

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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Sep 21, 2023 • 43min
178: I’ve Been On Tele For 39 Years (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 https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: when you lose a Grand Slam Finalhttps://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1700910557346373725?s=46&t=mrE63l3428wtwrRxkr3v-QMike: Siya Kolisi being brilliant https://x.com/sarugbymag/status/1701135964410704266?s=46Steff: Steve Jones World Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz40AXEg8lI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6_A50pu0_Y PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Steff Documentary: The Loophole https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-loophole/id1244784611?i=1000423295879 Mike Book: My Sporting Life by Michael Parkinson https://amzn.to/3t7soY4 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Steff: CycleBall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Kop=vumSmqpr3XA Elis: Martin Brundle gets frightened by a tall manhttps://twitter.com/PaulMcG92/status/1698650018981224621Mike: Alex Steele, cricketer. https://x.com/scottycricket/status/1699851254594150423?s=46Learn 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.

Sep 19, 2023 • 1h 25min
178: I’ve Been On Tele For 39 Years (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 and NO advert then head to https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: when you lose a Grand Slam Finalhttps://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1700910557346373725?s=46&t=mrE63l3428wtwrRxkr3v-QMike: Siya Kolisi being brilliant https://x.com/sarugbymag/status/1701135964410704266?s=46Steff: Steve Jones World Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz40AXEg8lI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6_A50pu0_Y PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Steff Documentary: The Loophole https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-loophole/id1244784611?i=1000423295879 Mike Book: My Sporting Life by Michael Parkinson https://amzn.to/3t7soY4 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Steff: CycleBall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Kop=vumSmqpr3XA Elis: Martin Brundle gets frightened by a tall manhttps://twitter.com/PaulMcG92/status/1698650018981224621Mike: Alex Steele, cricketer. https://x.com/scottycricket/status/1699851254594150423?s=46Learn 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.

Sep 16, 2023 • 10min
The World Ends At Port Talbot: PS43
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 15: Half A Family Cheesecake, Two Ribeye Steaks And A Lion Bar"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.

Sep 14, 2023 • 45min
177: Do You Like Thinking? Thank A Philosopher (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 https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Dickie Bird on Parkiehttps://x.com/talksport/status/1692227288098615314?s=46Elis: Rugby League comes to Cardiffhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CweqdV_tIma/Steff: Femke Bol at the World Championships Falls on Day 1 in Mixed 4x400m relay https://twitter.com/TnFtms/status/1696626817317380286 Wins 400 hurdles https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1694810061997285778 Wins 4x400m Women’s relay from NOWHERE https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1695888309145264145 PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Elis Documentary: The Deepest Breath https://www.netflix.com/title/81630917 Steff Book: The Men On Magic Carpets by Ed Hawkins https://amzn.to/3rbh24N PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Elis: George Best talking about his dadhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CvHHZWGoQ9A/Mike: Doug Wood Snooker Theme Dragracerhttps://youtu.be/aIqmLYfat_o?si=bXKl6wJsNINx9nbCSteff: Get The Ball https://twitter.com/The1onlya7a/status/1692684360938336636 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.

Sep 12, 2023 • 1h 23min
177: Do You Like Thinking? Thank A Philosopher (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 https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Mike: Dickie Bird on Parkiehttps://x.com/talksport/status/1692227288098615314?s=46Elis: Rugby League comes to Cardiffhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CweqdV_tIma/Steff: Femke Bol at the World Championships Falls on Day 1 in Mixed 4x400m relay https://twitter.com/TnFtms/status/1696626817317380286 Wins 400 hurdles https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1694810061997285778 Wins 4x400m Women’s relay from NOWHERE https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1695888309145264145 PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Elis Documentary: The Deepest Breath https://www.netflix.com/title/81630917 Steff Book: The Men On Magic Carpets by Ed Hawkins https://amzn.to/3rbh24N PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Elis: George Best talking about his dadhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CvHHZWGoQ9A/Mike: Doug Wood Snooker Theme Dragracerhttps://youtu.be/aIqmLYfat_o?si=bXKl6wJsNINx9nbCSteff: Get The Ball https://twitter.com/The1onlya7a/status/1692684360938336636 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.

