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155: Some Of My Best Friends Are Trees (Pt 2)

Ep. 208
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 1is out every week on Wednesdays. If you want to listen to the full podcast every TUESDAY, including bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either  https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or  https://www.patreon.com/distantpod DISTANT POD LIVE  We’re playing Islington Assembly Hall in London on 22nd May 2023. We're opening this year's Podcast Show LIVE festival. https://tourlink.to/SDSPTPS FAT WHITES x DISTANT POD If you want to help us fund defibrillators in locked cabinets outside sports clubs around the country then click on this link to buy our new range of Coffees: Distant Pod x Fat Whites. You can buy 3 different roasts - Mike’s is called The Barryista, Elis’ is The Paper Pants Ripper and Steff’s is The 3am Run Club. https://fatwhites.square.site/  DOWN THE CLUBHOUSE You can watch us on BT Sport's Down The Clubhouse https://www.bt.com/sport/watch/bt-sport-shows/down-the-clubhouse    THIS WEEK’S EPISODE PART 1 (PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY) Steff: Coal Carrying in 1970s https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/897827810470838272?s=20  And now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ZoLf1IfLU  Mike: Tiger and Cub https://twitter.com/StinaSternberg/status/1468738485314019334?t=eQ4TVBwsH8e5pZXIZ ist nd3lw&s=19 Elis: Frank Bough singing The Sporting Event of the Year https://youtu.be/iufH8zANsXo  PART 2 (PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY)  Steff Documentary: Good Sport, Something in the Water. https://open.spotify.com/episode/32sHAENj1OLNqAGgyUCiuG?si=e556203810ec4fa4  Mike Book: Longy by Sean Long https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longy-Brawls-Scandal-Autobiography-League/dp/1843581884  PATREON/SPOTIFY EXTRA SECTION SECOND ROUND OF CLIPS (ONLY via https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe & https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Steff: World Baseball Classic finally takes off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYN2PE_9Wg  Mike: Keane on Ferguson ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmEMO_0uRAS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Elis: Nathan Broaaadheeeeeaaad! https://twitter.com/tmdxv_/status/1639810212591706118?s=48&t=PAKSef5GvxSAfrbWQEDfew https://twitter.com/cymru/status/1640256042377306113?s=46&t=2ACXO9mf4KKw8km2uN-muA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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