In short
Love languages and queer dating, plus a defiant discussion of LGBT+ rights and a recent UK toilet-access guideline change; also includes dating stories, gift-giving, and general banter about accents, stimming, and London life.
Guests/backgrounds
The episode is hosted by “Straight Diva” (two main hosts speaking throughout). One host is a trans woman (named Louis in the dialogue). Other recurring speaker(s) include “Rowan” and “Sue” (friends/guests in conversation), plus “Bill” as a partner mentioned by one host.
Key claims
Small, repeated gestures (reinsurance, consistency) matter more than grand displays in queer dating. Uncertainty increases the need for reassurance. Cis/straight allies should “be nice” and stand up for trans people. The toilet guideline change is framed as unenforceable and politically motivated.
Notable examples
Remembering coffee orders/birthdays; introducing a new partner to chosen family/friends; a one-hour Hinge date with an Australian man; gift examples (soap, custom shirts, Total 90 trainers).
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VODiscussion on Tom Jones
0:03 to 0:30
Explore early memories and cultural references related to Tom Jones.
“So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for.”
Discussion on Tom Jones
0:50 to 1:50
Explore early memories and cultural references related to Tom Jones.
“It's the number one OBGYN recommended brand of emergency contraception and it won't impact your future fertility.”
Exploring Love Languages
1:50 to 4:40
Delve into the concept of love languages and personal preferences.
“On probably a late night chat show of some kind you're not happy with our levels no I need to be turned up turn it up turn it up to the people I say moving on and I'll be okay Jesus what about you?”
Defiance in Current Times
4:40 to 6:00
Discuss living in defiance amidst societal changes and personal views.
“I do just love kissing, cuddling, tell me I'm lying.”
The Impact of New Laws
6:00 to 9:10
Examine how recent legal changes affect the LGBTQ+ community.
Small Gestures in Dating
9:10 to 12:20
Discuss the significance of small acts of care in relationships.
“So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for.”
Importance of Friends in Relationships
12:20 to 14:00
Explore the role of friends and chosen family in dating experiences.
“Queer daters are finding intimacy in small, repeated signals of care.”
The Importance of Friends in Dating
14:00 to 18:25
Explore how friendships influence dating experiences in the LGBTQIA+ community.
“And then he can be like, was somebody else that about?”
Understanding Love Languages
18:25 to 18:51
Discuss the concept of love languages and personal experiences with them.
“Yeah, have you and your friends noticed that there's a difference between what you do and what they do?”
Gift-Giving in Relationships
18:51 to 20:50
Share favorite gifts exchanged in relationships and their meanings.
“It's like Act of service Or words of affirmation Banana pancakes in bed My partner bringing banana pancakes in bed Kiss on the cheek And saying good boy Do you like that?”
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Humorous Takes on Love Languages
20:50 to 23:25
Engage in a humorous discussion about celebrities' hypothetical love languages.
“And so I went and I went out and bought them again because he got them as a kid.”
Reflections on Relationships and Attachment Styles
23:25 to 28:00
Reflect on attachment styles and their influence on relationships.
“I love women so much I've become one So why are you Reducing Amy Childs to her lip reduction?”
Introduction to the Episode
28:00 to 28:13
The hosts introduce the episode with casual banter and discuss the notion of guests.
Introduction to the Episode
28:17 to 28:53
The hosts introduce the episode with casual banter and discuss the notion of guests.
“And there it was the bike you'd been searching for.”
Stimming and Language Over Time
28:53 to 31:43
Discussion on stimming, its historical context, and the evolution of language around it.
“You'll never take me to Bangladesh You've never seen that?”
Being Woke: Perspectives and Challenges
31:43 to 34:08
Exploration of the concept of being 'woke' and its implications in society today.
“Basically, I think that we need to look after each other mainly.”
Harry Potter and Pop Culture References
34:08 to 36:29
Casual conversation about Harry Potter characters and their relevance in pop culture.
“or we can say, if you know, the thing is, is that we, we privately probably say things that aren't woke about like a politician or something, or like, like criticizing a politician.”
Living in London: Tips and Experiences
36:29 to 42:01
Practical advice about finding affordable living spaces in London, with personal anecdotes.
“No, I feel like this is just going to be an anomaly.”
Relationship Reflections and Social Media
42:01 to 46:11
The hosts discuss past relationships, social media impressions, and the dynamics of friendship.
“Like 60 reshares And the one of me getting the jet in the face got a few Yeah, yeah, that had so many reshares But like 60, reshares is crazy Because who are you sending that to?”
Cultural Commentary and Humor
47:12 to 49:24
A light-hearted discussion on trends, media, and personal anecdotes.
