Our special guest this week is Nish Kumar.

Nish is one of Britain's most acclaimed comedians, broadcasters and podcasters. He is best known as the host of The Mash Report and Late Night Mash, as co-host of the hugely popular political podcast Pod Save the UK, and for his award-winning stand-up shows that have toured across the UK, Europe, Australia and North America.

Nish joins Elis, Mike and Steff for a conversation that covers golf collapses, cricket greatness and Sir Alex Ferguson -PART 2 is out on Friday!!

Nish: Jean van de Velde's Open Championship collapse

https://youtu.be/1dR1pkCGY80?is=NPLbdJbGm-62fBdP

Nish: India cricket

https://youtu.be/wY6UyatwVTA?is=I24ovUUVFo493i6S

Nish: Sir Alex Ferguson

https://youtu.be/IAmHcJ_LcMM?is=HOiHAeqK695vJi_r

Nish is currently touring the UK and Ireland with his latest stand-up show, Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy.

Tour dates:

https://www.nishkumar.co.uk/gigs/

Part 2 will be out on Friday.

If you want the bonus content from our chat with Nish, that's available as Part 3 for subscribers.

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Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from I Am The Catman

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Welcome the Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.

This is the second half of our live show from the Hackney Empire on Wednesday 8th April, with special guest Charlie Baker.

Charlie is a comedian, actor, singer and sports fan who brings exactly the sort of live-wire energy this podcast needs when it is standing on a stage, looking out at a crowd of dozens, and pretending not to notice the empty seats.

Have a listen to the first half, The Hackney Half LIVE, before you listen to this one.

Steff: The Race

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWtxZ-uiIbz/?igsh=YzNsdHB2NnYybWpv

Mike: Rugby League

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWTHZpsgZRT/?igsh=Y3d4M2x5c2x5azB0

Charlie: Easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBSd1U18vM

If you want to see us live in October, we’re in Clapham on the 10th:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2105328

That’s it for the regular feed this week.

If you want MORE, subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts. This week’s bonus is My Hard Work And Nature, a Q&A with Mike and Elis answering questions from subscribers.

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The Hackney Half LIVE

Welcome to Part 1 of this week’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.

This is the first half of our live show from the Hackney Empire on Wednesday 8th April, recorded in front of a crowd of some people.

Our very special guest was the brilliant Charlie Baker — comedian, actor, singer, sports obsessive and one of the funniest live performers around. Charlie joins the boys on stage for a night of clips, stories, songs, sport and the kind of chaos that can only happen when this podcast is allowed inside a proper theatre.

Was the Hackney Empire completely full? No. Was it spiritually full? Absolutely. Was the half that turned up better than the half that didn’t? Without question.

Mike: F’ing Hockey

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOn1UyMjXf0/?igsh=OXZpMXkxd29pc2Vp

Elis: Goose

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKcazlzoWFo/?igsh=MnYzbXVrMWI2M3Zw

Charlie: Ski Sunday theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOEO_fgG3-I

The second half of the show is called The Exeter CEOs LIVE and will be out on Friday.

If you want even more, subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts.

This week’s bonus is My Hard Work And Nature, a Q&A with Mike and Elis answering questions sent in by subscribers.

We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!

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Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from You're On Drugs, Old Man

We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!

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Welcome to Friday’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.

Elis brings in Kevin Bridges: In Search of the Beautiful Game, a documentary about football, comedy and the strange hold the game has on people.

Steff has chosen Humans Not Robots: When Elite Sport and Real Life Collide by Michail Antonio, a book about the human reality behind elite sport — pressure, expectation, identity, vulnerability and what happens when real life crashes into professional performance.

The Socially Distant Sports bar features Mike Bubbins from TV's Mammoth and Elis James from the "Elis & John" podcast. It's a funny podcast with sport at it's core.

Subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts and you’ll get Wednesday and Friday episodes early and advert-free every Tuesday. AND you'll get a bonus episode every single week. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-socially-distant-sports-bar/id1503926981

We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!

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Welcome to Wednesday’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.

You'll know Elis from "Elis & John" and Mike from his TV show "Mammoth"

This week, Elis brings in Roy Keane on relationship issues, Mike has Kevin Sinfield, and Steff has found Scotland fans at the baseball.

There is emotional intelligence from unexpected places, sporting greatness, travelling supporters, and the usual attempt to keep a sports podcast somewhere near the subject of sport.

Elis: Roy Keane on relationship issues

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZpnCU0JLwk/?igsh=bzJwbXNpdm94ZG13

Mike: Kevin Sinfield

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZgE-PxsFXy/?igsh=MXdtbmNheWZwNWR4NQ==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZg0L45gnFv/?igsh=MXZrZmNzbHBrY3hl

Steff: Scotland fans at the baseball

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlwiuZvviP/?igsh=MTBoZTd6NGpxa3Zncw==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlp5ijFWsK/?igsh=bmwwM2l0ZDN0aHBw

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlg934NRAY/?igsh=MWp1Y29rcHVxbHdmNA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlJnaYsKos/?igsh=MW03em9qODd0OWJjbg==

There's another episode out on Friday.

And if you want both episodes early and advert-free every Tuesday — AND a bonus 3rd episode which is only available on Apple Subscriptions in the podcast apps — subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts.

We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!

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Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from Michael Owen’s Movie Club - one of our bonus podcasts over on patreon.com/distantpod

We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!

If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇

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