Discontent Provider

When things get to the point that living in a radiation-soaked nightmare where every instant is a struggle for survival seems preferable to our current state of affairs, things must be tending toward the grim. The past couple of days, however, have left the Happy Place's two Vault Boys positively wistful about the prospect. Say what you will about drug-addled post-apocalyptic Raiders - they NEVER...

Following a pharmaceutically-enforced hiatus (the sordid details of which are evident from the episode's title, one would hope), Foxy and Arkham return to the Happy Place full of... Well; you're doubtless well aware of the phrase - but two references to bodily functions would be a bit much, don't you think? Anyway; the chaps are back in business - and are ready to tackle Conclaves, codes of honour...

Time almost seems to be standing still in the Happy Place for the chaps this week as the futility of attempting to remain fresh and topical in a world that remains relentlessly gruesome in exactly the same way begins to dawn upon them. Fortunately (for them, at least) reflecting upon ugly malicious pointlessness can't help but remind them of the Royal Family - and if they can't squeeze a podcast o...

Having skipped a week - through no fault of their own - Foxy and Arkham hit the Happy Place with a tad more than their customary gusto, élan, and (dare it be said?) brio. Fortunately, their pent-up podcastular energies encountered no difficulties in finding release. Isn't it simply smashing that so many people are positively champing at the bit to make even the most gruesome situations so much mor...

A certain pall of dissatisfaction hangs over the Happy(?) Place this week as the chaps learn that their Favouritest Place In The World could probably be a bit happier. On the other hand, learning that there are still influential public figures who seem to give a shit without a tawdry and commercial ulterior motive did buck them up a bit. Incidentally, while The Song At The End is rarely titled (be...

When a pair of fun-loving youngsters have been knocking out this guff for as long as Foxy and Arkham have, it's hard to imagine anything disillusioning them - and neither has it. Even so; the chaps in the Happy Place do experience a touch of surprise this week as they consider just how samey the same-old-same-old can be while considering the Government's latest scheme to "help" the long-term sick...

The chaps arrive at the Happy Place in good spirits this week following a chance encounter on the bus - but naturally, the good times don't last. Sadly, the latest MAGA offshoot to be imported from the USA (tariff-free though, to be fair) leaves them more than somewhat bummed out. Won't somebody think about those poor, oppressed, straight, white men? CW: The Song At The End is a blues number that...

A belated "drop" due to some circumstances that even the chaps' harshest critics would concede were beyond their control. Nevertheless, a couple of days' delay did allow dots to be joined and some pretty arcane and mysterious connections to become apparent - so the Happy Place's resident sages can finally reveal to a waiting world just why the Great and the Good are so dashed secretive. The truth...

An uncharacteristically belligerent motif may be detected by the more carefully-tutored ear this week as the chaps consider the proposition that by following their moral code, they might have become warmongering monsters. Fear not though, podcast pals; it recedes PDQ - to be replaced by the reassuringly familiar tone of despair. Yes; supporting the Right Side can lead one to unpleasantness - but a...

Love is in the air, cats and kittens - or at least it was yesterday - so this week's episode is a little late due to the chaps' regular schedule being interrupted by a Valentine's Day tryst 'twixt Arkham and a Cairn Terrier called Peggy. The old boy's still got it - not bad for fifteen years old... Hearts and flowers aside, this week sees Foxy and the World's Most Romantic Lurcher illustrating the...

The winter-bared trees of the Happy Place tremble 'gainst more than the chill winds this week as the chaps wax wrath about dishonesty. A stale dish, you might well think - and one that Foxy and Arkham have chewed over many times. Underestimate not the capacity of the Great and the Good however - for this week's teeming tureen of truthlessness is rich enough to render language itself meaningless. O...

The chaps consider boastfulness, braggadocio, and bullshit this week in the Happy Place (purely coincidental, cats and kittens: this damned thing isn't turning into a dysfunctional, expletive-laden version of "Sesame Street") as somebody's weird actions are called into question and other people steadfastly refuse to examine their own.

