We Pitch Our Ultimate Guests And Explain Why

Our dream guest list gets weirdly revealing, fast. One minute we’re calmly naming “realistic” bookings, the next we’re admitting we’d probably lose the ability to speak if Brian Cox walked into the chat.

We trade five picks each and unpack why they make the cut, not just because they’re famous, but because they communicate. Think science communication that makes you feel clever rather than lost, from Brian Cox’s sense of cosmic wonder to Hannah Fry’s talent for turning maths, cities, and human behaviour into everyday insight. That opens the door to a surprisingly thoughtful detour into AI relationships and grief tech, including what it means to talk to a synthetic version of someone you’ve lost.

From there we bounce through modern culture and storytelling: Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror style “push it too far” logic, Graham Norton’s gift for making any guest relax, and Matt Mercer’s worldbuilding genius with Critical Role and Dungeons and Dragons. We also bring in Sam Ryder for Eurovision curiosity and pure positivity, Alan Tudyk for scene-stealing acting and voice work, and Sid Batty for raw, unfiltered mental health honesty (plus a travel duck called Quack).

We close by choosing which guests we’d manifest first and why, then share how you can keep up with the show. If you enjoy a funny father daughter podcast that still makes space for big ideas about technology, creativity, and wellbeing, subscribe, share it with a mate, and leave us a review.

Transcript

Welcome To Bonus Dad Bonus Daughter

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Hello and welcome to Bonus Dad.

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Bonus Daughter, a special father-daughter podcast with me, Hannah.

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And me, Davy, where we discuss our differences, similarities, share a few laughs and stories. Within our ever-changing and complex world.

Manifesting A Dream Guest List

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Each week we will discuss a topic from our own point of view. And influences throughout the decades. Or you could choose one by contacting us via email, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok. Links in bio. Hello and welcome to a very special podcast episode by Bonus Dad, Bonus Daughter. We are here today to basically manifest guests for this show.

SPEAKER_05 0:34

Yes, and if we get any of these guests on the show, I will be very happy.

SPEAKER_01 0:40

I think I'll wet my pants.

SPEAKER_05 0:41

Yeah, I'll be very, very happy. Should we just should we just add at this point that this episode was your idea?

SPEAKER_01 0:47

It was my idea, yeah. I thought it would be one to champion people. All of mine are people that I genuinely would want on the podcast. Yeah. And also, I I just think it it's kind of nice to it. What's the word? Like kind of think ahead a little bit. Like it's nice, it's nice to be able to be in a position where we could be like, this is what we would like. It would probably never happen. Well, but this is what we'd like.

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My first person is the first person I thought of who want to be on the podcast. And I actually found out the other day that I know someone who knows him.

SPEAKER_01 1:23

What?

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Yep.

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Him.

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In who's in the same field of expertise and regularly speaks to him. So I might have to call in a favour.

SPEAKER_01 1:35

Oh my gosh. Okay. Tell me who your first person is then. You better speak.

SPEAKER_05 1:39

Before we do, before we do, just should we just ex just uh tell everybody what the text chat was the other day between yourself and I about this particular episode?

SPEAKER_01 1:48

Uh go on. Yes.

SPEAKER_05 1:49

So you sent me a message, didn't you? And the message said, let me just find it because it was it was very funny. I won't read it all out, but the last little bit that you said, because I don't think that will be appropriate for uh for the podcast.

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But can't remember what I said now. It was it was funny.

SPEAKER_05 2:09

It was funny, yeah.

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I said I chuckled when I when I sent it.

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I I sent you a message asking you to do me a favour, which I do need to, which I need to airdrop your picture. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02 2:19

I had forgotten, but I hadn't forgotten if you know what I mean.

SPEAKER_05 2:21

Yeah, so and then you put uh so I sent you a message at half past four, then an hour later, you put, sorry, I saw this, then forgot to answer. And then you just went, yes. And then I went, and have you done your five people for this weekend? And you said, can I just clarify? Was it people we would want as a guest on our podcast living? And I just put it was your idea.

SPEAKER_01 2:51

Yeah, I I had genuinely forgotten what I'd said. I was like, that'd be a cool episode. Wait, we are doing that. Oh yeah. I was I was a bit inebriated at the time, to be honest.

SPEAKER_05 3:00

So that was that didn't make me laugh. Yeah, I was inebriated, I'm sorry. Yeah, it was like an hour later, and then you were like, What? What wait, what am I doing?

SPEAKER_01 3:10

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wanted to triple, I was triple checking that we were on the same path.

SPEAKER_05 3:14

Yes, we were on the same page, yes.

SPEAKER_01 3:15

Yeah, we were in the same book, and I just want to make sure we were on the right chapter, right paragraph, right sentence, right word. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 3:22

So we've I've got five people.

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I have five people.

SPEAKER_05 3:25

You've got five people, and we're gonna I'll do one, you'll do one. Yes, and see. We did actually say beforehand as well, we said we wondered if we've any of us have chosen the same person.

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Yeah.

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This is gonna be interesting.

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Yeah, can you see my screen?

SPEAKER_05 3:37

I can't see your screen, yeah. Can you see my screen?

SPEAKER_01 3:39

Uh not enough to not enough, no. I've put mine on a really large font because I'm blind. Carry on.

SPEAKER_05 3:45

So, person number one, who I do actually know someone who knows. And it'll be no surprise because I've mentioned this person a few times. And can I guess?

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Go on. Is it Brian Cox?

SPEAKER_05 3:56

It's Brian Cox.

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You know someone that knows Brian Cox? I know someone who knows that's a continuous link. I love it.

SPEAKER_02 4:01

I know so because I know there's no way Brian Cox is coming on this episode of this podcast. There's no way.

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I have a busy man. So somebody I work with, her husband is an astronomer.

SPEAKER_02 4:15

Okay.

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And he is very, very revered in his field.

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Oh, damn.

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And so much so he actually did, he actually did something the other week. Uh say, oh god, the other week it was a couple of years ago now. Where the other week. Yeah. He did a 24-hour non-stop lecture on astronomy, and it's in the Guinness Book of Records.

SPEAKER_01 4:34

Oh, damn. Yeah, he did it. He's a Guinness. Can we have this guy on the other episode? I mean, if we can't get Brian Cox, I feel this guy is a very close second.

SPEAKER_05 4:41

Yeah. Oh yeah, he'll yeah.

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Will he come on?

