The I Digress Podcast

Get a practical lesson on how to build a cult. There are robes, flippers, nipple-based revelations… and somehow, The 8th Seal of the Book of Revelations – called Celeste. In this unholy guide to spiritual success, we break down the rules for building your own damp, deeply questionable cult. Expect fake prophecies, weird rituals, and punishments involving jellyfish. Obviously. 🎧 Join the Church of...

Think you’re good at trivia? Pit your wits against The I Digress Podcast! In this chaotic reimagining of Trivial Pursuit, we roll the dice (suspiciously well), leads us through increasingly unhinged questions to collect all six wedges. Along the way, we get to the bottom of Norwegian rivers, pigeon-collecting celebrities, and bucket-related wars that somehow actually happened. From rigged dice to...

What do Vlad the Impaler, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jesus H. Christ have in common? Apparently, a hell of a childhood. In this historically unverified (but heavily coffee-stained) episode, we unroll a mysterious manuscript revealing the early years of three of history’s biggest icons. From impaling games in the playground to DIY flight attempts with chicken feathers, and JC being expelled on a Friday...

What do “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Sweet Caroline,” and “Eye of the Tiger” have in common? They all sound absolutely unrecognisable on a slide whistle. In this musical quiz episode, Ringo puts his talents (questionable) to the test while the others try to name tunes that have been tragically murdered by a novelty instrument. There’s shouting. There’s horror. There’s a bit of Queen that sounds like a dy...

Dancing plagues, beer tsunamis, and war sparked by a severed ear - history is full of moments that sound made up. In this facts-packed episode, we quiz each other on the most ridiculous true stories history forgot to teach us. You’ll hear about a psychic horse solving crimes, a molasses flood killing 20 people, and the royal sibling spat that ended in a 30-year prison sentence. Spoiler: it started...

If you've ever tried to explain how to use “the cloud” to your mum, this one’s for you. This episode dives into the chaos of tech support for the elderly - rogue Smarties analogies and desktop folder disasters. With a healthy nod to the realities of ageing, generational shifts, and parental patience, we also get a joke so inappropriate it gets shouted across a café. Throw in mouse-pranking IT...

From a sandwich-stealing dog to a racist Labrador, we dive deep into the animal kingdom’s lesser-known bastards. We ask the big question: are these just quirks of nature or are some creatures just straight-up arseholes? You’ll meet a penguin who pushes his mates to certain death, a chimp who stockpiles rocks for sneak attacks and a drunk kangaroo with anger issues. And that’s just the first half....

Technology is transforming how we age - but is it making things better or just weirder? In this episode, we explore memory implants, balance-enhancing tails, smart toilets that judge your habits, and AI companions that are maybe a bit too lifelike. We also revisit our dream of a retirement village run by lunatics and consider what immortality would actually feel like. Get ready for the future… wit...

Step aside, Einstein — Professor Ringo is here with a Nobel Prize–worthy set of theories. From time moving slower when you're a kid, to alien abductions being repressed memories of nappy changes, to your mirror showing a remembered version of your face, this episode boldly goes where no science class ever dared. It's speculative. It's hilarious. It's possibly complete nonsense. But...

It starts with perverts and ends with necrophilia. This episode dives into history’s lesser-known (and wildly inappropriate) figures – from questionable “celibacy tests” of the most famous to a British PM oversharing in all the wrong ways. Then it gets weirder: bestiality, necrophilic scandals and more ancient deviants than anyone asked for. It’s uncomfortable, hilarious, and definitely not safe f...

A macabre fascination leads us into a world of real and rumoured stories of people walled up in buildings — from castles and crypts to cottages and campuses. Join us as we quiz each other (and our long-suffering pilot Simon) on which tales are fact, fiction, or just dodgy urban legend. There’s history, horror, and a surprising amount of flapper dresses and mobsters. Plus, we bust some widely belie...

Grab your pens and hold onto your Lonely Planet guidebooks - we’re heading to Egypt! Well, sort of. From dodgy camel guides to public vomiting and unwanted PDA, this episode dives into the trials and tribulations of navigating Egypt as an obviously Western tourist. Armed guards in convoys, pyramid climbing regrets, and questionable sarcophagus selfies all make an appearance. Whether it’s comparing...

Pet butchers for your final farewell dinner. Refrigerated fruit bowls that double as face-cooling stations. Cloud sofas that hover on magnets. Welcome to the finale of The I Digress Podcast, Season 3, where Ringo unveils his portfolio of "decades ahead of their time" inventions. From alcohol-infused bread created by spilling beer on pub tables to reverse microwaves that flash-freeze warm beers, th...