It is with faces set and pale that the chaps arrive at the Happy Place this week - for the news is far from spiffing. Well; some of it might be spiffing-adjacent, in fairness - but the long-term outlook is distinctly bleak. Not only do Foxy and Arkham reveal the world of politics' biggest and dirtiest secret (you will be flabbergasted, rest assured), they bring tidings from the Youth that are a mi...

This week sees the chaps lamenting the absence of other voices from the podcast while pointing out that in their view (because the right to express any opinion on the internet should be staunchly upheld and should not result in any real-life consequences) one voice is perhaps a little too ubiquitous.

While hysterical speculation and doomsaying grips 't'interweb, the chaps resume their respective positions in their snowbound Happy Place and declare 2025 open for Business As Usual and ponder why more people don't. Needless to say, they come to no conclusion that redounds to the credit of Western Civilisation in any meaningful way. Cheers, cats and kittens - and here's to more or less (preferably...

As Foxy adjusts to life without coughing fits that come perilously close to bouts of projectile vomiting - and Arkham adjusts to Foxy's adjustments - the chaps take the easy option by dissecting The King's Speech. It doesn't take long: there was probably more meat in the vegan mushroom Wellington that served as Christmas Dinner. Still; gently does it, eh what?

Foxy is rather under the weather - though Arkham remains full of beans, you'll be happy to hear. Unfortunately for those keen on regular audio content, this minor indisposition has led to an Agonising Reappraisal of personal health and wellness; and thus a difficult decision has been reached that means things are going to be rather quiet around the Happy Place for a while. The chaps will be back s...

A gathering storm of Democracy looks set to sweep away the Old Order, and the Establishment's minions are apparently filling their silken undergarments on the hour at the prospect. Small wonder then that the chaps have sought refuge from the political turbulence that an online petition has wrought upon the Nation in their Happy Place. How will all this shake out, they wonder? Change is a-coming, c...

Having been imprisoned by torrential rain over the weekend, Foxy and Arkham find themselves positively giddy with joy to be out and about once more - and with the Culture War's Sugar Plum Fairy sprinkling discord and stupidity hither and yon, they're even more delighted. Join them for an early celebration of all that's base and cretinous about the pre-Festive Season, cats and kittens - and you too...

A hectic week of terror, despair, and outlandish conspiracy theories leave the chaps weary, breathless, and more than a little shell-shocked - but ultimately defiant - as they vow to maintain their cataract-blurred vigil on the State Of Things this week. Rather melodramatic, obviously; but if there's one thing this week has taught us all, it's that people do enjoy a scary story - be it the End of...

Some sad news causes an unwonted lack of professionalism today as the chaps in the Happy Place come dangerously close to showing a little too explicitly how the sausage is made. In other news: events conspire to form a metaphor as shitty and half-baked as any the Silver Fox has devised as thoughts turn to World War III - which seems to bother people a bit.

The Happy Place resonates to the unusual sounds of celebration this week as the chaps ponder the downfall of two utter shitehawks who claim - with varying (though damned little) degrees of credibility - to have been touched by the Divine. 

Rarely have Foxy and Arkham retreated to the sanctuary of the Happy Place with more alacrity than they have today: it might be a bit chilly and damp - but at least there is nobody there talking about how tip-top it is that America has found its way back to the path of far-righteousness. The chaps are - but of course - pondering the fatal fascination the 'shroom-schlonged narcissist holds for peopl...

(ALT TITLE: In Which The Silver Fox Plucks A Low-Hanging Fruit - And A Plump, Over-Ripe, Orange Fruit At That) With everybody facing horrible choices, Foxy and Arkham are feeling a mite hemmed-in by the inevitable today - but still find it within themselves to not only podcast, but to do an unexpected and unprecedented Monday Song. Well; they might not get the chance to serenade Donald Trump again...

As the ghouls and monstrances of Hallowe'en recede back to the Poundland nether-hells from whence they came, Foxy and Arkham repair to the Happy Place to consider superstition, tradition, and the untenable position into which so many claim this week's UK Budget has placed them - including the Budgeter. They're too modest and self-effacing to have said it out loud - but their pride in not having re...