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The funny thing is, I was I was talking because I was on a I was on a Teams call with uh with his wife the other day, because we worked really closely on a few things, and he was in the background, and I said to Karen, I said, Oh, I said, Oh, I said, um, can you just ask Mark a question for me? And then we're talking about three eye atlas. Okay, you know, the comment, whatever. And I was and then me and Mark were, and I was going, when can we see it? When are we going to see it? And he was like telling me, and Karen's like, we are at work, David. Yeah, me and Mark just went off on one.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

But yes, it's okay, you're the boss, it's yeah.

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Uh so yes, he he knows Brian Cox. Damn. Because I mentioned this about five people, and Garen said, Well, Mark knows him.

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Damn.

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So yeah.

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I don't think Brian Cox will come on here, but I am uh the the husband. Yeah. Mark is it? Mark Mark. He's welcome, man. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 5:32

What a cool dude. So I did a little bit of a bio on him just to explain who he is. Just in case for people that don't know, yeah. Who don't know who he is. So Brian Cox uh grew up in Oldham, so he's English. He is uh he's from a working class town in the Greater Manchester, and he originally wasn't going to be a scientist because in the 90s he was actually the keyboard player for D-Ream, whose song Things Can Only Get Better became a political anthem in the UK.

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Oh damn.

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So, yeah, so when you see that video, yeah. So when you see that, Brian Cox is the keyboard player in uh in D-Ream.

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Damn.

SPEAKER_05 6:09

So he later earned a PhD in particle physics and worked on experiments in CERN, including projects linked to the large hadron collider. And what really sets him apart, and why I I think he's just an amazing guy, his is his absolute passion for the subject. Yeah. He's just a really, really lovely guy.

SPEAKER_01 6:29

I think I think we've gone on the same vein. It's it's people that are passionate about their subject matter.

SPEAKER_05 6:35

And you know, I know Mitchell likes him as well, doesn't he? I mean, the other the other week when uh you and you were having your hair done in this very room. And and Mitchell walked in because I'd been kicked out, hadn't I? Yes. Because you had some mummy daughter time.

SPEAKER_01 6:49

Well, mum wanted some mummy daughter time. I don't don't don't bring me in here.

SPEAKER_05 6:53

So I'd been kicked out, and then Mitchell was allowed past the threshold. I wasn't, Mitchell was.

SPEAKER_01 6:59

But he actually got the vibe. He was like, Oh, you want some uh you want some Hannah daughter time? I'll leave. You see, there's a different type of awareness there.

SPEAKER_05 7:05

Yeah, that oh, okay. So then Mitchell came and sat with me, and I was watching uh an episode on science with Brian Cox, and we were both sat there watching that.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 7:12

Yeah, but yeah, but he he is, it's just he I think it's more because he doesn't just spit facts out, he isn't just like a lecture, he really goes into the the wonder of of science and physics.

SPEAKER_01 7:27

I think if I if I may, I know this is your person, but I feel like with Brian Cox, even though he's describing something incredibly complicated, he doesn't make you feel stupid. No, he he makes it very layman, it's very magical. No, I I mean he just explains things really well that even I think a layman could pick it up if they had a a mild interest in in space and astronomy. Um but I think yeah, I just think he's got a really good way of explaining things. It's the reason I picked my first person. It's good that they've actually gone in town.

SPEAKER_05 7:55

Well, the the epit- the thing that I watched with him the other day, and this is again another reason why I respect him so much, is it was uh an episode where he was watching old episodes of what he did and he was he was watching and explaining it, and then you know, and the old version of Brian Cox was saying something about the universe. The younger, the younger Brian Cox Cox the younger and he pressed pause and he went, That's wrong. Yeah, he said, Well, since science has moved on, it's now this, and we now believe that. And he does acknowledge the fact for very unless we don't know everything, yeah, yeah, yeah. And again, that's why I like science. Um, so essentially, he he's kind of helped shift public perception of physics in the UK.

SPEAKER_01 8:35

How long is this bio?

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He's very outspoken about science, education, and funding, and despite his calm TV persona, he is known among colleagues for being being very passionate in debates about pseudoscience.

SPEAKER_02 8:48

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 8:49

And there is a brilliant, there's a brilliant, I think he's on, I think when he's on the last leg. And I will have to bleep this because I'm gonna I'm gonna do it as he says it. And he talks about the big bang theory. No, it's not fair, but no, but no, because I can't press the button because it's not Hannah, is it?

SPEAKER_00 9:05

Hannah, you did swearies. But is it what's the other one? Oh, the other one.

SPEAKER_05 9:10

Oh, yeah, I could press that button. I'll do it. Okay, you do press the button. So he says, So he talks about the big bang theory, and he's uh someone's and he says, you know, when people ask him why, you know, why do you believe in the bang bang theory? And he turns around and says, Well, you can literally fing see.

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Another pound in a swear jar.

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Do I do it at the right time? And he does, yeah, and he does, he gets so passionate about it, and it's so and the whole entire audience just bursts out laughing because the way that the light comes, you can actually literally see the big bang. Damn, you can see it, you can literally see it. So that's how we know it exists. That is cool. So that's my first person. Who's yours?

Hannah Fry And Maths In Life

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Fantastic, right? Bloody hell. I know you're in love with the guy, but come on. Um, so I went with a very similar person for my first one. I went with Hannah Frye.

SPEAKER_05 10:02

I put Hannah Fry originally.

SPEAKER_01 10:04

Oh, originally, but not now. But not now. So Hannah Frye was born on the 21st of February 1984. She's a British mathematician, author, and broadcaster. She is a professor at the University of Cambridge, where she studies patterns in human behaviour and cities. Fry is well known for presenting science and maths programs on BBC and for writing popular books that make maths easy to understand. Her work focuses on showing how mathematics influences everyday life from relationships to technology. Basically, I came across Hannah Frye because I was scrolling, Doom scrolling through Instagram, and I was like, I love the way that Hannah Fry explains things. I I've written a few like short like bullet points of why I thought she'd be good for this podcast. I'm not sure if you quite did the same with Brian Cox there, but um Well, we did this independently as well, didn't we?

SPEAKER_05 10:48

We did do this independently.

SPEAKER_01 10:49

So the reasons that I would love her to be on this podcast is her knowledge, first and foremost. I love the way she explains things. She would be a great fact checker.

SPEAKER_05 10:58

Yes, she would. Right? Yeah.

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We share the same hair colour, and we share the same name.

