The Ned & Josh Podcast

Being spat on in Madrid as a nine-year-old, then returning home and being spat on again because you'd been to Madrid, is a travel experience that doesn't feature in many tourism campaigns. There's also a legitimate theory that energy drinks only feel unhealthy because of carbonation — La Croix gets away with the exact same thing — a bathroom altercation involving a man who had every stall available to him and still chose the one directly adjacent, and a small child who told a full doctor's waiting room her mother's specific underwear brand. The godfather renewal system is explained, CPR dogs are assessed for compression quality, and "well-loved" is formally retired as an acceptable way to sell anything. Find us on Instagram @nedandjosh

Board games are a tough sell when the alternative is playing as the greatest NBA player who ever lived. The boys get into why rainy Easter Sundays inside with the family are harder to navigate than they sound, and what it takes to actually pull a kid out of a gaming session. That sits alongside an Easter egg delivery that Josh's mum clearly rehearsed, the Mildura juice product that's raising more questions than it answers, and the somewhat depressing thought that the shoe store is probably the only place your shoes will ever feel truly new. Ned's grandparents were meant to get a visit this weekend, but registration and petrol had other ideas. Find us on Instagram @nedandjosh

If you've ever watched Friends and thought the characters had an unusually relaxed relationship with their morning routines and the concept of having jobs, this episode validates that entirely. The hosts also revisit the Girl Dinner phenomenon, trace it back further than the internet did, and connect it to a wider theory about breakfast foods that look like pet food. On the other side of the episode, there's a very serious conversation about what a Prime Minister would have to do to genuinely distract an entire country, and one suggestion that would absolutely tank the economy while also being extremely fun. Find us on Instagram @nedandjosh

Ned and Josh are, by their own admission, more similar to each other than Ned is to his own twin sisters, which makes the moments they genuinely diverge feel huge. One of those moments is Sean Astin: Ned loves him across Goonies, Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things, and more; Josh acknowledges he exists. The conversation drifts into whether Samwise Gamgee is actually the real protagonist of the whole saga, and then straight into the magic-as-transport debate — if Gandalf is available, the walk to Mordor is a choice, and it's a bad one. On a completely different note, Josh also nearly bought a shirt yesterday before reading the back of it and deciding society has failed men's fashion entirely. Find us on Instagram @nedandjosh

The pod pals have been snippy, the boys are overworked, and yet here we are. This episode covers the bizarre social contract of lying to people in shops, whether that's a mattress showroom or a fancy shampoo boutique, the argument that 42 cents of compound interest could make your descendants millionaires by the year 3026, and a childhood memory unlocked entirely by the Sims newspaper delivery jingle. They also get into why Ned's mum remains the only person capable of answering medical questions on his behalf, how Meta's targeted advertising completely misread the room with a grandstand built for 200 people, and what it would actually feel like to spend your whole life laying cobblestone for a king with no performance reviews. Find us on Instagram @nedandjosh