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🎙️ Episode 277: The Fat Friar 🏆 VOTE FOR US! We're up for the Listeners’ Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards – and your vote genuinely helps. 👉 Take 20 seconds to do it here: britishpodcastawards.com/voting Tell your mates, your boss, your gran. Let’s win this thing. Diolch! 📍 PART 1 🎸 Mike – The Wisdom of Ozzy – A chaotic, beautiful life summed up in 38 seconds ▶️ Watch here 🎤 Elis – Kenny Sansom’s impressions at Euro ’88 – A lost art ▶️ Watch here ⛷️ Steff – Grass Skiing in Leeds, 1981 – It’s got speed, risk, and Yorkshire ▶️ Watch here 📍 PART 2 🎬 Elis’ Documentary – Vive le Tour! (1962) – A poetic, joyful time capsule of the early Tour de France ▶️ Watch on Dailymotion 📖 Steff’s Book – Call of the Warrior by Gareth A Davies Stories of combat sports, warrior culture, and mind over matter ▶️ Buy here 📍 PART 3 🏉 Elis – When a linebacker switches to rugby – This lad might sort out your midfield ▶️ Watch here 🏟️ Mike – Chiefs vs Brumbies – High-octane, no-frills Super Rugby ▶️ Watch here 🎬 Steff – Wes Anderson does sport (sort of) – Framing, pacing and peculiar joy ▶️ Watch here 🎟️ THE 2026 LIVE TOUR – TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! 📍 Tour Dates: Fri 20 March – Cardiff, New Theatre Sat 21 March – Cardiff, New Theatre Tue 7 April – London, Hackney Empire Wed 8 April – London, Hackney Empire Fri 24 April – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre 🎫 Book here: distantpod.com/live 🚀 JOIN US ON PATREON 🎧 Extra episodes 📼 Michael Owen’s Movie Club 🎤 Hoffi Pod 🎟️ Early access to tour tickets 💌 Gifting available 👉 patreon.com/distantpod The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Like a sports podcast. But in the same way Ozzy Osbourne is like a life coach. Click here for a NORD VPN deal https://nordvpn.com/distant CLICK HERE TO SEE CRWST's SELECTION https://crwst.cymru/collections/shop-all 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com 🎟️ TOUR 2026 Live shows are coming! 🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.