🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t train your puppy, shut down dodgy pranks, or rename a storm… but will absolutely have opinions on all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tackle another week of modern nonsense, canine temptation and meteorological branding. Expect mild insights, strong feelings, and no practical advice.

This week’s episode features:

🐶 New Puppies – unbearably cute, wildly disruptive

🏪 Pet Shops – helpful or hellscape?

😈 Pranks – poor Thomas Frank

🌪️ Storm Goretti – a name, a mood, and a nationwide controversy

PLUS – over on Patreon, the lads moan about Christmas sales. Too early, too loud, and somehow unavoidable.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t predict the future, fix modern technology, or improve the sporting calendar… but will happily review the year anyway.

In this episode, Richie Firth and Chris Skinner take stock of 2025 so far, casting their mildly informed eye over the things that have defined the year — from what we’re eating at lunchtime to the gadgets we’re apparently meant to care about.

This week’s episode features:

🥪 Lunch in 2025 – what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what we’re weirdly proud of

🌡️ Meat Probes – still essential, still slightly unsettling

🚗 Electric Cars – progress, prices, or pure pleasure?

🏟️ Sport in 2025 – what’s working, what’s broken, and what everyone’s arguing about

It’s a reflective episode packed with strong opinions, weak evidence, and just enough insight to leave you Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your loft, improve your tram network, or hit the right note at karaoke… but will absolutely overanalyse all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they tumble through another week of questionable decisions, domestic chaos and surprisingly strong feelings about dried fruit. Mild insight only. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

This week’s episode features:

🥭 Top 5 Dried Fruits – raisins? apricots? a place for a prune?

🪜 Richie’s Loft Discovery – genuinely unbelievable

🚊 Trams – do we love them? do we trust them? do they exist everywhere?

🎤 Karaoke – the songs, the shame, the power ballads that should never remain private

PLUS – on Patreon, the boys delve into school concerts. Chaos, camcorders and kids singing wildly out of key.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t secure your home, restore Victorian Christmas traditions, or finish your loft conversion… but will absolutely talk about all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of vague investigations into modern life, festive nostalgia and one man’s ongoing battle with his roof space. Expect mild confusion, gentle opinions and no real answers.

This week’s episode features:

📱 Pluribus – the best new TV show?

🔔 Ring Doorbells – surveillance for your postman and your soul

🎄 Dickensian Christmas – charming tradition or cold, muddy nightmare?

🏠 Richie’s Loft – now includes train sets

PLUS – on Patreon, Chris reviews his work-from-home lunches. Expect limp sandwiches, rogue leftovers and one surprisingly elite discovery.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cure a hangover, shorten an inset day or tell you which Quality Street is best… but will absolutely debate it at length.

This week, Chris Skinner arrives noticeably hungover and Richie Firth does what any good co-host would do — prods him with questions and refuses to let him off the hook. From school schedules to seasonal chocolate, it’s a week of highs, lows and mild regret.

This week’s episode features:

📅 School Inset Days – educational for teachers, chaos for parents

🍾 Free Booze – delightful on the way in, devastating on the way out

🍬 Quality Street – what’s elite, what’s filler, what must go

📆 Advent Calendars – chocolate, cheese, Lego, whisky… has it gone too far?

PLUS – on Patreon, Chris opens up about getting his kit off for the doctor. A story equally vulnerable and very funny.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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You want a double entrendre? We'll give you one! Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they wander through another week of niche observations, life admin dilemmas and wildly unnecessary analysis. Mild insight: guaranteed. Expertise: not so much.

This week’s episode features:

🗡️ Weapons – why are we talking about them? good question

🏏 Cricket – sport is happening

🧀 Cheeseballs – elite snack or Christmas novelty?

🧍 Queues – the British art form no one asked for

🌭 Vegan Hotdogs – progress? punishment? who can say

PLUS – over on Patreon, Richie and Chris go full synth as they discuss Kraftwerk: robots, rhythms and German efficiency.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that can’t bring back train tickets, fix the football schedule or tidy up your driveway… but will absolutely moan about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dissect another week of questionable decisions, crumbling institutions and overly crunchy pavements. Mild insights guaranteed. Solutions very much not included.

This week’s episode features:

🎟️ The Death of Physical Tickets – trains, football, flights… everything’s on your phone now

⚽ The International Break – a farce? absolutely

🍁 What Do We Do With Fallen Leaves? – are they toxic?

🍲 Chris’ New Hot Lunch Spot – a discovery he’s far too excited about

🇬🇧 “Britain Is Broken” – Richie presents his evidence (there’s not a lot)

PLUS – over on Patreon, the boys go fully wholesome as they talk dogs. Yes, dogs. Bad dogs.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t win you a football trophy, make your sandwiches, or help you serve in padel… but will definitely have a go at analysing all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again pick apart life’s obsessions, awkward moments and unnecessary new hobbies. From computer screens to court surfaces, nothing is too small to overthink. And WHO DID CHRIS MEET??

