Scott wanted a strange pre Christmas treatment day
Scott decided that he and Chris needed another unusual treatment before Christmas. A couple of years earlier they had tried vitamin drips, and he now wanted to find something similarly distinctive before going out together afterwards.
Chris immediately suspected that the plan was less about wellbeing and more about Scott wanting company for whatever new treatment he had discovered. That suspicion would prove useful as the idea developed across the next few shows.
Ask Me Anything went inside bovine fertility work
The mystery guest in Ask Me Anything worked for a professional bovine service company and artificially inseminated cows. The job involved identifying cows that were in heat, selecting a suitable bull and then carrying out the insemination with specialist equipment.
Scott and Chris asked the practical questions in the least sophisticated way possible, but the guest calmly explained the process. The work required getting physically close to the animals and using one arm to position things correctly while the insemination equipment was used separately.
By the end, the studio understood that this was not a novelty job at all but a routine specialist service within farming. The only part Scott never quite recovered from was how matter of fact the guest could be about something he found impossible to picture without laughing.
Tyson Fury arrived for a much more serious conversation
Tyson Fury joined the programme after the previous week’s invitation for listeners to bring him problems that needed motivation. One of those listeners was Jillie, who had just left an appointment confirming the start of radiotherapy.
Jillie explained that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in January, had gone through chemotherapy and a mastectomy, and was now facing the next stage of treatment. Each new step brought another wave of nerves and made her wonder how much fight she had left.
Jillie asked a fighter how to keep fighting
Fury told Jillie to keep talking, stay around positive people and remember that she was not alone. He did not pretend that her situation was the same as a boxing match. Instead, he used the language of fighting to recognise what she had already been through and to encourage her into the next stage.
The tone changed noticeably from the rest of the programme. A feature built around celebrity motivational speeches became a sincere exchange between somebody facing treatment and somebody being asked simply to help her feel stronger for it.
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