Sep 9, 2023 • 9min
The Towel: PS42
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 20: The Four Piece Bathroom Suite"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.

Sep 7, 2023 • 41min
176: Who Was The Welsh One Who Discovered America? (Pt 2)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This week's episode is a Rugby World Cup France 2023 Special.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 https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: Top Fiji WC momentshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5qCNxEWex3MMike: Non Evans interviewhttps://fb.watch/lPRZwT6WR1/Steff: USA, Double World Champions… https://olympics.com/en/video/usa-take-gold-in-olympic-rugby-usa-vs-france PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Mike Documentary: XV: Beyond The Tryline https://www.amazon.co.uk/XV-Beyond-Tryline-Dave-Rogers/dp/B01MQRP5WT Elis Book: The Hardest Test by Scott Quinnell https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hardest-Test-Quick-Reads-ebook/dp/B07ZRC35G7 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Steff: Chile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBq9YivjRY Elis: France v New Zealand 1999 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TakuB1wDuFwMike: Eddie Joneshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CueQWpogB0x/?igshid=YzcxN2Q2NzY0OA==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.

Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 20min
176: Who Was The Welsh One Who Discovered America? (Pt 1)
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.This week's episode is a Rugby World Cup France 2023 Special.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 https://www.patreon.com/distantpodPUPPETS 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWPART 1 (OUT ON WEDNESDAY)Elis: Top Fiji WC momentshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5qCNxEWex3MMike: Non Evans interviewhttps://fb.watch/lPRZwT6WR1/Steff: USA, Double World Champions… https://olympics.com/en/video/usa-take-gold-in-olympic-rugby-usa-vs-france PART TWO (OUT ON FRIDAY)Mike Documentary: XV: Beyond The Tryline https://www.amazon.co.uk/XV-Beyond-Tryline-Dave-Rogers/dp/B01MQRP5WT Elis Book: The Hardest Test by Scott Quinnell https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hardest-Test-Quick-Reads-ebook/dp/B07ZRC35G7 PART 3 PATREON SECTION(ONLY via https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Steff: Chile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBq9YivjRY Elis: France v New Zealand 1999 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TakuB1wDuFwMike: Eddie Joneshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CueQWpogB0x/?igshid=YzcxN2Q2NzY0OA==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.

Sep 2, 2023 • 10min
Legover: PS41
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 16: Seven Times A Night"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.

Aug 31, 2023 • 31min
175: Adam Hurrey (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/distantpodThis week it’s a Guest Episode and Elis, Mike & Steff are joined by podcaster and writer Adam Hurrey.ADAM HURREYAdam presents the Football Cliches podcast https://theathletic.com/podcast/164-football-cliches/ He writes for The Athletic https://theathletic.com/author/adam-hurrey/ and has published books called Football Cliches https://www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Clich%C3%A9s-Adam-Hurrey/dp/1472220382 and Football Cliches World Cup Guide https://www.amazon.in/Football-Clich%C3%A9s-World-Guide-Ebook/dp/1472220560 BRITISH PODCAST AWARDSPLEASE VOTE THIS WEEK!! We’re in the Top 20 at the moment so PLEASE keep on voting for us.We haven’t won one of these yet and we’d like one…Please vote for us: loads of times… Use all of your email addresses…https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting 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 LIVE SHOWSWe're doing 2 live shows in November.On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand.https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054cOn Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall.https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerrTHIS WEEK’S SHOWSteff: You can’t give the other team a sniff https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/status/1648934952312995840?s=46&t=3g2g_VVJEY-NqP6XnG6v4wElis: Saint & Greavsie’s last shows https://twitter.com/stusfootyflash/status/1650557437328384010?s=48&t=zPHzJgNfHyveYaOyKk-nfgAdam: Sky Sports commentator Bill Leslie really gently promotes Dove deodorant, for absolutely no reason I can think of https://vimeo.com/46299082Adam: Gary Lineker in JapanBBC featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpKOEc5UG14&ab_channel=ELMSWOOD48Lineker advertises an energy drink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EGv1WRPQz8&ab_channel=hondaraAdam: A tour of Richard Keys’ Doha home (2015) https://streamable.com/0k3rtyLearn 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.


