Podcast Thursday

• Shift Run Stop A new podcast to me, but definitely one I'll be returning to, this is devoted to games and general geekery with a nice sense of the absurd. Highly entertaining.
• Utter Shambles An unusual episode this week with regular Josie Long being replaced by podcast stand-in and general angry man Michael Legge. Worth listening to for the story of why the musician Robyn Hitchcock hates Michael Legge quite so much ...
• Collings & Herrin Even if you are not a regular listener, the live shows are always worth a go. These two have really perfected the art of waffling on for an hour and six minutes about nothing much in particular and making it laugh out loud funny. Highlights this time include genital buzzers as an aid to child safety, cryptic crosswords and the ingredients of a bottle of mouthwash.
• Alexei at the Seaside with the Unions When Alexei Sayle was a child, family holidays meant a trip to a seaside resort to attend a trade union annual conference. In this documentary he talks to current trade unionists and reminisces about the way things were in the 1970s. Funny and nostalgic for a by-gone era.