My Mate Bought A Toaster

Hello Toasters and welcome back to another TOASTED, the show where we take a quick look through a few odds and ends which the main pod interviews have brought up. Today we discuss Campervans, leaving everything behind on a whim, and just how bad you have to be at singing to get into a choir. Next week - Farell Hegarty joins us on the show! See you then! Team Toast x

Hi Toasters! First up THANKYOU for dropping by and lending us your ears once again. It's a right banger of an episode today. Chesney Hawkes is of course best known for his 1991 hit The One And Only. But, guess what, turns out there's a whole FASCINATING life story just behind that and what better way to tell it than by diving into his Amazon account? We go from the highs of mega hits, the lows of...

Hello and welcome to the My Mate Bought a Toaster Spinoff / Sidecar / Weird younger sibling - it's Toasted! This week we're chatting through Kevin Eldon's episode, and picking up on a load of your emails. We love hearing from you! Drop us a line - tom@toasterpod.com! We mentioned a few products this week. Firstly the softener that'll make your house smell lush: https://link.amazon/B08G8uHC5 Also t...

Hello Toasters and welcome round the porch of one Kevin Eldon, whose post we'll be going through this week in order to nosily find out every last thing about him. It's an honour to catch up with Kev, who is genuinely one of the best comedy actors in the UK. He's also one of the last ones standing, but that's by the by. He's really funny which really helps with interview format. Along the way we'll...

TOASTED: Caravans, Crap Musicians & The British Abroad What happens when you discover you’re just… not very good at something? This week, Tom and Beth discuss the hobbies we should probably have abandoned years ago, including the brutal question of whether some of us simply have no musical ability whatsoever . Elsewhere, we get into the peculiar British obsession with caravanning , the reality...

Welcome back Toasters! It's another full blooded dive into a real life human's entire Amazon account. This week: comedian, writer, mod and now Frenchman - Ian Moore! There’s a £2,500 camper van bought from a man who literally ran away after taking Ian’s cash , disastrous family caravanning holidays, a guitar teacher who delivered a brutally honest verdict on Ian’s musical abilities, and the small...

Hello Toasters! Welcome back to another episode of Toasted - the in between week where we have a look through the previous interview and reflect on some of the high (vis) points and lows (rat pasta). As usual there's some ridiculous products mentioned and recommended, and we've stuck some affiliate links here if you fancy a look. Don't forget to give us a follow on the old socials, and we'll see y...

Oh hey Toasters Welcome to another episode of Amazon History Diving! This week we have huge news: Jamelia has bought a LOT of things on Amazon. Like, a LOT. 295 orders in a single year, in fact. Spoiler alert there. Behind the stationery, fabric conditioner, photography equipment, rat poison, high-vis clothing and inexplicable metal detector, though, is the story of an extraordinary few years and...

Tom and Beth are back for another serving of TOASTED —the My Mate Bought a Toaster aftershow. This week, we return to Kelechi Okafor’s extraordinary shopping history to investigate the products that raised even more questions. We read reviews of anti-sitting spikes, discover the alarming world of foot-numbing cream and discuss whether tarot cards predict the future—or simply give people the rare p...

Kelechi Okafor once moved to Atlanta because she believed she and Ciara should be friends. There was no meeting arranged. No address. Not really even a plan. She just… went to Atlanta. Which gives you some idea of the energy of this week’s My Mate Bought a Toaster, especially with that being THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SHOW. Strap in. Via Kelechi's online shopping history, Tom discovers an extraordi...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of TOASTED where we save money on guests and instead just waffle on about the last ep of the show. Which, I think you'll agree, was ACE. Toby Tarrant supplies many talking points including: Turning into your parents Poor financial management T-Shirt folders T-Shirt folders OMG the T-Shirt folder As ever we have a bundle of product recommendations based on...

We're back and this week we're diving deep into Toby Tarrant's chaotic online purchase history where we find headphones, weird bendy spoons and THE GREATEST ITEM EVER FEATURED ON THE SHOW. There's other topics, too, of course. Including turning into your dad, finding the right flat with a his n hers toilet, and what happens when your accountant calls because you've been scammed by yourself off on...

Hi and welcome back to another episode of Toasted, with Tom and Beth. On the show today we trawl through the interviews and pick up the conversational splinters and ask ourselves if there are any products here we'd actually buy. And then we stick links here and you can go and look for yourself! Here we go then. A load of (affiliate) links. First up - Beth's wig and THAT bathroom cabinet. WIG TOPPE...

