Of Mice And Ken: A Coronation Street Podcast

In a week of Corrie so eventful that we had to break our podcasting hiatus, we've found ourselves with absolutely nought to say! Patrick resents the writers for lamp-shading 18 months of Phelan evading justice, Grace's concept of justice turns out to be mainly pushing everyone into a pond, and Ellis is dazzled by a bit of time-lapse photography. Live from North Point, it's Of Mice and Ken!

We're back! Sort of! Ellis and Grace haven't kept up with the program and Patrick awkwardly fumbles to explain the better part of a month. Is Phelan really having an affair with Rana behind Zeedan's back? Is Nicola trying to pass her baby off to Toyah and Dev? Is Daniel really back with Billy's brother? All this and more on Of Mice and Ken!

We've gone and done a second round of Mr. and Mrs. [Weatherfield] with Gracie as our Taskmaster. Beyond that there's a Star Wars and not much else. But do email in to OfMiceandKenPodcast@gmail.com -- It's Of Mice and Ken!

Well, we skived off the podcast last week for the first time in months and we've never been so lonely. This week we're back with a great round of Mr. and Mrs. [Weatherfield] and two weeks worth of raw human emotion to unpack. Is Daniel controlling the people of Weatherfield with subliminal messages? Will Tim get tongue-tied in the tension of the trial? Is Chesney trying to moralize his missed matriculation into matrimony? All this and more. It's Of Mice and Ken!

So much happened this week that we can't even talk about it! Luke, Gary, Seb, Phelan, Eileen, the garage, the mill, the knickers...it was all kind of one story, weren't it? Felt more like watching six episodes of a single show than it ever has before. But besides that cinematic homunculus, we've got no shortage of Billy looking bleary from his Barlow beating, Casa de Carla at number 12, and the mysterious meeting of a secret society in the backrooms of Weatherfield. All that PLUS we're admonished by 60% of our audience in one week and we compete against David Platt in Gracie's first feature [which she stole from another program]. It's Of Mice and Ken!

It's the last day of 2017 and we've decided to send off the year that was just as we lived it: recording an unprepared hour of uninformed soap opera podcasting! Loads happened over the Christmas holidays, really too much for you to expect us to remember it all. Billy went for a ride in a helicopter, Robert will hire anyone sat at the bar, Roy's going to study up to remove his own kidney maybe? I dunno. On top of all that the factory's getting a racist makeover and Brian is looking well fit. I think that was it? It's Of Mice and Ken!

It's only Christmas Day today! A special happy holidays from Of Mice and Ken to all our Dev-Otees/Listeners/Supporters/Janes! It's been a riveting week on the Cobbles in the run up to the holidays! We've got Vicar Vodka in a Barlow Bind, a dodgy lodger lobbing problems at Leanne, Bad Phelan feelin' bad, and a cruel 'Clause cursing kids. That plus a hungover Ellis confuses Tim Allen and Tim Robbins, Patrick confuses Alya and Rana, and Grace makes some snap judgements on our new friend Carla Connor. It's Of Mice and Ken!

It’s our first ever end-of-year awards show! Help us celebrate the first of what will surely be a long-standing annual tradition by giving out some “Kennies” in some high-stakes categories including… -The Of Mice & Ken Award for Best Award Show Name -The David Platt’s Dead Wife Award for Most Stressful Life Events And, of course, -The #HelpFromHelen Story of the Year Award! That plus a wee bit of reminiscing on what it was like to start a Corrie podcast this year and a stocking stuffed with predictions on the big stories to send off 2017. Have yourself a poisoned lamb cutlet and a flute of champagne with an engagement ring in it, it’s Of Mice and Ken!

This week we’ve got the return of Gary Windass, the more welcomed, less guaranteed return of our own Gracie, Ellis’ best Beatles banana ballad bit that was not to be, and some listener mail from one of our favorites. [Don’t forget to send emails and voice memos to OfMiceAndKenPodcast@gmail.com !] Now grab an orange if not a tangerine, put on your Batman costume, and blow up a car! It’s Of Mice and Ken!

