What's The Chat? with Alison Craig and John Wood
Join award winning broadcasters Alison Craig and John Wood in their freewheeling chat about encounters with rock stars, comedians, clackers, politicians, actors, friends, family, Fireball XL5 and more.
Live calls, occasional guests and a general stream of consciousness all provingthese two pillocks are older and none the wiser.
John and Alison also present The Sunday Zoo a weekly radio program in Scotland every week 10am - 1pm on
They don't so much come of age as slide towards decrepitude and incontinence, laughing all the way.
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Episodes
29 episodes
Bobby Bluebell brings hysterics to the podcast. EXPLICIT language.
Bobby talks about his life as a Bluebell, his extraordinary songwriting career under his real name of Robert Hodgens and tells some knicker wittingly funny tales about the wild days of yore peppered with some fascinating insights in to the art ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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34:35
Swingers Hotel, psycho, Edinburgh Festival 2024 John and Alison are back.
Lazy swines have got it together finally to do a new Episode. Covering a myriad of topics...Alison recently back from the US recording in LA, driving from East to West Coast after sailing across the Atlantic then back again to work with...
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37:47
Join John and Alison for Christmas Lunch and a walk though Edinburghs Xmas Market.
John and Alison wander through Edinburgh's famous Christmas market, chat to a few tourists, become hysterical over some very lame jokes and go for lunch. Business as usual. Please note Johns insistence that he is not drinking til Christmas and ...
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Season 2
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33:08
Kidnapped by The Stranglers...and and that's the tip of the iceberg...
A must listen for the musos...we talk to Ronnie Gurr, man of music kidnapped by The Stranglers, encounters with Grace Jones, Sue cat woman, Sex Pistols, The Village People... and a new record pressing planting Scotland. Fascinating ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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45:01
In the Pub. September 2023.
Hilarity as John and Alison lose it sitting in the pub swapping stories about....A leather jacket eating dog.John refusing to bin his aged Hard Rock Café jackets…Trying to release 4500 photos of your phone..AGFA photograph...
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43:03
John and Alison hit the Edinburgh Festival August 2023.
Enjoy a wander round Edinburgh with John and Alison and a few tips for shows to see during the biggest Arts Festival in the world.Alison grabs the Director of The Pleasance Theatre for a chat as John waits at the bar for a p...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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32:31
Series 2 Welcome back to John's tooth.
John and Alison start the way they mean to go on...in the pub.A day out of Edinburgh in North Berwick at the seaside the chattering dafties return with their freewheeling chat. On the week Tony Bennet sadly passed on, John reca...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:14
We're back!
Usual, unedited, freewheeling, nonsense...bear with us as 2023 hits it's hot an glorious summer we are back in the room and in the ear area with What's The Chat Series 2. It's a round up, catch up and waffle in advance of the more ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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42:56
We're all Not going on a summer holiday....end of series 1.
Last one of the series. John and Alison wrap up the first series of What's The Chat? with an array of nonsense. They will be back 7th September, even older and dafter.Transfer Magic. Where t...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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32:46
Chilli, Time and Huts. It’s deep.
Alison Craig and John Wood - not as unreliable and inconsistent as you thought - it’s Episode 20 ! Ranting, raving, chatting, laughing, friends, Romans, countrymen. Without the Romans and countrymen. Enjoy.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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33:20
BAFTA winning actor Elaine C Smith joins the party.
A great insight into the life and times of Elaine C Smith, one of Scotland's favourite actors from being at the Royal Scottish Academy of Dramatic Art with John, to surviving lockdown and reassessing life and what comes next.This is an ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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58:42
Ep.18 Alison Craig and John Wood's freewheeling chat..
John has taking up bowling, Alison is horrified until he explains why....Meandering hilarity Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Concorde, Scotch Eggs, time machines, The Zoo Crew.....and a helluva lot more....This week Alison has ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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31:16
Alison Craig and John Wood chat Mel Gibson, 1st holidays with your pals, and bloody San Fran again!
John was a Milk Monitor…discuss.Going to school in Scotland in the 70’s…First holidays with your mates.Cell memory, transplants…John bumps his gums about bloody San Francisco again.Superstitions.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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30:11
John and Alison invite old pal Grant Stott in for a good chat and a real carry on.
A cheery, chat with old friends. Unscripted chat this week scoots through getting the belt, Johns dodgy collection of Hard Rock Café jackets, non alcoholic beers, Edinburgh eccentricities, the Scots language, Quality of life.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:13:28
Middle class idiots loose!
Mealie pudding v white pudding Middle class idiots loose!StockbridgeBus drivers idling…High dudgeon…Line o f DutyVicky McClure for James Bond.Johns tips for perfect...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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33:39
Behind the scenes with sports commentator Andrew Cotter and his dogs Olive and Mabel.
The. pubs are open! Yeh. So order yourself a pint and enjoy What's The Chat with. Andrew Cotter?You Tube sensation Andrew talks about his lovely hairy compa...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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40:27
Ep. 13 Alison and John chat Animal Magic, Magpie, Playaway, Blood Brothers and more.
Fashion victim confessions.Playaway.Magpie Tales from EuropeTales from the RiverbankAnimal MagicJohnny Morris Desmond Morris This is Us30 something fashion...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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29:39
Ep.12 Radio Ga Ga with Alison Craig and John Wood
The two old pals talk, laugh, fall out as this unplanned 30 minute podcast covers vinyl, mix tapes, parrots, Scots language, dogs, Alisons disastrous big break, Johns gigging recollections, and what is it about drummers? Discuss....
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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55:59
Ep. 11 Behind the Scenes At The Radio Station. Newsreaders nightmares.
A hilarious verbal unplanned meander for 30 minutes followed by the unedited in-depth interview with best selling Ghost Writer Kenny Kemp who has some shocking and entertaining tales to tell. Including...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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50:23
Ep 10 What's the chat? with Alison Craig and John Wood.
Ep 10 Here are some links below covering some of the bizarre topics this weeks black hole introduced.....proving we are not making things up and surprising even us.A big thanks to Midge Ure's bass player, Aberdonian Dave Will...
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30:05
Ep 9 Alison and John talk sausages, Dr Who, live music, Bavarian mountain dogs and much more.... .
Radio partners and old friends shooting the breeze...cover a myriad of topics...including The Scotch pie sandwich Esk Valley Miners club, PineappleLine o...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:32
Ep 8 Alison Craig and John Wood talk the painful and hilarious truth of the first crush.
Firstly. Thanks for your reviews!The banter just flows as do my tears of laughter right from the off!Searingly FunnyIf you want to know what much lauded radio chemistry sounds like then you need l...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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31:18
Ep. 7 Alison Craig and John Wood
Light blue touch paper and retire....as John and Alison relive encounters with The Waterboys, James Bond ejector seats and get an insight to being an American Sports reporter when they chat with Mark Donaldson of ESPN.Mark is Lead Serie...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:50
Ep. 6 John and Alison chatting on...guests include Mark Donaldson ESPN, and Lyle Bushe from Lord of The Rings set NZ.
It's a belter of a podcast this week.We hear from ESPN super sports commentator Mark Donaldson who talks about his colleague and friend Tiger Woods....more from him next week too.Life in the Lord of the Rings lane.We ...
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28:44
Ep. 5 What's The Chat? with Alison Craig and John Wood
John and Alison recall encounters with Liam Neeson, Jack Bruce, Warren Zevon, Aiden Quin, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and 10CC. As Johns obsession with Tennants continues, we escape lockdown with a trip to Jakarta to mee...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:45