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The David Eagle Podcast

by David Eagle

The podcast of David Eagle, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year and member of three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winning group The Young'uns.

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Episodes

  1. Testicle Trivia, Toothbrush Talk, Ulcer Update and an Awkward Badger-Based Bedroom Incident

    Folk singer and former medical doctor James Fagan joins us to talk bollocks. Cassette Roulette takes us on a strange journey from the poetry of Arthur Seymour John Tessimond to Pat and Peggy of EastEnders. Our niece inspires a dance hit with her posh pain au chocolat panic, we check out British...

  2. Too Big For Gravy. Featuring Ross Noble’s Rogue alligator

    I’m talking taps in Technological Regression Masquerading As Technological Progression. Join me in the kitchen for another exciting dish-washing special, providing listener Steve with one heck of a high-scoring round of Exclamation Cricket. The return of Cassette Roulette leads us down a rabbit...

  3. I Embarrass Myself in a Bakery and Get Physically Threatened in the Street

    It’s been a while, but this week I recount a harrowing journey that involves coming under attack on a deserted street in Sheffield. I also have an awkward incident in a bakery. To unwind, I take a bath—and fear not, I bring you in with me. There’s an update on my recent dalliance with the Daily...

  4. I’ve Been Written About in the Daily Mail

    This week, Ellie gets a Google Alert for my name, linking to a Daily Mail article in which I am mentioned and quoted. We read you the article, then embark on some investigative journalism of our own to uncover the truth behind the story. And that’s not the only article we read on this week’s...

  5. Featuring A Drunk Vicar And A Naughty Duck

    It’s a very literature-heavy podcast this week, as we bring you spontaneous limericks, a poem from my ten-year-old self, and I recount the rather unusual newspaper interview that I did a few days back. Plus, finally, after months of waiting, I’m back in the kitchen for a dishwashing special. More...

  6. Featuring The Young’uns, Emily Portman, Sam Carter, Pressgang Mutiny, Mathew Crampton and Alan Carr

    Join me at Folk East Festival along with the other two from The Young’uns and friend of the podcast Mathew Crampton, for a chat with folk singers Emily Portman and Sam Carter, plus Canadian shanty band Pressgang Mutiny. Emily is the victim of an impersonation, Sam takes the law into his own…

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  7. Introducing Chester Oddsocks

    It’s the final chapter of my fantasy Novella, The Story Of The Brain King. Will the Time Doctor and the Lord Of Darkness agree to stop the destruction of an entire planet? Cassette Roulette showcases one of my invented childhood games. There’s a brief appearance from Dara Ó Briain and Terry…

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  8. It’s Nosh Time! With Special Guest Ainsley Harriott

    This week we have an unexpected encounter with celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott, who involves himself in our feature Potato News. The Time Doctor and The Lord Of Darkness go head-to-head in an epic battle of words, with part 11 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The brain King. There’s...

  9. Geordie Ravers And Trumpet Playing Robots

    We're back with another dose of dragons and confusing characters courtesy of my childhood novella, The Story Of the Brain King. Cassette Roulette takes us into a surreal world of late night 90s North East raves. And you send us your examples of one word song triggers.

  10. Nipples And Wine

    This week I goaded Mike Read and was slapped in the face by a posh old lady on the train. Plus more unusual audio clips curtesy of Cassette Roulette, and it’s part 9 of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The Brain King.

  11. Featuring A Leg Licking Marmot And Some Constipated Cattle

    I have yet another weird massage experience. I remix Morrissey. It’s the return of Cassette Roulette and a surprise reappearance for Potato News. There’s tea-based controversy, bible studies and a Le Creuset exclusive. Plus part 8 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The Brain King…

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  12. Rebellious When Thwarted

    We unearth my primary school reports. We finally take a little step forward with our rescue mission in part 7 of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The brain King. There’s listener tea reviews, advice for dealing with ferrel nursery kids, and I have a run-in with a sign language…

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  13. Shaggy Crossed With a Cow

    Lots of drama this week. Pip is on a perilous precipice of a mountain; Olivia faces fire; Steve is on a mission to infiltrate his local church; I get attacked by nursery children, and it’s time to find out whether we’re able to escape the Lord Of Darkness and his creatures of death.

