• Featuring The Young’uns, Emily Portman, Sam Carter, Pressgang Mutiny, Mathew Crampton and Alan Carr

    Join me at Folk East Festival along with the other two from The Young’uns and friend of the podcast Mathew Crampton, for a chat with folk singers Emily Portman and Sam Carter, plus Canadian shanty band Pressgang Mutiny. Emily is the victim of an impersonation, Sam takes the law into his own hands, and Pressgang Mutiny inspire a Canadian-based guessing game. Meanwhile, back at home, I am contacted by the dead, there’s a mystery music challenge, and we’re fleetingly joined by Alan Carr.

    1h 0m - Sep 4, 2026
  • Introducing Chester Oddsocks

    It’s the final chapter of my fantasy Novella, The Story Of The Brain King. Will the Time Doctor and the Lord Of Darkness agree to stop the destruction of an entire planet? Cassette Roulette showcases one of my invented childhood games. There’s a brief appearance from Dara Ó Briain and Terry Wogan, and we have another strange experience in the Turkish baths.

    59m - Aug 28, 2026
  • It’s Nosh Time! With Special Guest Ainsley Harriott

    This week we have an unexpected encounter with celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott, who involves himself in our feature Potato News. The Time Doctor and The Lord Of Darkness go head-to-head in an epic battle of words, with part 11 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The brain King. There’s news and sport courtesy of Cassette Roulette. We’re contacted by members of the North East’s 90s Happy Hardcore community,. And there's more Le Creuset news.

    1h 1m - Aug 20, 2026
  • Geordie Ravers And Trumpet Playing Robots

    We're back with another dose of dragons and confusing characters courtesy of my childhood novella, The Story Of the Brain King. Cassette Roulette takes us into a surreal world of late night 90s North East raves. And you send us your examples of one word song triggers.

    1h 11m - Aug 14, 2026
  • Nipples And Wine

    This week I goaded Mike Read and was slapped in the face by a posh old lady on the train. Plus more unusual audio clips curtesy of Cassette Roulette, and it’s part 9 of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The Brain King.

    1h 23m - Aug 7, 2026
  • Featuring A Leg Licking Marmot And Some Constipated Cattle

    I have yet another weird massage experience. I remix Morrissey. It’s the return of Cassette Roulette and a surprise reappearance for Potato News. There’s tea-based controversy, bible studies and a Le Creuset exclusive. Plus part 8 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The Brain King, where we find out what happens when a dragon-riding Knight is confronted by a computer.

    1h 32m - Jul 31, 2026
  • Rebellious When Thwarted

    We unearth my primary school reports. We finally take a little step forward with our rescue mission in part 7 of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The brain King. There’s listener tea reviews, advice for dealing with ferrel nursery kids, and I have a run-in with a sign language interpreter who castigates my lack of originality whilst fervently promoting a proponent of moist genitalia.

    48m - Jul 24, 2026
  • Shaggy Crossed With a Cow

    Lots of drama this week. Pip is on a perilous precipice of a mountain; Olivia faces fire; Steve is on a mission to infiltrate his local church; I get attacked by nursery children, and it’s time to find out whether we’re able to escape the Lord Of Darkness and his creatures of death.

    53m - Jul 17, 2026
  • Rotational Stomping

    More crazy characters, confusion and chaotic capers in the sixth instalment of my childhood fantasy novella The Story Of The brain King. Ellie has acquired a new hobby, and she’s made yet another secret recording of me. There’s another cold brew tea tasting, a porcelain boob update from Steve, and Spammer Time helps us learn about the habits of the David Eagle Podcast listenership. Plus some behind the scenes chat from my BBC Radio appearances last weekend.

    1h 12m - Jul 11, 2026
  • Podcasting While Lying On 8000 Spikes

    Ellie has been secretly recording me. Find out whether we escape the dragon in part 4 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of The brain King. We try to break into prison. And fear not, there is of course more Le Creuset news.


