Everything But The Pub

Luke and Jon leave dinner for a special walking episode about Desert Island Discs, Oasis and the documentary Don’t Look Back in Anger. They choose their imaginary island records and survival equipment, correct loose ends from episode 66, discuss Bonehead’s role in the Oasis reunion, and explore why rivalry began with people sharing the same stream. More

Luke and Jon walk through Storm Austen in Southbourne, investigate a fallen tree, revisit the Cuban Missile Crisis and learn how Vasili Arkhipov helped prevent nuclear disaster. Along the way they answer questions about Memento , Def Jam and jamais vu, then consume Girona in three days with tapas, coffee, churches, city walls and very small beers. More

Luke and Jon head off-road to a beach hut with rum, whisky and ginger ale, stopping at the Co-op on the way. Along the walk they discuss Snoop Dogg, the Holy Grail, Aldi, lethal injection, false widow spiders and listener messages before reviewing the hut, recommending The Party and Silo, and wondering what to buy from the internet. More

Luke and Jon walk through a rainy autumn evening, revisit a long camping trip, celebrate an MSR tent-pole rescue and investigate the Knights Templar’s unhappy Friday. Along the way they answer the leaflet-versus-pamphlet question, decode famous brand names, discuss WorldGuessr, The Reluctant Vampire and The Cure, browse The Public Domain Review, and leave a buried Land Rover and a failed execution...

Luke and Jon walk through BMX freestyle, Tesla range anxiety, Jason Lewis’s human-powered circumnavigation and a long-awaited reply from Jon’s sister. There is WorldGuessr, British Scandal, Bow Street Runners, charity-shop Beatles records, a camping plan, Siren Lumina and the surprisingly nautical truth behind the bitter end, followed by one more mysterious pub-side observation. More

Luke and Jon mark the birth of London's Metropolitan Police, uncover the horsey origin of “constable”, revisit a Battle of Britain correction and survive another quiz night. Along the way there are listener messages, GeoWizard, William Shatner, a theatre review, the old-web search engine Wiby, two kilos of cheese and a plan to buy an industrial box of Tic-Tacs. More

Luke and Jon finally press record, then walk through AI doom, Salisbury theatre plans, old television adverts, the corrected rules of stone skimming and the strange history of Wednesday. There is a crisps-only pub experiment, an accidental lesson in Woden and a tour of Colin from Accounts, Movie Scene Map, odd marketplace finds and the rusty speaker stands that give this wandering episode its titl...

Episode 60 begins with a recording mishap, a cold, a rum and Pepsi, and a walk through Battle of Britain Day. Luke and Jon compare Arabica and Robusta, investigate the Phoebus light-bulb cartel, decode a Klingon message, launch Consumption Junction, review Flowers for Algernon , learn pandiculation and get unexpectedly serious about the World Stone Skimming Championships. More

Luke and Jon head out in shorts for a wet, increasingly autumnal walk, discuss Star Trek's surprisingly prophetic technology, clear up some old housekeeping and launch a new review feature with Apple TV's Silo. There's also coffee, Klingon, 60,000 photographs, a tour of the early internet and a roadside height restriction that supplies the episode title. More

Luke and Jon return with boozy chocolates, gifted socks and an unexpected BBC Radio Solent plug before taking a Titanic detour. They revisit the wreck's secret Navy connection, the Titan implosion and a wasp-versus-caterpillar encounter, then clear up old questions, rate Ludo, celebrate petrichor, remember ZX Spectrum programming and debate pasta, space hoppers and getting back to weights. More

Luke and Jon are back from holiday with stories about France, Spain, pools, golf, giant suitcases and the financial incentives of recycling bottles. They revisit Galileo’s telescope, tidy up some historical loose ends, investigate the surprisingly wholesome origins of gossip, rate a coffee and wonder whether anyone really wants two bottles of Facebook mayonnaise for a quid. More

Holiday preparations, Premier Inn upgrades and a festival review lead into the Pendle Witch Trials, planned obsolescence, nuts, airport security and a mysterious rusty eyelet. There is a pub rating, listener correspondence, a Japanese proverb, questionable jokes, favourite holiday transport and a lexicon entry about the magical history of “spell”, before the episode wanders through the Beatles, fa...

