On the Topic Podcast

Alex & Dan

Alex & Dan - everyday people talking about every day topics - from Music, Films to Graphic Novels - and everything in between. Get involved @onthetopicpod on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky or email us at onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com

  1. OTT #197 - Things banned from the School playground

    Jun 19

    OTT #197 - Things banned from the School playground

    This week and hot off the heels of a past episode, Alex & Dan make a break for the Nostalgia beach, as they discuss some of the things which were banned from their school playgrounds... and some of yours, too! From spinning plastic toys destined for a window or someone's eyes - to more plastic cards and collectibles which ended up being taken by the school bully. If that wasn't enough, the joys of pure sugar in fluorescent straws being knocked back in the classroom and discarded in the halls - to triange flapjacks? There were some odd contraband back in the day! Sit back, relax and enjoy another trip down 90s and 2000s memory lane! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD #Southcoastsounds #Southsea #90s #nostalgia #2000s #schoollife #sweets #uk #highstreet #shopping #adolescenceNEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 15m
  2. OTT #196 - Urban Legends and English Folklore - Vol.2

    Jun 12

    OTT #196 - Urban Legends and English Folklore - Vol.2

    This week, Alex & Dan go back to the books to find you more creepy and odd stories from Urban Myths and English Folklore in this fantastic follow up to 2020's Volume 1! In that episode, they discussed the issues with Big Cats, Men in Black, Chupacabra's, eery sounds of banging drums in times of war - and lots more! In this episode, it's turned up a notch; from odd robotic-like colourful beings who appear to Children on an island off the coast of the UK, Hags who haunt the woodland in the Midlands - to a game played in an elevator where you musn't look at the person who gets on for fear of spending eternity in the liminal world, to Glaswegian Vampires and hoardes of murderous children on the hunt.... this episode has it all! Grab you deck chair, come sit on the Pop Culture beach as we discuss some strange and odd stories from the UK - and further afield! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #urbanmyths #cryptids #rabbithole #leftfield #OTT #spotify #podcasts #myths #stories #UK Do you want to be part of the show? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 10m
  3. OTT #195 - OTT Vault - Urban Legends and English Folklore - Vol.1

    Jun 5

    OTT #195 - OTT Vault - Urban Legends and English Folklore - Vol.1

    This week we go down to the Pop Culture Beach and open the vault - and it's an absolute belter! Just in time for the Volume 2 coming up in the next week, Alex & Dan talk through their favourite Urban Legends and Myths and where it all started back in the Summer of 2020, with the dawn of the new podcast / channel direction. As was in that week, this week Alex & Dan discuss the Rat-man of Southend-on-Sea, a murderous song in Pokemon Red & Blue's Lavender Town, Spring Heeled Jack, the Slender Man and plenty of others! Considering roots in the real world and for some, how these have changed and altered due to the online age, the duo give some background on these dark legends and thanks to the power of social media - some of yours too!Turn on the lights for this one guys if you want to sleep tonight! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #urbanmyths #cryptids #rabbithole #leftfield #OTT #spotify #podcasts Do you want to be part of the show? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 19m
  4. OTT #194 - Happy Birthday to OTT - AMA (8th Anniversary 2026)

    May 29

    OTT #194 - Happy Birthday to OTT - AMA (8th Anniversary 2026)

    This week, the dynamic duo of the south coast are swapping the Pop Culture Beach for the nearby public house - because, you guessed it - it's birthday time! You know the drill; it's Ask Me Anything time and for another year, you did not dissapoint! From Smoked or Unsmoked Bacon (it's an important topic!), some of our favourite Thunderbirds episodes, what TV series we'd like to star in - to whether book to film adaptations should be a thing and whether blowing on hot food really cools it down.... we tackle all the big subjects at the beer tables! We also discuss Smutty Seagulls and who would win in a royal rumble of the Cryptids - sounds like a normal OTT episode to us! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #Portsmouth #UK #Spotify #Podcasts #discussion #AMA #nostalgia #movies #popculture #birthday Do you want to be part of the show? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    2h 15m
  5. OTT #193 - The Curse of the Power Rangers

