is desperate to record his autobiography in our special recording studio, and he REALLY needs those 300,000 word...
2021-10-2631 minFootballlandS02 E05 | The Jaap Stampede, Kanu's Rapid[s] and Who Do You Think You Aunt? What an incredible meeting at Footballland HQ this week. Can you believe that we came up with THREE new things...? Sensational! We are delighted to unveil: 1 ride, 1 facility and 1 naked fighting experience. But which one is which? Sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandComedian and Times Columnist George Lewis joined us to pitch The Jaap Stampede, in which park guests can feel what it's like to be a streaker in front of 80,000 people, while chased down by an irate Jaap Stam and his family members, who have all been shav...
2021-10-1936 minFootballlandS02 E04 | The Toure Brothers' Bus Tour, Minamino's Mini Motos, Payet's Bottle ShyIn yet another top, top, top, top, top, top, top episode of Footballland we're excited to bring your THREE new rides. If you like what we do join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland or you can support our show athttps://supporter.acast.com/footballlandThe Toure Brothers' Bus TourTo me! To You! The Toure Brothers' Bus Tour is Footballland's newest manner of transportation, featuring the comedy slapstick duo Yaya and Kolo Toure as Paul and Barry Chuckle. Minamino's Mini Motors Liverpool midfielder Takumi Minamino runs a go...
2021-10-1232 min
FootballlandS02 E03 | Uri Geller WILL F*** Up Your Day In Footballland, Pepe's Pee Pee Take and Marcelo Bielsa's Bum Bucket CarouselSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandThis week we're pleased to announce that Mark Davison returns after being out of the game for two weeks - that's a short time in Podcast terms, but a lifetime if you're a Watford manager. So the full complement of top, top lads are excited to bring you THREE new attractions. Uri Geller Will F*** Up Your Day In Footballland Anthony has a genius plan to avo...
2021-10-0539 min
FootballlandS02 E02 | Raphaël Varane's Pans, Chuck Blazer's Mobility Scooter Hire and The Chicken Shawarma-morial | FootballlandThis week, Ryan pitches a competitive mobility vehicle facility in honour of football’s most santa-like administrator Chuck Blazer (Disclaimer: if you are planning on coming to Footballland and you need a mobility vehicle either bring your own, or start practicing herding cats by lassoing them with blazers whilst under threat from fire). Anthony pitches a ceramics masterclass-come-fight-for-you-life hosted by Raphaël Varane and his henchman Harry Maguire. Quick word of advice: conserve your energy at the potting wheel because it’s all about escaping to the kiln before Rapha gets you. Mark...
2021-09-2833 min
FootballlandS02 E01 | Bend It Like Beckham, The Mark Poo-Catch and Maim For A Laugh | FootballlandWe are finally back for season 2 of Footballland! Thank you so much for your patience over the summer. You won't be disappointed by what we have in store for this series, and please send us your ride ideas - we'll include each and every one. If you like our show sign up to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandSo, here's E01 of S02 - Anthony unveils the BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, his tribute Goldenballs himself, in the form of a carnival strongman exhibit. Ryan fixes the global injustice: that there isn't yet a ride or...
2021-09-2137 minGradCast332 | Remembering a Forgotten War: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Falklands WarMany people have never heard of the Falkland Islands, let alone the Falklands War. However, for History MA student, Ryan McLachlan, it is the source of much interest. In this episode, hosts Rosemary Giles and Ana Moyer get a crash course history lesson about the Falklands War from Ryan.
The small islands in the South Atlantic were the setting for a defining moment, and on 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falklands, which had been British territory for almost 150 years. What followed was a short, fast paced war, concluding with a British victory on 14 June 1982. Ryan’s research focuses on the empire-related no...
2021-07-0628 min
FootballlandS01 E32 | Super Ney-Mario! | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandSadly this is our final episode of the season! We're taking a break for the Euros and will return for an even bigger and better Footballland in July! You'll agree that the park is taking fantastic shape, and we're pleased to bring you THREE new rides:Super Ney-Mario A live action video game featuring PSG and Brazil superstar Neymar - It's-a Super Neymario! Watch out for the toadstools shaped li...
