Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word.  For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRaged/If you’d like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedWhat is the Middle Raged Podcast about?As the name suggests, this is a podcast specifically aimed at those who’ve reached a point in life where you might describe yourself as well-worn. And, if that’s you, you’ve probably lost the will to remain angry at the big issues in life: politics, taxes, the economy, and the gross incompetence of every organisation you have the misfortune of dealing with on a day-to-day basis.No, once you’ve reached middle age, and that sense of acceptance and mild indifference has sunk in, you need to find new and inventive ways to get that regular fix of rage. For us, and I’m sure many of you, it’s not too hard to secure your rage hit when confronted with the daily barrage of trivial annoyances.And so, dear listeners, we have decided to catalogue those daily annoyances in this very podcast. After barely ten minutes of thought, we’ve already amassed enough material for approximately eight thousand four hundred episodes. We feel it's our duty to share those annoyances with you in our cynical but mildly amusing style. Those annoyances include, but are not limited to…- Lazy grammar- Facebook Marketplace- Garage doors- Four-syllable first names- Toasters- Hotel showers- Branston Pickle- That one individual at work who just gets on everyone's t**s. Oh, and just for the record, we will NOT be discussing those subjects that are a waste of everyone’s ire, so if you’re hoping to hear us moan about politics or cultural issues, this might not be the podcast for you. This is not Question Time.
In this episode, Adam and Keith delve into the world of Help & Support - a misnomer if ever there was one. The chaps cover every frustrating element from waiting on hold to companies delegating support to their own customers via forums. Send us a textSupport the showJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this episode, Adam and Keith tackle the subject of disclaimers and consumer advice - almost all of it completely absurd. Why are we told to drink responsibly by companies peddling alcoholic beverages, and who gets to decide what constitutes 'responsible'? Are we heading towards a world where the Alcohol Police patrol the tables in every Wetherspoons? Maybe.Warning: This episode may contain rage. Send us a textSupport the showJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this episode, Adam and Keith focus on the fact that social etiquette is on the wane. With many, many examples, the chaps begin by listing their specific gripes about society's selfishness when it comes to using mobile phones and driving. Somehow, they forgot to mention people who use a mobile phone while driving. Send us a textSupport the showJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this episode, Adam initially gets hot under the collar about his recent travel woes before the chaps get down to discussing the serious subject of time. It's such a valuable and, indeed, finite resource but it's stolen from us every single day by time thieves. This makes Adam and Keith very angry indeed. Send us a textSupport the showJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this episode, Adam and Keith question why so many aspects of modern life are immeasurably more complicated than they need to be. A simple trip to the toilet, for example, should never require an instruction manual. Nor should parking a bloody car. Send us a textSupport the showJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this (extended) episode, Adam and Keith discuss a subject they're vaguely qualified to rant about - books. If you've ever considered writing a book, or you're an avid reader with a passing interest in how a book ends up on your Kindle, you might learn something interesting ... emphasis on the word 'might'. Send us a textJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In this (late) episode, Adam and Keith share their respective gripes with mobile phone apps. Once a revolutionary use of technology, many apps now cause as many problems as they solve and are a regular source of rage. ___________________Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a textJoin Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
In the episode, Adam and Keith discuss their irritations with the New Year. From fake workplace enthusiasm to the ridiculousness of 'Dry January', the chaps have entered 2025 with plenty of rage to vent.___________________Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
In the episode, Adam and Keith share their personal annoyances whenever they visit a supermarket. From incompetent parking to morons who stop for a natter in the middle of an aisle, there's no shortage of retail rants to be raked over. ___________________Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
Adam and Keith mark the fifteenth episode with a slight format change... which they subsequently fail to administer. Still, they do manage to discuss their various issues with social media or, more specifically, the kind of people who blight our lives via social media. ///////////////////////Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
