The Garbage POD

**Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. ** As Eurovision hits Vienna for the 70th edition of the competition, 'Mark Taylor' and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm.​ **Returning to the show for the 5th year is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' ** But before making their predictions for Vienna 2026, they go though how their predictions fared in the Basel 2025 contest Will Mark defend his win from the previous year? Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-86---vereint-durch-musik.html https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-86---vereint-durch-musik.htmlto explore this episode.

Welcome to the 2025 Garbage POD / Christmas Crossover. This Year's Crossover is so big, it has been split into two episodes. In this episode, John Berger & Eddie Spangles join Mark Taylor for Festive Fun & Games. Including the Annual Twelve Days Of Christmas & Music Quizzes. They Also Chat About the return of Feel The Force Day, after being on a hiatus for six years. And to finish off the episode we delve into The Garbage POD Vault for something really Christmassy Along with Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-124--125---christmas-crossover-2025.html to explore this episode

Welcome to the 2025 Garbage POD / Christmas Crossover. This Year's Crossover is so big, it has been split into two episodes. In this episode, Mark Taylor catches up with Aylesbury Town Council Councillor 'Tim Dixon' to recap the 2025 Live In The Park Festival. which celebrated it's 10th Anniversary in 2025. During the event, Mark chatted with some of the bands & artists that took part. There is also music from the bands & artists that Mark spoke to. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-124--125---christmas-crossover-2025.html to explore this episode

Welcome to The Garbage POD's Halloween Special! Mark Taylor & Regular Contributor 'Liz Springs' go on a road trip to visit two very different events during Spooky Season. Firstly, they travel to Stourbridge for their Award Winning Scare Maze & then on to St Albans for the inaugural Halloween Haunt Fest that we were invited to, when we attended Aylesbury Comic Con in the Summer. Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-83---happy-spooky-season.html to explore this episode.

As Eurovision hits Basel for the 69th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor' and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show for the 4th year after her prediction wins over the last three years is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before making their predictions for Basel 2025 they go though how their predictions fared in the Malmö 2024 contest! Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-82---unis-tras-musica.html to explore this episode

Welcome to the first instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 1: Mark Taylor catches up with Ruth Mayhew. Who is the Senior Community & Events Officer for Aylesbury Town Council. To recap the 2024 Live In The Park festival, which took place over the August Bank Holiday. During the event Mark chatted with some of the bands & artists that took part. There is also music from bands & artists that Mark spoke with. And there are Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-113-115-christmas-crossover.html to explore this episode. TGP NOMINAL Podcast has permission to use the audio from Live In The Park 2024.

Welcome to the Second instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 2: John Berger & Eddie Spangles join Mark Taylor for Festive Fun & Games. TGP NOMINAL takes part in the inaugural Aylesbury Sci-Fi Day. And to finish off the episode the John & Eddie play the annual Twelve Days of Christmas Quiz. Along with Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-113-115-christmas-crossover.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to the third instalment of the 2024 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover In Part 3: TGP NOMINAL visit the Aylesbury Winter Comic Con 2024. A new Honorary Crew Member is inducted onto the TGP NOMINAL Honorary Crew Member Wall. Eddie Spangles hosts this year's Music Quiz. And Lezley-ann Shaw brings us some festive cheer. Along with Seasons Greetings from friends of the show & celebrities. Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-113-115-christmas-crossover.html to explore this episode.

Hello Everybody & welcome to this Extra edition of The Garbage POD. In this episode we travel back to 1604 to find out why the 5th of November is so special to the UK. Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-78---remember-remember.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to this Special Edition of The Garbage POD. The reason this episode is so special is because you join me on an occasion that is almost like a holiday for podcasters all over the world. Where we get recognised for all the hours we put into creating content, editing & bonding with our listeners. I am talking, of course, about International Podcast Day. For this episode we have been through The Garbage POD vaults & found content from the past, that most of our listeners will not have heard. And, because it’s International Podcast Day, it seemed fitting to play in a chat I had with one of the pioneers of the UK Podcasting scene. Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-77---what-a-novel-idea.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Malmö for the 68th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor' and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show for the 3rd year, after her prediction wins over the last two years is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' . But before making their predictions for Malmö 2024 they go though how their predictions fared in the Liverpool 2023 contest! Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-76---foumlrenade-av-musik.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to The 2023 edition of The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover! Mark Taylor travels back to his hometown to catch up with Ruth Mayhew who is the Senior Community & Events Officer for Aylesbury Town Council to recap the 2023 Live In The Park festival which took place over the August Bank Holiday. During the event chatted with some of the bands, artists, charities & organisations that took part. There is also music from bands & artists that Mark spoke with. As well as a festive treat from friend of the show 'Lezley-ann Shaw' Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-103---christmas-crossover-2023.html to explore this episode.