    49m - Jul 3, 2026
  • Oh Go Away You Stupid Dragon

    What’s the link between listeners of the David Eagle Podcast and disgraced Former CEO of the Scottish National Party Peter Murrell? There’s more exciting BBC Radio 4 news. It’s part 3 of my childhood fantasy novella, The Story Of the Brain King, where we travel far back in time and meet two very ancient and surprisingly petulant characters. We have a couple of encounters with anti-social teenagers. Steve and his Porcelain boobs are back from holiday, and Olivia returns with revelations a plenty and well and truly rises to my musical challenge.

    59m - Jun 26, 2026
  • Featuring A Former Farage Folly And A Fun Feline Fiasco

     This week I become embroiled in a school drama; part 2 of my childhood fantasy novella; I’m headhunted by Radio 4; there’s exciting Le Creuset news, and the reveal of Olivia’s Guess the animal competition.

    38m - Jun 19, 2026
  • The Story Of The Brain King

     This week, part one of my fantasy novella that I wrote aged nine. An embarrassing tale from my teenage years that took place in a church. What happens when two podcast listeners meet in real life? My gig at Derby Comedy festival falls foul of a technological regression masquerading as technological progression. And Olivia treats us to a silly saucy sausage saga.

    59m - Jun 12, 2026
  • Flirty Doctor, wooing Vicar, Porcelain Boobs And Staircase Wit. Featuring Beyoncé

    This week: the history of the typewriter, Czech classical music, and we read an extract from a travel diary written in the 18th century. But if all that sounds a bit too highbrow for you, rest assured that there’s more belching and sexual innuendo, and of course more Le Creuset chat. There’s the tale of the rather weird experience I had, performing at a birthday party. And we make crucial progress in our ongoing quest to broker a collaboration between a Suffolk sea shanty band and Beyoncé.

    1h 22m - Jun 5, 2026
  • Hello Zimbabwe. Goodbye Hairy Toe

    This week I am heckled in the park by some teenage lads. I unearth a weird fantasy story that I wrote as a child. And Ellie finds an abandoned leg in a bus station.

    1h 12m - May 29, 2026
  • Insert Your Strongest Title Here

    This week, we help make a listener’s dream come true. We re-open communication with our American best selling crime and thrillers author friend. And Herbal Tea Of The Week is back, which takes a dramatic turn.

    47m - May 22, 2026
  • Marble Madness and Mac Melodrama

    This week, we dissect another traditional folk song, as we meet an aristocrat with terrible navigational skills and an adulterous wife. I tell the story of how, at primary school, I was the leader of a criminal girl gang. We journey back in time 4000 years to experience the world’s first stand up comedy show. A gig in a grammar school takes an unexpectedly dramatic turn. And there’s a desultory ditty about dim sum.

    1h 21m - May 15, 2026
  • Shine Up Your Oboe And Skin Out Your Pumpum

    This week, more innovative games and challenges for you to get involved in. We discuss imperial measurements, I wonder around a park talking about my genitals, there’s a lengthy dissection of the traditional folk song Matty Groves, and I inadvertently sabotage another comedian’s gig with some unintended slapstick. I'll get around to writing a desff

    1h 42m - May 8, 2026
  • Featuring Felicity Finch (AKA Ruth From The Archers) And The Unthanks

    In November we (The Young’uns) hosted an event in Middlesbrough to celebrate our fortieth birthdays and twenty years gigging together. This week’s podcast features a little interview we did with one of our famous fans, Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers. There’s also an appearance from North East folk band The Unthanks, who treat us to a very surprising performance, giving us an exclusive sneak preview of their exciting new album.

    21m - Apr 30, 2026
  • Cockney Gospel

    This week we meet The Jesus Geezers, a cockney gospel band. Ellie has a weird dream about me and Billy Bragg. I unearth my childhood diaries. And I recount my unusual experience with an A-list celebrity in a cupboard.

    1h 37m - Apr 24, 2026
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