Luke and Jon return to familiar ground with camping mishaps, a belated birthday gift and a bench overlooking the sea. Enid Blyton, listener corrections, ferries and pub ratings give way to planned obsolescence, Linux, alien etymology, favourite nuts and some deeply questionable marketplace finds. It is an ordinary Southbourne walk with an unusually cinematic view. More

Jon and Luke take the podcast off-road for a hot campsite walk near Lymington. Traffic-light history, railway signals and a hidden country pub lead into a refreshing shandy discovery, camping etymology and the surprising relationship between campaigns and Champagne. There is also hangxiety, holiday planning, bamboo underwear and plenty of noisy sandals on gravel. More

Jon and Luke begin year two with a morning off-roader, swapping pub pints for coffee and catching up after the anniversary crawl. Thomas Cromwell, tarmacadam, language myths and listener complaints all feature before the conversation reaches hangxiety, a possible Simon Sausage imposter, unusual afterlife options and a disturbing dental mannequin. More

Jon and Luke celebrate a full year of Everything But The Pub with a Southbourne pub crawl, an auxiliary banana and several listeners stepping out from behind their messages. Quick-fire favourites, strange would-you-rathers, pub stories and microphone mishaps follow as the afternoon becomes warmer, louder and considerably less organised. More

Jon and Luke ease into Episode 51 with barbecue chat, hot-weather rambling and a tribute to the mighty Meat Manager before veering into sliced bread, posh origins, listener pedantry and plans for the episode 52 pub crawl. Warm, funny and full of little detours, this one feels like summer settling in properly. More

Jon and Luke brave a sweltering evening as roads soften, tempers wobble and the pub still somehow beckons. Episode 50 takes in melting tarmac, sea swims, saunas, the origin of 999, leap seconds, listener messages and a typically chaotic warm-weather second half. Loose, funny and slightly delirious, it is another walk where the heat becomes part of the story. More

Jon and Luke wander through sea mist, retro gaming memories, Alan Turing chat and a distinctly hazy pub stop in Episode 49. There is fog, BMX, listener messages, charity-shop finds and a second half full of odd British details, low-stakes drama and the sort of drifting conversation this show does very well. More

A rattled start turns into a classic wandering episode as Jon and Luke chat about Mary Shelley, the Year Without Summer, Pepsi’s indigestion roots, listener messages, pub life and one very troublesome shoelace. There’s 3D-printing, guitar geekery, shampoo etymology and a proper announcement too. Loose, funny and full of the sort of details this show does best. More

Jon and Luke drift through heat, rain, pub chat and guitar history as a walk through Eiford turns into a ramble about Les Paul, bargain pants, Glastonbury favourites and listener corrections. There’s a damp pub bench, some costly vintage guitars, a roadside cameo and a perfectly timed photo opportunity that ends up naming the episode. More

Forgotten microphones sends Episode 46 briefly onto four wheels before Jon and Luke return to form with beach crowds, electric-chair history, burner-phone chaos, lager tops, hot dog etymology and a surprisingly deep question about memory. Pile of Tiles feels hot, busy and slightly derailed in exactly the way a good early-summer episode should. More

A sunny clifftop walk, beach-bar holiday vibes, Henry Ford, Casio nostalgia, hot dog origins, boombox beers and a second pub all collide in Episode 45. It’s warm, loose and slightly delirious in the best way, with seaside optimism, sharp tangents and the feeling that Jon and Luke may have got a little carried away. More

Episode 44 sees Jon and Luke drift from school hymns and first-time chinos into Anne Boleyn, cowboy hats, Brave browser tips, pub ratings and a surprisingly deep discussion about emotions. Brave Chinos is funny, slightly strange and full of the sort of sideways observations that make ordinary evenings sound far more dramatic than they probably were. More

Jon and Luke roam from Glasgow road-trip fatigue and cream tea in Dorset to the chaos of the WannaCry cyberattack, listener corrections and a pub cameo from Beard. There’s also school assembly nostalgia, odd classified ads, word origins and the usual late-night drift into silliness. Another loose, funny and sharply observant walk through absolutely everything but the pub. More