To commemorate International Podcast Day we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD. The IPD moto is "Start The Conversation" so that's exactly what we do! Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-74---international-podcast-day-2023.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Liverpool for the 67th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm. Returning to the show after her predictions win last year is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before making their predictions for Liverpool 2023 they go though how their predictions fared in the Turin 2022 contest! Click HERE to explore this episode

In Part 2 of The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover Mark Taylor is Joined by TGP NOMINAL “Regular” Co-Host John Berger and Wil from Wil Photography, for some Festive Fun. Ross Hockham from UK Astronomy tells us about a long forgotten Christmas Constellation. We induct a new recruit into our Honorary Crew Member Wall. There's our annual 12 Days Of Christmas & music Quizzes. And music from the wonderful Lezley-ann Shaw. “So Happy holidays, Buckle Up and Let’s Launch This Episode Into The Podisphere” Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-94--95---christmas-crossover-2022.html to explore this episode.

Welcome to Part 1 of The 2022 The Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. This years show is so big, we had split it into two episodes! In part 1, we rewind back to August Bank Holiday for Aylesbury Town Council's Live In The Park Music Festival. Which is one of our highlights of the year. We catch up with Ruth Mayhew who is the Senior Events Officerfor Aylesbury Town Council. Chat with Live In The Park's compare Dez Kay as well as some of the bands / artists who performed at the event. We even have music from a few of the bands / Artists who very kindly sent sent us tracks to play into the show. “So Happy holidays, Buckle Up and Let’s Launch This Episode Into The Podisphere” Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-94--95---christmas-crossover-2022.html to explore this episode

To commemorate International Podcast Day we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD! For this episode, we take a delve through our vaults and journey back to 2013 when we conducted our first celebrity interview. For more information about this episode visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-70---space-time-continuum.html

Welcome to The Garbage POD annual Eurovision Song Contest Podcast. As the Eurovision juggernaut rolls into Turin for the 66th edition of the competition 'Mark Taylor and State-Side Eurovision fan 'John Berger' bring you their unique take on the biggest music event in the world. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm Joining them from her debut on the show last year is the Welsh Songstress 'Lezley-ann Shaw' But before making their predictions for Turin 2022 they go though how their predictions fared in the Rotterdam 2021 contest! Visit: https://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-69---il-suono-della-bellezza.html to explore this episode. Ciao!

Welcome to the 2021 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. We’ve produced The Christmas Crossover for the last few years so that listeners of both podcasts can experience a taste of the other podcast. First up on the show, we chat with one of the organisers and the headline act of an event that The Garbage POD is really proud to be part of. Then 'Mark Taylor' and his regular Co-Host 'John Berger' are joined by friend of the show 'Eddie Spangles'. Ross Hockham BCAe from UK Astronomy drops by, to bring us something a little Festive. There is some Uplifting (Excuse The Pun!) Space News. The 12 Days Of Christmas "Science" Quiz returns, along with the Remixed Music Quiz. And to end the show, the lovely Laura LaRue performs one of her tracks to make us all feel bit Christmassy! So "Happy Holidays, Buckle Up and Let’s Launch This Episode Into The Podisphere” Visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/tgp-nominal-82---christmas-crossover-2021.html to explore this episode further.