  14. Rotational Stomping

    More crazy characters, confusion and chaotic capers in the sixth instalment of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The brain King. Ellie has acquired a new hobby, and she’s made yet another secret recording of me. There’s another cold brew tea tasting, a porcelain boob update from Steve…

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  15. Podcasting While Lying On 8000 Spikes

    Ellie has been secretly recording me. Find out whether we escape the dragon in part 4 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The brain King. We try to break into prison. And fear not, there is of course more Le Creuset news.

  16. Oh Go Away You Stupid Dragon

    What’s the link between listeners of the David Eagle Podcast and disgraced Former CEO of the Scottish National Party Peter Murrell? There’s more exciting BBC Radio 4 news. It’s part 3 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of the Brain King, where we travel far back in time and meet two very...

  17. Featuring A Former Farage Folly And A Fun Feline Fiasco

    This week I become embroiled in a school drama; part 2 of my childhood fantasy novella; I’m headhunted by Radio 4; there’s exciting Le Creuset news, and the reveal of Olivia’s Guess the animal competition.

  18. The Story Of The Brain King

    This week, part one of my fantasy novella that I wrote aged nine. An embarrassing tale from my teenage years that took place in a church. What happens when two podcast listeners meet in real life? My gig at Derby Comedy festival falls foul of a technological regression masquerading as…

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  19. Flirty Doctor, wooing Vicar, Porcelain Boobs And Staircase Wit. Featuring Beyoncé

    This week: the history of the typewriter, Czech classical music, and we read an extract from a travel diary written in the 18th century. But if all that sounds a bit too highbrow for you, rest assured that there’s more belching and sexual innuendo, and of course more Le Creuset chat. There’s the...

  20. Hello Zimbabwe. Goodbye Hairy Toe

    This week I am heckled in the park by some teenage lads. I unearth a weird fantasy story that I wrote as a child. And Ellie finds an abandoned leg in a bus station.

  21. Insert Your Strongest Title Here

    This week, we help make a listener’s dream come true. We re-open communication with our American best selling crime and thrillers author friend. And Herbal Tea Of The Week is back, which takes a dramatic turn.

  22. Marble Madness and Mac Melodrama

    This week, we dissect another traditional folk song, as we meet an aristocrat with terrible navigational skills and an adulterous wife. I tell the story of how, at primary school, I was the leader of a criminal girl gang. We journey back in time 4000 years to experience the world’s first stand up...

  23. Shine Up Your Oboe And Skin Out Your Pumpum

    This week, more innovative games and challenges for you to get involved in. We discuss imperial measurements, I wonder around a park talking about my genitals, there’s a lengthy dissection of the traditional folk song Matty Groves, and I inadvertently sabotage another comedian’s gig with some...

  24. Featuring Felicity Finch (AKA Ruth From The Archers) And The Unthanks

    In November we (The Young’uns) hosted an event in Middlesbrough to celebrate our fortieth birthdays and twenty years gigging together. This week’s podcast features a little interview we did with one of our famous fans, Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers. There’s also an...

  25. Cockney Gospel

    This week we meet The Jesus Geezers, a cockney gospel band. Ellie has a weird dream about me and Billy Bragg. I unearth my childhood diaries. And I recount my unusual experience with an A-list celebrity in a cupboard.

  26. Door Dramas, pool panic, and Prepubescent Paranormal Perplexities

    Ellie and I return with semi-regular feature spammer time. There’s the clockwork-regular contribution from star pupil Olivia. Tales of door-based debacles and rude awakenings involving guns, explosions, sirens, and a duck. Plus paranormal experiences involving kids and a cat. I narrowly avoid…

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  27. Featuring Jason Donovan And An Arse-scratching Squirrel

    This week, I have an odd experience at a urinal. I blind a computer programmer. Ellie has a medical mishap. There’s a poem from the perspective of a piece of chewing gum. We take a walk in the park where we chat about my meeting with Jason Donovan, plus there’s more goose news, and we meet an...