SPEAKER_05 11:03

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 11:05

They were my other two reasons. But yeah, I I think I just think the way she explains stuff. Um, she it's very uh it's very like almost like topical. Like uh like, for example, when daylight savings come in, she then mentioned why daylight savings could be a thing and why why we've adopted it. It's not to do with farmers at all. Um, she kind of she's a bit like QI, you know, the things that you kind of thought you knew, she's like, well, actually, it's not quite like that. And then she just explains it in a really lovely way. Non, it's not condescending.

SPEAKER_05 11:34

She's not biased either, is she?

SPEAKER_01 11:35

She's not biased at all. No, no, no. Uh, she's she's not condescending. She gives kind of like again, two two kind of areas of where something might be the reason, or she says, Scientists believe that this is this, but there are other theories that say this. Like, she's just so charismatic as well. Um, so I think she'd be really good on the podcast. I think she'd be great.

SPEAKER_05 11:53

I I only found out about her quite recently because I saw something I watched a series on BBC I play, and she was talking about the self-driving cars and AI and a couple of other things.

SPEAKER_01 12:03

She did do an episode on roller coasters as well, which was which was quite interesting during roller coasters. Yeah, um, yeah, that's when I first discovered her, and then kind of forgot she existed, and then she keeps coming up on my Instagram now.

SPEAKER_05 12:15

I follow her now on Instagram.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

Yeah, she is she is awesome. Yeah, what a lovely lady.

SPEAKER_05 12:19

She did a really good episode on AI girlfriends.

SPEAKER_01 12:22

Yes, she did.

SPEAKER_05 12:23

And that was that was phenomenal. Yeah. And she actually went and interviewed people with and the she did that thing where um she put her voice in, she had to say a certain phrase. And it was actually quite scary. Yeah. Because she she said this certain phrase, so that then that kind of put put it into the AI system of how she would say certain words.

SPEAKER_03 12:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 12:44

And then the guy plugged it in, and she literally had she was like talking to herself and she said, This is this is weird.

SPEAKER_02 12:52

Yeah. This is really weird. It's really weird.

SPEAKER_05 12:54

Because it came, there was a really good debate in that episode because the guy had made an AI version of his dead mum. So what it was, so he could still call her and have conversations with his mum. And she said, and that that brought up a really big debate about grief.

SPEAKER_01 13:12

Yeah, it's it's it it it's it's putting it to rest.

SPEAKER_05 13:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:16

That's not putting your grief to rest.

SPEAKER_05 13:18

She because she did actually, and this is why I say she's unbiased. She went in there and she said, I don't know if this is a good idea, but then she came back, she said, I can actually see how it's giving this guy comfort. She says, like, she can see it from his point of view. So she was arguing with herself over it.

SPEAKER_01 13:31

Yeah, it's it's it's almost like false.

SPEAKER_05 13:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

Oh, that's difficult. That is really difficult. Yeah. I think I'm more on the climb to say no.

SPEAKER_05 13:40

I don't think it's a good idea.

SPEAKER_01 13:41

I don't think it's a good idea. I think people should then, but then it's a new world, and maybe maybe we should deal with grief differently.

SPEAKER_05 13:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:50

Ah, this is that stuff.

SPEAKER_05 13:51

The way he programmed it through letters and then programmed it really well, it genuinely was almost like literally speaking to his mum. That's mad. Through AI.

SPEAKER_01 14:02

Do you want to do your next one?

SPEAKER_05 14:03

Yeah, num number two.

Charlie Brooker And Tech Anxiety

SPEAKER_01 14:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 14:05

Uh, I don't know if you'd be surprised by this one either, but I would like to have Charlie Brooker.

SPEAKER_01 14:09

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all.

SPEAKER_05 14:12

So, Charlie Brooker, he is You'd really intimidate me. You think I think he'd be a lovely guy.

SPEAKER_01 14:19

I think he'd be nice, but I I I I wouldn't know what to say. He can take my place on that day, I feel.

SPEAKER_05 14:27

Um, for those of you who don't know who Charlie Brooker is, he's um he started writing for gaming magazines originally. Um and he later became a TV critic.

SPEAKER_02 14:37

And we do have more in common than I think. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 14:39

And he became a TV critic known for absolutely savage, hilarious takedowns.

SPEAKER_03 14:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 14:45

Uh his his voice eventually then evolved into his own shows. And he wrote, he is the he is the brains behind Black Mirror. Yeah. He's the brains behind and the presenter of Screen Wipe. And also he does the end of the year looking at it. Yeah. And it's very satirical, it's very funny, but also it's he is spot on. He's like he he blends dark humour with real anxiety about society.

SPEAKER_01 15:11

I think anxiety about society. Yeah, sounds like a really good band name. Um, it's that's like panic at the disco.

SPEAKER_05 15:18

Yeah. Yeah. Anxiety of the society.

SPEAKER_01 15:22

Um I think Charlie Brooker for me would intimidate me because I don't know much about the political world. Right. And therefore, I would not have much to discuss.

SPEAKER_05 15:32

But you could but think about the technology side of it and the black mirror side of it.

SPEAKER_01 15:35

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like like I've seen, obviously, I've seen Black Mirror. Um, but yeah, I I yeah, uh yeah, he'd intimidate me. I I wouldn't know what to say and whether I'd just look stupid. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 15:47

That would be I've got a few interesting facts about him. A couple of interesting facts. So he said in an interview that Black Mirror ideas come from taking something normal and pushing it too far. That's all it is. Taking something normal, pushing it too far, which essentially is what I've done with Tales from the Mammal frequency.

SPEAKER_01 16:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 16:05

Exactly the same thing.

SPEAKER_01 16:06

You're similar creators.

SPEAKER_05 16:07

We are, we've got the same kind of mindset.

SPEAKER_01 16:09

Some sim vibe.

SPEAKER_05 16:11

He tends to avoid social media. He's not really on social media because he does it because he doesn't like it. And did you know that he's married to Connie Huck from Blue Peter? Oh. And that's people that's interesting because they're very, very different people.

SPEAKER_01 16:27

Yeah. Um if it's who I'm thinking of, she's uh I mean works with children, so yeah, it's very different. I mean, both, I guess, in in um in f in TV, I guess.

SPEAKER_03 16:37

Yeah, both in TV.

SPEAKER_01 16:38

Probably how they met wouldn't be my assumption that they met through TV means.

SPEAKER_05 16:43

Here's a real interesting fact.

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Go on.

SPEAKER_05 16:44

Is that he stopped writing Black Mirror episodes for one year because the world was too grim.

