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Mildly Informed
by Mildly Informed
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal experiences, the news of the week, and an inbox full of questionable queries, Richie and Chris promise to leave you ever-so-slightly wiser… or at least Mildly Informed Help the show to continue to rewrite history via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mildlyinformed A Bugle Podcasts Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Richie Reinvents Parking & Chris Reviews The Traitors
🏈 Richie Reviews the NFL Richie takes a look at American football. Expect opinions, analysis and the possibility that he’s about to become an expert in a sport he’s still getting to grips with. 🚗 Richie’s Revolutionary Parking Plan Parking is a nightmare. But what if Richie has finally come up...
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A Sick Dog, Great Chicken & Football Corruption
🐶 Richie’s Sick Dog A worrying development in the Firth household, as Richie has a poorly dog and rather a lot on his mind. 🍗 Chris’s Meal of the Year Chris has found his meal of the year at Sweetie’s K Chicken in Brooklyn. Strong words. We investigate. ⚽ Richie vs Football Corruption Richie is...
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American Chocolate... is it actually chocolate?
🍫 Butterfingers & US “Chocolate” We review Butterfingers and ask the important question: how does American “chocolate” keep getting away with this? 🦎 A New Wildlife Discovery Scientists have found something new in the wild. Naturally, we have opinions despite knowing very little about it. 📺...
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Flight Chaos, Leaky Pipes & A Floating Island
✈️ Flight Chaos London Airports broke down this week and Chris was caught in the middle 🚰 Richie’s Leaky Pipe A small plumbing problem becomes a surprisingly large part of Richie’s life. 🏝️ The Mysterious Floating Island An island that appears to be floating. Naturally, we have questions. 🤖...
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Helch, 21st Birthdays & Naughty By-Elections
🇭 A Tribute to Helch A moment to remember a true street art icon. Helch may be gone, but the Mildly Informed lads aren't letting the legacy disappear without a proper send-off. 🎂 Are 21st Birthdays Actually Meaningful? Richie isn't convinced. Is turning 21 really a milestone, or just another...
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Richie and Chris Start a TV Network
⚽ Trying to Buy the TV Rights to a Football League Richie and Chris decide they could probably run a football broadcasting operation. What could possibly go wrong? Apart from the money, the logistics and the complete lack of experience. 🤖 Peter Cullen: A Voice Acting Legend A tribute to the...
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Amazing Belgian News & Richie's Family Paranoia
🇧🇪 Amazing News Stories from Belgium Belgium delivers some absolutely brilliant news stories, and Richie and Chris are here to share. ⚽ The Football Season Is Back The fixtures are underway, the optimism is fresh, and the football chat is already getting out of hand. 📚 Chris's Audience Book...
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Horses, Monoliths & Storage Problems
🐎 Horse Polo Richie and Chris investigate the sport where horses, mallets and questionable levels of athleticism combine. What could possibly go wrong? 🗿 The Rudston Monolith One of Britain's oldest and strangest landmarks gets the Mildly Informed treatment. Why is this enormous stone just......
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Caganers, Transfers & Spearmint
⚽ The Never-Ending Football Transfer Window Just when you think the transfers are done, another player is somewhere having a medical. When will it actually end? 🎄 What Is a Caganer? Richie and Chris discover one of the stranger traditions in Catalan Christmas culture. You probably won't forget…
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We review Super Yachts and Supermarkets
🛥️ Superyacht Facts The world's biggest floating status symbols are somehow even more ridiculous than you imagined. Richie and Chris dive into some genuinely baffling superyacht trivia. 🔥 Love Island's Fire Pit Legacy Some love from Richie for the fire pit. The lads investigate the surprising...
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We review Richie's Favourite Lolly
🤕 Stupid Injuries The completely avoidable accidents that somehow hurt the most. From everyday mishaps to spectacular own goals, everyone has a story. 🍦 Fab Ice Lollies Richie thinks they're an all-time classic. Chris... isn't quite as convinced. A frozen dessert review with surprisingly high...
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We review Pubs, Sea Forts & Strange Men
🌙 Late World Cup Pub Openings The Women's World Cup means late-night kick-offs... but should pubs stay open for them? Richie and Chris weigh up pints versus bedtimes. 🏰 The Maunsell Forts Abandoned sea forts sitting in the Thames Estuary. One of Britain's strangest landmarks—and quite possibly...
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We learn why melting chocolate taste so good
🚆 Melting Train Tracks Every summer, Britain seems to discover that heat exists. Why do our railways struggle the moment the temperature creeps into the twenties? 🍫 Melting Chocolate A minor inconvenience or the best thing ever? Richie and Chris investigate the science—and etiquette—of…
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We discover the Jevons Paradox and the Arsenal Puncture
📺 ITV vs BBC: The World Cup Studio Debate Who does tournament coverage better? Better pundits, better presenters, better theme music? The lads enter one of British sport's most important arguments. 📈 Jevons Paradox A surprisingly fascinating economic theory that somehow finds its way into a...
