Charlie reviews England's first test game of the summer against Zimbabwe along with a full review of the County Championship so far... Also included in the show is England's Starting XI for the India Test Series and England's ODI Lineup for the 3-match series against the West Indies. Enjoy some elite England Cricket waffle!…

Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party. To celebrate the life of our former Bat, the crew get together to discuss one of his OTHER finest performances - it's Gay Perry time! So get your feet off the desk, hold your pee near corpses and get yourself knee-deep in... never mind, I can't finish that. KISS KISS BANG BANG, BABY! Today's guest: Dave P…

England's Test Summer Starts This Week! Here's A Full Preview and a Round-Up Of County Championship Cricket last week. This Episode Also Contains A Review Of The County Select XI's 128-run win over...... Zimbabwe. Dont Forget To Ask Yourself That Question.By Charlie Harden

We're back with a fresh episode! This time about the great Clarice Lispector. Spread the word! Warning: May Contain Spoilers Created by: Cristo M. Sanchez Written by: Cristo M. Sanchez and Jason Nemor Harden Hosted by: Jason Nemor Harden Music by: Creature 9, Wood, Cristo M. Sanchez and Jason Nemor Harden Follow us on instagram for the latest updat…

County Championships Performances of the Week and Many Squad Reviews are inbound! Squads have been released for the World Test Championships and the County Select XI to play Zimbabwe. Most importantly however, England Cricket has released their Test, ODI, and T20 Squads for Zimbabwe and the West Indies, respectively. Enjoy this almighty round-up!…

The conclusion is here! Part two of Bat Minute's discussion of Vera Drew's wonderful film 'The People's Joker' has landed for your delight - now, what's ya name and pronouns, huh? It's time to make that smile real, one more time! The next episode follows... soon! Same Bat Pod, different Bat Minute! Join us on Facebook at the Bat Minute Listener's C…

As Suryavanshi steals the show, this podcast never forgets its roots of County and England Cricket which is the main talking point as always. Why was Nottinghamshire vs Sussex such a big game? Who are the best county opening batters in 2025 and will they be rewarded or forgotten? Without further ado, ask yourself, What Is He On About?…

The Great Debate Of The England Spinner: Who Should It Be? How Many? Do We Even Need A Proper Spinner? Ahmed, Bashir, Leach etc. Performances from all over the County Championship are taken care of and delivered by Charlie as he gives his view on that controversial catch by Jamie Porter which took Essex to victory over Worcestershire. Who is your E…

Join us as we jump back into the mad world of William S. Burroughs, this time to get a deeper look at his classic novel Naked Lunch. Spread the word! Warning: May Contain Spoilers Created by: Cristo M. Sanchez Written by: Cristo M. Sanchez and Jason Nemor Harden Hosted by: Jason Nemor Harden Music by: Creature 9, Wood, Cristo M. Sanchez and Jason N…

Charlie embraces the top performers from County Championship Week 2 and 6 Players that need to be picked for England this Summer (but probably won't). Finally, who will England Play against Zimbabwe and How would I change it? Enjoy!By Charlie

In the first episode of this two-part spectacular your Dynamic Duo finally breathe deep of that Smylex in order to bring you a coming-of-age story of self-discovery like no other - it's time for The People's Joker to hit the stage! Vera's here, puddin'. The next episode follows... soon! Same Bat Pod, different Bat Minute! Join us on Facebook at the…

A Return To Glory! A magnificent first round of County Championship cricket comes to a close and we go back at it again on Friday. Harry Brook is given the white ball captaincy for England as Zak Crawley gets cleaned up by an Aussie. Worcestershire come back from 516 runs behind to save an incredible draw against Somerset and many more County Champ…

Charlie discusses the key stories you need to know about heading into the county champs this year, McKinney at Durham, Vince not at Hampshire and Bashir to Glamorgan. Do County Cricket performances carry as much weight as it used to when fighting for England Test spots? Finally, the episode ends with Can you guess the England test cricket legend fr…

