So Liverpool are winning again, Trump is being unspeakable again and the very people who might save the world are being hounded out of existence. Ah well, we know songs about all of this... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

This episode: It's Easter (again), the Pope is gone, local elections are back and heavy metal bands are exploring interesting promotional avenues... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Check it out! Three weeks for three! How long can we keep this up? No idea. This week: the return of ECONOMIC CRISES (did they ever go away?), memories of the last days of Thatcher's Britain, and general frustration with Labour timidity... Interesting times, folks, interesting times... Support the show…

NB - Just noticed I gave the wrong dates for my shows at the Rik Mayall FestivaI... my solo show and all my guest appearances will be on SATURDAY MAY 31st, and the full band show with Ronnie Golden and the Alpha Mayalls will be on SUNDAY JUNE 1st. Sorry. Well, I said I was hoping to put two episodes out every month; well here I am back with Ep 2 af…

A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened... This episode: over-zealous language policing by the US government recalling a similar gaffe made by right-wing Christians back in 2008; alliterative maritime mishaps, Nazis and why it's maybe a bad sign if they're …

Mitch is joined by his longtime friend Marcus Brigstocke to discuss good things to do, including disease reviews, vinyl immersion and finishing all of Netflix... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by his old pal Emma Kennedy to discuss things to do in confinement, including crazy royals, cat murderers and thinking impure thoughts about a certain late Prime Minister... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch returns to his virtual bunker to discuss good things to do indoors with award winning children's author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, including discussions on gardening, detective movies and impenetrable regional accents... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined from Australia by comedian, writer, and podcaster Alice Fraser for a discussion on good things to do under lockdown, including boning up on educational theory, jumping into cold swimming pools (if only) and reading two or three books a day... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by former spin-surgeon supreme turned political commentator, mental health campaigner and football pundit Alastair Campbell, to discuss good things to do while locked down, including Albanian novels, self-inflicted haircuts, prize-winning trees and bagpipes... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by comedy genius and creator of Radio 4's Cabin Pressure John Finnemore, to discuss ways of staying sane during lockdown, including discussions on historical satire, 17th century plague diaries and why you are wrong about board games... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by writer and podcaster Liz Myles to discuss fun and helpful ways to spend lockdown time, including digressions on gun-wielding Bennett sisters, radio sitcoms and Doctor Who. Lots and lots of Doctor Who... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by the multi-award winning comedian and writer Mark Watson to discuss things to do while stuck at home, including digressions on trees, friendship, brand names and time travelling Germans... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by comedian, singer and the legendary "Ayia Napa Xtina" Sooz Kempner for some recommendations on fun things to so under house arrest, including discussions on totalitarian regimes, serial killers and... horror of horrors... EXERCISE. Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by writer and broadcaster Amna Saleem for some suggestions on how to keep in together under siege, including discussions on family, comedy, feminism... and wedding-day dance-offs... Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by podcaster, writer and pop culture expert Tim Worthington (host of Looks Unfamiliar and It's Good Except It Sucks) for half an hour of psychedelia, comic book heroines, satirical cartoons and... Lego. Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch is joined by award-winning comedian, writer and mental health campaigner Juliette Burton, for a packed half hour of recommendations, anecdotes, uplifting ideas and ... muppets. Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn is joined by award-winning broadcaster, writer, sci-fi fan and fellow Celebrity Mastermind winner Samira Ahmed, for a packed half hour of fantastic recommendations. Support the showBy Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn introduces his brand new podcast and gives his own recommendations on things to read, watch, listen to and do whilst Confined to Barracks. Support the showBy Mitch Benn

A Henley Festival Podcast Comedians Special - hear from Sara Pascoe, Russell Kane, Mitch Benn, Matt Forde, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Paul Zenon, and The Thinking Drinkers. They all appeared at the last Henley Festival, and they all have something to say about Henley...By The Henley Festival Podcast

This episode features comedian Stephen K Amos talking about why he's waiting for Lenny Henry to die (not as morbid as it sounds)and his love for a certain 80s pop band.Vonda Shepard (you'll probably know her as the bar singer in Ally Mcbeal) will have some intriguing insights into the music business & how it has changed. Magician & comedian Paul Ze…

Sara Pascoe shares her thoughts on weeing ladybirds, Love Island, Ru Paul's Drag Race and Peter Andre...Soul legend Geno Washington on his amazing career and his role in the birth of The Stone Roses...The amazing story of singer/songwriter Ed Goodale... Plus Cecil, a new artist who has been compared to Kate Bush.…

In this episode, drum & bass star Goldie shares his passion for music as well as bacon and egg sandwiches... comedian Kiri Pritchard McLean will clear up a rumour about her and Ben Fogle... singer songwriter Jack Pout will share some tales of the tour bus.... Michael Fenton Stevens talks about The Heebeegeebees & RadioActive plus we'll also have a …

Welcome to the Henley Festival Podcast - exclusive interviews from acts and artists who appeared at the festival in 2017 In this episode, comedian Russell Kane gives a slightly surreal peep into his backstage pre gig preparations, singer songwriter Emma Stevens reveals what it's like to be top of the pops in Korea, The Thinking Drinkers talk about …

The Henley Festival Podcast - exclusive interviews from acts and artists who appeared at the festival in 2017. In this episode, former Spice Girl Melanie C talks about life on the road and living next door to the All Saints, musical satirist Mitch Benn on partying with Sting, Anglo/Romani jazz duo Faith and Branko tell a story of romance, and we sp…