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Modern Media Review
Hosted by Modern Media Review · EN
Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly take on the media: mainstream, backwater or completely up the creek. Regularly thorough
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MMR #55: Dancing On Ice
Mar 13, 202100:28:19Tap to summarizePodcast: It’s the final countdown! To #DancingOnIce. But what could beat the story so far – shocking expulsions, wanton violence, dubious voting practices, used car scandals … Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly skate over it thinly – plus the new celeb Circle and the latest royal news! Contains ‘cringe-worthy’ banter. Illustration by Rowan Tallant The essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #54: Lockdown telly therapy – Top 5 MMR #53: Our tiers go to 11 MMR #52: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads MMR #51: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2 MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #54: Lockdown telly therapy – Top 5
Feb 25, 2021Tap to summarizePodcast: We watch so you don’t have to – just listen! Sean Gollogly and Robin Gibson struggle through the quiz shows, The Serpent, Dancing On Ice, Susan Calman In Wales, WWII From Above and, best of all, Class Action Park. Also: Glenn Hoddle on lemmings and an all-new Only Connect question. Contains laudanum. Below: Ma Kelly’s Telly, from Sparky comic, from some other time in some other world Illustration by Rowan Tallant The essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #53: Our tiers go to 11 MMR #52: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads MMR #51: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2 MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #53: Our tiers go up to 11
Feb 1, 202100:35:14Tap to summarizePodcast: Think yourself lucky, you could be quarantined with Julia Hartley-Brewer. Where will it end? Internment at Stamford Bridge? Not for Frank Lampard. Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly try to avoid the slippery slope from home yoga to human biohazard. Contains Buckfast. Illustration by Rowan Tallant The essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #53: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads MMR #52: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2 MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #52: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads
Dec 21, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: Elephants on the basketball court, Lego slippers, crying Matt Hancock Tiny Tiers dolls – time is running out for 2020, but we’ll always have the Xmas TV ads. Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly sit down for the mandatory viewing session with a litre of Vrexzhit vodka and some Soviet-era cheese. Brace yourselves, turkeys! Illustration by Rowan Tallant The essential 2020 from Modern Media Review … MMR #52: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2 MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #51: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate
Nov 27, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: It’s time for your new coronavirus regulations. But why settle for a partially festive season when you could be out of it until April with new medication? We need a top tier with non-lethal opiates and Nytol, plus a quality mattress. Sean Gollogly and Robin Gibson expose a missed opportunity for Sunak and Hancock, the UK’s fave tragicomedy duo. Plus: Trump, Brexit, Christmas hunting. May cause drowsiness. Illustration by Rowan Tallant More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2 MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #50: National Album Day and Radio 2
Oct 9, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: It’s National Album Day! It’s the 80s! It’s a Radio 2 poll! Will it be Dire Straits, or Public Enemy, or Whitney? Or even Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell? No, it won’t be that. How are you celebrating? Why would you? And what’s going on with Gary Davies? Why can’t HMV spell Psychedelic Furs? What’s Rishi Sunak got to do with it? Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly buy a kilo of mixed vinyl at Aldi and join in. Contains filler. Illustration by Rowan Tallant More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #49: Breaking the law! MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #49: Breaking the law!
Sep 18, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: It’s the UK in 2020 – but is it all about hands, face, space, or breaking the law in a specific and very limited way? Britain’s obsessed with crime and everyone’s at it – Boris Johnson, Dennis Nilsen, Judas Priest, you name it (some offences are historic). Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly jump the bandwagon along with Tony Blair and David Cameron. Contains Bros. Illustration by Rowan Tallant More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school! MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school!
Aug 31, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: Boris Johnson and his mob of layabouts barely know what direction to point in, never mind what to do about anything, but they’re kings of the quick media campaign. And now they want all citizens back in harness – it’s a moral obligation. Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly unpeel the edicts, despite danger of death! Contains arsenic. Illustration by Rowan Tallant More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back
Aug 5, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: You can #CoverYourFace, but you can’t hide from Brexit – even if you’re gov.uk. So as well as Hands, Face, Space they’ve giving us Check, Change, Go! Just climb aboard, cast off the trawler and get ready to roam. Sean Gollogly and Robin Gibson unpack the public service announcements and check out the Brexit exit advice website. Contains cashews from Benin. More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible
Jul 15, 2020Tap to summarizePodcast: Could ‘Enjoy Summer Safely’ be as good as classics like ‘Control The Virus’ or ‘Build Build Build’? It’s certainly exciting – get a haircut, buy frocks, shout at people, all that stuff (where possible). Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly road test the government’s latest campaign – plus interventions of the fortnight from Hancock & Dowden! Contains Haribo. Illustration by Rowan Tallant More Covid-19 essentials from Modern Media Review … MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown. MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce MMR #43: American Zoombomb MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic If you enjoy our podcasts, visit our YouTube channel, listen and subscribe. Go on, do it!
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