To commemorate International Podcast Day, we bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD Fellow Podcaster 'Joe Carioti' returns for a chat discussing everything from environmentally sustainable living to the origins of place names Next we visit the Letchworth Outdoor Museum and catch up with with 'Josh Tidy' from the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-67---raise-your-voice.html

Welcome to The Garbage POD for our annual delve into the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor for their unique take on what should have been the 66th edition of the song contest is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger. The guys are joined by a surprise guest, who features in Eurovision 2021. Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovision since the 2016 competition in Stockholm, but before making their predictions for Rotterdam 2021, it’s the moment the guys have been waiting two years for. How their predictions fared in the Tel Aviv 2019 contest! For more information about this episode visit:http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/episode-66---opendoen.html #Eurovision2021

Hello everybody and welcome to the 2020 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. Because it's so huge, we have split it into 2 Parts. Regular listeners to the show will know that we usually bring you our coverage of Aylesbury Town Council's Live In The Park Festival, during the Christmas Crossover. During Part 1, we would have been bringing you coverage of the 2020 event. However, like most things this year, COVID-19 put stop to the festivities. or did it? For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-64-65-christmas-crossover-2020

In part 2 of the 2020 Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover We have Trans-Atlantic banter from TGP NOMINAL hosts 'Mark Taylor’ & ‘John Berger’ Singer / Songwriter & now Author 'Damian Carruthers' comes on board to talk about his Sci-Fi project We chat with 'Aston Smith', an incredible 8 year old, who decided to write a book about the Solar System, during the COVID-19 Lockdown. 'Dan Pye' from the Kielder Observatory, talks to us about his career as an Astronomer & Voice Over Artist. Plus we have a festive treat for you also. “So Buckle Up and Let’s Launch This Episode Into The Podisphere” For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-64-65-christmas-crossover-2020

To commemorate International Podcast Day,we have decided to bring you a special episode of The Garbage POD In this episode we visit a Seal Sanctuary in Lincolnshire and talk to Duncan Yeadon, who's family have been running the sanctuary since 1965. We speak with Paralympic Gold Medalist 'Naomi Riches MBE' about her rowing career and the London 2012 Paralympics. And finally we chat with fellow Podcaster 'Joe Carioti' about his projects and generally chew the fat. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-63-stop-look-listen InternationalPodcastDay

Welcome to this two part Special Edition of The Garbage POD. Something is happening that is ripping the heart out of communitiesacross the UK, as we speak. Bauer Media have acquired 56 "Local" radio stations and is going to re-brand them as part of their Greatest Hits Radio "National" radio station. This means the identity of these stations will cease to exist by the end of the year. This also means job losses across the country, loss of local programming, No connection with local presenters and Local Charities, Business and events left without a voice. Ofcom (the regulating body for the broadcasting industry) has failed to inform the public of the takeover. Leaving no chance of any resistance to the changes, until it was too late. Campaigns have been set up across the country but because of the Covid-19 Pandemic,they have not been able to gain momentum and make an impact. ​In Part 2 of the Podcast we focus on the Community aspect of Local Radio. Where we talk to local events organisers, Bands, Business's and people who have been involved with fundraising for charities and will be affected by the loss of local radio. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episodes-61-62-sos-save-our-stations

Welcome to this two part Special Edition of The Garbage POD. Something is happening that is ripping the heart out of communitiesacross the UK, as we speak. Bauer Media have acquired 56 "Local" radio stations and is going to re-brand them as part of their Greatest Hits Radio "National" radio station. This means the identity of these stations will cease to exist by the end of the year. This also means job losses across the country, loss of local programming, No connection with local presenters and Local Charities, Business and events left without a voice. Ofcom (the regulating body for the broadcasting industry) has failed to inform the public of the takeover. Leaving no chance of any resistance to the changes, until it was too late. Campaigns have been set up across the country but because of the Covid-19 Pandemic,they have not been able to gain momentum and make an impact. In part 1 of the podcast we focus on one of the stations being affected by the takeover, 'Aylesbury's Mix 96' We talk to a former Mix 96 Presenter, The founder of the Save Mix 96 Campaign and The Leader of Aylesbury Town Council. We also hear from the Mayor of Aylesbury and the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episodes-61-62-sos-save-our-stations