Charlie debates (with himself) who should bat at number 3 for England in Test Cricket. Before this, David Warner asks the English fans to boo him! Don't make this on your terms, Davey, this was gonna happen anyway. Pakistan get obliterated as they rebuild from their Champions Trophy demolition and Mark Wood is out for the whole summer, poor lad. An…

We're back after a pause with a new episode! This time we go into the beginnings of Spike Lee, with a particular focus on his debut full feature "She's Gotta Have it". Spread the word! Warning: May Contain Spoilers Created by: Cristo M. Sanchez Written by: Cristo M. Sanchez and Jason Nemor Harden Hosted by: Jason Nemor Harden Music by: Creature 9, …

India plays boring cricket and wins every game in a random country. In other news, it is a (genuinely) sad day as Steve Smith retires from ODI cricket and Harry Brook removes himself from the IPL. Charlie wraps it up with a competition of who can guess the England Test Cricket Legend? Good LuckBy Charlie

Charlie Mulls Over England Cricket's White Ball Devastation, Their Potential Future White Ball Captains and Some Mind-boggling Stats From The Treacherous Champions Trophy. India are kicking back and relaxing in Dubai whilst teams travel from country to country between games to find their next stadium. Finally, Charlie's infamous Predicting Ability …

Dear Oh Dear, Oh Dear. Tough day for England as they get rolled by Afghanistan and a tough day to be Joe Root. A deep analytical dive into English ODI cricket, if that's your kind of thing, and the What's He On About? Team of Round 2. The Episode ends with a round down of round 3 and some horrendous predictions on the upcoming fixtures. Relax and E…

A lot of rounds today. My apologies. Anyway, Charlie discusses The WHOA Team of Round 1 in the Champions Trophy and was not keen on putting any Aussies in but had to at the last second despite the man actually being English. Then, the second half of the episode sees predictions flying everywhere and some controversial views. Enjoy this drivel...…

Charlie is joined by Charlie, pretty confusing. The Episode begins with a solo review of Australia's diabolical destruction by Sri Lanka. Then we migrate to the Champions Trophy Preview as the Charlies dive into each team, have a look at tournament conditions and predict the Trophy winners. Finally, The Thinker of the Week gets the Charlies ponderi…

England Cricket keeps getting battered by India and I'm no longer having fun. However, we look forward optimistically to the Champions Trophy and England's selection thoughts. Every change Australia makes turns to gold and Sri Lanka takes a royal pumping in the second test. Meanwhile, Australian selectors think ahead to who will open alongside Khaw…

Charlie did not enjoy this. England Rolled by India and the prediction is similar for the ODIs. A deep dive into England's problems and India's success. Charlie talks about Australia through gritted teeth as they beat everyone in the world by an innings. The episode finishes with a quality thinker of the week to get those cogs turning...…

Charlie dives deep into the world of T20 internationals as Adil Rashid puts up the stop sign and tells India, 'You Shall Not Pass!'. Joe Root in T20 team for England? No Thanks. Jamie Overton's Future is coming under fire whilst Australia begin their quest for Sri Lanka in Galle. Australia will lose, simple as that. Finally, the Episode ends with C…

Charlie previews the England vs India T20 Series, explores the strength of England's batting lineup and takes you through every reason why Sri Lanka will batter Australia in Galle. Pakistan prepare a dustbowl for the West Indies who went onto get pumped and Aussie fans get riled up in the comments just because I said their team was overrated. All t…

This is Test Cricket Central commentated by a COMPLETELY unbiased Englishman. The episode covers the positives and negatives of the two-tier test cricket system, controversial views on England's Champions Trophy fixtures and 2025 Ashes drivel, despite it being just 10 months away. Your experience is glazed by the WHOA Moment of the Week and this we…

