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Elis James and John Robins

Join the UK's youngest and most relevant broadcasters Elis James and John Robins for your twice-weekly dose of big laughs and top quality #content. Hilarious, welcoming and unashamedly ashamed, let these two best friends keep you company every Tuesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/28/2026

#570 - Radio Husbands, Everything’s Magnolia and The Wetter The Better artwork

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#570 - Radio Husbands, Everything’s Magnolia and The Wetter The Better

Elis James and John Robins

Lou is here! And she’s already made one friend and one enemy on the way in. Buckle up, in the first few minutes there are bad Welsh accents (sorry Elis) and promiscuous tales flying round the studio. Safe to say Dave is wishing he was still on holiday… Speaking of, John’s been on his holidays and even swam in the sea, twice. Get in the sea, change your state - Lou’s always said it. The colder the better. The wetter the better. Turns out, you can’t worry when you’re looking for little fish. Elsewhere, Lou is taking a stand in our all-new, all-precarious and all-very-delicately-dealt-with feature: Lou Sues Again. Plus, we’ve fired up the ol’ Rapid Response Unit to hear directly from you the people about some of your longest relationships. Do you own a fire truck in Thanet and have your own private well? Get in touch with us at hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/25/2026

#569 - Elis’s Nads, The London Custard Co. and 100 Cymru Connections artwork

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#569 - Elis’s Nads, The London Custard Co. and 100 Cymru Connections

Elis James and John Robins

The tensest feature in global podcasting turns 100 today. That’s right, Elis James attempts his 100th Cymru Connection. This. Feels. Significant. His heart feels hot but his bum feels cold. Luckily his nads feel just right. He keeps repeating ‘Ruthin’ over and over again and his core temperature resembles that of an ill person. Can he reach the magic 50%? For the 100th time, let’s see. In other news there’s a new producer in town, as the brilliant Ruth Husko takes her place in the hotseat in a bid to tame the unproducables. We learn how Ruth played a vital role in hunkifying John’s book, and she chairs a Made Up Game that leads to one contestant experiencing a near death experience (it’s a word-based game, so we’ll let you decided who it might be…). All this, plus Mick Hucknall enters the scene in a brand new chapter of ‘Contact’. You can enter the Elis and John scene right now by emailing hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/21/2026

#568 - Laxative Links, Wow (Cubed) and A New Low For Freezer Storage artwork

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#568 - Laxative Links, Wow (Cubed) and A New Low For Freezer Storage

Elis James and John Robins

In significant happenings John reveals the longest relationship of his life and what has caused it to break down. Namely, a Boggle addiction. We also discover the silent reality of what it’s like to be his neighbour. Elsewhere, Dave has gone to a cuddly toy exhibition in Harrogate but we plough on in his absence. However the occasion where Dave can’t cut the tension when Elis tries to prove John wrong is noticeable. Plus, we receive UK highways enthusiasm from the US of A. “Just tell me more about the roads.” Got any highways (or byways) input? Well send it down the internet’s A-road, email, via hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/18/2026

#567 - Bilking, A Glis Glis Stakeout and Old Uncle Yogsley artwork

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#567 - Bilking, A Glis Glis Stakeout and Old Uncle Yogsley

Elis James and John Robins

It’s a very prison-based episode today, as John reveals he might be going there for petty crime, and Elis draws parallels between Albert Camus’s prison-residing outsider Meursault and Johnny JR. Was Camus foreshadowing the life of our favourite Bristol-born broadcaster? But don’t worry, it’s not all highbrow existentialism. John discovers another self-penned story on his hard drive that involves farts (but crucially, is not ABOUT farts). Also expect answers to the questions: Can you Cymru Connect over a horse? Can you take your odd socks to a raffle? And is the sky really a neighbourhood? Transmit your thoughts to email and send them pronto to hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/14/2026

#566 - The Infinite Diversion, Screaming In My Car and Hell Is Close To Stow-on-the-Wold artwork

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#566 - The Infinite Diversion, Screaming In My Car and Hell Is Close To Stow-on-the-Wold

Elis James and John Robins

Robins has had a disaster. The sort of disaster that should only besiege Elis James. But what could it be? Tardiness? Something indicative of cognitive decline? Or maybe far worse? We also receive some very weak vindication for Elis after the mockery he received for his book openings, and we ask, would a 20 year old with a heavy goods vehicle licence be permitted to drive The Sportage? Got a £7 bag of crisps, a ham hock and an artisan cruffin to send in? Well jam them into an attachment to hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. There's a brand new Adventure up there right now! It's right HERE ! For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/11/2026

