9 episodes

Married couple Rob and Nadia chat about their lives.
Dark, surreal, funny, tragic, and completely true (mostly). Listen to them as they cling to each other while the planet hurtles towards its eventual doom.

A Pessimist is Never Disappointed robin smith

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Married couple Rob and Nadia chat about their lives.
Dark, surreal, funny, tragic, and completely true (mostly). Listen to them as they cling to each other while the planet hurtles towards its eventual doom.

    3-2 premiere interests

    3-2 premiere interests

    Rob and Ned are here to talk about their year of 2023, topics include funerals and shit museums.



    So trigger warning about those topics



    songs featured



    Tori Amos - Silent All These Years

    7ebra - I Have a Lot to Say

    They Might Be Giants - Hearing Aid

    Meiko Nakahara - Fantasy

    Weezer - Island In The Sun

    Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You

    Mamma Aiuto from the Porko Rosso soundtrack

    Sade - Smooth Operator (Long Version)

    and

    Anyone Who Ever Had A Heart...

    • 1 hr 17 min
    a pessimist is never disappointed S3 E1 - That was the year that wasn't

    a pessimist is never disappointed S3 E1 - That was the year that wasn't

    Nadia and Rob return after months apart, and filled with people dangling on fences, climbing up 9 flights for fights, pier adventures, and getting cancelled on twitter.



    Funny, strange, sad, and unpredictable, this is the real life and tales of Nadia and Rob



    Trigger warning: Includes frank conversations around subjects that may cause distress and frequent use of foul language.



    Music this episode:


    The Audience – A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed - 1998 (Released by: eLLeFFe)


    Anri - I Can't Stop The Loneliness - 1983


    7ebra - I Have a Lot to Say - 2023 (PNKSLM Recordings)


    Magazine - A Song From Under the Floorboards - 1980 (Virgin Records)



    Cure - Lovesong - 1989 (Elektra Records)


    Happypills - So Long Earth - 2018

    The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me - 2005 (Too Young to Die)


    The Freshies - Wrap Up the Rockets - 1985

    • 58 min
    A Pessimist is never disappointed 2.7

    A Pessimist is never disappointed 2.7

    Rob and Nadia return with an exhausted episode about supermarket work woes and odos.



    If you like this and want to support content like this and more please  feel free to visit our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/SEiiBUTSU  

    Or for one time donations our KOFI page : https://ko-fi.com/seiibutsu  

    You can also buy random things like my past and current shoddy T-shirt  designs at my red bubble store :  https://www.redbubble.com/people/digifox/shop 

     The 'A Pessimist is Never Disappointed' Podcast :  https://anchor.fm/robin-smith0  

    'The Timeline Podcast' : https://anchor.fm/robin-smith73   

    The timeline channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0V4lIb5tI394QLKKEKVtQ   

    And don't forget to subscribe to us on twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/seiibutsu   

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    • 31 min
    A Pessimist is Never Disappointed: Series 2 Episode 6 - Chat Magazine Reddit Trash

    A Pessimist is Never Disappointed: Series 2 Episode 6 - Chat Magazine Reddit Trash

    Rob and Nadia return to talk about life in the middle of the third national lockdown in the UK. Also, Bad video game demos, morality in struggle, work racists, magazine stars, and just what is hardcore pornography? 

    Sometimes funny, sometimes heavy, it's the return of A Pessimist is Never Disappointed.

    Songs featured: 

    A pessimist is never disappointed  - By The Audience

    Everyday - By Rogue Wave

    The End Of The World - By Aphrodite's Child

    24 Hours from Tulsa - By Gene Pitney

    Telephone Number -  By Junko Ohashi

    Lollipop - By Ben Kweller

    Down In The Tube Station After Midnight - By The Bad Shepherds 

    If you like this and want to support content like this and more please feel free to visit our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/SEiiBUTSU

    Or for one time donations our KOFI page : https://ko-fi.com/seiibutsu

    You can also buy random things like robs past and current shoddy T-shirt designs at my red bubble store : https://www.redbubble.com/people/digifox/shop

    also give this a listen

    'The Timeline Podcast' : https://anchor.fm/robin-smith73

    Robs Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/seiibutsu/?hl=en

    And don't forget to subscribe to rob on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/seiibutsu 

    Follow robs Twitter too! Because why not?! : https://twitter.com/seiibutsu

    • 43 min
    boris johnson shaking hands with Covid 19 ~ A Pessimist is Never Disappointed Special

    boris johnson shaking hands with Covid 19 ~ A Pessimist is Never Disappointed Special

    We mumble through the events of the last few weeks of Covid 19, lock-down, and our survival on pot noodles, Turkish delight and the Simpsons on Disney plus



    If you like this and want to support content like this and more please feel free to visit our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/SEiiBUTSU

    Or for one time donations our KOFI page : https://ko-fi.com/seiibutsu

    You can also buy random things at our store : https://www.redbubble.com/people/digifox/shop

    • 49 min
    A Pessimist is Never Disappointed - Fantastic Christmas Special

    A Pessimist is Never Disappointed - Fantastic Christmas Special

    Rob and Nadia sleepily chat about Christmas past and present as well as smashing car windows on new years.

    • 35 min

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