Synopsis
Radio X is the ONLY station that can put up with their weirdness. Elis: Welsh, Swansea City fan. John: Bristolian, Queen fan. Who will triumph in this battle of wits? Place your bets and tune in to Radio X at 1pm on Saturdays to hear the outcome. Radio X is available across the UK on digital radio, 104.9 FM in London, 97.7 FM in Manchester, on your mobile or via www.radiox.co.uk.
Episodes
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Episode 99 – John’s Fashion Walk in BBD, The Crimean War & Popping Candy
09/01/2016 Duration: 47minTravel tips, fashion advice, and humble brag avoidance from John this week as he holidays in Barbados (like a celebrity), whilst Elis and Producer Dave take on the next step in the Hot Sauce challenge. All this plus Elis’ Gig Diaries, Textual Healing, Winner Plays On (remember last week?) and Humble Brag Of The Week. And listen out for the second installment of the Keep It Session Sessions at the end of the podcast. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 98 – Hashtags, Presents & Perhaps The Tensest Winner Plays On yet
02/01/2016 Duration: 01h03minHappy New Year! Elis and John are back, and nothing’s changed – expect thoughts on a nuclear apocalypse, an outside opinion on casting for Josh, and the usual overload of Welsh and Queen references. There’s a new feature – Elis’ Gig Diaries - and of course the usual Winner Plays On (it’s incredible this week. Remember farthing-gate?), and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 97 – Greatest Hits Vol III
26/12/2015 Duration: 46minA special Christmas treat this week as Elis and John look back over their last year and pick out the highlights. Expect vintage Textual Healing, late John, drunk Elis, the strangest prawn-based riff you can imagine, and much more. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 96 – An Email Ban, Peter Bjorn and Who & Series 2 of Josh
19/12/2015 Duration: 50minElis and John took on their first ever radio play this week in a “table read” (technical term) of a potential new episode of sitcom Josh, before John once again tested Elis’ nerve with more hot sauce. Plus Santa Robins delivered some Christmas presents (lucky Dave!), and Elis had news of more flatulence at a gig. All this plus Textual Healing, Winner Plays On, Email Of The Species and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 95 – Elis & John’s Target Audience & The Return Of Hot Sauce
12/12/2015 Duration: 01h05minElis showcased just how much he’s changed this week as he took on The End, the hottest chilli sauce Cardiff Christmas Market has to offer. John and Elis also explored their target demographic, asking how listeners and podcast devotees could recognise each other. And on top of this, John gave advice on how to “be normal”. Of course there’s also Humble Brag Of The Week, Winner Plays On and Email Of The Species. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 94 – Farting & Dostoyevsky
05/12/2015 Duration: 56minSlam! Stories of the best insults and put-downs you’ve endured this week, plus Elis makes his best/worst ever joke, and John finds comfort in a quirk of nature. Plus the boys have got Humble Brag Of The Week, Email Of The Species and of course Winner Plays On. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Podcast 93 – Don’t Look At Me, Look At Freddie!
30/11/2015 Duration: 51minJohn and Elis both revealed the petty arguments they’ve had with their respective girlfriends this week, and in turn you provided stories of your squabbles (and washing up advice). After Elis received further Welsh-based acclaim, we discovered a terrible press photo of him, whilst John set himself a personal task for next week. All this plus Humble Brag Of The Week, Email Of The Species, and Winner Plays On – this week with “laughs and gaffs”. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10 til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 92 – Celebrity Opportunities Missed
21/11/2015 Duration: 01h04minWith perhaps the most professional episode yet, welcome to another Elis James and John Robins podcast. Once again John had a bone to pick with Elis over Winner Plays On, and the boys also took us through Humble Brag Of The Week, Email Of The Species and Textual Healing. On top of that, we heard your stories of celebrity meetings that didn’t reach their potentials, and Elis’ thighs got some more well-deserved coverage. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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BONUS PODCAST – Ricky Wilson Takeover
15/11/2015 Duration: 41minSpecial treat for you devotees as Elis & John broadcasted for the second time this weekend, covering for Radio X’s Ricky Wilson. They took on one of his features – Indie Landfill – as well as introducing their own Humble Brag Of The Week, but mainly the show was a Queen forum. Also includes one of the greatest texts ever received, concerning hangover shame spirals, Suede and a toilet. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 91 – Facts
14/11/2015 Duration: 01h01minAnother working class Londoner impression for you this week (we miss you Little Georgie Ezra), as well as the inevitable response to Josh, the new sitcom starring famous thespian Elis James. John questions some football facts, whether one can operate multiple twitter accounts, and what the names of other people are. Of course there’s Humble Brag Of The Week, Winner Plays On, and Email Of The Species too. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 90 – Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
07/11/2015 Duration: 01h03minShambolic, in a nice way – Producer Dave’s assessment of this week’s humdinger of a podcast. There’s Ainsley Harriott chat, tales of Producer Dave’s encounter with a bouncer, Elis’ birthday hat-trick and John says something about Queen as usual. All that, plenty more, plus Winner Plays On, Humble Brag Of The Week and a quite exceptional Textual Healing. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 89 - The Major Bones Of Contention
31/10/2015 Duration: 01h03minGreetings on this Hallows Eve. Enjoy this treat, or more likely trick, of a podcast as John regales us with his creepy tale of horror. Delve further into this treasure trove of audio and you'll hear John, ever the entrepreneur, consider setting up his own tobacco farm as Elis defies Government advice and promotes 'responsible smoking'. The guys also empathise or criticise listeners' very own major bones of contention within the household - is John a bit of an Adolf Heat-ler? And of course what would this podcast be without your old favourites, 'Textual Healing', 'Humble Brags' and 'Winner Stays On'.