#565 - Clive The Unwell, 30 Dairy Farmers and The 17:02 to Faversham artwork

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#565 - Clive The Unwell, 30 Dairy Farmers and The 17:02 to Faversham

Elis James and John Robins

Well, well, well, well, well. Elis has officially completed the best gig of his life, and that’s even without his routine about Black Bart the pirate. A mere five and a half hours away by train, we have discovered his emotional hinterland: the Eisteddfod in Pembrokeshire. But away from the crowds, the choirs and the clog dancers, away from the druids and the dairy farmers, can our Welsh Hero handle the pressure back in the studio and Cymru Connect away from the motherland? Plus, is Dave the captain of a sinking ship? John seems convinced, after a surprise reading of The Ballad of ‘Reading Jil’. But move over, Oscar Wilde. We have some literary legends of our own as we play a Made Up Game for the ages. Let’s just say you’ll be seeing The Adventures of Flogworth and Blimp on the shelves very soon...probably. If you're one of our cute rats with something to say, get in touch at hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/7/2026

#564 - I Tire of You, Glowing in Welsh and Chris Edwards’ Bad Skin artwork

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#564 - I Tire of You, Glowing in Welsh and Chris Edwards’ Bad Skin

Elis James and John Robins

The literary world has been set alight after a new best selling author was unveiled 30 years too late the other day. Is John Robins about to redefine the grounded motoring sci-fi genre for the 21st century? The first step is getting pointers from someone who’d consider 'thousands' of book sales to be small fry. Elsewhere, Elis is being consistently told how hot and sexy he is by the British population. Well Welsh Elis that is. John also gets corrected on the purpose of high speed rail, Adrian tells us about his superb clutch control and a Mad Dad puts a keyboard in the oven. It’s a bumper one. Got anything else to pump up Elis’s ego? Well get it right over to hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8/4/2026

#563 - Thatcher’s Playlist, Neil The Alien and The Bag of Digital Death artwork

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#563 - Thatcher’s Playlist, Neil The Alien and The Bag of Digital Death

Elis James and John Robins

Elis may have been struggling with delayed trains, but fear not - it turns out our Producer Dave has a hotline to the Big Dog himself: Bandy Urnham. Nothing a quick phone call can’t fix… Plus, if you thought John's now-legendary Bag of Death was but a distant memory, think again, as the boys uncover the beginnings of a creative endeavour that our Thornbury wordsmith began at the age of just 13. And lo, we enter the era of the Password Protected Bag of Digital Death. But enough of passwords, protection and privacy. Elis is still on a mission to connect with his fellow Welsh folk in a tense edition of the Cymru Connection. Plus, we welcome a brand new feature - highlighted in pea green on Dave's big list of new ideas, no less - The Rapid Response Unit. Have you got an Alien Novel in you? Do you know what Thatcher's playlist would have been? Get it touch at hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/31/2026

#562 - The Riff Ripcord, No Joy in a Tesco and Loyal As 10,000 Dogs artwork

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#562 - The Riff Ripcord, No Joy in a Tesco and Loyal As 10,000 Dogs

Elis James and John Robins

John has shaken up the show at a big meeting in Elis’s absence. He should be prepared. In the meantime, comedy fans have been getting the true Elis James stand up experience: Having your joggers called s*** and then introducing Chris McCausland. Get ready Albert Hall. Maybe the mojo does need to return. Plus, the words reaping and sowing once again come to mind, as Buckinghamshire’s most hubristic man sees the warning light chickens come home to roost. Also, John has a frequent male escort and a new friend. They are not the same. Been unwittingly papped or have comments on ABS sensors? Well send them to hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/28/2026

#561 - Foxer & Foxee, Count Connection Face and Silly Sausage Britain artwork

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#561 - Foxer & Foxee, Count Connection Face and Silly Sausage Britain

Elis James and John Robins

Welcome to the silliest podcast around. It’s headphones filled with custard, it’s microphones made of cake, it’s stink bombs in the studio. And all because we have one of the nation’s silliest sausages in our midst: The Prince of Pranks, the goofiest goofball, Mr Elis James. After all the hijinks and japes it’s down to serious chat: Elis and John map out the future of AI, which worryingly ends with us being breastfed by computers… All this, plus Elis meets his Moriarty in the Cymru Connection, in an attempt to connect that means so much more than just improving his stats. John unearths yet another talent in this week’s paint-based Made Up Game, and we chat to the man who ran across America 4 times, Rob Pope. Do you want to get involved with Silly Sausage Britain? You can by emailing hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/24/2026

#560 - The Messi of Englyns, Warranty Wallies and Garth Olwg or Bust artwork

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#560 - The Messi of Englyns, Warranty Wallies and Garth Olwg or Bust

