Kidz Bop caused an age-related argument
The previous day’s discussion continued after a listener challenged part of what Scott and Chris had said about Kidz Bop.
The pair became distracted by a familiar television problem:
performers presented as extremely young often turn out to be much older than the audience assumes.
They compared it with *Glee*, where actors playing school pupils were hardly always school age.
The wider point was less about Kidz Bop specifically and more about how much bright clothing, styling and television presentation can affect the age viewers think they are seeing.
Scott declared an Instagram clear-out
Scott had reached the point where his feed contained people he did not particularly enjoy following anymore.
Normally he simply scrolled past.
This time he wanted action.
Everybody listening should unfollow at least three accounts which had become boring, annoying or irrelevant.
Chris joined in and prepared his own list.
One listener misunderstood the assignment and revealed she had removed 500 people from her followers instead.
Scott pointed out that was a much more aggressive spring-clean.
She had not tidied the feed.
She had reduced the audience.
Another radio presenter had blocked Scott
While checking profiles, Scott discovered a presenter from another station had blocked him.
He had no idea why.
Scott did not think of himself as somebody constantly involved in radio-industry feuds, which made the block more intriguing.
Chris naturally wanted to know who it was.
Scott avoided turning the Instagram clear-out into a full broadcasting war.
Wrong Answers Only discovered terrible seduction
The question was simple:
Which four words really turn your partner on?
Wrong answers only.
The listener suggestions were superbly unromantic.
“Put your Crocs on.”
“Keep your socks on.”
“Chicken nuggets. Curry sauce.”
“I’ve recorded University Challenge.”
And perhaps the least sensual of all:
“I am touching cloth.”
Scott and Chris kept rewarding answers which sounded less like seduction and more like the things shouted across a long-term relationship on an ordinary Thursday.
The title of the podcast came naturally from the Crocs-and-socks combination.
Magnus had the name Scott wished he had
Listener Kate from Fort William joined Bangers and mentioned her partner Magnus.
Scott immediately decided Magnus Mills would have been an excellent name for him.
He spent far too much of the call admiring a name belonging to somebody else’s boyfriend.
Kate also admitted she normally preferred Scott’s Bangers choices, giving Chris another reason to treat the call as competitive.
Racehorse or Drag Queen was an instant classic
Don’t Look It Up debuted a new round.
Three names were read out.
Scott and Chris had to decide whether each belonged to a racehorse or a drag queen.
The names were deliberately almost impossible.
Riding Miss Daisy.
Ivana Tinkle.
Eve Angelical.
Later options included names such as Ruth Canal, Harry Potter and Clarification.
The trick was that both racing and drag have long traditions of extraordinary names, meaning almost anything could plausibly belong to either.
Scott immediately wanted the round to return.
It was exactly the sort of quiz idea which sounded ridiculous until everybody realised how difficult it actually was.
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