  28. Barbers, Biscuits And Birds

    Ellie’s fame is on the rise, and she receives a potential new career opportunity. I am surprised to find myself doing a stand up gig in a sex club, which was a very weird experience indeed. This week’s games involve guessing vegetables, identifying birds, and more biscuit-based fun. Ellie has an...

  29. Pom Pom Nipples

    Ellie sees an odd and intriguing tattoo. I experience a footwear farce. I get accidentally insulted by an enthusiastic audience member. Ellie has more shelf news. I attempt to create a dance hit by sampling the radio. My recent stand up gig takes a very unexpected turn. We hear once again from…

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  30. I Smell Woman

    A comedy gig is derailed by a soap opera style scandal. My park walk this week takes an unexpected turn, as I come into contact with some errant drama students. I sing a song about a sexually frisky dog, and take you on a dramatic London adventure, involving a flirtatious train traveller and an...

  31. Stick Man Oh Stick Man, Beware of the Goose

    I get rather lost in a park, where I commentate on a tennis match and have a Whitney Houston-based encounter. We have stand-up clips from Bradford and Doncaster. We’re in London, listening in to conversations between sweary students and argumentative pensioners. There’s a new feature, Ellie...

  32. Forgive Me Daddy, I’ve Been a Bad Boy

    We scientifically validate whether Ellie was happier on her wedding day or on her trip to Ramsay Street in our feature Neighbours or Nuptials. It’s the return of Cassette Roulette, where I make a rather shocking and harrowing find. Ellie teaches me a new activity in the bedroom and tells us about...

  33. In the Bath With Guns N. Roses and Vera Lynn (Feb 12-18)

    We are approached by the daughter of a dictator in Spammer Time. Join me in the bath for an explosive experience, and I conduct an experiment involving cold water and Vera Lynn. I’ve been back on the dark web to unearth some lost musical treasures, and this time it’s an unheard gem from Guns N....

  34. Pensioner on the Pull: Featuring Special Guests Emanuel, Piss Nose, and Dribble (Feb 5-11)

    My gig in Somerset takes an unexpected turn when a heckling pensioner becomes rather flirtatious. Ellie has a run-in with a call centre scammer and is assaulted by a roast dinner on the streets of Sheffield. New exciting features include the catchily named Technological Regression Masquerading As...

  35. What Do You Get When You Cross Little Richard with Spike Milligan?

    From the podcast that brought you the exclusive first plays from Gina G and Lou Bega, this week we hear an unreleased song from Little Richard as he pays homage to his hero, Spike Milligan. We feature clips from The Young'uns live at Middlesbrough Town Hall and Winchester Cathedral. Join me for...

  36. Ellie becomes embroiled in a gambling scam In Laos(Jan 22-28)

    This week’s podcast features confusing conversations with computers. Henry II and Simon Cowell have a difference of opinion regarding the musical merits of farting. My idiosyncratic performance of Flight Of the Bumblebee gets a cold reception. And Ellie goes to Laos, where she meets with Dominic...

  37. Featuring The Exclusive First Play Of Lou Bega’s Mambo No. 6 (Jan 15-21)

    This week we share anecdotes about Louis van Gaal, Miles Jupp, Elis James, John Robins, Fern Brady and George Ezra. We join Bob Dylan in a youth hostel, and we receive an email from Lou Bega, with his brand new song. Plus Ellie tries to contact Joe Cocker, but to no avail, because he’s been dead...

