{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64189cb7202f500011b4df34/6a074781382d6c4030344c4d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fake Band Names and Towels on the Loungers","description":"<p>🎙️&nbsp;<strong>Mildly Informed</strong>&nbsp;returns, with&nbsp;<strong>Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The Bugle’s Chris Skinner</strong>&nbsp;once again diving headfirst into the topics that matter most — overpriced football merch, questionable holiday etiquette and increasingly absurd band names.</p><p><br></p><p>This week’s episode is part game show, part political analysis and part travel rant, which is a fairly accurate description of the podcast at this point.</p><p><br></p><p>⚽&nbsp;<strong>Expensive Football Kits</strong></p><p>When did buying a shirt start costing as much as a season ticket? Nostalgia, polyester and financial pain.</p><p>🏖️&nbsp;<strong>Sunbed Hogging</strong></p><p>The unofficial sport of every holiday. Towels down before breakfast and dignity left behind.</p><p>🎸&nbsp;<strong>Mad Band Names</strong></p><p>Richie and Chris play a high-stakes game of&nbsp;<strong>Real or Fake?</strong>&nbsp;Some of these groups cannot possibly exist. And yet…</p><p>🏛️&nbsp;<strong>The British Battle to Be Prime Minister</strong></p><p>A leadership contest, a media circus, and a job nobody sensible should want.</p><p><br></p><p>PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads tackle the modern obsession with&nbsp;<strong>self-care</strong>… and conclude that they’re not entirely convinced.</p><p>👉 Support Richie &amp; Chris here:&nbsp;<strong>patreon.com/mildlyinformed</strong></p>","author_name":"Mildly Informed"}