It's double figures for the Podcast, 3 more and we will be at Bumrah's BGT bowling average, didn't take long. If Zak Crawley was to get the boot, who would take up his warm seat? Is the England test opening spot up for grabs? To round things up, Charlie awards the Prestigious What's He On About Cricketer of the Year. I wonder who it will go to, oh,…

It's all happening as Charlie dips his toe back in the water of Cricket and realises its the perfect temperature so he takes a big run-up and jumps right in. India's draw plan folds and, unsurprisingly, the 'get forward and defend' method fails (Bazball was needed). South Africa pip Pakistan to an astonishing test win to send them to Lords for the …

It's that time of year once again and the Bat Minute crew are back with their new Christmas (holiday?) special. Get ready to get hot and frosty as this magical snowman comes to life and changes everybody's lives for the better - via the power of abs and the mind of a child, of course. Oh and you better believe that we dragged Liz and Jarf along for…

Charlie gift wraps the final test of the New Zealand England Test Series and serves it on a plate to you, the listeners. We stand on the 10m platform and dive into the stats behind Bashir's 2024 as England's Front Line Spinner and answer the question of whether Stokes needs to change his ways to benefit the team as Captain. Finally, Charlie shows w…

England dominates New Zealand with the whitewash pending, How good is Harry Brook? This podcast reviews the 2nd Test and looks beyond to the future of the England Test Team. Australia vs India is the most confusing series I have watched as both teams come to the end of their golden eras. Finally, think to yourself who has the most ducks in Test His…

He's gonna put a shock to your system - it's Static Shock! The Bat crew are here to discuss the crossover episode of this under-appreciated cartoon as the Dynamic Duo arrive on the scene to help deal with a particularly AMUSING foe. Joining in the shenanigans is none other than Stephanie Palacino! You know that this one will be off the rails and cr…

Charlie delves into the world of cricket once more and returns to the England and New Zealand Test Series looking forwards and backwards. The Australia vs India 2nd Test starts on Friday and Charlie discusses Marnus Labuschagne and the effect of the pink ball test. The show ends with the riveting question, Who has the most runs in Test Cricket with…

Welcome back for another episode of the mighty What's He On About? Podcast. Charlie divulges into the upcoming England and New Zealand Test Series, embraces Australia's glorious defeat and looks more into who Suryavanshi, 13, is and why he has been picked in the IPL? Finally, Charlie discovers that the Ivory Coast are bowled out for 7 and earns thi…

For this week's cricket round-up, Charlie reviews England's White Ball Tour of the West Indies and looks forward to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India. The Inaugural "What's He On About" Moment of the Week is awarded and we find out which cricketer is responsible for launching the biggest six in international cricket history. As…

Charlie dives into this week's cricket news as England storm to a 2-0 lead in the T20 Series against West Indies, Australia get battered by Pakistan, India refuse to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and the GOAT returns.By Charlie

This episode hears Charlie review England's ODI Series Loss to the West Indies. Charlie digs into England's selection choices, choosing talent over experience, as well as Alzarri Joseph's major blow-up as he showed what it takes to be a true Vice-Captain. The episode ends with a brief look forward to the T20 series between the two sides as you ask …

Charlie previews the upcoming Limited Overs Series between England and West Indies. He vents his troubles about team selection and the deep-rooted effect of Bazball on the shorter format of the game. Taking a deep dive into the squads and recent form, he answers the question; Should people care about this series?…

In the mid-90s, Tim Burton pitched a concept for a sequel to his spooktacular sophomore masterpiece Beetlejuice, the title of which became a punchline in the hallowed halls of Hollywood in the years thereafter. Now, in 2024, Gotham Beat and Bat Minute are cracking open the crypt of this script and traipsing to the tropics to terrorise the locals! A…

PATREON EXCLUSIVE SERIES - BUT THE FIRST EPISODE IS FREE! SPOILERS GALORE! Our feathery Farrell is back in the suit once again and Gotham's gangsters are plum(b) out of luck with everybody's favourite drug lord on the scene. The sequel to 'The Batman' is finally here... kind of. So grab your Slush Puppies, take those Drops, order some extra pickles…