2021-06-0138 min
FootballlandS01 E31 | Indiana Benitez & The Miracle of Istanbul | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another hugely productive meeting at Footballland HQ. We're proud to bring you ONE new ride, PLUS a food stall PLUS a shoe shine parlour. Here they are in full:Indiana Benitez & The Miracle of Istanbul If you're a Liverpool fan, you'll of course remember the "Miracle" of Istanbul in 2005, where under Rafa Benitez a side containing luminaries such as Steven Gerrard and Djimi Traore fought back to de...
2021-05-2535 min
FootballlandS01 E30 | The Chelsea Manager Merry Go Round | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandEver wanted to ride a Chelsea manager while slapping their silicone bottom to make them go faster? Here at Footballland we're delighted to give you that opportunity. During the Qatar 2022 World Cup you'll be able to ride not only Jose Mourinho, Claudio Ranieri and Avram Grant around the place like humanoid horses, but every Chelsea boss during the Abramovich era! Thank you to our patron Matt Whitworth for making it happen! PLUS we're proud t...
2021-05-1832 min
FootballlandS01 E29 | Jay Jay Okocha's Phoenix Knights | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another successful meeting at Footballland, and we're proud to present you with THREE new rides:Jay Jay Okocha's Phoenix NightsFood lovers at Footballland have been thus far treated to two themed restaurants in Asscoffiation Noshball and Come Dine With Ben Mee. However, many listeners have written in to complain that a couple of eateries isn't enough for a giant theme park, and why isn't there a Medieval...
2021-05-1134 min
FootballlandS01 E28 | Harry Maguire's Mykonos Madness | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland, and we're pleased to announce TWO new rides PLUS the finishing touches to our mascot, Captain Footballland. Frank Rijkaard's Flob Shy Remember when Dutch superstar Frank Rijkaard spat in Perm-aned German Rudi Voller's hair during Italia 90? Have you always thought, gosh I'd love to have a go at gobbing into someone's hair myself? You've come to the right place! Harry Mag...
2021-05-0432 min
FootballlandS01 E27 | Playground Tactics | FootballlandSummarySupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland HQ, and we're pleased to announce TWO new rides, plus an update on the name of another ride. Playground TacticsRemember at school in the playground, aged seven, when at lunchbreaks your whole year group chased a ball around with no positional awareness, no skill, and no clear idea of what it was you were actually doing? Mark has designed a...
2021-04-2729 min
FootballlandS01 E26 | Rory Delap's Dilapidated Lap Dance | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWelcome one and all, to another episode of Footballland! And not just any episode, but the 6 month anniversary! We're building the world's first football theme park, and we couldn't have done it without your help. We welcome our newest patron, Rob Lindsay, who sponsors our third Footballland Car Park. Rob gets a shout out next week, but we thought we'd say hi now anyway. So this week in Footballland:It...
2021-04-2034 min
FootballlandS01 E25 | Diego Maradona's "Hands Like God" Nail Bar | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGood morrow, Footballlanders! It's another episode from the world's first football theme park! And what an episode it is! This week we're treated to Peter Shilton's love/hate/erotic relationship with Diego Maradona, a helter skelter in the form of a manager's nose, and something really weird featuring Sean Dyche. This week's rides IN FULL: The Hands Like God Nail Bar Guests at Footballland can sate all their mani...
2021-04-1335 min
FootballlandS01 E24 | MLS: A Soccer Celebration | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another productive meeting at Footballland HQ. This week we have a special guest inside the Wayne Lineker Fibreglass Testicle. Pablo Iglesias Maurer is a staff writer for The Athletic and an expert on all the nonsense in Major League Soccer from the past 20 years. A while back he designed his own MLS theme park, and we're delighted to say that we'll be absorbing his park into our ConCaCaCaCaCaCaf zone here at F...
2021-04-0631 min
FootballlandS01 E23 | Steven Gerrard's Slip 'N' Slide | FootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland. Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandFinally, the world's first water slide based on Steven Gerrard's cataclysmic fall in 2014 has been designed! The Steven Gerrard Slip 'N' Slide allows Footballland guests the ultimate slippy experience. You'll hear Gerrard's famous 'This does not f***ing slip' team talk, before getting the chance to do just that! Always wanted to frantically chase after Demba Ba before falling flat on your arse an...
