Monday, December 24, 2018

LA Podcast 258: Santa's Chief Snowman and the Mystery of the British Egg Information Service

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Stories this week include:
  • Raging santa delights ravers.
  • Local man has eggceptional breakfast.
  • Unconfirmed rumours citing Les Dennis as true identity of Banksy quashed.
  • Prisoner forced to endure Bambi like everyone else.
Merry Christmas, one and all!

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Monday, December 17, 2018

LA Podcast 257: A Poor to Middling Compo Claim

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Stories this week include:
  • Customer suspected of foul play.
  • A taste of paradise invokes Christmas rage.
  • Passenger whip-round raises money for replacement plane.
  • Brighton & Hove City Council refuses to deny knowledge of surveillance pigeons.
We introduce the concept of 'gulling'...

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Wednesday, December 05, 2018

LA Podcast 256: Just Another Tw*t and Other Associated Idiots

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Stories this week include:
  • Desperate woman milks cat.
  • Hotel chain rues lack of trained dolphins.
  • Existential crisis halts court case.
  • Proud couple reveal devastating wildfire to friends and family.
We have a treemendous Christmas planned...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

LA Podcast 255: The Trojan Pumpkin and the Distended Scrotum

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Stories this week include:
  • Police apologise following complaints regarding 'obscene and offensive' advert for identity parade participants.
  • Yukuza to host community-theatre production of The Godfather Part II.
  • Parish council unanimously approve game developer's proposed 'Woolfenstein' name change.
  • Emotionally disturbed turkeys sent to recuperate in upstate New York.
Rob gives a no holds barred account of life on the inside...

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Monday, November 19, 2018

LA Podcast 254: An Agile Gibbon and A Pancake Tortoise

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Stories this week include:
  • Man with nine life-size dolls struggling to find love.
  • Cyclist with newly purchased mattress seduces big cat.
  • Dutch man wastes everyone's time.
  • Zoo sells off animals after Lego sculptures prove more profitable.
We devise a new zoo-related feature...

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Sunday, November 11, 2018

LA Podcast 253: Of No Fixed Abode Heroin Addicts

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Stories this week include:
  • Good samaritan gets lost in pipe organ.
  • Rural town experiences unprecedented humvee showers.
  • Police build case against Lego thieves.
  • Hospital demands correction from newspaper stating patient was not entirely covered with human faeces.
Alex attempts a Ecuadorian accent...

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Sunday, October 28, 2018

LA Podcast 252: A Paparazzi Session with Chuckles the Monkey

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Stories this week include:
  • Woman involved in bee-zarre incident.
  • Dilapidated holiday park blames customers for exposing shortcomings.
  • City abandons artificial-moon plan after length of extension lead proves unworkable.
  • Shopper who discovered cooked mouse in bag of rice told 'consider yourself lucky' by supermarket.
Alex attempts to wrangle the peacock...

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Monday, October 22, 2018

LA Podcast 251: Mexican Redknee Tarantula

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Stories this week include:
  • 'Exotic' zoo opens plastic lawn ornament enclosure.
  • Galleria dell'Accademia banned from Facebook over pornographic depiction of David.
  • Ungrateful swan mocks fire brigade.
  • Bank robbery ruins perfectly good game of Cops and Robbers.
RIP C*cknose...

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

LA Podcast 250: Mainstream Easy Listening B*ll*cks and Tedious Corporate Ads

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Stories this week include:
  • Recently discovered collection of vintage porn magazines takes some beating admits owner.
  • Ryanair introduces first hail and ride domestic service.
  • Police left stumped after driver fills entire car with tree branches.
  • Lady Godiva wannabe gets haircut.
Now with extra recorder!

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Monday, October 01, 2018

LA Podcast 249: Entitled Descendants of Supermarket Moguls

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The main headline this week:
  • The Croydon Cat Killer is unmasked.
The podcast is infiltrated by fake news...

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

LA Podcast 248: Jesse Plumage and the Mountain Goat Relocation Project

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Stories this week include:
  • Adult-only playground overrun by sugar-addicted toddlers.
  • Unparalleled increase in big cat sightings near houses valued at £750,000 and above. 
  • Recently opened 'Goat World' theme park unmitigated disaster.
  • Operation Takahe lacking manpower.
Rob is definitely not in prison...