This week’s episode features:

⚽ The New Football Manager – addictive, life-consuming, and somehow “educational”

⭐ Meeting Your Heroes – Chris has an encounter he didn’t see coming

🥪 Triple-Decker Peanut Butter Sandwiches – genius snack or total overkill?

🎾 Richie’s Padel Debut – a new sport, a new obsession, and possibly new injuries

PLUS – over on Patreon, Chris opens up about his kids’ party anxiety. There’s cake, chaos and emotional damage.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t carve your pumpkin, light your bonfire, or manage your payday spending… but will absolutely have a chat about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dive into another week of overthinking seasonal chaos and confectionery greatness. From spooky nights to spark-filled skies, it’s all up for debate — with only mild insight guaranteed.

This week’s episode features:

🎃 Halloween vs. Guy Fawkes – sweets or sparks? masks or matches? the ultimate British autumn showdown

🦌 The Malteser Reindeer – festive perfection or overrated lump of malted mystery?

💸 Pay Day Decisions – big spender or cautious calculator? how do you play it?

PLUS – over on Patreon, Chris reviews Richie’s complete lack of response to his messages. Spoiler: it’s personal.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t recover stolen masterpieces, clean your ears, or find your lost keys… but will definitely talk about all three.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner for another week of unnecessary analysis and deeply average insight. From fine art to fine foam, nothing escapes their mildly curious minds.

This week’s episode features:

🎨 The Louvre Heist – daring theft or just a very French misunderstanding?

👂 Microsuction of the Ear – oddly satisfying or disturbingly intimate?

🧤 Losing Things – keys, wallets, dignity… why does it keep happening?

🚗 Hand Car Washes – the unspoken awkwardness of standing there while someone else cleans your car.

PLUS – over on Patreon, it’s a Chocolate Biscuit Special: vindication and sadness.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t book your flights, whisper soothingly in your ear, or expose any celebrity traitors… but will certainly try.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into another week of mild revelations and questionable logic. From tech reviews to tan lines, it’s chaos as usual – all in the name of being Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

📱 Richie’s New Travel App – will it actually make life easier, and should we sponsor them?

🕵️ Celebrity Traitors – who’s bluffing, who’s farting, and why do we love it?

🎧 ASMR – relaxing or ridiculously weird?

🏖️ Chris’s Trip to Corfu – sun, snacks, and...wickets?!

😂 Chris’s New Joke – a debut that may or may not land

PLUS – over on Patreon, the lads discuss the mysterious world of ‘Pundit Shoes’.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t fix your finances, finish your bike ride, or redesign your Kit Kat… but will happily have a go at all of them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they yet again turn everyday chaos into light analysis. From politics to confectionery (and the disasters in between), it’s another week of strong opinions, weak evidence, and mild insight.

This week’s episode features:

🍫 The Latest Kit Kat Version – innovation or unnecessary tampering with perfection?

🏛️ The Party Conferences – the week democracy took a coffee break

🚴 An Awful Bike Ride – Chris suffers for content

🏦 Dealing with Bankrupt Businesses – the grim admin of financial collapse

It’s chocolate, conferences, chain grease and corporate grief – all adding up to another serving of Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t scrub your oven, mix your salad, or pedal your bike… but will gladly waffle on about them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they continue their mission to overanalyse life’s everyday highs, lows, and baked-on stains. From TV tourism to new condiments, they’ll leave you with just enough insight to be Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

🧽 Cleaning the Oven – Richie’s surprisingly joyful domestic obsession

🥗 Chris’s New Favourite Dressing – the recipe that’s changing his mealtimes

⚽ Ted Lasso Tourism – Richie’s trip to Richmond in search of fictional football magic

🚴 Chris’s Next Big Bike Ride – lycra, logistics, and looming hills

It’s ovens, outfits, outings and oil-based dressings – all adding up to another episode of Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t mow your pitch, fix your tuna tins, or run your supermarket radio… but will absolutely chat nonsense about them.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again trawl through the week’s curiosities, from the serious to the seriously trivial. Whether it’s turf, tinned fish, or Trump, they’ll leave you with just enough to feel Mildly Informed.

This week’s episode features:

⚽ Richie the Football Groundsman – Stripes aplenty!

🐟 Tuna Tins – Chris has beef (or rather, fish) with the new design

📻 Asda Radio – the secret soundtrack of the nation?

