

The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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The Socially Distant Sports Bar is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero — and you don’t need to like sport to be completely hooked.Elis is the king of Welsh podcasting & Mike Bubbins is TV’s Tony Mammoth.Each week you get two episodesPart 1 is fast, funny and chaotic — a stream of clips, sporting moments and internet oddities pulled apart with strong opinions and zero expertise.Part 2 slows things down with a documentary and book recommendation, diving into the stories that make sport so compelling.“Elis James and Mike Bubbins are unreasonably hilarious.” — The Telegraph“A haven where they ramble on about classic clips and random recollections.” — The GuardianBetter known as Distant Pod, the show is a multi-award winner, created and produced by ARIA Gold Award winner Steff Garrero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 11, 2024 • 10min
It’s 1839: PS90
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits.If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes.This clip is taken from “81: The New Theatre, Cardiff (h) 3rd Leg)”🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 9, 2024 • 50min
224: Stag, Stag, Stag (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod PART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: Umpiring at Wimbledon in the 1970shttps://www.instagram.com/p/C9EnPybPR0d/Steff: Spotting your family in the crowd https://x.com/OptusSport/status/1809150475360715155 https://www.tiktok.com/@footypods_/video/7320647885949898017 Mike:Hurlinghttps://x.com/TheSundayGame/status/1815036058888732844 PART 2 (OUT ON FRIDAYElis Documentary: Daley: Olympic Superstar https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00216mg/daley-olympic-superstar Mike Book: Steff read one instead… Brutal by Iwan Thomas https://amzn.to/3Abb8F7 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )Mike:Tiger on Colinhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C9fFrsQOPUZ/?igsh=dXZ0Y2c1bXdzcHc5Elis: Jap Staamhttps://x.com/footbalIfights/status/1814942264482820269Steff: TukTuk Racing https://www.facebook.com/RedBull/videos/from-city-streets-to-mountain-terrain-red-bull-tuk-it-2020/1651295505048000/ https://edition.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/07/15/tuk-tuk-race-red-bull-tuk-it-2020-motorsport-sri-lanka-spt-intl-lon-orig.cnn 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 7, 2024 • 1h 26min
224: Stag, Stag, Stag (Pt 1)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 1 of this week’s episode. Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod PART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: Umpiring at Wimbledon in the 1970shttps://www.instagram.com/p/C9EnPybPR0d/Steff: Spotting your family in the crowd https://x.com/OptusSport/status/1809150475360715155 https://www.tiktok.com/@footypods_/video/7320647885949898017 Mike:Hurlinghttps://x.com/TheSundayGame/status/1815036058888732844 PART 2 (OUT ON FRIDAYElis Documentary: Daley: Olympic Superstar https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00216mg/daley-olympic-superstar Mike Book: Steff read one instead… Brutal by Iwan Thomas https://amzn.to/3Abb8F7 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )Mike:Tiger on Colinhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C9fFrsQOPUZ/?igsh=dXZ0Y2c1bXdzcHc5Elis: Jap Staamhttps://x.com/footbalIfights/status/1814942264482820269Steff: TukTuk Racing https://www.facebook.com/RedBull/videos/from-city-streets-to-mountain-terrain-red-bull-tuk-it-2020/1651295505048000/ https://edition.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/07/15/tuk-tuk-race-red-bull-tuk-it-2020-motorsport-sri-lanka-spt-intl-lon-orig.cnn 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 3, 2024 • 6min
Red Card Vets: PS89
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits.If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes.This clip is taken from “85: Ulster Hall, Belfast (a)”🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 2, 2024 • 30min
223: Bob Harris (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod WHISPERING BOB HARRIS This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited broadcasting legend Bob Harris into the bar.Bob and his son Miles present their own loosely football-based podcast called A Game Of No Halves https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-game-of-no-halves/id1722552807 Bob also presents The Country Show on Radio 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x527 And you can look into Bob’s full archive on his website https://www.bobharris.org/ THIS WEEK’S SHOWBob: Ronaldo v Porto https://x.com/manutd/status/1117778883137425408?s=48&t=RuzfP1LV_DvOkvhOd5I2Gw Bob: Miles (Expired Film Club) - AIK Gothenburg https://www.tiktok.com/@expiredfilmclub/video/7339570400629722401 Bob: Miles (Expired Film Club) - Manchester Unitedhttps://www.instagram.com/expiredfilmclub/reel/C7Znnj_oUAs/ 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 2024 • 39min
