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Avoiding The Issue

by Joe Tarpey, Paul Butland & Bob Craddock

Comedy virgins and old friends Joe, Paul and Bob sit down to chew the fat over whatever takes their fancy. The primary aim being to raise the humour out of the bland and banal wasteland that is the modern world. With lavish use of sexual swear words, heroes are trumpeted, idiots are ridiculed, celebrities are opined on to the brink of slander and their own personalities are dissected to expose the fragility that is the human soul.

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Episodes

  1. ATI S2E6

    Oh for fuck's sake. I've genuinely no idea what we've just talked about. Does anyone read this anyway? Something about Just A Minute. Most likely something about Gaddafi. Probably some bullshit about the dissolution of the world economy. Did we mention Paul's clothes? Yes. Yes we did.

  2. ATI S2Ep5

    A very sexy podcast. If you like murderers. Hold on....What?....Oh....OK....Sorry.....Not murderers. Cartoon rabbits though. Or celebrities covered in moles. If you hadn't guessed. We found Butland.

  3. ATI Series 2 Ep 4

    Where has Paul gone? Nobody knows. Does anyone care anyway? Oh look, he's turned up on fucking Twitter! No time for podcasting but plenty of time for social networking. What a cunt. Joel Murray's here instead. He'll probably go on about fucking sheep or something. I don't mean having sex with...

  4. ATI Advertisement Special

    Want to buy my stuff? Go on. It's dead good. Look how amazing your life would be if only you bought more stuff of me. Go on.....

  5. ATI S2Ep2

    Are you still here? Damn right you are. We got 2 5* iTunes reviews you know. We're dead funny us. If you liked the smell of coffee why would you never want to try it? You'd have to be utterly mental. Or Joseph Tarpey. What a cunt. If you were an intelligent human being would you think that…

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  6. ATI S2Ep1

    We're back!!! You've missed us, right? Every day you've been checking you're iTunes, longing for a new episode of "Avoiding The Issue" to be available to download. Every day the disappointment increases. The feeling of desperation grows by the hour. At times you wonder whether it's even worth...

  7. Avoiding the Issue #20

    We didn't want to put this podcast out. We didn't even want to record it. It was fate. We had no choice.

  8. Avoiding the Issue #19

    Kidney or IPad? Kidney or IPad? IPad. And Paul's man boobs.

  9. Avoiding the Issue #18

    Tarpey has AHDH. Apparently. Bob is sceptical. Paul is a cunt. Adele is fat. And a cunt.

  10. Avoiding the Issue #17

    Superinjunctions could be the death of the kiss-and-tell, so we discuss where celebrity culture is heading, via rape and doggy fingering.

  11. Avoiding the Issue #16

    Paul's back and has promised to stop being a massive racist. The news has been a little slow of late but we managed to find something to talk about. Go on Youtube and look up Dennis Madalone. You won't be disappointed.

  12. Royal Wedding Special!

    This is a genuine message of good-will to Kates and Bills.

  13. Avoiding the Issue #15

    Joe and Bob are joined by Joel Murray, all the way from deepest, darkest Sheffield. Paul is banned for being a massive racist. The pros and cons of AV are discussed along with the sexual preferences of the average man from Devon. Or Cornwall?

  14. Avoiding The Issue #14

    Bob has a new iPhone 4, welcome to civilisation son. Should gaming achievements be rewarded with sexual encounters, should they? What ended the cold war? Tradition, toffs and an obscure take on the boat race.

  15. Avoiding The Issue #13

    Some things are spoken of, some e-mails are dealt with. Comedy minus jokes, plus jokes, minus surprise equals what? Anything at all you want to say to us? [email protected].

  16. Avoiding The Issue #12

    Another shambolic chat with your three favorite twats. Quite a slow burner this one but there's a few good gags build up with an absolute corker at the end. In fairness we were better in the taxi earlier this evening but that didn't get taped. Want to know what gets covered? HARP, The Word &…

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  17. Avoiding The Issue #11

    With little to no sense of irony we discuss the ability of this podcast to induce sleep. Along with hairdryers, vaccum cleaners and running baths. Also the credibility of Paul Mckenna is, shall we say, scrutinised and leads into a chat about what one would do if one was invisible.

  18. #10

    It may well sound here like we didn't know we were going, but we jolly well did. We talk about geese as little Neil Hanson asked us to.

  19. Avoiding The Issue #5

    Happy New Fucking Year.

  20. Avoiding the Issue #4 - Christmas Special!

    Who won the hardest pub quiz in Leeds? Is it okay to play with your kids presents before they get to open them? What has been good in 2010? All answered here. Happy Christmas.

  21. Avoiding the Issue #3

    450 downloads of the first two podcasts? Are these people mental? The misanthropic tendencies of Joe are juggled with here.

  22. Avoiding The Issue #2

    Following the recent departure from this life by Bernard Matthews, we discuss his legacy, his begginings and what the fuck he must have thought of Jamie Oliver. We're getting funnier at this and remember it is all jokes we mean no harm. Tangents guaranteed. If you want to say anything to us, get…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Comedy virgins and old friends Joe, Paul and Bob sit down to chew the fat over whatever takes their fancy. The primary aim being to raise the humour out of the bland and banal wasteland that is the modern world. With lavish use of sexual swear words, heroes are trumpeted, idiots are ridiculed, celebrities are opined on to the brink of slander and their own personalities are dissected to expose the fragility that is the human soul.

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Joe Tarpey, Paul Butland & Bob Craddock

Produced by avoidingtheissue

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What is Avoiding The Issue about?

Comedy virgins and old friends Joe, Paul and Bob sit down to chew the fat over whatever takes their fancy. The primary aim being to raise the humour out of the bland and banal wasteland that is the modern world. With lavish use of sexual swear words, heroes are trumpeted, idiots are ridiculed,...

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Avoiding The Issue has 25 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Avoiding The Issue is created and hosted by Joe Tarpey, Paul Butland & Bob Craddock.
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