

The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
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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Dec 1, 2023 • 40min
188: A Mug Of KenCafé (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays. 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/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappMICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI PODEvery month we produce TWO bonus podcasts for the top two levels of our Patreon.Michael Owen’s Movie Club is Elis, Mike and Steff talking about a Sports Movie they’ve watched.Hoffi Pod is the boys talking about clips they like which are nothing to do with Sports.Head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod and sign up for the £8 or £10 levels today!PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE“Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod.Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published. https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar THIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Dr Vaughan Thomas. 1970s sports science. I fucking love this clip. https://fb.watch/o9I_dGnDpB/Steff: Jason Bowen Shirt https://x.com/newportcounty/status/1722917044721520867?s=51&t=3g2g_VVJEY-NqP6XnG6v4w Elis: Angry non league manager https://twitter.com/nocontextfm1/status/1721506001558356475?s=46&t=sPBfv-x4uzwNFpwe2x9ROAPART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Steff Documentary: Grandstand x The Beatles 22 February 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STEZAVShpfg Mike Book: When Lions Roared by Tom English and Peter Burns https://amzn.to/3QGgNY9 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Elis: Daniel Sturridge on wide forwardshttps://twitter.com/carra23/status/1721670937332928710?s=46&t=sPBfv-x4uzwNFpwe2x9ROAMike: 100 year old England fanhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CzSA51vNvu3/?igshid=Y2NkYjk0MDhjYg==Steff: Issy Bunyan https://twitter.com/MSUBobcatsWBB/status/1721972436185539004 https://twitter.com/EthanNBCMT/status/1722089859861663987 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 29, 2023 • 1h 8min
188: A Mug Of KenCafé (Pt 1)
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/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappMICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI PODEvery month we produce TWO bonus podcasts for the top two levels of our Patreon.Michael Owen’s Movie Club is Elis, Mike and Steff talking about a Sports Movie they’ve watched.Hoffi Pod is the boys talking about clips they like which are nothing to do with Sports.Head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod and sign up for the £8 or £10 levels today!PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE“Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod.Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published. https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar THIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Dr Vaughan Thomas. 1970s sports science. I fucking love this clip. https://fb.watch/o9I_dGnDpB/Steff: Jason Bowen Shirt https://x.com/newportcounty/status/1722917044721520867?s=51&t=3g2g_VVJEY-NqP6XnG6v4w Elis: Angry non league manager https://twitter.com/nocontextfm1/status/1721506001558356475?s=46&t=sPBfv-x4uzwNFpwe2x9ROAPART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Steff Documentary: Grandstand x The Beatles 22 February 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STEZAVShpfg Mike Book: When Lions Roared by Tom English and Peter Burns https://amzn.to/3QGgNY9 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Elis: Daniel Sturridge on wide forwardshttps://twitter.com/carra23/status/1721670937332928710?s=46&t=sPBfv-x4uzwNFpwe2x9ROAMike: 100 year old England fanhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CzSA51vNvu3/?igshid=Y2NkYjk0MDhjYg==Steff: Issy Bunyan https://twitter.com/MSUBobcatsWBB/status/1721972436185539004 https://twitter.com/EthanNBCMT/status/1722089859861663987 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 26, 2023 • 7min
Richard Burton: PS53
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 "Episode 142: Oh! Rich, Mun”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 24, 2023 • 31min
187: I Think She Could Believe Her Luck (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays.You can listen to the podcast WITHOUT ADVERTS, every Tuesday (EARLY RELEASE), with 30 minutes of BONUS CONTENT every single week by heading to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappMICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI PODEvery month we produce TWO bonus podcasts for the top two levels of our Patreon.Michael Owen’s Movie Club is Elis, Mike and Steff talking about a Sports Movie they’ve watched.Hoffi Pod is the boys talking about clips they like which are nothing to do with Sports.Head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod and sign up for the £8 or £10 levels today!PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE“Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod.Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published. https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar THIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Seve on Americanshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxq53aWNuFD/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Elis: Ange Postecoglouhttps://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1721664416838811926Steff: Cool Reporter https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxujB3Qohj0/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Elis Documentary: Tanni Grey Thompson: Legends of Welsh Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001jyqx/legends-of-welsh-sport-series-2-tanni-greythompson Steff Book: Everything To Play For: The QI book of Sports by James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski ) https://amzn.to/475mlma PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Mike: Tommy Lasordahttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CxzYkfSLKe-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Elis: Carlisle commentator Https: //twitter.com/stusfootyflash/status/1721784791899480113Steff: Motorbikes and football!! (1959) https://x.com/tfhbs/status/1720785647575712030?s=51&t=3g2g_VVJEY-NqP6XnG6v4wLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 21min