Car crashes, metal slides, and scrotum-stitching disasters. Welcome to the most cringe-worthy episode of I Digress yet. In this final short episode of season three, our hosts dive headfirst into their most spectacular childhood injuries – and somehow manage to make traumatic brain injuries hilarious. From flying out car windows in the pre-seatbelt 70s to getting fishing hooks through fingers, it&#...

A teenage girl asks "What's a one hour photo?" and suddenly you feel ancient. In this nostalgic tech-archaeology episode of The I Digress Podcast, the guys excavate the forgotten friction of analogue life – when getting photos developed in just 60 minutes was revolutionary, not glacial. Journey through three decades of rapid obsolescence across five categories: • General – from photography to ther...

From scorching Spanish streets to frozen Danish jaws, Ringo takes us through his most physically punishing travel experiences in this bite-sized episode of The I Digress Podcast. Starting with a brutal temperature swing from 45°C Goa to -6°C London (while wearing flip-flops and shorts), the stories escalate through a jaw-freezing Copenhagen winter that left his ex-wife unable to speak, and a Toled...

REAL - Chimps shoving grass up their butts as a fashion trend. Octopuses assembling IKEA furniture. NASA throwing paper planes from space stations. In this science quiz episode The I Digress Podcast try to spot fake headlines among real scientific studies. The boys test your BS detector with three categories of bizarre research: • Animal Kingdom absurdities • Space exploration experiments, and • P...

Fake job applications. Police raid pranks. Superman school drop-offs. Sand in lemonade. Some childhood pranks are harmless fun. Others leave lasting scars. In this sibling rivalry meets comedy chaos episode of The I Digress Podcast, our hosts share hilarious prank stories gone wrong – think family dysfunction, but with answering machines and corrugated iron. From convincing a brother that cat-toil...

Radioactive beauty products, steel-toothed villains, and the Queen of Diamonds trigger card. Welcome to the darker side of espionage fiction. In this literary deep-dive episode of The I Digress Podcast, we explore three spy classics that couldn't be more different from each other: • The Spy Who Loved Me: Ian Fleming's experimental departure • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold: John le Carr...

Eight Spanish CDs, one rental car, and zero ability to understand anything beyond "sí" or "no." In this episode of The I Digress Podcast, the guys take us on a linguistic disaster tour of Spain. From San Sebastian to Granada, past mysterious walkers on the Camino de Santiago and through torrential sunflower fields. Discover why staying in certain historic hotels makes you unwel...

Some tourism slogans inspire wanderlust. These absolutely do not. In this geography-meets-The I Digress Podcast, our hosts dive into the marketing disasters that somehow made destinations sound worse than they actually are. From El Salvador's brutally honest time estimate to Denmark's eyebrow-raising dating invitation, it's a quiz-format journey through real tourism campaigns that miss...

Unless we outlast them, we love our pets to death. Literally. Dead birds. Rotting axolotls. Terrapins painted like new. In this death-meets-chaos short episode of The I Digress Podcast, our hosts dive into the darker side of pet ownership – what happens when Fluffy meets the great beyond. From Mexican walking fish whose organs literally hung out on strings to a cat named Dawn (yes, really), it's a...

REVEALED: The Bizarre Phobias That Make Spider Fear Look Normal (Plus Why We Still Have Monkeys) Fear of buttons. Terror of belly buttons. Panic attacks from the Pope. Long-word phobia with an impossibly long name. Some fears are rational – these will make you question humanity's survival instincts. In this anxiety-inducing episode of The I Digress Podcast, Ringo dives deep into the world'...

Some guilty pleasures are embarrassing, but we can’t help ourselves anyway. In this cringe-comedy confessional episode from The I Digress Podcast, Ringo spills his most embarrassing entertainment habits and shopping disasters. From binge-watching "Fake or Fortune" (think Antiques Roadshow for slightly younger retirees) to impulse-buying Chinese gadgets that become expensive doorstops, it's a maste...

Dog bombs. Horse treadmill trains. Coffins with periscopes. A group shaving machine. Some inventions are brilliant. These are absolutely not. In this history-meets-hysteria episode of The I Digress Podcast, Ringo throws us into the worst investment round in history – think Shark Tank, but lethal. From Soviet war dogs that accidentally bombed their own trenches to the "youth serum" that s...