Category: Podcast Patter

Ewan was joined by Paddy to discuss his experience with the benefit system over the years and whether (a hypothesis dripping with hope) the Covid-19 pandemic might lead to some positive changes to the system. Listen to our latest Social Patter Podcast below or on all podcast platforms – @ThePatterPod

Luke, Ewan, Jamie and Shaun talk about the groundbreaking, generation defining reality show that is Jackass. Culture change, the dangers of fame and obviously our favourite stunts. You can find the latest Current Patter Podcast below or on all podcast platforms – @ThePatterPod

Luke, Ewan, Jamie and Shaun talk about the cheerful subject that is death, discussing the idea of an afterlife, ancient burials and the death design concept. But don’t panic all the discussions on this pod are light-hearted and might even be considered funny and entertaining – or so we hope. If you are someone who is not comfortable hearing or talking about death we feel this episode might not be for you and that’s ok. “Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate”, R.D Laing said that and some people find the thought absurdly intriguing, others find it disturbing -we think most probably pinball between the two. 

This week on The Patter Pod we’re discussing an emotionally loaded topic that for some will simply sound like a harsh condemnation of their lifestyle choices. We’re talking about PETS.  At a time when pet ownership is more popular then ever we need to address the pertinent but often over-shadowed questions concerning both the ethical and environmental consequences of keeping animals. We can’t ignore the fact that people love their pets any more than we can suppose there won’t be found lurking in the mind of every excessively doting pet-owner their very own ego-obsessed, Joe Exotic.

Luke, Jamie, Ewan and Shaun dissect the topic with contributions from our Twitter audience.  

Remember those glorious hangovers on a Sunday, the only cure was to retrace back into the pub and slaver with all the other Sunday Sesh-ers. Shaun and Ewan open the Zoom Pub for some light hearted nonsense and discuss the wonders of life such as cadavers, dolphins and can you really trust your dog? – @ThePatterPod

Luke, Jamie, Ewan and Shaun discuss the broader comedy performance and stylistic features of the Big Yin. Covering the delivery, the juxtaposition of concrete portrayals with the absurd, the separation of the sublime from the realm of everyday realities, the low comedic with the high tragic and even if that separatertion exists in a story about the cold rush of the north seas battering your testicals on a school trip to the beach in Aberdeen. The modern jester Sir Billy Connolly.

Jamie, Ewan, Shaun & Luke discuss a condition we all suffer from, chronic Scottishness or more specifically a symptom of this life long affliction, Scottish Miserabilism. Much of Scotland’s cultural output is synonymous with tragic down and outs, bleak realism and the negative story, we want to ask why?

Ewan, Luke and Shaun talk over the drug related deaths and addiction in Scotland. In December 2020 the Scottish Government released a devastating statistic that in 2019 Scotland’s drug related deaths increased a further 6%, doubling in a short five years. We ask the questions of how we got here, what are the important social issues that simply don’t work and is decriminalisation the answer?

I was joined again by Luke, Shaun and Jamie to move our timeline on and Discuss Biden’s 20th of January inauguration and Trump’s farewell speech at Andrew Air Force Base, Maryland.
We conclude with a discussion of how Trump’s administration might be remembered and our own personal highlights from his four years as President of the United States of America.

The four of us got together to discuss the US election of 2020 and the inauguration of 2021, taking in all incidents in between. 
In part one of this two-part series, we talk election results, “stolen election” accusations, the “Save America” rally and the subsequent scenes at Capitol Hill.