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Saturday, September 15, 2018

LA Podcast 247: The Relative Hardiness of Stoats Compared to Other Animals

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Stories this week include:
  • Shoplifter gets testy after being apprehended by security guards.
  • Supermarket demands victim pay for artisan ketchup used in distraction mugging.
  • Dishevelled robin reluctantly agreed to authorised biography claims author.
  • Fast food chain relieved to confirm that choking hazard was chicken bone.
We enquire about recorders...

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Sunday, September 09, 2018

LA Podcast 246: A Bizarre and Increasingly Popular Habit of Having Half Naked Women Perform at Funerals

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Stories this week include:
  • Onion-eating contest ends in tears.
  • Allo Allo cast members spotted in Gloucestershire sparks fears of a reunion.
  • Interspecies gay love affair immortalised in bronze statue.
  • Headteacher hires burlesque troupe to apologise for pole dancer stunt.
Alex sweats it out...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

LA Podcast 245: A Vaguer Yet Darker Memory

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Stories this week include:
  • Vigilante with physics A-level shows journalist collection of severed limbs.
  • Police make squirrel that terrorised man official mascot.
  • Forlorn Irishman fails to take the hint.
  • Woman contemplates otherworldly offspring.
Alex makes a conscious decision to search the Internet for 'slut pig'...

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Monday, August 06, 2018

LA Podcast 244: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitler

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Stories this week include:
  • Homeless man lands brand ambassador role with Wilkin & Sons Ltd.
  • Long faces after woman refused service at drive-thru.
  • Erotic bush gets deflowered.
  • Man tries to enrol adopted son into pre-shoal.
Rob lets the cat out of the bag...literally.

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Monday, July 30, 2018

LA Podcast 243: Questioning the Legitimacy of an Alleged Zebra

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Stories this week include:
  • Egyptian zoo unveils world's only zebracorn.
  • Man attacked by rare churchyard-dwelling Pokemon.
  • Police take convicted-criminal based satirical piece to Edinburgh Festival.
  • High street store experiencing spate of novelty inflatable returns due to 'lack of usable holes'.
We tremble before the mighty Thor...

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Monday, July 23, 2018

LA Podcast 242: Mr Gee’s Night-Time Raid

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Stories this week include:
  • Anonymous man fondles raw chicken.
  • Royal Mail attempt to stop seagull going postal.
  • New Happy Meal toy range proves extremely unpopular with customers.
  • Neighbour mysteriously vanishes following dispute over vandalised pool.

    We discuss supermarket sexual favours...

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    Wednesday, July 11, 2018

    LA Podcast 241: A Shortage of Ice-Cream at a Marriage Party

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    Stories this week include:

    • Drunkard tries to snatch woman's furry companion. 
    • Bears allowed to sh*t in woods again. 
    • Spurned groom finds happiness in nearby field.
    • Man brags about vast bird seed fortune to local paper.
    It's coming home...

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    Sunday, July 01, 2018

    LA Podcast 240: On the Periphery of the Usual Route of Prevailing Winds

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    Stories this week include:
    • Man blames failed relationship on ghost of 7-foot circus ringmaster.
    • Woman caught shaving legs in communal hotel pool states hot tub was already full.
    • Residents of Cornish town believe foul stench of rotting meat coming from Devon.
    • Driver of mobility scooter claims that detailed Airfix model of HMS Vanguard caused hit-and-run.
    How do you like to kill your bobcat?

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    Sunday, June 24, 2018

    LA Podcast 239: Busting the Octogenarian Mid-Masturbation

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    Stories this week include:
    • Heroic boyfriend defends partner by throwing pillows at fox.
    • PETA swoop to rescue already dead duck killed by boy.
    • Sisters spot pensioner 'enjoying the view'.
    • Company owners forced to apologise via news conference after employee repeatedly ordered lunch 3 mins early.
    We suggest an alternate ending for Last of the Summer Wine...

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    Sunday, June 10, 2018

    LA Podcast 238: A Full Box of Fruits and Two Buckets of Noodles

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    Stories this week include:
    • Beloved family pet starts sh*tting in woods.
    • Mastermind behind elaborate mail fraud finally unmasked.
    • Drunken raver left feeling sheepish after opportunistic theft on way home.
    • FA Cup Final interrupted by mythical beast in local river.
    We ask the burning questions about the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah...

