Downtime with The Dicksons

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🎙️ Parenting, pregnancy & postpartum 🗣️ Listener stories & weekly rants 🥨 Snack reviews & life with Gee 📅 Every Monday

  1. 4d ago

    Burnt Rolls, Jaffa Cake Digestives & A Listener Topic: Discontinued Sweets

    Episode 17 is a banger Big week for the Dicksons — our son went back to his sensory class AND got his first ever haircut! 👶✂️ Plus Sav spotted someone at the gym in denim shorts and a polo shirt… he must have come straight from the golf course 😂 This week on the pod: Hot Take of the Week — a burnt roll with haggis beats any fancy brunch AND bedtime showers are better than morning showers Living With Gee — why does Gee always forget to put the lid back on the steriliser? Rant of the Week — Sav can’t stand when people over justify their questions and Gee loses it at people leaving cold items in random places in shops. Snack Review — McVities Digestive Jaffa Cakes… really good and tastes just like actual Jaffa cakes! No champion this week though. Listener comment — popular sweets that have been discontinued… Topic, Old Jamaica chocolate (ps what even are these), Thornton toffee… WHY are these gone?! Plus brilliant listener comments on the Queensferry Crossing and roadworks chaos. New Episode Every Monday!

  2. Aug 10

    10 Month Dad Update, Checkout Rage & A Sweetzy Struggle

    Episode 16 of Downtime with The Dicksons and it’s a good one! Gee opens up about his 10 month dad update — the honest truth about not wanting Jonah passed around like a doll and working through it 🙏 Plus Sav caught Gee struggling to log into his Sweetzy account just to get a sweet. This week on the pod: Hot Take of the Week — chicken curry sauce is better than sweet and sour sauce AND is coffee actually that nice? Living With Gee — Sav couldn’t stop laughing at Gee trying to get into his Sweetzy account just to order a sweet. 10 Month Dad Update — Gee gets honest about parenthood, feeling selfish and not wanting Jonah passed around like a doll Rant of the Week — Gee loses it at people on their phones at the checkout 😤 and Sav can’t believe the Queensferry Crossing is always at 40mph when it should be 70 🥸💁🏻‍♀️🧎🏻 We got an EMAIL from listener Sandra with emojis — and we had to act them out 😂 Plus brilliant listener comments on Greggs, trolleys and shower ideas 👀

  3. Aug 3

    Petrol Station Greggs, Shower Ideas & A Co-op Crisp Review

    Episode 15 of Downtime with The Dicksons and it’s been a brilliant week! 🎙️ Big family news — Jonah is sitting up in his cot! 👶 We had a brilliant 50th garden party and Gee had to lower the cot this week too 😂 This week on the pod: Hot Take of the Week — Gee gets his best ideas in the shower 🚿 and Sav says medium rare is the only way to cook a steak 🥩 Living With Gee — nothing major this week! Rant of the Week — Sav loses it at drivers cutting straight across lanes to the slip road with no indicator 😤 and Gee cannot believe people leave their car at the fuel pump to go to Greggs 😂 Snack Review — Co-op Sea Salt & Chardonnay Wine Vinegar crisps — recommended by listener Claire! Nice but not champions 👌 Emoji of the week — just a smile this week 😂 Plus listener comments on last week’s hot takes and rants, and we read out your podcast review responses 👀

  4. Jul 27

    ScotRail Rants | Crisps for Dinner & Pizza vs Burger

    Episode 14 of Downtime With The Dicksons is here! 🎙️ This week we finally managed to get some time to ourselves and enjoyed our first proper day out without our son. We headed into Edinburgh for lunch and drinks at Boston Bar, and it was so nice to have a little reset together ❤️ This week on the pod:🔥 Hot Take of the Week — Are crisps acceptable as a full meal? And is chocolate ice cream actually one of the worst flavours?❤️ We chat about our day out together without our son.😂 Living With Gee — Not much to report this week… surprisingly!😤 Rant of the Week — Why are ScotRail trains always so busy? And should lorries be allowed to overtake other lorries when traffic is heavy or going uphill?🍬 Snack Review — Gee tries M&S Chocolate Candy Beans, Orange Jellies & Popping Candy, while Sav crowns Rhubarb & Custard Rolls as her NEW snack champion!🍕 Listener Hot Take — Pizza or Burger… which one wins?💬 We also read out your responses to last week’s hot takes and finish with a laugh as Gee tries to convince Sav to edit a podcast reel.

