The Socially Distant Sports Bar

Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.
If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.
This is from You're On Drugs, Old Man

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Welcome to Friday’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.

Elis brings in Kevin Bridges: In Search of the Beautiful Game, a documentary about football, comedy and the strange hold the game has on people.

Steff has chosen Humans Not Robots: When Elite Sport and Real Life Collide by Michail Antonio, a book about the human reality behind elite sport — pressure, expectation, identity, vulnerability and what happens when real life crashes into professional performance.

The Socially Distant Sports bar features Mike Bubbins from TV's Mammoth and Elis James from the "Elis & John" podcast. It's a funny podcast with sport at it's core.
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Welcome to Wednesday’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero.
You'll know Elis from "Elis & John" and Mike from his TV show "Mammoth"

This week, Elis brings in Roy Keane on relationship issues, Mike has Kevin Sinfield, and Steff has found Scotland fans at the baseball.

There is emotional intelligence from unexpected places, sporting greatness, travelling supporters, and the usual attempt to keep a sports podcast somewhere near the subject of sport.

Clips
Elis: Roy Keane on relationship issues
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZpnCU0JLwk/?igsh=bzJwbXNpdm94ZG13
Mike: Kevin Sinfield
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZgE-PxsFXy/?igsh=MXdtbmNheWZwNWR4NQ==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZg0L45gnFv/?igsh=MXZrZmNzbHBrY3hl
Steff: Scotland fans at the baseball
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlwiuZvviP/?igsh=MTBoZTd6NGpxa3Zncw==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlp5ijFWsK/?igsh=bmwwM2l0ZDN0aHBw
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlg934NRAY/?igsh=MWp1Y29rcHVxbHdmNA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZlJnaYsKos/?igsh=MW03em9qODd0OWJjbg==

There's another episode out on Friday.

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Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from Michael Owen’s Movie Club - one of our bonus podcasts over on patreon.com/distantpod

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Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero return for another episode of The Socially Distant Sports Bar.
You might know Elis from his podcast with John Robins "Elis & John" and Mike from his sitcom "Mammoth"

Mike brings in an interview with Aussie Rules player Mark “Jacko” Jackson, the cult figure who became known for his personality, performances and unpredictable energy - hence the title of the episode...
https://youtu.be/LxOljBVil2g

Elis has chosen the book Wide Eyed and Legless by Jeff Connor, the story of the ANC-Halfords cycling team at the Tour de France. It is a tale of ambition, suffering, optimism and the brutal reality of trying to compete at the highest level of professional cycling.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wide-Eyed-Legless-Inside-Tour-France-ebook/dp/B0050OM2Z2/ref=books_amazonstores_desktop_mfs_aufs_ap_sc_dsk_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=TaqD0&content-id=amzn1.sym.f9a1288a-66fe-4587-95f9-1387021c317b&pf_rd_p=f9a1288a-66fe-4587-95f9-1387021c317b&pf_rd_r=259-5073092-2401103&pd_rd_wg=D0aaA&pd_rd_r=cf6814ff-c64b-4c0d-a011-af8be33054fa

Expect cycling pain, Australian chaos, sporting nostalgia and the usual Distant Pod detours.

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