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Send us Fan Mail Episode 46. We are pushing 50 with this one. Having not been in each others company for a bit we hit the heavyweight stuff such as the comments section on PornHub and fattening up a resume for a job you don't really need. As Duncan had a hard out at 1pm we never got into Matt Hancock and the dilemma lm having moving house,fkg mare. So wherever you are sit back and enjoy. Than...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 45. We are in it. The rainy season that is and with that brings us oldies the weather headaches. A problem where the air pressure outside fks with your air pressure in your head. Usually takes around a good three days for the equalibrium to right itself. Duncan talks me through the time he went to his Father in laws funeral. Interesting but in equal measure quite terrifyin...

Send us Fan Mail All the 4s Episode 44. White Boy Summer is here. Lockdown hits Japan AGAIN,but nobody is giving a fk this time. Beaches are filling up nicely and its great to see the locals not listening to power anymore and getting on with the business of enjoying Summer. Spoiler Alert. Man City balls it all up the night before we dive into all that, then in out and back to the beach. Get it dow...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 43 As l get to a certain age friends of mine are going through the same situation as my parents did 25 years ago as l boarded a plane an flew into the night on a long haul flight to Asia. We both offer advice having gone through the travel part in our younger years. I discover a new stage of life and having listened back l maybe a bit of a monster when l judge people who d...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 42 A long interesting podcast this week so settle in. In Japan Golden Week is upon us so neither of us has to be rushing out of the door to get back to a job,gig etc. Duncan being the more out going of us invited Ken on for a chat so this episode is a little different to the hour of us just droning on. Enjoy the ride and Thank you one and alll for all the support. Darren a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 41 Spring is here,bitches. As the weather gets better,the skies are blue and the sea is getting warmer Duncan has a meltdown as our Crypto goes through the fkg roof. I was averaging 5 messages an hour about three weeks ago and let me tell you l was slightly worried the he may have a huge stroke, but l talked him back from the ledge and now he is only checking the price 250...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 40 40 40 40!!! Life begins at 40 and yet he we are. Just short of a year n half in the making we get the band back together for another team episode having gone solo for a couple. "You can call me a fuck wit as much as you want,I never shot myself in the face".Those were my parting words to a man so posh, yet as dumb as a bucket and unbelievably in a lofty positi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 39. With us both having schedules that don`t match up of late love had to get out there and get some interviews in the bag. It is the idea l had come up with over a year ago. The gist was to interview Olympic athletes and tourists on what they made of this unique country. Then two month later the "Rona" hit and you've had a year of Duncan and I talking about...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 37. One of my favourite people in the World is on today this day of days making her podcast debut, my daughter Sofia. The reason she's on is the 28th of March this day of days two miracles happened 40 years apart that made this world a more bearable place. Thats right Sofia and l were born. As any 10 year old in front of a mic for the first time she took a bit of warm...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 37. As the World is mostly shut down the Japanese haven't missed a step and Duncan and l have been busier than ever.l have taken a couple of weeks off and Duncan is still plugging away at the rock face hanging on in there. Since a month has passed since we were last on we discuss shootings,Harry punching above his weight and what that leads too and a new competition &...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 36, As the World goes a little bit crazier day by day l put Duncan onto a story which, in turn l was put onto, by the Tim Dillon Show ,where a bloke in the US, obviously kills this couple for giving him shit for years and years by murdering them in front of their kid then killing himself.l am 100% behind the guy in this case. Also we come up with the best way to find out j...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 35. With a combined time of 33 years in Japan between us its surprising this hasn't happened before. With Japans sky high suicide rate and the efficient train system this is the perfect place to time your demise. Turns out Friday Duncan had a front row seat to this experience that happens 88 times everyday here. In other news one of us gets a week off because of the C...