SPEAKER_01 16:50

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 16:51

And he said, that's why Nobody needs this shit. That's why there was a gap between a couple of the series of Black Mirror because he says, he said, I can't write. He said, I it the world is too bleak, I can't add to it.

SPEAKER_01 17:02

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 17:03

Yeah. Okay. So yeah, Charlie Brooker.

Graham Norton And Effortless Hosting

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Charlie Brooker. Yes. My number two is Graham Norton. Graham Norton, born on the 4th of April 1963, is an Irish television presenter, comedian, and author. He's best known for the hosting the Graham Norton show on BBC, where he interviews celebrities with humour and wit. Norton has also presented Eurovision song contests for the UK audiences and written several best-selling novels. He is known for his lively personality and ability to make guests feel relaxed and entertained. Do you want to know the reasons why I wrote why I think we should have Graham Norton on this show?

SPEAKER_05 17:39

Go on.

SPEAKER_01 17:40

It would be like you had a twin.

SPEAKER_05 17:42

There we are.

SPEAKER_01 17:43

I would watch you both talk to each other and wonder if you're looking into a mirror.

SPEAKER_02 17:48

I wrote a lot of this inebriated. Did you?

SPEAKER_01 17:51

I would see whose accent sounded better, Irish-wise.

SPEAKER_05 17:55

Right. Well, he is Irish.

SPEAKER_01 17:56

I know he's Irish, but you have Irish roots.

SPEAKER_05 17:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:59

Um, and then I would talk at him. I specifically put at him about Eurovision.

SPEAKER_05 18:04

Really?

SPEAKER_01 18:05

Yes. Yeah. I think I think Graham Norton is such, he seems like, of all of the hosts out there, in in terms of British hosts, I hope this is not offending any other British hosts, but he just has this charismatic way with people that I think he makes people feel really comfortable.

SPEAKER_05 18:22

You can see when people are on his on his sofa when he's talking to people that who no matter who they are, A-listers, whatever, and he does mix them up. I mean, he will have great A-listers, and then somebody who isn't so much like there was there was one episode I can't remember where he had like A-list Hollywood stars, and he had like a British comedian who wasn't that well known, but they all got on so well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's just like a beautiful conversation between everybody.

SPEAKER_01 18:43

Every time I see clips of that, I just think it's so wholesome. Like he doesn't humiliate anyone. No, he doesn't. He's really good at carrying the conversation. And I just think he's just he's just a great guy. He just seems like such a hoot, and I think he would uh he would he would be great as your twin.

SPEAKER_05 18:59

So first time I ever saw Graham Norton was in a show in the 90s, and it was a late you won't remember shows like Euro Trash and things like that, whereas I mean, yeah, some of the 90 shows which won like one, two o'clock in the morning, and there was a show called Carnal Knowledge. Okay, and it was very sex-based, and Graham Norton was a co-presenter of that.

SPEAKER_01 19:20

Oh, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_05 19:20

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:21

Do you mean sex hasn't like intercourse?

SPEAKER_05 19:22

Yeah. All right, okay, not gender, right? Not gender, no, it was yeah, and it was it was very rude, and the show was called Carnal Knowledge, and he was a co-presenter of that, and he was hilarious.

SPEAKER_01 19:32

Yeah, he's so funny, exactly. I think you'd be great on this this podcast. I think you're great, yeah. And it'd just be funny to watch you both side by side because you you just embody Graham Norton. I I really do think so. I really do think so. Long lost like relative there. Are you from the same uh like area in Ireland?

SPEAKER_05 19:51

Ireland. Uh Cork.

SPEAKER_01 19:53

Is he from Cork?

SPEAKER_05 19:54

Well, one side's from Cork, my family, and the other side's from Dublin. Where from so very we're very south.

SPEAKER_02 20:00

Where is Graham Norton? From in Ireland.

SPEAKER_05 20:06

In Ireland.

SPEAKER_01 20:07

Ireland. Oh, I can't pronounce it.

SPEAKER_05 20:09

Let's have a look. Clondalkin. Dublin.

SPEAKER_01 20:13

Oh, I was reading the Klondalkin. Clondalcon?

SPEAKER_05 20:16

Gider, yeah. Um, nice try.

SPEAKER_02 20:18

Uh so I'm really sorry for anyone Irish listening to this. I love Graham Norton. I just can't pronounce your your town name. Dublin.

SPEAKER_05 20:27

Dublin. It's from Dublin.

SPEAKER_01 20:28

So not what from the family.

SPEAKER_05 20:29

Well, yeah, one of my family is from.

SPEAKER_01 20:31

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_05 20:31

So that's from my on my dad's side? Yeah. Yeah. So um my mum's side's from Cork.

Matt Mercer And Critical Role Magic

SPEAKER_02 20:38

Cool. Yeah. Moving on to it.

SPEAKER_05 20:41

Yeah. Uh my number three is, and this is why I said I had to do a few bios, because people probably wouldn't know who this person is. Oh Lord. Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_01 20:51

Do I know who Matt Mercer is?

SPEAKER_05 20:53

Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_01 20:54

Who's Matt Mercer?

SPEAKER_05 20:55

So Matt Mercer is American. He grew up in Florida.

SPEAKER_01 21:00

I know Matt Mercer. Yeah. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_05 21:02

Yeah, he grew up in Florida and got into acting and improv.

SPEAKER_01 21:05

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 21:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:06

I want this manifested.

SPEAKER_05 21:08

Yes. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 21:09

Yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_05 21:10

Before finding his niche in voice acting. So he is primarily a voice actor.

SPEAKER_02 21:15

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 21:15

And his big cultural impact came with Critical Role.

SPEAKER_02 21:19

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 21:20

Which started as a home Dungeons and Dragons game amongst friends and has turned into a massive online phenomenon. Yeah. Phenomenon.

SPEAKER_01 21:28

I didn't know his him by name, but as soon as I got on his face popped up, I was like, Matt.

SPEAKER_05 21:32

Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_01 21:33

I think it's I think that is the thing with voice actors. Sometimes you don't you it's I find it hard to place the name because you can't see the face.

SPEAKER_05 21:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:41

If that makes any sense.

SPEAKER_05 21:43

The creativity of Matt Mercer as isn't wearing my Hellfire Club t shirt.

SPEAKER_01 21:48

Did he have something to do with um uh what we did in the shadows? Is that no, no?

SPEAKER_04 21:52

Oh no, no, that's Matt Berry. Oh Matt Berry, actually, I'm from Tucson, Arizona. He's the most devious bastard. New York City.

