We Know A Song About That, Don't We?

Send us Fan Mail Farewell to a true pop genius, protesting priorities, legalised lawbreaking and blood transfusion confusion.  It's all going on (and it's all gone on before)... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Dirty water, rotten journalists and poisonous soup. Fun fun fun... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Heroic Hamsters, undead rock stars, Australian "sports" and yet more Boris babies. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Grenades in school, Eurovision controversy, ostentatious proposals... just another week on Planet Stupid Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There's a new Pope in town, the "Special Relationship" is alive and well and England has a New Rose (bollocks, should have done a The Damned parody...) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Farage is unflushable a turd as ever, it's been surprisingly warm and people are paying rather too much attention to University Challenge... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail So Liverpool are winning again, Trump is being unspeakable again and the very people who might save the world are being hounded out of existence. Ah well, we know songs about all of this... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode: It's Easter (again), the Pope is gone, local elections are back and heavy metal bands are exploring interesting promotional avenues... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Check it out!  Three weeks for three!  How long can we keep this up? No idea.  This week: the return of ECONOMIC CRISES (did they ever go away?), memories of the last days of Thatcher's Britain, and general frustration with Labour timidity... Interesting times, folks, interesting times... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail NB - Just noticed I gave the wrong dates for my shows at the Rik Mayall FestivaI... my solo show and all my guest appearances will be on SATURDAY MAY 31st, and the full band show with Ronnie Golden and the Alpha Mayalls will be on SUNDAY JUNE 1st.  Sorry. Well, I said I was hoping to put two episodes out every month; well here I am back with Ep 2 after just one week, digging up so...

Send us Fan Mail A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened... This episode: over-zealous language policing by the US government recalling a similar gaffe made by right-wing Christians back in 2008; alliterative maritime mishaps, Nazis and why it's maybe a bad sign if they're supporting you... Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by his longtime friend Marcus Brigstocke to discuss good things to do, including disease reviews, vinyl immersion and finishing all of Netflix... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by his old pal Emma Kennedy to discuss things to do in confinement, including crazy royals, cat murderers and thinking impure thoughts about a certain late Prime Minister... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch returns to his virtual bunker to discuss good things to do indoors with award winning children's author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, including discussions on gardening, detective movies and impenetrable regional accents... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined from Australia by comedian, writer, and podcaster Alice Fraser for a discussion on good things to do under lockdown, including boning up on educational theory, jumping into cold swimming pools (if only) and reading two or three books a day... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by former spin-surgeon supreme turned political commentator, mental health campaigner and football pundit Alastair Campbell, to discuss good things to do while locked down, including Albanian novels, self-inflicted haircuts, prize-winning trees and bagpipes... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by comedy genius and creator of Radio 4's Cabin Pressure John Finnemore, to discuss ways of staying sane during lockdown, including discussions on historical satire, 17th century plague diaries and why you are wrong about board games... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by writer and podcaster Liz Myles to discuss fun and helpful ways to spend lockdown time, including digressions on gun-wielding Bennett sisters, radio sitcoms and Doctor Who.  Lots and lots of Doctor Who... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by the multi-award winning comedian and writer Mark Watson to discuss things to do while stuck at home, including digressions on trees, friendship, brand names and time travelling Germans... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by comedian, singer and the legendary "Ayia Napa Xtina" Sooz Kempner for some recommendations on fun things to so under house arrest, including discussions on totalitarian regimes, serial killers and... horror of horrors... EXERCISE. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by writer and broadcaster Amna Saleem for some suggestions on how to keep in together under siege, including discussions on family, comedy, feminism... and wedding-day dance-offs... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by podcaster, writer and pop culture expert Tim Worthington (host of Looks Unfamiliar and It's Good Except It Sucks) for half an hour of psychedelia, comic book heroines, satirical cartoons and... Lego. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch is joined by award-winning comedian, writer and mental health campaigner Juliette Burton, for a packed half hour of recommendations, anecdotes, uplifting ideas and ... muppets. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mitch Benn is joined by award-winning broadcaster, writer, sci-fi fan and fellow Celebrity Mastermind winner Samira Ahmed, for a packed half hour of fantastic recommendations. Support the show