Things People Do

NEW MERCH ALERT - Grow the Show hoodies can be found here: joemarler.co.uk/shop We’re in Birmingham! Before heading to the live show, Joe, Tom and Ryan visit some of Birmingham’s top landmarks and recreate an iconic photo outside an All Bar One. Plus there’s some highlights from our Birmingham show, including a juicy story about an ex and a rap from listener Molly.  To get any last minute resale t...

New JMS caps available here: joemarler.co.uk/shop In this episode, Joe and Tom are joined by Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley. She’ll tell you what it’s really like inside the Houses of Parliament and gives her brutal assessment of Dominic Raab, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and many more. We could have talked to Jess all day, and we hope she comes back for a second part.  To get ad-free...

NEW MERCH ALERT - Grow the Show hoodies can be found here: joemarler.co.uk/shop Joe, Tom and Ryan are in Glasgow for the first leg of their UK-wide tour. They learn about their host city, eat battered Mars bars and learn about the airport from taxi driver Gordon. Plus there’s a review of their first live show as listeners go home happy from the Glee Club.  To get ad-free and longer episodes on App...

How many of us would fail our driving test if we had to retake it today? Most of us, probably. Luckily, we are joined by Aman this week, who is a driving instructor, and can tell us everything we need to know about driving better. Joe and Tom talk to her about the worst types of student, the most stupid ways to fail your test and 'aggressive vs passive' drivers. Joe also devises a ridiculous way t...

The monthly 'Show Growing Committee' returns, as chairman Joe Marler receives a progress report from his team about how the podcast world domination is going. Tom has updates from some of our listeners regarding their show growing efforts, as well as some handy voice notes up his sleeve containing useful guest ideas. Ryan still hasn't had any luck with Barry from Eastenders, but has high hopes to...

This week is Grand National week, the biggest event in horse racing! We are joined in the studio by Tom Scudamore, AKA 'Racing Tom' who has competed at the highest level, and can tell us everything we need to know about being a jockey. He shares with us his ludicrous list of injuries and tells us all about the sacrifices you have to make as a jockey by basically never eating. Joe also asks all the...

Tickets for our live tour are on sale here: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ Our guest today is Marcus, who is a police officer in the Hertfordshire Constabulary. He currently works as a neighbourhood officer, which means his job can vary from discovering drug dens, to listening to people complain about their fences. Marcus also was diagnosed with autism within the last year,...

Tickets for our live tour are on sale here: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ This week we are joined by Neil, who is a professional cattle hoof trimmer! Neil spends his days essentially giving cows pedicures, and caring for their hooves... yes, this may be our most niche episode ever. You will hear some chat about how cows have different personalities, a debate about if Joe co...

Tickets for our live tour are on sale here: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ Our guest this week is Nick, who was a supermarket manager for 21 years before recently getting out of the 'game'! Joe and Tom ask him everything you'd expect, including how often do shoplifters get caught? How does the reduced section work? And can you get sacked for being too slow on the checkouts?...

Tickets for our live tour are on sale here: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ Our guest this week is Chris, who is a removal man from Hull and someone who can identify how much something weighs just by looking at it. They talk about disgusting houses, weird things you find in people's attics and the best way to dismantle a pool table. There is also a revelation that the ‘PIVOT’...

This week, our honoured guest in the studio is the delightful William Hanson, who is an etiquette coach and possibly the only person who can teach Joe Marler how to improve his manners.... or try at least. In this episode, you will hear conversation regarding 'pet-iquette', how to deliver a proper handshake, and what to do if someone opens a bag of smelly food on the train. There is also some very...

Order, order! Welcome to the first official meeting of The Show Growing Committee, consisting of chairman Joe Marler, co-host Tom Fordyce and producer Ryan. This is a brand new monthly feature, where the team will plot their route to greatness. There is but one goal - make The Joe Marler Show the biggest podcast in the world! So where to begin? Well, the answer is with YOU. The aim of this committ...

