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]]>Who says it better - Brits or Yanks? Representing the United States of America, our very own Matt who also, er, devised all the rules. And fighting on behalf of the plucky United Kingdom, our friend Anthony Mannion who joins us from Hastings - a small portion of which will forever be devoted to American freedom and tax evasion.
Joining us as special guest judge is James Christensen, who as an Australian is both completely neutral and minimally comprehensible to the rest of the panel.
Who will win? How many goals will be scored? And what exactly are the rules?
Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
Or reach Matt and Mike on the socials. Mike's blog is thedayofreckoning.substack.com
NFASCDMI will be back in the fall (or "autumn" lol). Until then, have a great holibob!
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]]>Who says it better - Brits or Yanks? Representing the United States of America, our very own Matt who also, er, devised all the rules. And fighting on behalf of the plucky United Kingdom, our friend Anthony Mannion who joins us from Hastings - a small portion of which will forever be devoted to American freedom and tax evasion.
Joining us as special guest judge is James Christensen, who as an Australian is both completely neutral and minimally comprehensible to the rest of the panel.
Who will win? How many goals will be scored? And what exactly are the rules?
Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
Or reach Matt and Mike on the socials. Mike's blog is thedayofreckoning.substack.com
NFASCDMI will be back in the fall (or "autumn" lol). Until then, have a great holibob!
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]]>So how can you recreate fun Fourth of July celebrations away from home? Fortunately your hosts are on hand to get you in the mood by reminiscing about Midwestern suburbs, sugar-filled parades and voluminous air pollution.
Matt and Mike also discuss whether the Founding Fathers pulled a fast one on us all just because they wanted a holiday right in the middle of summer.
Happy Independence Day!
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]]>So how can you recreate fun Fourth of July celebrations away from home? Fortunately your hosts are on hand to get you in the mood by reminiscing about Midwestern suburbs, sugar-filled parades and voluminous air pollution.
Matt and Mike also discuss whether the Founding Fathers pulled a fast one on us all just because they wanted a holiday right in the middle of summer.
Happy Independence Day!
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]]>This week we're joined by Joey D'Urso - dedicated footie fan, political journalist and author of More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power.
Joey is just back from New York and tells us how excited Americans about hydration breaks, ruthless commercial opportunities and penalties for using their hands.
Can the USA break through the knockout stages? What happens as England progresses nervously through the next few rounds? And what are the real political stakes of Austria v Jordan? We tackle all the tough questions.
Joey's book is More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power and his Substack can be found here.
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]]>This week we're joined by Joey D'Urso - dedicated footie fan, political journalist and author of More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power.
Joey is just back from New York and tells us how excited Americans about hydration breaks, ruthless commercial opportunities and penalties for using their hands.
Can the USA break through the knockout stages? What happens as England progresses nervously through the next few rounds? And what are the real political stakes of Austria v Jordan? We tackle all the tough questions.
Joey's book is More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power and his Substack can be found here.
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]]>Class might be out for summer back in the homeland, but here in London pupils will still be slogging away for weeks - dreaming of undercooked potatoes on pebbly beaches and EasyJet flights packed tighter than a Year 9 lunch queue headed to destinations with visible sunlight.
This week we’re joined by Emily Gann, an American teacher in British schools who helpfully explains what the acronym GCSE means.
Should A‑level results day be a national holiday, what is the right reaction when a small child asks for a "rubber", and why is everybody so obsessed with the details of school uniforms?
It turns out the old saying is true: you really do learn something new every day.
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]]>Class might be out for summer back in the homeland, but here in London pupils will still be slogging away for weeks - dreaming of undercooked potatoes on pebbly beaches and EasyJet flights packed tighter than a Year 9 lunch queue headed to destinations with visible sunlight.
This week we’re joined by Emily Gann, an American teacher in British schools who helpfully explains what the acronym GCSE means.
Should A‑level results day be a national holiday, what is the right reaction when a small child asks for a "rubber", and why is everybody so obsessed with the details of school uniforms?
It turns out the old saying is true: you really do learn something new every day.