223: Bob Harris (Pt 1)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 1 of this week’s episode. Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod WHISPERING BOB HARRIS This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited broadcasting legend Bob Harris into the bar.Bob and his son Miles present their own loosely football-based podcast called A Game Of No Halves https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-game-of-no-halves/id1722552807 Bob also presents The Country Show on Radio 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x527 And you can look into Bob’s full archive on his website https://www.bobharris.org/ THIS WEEK’S SHOWBob: Ronaldo v Porto https://x.com/manutd/status/1117778883137425408?s=48&t=RuzfP1LV_DvOkvhOd5I2Gw Bob: Miles (Expired Film Club) - AIK Gothenburg https://www.tiktok.com/@expiredfilmclub/video/7339570400629722401 Bob: Miles (Expired Film Club) - Manchester Unitedhttps://www.instagram.com/expiredfilmclub/reel/C7Znnj_oUAs/ 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 2024 • 7min
Lynn The Leap: PS88
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits.If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes.This clip is taken from “83: The EICC, Edinburgh (a)”🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 2024 • 42min
222: I Am Bubbs (Pt 2)
This week’s episodes are focussed on the Olympics.The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games start this week so we thought we’d look at Olympics from the past on the podcast.So, welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod PART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Berlin 1936https://youtu.be/quQopJmQry4?si=zjZdBy0OjbfB-JENElis: 1992 110m hurdles final https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQViFM8MyI&pp=ygUbMTk5MiBvbHltcGljcyAxMTBtIGh1cmRsZXMgSteff: Cindy Ngamba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3mqIRZupm4 PART 2 (OUT ON FRIDAY)Mike Doc: I Am Bolt https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Am-Bolt-Usain/dp/B01MQM7OPW Steff Book: The Dirtiest Race In History by Richard Moore https://amzn.to/4bYMiW2 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )Steff: 1948 Olympic Torch Relay https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=267330673639970 Elis: Steve Redgrave https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zzz37IsRUUMike:London 1908https://youtu.be/c-sFWDzvgyw?si=_RGilnDwAldO_5QZ🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 2024 • 1h 8min
222: I Am Bubbs (Pt 1)
This week’s episodes are focussed on the Olympics.The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games start this week so we thought we’d look at Olympics from the past on the podcast.So, welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth) and Steff Garrero (nothing else really).Please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards 2024 https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting This is Part 1 of this week’s episode. Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. If you want to listen to both parts every TUESDAY without the adverts, then subscribe via WONDERY+.If you’re after 30 MINS of bonus content as well, then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod PART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Berlin 1936https://youtu.be/quQopJmQry4?si=zjZdBy0OjbfB-JENElis: 1992 110m hurdles final https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQViFM8MyI&pp=ygUbMTk5MiBvbHltcGljcyAxMTBtIGh1cmRsZXMgSteff: Cindy Ngamba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3mqIRZupm4 PART 2 (OUT ON FRIDAY)Mike Doc: I Am Bolt https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Am-Bolt-Usain/dp/B01MQM7OPW Steff Book: The Dirtiest Race In History by Richard Moore https://amzn.to/4bYMiW2 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod )Steff: 1948 Olympic Torch Relay https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=267330673639970 Elis: Steve Redgrave https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zzz37IsRUUMike:London 1908https://youtu.be/c-sFWDzvgyw?si=_RGilnDwAldO_5QZ🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 2024 • 8min
First Dates: PS87
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits.If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes.This clip is taken from “84: The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (a)”🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