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #34 When that dim Uncle comes round for Xmas with his old ideas and opinions and you're 10 minutes away from him going home what could he possibly do to further ruin the night? Replace that Uncle with President Trump and Xmas with the USA and you've got yourself a season finale. So take an hour and please take a listen on our top 3 gaffs (6 in total,but they were...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #33 2021 Virus Gone? With our first year of podcasting behind us we barrel into this New Year. Having both being sick of this resolution,"New Year New Me" vibe. We provide you with the perfect antidote with Episode 33. So sit back and look over your new found waistline try do a few sit ups and enjoy the show. Darren and Duncan. Big shoutout our to our sponsors Re...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #32 Tis the season to get all that family drama out in the open,but not until the standard gallon of drink has been necked and the turkey has been carved. Duncan and l delve in to past festive periods that are punctuated with arguements,drinking,fighting and being sick. It appears that we are very similar in our experiences of Xmas in the 70s and 80s. Thank Christ all that...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #31 As Netflix have just released a documentary worldwide all about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper l dive in deep with Duncan about how it was for me(a 4 to 9 year old)and the people of Bradford as this fella terrorised everyone back in the 70s for 5 years. The 13 murders 3 of them a stones throw from where we lived. The botched man hunt, the hoax that cost another 3 wo...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #30 Being a full on Yorkshireman missing out on, losing or having money stolen from us is the worst thing in the World.lm beside myself with grief this episode. There are a few meltdowns and Duncan is ever present to nudge that wasps nest as his is want. Its been a while so Maradona get a mention along with other geniuses on the pitch. John Cleese is talked about as he men...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #29 Trump goes down with all the grace of a pissed up bride crying into her wedding cake. Love him or hate him he's not taking it well and we here at JPTP love it. We`ve had a bit of shit going down here and in the UK,so we haven't been here for a while it won't be left as long next time we promise. So sit back and and enjoy the show. We now have a You Tube...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 28 This week we say goodbye to a British legend. Thats right Bobby Ball took a bow a couple of days ago along with another colossus of the silver screen Sean Connery. We look back on 007s career and other notable films. Who will be the new Bond? Is the World ready for Idris Elba or will it be Tom Hardy? Throw all that in with Nobby Stiles and the US election and you have y...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 27 After 15 years North of 100kgs Duncan is now back in double figures and l am going to take ALL the credit. To keep him there l got him to swallow 5 pink pills that will keep him there. We talk about how the IRA would be a great choice in managing the UK lockdown and how my Covid scare was treated and overcome. We now have a You Tube channel check link below (it will get...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 26. Having been on holiday for a week we arrive back with our tails between our legs as we missed a very important anniversary. That`s right its been 25 years since Oasis` 2nd album was released.l explain to Duncan just what an effect this band and this, these first 2 albums had on me a s a 24 year old. Spoiler Alert-he doesn't get it. From the UK been in the doldrums...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 25. Them Dutch never pass up an opportunity to make a quick buck even if it is morally corrupt, but the good stories are always the ones that are hovering around the grey areas. I explain "Tight vs Yorkshire Tight" and why home brew always won out in our family. Who is going to argue if its 2p a pint? This being our 25th episode we were sent some flashy RODE pod...

Send us Fan Mail  Episode 24 Princess Di,9/11 and Polish Anna from the Fish Market. Why are we not allowed to forget about these disasters of the past even after all these years. I do not really care about Princess Di and 9/11,but Polish Anna she was part of the furniture in my hometown and when she went l remember the whole city been very upset. Ask anybody my age and older and they'll remem...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 23 As Duncan and I move into Episode 23 l feel he's been struggling with my accent for a good while now as a lot of what l say in this podcast is unintelligible to him. I may be difficult to understand, but I am certainly easy to trigger. Feel good comedies,Pregnant women showing off their bump in photos and the worst of the worst gender reveal parties. These people....

Send us Fan Mail All the 2s Episode 22. As you`ve  probably guessed from the title Ive had to educate Duncan in this episode and lm thinking most of you non-based Bradford listeners, which is 90% of you,all will be able to take away a little of something to go tell your family and friends. To say l got away from my hometown over 20 years ago because it just didn't work for me,but the common t...