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A twice a week (Monday and Thursday mornings just so you know) 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games. The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024. In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, ...
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Bananas For Scale!…with tracks by…Yumi And The Weather, Lambrini Girls, Dust, Chix, Genn, Prima Queen, All My Friends Hate Me, Aaron Dictor, Moussaka, Joe Unknown, The Tuts, Mdou Moctar, Leg Puppy, The Tin Turtles, Ryan Richardson, Wet Leg, Crush, Tukisigure, Hotel Art, Deadletter, Bob Vylan, Electric Cowboy Club, I Saw You Yesterday, Opus Kink, Th…
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Another chance to hear the second of my two “final” podcasts from July 2015….. and of course I started the podcast again in May 2016! In this “final” PCP, all the tracks are from one band, The Secret Archives of the Vatican. Based in The Cronx (Croydon), south of London, this collective of musicians is led by Vince Millet and Louis Counter. They me…
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Another chance to hear the first of my two “final” podcasts from July 2015….. and of course I started the podcast again in May 2016! From The Archives (Part #1) …with tracks by… Louis Lingg and the Bombs, Slavic Soul Party, Dubmatix, Ranking Joe, Nate Wize, Honningbarna, Chinese Man, Jacco Gardner, Biting Elbows, Dub Addiction meets Kampuchea Rocke…
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PCP#336… That’s All Folks!…Or Is It?…. The Very Best of PCP (Part 4)…with tracks by… Dubmatix, Dub Incorporation, Pama Intl, Hotdrop, TSF, Taj Weekes, Planet Dread, Doobiesounds & Jahvisst, Arrogalla, Corty, Volatil, Ealzee, Aruba Red, Analogue Mindfield, Baga Sound System, Roots Ista Posse, Celestial, Bagas Degol, Dervish by Celt Islam, Secret Arc…
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Another one of my podcasts when I originally tried (and failed) to shut down PCP… PCP#335… They Think It’s All Over…. The Very Best of PCP (Part 3)…with tracks by… Tilly and the Wall, Retrigger, Peanut Butter Disco, Visionary Underground, Microdub, MoShang, Binarpilot, Klutch, Beatmapper, Tanakasomething, My Toys Like Me, Trommelfisch, Voide, Max P…
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Another one of my podcasts when I originally tried (and failed) to shut down PCP… Spend A Little Time With…. The Very Best of PCP (Part 2)…with tracks by… Dengue Fever , Nelson , The BibleCode Sundays , Paddy Rasta , Elizabeth and the Catapult , The Electric Mainline , The Black Angels , The Bavarian Druglords , The High Dials , The Lovetones , The…
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Following my decision for PCP to retire, let’s just take a look back at the times I’ve tried to do that before. Here’s PCP#333… originally released on the 27th November 2010. 1h33m of some of my favourite indie tracks from the previous 5 years. The End Is Nigh…. The Very Best of PCP (Part 1)…with tracks by… Biffers, CSS, Bad-Rriles, Milburn, The Va…
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AI, Oh My!… …with tracks by…Johnnie Carwash, Ky-mani Marley, Roadblock Dub Collective, Phrovsta, Virginmarys, Vioro Vio, Kika Deeke, Fontanarosa, Spin Klass, Opal Mag, Soulacybin, Foreign Dubbers, Little R, Cathedrale, Moby, Matthias Herrera Johnnie Carwash – Sunshine [Howlin’ Banana Records] Ky-mani Marley – New Creature [RDX Promo] [Dubshot Recor…
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Rockin’ Like A Champion …with tracks by…Seniority, Moxina, Dub Siren, Flammer Dance Band, Los Dos Hermanos, Mokoomba, ArtJumper, Reggaddiction and Roberta Lea, St.Ego, Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System, Hollie Cook, Hamada, The Heavy Heavy, Ari Joshua, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski Seniority – I’m in Love with the Girl from the Video Game [Bandcamp]…
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Brighton Psych Fest And Beyond…with tracks by…Girl & Girl, Juniore, La Luz, Scaler, Daiistar, Pastel, Ari Joshua, Skerik, Delvon Lamarr & Grant Schroff, Constant Current, Vit van Hoov, Los Vencidos, Melbeat, Aburde MC, Bonz MC, Sweet Unrest, Iliaque, Lucefora, Paul Deep Girl & Girl – Hello [Bandcamp] Juniore – Bizarre [Bandcamp] La Luz – Close Your…
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Donald, Where’s Your Dentures?……with tracks by…Morillo, BB Cream lLKJ, HATCH, X-Ray Dogs, Brown Rice Family, Ascent, AXLG, Ob.dub x Le Faune Stepper, Sugar Crease, Time Operator, Deka Sul, The Polish Ambassador, Rebel Control, Vault Kid & Multiplayer Morillo – Jump Time [Jumpsuit Records] BB Cream lLKJ – Merge The Lines [Lost Frog] HATCH – Bottomle…