Elis James and John Robins

If you like your podcasts jam-packed with top quality content, then boy do we have a show for you. First up: what’s it like to be in a creative powerhouse couple? A quite stressed Elis lifts the lid. And he explains why he needs Daniel Kitson to pull his finger out. Next John talks about being a lion of the plains, and walking into a saloon wearing all black. Admittedly it is quite confusing, but stick with it, as it leads to a big revelation and allows Elis to gleefully don his Welsh tourist board cap. Then we receive 'one of the most wrongheaded emails' John has ever read in his entire life, and we learn how Elis would react if a low bandit were to sever him limb from limb. Send us your feedback on this multi-layered content buffet by emailing hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/21/2026

#559 - Here We Hit It, The Calmru Connection and Darwin’s Flatmate Dave artwork

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#559 - Here We Hit It, The Calmru Connection and Darwin’s Flatmate Dave

Elis James and John Robins

Sad news everyone, Elis is retiring. We thought Johnny JR would go first, but Elis has beaten him to it. He’s peaked. He’s reached his zenith and there ain’t nowhere to go from there. But worry not, because he’s referring to his DJing career and not his podcasting one… Then it’s onto kids' parties and the big question: is John’s conduct in the Bureau de Change of the Mind the best training ground for dealing with 20 hungry kids? All this plus some top tier shame, a cracking Cymru Connection, and a Made Up Game that unearths the bombshell revelation that John’s book 'Thirst' was a ripoff of the OG blubography, Charles Darwin’s 'On the Origin of Species'. Please continue to furnish us with your brilliantly penned correspondence by sending it to hello@elisandjohn.com . For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/17/2026

#558 - Drip Feeding Dross, Dave Kanchelskis and Oiling The Engine of Love artwork

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#558 - Drip Feeding Dross, Dave Kanchelskis and Oiling The Engine of Love

Elis James and John Robins

John, Dave and Calvin Harris are with you today to discuss all things DJ’ing. Incidentally, Calvin Harris can only DJ when there’s another wifi connection. If there isn’t then he rings his indie disco mate and the air turns blue. As well as hearing about all the hottest dance gigs, Dave drops an absolute bombshell within seconds of starting the record. Something he’s held back for years amidst the oceans of dross that this show has covered. Also, John deigns to tell Elis’s hero about his lovemaking backdrop, and ring the poem bell! Because Dave must reflect on a dual possibility moment that the vast majority wish wasn’t being referenced. There’s also some bold male behaviour floating around from a man whose clothes are all disposable and another who reuses calendars. Got something for us? Have you ever asked a question on Reddit? Well get it in to hello@elisandjohn.com For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/14/2026

#557 - Live at the Crossed Wires Festival artwork

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#557 - Live at the Crossed Wires Festival

Elis James and John Robins

It’s not often you get to experience a world first. But here you go, you’re about to hear the first ever documented Sheffield-first, podcast-second, terrestrial-radio-third broadcast. Is this a defining moment for podcasting? For entertainment? For global culture as a whole? Only time will tell. Elis, John and Dave recently graced the stage at Sheffield’s Crossed Wires festival, and here for your listening pleasure are some choice cuts. There’s all your podcast favourites; your Mad Dads, your Shame Wells, your Common Zense. Plus, Elis does his damnedest to connect with a Welsh person in the audience, and there’s a chaotic Made Up Game that really stretches the limits of acceptable podcasting. To get in touch send your vibes to hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/10/2026

#556 - Un-Air Conditional, 296 Johns and A Pitta Pocket or Two artwork

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#556 - Un-Air Conditional, 296 Johns and A Pitta Pocket or Two

Elis James and John Robins

Our trio are on the old remote tricast today and John is, again, incredibly keen to emphasise just how well he is getting on during Operation Heatwave. But it’s also hot hot hot broadcasting as we hear of tupperware audits and controversy in the Dads Race. Does Elis remain unbeaten? Also, sound the Heartwarming Radio Bell as one of the team shares a delightful addition to his week. Fancy dropping us a line? Well it’s hello@elisandjohn.com if you do! And check out the latest Adventure of Elis and John: Station to Station . For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/7/2026

#555 - Consent Cushions, A Cuddle Bath and Sitting Quietly in Ghent artwork

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#555 - Consent Cushions, A Cuddle Bath and Sitting Quietly in Ghent

Elis James and John Robins

It’s been a big old week for Johnny JR, but has he won again? Well it’s one in the win column for his much anticipated return to the small screen. But it would be helpful if he could remember the name of his own TV show… And then there’s the small matter of updating the firmware on the CarPlay in the Sportage. Will John win against 2017 technology? Or will Theresa May-era software prove his downfall? Elsewhere Elis attempts to remount the Cymru Connection horse, and there’s the return of Made Up Game hall-of-famer Brain Darts which doesn’t disappoint. We need your thoughts, your vibes; your thought-vibes. Send them to hello@elisandjohn.com. Catch the latest episode of the Adventures of Elis and John right here, right now . For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7/3/2026

