All Episodes

'The producers of Love Island knew all about Coronavirus before anybody.

Tik Tok explained - 'It's short videos, you watch for hours, and then feel terrible about yourself'

'I'll tell my future children about this, if I ever have any - if I ever get out of the house, that is.'

'I'm all jigsawed out. I need to go back to Uni.'

'No-one asked for the 'new normal.' I was quite happy with the 'old normal.'

starting at University of York and settling in

'This is dad's hot take on Coronavirus - makes him sound like Stalin!'

'We already were the anxious generation, now this...'

Leopardskin ears - and begging for drinks in Wetherspoons

'It's quite feminist, there's a lot of armpit hair.'

Family rankings - 'You're trying for the Premier League, you don't want to be in that relegation zone.'

'I'm trying to help the planet, but I bought squeezy yoghurt pouches because I so didn't want to dirty a spoon, and have to wash it.'

'No-one's watching Pretty Woman as a gritty documentary about sex work.'

'University Challenge? Well, I don't mind sitting in the room and guessing at some questions.'

'Being as famous as Billie Eilish is not my number one worry.'

'Mum bought me a big block of cheese - so I'm not going vegan.'

The 2010s - The Decade of Dating

'Without alcohol I couldn't have done it.' And last word on the election - a student's view.

'Friendship, Love, & Pasta.'

Best of Ruthie - on strip clubs, cheerleading, cashless society & music from Beatles, Pentangle, and others

Shortage of working class students at York Uni? 'Well, I met a boy from Scunthorp

A Fresher's Life - Playing Mario Kart in Someone's Room

'Look at me on Instagram, as long as you're not weird.'

'University is unbelievably like Love Island'

Making a Cheese Toastie in a wok, sexual consent & a cup of tea, & other student tales.

The overpowering smell of boy - Ruth starts Uni.

'I don't just disagree with what he says, I think he's a bad man.'

'I'm always a little worried that everyone will hate me.'

'People don't talk about being shaky and feeling lost very often. It's hard.'

'Let me finish my sentence!'

'I've never put a condom on a cucumber'

The Obamas' nine bathrooms - 'The super rich will be the death of this world.'

'I hope Kings Of Leon aren't listening.'

'I'm not going to iron anything when I get to university.'

'When are we getting free stuff?'

'Boris Is Pretty Dicky'

'I don't buy this phoney free speech argument, where you can say anything you want.'

'Boris has Matilda syndrome. He thinks he's special.'

'I enjoy a potato smile, but they're not the height of elegance.'

Ruthie Me and My Dad podcast - is that even a thing?

'History doesn't always repeat itself, but it often rhymes'

"Women are being thrown off the glass cliff."

'Other families are weird - they do things like keep the ketchup in the fridge.'

'Game Of Thrones - it's not just t*ts and dragons, it's about the environment.'

Friends - 'Ten seasons, three funny jokes.'

Ruthie asks dad, "Have you seen 'Straight Outta Compton?'' "Take a wild guess."

Porn ban useless for teenagers, they'll get round it, 'language exams are really stupid,' feminism as a class issue, and hippy band Pentangle.

'One day, maybe, I'll be advertising de-tox tea on YouTube.'

'Casablanca - black and white film, no colours at all, isn't that mad?'

'I Can't Bear It Any More - All My Icons Toppled'

"What if Ross in Friends was gay?"

Eternal Sunshine - for real; and Martin and Ruth write a rom-com

'Forty boxes of cereal - dream time'

Definitely NOT a "larky sofa show".

"Who invented reggae? Is it Levi Roots?"

'The Meme Police can come for me'

"See if you can spot the edit there!"

"I don't just make up animals!"

"Kill All The Hippos!"

'...I've been to funerals more interesting than 'Cats'..."

Jesus vs Santa

"It's potato, innit?"

Series Two - A New Dawn

A Brief Apology...

"I don't want my face on a gun!"

"We've all seen Billy Elliot..."

"Who Will You Moan At If You Don't Have Men?"

“A middle aged man with a Hogwarts Express bag…”

"Ant & Dec, and Ed Milliband."

"Don't go offending people now..."

"... a tap dancing pigeon's been discovered in Worksop..."

"Youth club?!?" "Youth Club, yeah!"

“…a late play for a Potato Smile.”

“Where are they getting all these mice?”

"Perhaps you're just not that amusing..."

"Arthur Franklin - I loved him!"

"Like Flies In The Summer", & 'cracking on' scenarios

Iceland, Cruises and Kardashians

"Harold Wilson put down old people!"

Bromies, Peng Tings & a plea to Macky D's

"You're really only here to press the buttons."

Crafty Christians, Mods v Rockers, getting Pied Off

World Cup Fever(ish), Love Island & the death of the LP

Lost Earrings, Exam Meltdowns & the Teenage Shopping Guide.

Germaine Greer, Teenage Tiredness & Did The Beatles Actually Exist?

Spots, Shops and The Kim/Donald Summit

Teenage Stress, Soylent Green & Shrek Memes

Primark earrings, Hamilton and feta cheese

10th May 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. Radical Feminism, cultural appropriation and 'good' tension

26th April 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. Should we cut old folk who display mild racism/sexism a little slack, who was worse, Hitler or Stalin, the dangers of binge watching TV series, and musically, the relative merits of Lil Dicky and Oscar Brown Jr.... [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 012]

19th April 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. The Kardashians and the Nazis, and also examines what you should and shouldn't say to a teenage daughter... [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 011]

12th April 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. Emma Watson's underboob, the Talking Heads, Post Malone, Richard Madeley, and Khloe Kardashian, with a K... [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 010]

6th April 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. Ruthie asserts herself, justifying the explicit content label, inventing a great new word fifteen and a half minutes in... [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 009]

29th March 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. This week we debate whether our hugely popular generation gap podcast remains 'rambling and whimsical,' or becomes more structured. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 008]

15th March 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. This week they discuss colonialism, artificial intelligences, sibling rivalry, the new 1,150 calorie Burger King sandwich, and more. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 007]

8th March 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. This week they discuss all the important topics, from Dance Moms, rap music, and Nando's to Auschwitz as tourist attraction. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 006]

2nd March 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. This week they discuss the generation gap, gun control, loneliness, and meatball theft. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 005]

14th February 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. British celebrities may be arseholes, and the dangers of political correctness [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 004]

7th February 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. Martin Kelner continues to exploit his progeny, discussing The Greatest Showman, Big Little Lies, Phil Neville, and the Presidents Club charity dinner. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 003]

25th January 2018 - Ruthie. Me and My Dad. A formerly semi-famous broadcaster and his millennial daughter discuss sexual harassment, gender and sexuality, yoga, and Subway. [Ruthie. Me and My Dad episode 002]