{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64189cb7202f500011b4df34/6a3559204a187774ac0f5301?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We discover the Jevons Paradox and the Arsenal Puncture","description":"<p>📺 ITV vs BBC: The World Cup Studio Debate</p><p>Who does tournament coverage better? Better pundits, better presenters, better theme music? The lads enter one of British sport's most important arguments.</p><p><br></p><p>📈 Jevons Paradox</p><p>A surprisingly fascinating economic theory that somehow finds its way into a comedy podcast. Efficiency goes up... so why do we end up using more of something?</p><p><br></p><p>🐦 Richie Is Not Much of a Bird Spotter</p><p>A revelation that shocks absolutely nobody. Binoculars remain firmly unused.</p><p><br></p><p>🚲 The Arsenal Puncture</p><p>Chris discovers a cycling phenomenon affecting riders in Islington. Is it real? Is it coincidence? Is it somehow Arsenal's fault?</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again combining niche knowledge, local observations and wildly varying levels of expertise.</p><p><br></p><p>This week's episode jumps from World Cup broadcasting politics to economic theory, before detouring through birdwatching and ending up in North London's cycling community.</p><p><br></p><p>It's one of those episodes where you learn something, immediately forget it, and then remember a completely unrelated story about a bicycle puncture.</p><p><br></p><p>PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads continue the conversation with even less structure and even stronger opinions.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support Richie &amp; Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed</p>","author_name":"Mildly Informed"}