  5. Jul 20

    Greggs, Destroyed Headphones & A Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Champion

    Episode 13 of Downtime with The Dicksons and it’s been a big week 🎙️ Sav is back to work and loved getting to chat to adults again 😂 It’s been an emotional week for the Dicksons and we just want to say — if you’re struggling please talk to someone 🙏 This week on the pod: 🔥 Hot Take of the Week — Greggs sausage roll beats any fancy bakery AND is buttering both sides of a sandwich wrong? 😂 🏠 Living With Gee — Gee borrowed Sav’s headphones during mat leave and destroyed them 😂 😤 Rant of the Week — someone scraped along our car and Gee loses it at people who can’t park, plus Sav can’t stand parents giving their kids ages in months instead of years 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Snack Review — Tunnocks Caramel Wafer is Gee’s NEW champion! Made in Scotland 👀 And Sav had a chocolate Square bar 🚴 Listener rant — why are cyclists on the road when there’s a cycle path right next to them? Plus we’re heading out for a few drinks on Saturday 🍻 New episodes every Monday. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook @downtimewiththedicksons 🎙️

  6. Jul 13

    3 Day Weekends, Cold Callers & Sav Breaks The Mic Stand Again

    Episode 12 of Downtime with The Dicksons and it’s a good one! 🎙️ Hot takes are back — Gee reckons Friday should be part of the weekend and Sav thinks day drinking beats a night out 😂 Sav’s last kit days before heading back to work next week and Gee spent 30 minutes looking for his work phone… again 😂 This week on the pod: 🔥 Hot Take of the Week — 3 day weekends AND day drinking vs nights out 😂 🏠 Living With Gee — 30 minutes looking for his work phone… this happens all the time 😂 😤 Rant of the Week — Sav loses it at people selling services in shopping centres and Gee can’t stand cold callers at the door 🍬 Snack Review — Toffee Poppets for Sav and Strawberry Pencils for Gee — no champions this week! 😂 Neil sent in emojis just before recording and we tried to act them out — 👺🫪🙀 — the first one was impossible 😂 Plus we’re asking for YOUR rants, snacks and hot takes 👀

  7. Jul 6

    Hobnobs vs Digestives, Soft Play Rage & Tim Tams Reviewed

    Episode 11 of Downtime with The Dicksons and it’s a good one! 🎙️Hot takes are back — Gee thinks chocolate hobnobs beat digestives and Sav reckons Chinese takeaway beats Indian, Our little one is shaking his head, finding his sleeve and that first tooth is coming through even more This week on the pod:Hot Take of the Week — chocolate hobnobs vs digestives AND Chinese vs Indian takeaway Living With Gee — Gee keeps mishearing Sav’s tone Rant of the Week — a stranger put his hand on our son’s head at soft play 😤 and Gee loses it at podcast DMs promising more views for $15… bots Snack Review — Tim Tams make their debut! Plus we’re introducing sweet AND savoury categories, Current champions: Beef Hula Hoops (savoury) and Galaxy Ripple for Gee, Dairy Milk Buttons for Sav (sweet)We acted out 3 more emoji comments — 🤓😃🤦‍♂️Plus a brilliant listener comment about mental health and the ultimate crisp and chocolate combo 👀New episode every Monday

  8. Jun 29

    Crisps vs Chocolate, Pretty Muddy & A First Tooth

    It’s Episode 10 of Downtime with The Dicksons and what a milestone! 🎙️ We’re back from holidays, it’s been a big week for the family and we’ve got plenty to chat about! Sav smashed the Pretty Muddy with her sister in laws and nieces 💪 the sunny weather has been class and there’s been a big sporting moment for Scotland that you’ll know about by the time this drops 👀 This week on the pod: Hot Take of the Week — are crisps better than chocolate? And showers vs baths — Gee and Sav go head to head Living With Gee — Gee doesn’t make the bed in the morning Rant of the Week — Sav questions whether BMI is actually an accurate way to measure someone’s health, and Gee talks about the lack of support for people with mental health problems Snack Review — Texas BBQ Pringles for Gee and Salt & Vinegar for Sav We acted out your emoji comments from last week — and it was chaos Plus we discuss last week’s hot takes and ask if we should split snacks into categories New episodes every Monday 🎙️

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🎙️ Parenting, pregnancy & postpartum 🗣️ Listener stories & weekly rants 🥨 Snack reviews & life with Gee 📅 Every Monday

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