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We review Meta AI glasses and Ref Cam
👓 Meta AI Sunglasses The future is here. Apparently it involves talking to your glasses and hoping nobody notices. Can you do it without being creepy? 🎥 Ref Cam Football from the referee’s perspective. Revolutionary broadcasting innovation or a guaranteed route to motion sickness? 🚗 Sunroofs A...
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Councils, Cars & Thomas Crapper
🚽 The Life of Thomas Crapper Inventor of the toilet? Not quite. Legend of British plumbing? Absolutely. Richie and Chris separate fact from flushable fiction. 🗣️ Words Unique to Your Family Every family has them — strange phrases, made-up words and expressions that make perfect sense until you...
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Lost Toys & Lost Love
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again moving effortlessly between childhood trauma, emotional hardship and chocolate-based analysis. This week’s episode is oddly nostalgic — covering everything from lost possessions to caravan...
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Fake Band Names and Towels on the Loungers
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again diving headfirst into the topics that matter most — overpriced football merch, questionable holiday etiquette and increasingly absurd band names. This week’s episode is part game show, part...
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Drone Deliveries & Democracy: 50th episode special
🎙️ It’s Episode 50 of Mildly Informed — somehow. To celebrate the milestone, Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner bring together everything the podcast does best: strange observations, everyday frustrations, TV chat and conversations that spiral almost immediately. From...
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Parent's Evening and The Tiling Industry: Reviewed!
🚫 Richie’s Broken iPhone A modern crisis. Panic, denial, and a new iOS 🛒 Supermarket Delivery Etiquette Where do you stand? What do you do? And how loud can someone knock? 🧱 Tiling Companies Are they all doomed? 🏫 Parents’ Evening Short slots, big stakes, and have they got better? 🎙️ Mildly...
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Strikes, outdoor drinking and finger nails
This week... 🚗 Blackwall Tunnel Fines How bad can it really be? Turns out… quite bad. Admin, confusion and accusations of immorality 🍻 Outdoor Drinking A national pastime the second the sun appears. Glorious! 💅 Why Do Humans Have Fingernails? Useful tool or weird evolutionary leftover? The…
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Why does Lidl have a pub, and what are the best kids jokes?
🍺 Why is Lidl Building a Pub? A sentence that raises more questions than it answers. Is this genius or has everyone lost the plot? 👓 Why Do New Glasses Take So Long? You’ve already chosen them. You’ve paid. What’s actually happening behind the scenes? 😂 The Best Kids’ Jokes Simple, terrible…
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We Just Invented British Tapas - Brapas!
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again throwing around ideas, observations and inventions that probably shouldn’t exist. This week feels particularly experimental — both in terms of food and general life philosophy. Here’s where…
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Space Flight & Male Compliments, reviewed!
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again bouncing between big topics, great TV and oddly specific social observations. It’s one of those episodes where the conversation starts in space and ends in a very British emotional cul-de-sac....
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Campaign: Let's Knight Duncan Goodhew!
🎙️ Mildly Informed goes on the road (sort of), as Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner record this episode from a hotel room at a wedding - and launch our first ever campaign! On this week’s agenda: 🏨 Podcasting from a Hotel Room See how elite podcasters do a weekend away...
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We Review Listed Buildings, Press Releases and Dolly Mixture
🎙️ Mildly Informed is back: This week’s episode takes in architecture, PR nonsense and attempts at self-improvement… Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner once again chatting their way through culture, chaos and confectionery — with absolutely no plan and just enough…
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We review the latest Noir TV, dog treadmills and prison sentences
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner, once again drifting through the week’s cultural discoveries, strange internet finds and the sort of conversations that start serious and end somewhere completely different. This episode takes an...
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Hot Cross Buns: Adults Only?!
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner, once again solving life’s smaller mysteries through loosely structured conversation and questionable personal anecdotes. This week the chat wanders through dogs, seasonal food politics and one deeply...
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We review A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and Cookies
🎙️ Mildly Informed returns, with Absolute Radio’s Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner settling in for another episode of enthusiastic chat, snack analysis and completely unqualified television criticism. This week’s conversation swings comfortably between food nostalgia and prestige TV —...
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We review solo dining and American Chocolate
🎙️ This week on Mildly Informed, Absolute Radio star Richie Firth and The Bugle’s Chris Skinner are back doing what they do best — chatting absolute nonsense and accidentally forming opinions along the way. The conversation drifts (as it always does) from mildly awkward social situations to full...