Hello Toasters we are BACK! There aren't many people who can go from touring the world with the Spice Girls to becoming the face of the Chelsea Flower Show in almost a matter of months, but then Nicki Chapman isn't like most people. And her shopping history is about to prove it. In this episode we dive into her online shopping history and discover someone who loves life, pop music, printing, pebbl...

This week on  My Mate Bought A Toaster , Tom rifles through the online shopping history of bestselling author and  The Traitors  star  Harriet Tyce … and uncovers everything from cutting-edge MP3 players to Baby Mozart DVDs, dinner party cookbooks, rowing gloves, weighted blankets and even the book she accidentally bought… that she wrote herself. Along the way Harriet opens up...

Hello Toasters and welcome back! This week on the show we're finding some home truths about the comedian, actor, writer and Fast Show LEGEND Charlie Higson. What starts with a gardening book quickly leads to a crumbling 14th-century Italian ruin, a brief flirtation with writing anonymous pornography, an obsession with James Bond, and a passionate defence of properly synchronised TV sound which fra...

This week on  Toasted , Tom and Beth dive back into the wonderfully eccentric purchase history of broadcaster, drummer and vintage enthusiast Owain Wyn Evans. Among the topics up for discussion: ✨ The disco ball on a winch (possibly the greatest item ever featured on the podcast) 🪩 Why second-hand shopping might be better than buying new 📺 The strangest complaints TV presenters receive 🐈...

We're BACK! This week on the show, Tom is joined by broadcaster, drummer, weather presenter and all-round national treasure, Owain Wyn Evans. With no Amazon account to speak of, we're diving into Owain's eBay history instead - and WHAT a journey it turns out to be. From vintage stage lighting that once toured with rock royalty, to a £300 Britney Spears microphone purchased after a few drinks, Owai...

This week on  Toasted , Tom and Beth dive back into the wonderful world of Abi Clarke's shopping history. Among the topics under the toaster grill this week: Why Beth read all three  Fifty Shades of Grey  books (and the very specific reason she kept turning the pages…) The increasingly disturbing idea of making cakes in the shape of people The listener whose secret  Fifty Shade...

Toasters we are BACK with another romp through someone's online shopping history. It's really the only way to tell a life story, you know. 🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 This week on  My Mate Bought a Toaster , we dive deep into the Amazon purchase history of comedian and internet superstar Abi Clarke… and discover baking obsessions, hidden erotica, catastrophic boyfriend pillows and a deeply competitive...

Hi Toasters Welcome back to the fallout of the Nicky Byrne episode, where we have a ramble through the items topics and vibes which our guest brought to the table. On the show today Tom and Beth discuss: BINS PAINT and ANIA MAGLIANO'S DAD Get in touch with the show - tom@toasterpod.com See you next week for Abi Clarke! Toast x TikTok   Instagram   YouTube   New Episodes every Thursd...

TOASTERS ASSEMBLE! Hello and welcome back to series eleven would you believe 🎙️ This week we kick off with a pop star's shopping history. That's right, it's the glorious Nicky Byrne from off of Westlife and Eurovision and just generally being an ace human being. We discover the TRUTH about the famous Westlife stools… and that's just the start. We go from velvet rehearsal stools and Eurovision nerv...

OMG Toasters it's been a minute. How ARE you? Good news - we're back soon with a brand new set of fabulous guests ready for us to take a deep dive into their online purchase stories. This series we've got, amongst others: NICKY CHAPMAN! NICKI BYRNE! AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE NOT CALLED NICKY! It's all starting on May 14th with the fantastic Nicky Byrne. And if you're feeling fancy you can always ju...

Yes! A little cheeky mid-hiatus drop from MMBAT towers you are WELCOME hi Toasters - sorry for the radio silence. All will be back up and running soon. In the meantime enjoy this gorgeous offering of Toaster having a little mash up with Drunk Women Solving Crime. See you soon for more Toasters though yeah? Lots of love Toast x TikTok   Instagram   YouTube   Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Hi Toasters! Welcome back! This week we're diving into the Amazon purchase history of comedian, Instagrammer, and podcast host Holly Morris. Together we'll voyage into some seriously eclectic online shopping habits, from cosplay costumes and portable projectors to silicon toilet brushes and inflatable fat suits. We chat impulsive job changes, how home is truly where the heart is, we talk ADHD and...