SPEAKER_02 22:02

I'll let you continue with Matt Mercer, sorry. I got excited. But yes.

SPEAKER_05 22:07

Um, so yeah, he he yeah, and I just love the story of Critical Role. So Liam, who is in one of the other critical role um actors, he basically he loved Dungeons and Dragons. So on his birthday one day, Matt Mercer and the others, they all went together and played DD and they loved it so much, it's then just turned into this massive phenomenon.

SPEAKER_02 22:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 22:28

And I mean, a lot of the video games that you that you might play will have Matt Mercer's voice in them. Yeah. Uh a lot of anime that you watch uh will be a lot of Matt Mercer's voices. And also what I just what is it absolutely insane about his brain is the campaigns that he has written that all come from his own mind. He create he's created worlds.

SPEAKER_03 22:50

Damn.

SPEAKER_05 22:51

He has I mean, the in he he creates the languages, political systems, his preparation is absolutely insane.

SPEAKER_01 23:00

We could do an op uh an episode where he's the DM and we're the players.

SPEAKER_05 23:04

Oh my god, it that would be amazing. Your dream. Yeah, it would be my absolute dream. But my dream would be to go and play DD with Critical Role. Tom Cardi did it. Ah when they did a show in Australia.

SPEAKER_02 23:15

Check your butthole. Just give it a bit of a butthole. Yeah.

unknown 23:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:21

One I want.

SPEAKER_05 23:25

He his emotional storytelling has actually made people cry.

SPEAKER_02 23:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 23:30

I mean, I have watched episodes of Critical Role, and it's just bearing in mind, it's just people doing improv around a table, and it is so emotional in parts. It is absolutely insane. Especially when him and Sam go at it, plays Fresh Cut Grass. Nuts.

SPEAKER_02 23:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 23:48

Absolutely nuts.

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Intelligent man.

SPEAKER_05 23:49

Yeah, he's voiced iconic characters. I mean, he's been attack on Titan, things like that. And he does, he emphasise, he he likes he's a storyteller. He's not, it's not about and he's quite shy. He's quite a bit of an introvert. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:03

I had a feeling he might be.

SPEAKER_05 24:04

Yeah, he is quite shy.

SPEAKER_01 24:05

I think a lot of voice actors are.

SPEAKER_05 24:07

Yeah, but he he literally, it's it's all about the character, it's not about him. And he's just he again, he's just such seems such a nice guy.

SPEAKER_01 24:15

Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I I agree. He should be on this podcast. Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_05 24:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:20

You ready for my next one?

Sam Ryder And Eurovision Secrets

SPEAKER_05 24:21

Go for your next one.

SPEAKER_01 24:22

I chose Sam Ryder. Oh, okay. Born the 25th of June 1989. He's a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame through posting singing videos on TikTok during 2020. He represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest with his song Space Man, finishing second, which was to Ukraine. And to be fair, Ukraine were going for awards. That was a little bit of a pity photo. I'm not saying I'm not saying that they didn't deserve it.

SPEAKER_05 24:46

I know what you're saying. I know what you're saying.

SPEAKER_01 24:48

We should have won. Um finishing second and gaining international recognition.

SPEAKER_05 24:52

We hosted this, we hosted it in this. We did host it, we did host it, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:55

Ryder is known for his powerful voice, positive energy, and uplifting pop rock music. What a frickin' legend.

SPEAKER_05 25:02

Honestly, his vocal range is insane.

SPEAKER_01 25:05

I I again I wrote some things that I wanted to talk to him about or ask him about on the podcast because I was thinking, you know, if if I'm gonna justify having Sam Ryder on this podcast, I need to I'd want to talk to him about Eurovision. What I'd want to know is I want to know like the backstage gossip, like how they do everything. Like I'd love to know how that all works. I absolutely love Eurovision. So it's just I just want to know how how you know how the selection process was. I just want to know like from start to finish. I just all that knowledge that you could just ask someone that's been through it all. Um so I wanted to ask him about that. I want to ask him what Eurovision was like compared to other gigs because he is he's a rock star, so I wanted him I wanted to know what the difference was between uh broadcasting to basically across the entire world compared to like a gig down the bloody Blackberry or whatever.

SPEAKER_03 25:52

The pig and whistle.

SPEAKER_01 25:53

Yeah, the pig and whistle, yeah, whatever. Like down the road. I just wanted to know like kind of what that that thing is. Yeah. I would like him to teach me how to sing. I feel like we could do like a podcast episode with a masterclass situation. Right? Yeah. I think I just need some someone to be like, yeah, if you do this in your in your singing vocal, you you know, you'll be fantastic. And I think he'd be really nice about it.

SPEAKER_05 26:14

And he's always smiling when he's singing.

SPEAKER_01 26:16

He's so smiley is smiley, he's so positive. He's got this really upbeat. He's one of these people that he seems humble. Humble, happy go lucky. Like you just, it's it's it's so it's so refreshing to see. Like he's not down and dumb. Wholesome. Wholesome. I'm sure he has obviously his his down days. We we all do, but uh, it's just he's he's always just a uh a breath of positivity in a voice of air. And I'd also know why I said that. And I would also talk to him about F1, because he's a massive F1 fan. Booyaka Shah.

SPEAKER_00 26:46

Get f oh Hannah, you did swear easy. For good reason.

SPEAKER_01 26:55

So yeah, Sam Ryder. I just think um I just think he's an all-round good egg.

SPEAKER_03 27:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:00

I really do. I just I just think he he's just really wholesome and I think he'd he'd he'd have a right laugh on this podcast, I guess.

Alan Tudyk The Scene Stealer

SPEAKER_05 27:08

I'll go with that. Yeah, thank you. I'll go with that one. I'll go with that one. Yeah. My next one is very similar to Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_03 27:15

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 27:15

So he his he is a voice actor, but he's not just a voice actor. He's also uh he's he's been in lots of things as well, and his name is Alan Tudik.

SPEAKER_01 27:25

Tudik.

SPEAKER_05 27:26

Alan Tudyk. Have you ever seen him? You know who I'm talking about?

SPEAKER_01 27:30

The name rings a bell.

SPEAKER_05 27:31

He plays Wash in Firefly.

SPEAKER_01 27:33

Ah right.

