I'm So Not Over It

Gareth Gwynn & Esyllt Sears

I'm So Not Over It is a comedy history podcast about things you'll remember from the first time round.  Each week comedy writers Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears explore a different month in history – but with a brief stretching from the mid-70s to the present day. Basically, if you could see it, it would be in colour. It’s politics and pop culture for the eighties, nineties, noughties and beyond, delivered in 20 minute hits because we know what your attention span is like.    So if you remember Westlife but struggle with the Westland affair and if your favourite Aitken was a Tory MP or the one who co-wrote I Should Be So Lucky, we’ve got you covered in this ridiculous historical guide to the information age (even if that information came from a poorly recalled browse of Encarta ‘95).   These weekly episodes are interspersed with interviews with the people who lived through this period to understand whether it has had any bearing on the lives they lead today. The perfect listen, whether you’re Generation X, Gen X, Xennial, Millennial, Generation Z, Gen Z or whatever Pepsi wants to call you. I'm So Not Over It is brought to you by the team behind the award nominated Xennial Dome Podcast - Previous guests on that show include Nish Kumar, Jess Philips MP, Trevor & Simon, Isy Suttie and many more and those episodes can be found on the same podcast feed. I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. BENJAMIN PARTRIDGE on May 1996 (live from Machynlleth Comedy Festival)

    12 MAY

    BENJAMIN PARTRIDGE on May 1996 (live from Machynlleth Comedy Festival)

    We're excited to say we are joined by the brains behind the Beef and Dairy Network and one third of Three Bean Salad, Benjamin Partridge - Live from Machynlleth Comedy Festival! As well as learning how Benjamin spent the Millennium, his relationship with the millennium dome and his Xennial Dome choice, we take a deep dive into May 1996, the era of Gina G and Lynx Inca. You'll undoubtedly want to check-out the many and various things mentioned in the show, so lets get stuck in with a bunch of links... Barry Welsh Is Coming The best of the first couple of series is on YouTube here. There's a playlist of later episodes here. Eurovision 1996 Gina G's Eurovision performance is here. I also heartily recommend this video by YouTuber morbidsearch entitled "Why 1996 was the WEIRDEST Eurovision Ever". While I'm here, a small factual correction, the next TOTAL solar eclipse in the UK isn't due to happen until 2090, so even further away than I thought. Best of luck to those who think they can make it. BBC Radio Wales Gareth and Esyllt's Scrapbook is a brand new show on BBC Radio Wales (and BBC Sounds, obviously!), starting on 16th May 2026. In each episode we'll tackle two years with archive, music and guests - with the first episode featuring Josie Long and Sunil Patel as we pull apart 1999 and 1984. We're currently planning episodes later in the run so would love to know your memories of 1982, 1992, 1994 and 2005. Do drop us a line by email or on any of the socials before May 16th, and you might get a shout-out on the show later in the series. Talking of email and socials, you can find us at imsonotoverit@gmail.com or one of the following... BlueSky: @imsonotoverit Instagram: @imsonotoverit TikTok: @imsonotoverit Other Projects Probably as good a time as any to remind you that Esyllt has another podcast, Speaking As A Mother, with Robin Morgan. Gareth doesn't have another podcast, but would like you to come and see his show Cyril in Brighton or Edinburgh if you're about. Theme music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay. I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  2. April 1989 (Strikes, Game Boy, Jabas)

    28 APR

    April 1989 (Strikes, Game Boy, Jabas)

    I'm So Not Over It is coming to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival and tickets are available now! Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn will be joined on-stage by the brilliant Benjamin Partridge of Three Bean Salad and The Beef And Dairy Network to discuss Ben's choice for The Xennial Dome and cover a month in recent history. It's on Sunday 3rd May at 6pm. Come along! Other show's we'll be doing at Machynlleth Comedy Festival: First Dates Motel with Esyllt Sears and Robin Morgan - Friday 1st May at 9pm 8 Out Of 10 Celts with Esyllt Sears, Mary Flanigan and Eleanor Morton - Sunday 3rd May at 12pm Gareth Gwynn: Cyril - Sunday 3rd May at 4pm As for this show? It all kicks off with an email from Kate about Labyrinth, a big (and scary) film from 1989 so we cover films and TV which had a lasting impression on you before moving on to the month of April when everyone was on strike, but the Game Boy hadn't quite reached Britain, so goodness knows how everyone filled their time. Do you like measuring things? Let us know on imsonotoverit@gmail.com or one of the following... BlueSky: @imsonotoverit Instagram: @imsonotoverit TikTok: @imsonotoverit Also, worth me adding, we've got a new BBC Radio Wales show coming up. Do you have any memories of the years 1982, 1992 1994 or 2005. Let us know! Theme music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  3. April 1981 (Bycs Ffis)

    15 APR

    April 1981 (Bycs Ffis)