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Love On A Cloud……with tracks by…Thus Love, k.óla, Woody Vibes, Bakû, Hermit, Audio Junkies, Lonya, Keieran J, Pablo Cetrini, Subhumans, SLZR, Danilo Perez & Bohuslan Big Band, O, The Bad Shots, Severin Onderka, W.I.T.C.H, Latchwork Thus Love – Birthday Song [Bandcamp] k.óla – Sex on a cloud [Post-Driefing] Woody Vibes x Bakû x Hermit – Everything’s…
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divorce-attorney porchlight speedial cows brighton attic-o-matic wonderbug Dead Dogs & Murmurations……with tracks by… Divorce Attorney, Daisy And The Deadheads, Speedial, Cows, Wonderbug, Attic ‘O ‘Matic, Porchlight, Deep Tan, DJ Delay, !Dela Dap, Heavy Salad, Morillo, RCola Divorce Attorney – Mothballs [YouTube] Daisy And The Deadheads – Baby [YouT…
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Dreamstate…with tracks by… Pennine Suite, Le Faune Stepper, Kenza Louie, Nightbus, The Dirt, Asineus, Beach Girls and the Monster, Volfoniq, Friends of Our Youth, Cider Dogs, Tom Sine, PTC Vienna, Jazzaria, Existential Wabbit, Wusa Pennine Suite – Typical Fantasy [Puffer Fish Press] Le Faune Stepper x Kenza Louie – Little Wanderers [ODG] Nightbus –…
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Crowd Surfing, Opera Singing, Psychedelic Tortoises…with tracks by… Psychedeilic Porn Crumpets, Bleu Soleil, GRÓA, Saidi Kanda & Mvuala Mandodo, Nicolas Rada, Eusebiu & zekeN, Lars Behrenroth, Yemanjo & Scott Nice, Lackatee, Guchon, Sainte Lucie, Spray, Embrace the Race Psychedeilic Porn Crumpets – Hymn For A Droid [Bandcamp] Bleu Soleil – Hisui [O…
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Afterparty…Netlabel Day 2024 Part 4…… with tracks by… Fish & Chix, Chris DeBry & Alice Holmes, Gerry Joe Weise, Eko Fisk, Superfreak, Gaucho Viento, Tiro, Captive Portal, Curtis Bay, Subset, Bunshi, Slowerpace ??, Lorenzo’s Music, Louis Lingg And The Bombs, Fields Ohio, Viktor Van River, Demonic Sweaters, Ahrien Fish & Chix – Non Mi Amo [Strato Dis…
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DogDad…Netlabel Day 2024 Part 3… with tracks by… Louis Lingg And The Bombs , Mayan Steppas, Antzoni Rubio, Tlackdub Conway Hambone, Floating Mind, Jazzaria, Nihilore, Tha Silent Partner, Silicon Transmitter, Upadek 66, Bunshi, elAstrum, Thousand Yard Prayer Louis Lingg And The Bombs – Nomad Spirit [Blocsonic] Mayan Steppas – Zion Attack feat. Antzo…
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Arabian Flames…Netlabel Day 2024 Part 2… with tracks by… Made Of Clay, Biez Kaviru, Beth Quist, Magasound, Nicorus, Globular, Gooth, Bobby Marleni, Manila Ice, Guska, Weedical Dub, Morillo, Finnoh Made Of Clay – Arabian Ghosts [Jamendo] Biez Kaviru – Eteela [Jamendo] [Kamba Music] Beth Quist – Burning Bridges [Magnatune] Magasound – Planuo Uranium …
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Our last part of an amazing journey. In this final part we look at what is to come - the new sports, what Paris is offering and where the Olympic movement will go from here. This is the final part of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the…
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The Olympics - every four years featuring the best of the best athletes from all round the world. Or is it? Well. Not really. The Olympics all too often aren't every four years or with all the planet's athletes. How, why, what, who, when? This is the last but one of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, …
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Magic Drum…Netlabel Day 2024 Part 1… with tracks by… Sun+Dead, Mizuoka Hana, Einschiss, Clemens Acidus, Secret Archives of the Vatican, Los Inconvenientes, Mental Health Consumer, Anemoia, Mr Hoosteen and Chello, Blackmod, Kadum, Piva, Abreu, Y-Dra, Gerry Joe Weise Sun+Dead – Magic Drum [Poli5] Mizuoka Hana – Someone’s Music [Lost Frog] Einschiss –…
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Cycling sounds so....normal. But the events in the Games have been incredible, boring, weird and kooky. Here we look everything from the 12 hour nonstop dull but arduous event through to the blind tandem. This is a 20 part series that coincides with the run up to Paris 2024. This series charts the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boy…
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It was meant to be a Games that had all sorts of sports that pushed an athlete to the nth degree. Yet some just seemed to be designed by a nasty bored PE teacher - like my old one at school - Mr Thompson. Here are just some of those he would have taught at school and which had, or has, featured in the Olympics. A twice weekly series of podcasts in …
