EP216 | Camera Up My What?! Weddings, Water Taxis & The M&S Bag Scandal | Topicopedia EP216

Ste and Nicole are back for episode 216 of Topicopedia, and this week starts exactly how any sensible podcast should: with colonoscopy chat, road surface analysis and a suspiciously deep dive into bus-route YouTube. There’s also a missing smash burger delivery, a cursed DHL coffee table saga, listener feedback about weather stations, Viagra in football, air con, political chaos and the sort of world record chat nobody asked for. In notable news, we get into England at the World Cup, the Sky/ITV streaming deal, Russia and Ukraine, viral Empire State Building edits, Joey Chestnut’s hot dog record, a Plymouth taxi that fancied being a boat, and the greatest headline ever written about an M&S bag. This week’s main game is Finish the Sentence, which somehow manages to cover ageing, weddings, lottery purchases, cats, aliens, supermarket tannoys and the banning of matcha. Exhibit A looks at the heartbreaking murder of Helen McCourt, a local case involving the former George and Dragon pub in Billinge, before the mood swerves violently back into chaos with Follow Fast or Scroll Past: outrageous wedding trends. Audio guest books, champagne towers, tattoo stations, live painters, midnight McDonald’s and outfit changes all get dragged through the Topicopedia filter. Plus: Meme of the Week, jokes of the week, Uncle Jerry lurking somewhere in the shadows, and the usual amount of cancellation-risk behaviour. Vote for Meme of the Week and send us your feedback: Topicopedia.online 00:00 Intro: colonoscopy energy, broken Britain and Uncle Jerry 03:09 Roads, bus-route YouTube and giving the council credit 05:47 Roadside food videos and questionable hygiene rabbit holes 08:38 Nicole’s hospital trip, Uber Teslas and colonoscopy chat 11:47 The missing smash burgers and the Uber refund battle 15:53 DHL, Debenhams and the cursed coffee table delivery 22:08 Listener feedback: Chris, copyright skits and weather stations 27:13 Andy’s feedback: Viagra football, air con, politics and records 34:47 Notable news: heatwaves, football, Farage and streaming shake-ups 39:24 Russia, viral Empire State banner edits and hot dog records 42:54 Plymouth water taxi and the M&S bag headline disaster 49:59 Topic of the week: Finish the Sentence 1:00:41 Exhibit A: the murder of Helen McCourt 1:08:20 Local pub rabbit hole and Ste’s possible investigation 1:11:20 Follow Fast or Scroll Past: outrageous wedding trends 1:29:49 Meme of the Week 1:33:18 Jokes of the Week and wrap-up #Topicopedia #ComedyPodcast #UKPodcast #WeddingTrends #PodcastLife #BritishHumour