    I'm So Not Over It is coming to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival and tickets are available now! Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn will be joined on-stage by the brilliant Benjamin Partridge of Three Bean Salad and The Beef And Dairy Network to discuss Ben's choice for The Xennial Dome and cover a month in recent history. It's on Sunday 3rd May at 6pm. Come along! Other show's we'll be doing at Machynlleth Comedy Festival: First Dates Motel with Esyllt Sears and Robin Morgan - Friday 1st May at 9pm 8 Out Of 10 Celts with Esyllt Sears, Mary Flanigan and Eleanor Morton - Sunday 3rd May at 12pm Gareth Gwynn: Cyril - Sunday 3rd May at 4pm Before I write this week's show write up, did you notice how I spelled "Van Gogh" as "Van Gough" last time? Full disclosure, that was me spelling it the wrong way by mistake, not noticing till it arrived on everyone's podcast feeds then going to change it and deciding it was probably funnier in the light of all the other Welsh people mentioned in that episode that I'd spelled it the Welsh way and looked like a funny joke - so just decided to leave it. Anyway, it's another Welsh-heavy episode this week. There was a UK census in 1981 but it was the question regarding Welsh speakers, and the rather disappointing answer it returned, that loomed large in Esyllt's life. We talk about lying about eating Weetabix, why women are being replaced with birds and consider talking about Bucks Fizz and then don't. We've got a BBC Radio Wales show coming up. We'll be covering 1999, 1997, 1984 and 1982 - Any memories of those years in particular? Let us know (before 19th April!) You can contact us on imsonotoverit@gmail.com or one of the following... BlueSky: @imsonotoverit Instagram: @imsonotoverit TikTok: @imsonotoverit Theme music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  4. March 1987 (Dalton, Gruffudd, Van Gough)

    2 APR

    March 1987 (Dalton, Gruffudd, Van Gough)

    I'm So Not Over It is coming to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival and tickets are available now! Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn will be joined on-stage by the brilliant Benjamin Partridge of Three Bean Salad and The Beef And Dairy Network to discuss Ben's choice for The Xennial Dome and cover a month in recent history. It's on Sunday 3rd May at 6pm. Come along! Other show's we'll be doing at Machynlleth Comedy Festival: First Dates Motel with Esyllt Sears and Robin Morgan - Friday 1st May at 9pm 8 Out Of 10 Celts with Esyllt Sears, Mary Flanigan and Eleanor Morton - Sunday 3rd May at 12pm Gareth Gwynn: Cyril - Sunday 3rd May at 4pm Okay, you can tell this one is late coming out because it's an episode all about March. You can cope with that though, can't you? It's 1987 - The world is preparing for Timothy Dalton's Bond debut, but we're more interested in a future famous face popping up in Pobol Y Cwm, Esyllt Sears describes the celebrity she couldn't resist shouting their catchphrase at, there's a very confusing diversion about religion and then we discuss whether Van Gough's Sunflowers are all they're cracked up to be. We've got a BBC Radio Wales show coming up. We'll be covering 1999, 1997, 1984 and 1982 - Any memories of those years in particular? Let us know (before mid-April!) You can contact us on imsonotoverit@gmail.com or one of the following... BlueSky: @imsonotoverit Instagram: @imsonotoverit TikTok: @imsonotoverit Theme music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min
  5. St. David's Day with SIAN HARRIES

    27 FEB

    St. David's Day with SIAN HARRIES

    It's St David's Day! (Or it is on March 1st, so it slightly depends when you listen to this episode). Either way, we've decided to do an episode that is unambiguously and unashamedly Welsh. I mean, they ALL are really, but this time we're going to lean into it - and who better to talk about all things Dewi Sant than the superb Welsh comedy writer SIAN HARRIES! Sian is the co-writer of the hit BBC One comedy-drama Death Valley, Channel 4's Man Down, is one of the writers and stars of BBC One Wales' Tourist Trap and the S4C sketch show O'r Diwedd. She also co-presents The Froth Podcast with Rhod Gilbert. Sian talks us through some of the most miserable meals and uncomfortable costumes you've ever heard about, as well as a blow-by-blow account of the secondary school Eisteddfod experience. There's plenty of picking apart the difference between English-language and Welsh-language Wales, as well as Sian's selection for The Xennial Dome, lots of relevant Winter Olympic discussion and memories of looking sad in a shoe shop at the death of Princess Diana. Sian mentions a school Eisteddfod performance with Elis James - Don't forget you can hear his episode, live from the London Welsh Centre, here. You can get in touch with the show on imsonotoverit@gmail.com or contact us on one of the following... BlueSky: @imsonotoverit Instagram: @imsonotoverit TikTok: @imsonotoverit Theme music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1hr 4min

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4.9
out of 5
18 Ratings

About

I'm So Not Over It is a comedy history podcast about things you'll remember from the first time round.  Each week comedy writers Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears explore a different month in history – but with a brief stretching from the mid-70s to the present day. Basically, if you could see it, it would be in colour. It’s politics and pop culture for the eighties, nineties, noughties and beyond, delivered in 20 minute hits because we know what your attention span is like.    So if you remember Westlife but struggle with the Westland affair and if your favourite Aitken was a Tory MP or the one who co-wrote I Should Be So Lucky, we’ve got you covered in this ridiculous historical guide to the information age (even if that information came from a poorly recalled browse of Encarta ‘95).   These weekly episodes are interspersed with interviews with the people who lived through this period to understand whether it has had any bearing on the lives they lead today. The perfect listen, whether you’re Generation X, Gen X, Xennial, Millennial, Generation Z, Gen Z or whatever Pepsi wants to call you. I'm So Not Over It is brought to you by the team behind the award nominated Xennial Dome Podcast - Previous guests on that show include Nish Kumar, Jess Philips MP, Trevor & Simon, Isy Suttie and many more and those episodes can be found on the same podcast feed. I'm So Not Over It is a Mighty Bunny Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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