Mildly Informed
Mildly Informed
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal experiences, the news of the week, and an inbox full of questionable queries, Richie and Chris promise to leave you ever-so-slightly wiser… or at least Mildly Informed Help the show to continue to rewrite history via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mildlyinformed A Bugle Podcasts Production. Hosted on...
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
S3 Ep10: Cragg Vale, Shaggs and Margate 29.03.2021 39:59
Rich and Chris conclude season 3 with a long downhill on a bike, pass through some rude villages and go on a beano to Margate. PLUS: Gretchen's letter! We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep9: Istanbul, Venice and Vladivostock 22.03.2021 43:12
Richie and Chris walk across Europe, plot a route from Venice to Ljubljana and get stuck in Far Eastern Russia. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep8: Moosonee, Lisbon and Moy 15.03.2021 43:05
Richie and Chris visit Moosonee, try to go business class on the cheap and travel 500 miles (then 500 more) in the name of love. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep7: Portofino, Oshkosh and Port Talbot 08.03.2021 39:28
Richie and Chris do a micro-climate tour, visit the great lakes of the Mid West and put Wales and Scotland to the test. They also address some errors. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep6: Ipswich, Winnemucca Road and Mars 01.03.2021 37:25
Richie and Chris walk from east to west England, attempt Johnny Cash's most famous journey and aim to link up the Mars Rovers. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep5: The Faroes, Clockwise England and Sao Paulo 22.02.2021 33:35
Richie and Chris go in search of culinary delights on the Faroe Islands, plot a Cannonball Run style trip of England and take a complicated trip across the Atlantic from Sao Paulo. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
S3 Ep4: Belarus, Botanical Gardens and Benidorm 15.02.2021 39:47
Richie and Chris travel across Europe in either 90 or 180 days, visit a bunch of botanical gardens and offered some support to Greta Thunberg We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep3: Wimbledon, Uig and Westeros 08.02.2021 37:55
Richie and Chris visit every professional soccer team in London, take the UK's longest bus journey and debate legit hacks in the world of video games and fantasy fiction. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
S3 Ep2: Coward, Culleenaghamore and Ongar 01.02.2021 36:46
Richie and Chris plot the best way across the Irish Sea, travel from Coward to Brave and pop just outside London, but not too far. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep1: Monopoly, Boston and Loch Ailort 25.01.2021 37:55
Rich and Chris are back with three new fantasy journeys: how quickly can you do the monopoly run? What's the best way to do Boston's MBTA? Is it possible to get to Loch Ailort in under 12 hours? We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
S3: Season 3 is coming! 18.01.2021 2:14
Oh hello! We're back to hack and make life less whack! Send us info for any journey that we can hack for you - travelhackerpodcast@gmail.com You can now support us in our endeavours. Help us hack travel by joining our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bush's Board Game Thing 26.10.2020 8:34
Hi Travel Hackers, Richie's other audio husband, Andy Bush, has a new show out, please give it a listen and subscribe here: https://pod.link/1535169393 We'll be back in a few months! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep8: Finale: Victorious walks, Victoria state and the Victoria line 01.09.2020 31:42
Rich and Chris are here for the final episode of the season. They attempt to walk through as many countries as is possible in 182 miles, take a tour of Australia's Victoria state and hack London's Victoria line. The celebrity hacker is former Travel Hacker intern Jemima, now, apparently, a Tik Tok star . Please rate, review and tell your friends. Choose Love! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
S2 Ep7: Salt Flats, Roundabouts and Hot Air Balloons 25.08.2020 36:28
Richie and Chris explore the Redway in Milton Keynes, find a nice way to the Bonneville Salt Flats and fly to Europe in a hot air balloon. Comedian and writer Josh Gondelman is our celeb hack. Thanks Josh! Hear his podcast here . Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Come fly with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep6: Lewis and Clark, Sweden and bike racks 18.08.2020 36:08
Richie and Chris attempt to help listeners from Louisiana to Oregon, from the bottom to the top of Sweden (on foot) and evaluate if a bike rack is better than cycle hire. Broadcaster Andy Bush is our celeb hack, thanks Andy! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Punish yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep5: Granada, Lerwick and Brammall Lane 11.08.2020 30:35
Richie and Chris get a train from Spain, go island hopping and plan a massively pointless walk. Our celebrity hack comes from star of The Bugle and Test Match Special - Andy Zaltzman. Thanks Zaltor! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep4: Old planes, long drives and Stonehenge 04.08.2020 24:58
Richie and Chris hack their way through a cross-Pacific flight in an 80 year old plane, allow someone to see all their friends and family in just 24 hours and attempt to find a nice way from London to Cornwall. Our celebrity hack comes from Absolute Radio presenter Leona Graham. Thanks Leona! Please rate and review this podcast, we are very insecure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
S2 Ep3: Guam, St Neots and Congleton 28.07.2020 31:15
Richie and Chris attempt fantasy travel hacks across the South Pacific, an eating tour of eastern England and an electric powered drive from Oxford to Manchester Our celebrity hack this week comes from Susie Dent, star of Countdown and Something Rhymes With Purple ( https://twitter.com/susie_dent ) , thanks Susie! Submit your own dream journeys at travelhackerpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. Se...
S2 Ep2: Argentina, Platform 0 and Stockholm 21.07.2020 30:44
Richie and Chris are back with journeys across exotic waterfalls, through secret train platforms and jaunts to Scandinavia. Our Celeb Hack guest this week is legendary broadcaster and DJ Trevor Nelson who asks us to improve his trips up the M6. Thanks Trevor! Send your review of our hacks and any requests to travelhackerpodcast@gmail.com. Please tell your friends and rate and review this show. Hos...
S2 Ep1: Nice, Brisbane and Nottingham 14.07.2020 35:56
Richie and Chris deliver fantasy travel hacks from Brisbane to Belfast, London to Nice and Nottingham Castle to Sherwood Forest. Our celebrity hack this week comes from Alice Fraser , thanks Alice! Listen to her on The Last Post or Tea with Alice. Submit your own dream journeys at travelhackerpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2: Introducing Fantasy Travel Hacker! 29.06.2020 6:29
Richie and Chris are back with a new season, but with Richie unable to deliver real *hacks* we'll be solving your travel queries from our homes. Contact travelhackerpodcast@gmail.com with any travel solution you need and we'll provide the best possible route; it could be a scenic route from New York to Dallas, or a cheaper way of getting from Gosport to Goole - you decide! (yes, this is really hap...
S1 Ep17: Travel Hacker: The Complete Story 18.03.2020 50:58
In our season ending finale, Richie and Chris tell the full story of two years of travel hacks. Recorded at The Bill Murray Comedy Club in London http://patreon.com/mildlyinformed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep16: Travel Hacker LIVE SHOW preview! 27.01.2020 11:04
Apparently you want this, so Richie and Chris are putting on a live version of the show at The Bill Murray in Islington on 24th February 2020. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/54963868/ But - as this episode implies, there is quite a bit of making up to do first... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep15: Travel Hacker is broken 20.01.2020 4:25
Richie and Chris have some differences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep14: Hitching, Part 2: Leaky Mango 13.01.2020 24:55
Well here we are. The end. Richie and Chris are at a bus stop, 20 miles from London trying to hack their way there. Will a kind stranger welcome them? Will they eat more? Will they ever speak again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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