SPEAKER_05 27:34

But also he's one of those, so he and so Alan's trained at Juilliard, which is a drama school. So he's professionally trained. Uh, but he left, he actually left Juilliard before he graduated.

unknown 27:46

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 27:47

Uh and then he but then he became uh he was on Firefly with Nathan Fillian. And he's his character, Wash, was instantly kind of like, you know, you loved Wash. Wash was amazing. Dies in serenity though. Does die.

SPEAKER_01 28:03

Hashtag spoilers. It's not been out for 20 years, right?

SPEAKER_05 28:06

Leaf on the wind is one of his favourite, is one of his favourite things. But he's also he is one of those actors that he has never really been the star of anything. Okay, he's always the sidekick, always um a supporting character.

SPEAKER_01 28:22

Nothing wrong with being Robin.

SPEAKER_05 28:24

But every single scene he is in, he steals the show.

SPEAKER_01 28:28

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 28:28

He's one of those. And I mean, one of my favourite horror films has got Alan Tudick in it. And my god, my mind has just gone completely blank.

SPEAKER_01 28:37

Alan Teddy.

SPEAKER_05 28:39

Yeah, I'm trying to think of the name of the film. Ted and Dale versus Evil.

SPEAKER_01 28:44

He was in Dole House. Yes, he was. He was Alpha, wasn't he?

SPEAKER_05 28:47

Yes, he was. Yeah. He was he's also who you mean. He also voiced the chicken in Moana.

SPEAKER_01 28:54

What what are he was in Tucker and Dale versus Evil.

SPEAKER_05 28:56

He's in Tucker and Dale versus Evil. That is one of my favourite films. Yeah, do you know who he is now? Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:02

Oh, he's in Big Hero Six. Who's the voice in Big Hero Six?

SPEAKER_05 29:06

Yeah, he's in loads of things. And he's also he also plays number four in in Superman, the new Superman film.

SPEAKER_01 29:14

Oh, yes, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 29:15

And he came up, he improvised the name Gary.

SPEAKER_01 29:19

Oh, he's Alistair in Big Hero Six.

SPEAKER_05 29:21

Yeah. So when there's that line where he turns around and he says, um, uh where he says, Oh, and you never gave me a name, and Superman says, Well, five is a name, so is Gary. That was improvised. Oh, four, but so he's got and that was improvised and they actually kept it in. So they he's he is absolutely brilliant. He also plays uh K2SO in Rogue One.

SPEAKER_01 29:44

Apparently he's an iRobot.

SPEAKER_05 29:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:46

What was he playing iRobot?

SPEAKER_05 29:48

The one of the robots, he's the voice.

SPEAKER_01 29:49

He's the voice of Sonny.

SPEAKER_05 29:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:51

Oh damn. Oh damn. Yeah. That's cool.

SPEAKER_05 29:54

So he's in loads of things, but you probably wouldn't know he was there.

SPEAKER_01 29:56

Yeah, no, no.

SPEAKER_05 29:57

I he is so diverse. And he's also got a podcast with Nathan Fillian called Once We Were Spacemen.

SPEAKER_01 30:03

Oh my gosh, he's in Zootropolis as well.

SPEAKER_05 30:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:06

He's an Ice Age. Who is he in Ice Age? Sorry, I've gone down a rabbit hole. I know. Oh, he's quite a few characters, Dab, Oscar, and Lenny.

SPEAKER_05 30:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:13

Oh, Jack Black, isn't it? Yeah. Sorry. Why is he in Zootropolis? Hang on, hang on, hang on.

SPEAKER_05 30:20

So he is, yeah, he's he's just brilliant. He's such a good actor. And he was also with uh Heath Ledger in A Night's Tale.

SPEAKER_00 30:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 30:27

And he's in Dodgeball as Pete the Pirate. So he does every single scene he is in, he just absolutely steals the show. And he's just brilliant.

SPEAKER_01 30:36

He's Duke Riesleton. Yes, of course he is. Oh, yeah. What a legend.

SPEAKER_05 30:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:43

Yeah, he can come on the podcast.

SPEAKER_05 30:44

Yeah, so just for his the amount just for his. Oh, he's in the rookie as well. Yeah, he is, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:48

He's in so many things.

SPEAKER_05 30:49

And he's in Resident Alien.

SPEAKER_01 30:50

Yeah, I saw Resident Alien.

SPEAKER_05 30:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:52

He's on Wreck He's in Wreck It Ralph.

SPEAKER_05 30:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:54

Oh that Deadpool 2?

SPEAKER_05 30:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:57

Dole House. We said Dollhouse. Rick and Morty. Who does he we said? Rick and Morty.

SPEAKER_05 31:01

See, all the things he he's in.

SPEAKER_01 31:02

Oh my gosh. Yeah, he can c he can come on.

SPEAKER_05 31:05

He's he's a brilliant actor.

SPEAKER_01 31:06

What does he Chris?

SPEAKER_05 31:08

Anyway, do you shall we move on?

SPEAKER_01 31:10

Sorry, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got it. Yes, he can come on.

SPEAKER_05 31:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 31:13

Uh my one.

SPEAKER_05 31:14

Your one.

Sid Batty And Honest Mental Health

SPEAKER_01 31:15

Another wholesome. Is this number four? Is this your number four? This is my number four. So this is number eight overall. Yeah. So um, so yeah, the the person I chose, another, another wholesome person. This is someone that's very probably less well known than the other ones that I've chosen. His name is Sid Batty, and I don't expect you to know that name.

SPEAKER_05 31:34

I don't know. No, I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 31:35

Um he's born on the 10th of February 2001. So if he did come on this podcast, he would be the first ever guest of this century. Born of this century. Mad in it. He is a British social media influencer and content creator. He became popular for sharing travel and lifestyle posts online, often featuring a small stuffed duck used to raise awareness about mental health. Oh. Yes. Before you start laughing. His posts gained large audiences on platforms like Instagram, where he shares personal experiences and positive messages. But he has built a strong following through his openness about mental well-being and his travels around the world. The duck is called Quack.

SPEAKER_05 32:14

Quack the duck.

SPEAKER_01 32:15

Quack the duck. Um, the reasons I listed, I've got quite a few. Wholesome content.

SPEAKER_03 32:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:22

He talks about mental illness, which I think is really important in young men in particular. Yeah. Has a duck called Quack, his travel companion. I put that down as a pro for coming on the podcast. If he if he does come on this podcast and doesn't bring quack, I will actually be quite disappointed. It's all real, it's very raw and completely unfiltered. Like there's there's no I like that. There's no there's nothing that I don't believe that this man says as in as in about himself. There is no holes barred. Yeah. He's completely honest. While while Sam Ryder in comparison, very positive, an upbeat man, and and I love that about him. Sid is the same, but in the raw kind of mental health sense. Yeah, okay, it might not be the most positive of content, but it's it's it's real. Yeah. And I think that's what people need on Instagram. People see a lot of the people often share their best life on social media.

