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The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Episode 173, Part 2: Greg Jenner
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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
GREG JENNER
This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited Historian & Podcaster Greg Jenner to join them in the bar.
Greg wrote for the brilliant TV show Horrible Histories https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories
Greg hosts the fantastic history podcast You’re Dead To Me https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-dead-to-me/id1479973402
He’s a writer too - he’s written Dead Famous, A Million Years in a Day and Ask A Historian. You can see all of his books here https://www.gregjenner.com/
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LIVE SHOWS
We're doing 2 live shows in November.
On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.
https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054c
On Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.
https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerr
THIS WEEK'S EPISODES
Greg Clip: Five-a-side football game in Turkey produces series of spectacular misses
Greg Clip: Gareth Bale's BEST moments
Greg Clip: Bill Bailey MOTD theme https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=401059437280975
Greg Clip: White Bear Falls over lots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHnQQhWQVA&t=12s
Greg Clip: Ski Sunday Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2AVaKYmrE8
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