#554 - A Cream Spiral, Nude Dave and Dignity then Dignitas artwork

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#554 - A Cream Spiral, Nude Dave and Dignity then Dignitas

Elis James and John Robins

It’s an evening pre-record this week, and it would be a little bit more jazz, a little bit more Soho and a little bit more laid back…if Dave’s train hadn’t been held up by cows, and John’s stomach wasn’t in confusion mode. And yet there’s no denying that we are totally committed to ‘keeping Britain moo-ving’ as we share treatments for tricky skin, reflect on Elis’s bed time pork pies and give yeast the big rebrand it has long-since deserved. Finally, we feel that sense of calm as John reads Elis another parable in Common Zense, concluding that our brain is ‘just an organ with no idea what it’s doing’. Yes, totally calm. Plus, there’s a cracking Mad Dad that exposes one of our Brave Broadcasters as a Nude Dad… Send us your vibes to hello@elisandjohn.com . And check out the latest Adventure of Elis and John: Station to Station . For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6/30/2026

#553 - The Orbit of Peel, Potentials & Tangentials and WD-Phwoarty artwork

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#553 - The Orbit of Peel, Potentials & Tangentials and WD-Phwoarty

Elis James and John Robins

After doing what Status Quo failed to do, breaking America, Elis thinks it fitting to introduce the world of EJJR to those living stateside. So behold some dodgy accents, references to ‘mom’s apple tart’ and Elis, John and Dave’s personal Mount Rushmores. But having made his name doing what he does best, Cymru Connecting, how will Elis fare with all this added pressure? Will the weight of American expectation weigh him down too much? Will the man be able to live up to the hype? Then it’s onto a pair of all-time classics; a new big band Made Up Game jingle which gives Elis’s cognitive decline its own trumpet motif, and a tennis-based game that enters the MUG Hall of Fame before it’s even played. Plus the latest Adventure of Elis and John is revealed! Here for more info . Do you have a great game we can play? Have you made a musical motif for John’s post-lunch sadness? Do you have a question that just begs to be answered? You’re in luck because you can send all these things to hello@elisandjohn.com. For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6/26/2026

#552 - Gloop, Love Bees and It’s Me Or The Lathe artwork

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#552 - Gloop, Love Bees and It’s Me Or The Lathe

Elis James and John Robins

The heat’s great isn’t it. As John points out, it’s no longer twee and fun headlines, instead it’s “Phew You’re All Going To Die Quite Soon”. What japes! Luckily we’ve got the cool cucumber balm of content for those toasty ears. And may we say, there’s some top notch correspondence today pertaining to love struck albums, lathes and crucial public health information on getting your bits checked every so often. After all it’s important to be health conscious. Plus there’s a fabulously topical Shame Well and a hot gloopy Mad Dad to attend to. If you’ve got anything to send on the topic of sexual health then hello@elisandjohn.com is the destination. And remember, if you’re in young love and want to express yourself, do keep those emotions in lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6/23/2026

#551 - Bumsyl, A Mind STD and Switchblade and Porky in Space artwork

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#551 - Bumsyl, A Mind STD and Switchblade and Porky in Space

Elis James and John Robins

After a bout of promiscuous and unprotected thinking, John’s been in a panic sphere. He’s only gone and given himself a mind STD, but could some watermelon body wash be to blame? All this leads to a full circle moment for Elis. He might be headlining the Royal Albert Hall next year, but is the realisation of his long-touted ‘health podcast’ actually his career zenith? Listener JB sends in a cracking impressions-based Made Up Game, and we take a harrowing trip down John’s Shame Well. Do you want to feed the Elis and John content machine with your very own correspondence? Then send it to hello@elisandjohn.com right away. Tickets for Elis and John at Crossed Wires Elis’s upcoming Welsh language gigs: 17 July - Yr Garth Theatre Pontypridd 18 July - Llanover Hall Theatre, Cardiff 23 July - Always Be Comedy, Kennington 26 July - Stanley Halls, South Norwood 1 August - London Welsh Centre, London 2 August - London Welsh Centre, London 3 August - Always Be Comedy, Kennington For lots of exclusive EJJR #content, join our Patreon at patreon.com/elisandjohn. For weekly visual highlights, head to youtube.com/@elisandjohn. For everything else, head to elisandjohn.com. The Elis James and John Robins Show is a Significant Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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