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54. We review Meta AI glasses and Ref Cam
38:51||Season 1, Ep. 54👓 Meta AI SunglassesThe future is here. Apparently it involves talking to your glasses and hoping nobody notices. Can you do it without being creepy?🎥 Ref CamFootball from the referee’s perspective. Revolutionary broadcasting innovation or a guaranteed route to motion sickness?🚗 SunroofsA luxury feature, a forgotten relic, or the quickest way to create unexpected wind noise?🫐 BoysenberriesWhat are they? Where did they come from? And why do they sound like they were invented in a children’s book?🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again investigating technology, sport, motoring and fruit with equal levels of expertise.This week’s episode is a journey through modern innovation and old-fashioned curiosity, as the lads debate AI-powered eyewear, football broadcasting, car design and one of the lesser-known berries.It’s exactly the sort of conversation that starts with wearable tech and somehow ends in a discussion about fruit.PLUS — over on Patreon, Richie and Chris discuss their World Cup Sweepstakes. Who gets the favourites? Who gets the no-hopers? And who immediately regrets the draw?👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed
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53. Councils, Cars & Thomas Crapper
36:54||Season 1, Ep. 53🚽 The Life of Thomas CrapperInventor of the toilet? Not quite. Legend of British plumbing? Absolutely. Richie and Chris separate fact from flushable fiction.🗣️ Words Unique to Your FamilyEvery family has them — strange phrases, made-up words and expressions that make perfect sense until you say them in public.🚗 People Who Park BadlyA topic guaranteed to generate strong opinions. Crooked bays, abandoned trolleys and the quiet fury of a badly positioned car.🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again taking everyday observations far more seriously than they deserve.This week’s episode covers Victorian plumbing history, family linguistics and one of Britain's favourite hobbies: judging strangers in car parks.It's part social anthropology, part public service announcement and part excuse for Richie and Chris to get mildly annoyed.PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads embark on a local council rant. How many emails can we send them in a week?👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed52. Lost Toys & Lost Love
34:34||Season 1, Ep. 52🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again moving effortlessly between childhood trauma, emotional hardship and chocolate-based analysis.This week’s episode is oddly nostalgic — covering everything from lost possessions to caravan holidays — before descending into a very serious debate about elite-tier chocolate bars.It’s emotional growth, holiday memories and snack rankings… all held together with mild confusion.👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed🧸 Lost ToysThe emotional devastation of losing your favourite toy as a child… and why some people genuinely never recover from it.💔 Being DumpedA light-hearted stroll through rejection, awkward conversations and the increasingly bleak world of modern breakups.🚐 Caravan HolidaysRain on the roof, suspicious heating systems and the unique magic of a holiday park bar.🍫 The Biggest, Baddest Chocolate BarThe lads attempt to crown the heavyweight champion of confectionery. Big claims. Bigger sugar content.51. Fake Band Names and Towels on the Loungers
38:24||Season 1, Ep. 51🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again diving headfirst into the topics that matter most — overpriced football merch, questionable holiday etiquette and increasingly absurd band names.This week’s episode is part game show, part political analysis and part travel rant, which is a fairly accurate description of the podcast at this point.⚽ Expensive Football KitsWhen did buying a shirt start costing as much as a season ticket? Nostalgia, polyester and financial pain.🏖️ Sunbed HoggingThe unofficial sport of every holiday. Towels down before breakfast and dignity left behind.🎸 Mad Band NamesRichie and Chris play a high-stakes game of Real or Fake? Some of these groups cannot possibly exist. And yet…🏛️ The British Battle to Be Prime MinisterA leadership contest, a media circus, and a job nobody sensible should want.PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads tackle the modern obsession with self-care… and conclude that they’re not entirely convinced.👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed50. Drone Deliveries & Democracy: 50th episode special
38:30||Season 1, Ep. 50🎙️ It’s Episode 50 of Mildly Informed — somehow.To celebrate the milestone, Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner bring together everything the podcast does best: strange observations, everyday frustrations, TV chat and conversations that spiral almost immediately.From futuristic drones to old-school civic duty, this episode covers an alarming amount of ground while remaining only mildly informative throughout.Fifty episodes in, and remarkably little personal growth.🚁 Drone DeliveriesConvenient future technology or deeply unsettling flying takeaway system? The lads investigate.🍻 Expensive Pub HireWhen did booking a room above a pub start requiring a small business loan?📺 LegendsA new TV obsession enters the chat — reviewed with the usual level of highly questionable authority.🕵️ Richie’s Secret MissionDetails are limited. Speculation is not.🗳️ The Honour of VotingA surprisingly sincere discussion arrives… briefly… before things drift off course again.49. Parent's Evening and The Tiling Industry: Reviewed!
40:48||Season 1, Ep. 49🚫 Richie’s Broken iPhoneA modern crisis. Panic, denial, and a new iOS🛒 Supermarket Delivery EtiquetteWhere do you stand? What do you do? And how loud can someone knock?🧱 Tiling CompaniesAre they all doomed?🏫 Parents’ EveningShort slots, big stakes, and have they got better?🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again navigating everyday chaos with confidence and very little expertise.This week’s episode leans into modern inconveniences, awkward social interactions and the strange systems we all just accept.It’s relatable, mildly stressful, and exactly the kind of chat you didn’t know you needed.PLUS — over on Patreon, Chris unveils a major summer life hack. Potentially life-changing. Potentially nonsense.👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed48. Strikes, outdoor drinking and finger nails
38:46||Season 1, Ep. 48This week...🚗 Blackwall Tunnel FinesHow bad can it really be? Turns out… quite bad. Admin, confusion and accusations of immorality🍻 Outdoor DrinkingA national pastime the second the sun appears. Glorious!💅 Why Do Humans Have Fingernails?Useful tool or weird evolutionary leftover? The kind of question that probably didn’t need answering… but gets it anyway.🚇 Tube StrikesDisruption, debate and everyone suddenly becoming a transport expert.🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again tackling life’s most important questions… and answering almost none of them.This week’s episode drifts from infrastructure frustration to pub garden philosophy, with a brief but committed detour into human biology.It’s another episode that goes exactly where it wants — and nowhere particularly useful.PLUS — over on Patreon, the lads get stuck into the football concept of “must win”. What does it actually mean? Is every game “must win”? And why does it always feel slightly dramatic?👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed