The Socially Distant Sports Bar

Nata Media
  • 4.7 (101)
  • Comedy
  • Updated Weekly

The Socially Distant Sports Bar is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero — and you don’t need to like sport to be completely hooked. Elis is the king of Welsh podcasting & Mike Bubbins is TV’s Tony Mammoth. Each week you get two episodes Part 1 is fast, funny and chaotic — a stream of clips, sporting moments and internet oddities pulled apart with strong opinions and zero expertise. Part 2 slows things down with a documentary and book recommendation, diving into the stories that make sport so compelling. “Elis James and Mike Bubbins are unreasonably hilarious.” — The Telegraph “A haven where they ramble on about classic clips and random recollections.” — The Guardian Better known as Distant Pod, the show is a multi-award winner, created and produced by ARIA Gold Award winner Steff Garrero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. 9h ago ·  Bonus • Subscribers Only

    Tiny Car Park

    BONUS CLUB: Tiny Car Park Welcome to Bonus Club, where this week Elis and Steff discover they share one of the great stresses of modern life: Returning a hire car without having to explain a large scrape down the side of it. After both struggling with rental cars on holiday, the conversation turns to the real enemy — the multi storey car park. Why are the ramps so narrow? Why does every corner appear to have been designed for a 1974 Fiat 126? And why, when cars have got considerably bigger, do the spaces seem to have remained exactly the same size? Somewhere amongst the parking anxiety, we also manage to squeeze in some sport. Clips Mike: Jai Arrow https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1M6aVTC7JF/?mibextid=wwXIfr Steff: Stuart Broad’s Dad’s Jumper https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcoFQX_gq3q/?igsi=eW1yenRjeHRyamo3 Elis: Irish steward loses his temper https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcnyqoYoEVN/?igsi=dTh5eTBlOXZtOWN5 Three more clips, several more tangents and an entirely reasonable amount of anxiety about alloy wheels. Thanks, as always, for subscribing and supporting the podcast.

  2. 1d ago

    Cowboy At The Little Tesco

    Welcome back to this week’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This week, Steff and Elis are attempting to have a perfectly sensible conversation about a sports documentary and a book. Unfortunately, Mike has decided to spend much of that conversation sending them an increasingly large number of photographs of himself dressed as a cowboy while very clearly not working as a cowboy. Cowboy at home. Cowboy out and about. Cowboy going about his normal business. Cowboy, potentially, at the Little Tesco. Between incoming photographs, we do actually manage to discuss some sport. DocumentaryMike: Untold — The Testimony of Vince Young The Netflix Untold series turns its attention to former college football superstar and NFL quarterback Vince Young, looking back at his extraordinary rise, the expectations placed upon him and what happened when one of the biggest names in American sport found himself struggling away from the field. https://www.netflix.com/title/82020375 BookSteff: Cyclettes by Tree Abraham Steff brings in Tree Abraham’s Cyclettes, a beautifully unusual book about a life spent cycling — part memoir, part visual diary and part exploration of the places, people and experiences we encounter when travelling around on two wheels. https://link.amazon/B0bPaGwN8 Sport, cycling, fame, expectation and a quite unreasonable number of photographs of Mike Bubbins wearing a cowboy hat. Thanks for listening. 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 3d ago

    The Rizla Stadium

    The Rizla StadiumWelcome to this week’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This week Mike reports back from a less-than-luxurious holiday rental in Liverpool, while Steff comes up with a potentially foolproof plan to solve the financial problems in Welsh rugby using nothing more than some enormous halogen lamps and the seemingly limitless supply of Welsh rain. We’re sure the WRU will be in touch. There’s also plenty of actual sport. Mike celebrates the great Billy Boston, Steff brings in Jonathan Agnew and Andy Zaltzman, and Elis heads back to 1990 for Wales v England. As ever, those are merely the starting points. ClipsMike: Billy Boston https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcdYebStiy1/?igsi=ODAxNHRraHp6aGo2 Steff: Aggers and Zaltzman https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcrRgvwoWR-/?igsi=bTB6eXc4ZTUzZW5w https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcsm5sdO_oZ/?igsi=cWp3eDZ1cDN4MzJh Elis: Wales v England 1990 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcS4CkQoN-0/?igsi=MXVnejY5MjlybmVhYQ== There’s more from Elis, Mike and Steff later this week, and Bonus Club subscribers can get the extra episode too. Thanks for listening. 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 6d ago

    Sing: Pint Size

    Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod. We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits. If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes. This clip is taken from "Episode 252: Just Put A Towel Over My Head" 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Sep 4 • Subscribers Only

    BONUS CLUB Kicking Off A Butt Plug

    Yes BONUS CLUB! Welcome to another extra episode of Distant Pod and a huge thanks for subscribing. Here are the clips we chatted about in this one Mike: Rejection https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYJaw7ls3SE/?igsh=MThvbjR3bHVoYjZzcQ== Elis: Dan Carter https://x.com/RudiEdsall/status/2084417831396106637?s=46 Steff: Power Chair football assist https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaKb8v9ICnc/

  6. Sep 3

    Give Him A Passport

    This week's second helping from the Socially Distant Sports Bar with Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero is another fascinating documentary choice. It's Steff's pick and tells the interesting and sometimes moving story of Bilal Fawaz, current British and Commonwealth Super Welterweight Champion. "Fight For Freedom" documents his inability to fight outide of Britain because he has never been able to hold a passport.  Elis has picked the "Book of the Week" which is another one to add to your collection. It's "Domestique" by Charlie Wegelius. The book explores the life of a "domestique", a rider who sacrifices his own personal glory and ambitions to support the team leader and secure team victories. Steff Doc: Fighting For Freedom: Bilal Fawaz https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002zv7x/fighting-for-freedom-bilal-fawaz  Elis Book: Domestique - Charlie Wegalias   https://link.amazon/B0fRZs7TB 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Sep 1

    Delivering To Belfast

    Come and join Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero in the Socially Distant Sports Bar for their usual weekly catch-up and the first round of clips. We get an update on Mike's new initiative of trying to make friends with everyone he meets, there's hot debate on whether you talk to your builders and sexy professions. There's some accidental sport as well including the wonderful Laura McAllister talking about how football executives like her should be "custodians of the game" along with Wham! playing football in China. ENJOY!! Elis: Laura McAllister https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2083210598154690774?s=46 Steff: Wham https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQSTu0IWXf/  Mike: Alice on golf https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cw4awQc4u/?mibextid=wwXIfr 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Aug 29

    Where's Danny Gabbidon? Pint Size

    Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod. We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits. If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes. This clip is taken from "Episode 246: The Race Is Back On" 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Socially Distant Sports Bar is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero — and you don’t need to like sport to be completely hooked. Elis is the king of Welsh podcasting & Mike Bubbins is TV’s Tony Mammoth. Each week you get two episodes Part 1 is fast, funny and chaotic — a stream of clips, sporting moments and internet oddities pulled apart with strong opinions and zero expertise. Part 2 slows things down with a documentary and book recommendation, diving into the stories that make sport so compelling. “Elis James and Mike Bubbins are unreasonably hilarious.” — The Telegraph “A haven where they ramble on about classic clips and random recollections.” — The Guardian Better known as Distant Pod, the show is a multi-award winner, created and produced by ARIA Gold Award winner Steff Garrero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Nata Media
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    792
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Nata Media
  • Show Website
    The Socially Distant Sports Bar
  • Provider
    NATA MEDIA LTD

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