Mildly Informed

🎙️ Mildly Informed goes on the road (sort of), as Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner record this episode from a hotel room at a wedding - and launch our first ever campaign! On this week’s agenda: 🏨 Podcasting from a Hotel Room See how elite podcasters do a weekend away 🏊 Duncan Goodhew A genuine legend gets the Mildly Informed treatment. LET'S MAKE THIS MAN SIR DUNC! 🎀...

🎙️  Mildly Informed  is back: This week’s episode takes in architecture, PR nonsense and attempts at self-improvement… Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth  and  The Bugle’s Chris Skinner  once again chatting their way through culture, chaos and confectionery — with absolutely no plan and just enough opinion. On the conversational menu: 🎬  A Listed Cinema in Milton Keynes A...

🎙️  Mildly Informed  returns with  Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth  and  The Bugle’s Chris Skinner , once again drifting through the week’s cultural discoveries, strange internet finds and the sort of conversations that start serious and end somewhere completely different. This episode takes an unexpectedly dark turn — before quickly becoming ridiculous again. On the agenda...

🎙️  Mildly Informed  returns with  Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth  and  The Bugle’s Chris Skinner , once again solving life’s smaller mysteries through loosely structured conversation and questionable personal anecdotes. This week the chat wanders through dogs, seasonal food politics and one deeply questionable evening out. As ever, strong opinions are formed quickly and su...

🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner settling in for another episode of enthusiastic chat, snack analysis and completely unqualified television criticism. This week’s conversation swings comfortably between food nostalgia and prestige TV — exactly the sort of topics that deserve strong opinions formed almost instantly. On the agenda (loosely)...

🎙️ This week on  Mildly Informed ,  Absolute Radio star Richie Firth  and  The Bugle’s Chris Skinner  are back doing what they do best — chatting absolute nonsense and accidentally forming opinions along the way. The conversation drifts (as it always does) from mildly awkward social situations to full cultural breakdowns, with several unexpected snack-based diversions. Exp...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t train your dog, reduce the price of chocolate, or curate a museum… but will absolutely review all three Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they stumble through another week of domestic drama, cultural excursions and confectionery outrage. From canine chaos to Easter economics, nothing is safe from mild s...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t get you an autograph, save you from gym class humiliation, or explain the meaning of life… but will absolutely talk about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they move seamlessly from low-stakes cringe to genuinely big questions. It’s an episode that starts with professional idiots and ends somewhere uncomfortably reflective. Joh...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t get you into a lido, identify an orca, or bring back proper football… but will happily reminisce about all three. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they wade through another week of nostalgia, niche wildlife knowledge and the creeping sense that things were somehow better “back then”. Mild insight only,...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your puppy, shut down dodgy pranks, or rename a storm… but will absolutely have opinions on all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tackle another week of modern nonsense, canine temptation and meteorological branding. Expect mild insights, strong feelings, and no practical advice. This week’s episode features: 🐶 New Pupp...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that can’t predict the future, fix modern technology, or improve the sporting calendar… but will happily review the year anyway. In this episode,  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  take stock of  2025 so far , casting their mildly informed eye over the things that have defined the year — from what we’re eating at lunc...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t fix your loft, improve your tram network, or hit the right note at karaoke… but will absolutely overanalyse all of them. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they tumble through another week of questionable decisions, domestic chaos and surprisingly strong feelings about dried fruit. Mild insight only. Let...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t secure your home, restore Victorian Christmas traditions, or finish your loft conversion… but will absolutely talk about all of them. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  for another week of vague investigations into modern life, festive nostalgia and one man’s ongoing battle with his roof space. Expect mild...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cure a hangover, shorten an inset day or tell you which Quality Street is best… but will absolutely debate it at length. This week, Chris Skinner arrives noticeably hungover and Richie Firth does what any good co-host would do — prods him with questions and refuses to let him off the hook. From school schedules to seasonal chocolate, it’s a we...

You want a double entrendre? We'll give you one! Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they wander through another week of niche observations, life admin dilemmas and wildly unnecessary analysis. Mild insight: guaranteed. Expertise: not so much. This week’s episode features: 🗡️  Weapons  – why are we talking about them? good question 🏏  Cricket  – spor...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that can’t bring back train tickets, fix the football schedule or tidy up your driveway… but will absolutely moan about all three. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they dissect another week of questionable decisions, crumbling institutions and overly crunchy pavements. Mild insights guaranteed. Solutions very muc...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t win you a football trophy, make your sandwiches, or help you serve in padel… but will definitely have a go at analysing all of it. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they once again pick apart life’s obsessions, awkward moments and unnecessary new hobbies. From computer screens to court surfaces, nothing...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t carve your pumpkin, light your bonfire, or manage your payday spending… but will absolutely have a chat about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive into another week of overthinking seasonal chaos and confectionery greatness. From spooky nights to spark-filled skies, it’s all up for debate — with only mild insight guarant...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t recover stolen masterpieces, clean your ears, or find your lost keys… but will definitely talk about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of unnecessary analysis and deeply average insight. From fine art to fine foam, nothing escapes their mildly curious minds. This week’s episode features: 🎨 The Louvre Heist – dari...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t book your flights, whisper soothingly in your ear, or expose any celebrity traitors… but will certainly try. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into another week of mild revelations and questionable logic. From tech reviews to tan lines, it’s chaos as usual – all in the name of being Mildly Informed. This week’s episode features:...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t fix your finances, finish your bike ride, or redesign your Kit Kat… but will happily have a go at all of them. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they yet again turn everyday chaos into light analysis. From politics to confectionery (and the disasters in between), it’s another week of strong opinions, we...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t scrub your oven, mix your salad, or pedal your bike… but will gladly waffle on about them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they continue their mission to overanalyse life’s everyday highs, lows, and baked-on stains. From TV tourism to new condiments, they’ll leave you with just enough insight to be Mildly Informed. This week’s episode f...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t mow your pitch, fix your tuna tins, or run your supermarket radio… but will absolutely chat nonsense about them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again trawl through the week’s curiosities, from the serious to the seriously trivial. Whether it’s turf, tinned fish, or Trump, they’ll leave you with just enough to feel Mildly Info...

🎙️  Welcome to Mildly Informed  – the podcast that won’t host your state visit, train a monkey, or bake you a flapjack… but will definitely have opinions on all of it. Join  Richie Firth  and  Chris Skinner  as they take their trademark sideways look at the important, the trivial, and the downright chewy. From political pomp to primates, if it can be overthought, it’s...

🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cook for your parents, end the tube strikes, or ink Richie’s arm… but will happily chat about all of it. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again dive headfirst into the everyday, the random, and the slightly overcooked. From browned meat to broadcast TV, no topic is safe from a mildly informed review. This week’s episode feature...