Burst the Bubble - A Contrary Thoughts podcast

Burst the Bubble returns for its second lockdown episode (originally broadcast on Twitch). Join regular hosts Michael and Chris for their take on the non-COVID news!

Surprise! Burst the Bubble is back with a special lockdown episode. Originally broadcast on Twitch, it’s now on your podcast feed. It features the normal selection of silly stories with little on the Coronavirus, so enjoy a break!

In the final Burst the Bubble, Michael and Chris are joined by regular contributor Jon Nelson to say farewell with stories about a man whose home life is truly middle of the road, robots both giant and otherwise, and a round up of a bunch of other stories. We hope Read more…

This week featuring a job acquired through video game experience, an island that doesn’t exist, and a Santa in trouble

This week Chris Smowton takes on the challenge of hosting the show alone, with the show featuring new words, betting on bishops, and an unusual way of raising funds.

This week featuring a home fit for Bilbo, provided he was careful, a cat on an unexpected journey, and toilet humour

This week featuring a girl thing, unpleasant sounds and a giant hamster wheel

This week featuring trouble involving a lost hat, politics and online gaming, and possibly the world’s simplest graduate job

This week featuring Superman’s new job, how to dog-proof an area, and how cooking led to big brains

This week featuring unusual foodstuffs, vehicles suited for James Bond, and a theft that went bizarrely wrong.

This week the chips are down, we can has cheezburger, and we ponder the silencing of “hard rock”

This week we examine a guide to Scotland, deny everything and try to keep up with the Wimbledon Men’s Final at the same time.

This week we tax things that annoy us in shops, criticise the Olympic Opening Ceremony before it even happens, and reboot Dallas.

This week we discuss house gifting in Venuzuela, gardening in the White House, and proper etiquette for London 2012

This week we discuss a crime from the home of today’s guest, Jon Nelson, how not to get into a spat with a publcished author, and the best way of keeping the olympic flame alive.    

This week we discuss a jammy kitten, a would-be-escapee getting jammed in a chute, and adults reading children’s books.

This week we celebrate the sandwich, WH Smith’s sells the Queen’s Knickers, and there’s an unusual case of mistaken identity.

This week we ponder changes to ancient monuments, discover some problems with parakeets telling you their address, and discuss the adventures of Inspector Bear. More details about the show mentioned at the end of the recording, “The Science of Fiction” at http://www.scienceoffiction.co.uk/

This week we worry about asteriod mining, consider animal crime rings, and propose a new insulting service, “Insultogram” Edit: Turns out “Insultogram” already exists, but not in the form we proposed it. Hey ho.

Chris returns to the UK and to his rightful place as co-host of the show! This week we criticise the naming of a “sonic screwdriver”, pioneer a new delivery service and discuss unusual mayoral candidates

This was the week where people were fooled, we probed into Einstein’s brain, and Batman got pulled over

This was the week where a penguin succeeded in an escape attempt while a human prisoner did not, press ups became the new punishment for a variety of misdemeanours and Chris Smowton ranted about athletes at US universities being asked to hand over their Facebook logins.