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High On Chocolate… with tracks by… One Blood, A Softer Hell, Wu.D’Sound, Jodie, Khoe Wa, Le Faune Stepper, The Tuts, Injham, Bliz Nochi, DJ Shamen, Jim Thompson, Mike Devious, Mitrinique, Liz Cirelli, Arky Starch, Michy B, David Corleone, Ekorce, Grandfather Gold, Claudien One Blood – Reach Out [Explorations In Dub] A Softer Hell – If Lost [Bandcam…
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The founders wanted the events to be amateur only with anyone being paid for being professional being banned or DQ'd. Yet now only one sport in the Games is not professional. How did we get here? Why did we get here? This episode delves into this change of heart. Part 16 of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, …
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The first couple of Games astonishingly featured golf, tennis and cricket. For decades after though they never featured again. Yet, like a Hollywood zombie, all three sports are now back in the modern day Olympics. Here we look at how they originally featured, why they were removed and how they are allowed to return. A twice weekly 20 part short nu…
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Smash… with tracks by…0rionnn, Blackie Blue Bird, Bakû, Ramiya, Sharon Tate, Rebel Control, Curious Inversions, Neon Egypt, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Mr Ponx, Zabaa, Nature of Wires, Machina X, Grandfather Gold 0rionnn – Childhood Memories [Lost Frog] Blackie Blue Bird – Flying too close to the ground [Anemos Promotions] Ba…
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Golds for Town Planning? For Poetry? For Painting, Sculpture, Music? Surely not. Here we look at the numerous Olympics where these featured, some of the best of the entrants and what caused their eventual demise. A twice a week (Monday and Thursday) 20 episode podcast series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, dop…
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Who were the youngest to take part and who were the oldest? How do these incredible sports people fit into the ideals and stereotypes of the Olympics? This is a twice weekly 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. E…
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the-bug-club acid-mothers-temple getdown-services Head In The Trees… with tracks by…Deka Sul, The Polish Ambassador, Les Dead Boobs, Getdown Services, Sunshine Variety Club, In Dub we Trust, Lucas Romagnoli, Sander Wilder, Mango Cult, Miniman x Ksanti (feat. Suzanne Belaubre), Cyesm, Reggaddiction + D.M. + Mirian Katrib, The Bug Club, Acid Mothers …
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The Para, Parallel or Paraplegic Olympics. How they started, how they merged with the Olympics themselves and the fab world of Goalball. New episodes every Sunday and Thursday for you to enjoy/ We look at the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. Each ep…
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Cheats. Every sport and almost every part of life sees people who chance their arm. This episode looks at those who chanced their arms, legs and right buttock - and got caught doing so. And they are just hard to believe.... Every Sunday and Thursday we bring a new episode. We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, dopin…
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Today we look at the sore losers - there are those who compete. And there are those who just cannot take being second best. There are some shockers! This is a twice weekly series bringing you the weirdest things that happened in the Olympics over the years. We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much mo…
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We finish looking at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 11 mins and 04 seconds look at the butchery of the live Pigeon Shooting through to the myth(?) of Poodle Grooming. This is a twice weekly podcast series in the runup to Paris and the Olympic Games We explore the strange and fascinating people, sport…
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mark-davyd-and-toni-coe-brooker gut-health sahra-halgan full-flower-moon-band the-bouys baby-said fez codger-and-clithers hutch PCP#843… Agents Of Change… The Great Escape 2024 (Part 1)… with tracks and conversation from… The Bouys, Mark Davyd, Gut Health, Toni Coe-Brooker, Fez, Hutch, Sahra Halgan, Angelica Garcia, Full Flower Moon Band, Baby Said…