    May 22

    OTT #193 - The Curse of the Power Rangers

    This week Alex & Dan take to the internet to uncover a dark theory of one of the most iconic and much loved children's series of the 90's - the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers! Whilst many of us have fond memories of tight lycra-clad teenagers kicking butt and taking names in mega-bots, there's a subsequent sad tale to tell this week as it's often not a happy ending for those who don the suits. Is there a curse and are these actors doomed to suffer following their stint on the Hollywood circuit? Let's get into it. #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #Portsmouth #UK #Spotify #Podcasts #discussion #90s #nostalgia #powerrangers#popculture Do you have a recommendation for a future episode? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Viewer guidance: Conversations about mental health and suicide can affect people in different ways.If today’s episode brought anything up for you, consider speaking with someone you trust or reaching out for support.Samaritans is available 24/7 in the UK on 116 123, free from any phone.You can also speak to your GP or contact NHS urgent mental health support through NHS 111 and select the mental health option where available. Credits: This wek's theme music: Objectivitst Guitarist, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song - Epic instrumental cover Exit theme song: Go Go Power Rangers by Ron Wasserman Usual theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    59 min
  6. OTT #192 - Amazing Facts About the 90s - Vol.1

    May 15

    OTT #192 - Amazing Facts About the 90s - Vol.1

    This week, Alex & Dan once again get nostalgic as they make their way down memory lane to the 1990s! There were some crazy going's on during that decade and they've got so many to share, they've slapped a volume 1 on it! From racing home from school to spend the evening with friends on web chat forums downloading music (ahem), to the origins of some of your favourite childhood toys from old makeup boxes. From the must-have toys of Christmas secretly listening to your conversations, to the dawn of direct-to-tape movies which changed the way we watched our favourite films from then onwards... That and - when actors fall out with the giants of Hollywood, they get paid in Picasso paintings worth millions - and lazy magazine editors who inadvertantly change the course of pop music forever - there's plenty of amazing facts to discuss during this episode! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #Portsmouth #UK #Spotify #Podcasts #discussion #90s #nostalgia #movies #popculture Did we miss any of your favourite memories or facts from the 1990s? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 6m
  7. OTT #191 - TWRAD Vault - Casting Calls - The good, the bad and the ugly

    May 8

    OTT #191 - TWRAD Vault - Casting Calls - The good, the bad and the ugly

    This week, Alex & Dan go down to the TWRAD Vault to delve once more into the entertainment industry to bring you their great, not so great and down right terrible casting choices from the silver screen! They discuss Harry Potter's Dumbledore, MCU's Iron-clad Avenger, an infamous casting of a Bond Girl and one of the most impressive castings of Wonder Woman in a failing DCU franchise - and many more, including some of yours, thanks to the power of social media and the Gramophone - where we get a listener's question through on the topic of being worthy! #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #Portsmouth #UK #Spotify #Podcasts #Movies #reviews #nostalgia #discussion Did we miss any of your favourite moments? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 12m
  8. OTT #190 - Dark Disney Theories - Vol.1

    May 1

    OTT #190 - Dark Disney Theories - Vol.1

    This week, Alex & Dan make it down to the Pop Culture Beach to bring you some dark content on what should arguably be off-limits - some of your favourite childhood animated movies growing up: Dark Disney Theories! That's right, these seemingly innocent films are not what you thought they were and the doors are blasted well and truly open, as the dynamic duo of southsea trawl through some of the dankest thoughts of the internet. From parasitic rats, discarded innanimate immortal toys to unlikely collaborations of ship wrecks and Mermaids, this episode certainly lives up to its title! Alex & Dan find the true villain of Beauty and the Beast and perhaps Captain Hook wasn't a bad guy after all! Who'd have thought?! Thanks to the power of social media, we have some of yours too! Come on down to the OTT beach and be prepared to have some of your favourite films absolutely ruined! Sorry not sorry. #GITS🌊 #Onthetopic #TWRAD  #Southcoastsounds #Portsmouth #UK #Spotify #Podcasts #Movies #reviews #nostalgia #disney #dank #theories #discussion Did we miss any of your favourite moments? Simply leave us a voice message or comment on Spotify, DM via our social media or carrier pigeon (if that's your thing) to be in the next episode. NEW! We now have our website - head on over to www.onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com for all of your channel needs! Alternatively share your thoughts or comments with Alex & Dan by email - onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com, visit their Facebook page, tweet or IM on Instagram at @onthetopicpod or alternatively check us out on Tiktok. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to our newsletter via our web page, visit onthetopicpodcast.wordpress.com - or alternatively stream all of your favourite OTT episodes straight from YouTube! Like, smash the Subscribe button, the notification bell and listen to the podcast on your favourite viewing platform, anywhere you get your podcast fix! Credits: Theme music: Funky Feel by Oliver Lyu (Licensed)

    1h 2m
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Alex & Dan - everyday people talking about every day topics - from Music, Films to Graphic Novels - and everything in between. Get involved @onthetopicpod on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky or email us at onthetopicpodcast@gmail.com

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  • Creator
    Alex & Dan
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    273
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Alex & Dan
  • Show Website
    On the Topic Podcast