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    Thursday, May 31, 2018

    LA Podcast 237: Remnants of Prawn Shells, Condiments, Meat Forks and Sharp Knives Combined with an Apparent Lack of Bunting

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    Stories this week include:
    • Woman takes photograph of literally nothing.
    • Con artist ensnares elderly parents in lost car scam.
    • Local sh*thole ruined by royal wedding detritus.
    • Child stranded in Bali forced to hitchhike back to Australia.
    The Roland Rat impressions make an unwelcome return...

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    Sunday, May 13, 2018

    LA Podcast 236: Magnetic Rice and Snakes with Medicinal Properties

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    Stories this week include:
    • Peanut-addicted badgers lay waste to Scottish castle.
    • Coconut arrested on suspicion of electoral fraud reduced to husk of former self.
    • 'Equestrian Escorts' website shut down by police following multiple complaints.
    • The 'Magnetic Rice' diet has attracted the attention of Millennials.
    We discuss the greatest decade...

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    Sunday, April 15, 2018

    LA Podcast 235: A Little Slice of the More Sordid Side of Life

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    Saturday, April 07, 2018

    LA Podcast 234: Absolute Low-Life Mindless Scum Coward

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    Stories this week include:
    • Coleslaw sandwich eating burglar comes to sticky end.
    • Honeymooning couple embark on once-in-a-lifetime trip to Torquay.
    • Thug assaults man, swims to France.
    • Robbing hoodies have bow and arrow confiscated by police.
    Rob goes AWOL...

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    Tuesday, March 20, 2018

    LA Podcast 233: Racist Offspring of a Canine

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    Stories this week include:
    • Motorcyclist stopped for speeding informs police that he has transcended the constraints of Road Traffic Law.
    • Mindless vandals target bug hotel. 
    • Richard Madeley claims Gallagher brothers burgled his house.
    • Local 'zoo' forced to question the authenticity of vulture bought in car park.

    We discuss the latest release from Faecal Matter...

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    Thursday, March 08, 2018

    LA Podcast 232: A Personal Harem of Shaggable Swans

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    Stories this week include:

    • Massive hologram of Vladimir Putin wins election by landslide.
    • Thamesmead Swan Patrol disbands after failing their sole objective.
    • Freezing temperatures results in Southeastern trains running with minor delays of up to five hours.
    • Operation Takahe investigating the disappearance of the White Rabbit of Barnes Bridge.
    Alex and Rob take a turn for the worse... 

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    Tuesday, February 20, 2018

    LA Podcast 231: Serious Safety Risks Involving Untrained Animals in Flight

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    Stories this week include:


    • Country Park Assistant Ranger refuses to give up on the fairies.
    • Romantic proposes to Pineapple in Greggs the Delicatessen.
    • Joker brandishes sausage roll in offensive manner.
    • Loyal emotional support hamster meets unceremonious end.

    We celebrate the passing of another year...

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    Saturday, February 10, 2018

    LA Podcast 230: The Strange and Competitive World of Camel Beauty Pageants

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    Stories this week include:

    • Jack Sparrow impersonator marries ghost of 300-year-old pirate.
    • French police bring abrupt end to simian sightseeing trip.
    • Man armed with slip of paper attempts post office robbery.
    • Camel beauty contest organisers reluctantly drop swimsuit round. 
    We are still trying to raise money to replace our defunct microphone. Please donate what you can here. Thanks. 

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    Tuesday, February 06, 2018

    Microphone Appeal: This is an appeal on behalf of LA Podcast (a serious one)

    We've been gearing up to record LA 231, which would have been our 6 year anniversary special and to help us celebrate this momentous achievement, our microphone has died (which could be an omen, but we've chosen to ignore it). Despite various attempts to rectify the problem, everything has failed and the damn thing is kaput. We have no back-up and so will need to fork out £109.99. So, in light of this, we've resorted to begging. We have one more episode to release before the big birthday episode is due to be recorded on 19th February 2018 *cough, meaning 230 episodes of completely free content, cough*, so if you can spare anything at all, it would be hugely appreciated.

    Many thanks,

    Alex and Rob #KeepItLocal

    Please donate here

    Saturday, January 20, 2018

    LA Podcast 229: A Bad Spell of Human Befouling at Bus Stops

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    Stories this week include:


    • Butcher wielding blood sausage facilitates release.
    • Woman calls RSPCA over slipper welfare concerns. 
    • Equipped father heads to park for some alone time. 
    • Local council takes drastic action to quell suspected dirty protest. 

    Now with 50% more pointless, rambling chat!

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