This week, Joe and Tom are joined by a postal worker, who couldn’t give us his real name, so we called him Pat... because what else do you call a postal worker? They talk about everything you’d expect, including how the postal service works, angry dogs biting fingers, and why you should never leave a parcel in a dustbin thinking it is a ‘safe space’. Enjoy! Tickets for our live tour are now on sal...

In February 2022, Vladimir Putin began an invasion of Ukraine. Twelve months later, our guest in the studio is Colin, a foreign correspondent who has been on the show before and has also spent the last year reporting from inside the war. He gives Joe and Tom his account of how the events unfolded, what it was like being in Kyiv during the initial invasion and the effect that Putin’s actions have h...

This week, our guest is Raksha Dave, who is currently the President of the Council of British Archaeology. She also used to be on Time Team and has excavated sites all over the world... not a bad CV. In this episode, Joe and Tom ask questions about Tutunkhamun, digging up carparks, 'garbology' and what to do if you find a rare artefact in your garden. Joe is also disappointed to learn that the los...

Tom was late into the studio today, due to a delay with his train. Luckily, our guest today is Ross who is a railway incident responder for Network Rail, which means he can tell us exactly why train delays might occur, and what he does to prevent them. In this episode, Joe and Tom learn why leaves and helium balloons can be a nightmare, how many cows it takes to derail a train, and discuss the cur...

Eddie Hearn is here to tell us how to sell tickets for our live show at the London Palladium. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ Joe and Tom also ask him about Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Steve Davis, working for your Dad and going to school with Frank Lampard.  Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/marler to get a massive disc...

This week Joe 'Shagatron' Marler and Tom 'Cheese Sandwich' Fordyce meet Ollie, who has a very serious job as an RAF engineer, despite his colleagues giving him the call sign 'Dick Fingers'. Ollie tells us everything we've ever wanted to know about fighter jets, including how fast they can go in real life (not Top Gun), how the ejector seat works, and how they can help defend Heathfield, East Susse...

This week we’re joined by Thomas Skinner, who you might have seen on The Apprentice, or out and about in Romford selling a mattress, or even on social media eating an unorthodox breakfast in a café... He’s everywhere. We spoke to Thomas about his favourite thing, working on the market stalls. In this episode, he also teaches us about running a business (sort of), he dishes the dirt on Alan Sugar’s...

Our guest this week is the world's no.1 matchmaker and relationship genius, Paul Brunson, who also happens to have the one of the smoothest voices we've ever had on the show. Joe reveals that his romantic gestures in the past have included copper pots and a banana with a face drawn on it... so it is a good job we've got Paul to point him in the right direction. This episode includes some excellent...

It’s a New Year, and Joe and Tom are joined in the studio by Nell, who is an A&E worker fresh off a night shift! In this episode, Joe and Tom discuss the events that have occurred on and off the rugby pitch during the festive period and they chat to our guest all about life in the emergency room. This includes the weirdest injuries she has ever seen, diagnostic cows, and what it is currently like...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so we will leave you with a final gift for 2022... some more of our best bits!. We wish you a fantastic Christmas and very happy New Year, from all of us at The Joe Marler Show. Remember to grow the show this Christmas by telling a friend about us, and why not get yourself a bobble hat, a pair of socks, or a ticket to our live tour next year while you'r...

So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Well, we've put together a festive treat for you all, full of some of the best moments and wonderful guests from The Joe Marler Show this year. What a wonderful year it has been, we hope you have enjoyed it as much as we did! Remember to grow the show this Christmas by telling a friend about The Joe Marler Show, and why not get yourself a bobble hat, a...

Tickets for our live tour are now on sale: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ This episode is something of a gear change from our usual, as Joe and Tom meet Matt, who is a criminologist. Matt specialises in hate crimes, having been a victim of a homophobic attack in his youth. We talk about how extreme prejudices form, how the brain processes threat and how a criminal’s upbringi...

Tickets for our live tour are now on sale: https://www.tegeurope.com/events/the-joe-marler-show/ This week, Joe and Tom meet Katie, who is a dental hygienist. They learn that that they have been brushing their teeth wrong for years, that mouthwash doesn’t actually work, and that tooth fairy rates have gone up due to inflation. Joe also reveals that he keeps an ‘emergency raison’ tucked away in his...