In this episode, Adam questions why so many random people feel they have a God-given right to interrupt his day. Keith, on the other hand, aims his rage at the hugely irritating American export that is Black Friday. ///////////////////////Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
In this episode, Adam gets hot under the collar about his deep-seated loathing of all things airport related, whilst Keith wants to know why we've become such a wasteful nation when it comes to both personal and state-controlled money. ///////////////////////Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
In this episode, Adam shares his angst about weather warnings and why every storm now requires a (stupid) name. Keith, however, has his rage trained on the sorry state of modern transportation, and if we're any better off than our medieval ancestors.///////////////////////Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedSend us a text
Send us a textIn this first episode of a shiny new season, Adam shares his frustration over a deceitful washing machine. Meanwhile, Keith explores the shameful brand exploitation blighting the biscuit industry. ///////////////////////Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
Send us a Text Message.How many work-related emails are too many in a calendar year? 1,000? 5,000? How about 17,000? That's the number that triggered Adam's rage in this episode. Keith then shares his woes after attending a festival for the first time ... and the reasons why he won't be booking tickets to another one.Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
Everyone loves being invited to a BBQ - there's nothing better than sipping a cold beer in the sunshine whilst someone serves you food. However, hosting a BBQ is no one's idea of fun. In fact, every element of hosting a BBQ is a valid reason to rage.And once we're suitably enraged by BBQ hosting, we get on to the subject of age verification. The nanny state now demands that even us middle-aged men have to show ID to buy alcohol-free beer. What is the world coming to?Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRag
Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once argued that “Hell is other people.” but we reckon Satra was misquoted - it's more likely he said, "Hell is morning people." Our rage is also aimed at the proliferation of online courses, particularly those that claim you can achieve great things without any God-given talent.Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
Feet come in all shapes and sizes, so why do sock manufacturers only give us two sizes to choose from - too bloody big or too bloody small?And, with Ireland launching one of the most convoluted recycling schemes in Europe, are some ideas on saving the planet more likely to make us red with rage, rather than green? Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRagedMEET THE AUTHORS... As discussed in this episode, follow this link for more details of our low-key Meet The Authors event on 27th April 2024 (in Crawley, West Sussex) - https://www.facebook.com/pearson.author/posts/pfbid02kYHEMhTC6dnywhc1t4zAPWnwN3DJELJvXShZzvRxAiMkKaUrhn6vDADVdgSkNxQ7l
"We thought you'd be interested in tartan dungarees."No. Just no.Why are the algorithms that dictate the adverts and content we see online so utterly flawed? And how has the commercial creep of Valentine's Day culminated in heart-shaped quiches? Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
Whether it's shower gel, shampoo, or anti-bac spray, why are modern bottles designed to prevent you from extracting every ounce of the product you've paid for? And why are local news websites littered with clickbait junk, relentless pop-ups, and news that isn't actually news?Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
They say there's no 'I' in 'Team' but there's definitely an 'I' in 'Take your fake workplace enthusiasm and p*ss off!' Also in this episode, we discuss remortgaging your home in order to cover the eye-watering cost of seeing a gig at a major music venue. Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
No, we haven't read your 'Terms & Conditions' because we don't have the time or legal expertise to decipher a ninety page contract - stop asking! And, if you've ever tried to sell an item on Facebook Marketplace, you'll understand why it's boiled our blood this week.Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
Every interaction with every company now results in a request for feedback. Why? And, is it really too much for some people to use the occasional period or comma when posting on social media?Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
If you've ever lost the will to live while waiting in a pharmacy or seethed over the ridiculous design of the up-and-over garage door, you're not alone. Join Adam Eccles and Keith A Pearson as they highlight the trivial triggers of midlife angst. Contains occasional humour, moderate rage, and the odd sweary word. For more info, visit www.MiddleRaged.ukOr follow Middle Raged on...Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/MiddleRagedFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiddleRagedIf you'd like to buy us a coffee to show your appreciation for our efforts/rage, every contribution is massively appreciated – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MiddleRaged
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