Welcome to the 60th Episode of The Garbage POD. As we delve into the global phenomenon that is The Eurovision Song Contest. Joining Mark Taylor is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger, for what would have been the 65th edition of the competition but due to the Coronavirus has been cancelled for 2020. The guys discuss what lockdown means for Eurovision and go through the songs from this years lineup. Mark also educates John on the history of the UK's participation in Eurovision, as well as going through UK artists that should of ranked higher than they did, over the years. For more information about items featured in this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-60-europe-shine-a-light

Hello everybody and welcome to this special Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover. We have created the Crossover, mainly because we wanted our Garbage POD listeners to have a listen to the TGP NOMINAL Podcasts and vice Versa, and we thought it would be fun to get everyone together (almost like a Christmas Party). During the show: Alan Taylor-Shearer will be joining the festivities to chat about our collaboration with Aylesbury Town Council for Live In The Park 2019. UK Astronomy's Ross Hockham will be telling us about the possible origin of The Star Of Bethlehem. Mark Taylor and Liz Springs will be chatting with people involved with the Star Wars Movies at Feel The Force Day XL. John Berger and Eddie Spangles will be coming on board for some Festive Fun and Games. We will be inducting a new Member to the Honoary Crew Members Wall. There will be music from Vandavils. And also, we will be playing in Holiday Greetings from people that have appeared on or been involved with the podcasts over the years. "So Happy Holidays! and lets get this episode, launched into the Podisphere" Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-59-the-christmas-crossover-2019 for more information about this episode.

After a short absence, The Garbage POD returns with a very nostalgic Episode. Joining Mark Taylor is Feel The Force Day Compare, 'Eddie Spangles'. The guys put the world to rights and generally chew the fat over everything and anything that comes to mind. Mark also takes us back to when he met another friend of the show for the first time. Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-58-from-brummagem-to-cymru for more information about this episode.

Welcome to The Garbage POD for our annual delve into the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest.Joining Mark Taylor for our unique take on the 64th edition of the song contest is State-side Eurovision fan, John Berger.Mark and John have been making their predictions for Eurovison since the 2016 competition in Stockholm, but before making their predictions for Tel Aviv 2019, it’s the moment the guys have been waiting for, how their predictions fared in the Lisbon 2018 contest.Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/episode-57-dare-to-dream for more information about this episode.

It's that time of year again, where Mark Taylor and John Berger break out the Eggnog and bring you the annual Garbage POD / TGP NOMINAL Holiday Special. Mark, Liz Springs, Alan Taylor-Shearer and Ross Hockham attend events that have become some of the highlights of 2018. "So Buckle Up & Let's Launch This Festive Episode Into The Podisphere" For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/tgp-xtra/tgp-xtra-15-holiday-special-2018

Mark Taylor and John Berger (an American who watches The Eurovision Song Contest) delve into the 43 entrants of the 63rd edition of the competition (So you don't have to) and try to pick who they think maybe contenders in 2018. Hopefully they can do better this year! For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-14-todos-a-bordo

For our Halloween Special, we have raided The Garbage POD (TGP) archives to bring you another of our favourite classic episodes. So join Mark Taylor as he meets up with John Hippisley who guides us through the streets of one of the UK's most haunted cities. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-xtra-13-canterbury-tales

Over the years, we have recorded some amazing content during our time on the original Garbage pod Podcast. The majority of our listeners, since we moved over to our new podcast host probably haven’t had the opportunity to hear these episodes, so we have decided to re-package some of our favourite episodes and give them an airing. Hopefully listeners who moved over from our old RSS feed will enjoy listening back to our escapades too. For this episode of TGP Xtra, we rewind back to September 2014 as Mark Taylor chats with Dave Lee from International Podcast Day in the lead up to the inaugural event. For more information about this episode visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/august-07th-2017

Once again Mark Taylor and John Berger (an American who watches The Eurovision Song Contest) wade through the 42 entrants of the 62nd edition of the competition (So you don't have to) and try to pick who they think maybe contenders in 2017. For more information about this episode Visit: http://thegarbagepod.weebly.com/the-garbage-pod-new/tgp-nominal-xtra-11-celebrate-diversity