🇺🇸 Trump Gets Pranked – when politics meets practical jokes

PLUS – over on Patreon, Richie & Chris weigh in on Barack Obama’s appearance at The O2.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t host your state visit, train a monkey, or bake you a flapjack… but will definitely have opinions on all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they take their trademark sideways look at the important, the trivial, and the downright chewy. From political pomp to primates, if it can be overthought, it’s going in.

This week’s episode features:

👑 The State Visit – ceremony, tradition, and slightly awkward handshakes

🐒 Monkeys – drunk absolute chaos machines?

🍪 Flapjacks – wholesome snack or burger level bad?

📺 Alien Earth – is it great?

📺 The Girlfriend – is it even better?

It’s crowns, creatures, chewy oats and cosmic telly – all leaving you perfectly Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t cook for your parents, end the tube strikes, or ink Richie’s arm… but will happily chat about all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again dive headfirst into the everyday, the random, and the slightly overcooked. From browned meat to broadcast TV, no topic is safe from a mildly informed review.

This week’s episode features:

👨‍👩‍👦 Having Your Parents Over – stress, snacks, and what counts as tidy enough

🥩 The Maillard Reaction – the science of browning, or just an excuse for crispy edges

🚇 Tube Strikes in London – frustration, solidarity, or just an unexpected day off?

📺 The Demise of Cooking TV Shows – why are they disappearing, and do we care?

🎨 Richie’s Tattoo Debate – is it finally time for some ink?

It’s parents, proteins, protests, programmes and (possible) permanent ink – all leaving you Mildly Informed.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t make your breakfast, slow your walk, or stop that stranger yelling in public… but might just help you laugh about all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they dig into life’s everyday rituals and occasional absurdities. Whether it’s the first meal of the day or the sound of someone bellowing across the street, no topic is too normal to get unnecessarily dissected.

This week’s episode features:

🥣 Breakfast – the most important meal, or the most overrated?

🚶 Walking Speeds – slow walkers vs. speed demons, and why we all get it wrong

👔 School Ties – pointless tradition or timeless symbol?

🛋️ Solitude – underrated bliss or lonely nightmare?

📢 Public Shouting – necessary volume or unnecessary drama?

PLUS – over on Patreon, Richie & Chris get seriously (and suspiciously) deep on… vanilla ice cream.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t rescue you from a fire, fix your password, or dig up your old time capsule… but will at least chat about it for you.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they once again overthink the things most people barely notice. From school runs to forgotten safewords (literally), if it can be reviewed, they’ll get mildly stuck into it.

This week’s episode features:

🚒 Fire Stations – heroic hubs or just places with surprisingly shiny floors?

🎒 Back to School – excitement, dread, and the curse of new shoes

📦 Time Capsules – charming nostalgia or buried rubbish?

🔑 Passwords – why can’t we remember them, and why do we need so many?!

📺 The TV Show Hostage – tense, dramatic, and definitely bingeable

It’s flames, forms, forgotten logins and questionable nostalgia – all adding up to another round of being just Mildly Informed.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t get your word in the dictionary, weigh your pets accurately, or stop your kids from making up rules… but it will make you laugh about all of it.

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they take another deep dive into life’s oddities — the everyday, the unnecessary, and the unexpectedly funny. From chocolate geometry to chaotic car games, they’ll review it all so you don’t have to.

This week’s episode features:📖 New Words in the Dictionary – how do they get in there, and who decides what counts?🐕 Animal Weigh-Ins – vets, scales, and the chaos of wriggling pets🍫 Toblerones – peak chocolate or impractical triangle trap?🎲 Playing Name Games with Kids – wholesome fun or tactical nightmare?

Chapters:

00:00:01 Hi!

00:04:59 Lawn review

00:11:46 Toblerone review

00:18:40 Break

00:19:33 New Words reviewed

00:26:09 Funny Names

00:30:28 Animal weigh ins

It’s words, weights, wedges and whingeing — all leaving you perfectly Mildly Informed.

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🎙️ Welcome to Mildly Informed – the podcast that won’t speed up your airport drop-off, shoo away pigeons, or stop you from making regrettable choices in public… but might help you laugh about them.

👉 Support Richie & Chris here: patreon.com/mildlyinformed

Join Richie Firth and Chris Skinner as they continue their mission to overanalyse life’s strangest, silliest and most uncomfortable moments. From awkward car parks to unexpected flapping, nothing is too trivial for a deep dive.

This week’s episode features:

🚗 Airport Drop-Offs – extortionate parking charges and the stress of goodbye honks

🐦 Pigeons – pests, pets, or underappreciated urban survivors?

🫣 Getting Naked in Public – liberating, horrifying, or just a logistical nightmare?

It’s birds, barriers, and bare skin – with just enough insight to leave you Mildly Informed.

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