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Another delve into the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. This next 10 mins and 10 seconds look at Motorboating to Pigeon Racing. This is a twice weekly series in the run up to Paris 2024. We look at the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympi…
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We meander into look at next of the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 7 mins and 49 seconds look everything from Cannon Shooting to Firefighting. This is a twice a week podcast that will chart the Games before the start of the 2024 Paris Games. We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, bo…
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Long ,Long Ago… The Great Escape 2007…with tracks by… Zach Raizman, SaReGaMa, Of God And Science, Ecart LeSon, Popup, The Den Collective, The Brown Hornets, The Winston Giles Orchestra, The Cribs, Reverend and The Makers, Jeso, Sentinel, Les Breastfeeders, Sunburn In Cyprus, Vatican DC, Kaptain Bigg Fabulous, by Zach Raizman. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca…
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We start to look at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 9 mins and 40 seconds look at Angling through to Croquet. A twice weekly podcast in the run up to the Paris 2024 Games. We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic G…
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Paris - 1900. The first real Games. And what a Games it was. Almost six months of some of the most bizarre sports ever conceived. This is the first of five episodes looking at this absolutely bonkers Olympic Games. The countdown to Paris 2024 Olympic Games is on us. This is the fifth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascina…
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school-disco dhidalah Astral Planes… with tracks by…Mdou Moctar, Arky Starch, Akusmatic, School Disco, Lines of Silence, Dhidalah, Ricard Destin, Daniel Neitz, Milo Korbenski, Present Paradox, Bjørn Felle, elAstrum, The Black Shakes Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice [Bandcamp] Arky Starch – Only Jah Knows (feat Omar Perry & David Corleone) Akusmati…
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This episode looks at the very first winners for Team GB in the Olympics and how, these two individuals, were not as red, white and blue as they first may seem. This is the fourth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games si…
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This episode looks at the 1896 marathon in Marathon, how the marathon came about, why it ended up at 26.2 miles, the amazing winner and the cheeky cheat. It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is the third of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so muc…
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This episode looks at that very first Olympics in Athens in 1896, how it came about and some of the bizarre events and people that took part. It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is the second of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that…
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This episode looks at why you should listen and some of the secret stories surrounding the London 2012 games. It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is the first of a twice weekly 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in th…
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karma-sheen elephant-stone Slowest In The Fast Lane… with tracks by…Mike Devious, Pale Strangers, Elephant Stone, Gdansk81, Roman Angelo, LowTRAMON, Psychiceyeclix & Caecus Animi, Evan Hatfield, Karma Sheen, Knife Feelings, Manwel T, Olcay Bayir, Ula Stosio, Rempit Goddess, Sascha Müller Mike Devious – Let’s Go! [Underground Dance Music] Pale Stran…
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house-of-all oldfield-youth-club The Long Night Of The Broken Strings…with tracks by…Vaimler, Oldfield Youth Club, Kandee, Pattern Industries, Beatstar, The Exact Opposite, Subnode, Guido Percich, ALKA, Pablo Ugarti, Jahvisst, San Francisco Music Club, House Of All, Evan Hatfield, Peter Daniel, Ramino Galas Vaimler – Voronoi [Digital Distortions] O…
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the-wytches moon-idle mindframe really-big-really-clever opal mag leibniz hutch Homegrown Festival 2024…with tracks by…Mindframe, Everyday Saints, Really Big Really Clever, Trip Westerns, Maximilian, Moon Idle, Hutch, Leibniz, Glasshouse Red Spider Mite, Currls, Canned Pineapple, Hypsoline, Ellis-D, The Wytches, Gaffa Tape Sandy, CLT DRP, Ideal Liv…
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