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]]>Anyway, the process doesn't just go one way. The British are coming for your words and soon the internet will have us all talking like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
Today your hosts are joined by Ben Yagoda, author of the blog Not One Off Britishisms, which catalogues the ways in which British idioms are worming into American English. Fortunately this gives us a head start when leaning the lingo, even if it does occasionally leave us feeling gazumped (um, this doesn't makes sense - ed.)
Plus we go up the Arsenal with a sport update and cover the latest political intrigue as Matt and Mike don't correct some completely accurate information they gave out in the last episode.
Ben Yagoda is the author of Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English and hosts the excellent podcast The Lives They're Living. His latest book is the novel Alias O. Henry.
His Not One off Britishisms blog is at: https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/
Google's Ngram viewer shows a surprising result in the red vs. grey squirrel match. You can see it here.
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]]>Anyway, the process doesn't just go one way. The British are coming for your words and soon the internet will have us all talking like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
Today your hosts are joined by Ben Yagoda, author of the blog Not One Off Britishisms, which catalogues the ways in which British idioms are worming into American English. Fortunately this gives us a head start when leaning the lingo, even if it does occasionally leave us feeling gazumped (um, this doesn't makes sense - ed.)
Plus we go up the Arsenal with a sport update and cover the latest political intrigue as Matt and Mike don't correct some completely accurate information they gave out in the last episode.
Ben Yagoda is the author of Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English and hosts the excellent podcast The Lives They're Living. His latest book is the novel Alias O. Henry.
His Not One off Britishisms blog is at: https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/
Google's Ngram viewer shows a surprising result in the red vs. grey squirrel match. You can see it here.
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]]>Plus all the hot and cold takes from the King's comedy tour of Washington.
Mike recounts a bank holiday encounter with farmer hawking raw milk out in the shires and Matt runs down his list of top fictional transatlantic couples, not all of which met a tragic end. Which fav of yours didn't make the list? Tell us here: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
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]]>Plus all the hot and cold takes from the King's comedy tour of Washington.
Mike recounts a bank holiday encounter with farmer hawking raw milk out in the shires and Matt runs down his list of top fictional transatlantic couples, not all of which met a tragic end. Which fav of yours didn't make the list? Tell us here: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
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]]>This week the hosts are joined by Matt's neighbour Max Geller, a Bostonian who explains how he found love on the campaign trail and how that eventually led to, uh, package holidays on the Mediterranean.
While Matt and Max each spent their recent holibobs with their famalams in one of those Great British foreign resorts, Mike didn't even leave the country and instead went on long walks around villages and rocky beaches. So of course under this nation's strange class rules, his vacation was posh.
Yes, British holidays can be an absolute minefield - particularly since, fellow Americans, you're expected to actually take those vacation days - but we're here to break it all down.
Chips with everything!
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]]>This week the hosts are joined by Matt's neighbour Max Geller, a Bostonian who explains how he found love on the campaign trail and how that eventually led to, uh, package holidays on the Mediterranean.
While Matt and Max each spent their recent holibobs with their famalams in one of those Great British foreign resorts, Mike didn't even leave the country and instead went on long walks around villages and rocky beaches. So of course under this nation's strange class rules, his vacation was posh.
Yes, British holidays can be an absolute minefield - particularly since, fellow Americans, you're expected to actually take those vacation days - but we're here to break it all down.
Chips with everything!
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]]>Will we ever make a proper footie fan out of Matt. And what's the right way to appreciate "the beautiful game"? Mike argues that all the British sports are basically just different versions of the American games you know and love. Go team!
Plus a mercifully brief update on what's going on the world, and why you should think twice before you take your Trader Joe's tote out of the house.
***
Mike's latest work on the blood sport that is the current battle for the Republican Party can be found on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sf55
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]]>Will we ever make a proper footie fan out of Matt. And what's the right way to appreciate "the beautiful game"? Mike argues that all the British sports are basically just different versions of the American games you know and love. Go team!
Plus a mercifully brief update on what's going on the world, and why you should think twice before you take your Trader Joe's tote out of the house.