SPEAKER_05 33:15

People's online lives are not their real lives.

SPEAKER_01 33:17

Exactly. Whereas Sid doesn't, you know, it's completely different. Uh it was it was split between him and and the and um the the biker guy who rides around London, gives people lifts on his bike, and he's really upbeating positive. I almost picked him, I think his name is Harry, Harry Biker. Um but I ended up going with Sid instead, and I just think he would be in a great addition to this podcast. We could do an episode on mental health uh again, because it's a large subject.

SPEAKER_05 33:41

I I've written one episode on addiction.

SPEAKER_01 33:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 33:46

And but I keep thinking, should we do it because that is very heavy.

SPEAKER_01 33:49

It is a heavy.

SPEAKER_05 33:50

It's a very heavy thing.

SPEAKER_01 33:51

I'm not sure if he's ever dealt with addiction. Um but um but yeah, I thought as Sid Batty, if you if you don't follow him, I I strongly recommend it, especially especially if you know young people and young um if you've got young family members, uh particularly male young family members as well, that might be going through a difficult time. He is just so yeah, just so raw and unfiltered, and you and you and I truly believe that's what's going through in his life, you know.

SPEAKER_05 34:16

So what what's his on Instagram?

SPEAKER_01 34:17

What's his just Sid Batty?

SPEAKER_05 34:19

Sid Batty, how do you spell that?

SPEAKER_01 34:20

Uh Sid S-I-D and then Batty, B-A-T-T-Y. Cool. I assume I'm pronouncing it correctly.

SPEAKER_03 34:25

Yeah.

Stephen Fry As A True National Treasure

SPEAKER_01 34:26

Um, but yeah, he he travels around the world with a duck, and that's I think that's what people would recognise him for. He's been on BBC, um, BBC like morning, uh, good morning, I think. Um so yeah, he he's he's getting around. But um but yeah, he's he's he travels a lot, and I just I think he's just a class guy. I really do, like genuinely think he's a class guy. And um, yeah, I I would love to have him on this podcast. Yeah, no, that sounds like yeah. Just he's from London. I agree. I reckon we could manifest that. Yeah, manifest that one, yeah. If he wants to.

SPEAKER_05 34:54

My last one will probably come as no surprise either, as uh this is uh a very famous this guy's a national treasure. Go on, Stephen Fry.

SPEAKER_01 35:04

I had a feeling you could do Stephen Fry, so much so that I avoided doing Stephen Fry. I was like, I know, I know he's gonna do Stephen Fry, and I knew you were gonna do Brian Cox, and here we are.

SPEAKER_05 35:14

Yeah, so Stephen Fry.

SPEAKER_01 35:15

Wish I'd predicted it at the beginning.

SPEAKER_05 35:16

So Stephen Fry, he actually had a very turbulent early life. Did you know that?

SPEAKER_01 35:19

I did, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 35:20

Yeah, he struggled with authority, he was expelled from school, and he even spent time in prison for credit card fraud um as a teenager. But later in the year, then he went to Cambridge, he became part of Footlights, which is a very, very famous um performing artist kind of group within Cambridge, and a lot of but a lot of our National Treasure were in Footlights, um, such as Hugh Laurie, obviously he can collaborate with Hugh Laurie. Um his career was comedy, acting, writing, presenting, activism, and he's also been very open about his struggles with bipolar disorder and also mental health. He's obsessed with language, his vocabulary and articulation is legendary. He hosted QI for years, he narrated all of the UK Harry Potter audiobooks.

SPEAKER_01 36:05

He did indeed, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 36:06

And he's a very strong advocate for LGBTQ plus rights and also mental health awareness. And he's a known for his love of technology, his early adopter of gadgets, blogging, and social media. And he is a he when when you're in a room with him, he just demands this presence.

SPEAKER_01 36:25

I was gonna say the the out of all of the people that we talk about, including my next one, he is the only ever he's the only person on any of these lists that I've seen in person.

SPEAKER_05 36:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 36:34

What a great guy.

SPEAKER_05 36:35

He is, yeah. I've met I've met him a few times and he is amazing. He's he's such a lovely guy.

SPEAKER_01 36:41

Yeah. Is he from Norwich?

SPEAKER_05 36:43

He's from Norfolk. Yeah, he lives in Norfolk. Actually, I don't know if he still lives in Norfolk now, anyway.

SPEAKER_01 36:49

Because he used to live in that house that was like on the way to Lincoln, because you used to point it out to me.

SPEAKER_05 36:52

Yeah, I don't know if he's I don't know if he still lives there now. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know, he might have moved.

SPEAKER_01 36:57

Like Olivia Coleman.

SPEAKER_05 36:58

Yeah, yeah. But he's and again, he's just he just his knowledge and the way he is, and also he's got very similar, um, similar outlook on religion as myself.

SPEAKER_01 37:10

Yes. I I think you'd get along like a house on fire.

SPEAKER_05 37:13

Yeah, we really, really would. And you know, when he when he does lectures and he does and he does public speaking and he talks, and he's just an he's just an honest guy. And he is so intelligent. So yeah, I'd like Stephen Fry's one my last one.

SPEAKER_01 37:27

Nice.

SPEAKER_05 37:28

Yeah.

Jeff Ramsay And Internet Storytelling

SPEAKER_01 37:28

What a great last one. My last one is a gentleman called Jeff Ramsay.

SPEAKER_05 37:34

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 37:34

Have you heard that name?

SPEAKER_05 37:35

I haven't heard the name Jeff. I've heard the name Jeff and I've heard the name Ramsay, but not the two together.

SPEAKER_01 37:39

Well, I know that Benji might be very excited that I've mentioned this person. So he's born on the 19th of June 1975, same year as you, just a month before you, actually. Oh, really? Almost. He's an American internet personality, voice actor, and producer. He's best known as the co-founder of Rooster Teeth.

SPEAKER_05 37:56

I've heard of Rooster Teeth.