  38. Widowed Women Shouting At Bees - Jan 8-15

    You rejoin us in the middle of our holiday in Marrakesh, where we become dramatically stranded in a ford, meet a funky imam, and pit three Moroccan teas against each other in our first non-European Herbal Tea Of The Week. Plus, I perform for a group of swingers, get attacked by two birds, and…

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  39. Snort The Lemon Bath Bomb And Dance To The Honking Geese – Jan 1-7

    We’re back. The plan is to record something every day and then release weekly. This week: Join me in the bath with a pair of geese, a call to my bank takes a sordid and confusing turn, and Ellie and I have some weird massage experiences. Plus, we go abroad, but I don’t know where we’re going.…

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  40. Live From A Nuclear Bunker in Slovakia. Fun Absolutely Guaranteed

    The David Eagle Podcast returns with a bumper bunker-based Herbal Tea Of The Week, as we visit a tea house in Slovakia, situated in a bomb shelter. Six teas from six different countries go to war, but which one will be triumphant. Plus we talk about various recent stand up comedy gigs, including...

  41. Merry Gigsmas

    Last weekend The Young'uns did a very mini Christmas tour and here is a compilation of clips from those gigs, in a podcast hilariously titled Merry Gigsmas.

  42. The Wedding

    We weren't planning on playing clips from our wedding on the podcast, primarily because we thought it would be boring for you: "I do" "I Will" "to have and to hold" etc etc. But then the wedding turned out to be a bit more exciting than anticipated. Listen to find out why.

  43. Liz Truss Alarm clock

    We head back thirty years to my eighth birthday in Cassette Roulette; we learn about a mad Victorian scientist's experiments with monkey testicles in Ellie Skinner's Weekly Animal Penis fact; and we visit Biscuit And brew Tea House in Nottingham for Herbal Tea Of The week. Plus I reveal the Fine...

  44. Featuring Matthew Crampton and The Reincarnated Soul Of Little Richard As a Panda

    We're joined by our good friend, the velvet voiced author and raconteur Matthew Crampton. He hosts our first animal penis fact quiz, live from Folk East Festival in Suffolk. He also accompanies us on our London tea based adventure for a multifaceted Herbal Tea Of The Week. Plus there's a very…

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  45. Mr. Pie And The Cryogenics

    This week's The David Eagle Podcast is all over the place, in both senses of the phrase. I return from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival having met some interesting characters including a chatty undertaker and a teenager in the woods with a rather confusing proposition. I have a near-death experience...

  46. Grant Baynham

    This week we celebrate the life of one of my musical comedy heroes, Grant Baynham, who passed away on July 29th. Here you can spend forty minutes in his company as he regales us with songs, stories and silliness, plus he even takes part in everyone's favourite feature, Herbal Tea Of The week.

  47. Why In Tarnation Are You Dressed As An Austrian Shepherdess?

    We're back in the studio with the return of regular features. Spammer time, where we meet a rather flirtatious IT teacher; Cassette Roulette provides us with some very weird and intriguing 90s radio clips, and Ellie Skinner's Weekly Animal Penis Fact turns its attention on the fox. Plus, another...

  48. Gig Diary 1. Introducing Jimmy, The Pornographic Audiobook Recording Fetish Club Blues Singer

    Come with me on a comedy road trip as I travel From Hull down to Brighton, performing comedy to pensioners, students and even a room full of babies. Step this way for jokes, anecdotes, an array of highly unusual heckles, plus a collection of colourful characters including a very keen doorman, an...

  49. Out With The Old (2021 Podcast Highlights) Part 2

    Happy new year. Here's part 2 of our podcast that features some highlights from 2021. Two animal themed quizzes starring folk musician Alex Cumming and comedian Paul Silky White; my dance hit inspired by an angry Australian bloke shouting about his penis; the story of my first foray into stand up...

  50. Out With The Old (2021 Podcast Highlights) Part 1

    A selection of podcast highlights from 2021. Spot popping, Princess Margaret erotica, Phil Nichol plays an adult quiz "courtesy" of our anti-social neighbours; there's an epic, surreal military-based drama, weird Christian music, and more. Part 2 is released New Year's Day. Feel free to chuck…

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The podcast of David Eagle, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year and member of three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winning group The Young'uns.

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