It’s another Tea for Two this week with Gracie off on holiday and the lads left to fend for themselves. We’ve honored her absence by awkwardly pausing every few seconds where she might have chipped in and only doing two thirds of the necessary preparation. But the Cobbles, as ever, are alive with action in a week that saw Robert’s Operation, Gemma’s Cinderella Story, and Billy’s Barlow Bereavement Benefit Benediction. Fix yourself a massive dish of olives and a Pat Phelan milkshake: it’s Of Mice and Ken!

In a week of mainly bollocks, Robert got hit by a car and it was maybe the fourth worst thing that happened to him, we've got another garment startup on the Street, #Chez'sRevenge, Norris gets a "blanket bath", and a Newt character named New...wait, is that right? It's an internet party and you're all invited: It's Of Mice and Ken!

Patrick struggles in vain to find a positive reading of the Rana and Kate story, Ellis discovers the working mum inside himself, and Grace podcasts from death's doorstep. It's Of Mice and Ken!

We've only gone and brought back Stranger Than Fiction! That plus an encouraging listener email, a glorified prank war between Barlow Legal Services and Aiden Connor, and developmental psychology with Daniel! It's Of Mice and Ken!

CONTENT NOTE: We start this podcast off by addressing the accusations of sexual assault against Coronation Street actor Bruno Langley [Todd Grimshaw]. At about 8:10 into the episode we get back to our business as usual. With Rita Street-legal again and Phelan on holiday, it's back to business as usual in Weatherfield. Or is it? We've got Mayor Metcalfe, a game of Musical Platts at Number 8, a world of trouble at Barlow Legal Services, and Grace has got a cough to boot! It's Of Mice and Ken Episode 20! SECOND CONTENT NOTE: We are definitely against spoilers, but a few little minor things came out in researching the Bruno Langley accusations. Technically, this OM&K does contain a little bit of spoiler info, but it's all things that have been in the news.

It’s a proper thrill-a-minute this week as the Phelan/Andy stories come to a tragic climax. That plus some wound-up Windasses, the micro-police work of Craig Tinker, and the hardest working Fitness Tracker in show biz in this spooktakular Halloween Special! Featuring our first ever listener-submitted Postcard from Weatherfield!

Reunited and it feels so good! Patrick's back with exciting tales from the American west and some bitter resentments for Liz McDonald. We've also got the tepid return of Dizzy Chesney, Freudian minefields with Mary and fam, and the most Abu Ghraib references ever made in a soap podcast. It's Of Mice and Ken episode 18!

We're down a host this week, with Ellis and Grace going it alone and Patrick captive in a van somewhere in America! Ellis rings his friends and family in a desperate attempt to find a new co-host and get some hot takes on the week that was after some strangely specific listener mail. With the auditions going poorly and the show in dire straits, they desperately ring Patrick who agrees to come back next week after all. It's Of Mice and Ken episode 17!

With our heroes traveling this weekend, the podcast had to be recorded on thursday! How, you might ask, did we cover a full week of Corrie without seeing friday's episodes? Well, stop asking so many questions! We talk court room dramas and Daniel unearthing the most shocking secrets that we all already knew as well as loads more faff in this week's Of Mice and Ken. No bears were thrown from bridges in the making of this podcast.

We play fast and loose with the format this week, harkening back to our roots with an aimless Cobble Chat. Are Gary and Nicola an item to be? Will Andy get a Nathan? Is Patrick secretly religious? All this and more sorted in General Waste. And don’t forget to email us all your Street thoughts at OfMiceAndKenPodcast@gmail.com!

It's been such an action-packed week that we've decided it would be best not to even discuss it. Beyond that we've got the return of Object Failure, the final quarter final of Weatherfield's Got Talent, and a mini-Postcard from Weatherfield entitled "Otherworld".

In a week marked by technical difficulties ranging from the piñata to the podcast, Of Mice and Ken bravely struggles to make sense of it all. Also, listen in for a new Postcard from Weatherfield fan fiction drama extravaganza!

It's the darkest night before the dawn for our heroes this week. With our interpersonal relationships disintegrating, our livers exasperated, and our life choices completely called into question by some cheeky listener mail, we've had nought to rely on but the Street. So heat up some drug curry, put away your murder bag, and get antsy on multiple different levels, it's Of Mice and Ken episode twelve!