SPEAKER_01 37:57

A popular online entertainment company. Ramsey also helped create Achievement Hunter, where he produced gaming gaming videos and online content. He's known for his humour, storytelling, and long career in online media and digital entertainment. I came across Jeff Ramsay through my husband. When I first met him, he was like, Oh, have you heard of this thing called Rooster Teeth? They do these really funny gameplay videos, and I was like, Oh, okay, like whatever. And I got I got to watching them and he's one of the first people that made me really like piss myself laughing. Genuinely, like just such a funny, funny guy. Uh, the way he tells his stories, the storytelling that he does. He has his own own like podcast. He's got several podcasts, he's got the regulation podcast, um, and then he also had his own one as well, which was really cool to listen to, where he just had a podcast just talking on his own. You'd really like it, actually. And uh, and and all the gang that he brought together. I think the reason I chose Jeff Ramsey over some of the other people at Rooster Teeth is because I feel like he was the one that kind of it feels like he was the one that brought everyone together and made the company. Yeah. Like I think without him, he was one of the founders, and without him, I I don't think it would be as successful as it was today, because he is the talent as well as as well as the founder. Um, so the reasons I kind of wrote down for wanting him on this podcast, if I may, the first one is I would like to thank him for starting a company that made my husband so happy throughout his whole life. I know that sounds really like wholesome, but uh a little bit um a little bit sappy maybe from me. But uh I I just I think I would just thank the guy. That would be like the first thing that I'd say. I talked about uh I would talk to him about his life behind the camera. Um, I talked to him about how crazy stuff happens to him because it just seems like the weirdest, craziest shit happens to this guy. And then the way he tells the stories is just so funny to me. So much so that Mitchell will pause, pause it or replay it back to me if he's heard something in the car, he'll he'll then play it out loud for me, like again, to get my reaction to it. That is that funny. I would ask him what it was like having Gavin around, which is Gavin from the Slow Mo Guys.

SPEAKER_05 39:58

Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 39:59

Um, who's who's British? I I would just ask him outright what was it like having Gavin as a friend throughout your whole life? Because he's just he's an he's a nut of butter as well. And um honestly, the guy has felt like a member of my family. Like he's been honestly a staple through mine and Mitchell's relationship. He honestly feels like a family member because I I hear his voice at least once a week. Like always, you know, he's always on somewhere in the house on one of one of his projects. Any any project that he's on, like if it's a podcast, if it's a a game playthrough. Like, for example, me and Mitchell are currently watching um, they they're doing a Mario party turn every day of the month in April.

SPEAKER_03 40:38

Right.

SPEAKER_01 40:39

And you know, we'll I'll be going home tonight and watching one of them episodes, you know. It's he is honestly, he feels like he's genuinely a member of my family. He's he's he's just so prolific in my life. He's he's he's everywhere. Um so so yeah, it would be it would be a frickin' honour to have them on this podcast. Genuinely would be, I would be starstruck in the moment and not be able to come up with anything intelligent to ask or say. Yeah. Um he's one of those people that I genuinely would be very honoured to meet, let alone be on a podcast episode with us. So um, so yeah, that's that's my that's my peeps.

SPEAKER_03 41:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:13

Which um I guess my question for you is which out of my five would you manifest the most? So I talked about Hannah Hannah Fry, Graham Norton, Sam Ryder, Sid Batty, and Jeff Ramsay.

SPEAKER_05 41:25

I would probably have to go with either Graham Norton or Hannah Frye.

SPEAKER_01 41:29

Okay, fair enough.

unknown 41:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 41:30

They're more your your speed. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:32

More your speed.

SPEAKER_05 41:33

And yourself of mine?

SPEAKER_01 41:35

Uh I was gonna I was gonna say which one I wanted most on the I think it would be Jeff Ramsay. As much as it would be amazing to have Sid Batti on here, I think Jeff Ramsay for me. Out of yours, remind me from the top.

SPEAKER_05 41:48

Brian Cox, Charlie Brooker, yeah, Matt Mercer, Alan Tudick, Stephen Fry.

SPEAKER_01 41:53

I think I'll have to say Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_05 41:55

Really?

SPEAKER_01 41:55

I think I'd say Matt Mercer. Matt Mercer. I think we have a little bit more in common.

SPEAKER_05 41:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:59

And I would be with Alan Tur is that I Tudic. Tudick.

SPEAKER_05 42:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 42:04

With Alan Tudick, I'd have to really research and make sure that I knew everything that he was in because everything that I just looked at just surprised the shit out of me. So and I feel like I would be under prepared for that episode. I would genuinely research the shit out of that man before he came on, and then I'd probably forget everything again. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 42:21

Um he's just he's a comic genius. He's awesome. His vocal work and his He is awesome.

SPEAKER_01 42:26

Yeah. But he intimidates me in a different kind of way. Yeah. Charlie Brook intimidates me in a I don't really know the subject matter that well.

SPEAKER_05 42:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 42:32

Who would you pick out of your I mean Brian Cox?

SPEAKER_05 42:34

Probably Brian Cox. Probably Brian Cox. Yeah, probably Brian Cox. Or Matt Mercer.

SPEAKER_01 42:38

I'd be happy with all five of those manifesting. Yeah. I'd be happy with all five of mine as well.

SPEAKER_05 42:44

So make it happen.

SPEAKER_01 42:45

Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. We're so big-headed, we're like, yeah, this is gonna hap this is gonna work. This is we're manifesting this. No, if you enjoyed this episode of bonus dad, bonus daughter, we have plenty in the bank. And uh if you want to be a guest on this podcast.

SPEAKER_05 43:00

Actually, sorry, we'll just jump jump in quite quickly. So there I might be going on a webinar with uh Liam from Critical Role.

SPEAKER_01 43:08

You are?

SPEAKER_05 43:08

Yeah, well that you you can anyone can sign up to it.

SPEAKER_01 43:10

Oh, you view it.

SPEAKER_05 43:11

View it, view it by the web. But you're not going on a webinar, don't you? Not by the web, but you know, you vote online on Zoom. So I wonder if I could send a little message to Liam on chat saying, Can you give me Well, Liam can go on? Yeah, we'll get Liam on. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 43:24

It doesn't have to be the big cheese. No, it doesn't. Like Brian uh uh like the uh Mark who knows Brian Cox.

SPEAKER_05 43:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 43:29

It doesn't have to be the big cheese. Yeah. Just someone in the know.

SPEAKER_05 43:32

Anyway, continue.

SPEAKER_01 43:33

Q the outro. Thanks for joining us on bonus dad bonus daughter. Don't forget to follow us on all our socials and share the podcast with someone who'd love it. We are available on all streaming platforms. See you next time. Bye-bye.