Roman Abramovich sells a Russian oil company he basically stole for $13 billion, Fran delivers an urban myth as a children's bedtime rhyme about a stag do gone catastrophically wrong, Jim reads an original poem about DIY, dead men and the lies we tell each other, and we have a chat about the fact that 95% of people are just making it up as they go.

Goodbye old studio. You ferocious beast.

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We're back! New puppy, same chaos. Dave's adjusting to life as a dog dad in the most unhinged way possible, we conduct a full health and safety risk assessment on his 2am noodle habit and he finally has his first ever crisp sandwich aged 37! We dive into part one of the genuinely mad true story of Roman Abramovich, from a Siberian orphan stealing diesel to the man who bought Chelsea. Oh, and there's a sketch. We won't explain the sketch.

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We sit down with Amy O'Hara, Development Executive at Warp Films - the Sheffield-based production company behind Adolescence, Dead Man's Shoes, Four Lions, This Is England and some of the most important British films ever made.

Amy's career has taken her from DJing at Sheffield's legendary Threads nights, to Film4, the BFI, and now back home to Warp. We talk about how she broke into the industry, what it takes to get a film off the ground, the threat of AI to storytelling, why cinema isn't dead yet - and a very exciting hint at what's coming next from Warp. And we pitch her a few film ideas. She was very patient about it.

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This week we're joined by Carl Maloney, founder of RGM Magazine — the man who's interviewed everyone from John Cooper Clarke to Shaun Ryder, all while championing unsigned bands from Sheffield and beyond.

We talk about the night Arctic Monkeys played their very first gig, bombing on stage at an open mic, building a music magazine from scratch, accidentally promoting an AI artist, and why the live music industry is heading for a crash.

Oh, and Alex Turner used to ask Carl for advice. Bless him.

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We're out of the studio. This week we're at the Dog and Partridge in Sheffield - one of Guinness's officially rated top ten pubs in the UK to try the Holy Trinity: Guinness, Murphy's and Beamish, all on tap in one place.

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This week's guest is Jo Mason - confidence coach, former PE teacher, Navy veteran, and someone who's navigated more in life than most.

Diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2021, Jo made a decision. She wasn't going to stop living.

We talk burnout, Dubai, bad employers, losing herself - and how cancer, bizarrely, gave her the life she always wanted.

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This week we're diving deep into one of Britain's most notorious PR men - Max Clifford.

Before “fake news” had a name, Max was selling it to the tabloids. He planted affairs, invented headlines, and built a £10 million empire on one simple belief - attention is more powerful than truth.

From screening pornos above a Wimbledon pub to representing Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali and OJ Simpson, Clifford climbed as high as you can go. Until Operation Yewtree came knocking…

This one's got everything. Sex, lies, tabloids, corruption and a ending you couldn't make up.

This is a Depressed CEO deep dive.

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In this episode, we take a deep dive into Mark Zuckerberg as our first-ever “Depressed CEO” case study.

We break down his early life, from building computer programs as a kid to creating Facebook at Harvard — including the controversial beginnings with FaceMash, the lawsuits, and the rise of one of the most powerful tech companies in the world.

From massive investments and billionaire deals to data controversies, power moves, and the evolution of social media, we unpack how Facebook grew into a global force — and what that says about the man behind it.

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