The Garbage POD

Welcome to this two part Special Edition of The Garbage POD. Something is happening that is ripping the heart out of communitiesacross the UK, as we speak. Bauer Media have acquired 56 "Local" radio stations and is going to re-brand them as part of their Greatest Hits Radio "National" radio station. This means the identity of these stations will cease to exist by the end of the year. This also mea...

Welcome to the 60th Episode of The Garbage POD. As we delve into the global phenomenon that is The Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger, for what would have been the 65th edition of the competition but due to the Coronavirus has been cancelled for 2020. The guys discuss what lockdown means for Eurovision and go through the songs from this years lin...

Hello everybody and welcome to this special Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. We have created the Crossover, mainly because we wanted our Garbage POD listeners to have a listen to the TGP NOMINAL Podcasts and vice Versa, and we thought it would be fun to get everyone together (almost like a Christmas Party). During the show: Alan Taylor-Shearer will be joining the festivities to chat...

After a short absence, The Garbage POD returns with a very nostalgic Episode. Joining Mark Taylor is Feel The Force Day Compare, 'Eddie Spangles'. The guys put the world to rights and generally chew the fat over everything and anything that comes to mind. Mark also takes us back to when he met another friend of the show for the first time. Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new...

Welcome to The Garbage POD for our annual delve into the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor for our unique take on the 64th edition of the song contest is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovison since the 2016 competition in Stockholm, but before making their predictions for Tel Aviv 2019, it’s t...

It's that time of year again, where Mark Taylor and John Berger break out the Eggnog and bring you the annual Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Holiday Special. Mark, Liz Springs, Alan Taylor-Shearer and Ross Hockham attend events that have become some of the highlights of 2018. "So Buckle Up & Let's Launch This Festive Episode Into The Podisphere" For more information about this episode visit: http:/...

Mark Taylor and John Berger (an American who watches The Eurovision Song Contest) delve into the 43 entrants of the 63rd edition of the competition (So you don't have to) and try to pick who they think maybe contenders in 2018. Hopefully they can do better this year! For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-14-todos-a-bordo

For our Halloween Special, we have raided The Garbage POD (TGP) archives to bring you another of our favourite classic episodes. So join Mark Taylor as he meets up with John Hippisley who guides us through the streets of one of the UK's most haunted cities. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-13-canterbury-tales

Over the years, we have recorded some amazing content during our time on the original Garbage pod Podcast. The majority of our listeners, since we moved over to our new podcast host probably haven’t had the opportunity to hear these episodes, so we have decided to re-package some of our favourite episodes and give them an airing. Hopefully listeners who moved over from our old RSS feed will enjoy...

Once again Mark Taylor and John Berger (an American who watches The Eurovision Song Contest) wade through the 42 entrants of the 62nd edition of the competition (So you don't have to) and try to pick who they think maybe contenders in 2017. For more information about this episode Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-nominal-xtra-11-celebrate-diversity