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Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero will be performing LIVE at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on February 3rd 2023.
Tickets for the original date in 2022 are still valid - and if you haven’t bought a ticket yet they are available via https://motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk/whats-on
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This Week's Show
Elis’ Documentary Choice: Losers The Miscast Champion. https://www.netflix.com/watch/80198245?trackId=14170286
Steff’s Book Choice: The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism by John Barnes https://amzn.to/3Rosjai
First Round of Clips
Mike clip: Remarkable baseball kid
https://fb.watch/dwHzYJ3jug/
Adam Bender backstory
https://youtu.be/GrKuLHDiZrY
Steff Clip: John Aldridge v Mexico in 1994 World Cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSJVL74OlQk
Elis: Amazing bit of volleyball
https://twitter.com/BeachVBWorld/status/1544546686126608387
Second Round of Clips (via https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe & https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )
Elis: Football kits
https://twitter.com/MundialMag/status/1545344333120937984
Steff Clip: Filbert Bayi smashes the 1500m world record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3BhcZZYTQQ
Mike: Ian Wight on Alan Sugar
https://twitter.com/ianwright0/status/1546799724178595841?s=21&t=4nDpMnMoN1hq73LIz1TAhA
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