187: I Think She Could Believe Her Luck (Pt 1)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 1of this week’s episode. Part 2 is out every week on Fridays.You can listen to the podcast WITHOUT ADVERTS, every Tuesday (EARLY RELEASE), with 30 minutes of BONUS CONTENT every single week by heading to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappMICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI PODEvery month we produce TWO bonus podcasts for the top two levels of our Patreon.Michael Owen’s Movie Club is Elis, Mike and Steff talking about a Sports Movie they’ve watched.Hoffi Pod is the boys talking about clips they like which are nothing to do with Sports.Head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod and sign up for the £8 or £10 levels today!PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE“Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod.Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published. https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar THIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Seve on Americanshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxq53aWNuFD/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Elis: Ange Postecoglouhttps://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1721664416838811926Steff: Cool Reporter https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxujB3Qohj0/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Elis Documentary: Tanni Grey Thompson: Legends of Welsh Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001jyqx/legends-of-welsh-sport-series-2-tanni-greythompson Steff Book: Everything To Play For: The QI book of Sports by James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski ) https://amzn.to/475mlma PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Mike: Tommy Lasordahttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CxzYkfSLKe-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Elis: Carlisle commentator Https: //twitter.com/stusfootyflash/status/1721784791899480113Steff: Motorbikes and football!! (1959) https://x.com/tfhbs/status/1720785647575712030?s=51&t=3g2g_VVJEY-NqP6XnG6v4wLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 19, 2023 • 13min
Saviour’s Day: PS52
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 "Episode 137: A Great Idea And A Big Sack Of Cash”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 17, 2023 • 32min
186: No Such Thing As A Fish (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays/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/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappNO SUCH THING AS A FISH This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin from No Such Thing As A Fish to join them in the bar.You can listen to No Such Thing As A Fish here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-fish/id840986946 They are two of the QI Elves who create QI and have written a book about sports called “Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports”https://www.qi.com/ This week’s episode Javelin Techniquehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul6dCL2vOkk German Bobsleighhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzpZMC_CcQ The battle of the sexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxO6SQj5Kg&ab_channel=tennisfamer (from 1m25s) The balloon world cuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iiigz06_lvM 1971 Women’s World Cuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaO_xj_vuD4 Tug of Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUittk2bfDgLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 15, 2023 • 40min
186: No Such Thing As A Fish (Pt 1)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 1of this week’s episode. Part 2 is out every week on Wednesdays/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/distantpodFUNDRAISER FOR MATTHEWPlease click on this link and help Matthew out with a couple of quids poundshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine?member=30383007&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsappNO SUCH THING AS A FISH This week it’s a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin from No Such Thing As A Fish to join them in the bar.You can listen to No Such Thing As A Fish here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-fish/id840986946 They also create QI and have written a book about sports called “Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports”https://www.qi.com/ This week’s episode Javelin Techniquehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul6dCL2vOkk German Bobsleighhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzpZMC_CcQ The battle of the sexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxO6SQj5Kg&ab_channel=tennisfamer The balloon world cuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iiigz06_lvM 1971 Women’s World Cuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaO_xj_vuD4 Tug of Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUittk2bfDgLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 12, 2023 • 11min
Monocultural: PS51
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 "Episode 140: $illy”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.

Nov 10, 2023 • 35min
185: Self-Styled Hulkamaniac (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This is Part 2 of this week’s episode. Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays.You can listen to the podcast WITHOUT ADVERTS, every Tuesday (EARLY RELEASE), with 30 minutes of BONUS CONTENT every single week by heading to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/distantpodMICHAEL OWEN’S MOVIE CLUB & HOFFI PODEvery month we produce TWO bonus podcasts for the top two levels of our Patreon.Michael Owen’s Movie Club is Elis, Mike and Steff talking about a Sports Movie they’ve watched.Hoffi Pod is the boys talking about clips they like which are nothing to do with Sports.Head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpod and sign up for the £8 or £10 levels today!PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE“Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod.Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published. https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar THIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: Zola on Bellinghamhttps://twitter.com/julesbreach/status/1714412574215635124Steff: Flag Football at Olympics 2028 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODdMqc-7c0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdcM6ED23k4 Mike: Brian Doby Manitoba Bisons on Maya the kickerhttps://x.com/aileendelaney_/status/1712390866537496835?s=46PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Mike Documentary: Welcome to Wrexham, Series 1 Episode 9 https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/welcome-to-wrexham Elis Book: Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Roger Domeneghetti https://amzn.to/3Ssfeja PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Elis: Referee becomes injured, Wales v Scotland 1976https://twitter.com/ApsmRugby/status/1714589766405001695Mike: Ray Parlour. Obviously. https://twitter.com/stusfootyflash/status/1525741159154335744?s=21&t=QJboXOabVegTS1DeRlNO5wSteff: Cornwall at the RWC https://x.com/YesCornwall/status/1713867219011342699?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk6sqyhmba8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices🛍️ 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.


