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The Socially Distant Sports Bar
168: Josh Widdicombe (Pt 1)
Ep. 246
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Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.
This is Part 1 of this week’s episode.
Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. 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
JOSH WIDDICOMBE
This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff have invited comedian and podcaster Josh Widdicombe.
Josh hosts the podcasts Parenting Hell https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zuurv8AZFWti60lSXiDgz?si=fa6ad95313c94c74
and Quickly Kevin; Will He Score? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quickly-kevin-will-he-score-the-90s-football-show/id1209129231
He’s written a book “Watching Neighbours Twice A Day” https://amzn.to/3PPQsbE and co-hosts the TV show The Last Leg https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-last-leg
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CHICAGO MARATHON
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THIS WEEK’S EPISODE
Josh: Princess Diana winning Sports Day https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o9jcTC5kBdA
Josh: Honey Monster wins the Cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSBAVfwPRvs
Josh: Mr Blobby x Will Carling httpws://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-j9of2IPCRE
Josh: Des, Italia 90 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sffX9Wrbw9w&feature=youtu.be
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