Chatabix

Comedy actor and writer Jamie Demitriou is on the pod. It doesn't get off to a good start as he has trouble with his wifi and has to walk around the house. When they eventually settle in Jamie tells them it was a career highlight working on Joe & David's sitcom Rovers. They talk about Craig Cash having a sit on lawnmower. David & Joe ask Jamie what it's like now he is in massive shows and...

David & Joe are not sure what topic to talk about on the pod today so decide upon Chatadates. David puts a message on Patreon to see if there are any chatabiscuits who are interested in a date. Harry pops up on the zoom and tells them all about himself. Joe plays Cilla and asks Harry what he's looking for in a partner. Lynsey pops up on zoom and is up for a date but they end up talking about l...

We're back talking to WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton who first came on the pod in August 2023 to tell David & Joe all about Britains secret defences. This time he takes Joe on a fascinating field trip to Coleshill House, HQ for the Auxiliary Units. It was here the secret resistance learnt how to assasinate people and blow things up. Andrew shows them a disguised chicken shed with a false wall...

Barry Hearn, sport promoter and founder of Matchroom Sport is having trouble getting on the zoom call ! David tells Barry he used to be scared of him when he was 12. Barry tells them stories about boxing greats Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno but admits he was shite at boxing himself. Joe asks what the perfect night would look like as a boxing promoter. He says that a fight between David & Joe coul...

In today's ep we play not one but two Christmas songs we've written for the festive season. David reads out all the names of the Patrons who recorded lyrics for the backing vocals. David & Joe realise they wouldn't cope well without their wives so they call them in to tell them they love them. Petra & Naomi are a bit bemused. David reads out some comments which he's seen on social media ab...

It's the 2nd round in the Battle of The Chatabands when David, Joe and music producer Steve Baker score three songs out of 10. David is feeling really uncomfortable in his role as a music reviewer. Steve kicks off by telling Joe that Roachford is playing in Brighton. They listen to each song in turn giving their opinion on each one. Joe thinks the first song is grungy, Steve thinks it has high ene...

When two pods collide, Luisa Zissman (The Apprentice) & Anna Williams (Celebs go Dating) have brought some high energy from LuAnna podcast. Luisa has been putting her Christmas tree up and tells them about her daughters trip to the dentist. Anna is using an AI Assistant but professes to being a tech dinosaur. They tell the lads about booking the London Palladium on a whim for their podcast liv...

Joe & David are eating chocolates for breakfast. David asks Joe if he's been surfing on the board he bought him and suggests sending it back if he hasn't. Joe's a guest on Off Menu Live and they discuss how Joe's feeling about it. They plan doing a 'Where's Joe Now' style recording before the show. David wants to watch Joe from the sidelines as he enters the stage but Joe's not keen, he's feel...

It's the first after dark episode which gets off to a miserable start. Andy is drinking whiskey, David has man flu and Joe is in a bad mood after playing badly at five-aside. By the end of the pod they are all laughing and happy again. David and Joe can't believe that Andy is best freinds with Robbie Williams and want to know all about his house, if he owns a phone charger and the size of his isla...

Today's specialist guest is Simon Price, a music journalist who has written a very thick A-Z book about The Cure. David's in his element. Joe's feeling a bit anxious as he doesn't know anything about The Cure but has prepared a quiz. David shows Simon his Cure memorabilia and Joe feels left out. He asks Simon if he likes Roachford. They talk about being a music reviewer and Joe confesses he used t...

Joe talks about what it was like being on the Chris Moyles radio show and how busy he has been promoting his book. David is feeling positive and is grateful they are podcasters and the pod is doing well. He has a feeling that this ep will be in the top 50. David has arranged a surprise present for Joe which arrives in the middle of the recording. It's in a massive box which gives the game away a b...

The first round of Battle Of The Chatabands - Joe & David have teamed up with music producer Steve Baker for an exciting new mini- series. They've asked for unpublished bands / songwriters to send songs to Chatabix and have chosen three at random to play live on the pod. One of the bands will get chosen to go through to the grand final at the end of the year (which hopefully will be judged by...

Comedy actress Natasia Demitriou (What We Do In The Shadows & Stath Let's Flats) comes on the pod to give us a good talking to. Tash helps pin point why some of Chatabix makes absolutely no sense and suggests we at least number the eps. She calls David & Joe the Del Boy & Rodney of podding and highlights exactly what eps don't work telling them they need to focus. She also confirms tha...