2021-03-3031 min
FootballlandS01 E22 | Dion Dublin's Home's Under The Hammer | FootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland. Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandYou are in for a ruddy treat this week, as we have THREE rides to share, two of which left us as hysterical as the infamous Jurgen's Klipp Klopp Trotts. This week:- Mark shares us his celebration of the modern day fullback in BOMBING ON. - Patron Phil Lee suggests strapping fireworks to children.
2021-03-2337 min
FootballlandS01 E21 | Around The World In 80 Schteves | FootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland. Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWe're building the world's first football theme park and we're proud to announce THREE spectacular new rides and exhibits:- Around The World In 80 Schteves. Guests travel a miniature globe by hot air balloon, visiting 80 different Steve McClarens in stereotypical national dress. If you can decipher every single Steve McClaren by his greeting and costume, you win a Rosetta Stone Audio CD n...
2021-03-1628 min
FootballlandS01 E20 | The Public Consultation Special | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWhat a superb episode we have for you this week - it's the Footballland Public Consultation Best Of The Patrons Special!By this point we've had so many ride ideas, songs, jingles and general suggestions from our patrons that we've been able to dedicate a whole episode to them. So let's relive them in all their glory: The Lee Cattermole Petting Zoo, The Cristiano Ronaldo Hall Of Mirrors, A Cup of Caribou, Gary...
2021-03-0932 min
FootballlandS01 E19 | The Teddy Sheringham Blimp | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another incredibly successful meeting at Footballland HQ. Anthony has added a nostalgic feel to the theme park, in tribute to those times in the 1970s when a dog always seemed to make its way onto a football pitch. His idea is very simple - we let loose a live dog in the theme park, while someone dressed as a referee has to catch it, then chuck it back over the perimeter f...
2021-03-0234 min
FootballlandS01 E18 | The Arsenal Way | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandListeners to Footballland have rightly asked us - "Why isn't there a ride at your theme park that celebrates the ridiculousness of Arsenal Football Club?" It's a question we've been pondering ourselves, so we duly invited Arsenal Twitter scholar Laura Kirk to come up with a solution. Laura sealed herself in the Wayne Lineker Fibreglass Testicle for a full 35 minutes before emerging (like a weird butterfly) with The Arsenal Way, a gauntlet run f...
2021-02-2328 min
FootballlandS01 E17 | Roman Abramovich's Runaway Mine Train | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIt's been another hugely successful meeting at Footballland HQ. After a record TWO whole weeks spent in the Wayne Lineker Fibreglass Testicle Green Room, Larry & Paul emerge to pitch their second ride for Footballland - It Doesn't Actually Really Matter That Much: The Ride. This meeting was a tense one - Mark and Anthony, and Larry and Paul clearly hate each other. But they had this meeting in the interests of Footballland, and...
2021-02-1640 min
FootballlandS01 E16 | The Important Planning The Park Episode | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"I think many guests would love to hear Neymar reading A Brief History of Time by Professor Stephen Hawking."It's been yet another hugely successful meeting at Footballland HQ. We now have over 30 (THIRTY) rides, experiences and attractions, and it's now time to start thinking of the all-important part: where they actually go in the park itself. In this meeting the boys plan the park's zones, or 'a...
2021-02-0925 min
FootballlandS01 E15 | The Elland Roadacoaster | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"Willian gave me a hug once, and it was lovely."It was another very successful meeting in the world of Footballland. We are proud to announce FIVE new rides:- Special guests, comedy double act Larry & Paul, pitched the Elland Roadacoaster, in which guests can experience exactly what it's like to be a Leeds United fan. Quite a violent ride, even by Footballland standards, this coaster claims to be the...
2021-02-0238 min
FootballlandS01 E14 | Roy Keane's 'Stick It Up Your B*llocks' Dodgems | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"Not sure we need the pit crew anymore."The bees are buzzing, the birds are singing, and Roy Keane is on his way to Footballland, taking charge of his very own theme park attraction, Roy Keane's 'Stick It Up Your B*llocks' Dodgems! Jim Daly, comedian and host of FYP Podcast came up with the idea, and it's now our job to convince Keano to come out to Qatar and...