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Episode 88 - The Perfect Scam
24/10/2015 Duration: 01h03minAfter a heavy Thursday night, Elis tries his best to piece back together the ‘lost’ hours of Friday morning, with the help of the listeners. Elsewhere within this audible treat, both John and Elis enlighten the nation with some of the more bizarre ‘street’ names for marijuana. PLUS, the debate of dodgy scams took a turn for the illegal, as John revealed one of his own, which he insists would get him straight into heaven. All the usual features are here as well (Textual Healing, Winner Plays On, Humble Brag of the Week), so get stuck in! Oh, and don’t forget that you can email (electronic mail) the show at Saturday@radiox.co.uk. Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Saturdays 10-1pm www.radiox.co.uk
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Episode 87 – Squirrels With Attitude
17/10/2015 Duration: 53minTwo topics with unexpected reactions this week – first, John’s mention of “escaping the noise of life” lead to plenty of suggestions for where he should relocate to, and John’s heroic treatment of a distressed squirrel provoked many animals-out-of-place stories as well. Meanwhile Elis gave us a fantastic/unrecognisable impression, and of course the boys oversaw Textual Healing, Winner Plays On and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 86 – Tick Tock Robins
10/10/2015 Duration: 01h03minAn eventful show this week from Elis James and…erm…wait a minute…hang on…John Robins. The boys eventually got through Winner Plays On, Email Of The Species and Humble Brag Of The Week, but there was a bit of a hold-up first. Remember this week, the week that John “dropped an Elis”. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X. Tick Tock Robins. TICK. TOCK.
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Episode 85 – Surrealist Comedy & 0.0% Robins
03/10/2015 Duration: 46minElis and John take on health fads this week, and Producer Dave is back alongside the boys. Elis also gives us his take on both the decline of premiership footballer John Terry and how to write surrealist comedy, whilst John has continued to stay off the booze, resulting in further improvements in the condition of his skin. There’s a welcome return for Textual Healing, and as always we’ve got Winner Plays On, Email Of The Species and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 84 – The First Radio X Podcast!
26/09/2015 Duration: 55minAll change! All change! Welcome to the Elis James and John Robins on Radio X podcast, and you certainly are very welcome. There are laughs, puns, badinage, and discussions about the caffeine levels in green tea. But don’t fear podcast devotees, all the old features are still here – Email Of The Species, Winner Plays On and Humble Brag Of The Week. On top of this, Elis and John discussed wrong languages this week, as well as the obligatory examination of the Welsh language. . Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@radiox.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and you can tune in across the UK every Saturday from 10am til 1pm. Keep it session. Keep it Radio X.
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Episode 83 – Festival Ammendments
12/09/2015 Duration: 48minTop announcements on this week’s podcast, but don’t fear, it’s good news. John gave Elis advice on motorway diversions, Elis nearly became too patriotic to broadcast, and the boys took your thoughts on what should be banned from festivals. All that plus the usual Textual Healing, Winner Plays On, Email Of The Species and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, you can get in touch on Saturday@xfm.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and keep it both session and XFM. We love you all.
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Episode 82 – Bin-Gate: The Second Coming
05/09/2015 Duration: 51minElis and John are reunited this week, John returning from Edinburgh and Elis from watching Wales away in Cyprus – expect stories of larging it, and going viral. The boys take on another bin-based debate (moving from lounges to outdoors), and there’s the usual Textual Healing, Winner Plays On and Humble Brag Of The Week. Remember, tune in next Saturday to catch the boys from 10am til 1pm, get in touch on Saturday@xfm.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and keep it Xfm.
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Episode 81 – Apocalypse Companions and Varying Accents
29/08/2015 Duration: 51minIt’s John’s final week in Glasgow Business Park for the year, and as ever he’s in an apocalyptic mindset. The boys talk Apocalypse Companions, Elis relives his experience camping at Green Man Festival, and Producer Dave reveals a new look. All this plus Humble Brag Of The Week, Textual Healing, Winner Plays On and Email Of The Species. Remember, tune in next Saturday to catch the boys from 10am til 1pm, get in touch on Saturday@xfm.co.uk (if you’re on e-mail. You’ve got to be on e-mail), and keep it Xfm.