ITV displaced Corro in favor of the football this week, but, don’t worry, they don’t know where we live. We’re here as ever with your regularly scheduled programming and we’ve got a new game! That plus the results of Weatherfield’s Got Talent week one, and two more songs to be judged! Bandage up your scratches, finish up the invisible laundry, and patch up your pool, it’s time for Of Mice and Ken! (And do be sure to check our twitter page [@OfMiceAndKen] and vote in Weatherfield's Got Talent week two)

We've cracked into double-digit territory with episode number ten! To celebrate we've got the return of Stranger Than Fiction, a play-by-play on the week that was, and the highly anticipated rollout of Weatherfield's Got Talent! Have a sit in Roy's shed and enjoy your favorite weekly Corrie 'cast! (Don't forget to check our Twitter for the Weatherfield's Got Talent vote, which, trust us, will make sense after you listen to the episode)

Time is a flat circle on the Street this week: Gemma's in and then out of trouble, Eva goes from loving the Conners to loving the con again, Gary's taxi is stuck in perpetual biscuit limbo, and Phelan's past is very much present. We've also got the final(?) round of Cobbles or Crowns, and David Platt is seeking world peace in our second self-penned 'Postcard From Weatherfield'.

It's our most experimental episode yet! We've got loads of new features (some more off the cuff than others), new sounds, and, in a daring affront to the medium of podcasting, we can barely hear each other! The week that was found most of the UK weighing in on Steve and Leanne's sex life, Michelle in praise of gratuitous violence, and Patrick poking around some darker corners of the internet. Find out why why why why why why and so much more. It's Of Mice and Ken episode eight!

We've given a substantial amount of time to no small amount of timeless, insubstantial theorizing this week, leading in with a listener-suggested meditation on soap operas. If you can make it through that we've got sober Dev acting drunk, drunk Dev acting normal, the settling up of some old wagers, and Michelle in a world of trouble. It's your favorite weekly podcast, barring those in your "secret stash"!

OM&K Is mobile this week, reporting from the road (just different roads). Some of us have been watching Corrie diligently, some hardly at all, and, remarkably, the outcomes are nearly indistinguishable. This week found Norris and Mary a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Toyah Battersby battered by baby imagery, and everyone's favorite new Dads in a little over their heads. Pour a bitter lemon (if you can?) and enjoy our most faff-free episode yet!

It's the end of an era at the Rovers, Brian's embroiled Roy in receipt-gate, Craig's managed to avoid dropping his phone down the toilet, and, in the most surprising twist of the week, we've received some fan mail! There's also more Cobbles or Crowns, but don't let that put you off.

Has it been a week already? We're back with what literally nobody was asking for: a longer episode! This time round we try livening things up with a game, a "special" "guest" appearance, and our first ever "Postcard From Weatherfield". Plus we discuss Craig's sterling efforts to see justice done, and a week of ups and downs for Erica and Dev.

It’s all been kicking off in a six-episode week: there’s bloodshed in the Bistro, #EvasRevenge steps up a gear, and Billy’s angelic singing steals the show at Drew’s funeral. We’re struggling to keep up, and Patrick’s drinking before noon in a vain attempt to make sense of it all. Plus there's a half-hearted attempt at all your favourite weekly features, and we engage in bitter hostilities with a rival podcast.

We're back to discuss this week's happenings on Coronation Street, with 33% less waffle, 20% more factual errors, and a negligible improvement to the audio quality. This time round we focus on #EvasRevenge, Chesney's foray into arthouse cinema, and Dev's unwieldy intonation. Come on in!

Looks like we're starting a Coronation Street podcast? Join an American, a half-Australian, and a southerner as they attempt to offer insight and analysis on all things Corrie or, failing that, to remember the characters' names. In this first episode, we try and settle on a name, consider some ideas for regular 'features', and forget that someone died. Stick with us, we'll get better at this. [Content note: we discuss the storylines from this week's episodes, which includes themes of sexual abuse and homophobia. Also contains swearing from the start.]