2021-01-2639 min
FootballlandS01 E11 | The Watford Whack A Mole | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"Would Princess Diana poo?"It's another busy and productive meeting at Footballland towers, as this week we invite football writer Nick Miller to pitch his ride.- Intern Ryan has been out and about collecting sounds of John Carver eating for the ASMR experience at Paul Dummett's Meat And Potato Funfair.- Mark unveils a new Footballland experience: "Be The Ref," which allows one lucky punter to...
2021-01-0535 min
FootballlandS01 E10 | Crash Bang Benjamin Massing | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland"Would we be able to hear Sir Geoff Hurst making love?"It's another busy and productive meeting at Footballland towers, as this week we invite Guardian football writer Sachin Nakrani to pitch his ride.- Ryan has feedback from Geri Halliwell on the 'Spice Boys Medley' at the Steve Kabbaret- Mark unveils his newest ride, Be The Ball, where guests sit inside a giant football which recreates...
2020-12-2933 min
FootballlandS01 E09 | Zinedine Zidane's Mamma Mia Mayhem | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandGreetings, Footballland fans. Footballland the theme park is really coming together, and in meeting 9 we can exclusively reveal FOUR new attractions:- The International Break hotel, situated inconveniently on the other side of Qatar, is the official hotel partner of Footballland. We welcome guests to stay overnight, as long as they come alone and are not carrying an injury. - Special guest Adam Savage pitches Zinedine Zidane's Mamma...
2020-12-2232 min
FootballlandS01 E08 | Wag's Corner | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandWe have another episode of Footballland for you, which features THREE new attractions at Footballland:- Enhancers Sports Bar. This bar is stocked with performance enhancing drugs, enabling guests to relax, socialise and beat their 100 metre sprint time on the purpose built barside running track. - National Anthem Autotune. Footballers rarely sing their national anthems in tune, so Mark has come up with the perfect solution. - Wa...
2020-12-1527 min
FootballlandS01 E07 | Hasta La Vista Cantona! | FootballlandSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandExclusive Car Park Naming Rights https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandIn another successful and productive meeting, we welcome two more rides to the world's first football themed theme park! This week Mark Davison brings us his vision of The Squeaky Bumtime Arena, Footballland's stadium, which is shaped like a bottom. Also we welcome comedians The Delightful Sausage, who bring to the park their Westworld-style experiential ride, Hasta La Vista Cantona. And finally, may we introduce our newest employee at Footballland, Ryan B...
2020-12-0825 min
The SWISH ShowSteve Baxter Interview | Investing, technology & businessHow Technology is Revolutionising the Learning Landscape with Shark Tank Investor Steve Baxter & ISR Training CEO Ryan Tuckwood. In this extremely controversial podcast, Steve Baxter does not hold back his opinion on business and technology predictions, current affairs and more.Key Takeaways:Steve Baxter's thoughts on how online training is revolutionising the learning landscapeTips on implementing technology and navigating crisisInside knowledge on technology trendsWhat do investors look out for?It's become evident in the advanced world that technology is not only revolutionising the learning landscape, but simply making learning feasible. Whether yo...
2020-07-0946 minGradCast182 | Everybody Wants to Be a Macho, Macho ManWhat does it mean to be a man? Do the movies that we watch influence the ways in which we understand masculinity? Ryan Schroeder, MA student in Media Studies, think so. This week, hosts Yimin Chen and Greg Robinson learn about how the presentation of male protagonists in films has changed, and perhaps softened, over the years––from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Ryan Gosling.
Hosted by: Yimin Chen & Greg Robinson
Produced by: Nick Handfield-Jones
2018-09-2627 min
GradCastSpecial Episode: WUGSOM Part 3 - Live! at the Western University Graduate Symposium on MusicIn this final instalment of the WUGSOM series from 2017, hosts Yimin and Roger speak with Rachel Avery from McGill University in Montreal, and Ryan Blakely from the University of Ottawa on their research projects they've developed over the past few years. Rachel and Ryan each communicated their research in lecture format during WUGSOM 2017.
Hosted by: Yimin and Roger
2018-06-2722 min