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS GALORE - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED The hosts with the most are back faster than ever before with their first hiatus episode of the post season break! You've waited an eternity for this. It felt like it was never actually going to happen. BEETLEJUICE FINALLY HAS A SEQUEL! Listen to our team, along with regular guest Sean Ge…

Minutes 76-78... ish. Kind of. Nearly. We’re back as the credits continue, continue… and… fin. It's the final countdown, Bat Mites. Our Dynamic Duo wrap up the last of the names they can be bothered with and put a cute little bow on this mini season as a whole. They went BEYOND indeed... but where will the future take the two? The next episode foll…

Minutes 71-75 The Joker has transformed back to Drake. Terry’s got him easy. The laser hits the factory and absolutely annihilates the whole place. This isn’t just a little bit of destruction, the whole building erupts! GET ACE OUT OF THERE! As the satellite drifts off into space, calm is restored. It's over. It's all over... Meanwhile, Dee Dee rec…

Minutes 66-70 Batman lies prone, at the whim of The Joker… except he’s got that dawg in him. Kind of. Ace attacks! He’s very well trained - he could eat The Joker’s face clean off but chooses not to. Good boy! Not all that good actually... the tackling sends Joker's buzzer careening right into the electronics, triggering the deadly space laser! May…

Minutes 61-65 Bruce oversees Terry’s invasion of the Joker’s candy land. Tim is also there... unconscious, but alive. Once Drake is back in actually, the young Bat goes full crazy on the dude! Is it justified? HE DOESN'T DO THIS ANYMORE! Except... he kind of does. Literally. Physically. THE MAN BECOMES THE JOKER, DAMN IT! HE TRANSFORMS! We've got L…

Minutes 56-60 We’re back as The Joker (or is it?!?!?) chats away on the big screen to our Terry there, revealing his entire plan! Nice villain move. Joker halts the call and Terry leaps into action… only to instantly be shot down by a hidden laser. Two lasers. Three lasers. Four lasers... they just keep coming! After Batarang-ing his way to safety,…

Minutes 51-55 Bats is still trying to save this FOOL - THIS ABSOLUTE FOOL! Leave him man, he doesn't deserve you. Well he DOESN'T leave him and manages a rescue, so I guess it's a success. Yay? As they fly away we're treated to quite a banger though. INCOMING AKIRA! Bat Fake and co. find out that... Tim Drake... WORKS FOR THE JOKER! Can this really…

Minutes 46-50 We’re back as Barbara and Batman have… uhh… saved Robin. Kind of. Did Harley perish? Terry seems to think so, but if we know DC they won't hesitate to claw somebody back... and I think they just might do it. No body? NO DEATH! And even then... Bruce FORBADE Tim to be Robin ever again. I get it though - I mean, the kid was REALLY messe…

Minutes 41-45 HOW COULD HARLEY DO THIS?!?!? Eh, she's done... well, maybe not WORSE, but things of a comparable nature I suppose. An errant bazooka blast sends both her and Batgirl careening over a dangerous edge of the building. One will fall... to a death? Meanwhile, we discover just WHAT The Joker did to this poor kid and... oh boy... it's DARK,…

Minutes 36-40 We’re back as our dear little Robin lies flightless. IS THIS THE END OF THE BOY WONDER?!?!? Kind of... you'll see... Batman heads out to look for him night after night. By “look for him” we of course mean “beating the crap out of crooks to get answers”. Would you expect any less? After jumping through some rather explosive hoops, The …

Minutes 31-35 The fallout of the wild night of dancing is felt by all. That was a rough one. PARTY ON (Mr Wayne?)! Bruce sure isn't getting down though... he's down and out - the enemy has struck. Most importantly, HE HURT THE BLOODY DOG! That's it, time to go John Wick. We see the true face of the enemy, however... the NEW face of Bruce. Barbara i…