Joe does a shout out for his mum who wants a Chatabix mug and they talk about nice sounding surnames. David opens a package that he got from Weetabix. They are not really sure why they got sent a hamper of fourteen different types of weetabix but hope it's one step closer to getting a sponsorship deal. Joe is feeling his age at his 5 aside football as there are some new younger players. He decides...

Joe's struggles to finish the surfing saga as it's been too long and he can't recreate the life changing moment when he was surfing in California. They quickly move on to how a bookcase stuffed full of books makes you feel intelligent. Joe's bookcase is cluttered with untidy books much to David's disgust. They talk about what it's like to retire and being free from the daily grind at a young'ish a...

Comedian Iain Stirling is in his home studio which David & Joe are very excited about as this is where he records Love Island. Before they settle down Iain has to sort out his burrito delivery. They talk about ordering food in the day time. Joe asks Iain if he's ever had hemorrhoids. Iain thinks David is ripped, they discuss weight gain and Joe's concave chest. Moving on to comedy, they talk a...

Extra drivel today as we are joined by comedian and illustrator Henry Paker. He has a brilliant brain and is one of the Beans from the Three Bean Salad podcast. Henry did the illustrations for Joe's book 'My Autobiograpy' and is here to talk about what it was like making the book with Joe. However instead of talking about the book they reminisce about the heady days of stand-up. Henry has a lot of...

We're back in SoCal and Joe's yet to stand on the surfboard. In today's ep Joe has his wetsuit on and begins the lesson on the beach. After putting their boards on a flat bit of sand the instructor Mark demo's how to jump up. Then it's Joe's go. David's draws parallels with how he felt about playing Cricket. Joe get's told to ping up to his knees, he talks David through step by step how hard this...

Todays guest is a special surprise for Joe. It's someone he's wanted to talk to after watching a tv show. When the guest arrives Joe doesn't recognise them at first as they look very different from how they looked at the end of the TV Show. When the penny drops Joe get overexcited and flaps his arms around. He;s possibly more excited than when Roachford came on. There is so much Joe wants to know....

It's the second part of Joe's surfing story but before they pick up where they left off the lads have a little romanticise about what life would be like doing the pod if Joe was a surf dude and David was a muso tinkering with his guitar all day. Joe tells David about nervously walking along the beachfront in Carlsbad with a rolled up towel under his arm to meet Rusty who he has booked the surf les...

It's the run up to the surf lesson: Joe's been on holiday to California and David wants to know all about it. Joe confesses he struggles to say LAX as it's embarrasing and babbles on about the Hollywood Sign, seeing Jared Leto's house and the 9 lane traffic on the freeway. Eventually they get to the meaty bit when Joe reveals he's had a surfing lesson at the end of the holiday. David is all ears....

It’s the second part of Joe and David’s mega-chat with last week’s surprise guest Lee Mack. Picking things up again, the talk turns to game shows, Lee’s brilliant 1% Club, Joe and David’s Pyramind idea and pitching new shows. Then it’s back to sit-coms with learning lines, script read-throughs, viewing figures, the challenges of recording with a live audience and casting David as a policeman in No...

Off to a flying start, Joe has returned from holiday complaining about his ailments and then has trouble with his wifi booster. They talk about a recent visit to Spotify HQ, meeting Ben Foster and how nice the pulled pork was. David's intent on telling Joe about his window cleaning expertise again and when to use a chamois or a squeegee. They ponder over why they're not very snappy at podcasting a...

It’s David’s turn to go on location for the pod and in spite of the very shaky G4 signal, he’s talking Joe to one of his favourite places - Dartmoor. Starting off at Widecombe in the Moor, he jumps in the Beech Bomber (or should that be Moor Bomber?) and heads to one of Dartmoor’s most famous landmarks, the Haytor Rocks. There he plans to hike up to the top of the hill and show Joe the spectacular...

Joe’s lined up another surprise guest for David, so he’s back in the spinny chair and really feeling the nerves again. As usual, he desperately tries to guess who it’ll be and this time, after so many failed attempts, may actually have got it right?! Stay tuned to find out who the extra special guest is - so special in fact that we had to make it a two parter. Follow Chatabix on Twitter & Inst...