***
Mike's latest work on the blood sport that is the current battle for the Republican Party can be found on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sf55
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]]>Really though, your hosts Matt and Mike play a quick game of two truths and a lie, and provide an urgent update for those of you with more than one passport.
Plus, is half of Royal Mail really stool and urine samples? We investigate. Because let's face it, nobody else is going to.
Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
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]]>Really though, your hosts Matt and Mike play a quick game of two truths and a lie, and provide an urgent update for those of you with more than one passport.
Plus, is half of Royal Mail really stool and urine samples? We investigate. Because let's face it, nobody else is going to.
Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
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]]>Actor, Windy City native and improv scene veteran Derek Miller tells us about winning money off of Green Day, finding love on the high seas, Tim Burton's strangely normal affect and how he ended up being the only American in the village.
Derek shares his thoughts on the UK comedy scene and how he landed a gig playing himself on current affairs television.
Plus in news corner we ask why the Epstein scandal is claiming scalps in Britain but seems to have left all the powerful people back home completely untouched. Weird, huh?
We're making a list of who we should have on next. Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
And read more about Derek here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2479885/bio/
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]]>Actor, Windy City native and improv scene veteran Derek Miller tells us about winning money off of Green Day, finding love on the high seas, Tim Burton's strangely normal affect and how he ended up being the only American in the village.
Derek shares his thoughts on the UK comedy scene and how he landed a gig playing himself on current affairs television.
Plus in news corner we ask why the Epstein scandal is claiming scalps in Britain but seems to have left all the powerful people back home completely untouched. Weird, huh?
We're making a list of who we should have on next. Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
And read more about Derek here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2479885/bio/
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]]>Matt and Mike take on an impossible mission: decoding the sourcing in a story that has enthralled the tabloid press.
In other news, we find that a Proud Boy punk plans to tour the UK later this month.
Plus practical updates: on Indefinite Leave to Remain, which banks actually accept American customers, and what are the British equivalents of Venmo, Craigslist and Depop?
Finally, should the politics be confined to our theme tune? Let us know: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
Read more on the Misfit Proud Boy: https://thedayofreckoning.substack.com/p/exclusive-proud-boy-punk-who-was
And on Tom Cruise: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-tom-cruise-knightsbridge-flat-rolex-robbery-london-b1269206.html
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]]>Matt and Mike take on an impossible mission: decoding the sourcing in a story that has enthralled the tabloid press.
In other news, we find that a Proud Boy punk plans to tour the UK later this month.
Plus practical updates: on Indefinite Leave to Remain, which banks actually accept American customers, and what are the British equivalents of Venmo, Craigslist and Depop?
Finally, should the politics be confined to our theme tune? Let us know: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com
Read more on the Misfit Proud Boy: https://thedayofreckoning.substack.com/p/exclusive-proud-boy-punk-who-was
And on Tom Cruise: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-tom-cruise-knightsbridge-flat-rolex-robbery-london-b1269206.html
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]]>He joins us this week to fill us in on all the details of a long, exciting career in the restaurant industry, and a much less exciting 1,000-page visa application.
The Duke of York, which Erich and his wife Lisa are refurbishing, is at 161 Uxbridge Road W7. It will be open the week after Easter, because to open on Easter weekend would be way too stressful.
And there's more information about Erich's cultural recommendation, the Hanwell Hootie, at www.hanwellhootie.co.uk.
All that, plus if you listen to the end you can see if Matt's proposed theme tune makes the cut?!
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]]>He joins us this week to fill us in on all the details of a long, exciting career in the restaurant industry, and a much less exciting 1,000-page visa application.
The Duke of York, which Erich and his wife Lisa are refurbishing, is at 161 Uxbridge Road W7. It will be open the week after Easter, because to open on Easter weekend would be way too stressful.
And there's more information about Erich's cultural recommendation, the Hanwell Hootie, at www.hanwellhootie.co.uk.
All that, plus if you listen to the end you can see if Matt's proposed theme tune makes the cut?!
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]]>Sacha's credits include Sherwood, Time, The Long Shadow, The Last Post, Des and most recently The Hack starring David Tennant - and before all that he was slinging pancakes and shooting films in a Parisian cafe devoted to American diner food.
