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The Socially Distant Sports Bar
165: Felix White (Pt 1)
Ep. 237
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Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.
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FELIX WHITE
This week there is a FOURTH person in the room, again.
It’s another GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff have invited Former Maccabee & Current Tailender Felix White to the bar.
Felix was in The Maccabees from 2004-2017 (along with top level Patreon Orlando Weeks), he’s a cricket writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65889903 & co-host on the BRILLIANT Tailenders Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4jzGvCPx03Pf4gIpHuX0r8?si=1e2f7fcf58b84ab7 .
He wrote the music for two Sports Documentaries which are on our “to-do-list” for the pod: McEnroe and The Edge.
He hosts Fulham FC’s official podcast Fulham Fix https://open.spotify.com/show/5z24IOZNq04YsGcL5ZtB9h?si=b0eaac1857bf401c
He’s also in the band 86TVs https://www.86tvsband.com/
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This week’s clips
Felix: I Expect Wins
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lqbveflKPWk&pp=ygUVQW1lcmljYW4gb24gdXNhIHdhbGVz
Felix: Jomboy on the Astros sign stealing in Baseball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2XNW1qHN9w
Felix: Mark Nicholas gets Muralitharan to bowl in an arm brace to prove he doesn't throw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZTazLtZyxw&t=574s
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