WDWDY #86.1: Teabagging the goldfish (David's Yesterday)
Summary
Max Rushden and David O'Doherty host their signature podcast, focusing exclusively on their previous day's mundane activities. They read listener emails detailing bizarre anecdotes, including sex in shin pads and misidentified flags, while debating the "center of the known universe." The episode features David’s chaotic attempt to fix a fish tank naked and Max’s reflections on career anxiety and live show logistics.
Topics discussed
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Intro: The podcast that asks the big questions
Welcome and banter with David O'Doherty
Experimenting with bandanas and fashion
Listener letter: Shin pads and rugby sex
Reading the full listener story
Imagining your boss in a serious meeting
Football on TV and high arousal
Listener: Hip replacement and live show plans
Hindu symbols and live show guests
Running into Tim Key and Tom Basden
Gabby Logan's podcast and philosophical breakdowns
Left-handed stereotypes and Max's name
Praise for prestige podcasting and Tom Conti
Correcting a story: Hand jobs vs. shin pads
The posh lounge and hessian wallpaper
Listener: Catching up on Brighton comics
Tim Key reprimanding doxing and soft play
Item 2: Train journey and W H Smith
Eating a crisp sandwich and binocularizing
Item 3: Technological coinage and Substack
Max's fatigue and 90s receding time capsule
Stag days and Holly's cognition test
David's gravel bike and heebie jeebies
Dragon's Den jokes and repeating gags
AI version of Max and using up decestrels
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Flight to Australia and sleeping in row 208
Football ticket strategy and cooler boxes
Identifying the flag of Haiti
Editing out Haiti flag references and Reddit nerds
Quiz: Manchester City Aussie combo
Normal countries and the Burundi challenge
Burundi still a zero-listen country
The man in the pink hat vlog
Contract anxiety and enjoying the journey
Cycling video and music under the vlog
Top brass listening to the podcast
Waking up in a haunted castle at 6:40 AM
Fixing the fish aquarium filter
YouTube videos and keeping fish alive
Plums and fish behavior
Seizing the day and riding to Victor Hugo
Cameron Diaz joke and scrambled eggs
Coconut latte tasting like suncream
Airbnb anxiety and mutual fear
Lisa Loeb photographer and fish talking
Naked comedians and fish pushing balls
Dyson vacuum and Christmas tree needles
Pushing dust around and What A Pod
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Game: Where is the bean at Cafe Nish
Texting while missing a birthday party
Balancing new audiences and regulars
Park visit and Putney Tandoori
S Club Juniors and Glenn Ross reviews
Texting and word quiz with mum
CUNT word quiz and yellow letters
Fiona's photo and farting on the bike
Reviewing a stand-up show: Tilting at Windmills
Perrier Award winners in a line
Nish and Nina missing the Perrier Award
Health food shop and asking at your peril
Edinburgh Fringe and National Theatre Dublin
Fiona's first night away and grapefruit beer
Filling dinner gap with grapefruit chunks
Siphoning Max and drinking the goldfish
15 pints of fizzy L and getting in touch
Outro and email address
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