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193: His Guts Split Open And It Was The King Of Spades (Pt 2)
Ep. 323
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Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.
This is Part 2 of this week’s episode.
Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays.
If you want to listen to the full podcast every TUESDAY, including 30 MINS of bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or https://www.patreon.com/distantpod
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MICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI POD
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THIS WEEK’S SHOW
PART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)
Elis: That’s your job
https://twitter.com/footyhumour/status/1731415129869205821?s=46&t=HbhCCY3nQv6TA0T8CjIgPA
Steff: Surfer takes her gran surfing https://www.instagram.com/reel/Czy4SdGMuOL/?igshid=NGEwZGU0MjU5Mw%3D%3D
Mike: El Tel. If I Can Dream
https://youtu.be/L_uxzNny54A?si=8GBzfsGyeGoXnwZF
PART 2 (OUT ON FRIDAY)
Steff Documentary: Frozen Out
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct67mq
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct67mr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct67ms
Elis Book: Good For A Girl: A Woman Running In A Man’s World by Lauren Fleshman https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60880793
PART 3 (PATREON ONLY SECTION)
(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )
Steff: Emma Finucane
https://youtu.be/N5AxaPSX9qY?si=P_FR9x4SA_ysaCep
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvu-i9_t_Zq/?igshid=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0-8qizNE-p/?igshid=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==
Mike: Padraig Harrington
https://x.com/golfchannel/status/1735789006577635602?s=46
Elis: Football to non fans https://twitter.com/youwouldknow/status/1732676731096474024?s=46&t=HbhCCY3nQv6TA0T8CjIgPA
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