We have some sage advice for yankee newbies hoping to steal our jobs, plus we catch up on events in the homeland and hecklers at the NBA's London game, which was won by ... who cares really?
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]]>Sacha's credits include Sherwood, Time, The Long Shadow, The Last Post, Des and most recently The Hack starring David Tennant - and before all that he was slinging pancakes and shooting films in a Parisian cafe devoted to American diner food.
We have some sage advice for yankee newbies hoping to steal our jobs, plus we catch up on events in the homeland and hecklers at the NBA's London game, which was won by ... who cares really?
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]]>Matt continues to make the case that pantomime is not really good for anybody involved, while somehow Mike managed to swerve the Boxing Day show.
We have reports and regrets from New Year's and wildly inaccurate predictions for 2026.
All that plus stories of mild family strife and peril, made worse by cross-cultural misunderstandings. Or maybe better? We can't tell? Because this is Britain and maybe it was all just irony?
Roll on new year.
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]]>Matt continues to make the case that pantomime is not really good for anybody involved, while somehow Mike managed to swerve the Boxing Day show.
We have reports and regrets from New Year's and wildly inaccurate predictions for 2026.
All that plus stories of mild family strife and peril, made worse by cross-cultural misunderstandings. Or maybe better? We can't tell? Because this is Britain and maybe it was all just irony?
Roll on new year.
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]]>Yes, it's that time of the year again. The time when we ask questions like: What is bread sauce? When do you open your presents? What does cricket mean, and why do England lose it?
In a word, it's the season of The Snowman featuring David Bowie (but only in certain editions). And if you've never truly experienced the joy of a British Christmas, don't worry, by the end of this episode you'll be just as befuddled and tipsy as anyone else on these isles.
Plus, news from the homeland of extortionate World Cup tickets and a trade deal going south.
Merry Happy Christmas!
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]]>Yes, it's that time of the year again. The time when we ask questions like: What is bread sauce? When do you open your presents? What does cricket mean, and why do England lose it?
In a word, it's the season of The Snowman featuring David Bowie (but only in certain editions). And if you've never truly experienced the joy of a British Christmas, don't worry, by the end of this episode you'll be just as befuddled and tipsy as anyone else on these isles.
Plus, news from the homeland of extortionate World Cup tickets and a trade deal going south.
Merry Happy Christmas!
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]]>This week also includes two new features: Relevant Recos - cultural tips for transatlantic types - and Visa Stories, the first of which is weirdly funny.
Later, a news update about an Ohio senator who wants Americans to pick one nationality and stick with it, no duals allowed. Is this idea as Moreno-ic as it sounds and will it stand a turkey's chance of surviving the holidays?
Plus, what British phrase makes you irrationally angry? Reddit has opinions, and so do your hosts.
All of that, plus Matt invokes the spirit of grunge for his latest attempt at a theme tune. Will it be better than the first one?
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]]>This week also includes two new features: Relevant Recos - cultural tips for transatlantic types - and Visa Stories, the first of which is weirdly funny.
Later, a news update about an Ohio senator who wants Americans to pick one nationality and stick with it, no duals allowed. Is this idea as Moreno-ic as it sounds and will it stand a turkey's chance of surviving the holidays?
Plus, what British phrase makes you irrationally angry? Reddit has opinions, and so do your hosts.
All of that, plus Matt invokes the spirit of grunge for his latest attempt at a theme tune. Will it be better than the first one?
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]]>Our hosts have some tips for their fellow fresh-faced Americans on how to navigate the mean streets of London and the cryptic utterings of the people who live here.
Plus a first-hand report from the homeland and finding refuge from the madness in a playground in Angola, Indiana.
And Matt makes his first attempt at developing our theme tune. It won't be his last.
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]]>Our hosts have some tips for their fellow fresh-faced Americans on how to navigate the mean streets of London and the cryptic utterings of the people who live here.
Plus a first-hand report from the homeland and finding refuge from the madness in a playground in Angola, Indiana.
And Matt makes his first attempt at developing our theme tune. It won't be his last.
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