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Mini Eggs, Museum Trips & Mild Chaos
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your dog, reduce the price of chocolate, or curate a museum… but will absolutely review all three Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they stumble through another week of domestic drama, cultural excursions and confectionery…
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Autograph hunters, embarrassing moments and the meaning of life
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t get you an autograph, save you from gym class humiliation, or explain the meaning of life… but will absolutely talk about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they move seamlessly from low-stakes cringe to genuinely big…
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White Gladys & Glory Days
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t get you into a lido, identify an orca, or bring back proper football… but will happily reminisce about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they wade through another week of nostalgia, niche wildlife knowledge and the creeping...
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The Puppy Episode
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your puppy, shut down dodgy pranks, or rename a storm… but will absolutely have opinions on all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tackle another week of modern nonsense, canine temptation and meteorological branding....
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The Complete, very sensible review of 2025
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t predict the future, fix modern technology, or improve the sporting calendar… but will happily review the year anyway. In this episode, Richie Firth and Chris Skinner take stock of 2025 so far, casting their mildly informed eye over the…
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The Loft Discovery
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your loft, improve your tram network, or hit the right note at karaoke… but will absolutely overanalyse all of them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tumble through another week of questionable decisions, domestic chaos and...
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Pluribus, Peepholes & Period Drama
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t secure your home, restore Victorian Christmas traditions, or finish your loft conversion… but will absolutely talk about all of them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of vague investigations into modern life, festive...
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Our Official, detailed review of Quality Street
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cure a hangover, shorten an inset day or tell you which Quality Street is best… but will absolutely debate it at length. This week, Chris Skinner arrives noticeably hungover and Richie Firth does what any good co-host would do — prods him…
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Weapons Experts
You want a double entrendre? We'll give you one! Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they wander through another week of niche observations, life admin dilemmas and wildly unnecessary analysis. Mild insight: guaranteed. Expertise: not so much. This week’s episode features: 🗡️ Weapons – why…
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A Shoe Box of Chow Mein (and Other Signs Britain Is Broken)
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t bring back train tickets, fix the football schedule or tidy up your driveway… but will absolutely moan about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dissect another week of questionable decisions, crumbling institutions and...
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Football Manager Ruined My Life
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t win you a football trophy, make your sandwiches, or help you serve in padel… but will definitely have a go at analysing all of it. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again pick apart life’s obsessions, awkward moments and...
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Halloween V Guy Fawkes: The Official Showdown
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t carve your pumpkin, light your bonfire, or manage your payday spending… but will absolutely have a chat about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive into another week of overthinking seasonal chaos and confectionery...
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We Review Heists, Hearing & Hand Washes
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t recover stolen masterpieces, clean your ears, or find your lost keys… but will definitely talk about all three. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of unnecessary analysis and deeply average insight. From fine art to fine...
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Richie’s Travel App, Chris’s Dad Joke AND some ASMR!
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t book your flights, whisper soothingly in your ear, or expose any celebrity traitors… but will certainly try. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into another week of mild revelations and questionable logic. From tech reviews to…
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We review the worst ever Kit Kat AND Party Conferences
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your finances, finish your bike ride, or redesign your Kit Kat… but will happily have a go at all of them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they yet again turn everyday chaos into light analysis. From politics to confectionery (and...
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Oven Cleaning!? Our Saddest Domestic Flexes Yet
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t scrub your oven, mix your salad, or pedal your bike… but will gladly waffle on about them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they continue their mission to overanalyse life’s everyday highs, lows, and baked-on stains. From TV tourism to...
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Trapped Trump, Tuna and Tunes
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t mow your pitch, fix your tuna tins, or run your supermarket radio… but will absolutely chat nonsense about them. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again trawl through the week’s curiosities, from the serious to the seriously...
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We review King Charles hosting Donald Trump
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t host your state visit, train a monkey, or bake you a flapjack… but will definitely have opinions on all of it. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they take their trademark sideways look at the important, the trivial, and the downright...
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We Experience The Maillard Reaction
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cook for your parents, end the tube strikes, or ink Richie’s arm… but will happily chat about all of it. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again dive headfirst into the everyday, the random, and the slightly overcooked. From...
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Finally: We review Richie's breakfast
🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t make your breakfast, slow your walk, or stop that stranger yelling in public… but might just help you laugh about all of it. Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into life’s everyday rituals and occasional absurdities. Whether…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal experiences, the news of the week, and an inbox full of questionable queries, Richie and Chris promise to leave you ever-so-slightly wiser… or at least Mildly Informed
Help the show to continue to rewrite history via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mildlyinformed
A Bugle Podcasts Production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive headfirst into the art of decision-making—whether it’s rating the latest TV shows, dissecting bizarre life choices, or tackling the dilemmas their listeners throw their way. No topic is too big, too small, or too ridiculous. Armed with personal...
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