“um god they're also inappropriate um which is usually fine but not today but today we're policing ourselves um because nanny state is watching um we've been fingered by the bbc Hello, hello, hello.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00This episode is brought to you by Facebook. So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for. You sent a message, and it turned out the seller was super chatty, kind of funny, and an avid cyclist. The next thing you know, you're in a cycling crew. Well, a community cycling group. The thing about Facebook, you might find more than what you're looking for. From a browse to a bike ride, this summer, find more on Facebook. Plan B is a backup birth control option that's there for you when things don't go according to plan. It specifically works after unprotected sex and before pregnancy occurs by temporarily delaying ovulation.
0:42Plan B is available nationwide at all major retailers and through delivery apps like DoorDash. No ID, prescription or age requirement. It's the number one OBGYN recommended brand of emergency contraception and it won't impact your future fertility. that's freedom to be use as directed why is this tea absolutely phenomenal oh louis it's phenomenal because i made it nah you better stop with this tea right now because you're making me feel some type of way bro oh queen oh queen oh queen hello i love you won't you tell me your name hello how old were you when you realized tom jones was on tv Tom Jones was on TV It was the first place I saw him How old are you?
1:34I think I got Tom Jones and Terry Wogan mixed up early on That's okay Terry Wogan is currently dead Yeah and God rest his soul Tom Jones I'd go 7 I'd go and it's obviously not unusual On probably a late night chat show of some kind you're not happy with our levels no I need to be turned up turn it up turn it up to the people I say moving on and I'll be okay Jesus what about you? probably like when he was on The Voice this is The Voice do do do do you didn't know who Tom Jones was until The Voice? no wow you really are a Zuma did you sing Delilah? hey there Delilah what's it like in New York City?
2:17you're a thousand miles away but girl tonight you look hey there Delilah what's it like in New York City? Was Tom Jones just like bootleg? Elvis. Yeah. A little bit. So like Meek is like bootleg chapel. Meek? Yeah, do you know? No. So you're just dragging someone right now? Yeah. No dragging. Positivity challenge. Positivity challenge. What do you think Tom Jones love language is? Essential words. You think that's a love language? Just dirty talk? Yeah, he'll just come in like, do you like the way i flick my tongue on her but like do you like the way i fit my tongue on her do you reckon tom jones one plus one by beyonce do you reckon tom jones for you i just wanna show you how much i appreciate you do you reckon tom jones like doesn't um date welsh women yeah it's like a sort of self-hatred Yeah, he loves like a Tudor rose.
3:22A Tudor rose? No, I reckon he only fucks with like American ones. Really? Yeah, because he's like, obviously I've made it, so I'm over here and you men are over there. Yeah. And like he hates himself and he hates the fact that he's Welsh, which obviously he shouldn't because there's nothing wrong with being Welsh. No, I'm half Welsh. There's nothing wrong with being Welsh. No, no, I love the Welsh. No. Up the sheep. Up the sheep I do like the California women Your Welsh accent's better than mine Snar What's your love language Sue? Snar, Oliver I love her That's good Welsh I need to improve on Midlands I need to improve on Midlands is really hard I actually think the Midlands is the hardest accent Less so Birmingham, more like Derby Nottingham I think that's a really hard accent Derby Nottingham is a very specific And you're good at it Well, as you should be.
4:18Well, I'm... I'm not trying to speak at it. I'm trying to get rid of it. No, but you don't have the... I don't have the Nottingham where it's like, all right, look, eh? It's a bit like that. It's crazy. All right, look, look. All right, look. And then, like, Derbyshire South is like Nottingham, but, like, a bit stupider. I'm from there. I'm allowed to say it. Your love language is everything, sorry. Get it out, dog. Yeah, yeah. I just love being loved. I'm really craving it at the minute. Surprise. I just love it. You just love love. Yeah, I really do. I just love kissing. Welcome to the Straight Diva podcast.
4:52I do just love kissing, cuddling, tell me I'm lying. Buy me things. Does it ever get too much? Nope. I'm like a vacuous hole. Does it ever feel satisfying? It'll never feel. Sorry, you're like a vacuous hole? You're like a Henry the Hoover. Yeah, I am. I am just full of it. Do you think they should bring out a trans Henry Hoover? Called like hen. Henrietta No they have a Henrietta Or like HXN They have a girl Yeah Henrietta Maybe she's trans That's okay That's okay It's a beautiful lifestyle Beautiful Beautiful vibes Also they changed Who do you reckon sucks harder though? Hen Probably They changed the guidelines Non-binary 1H Me holding in my way Before I go home And by the way When we said suck we just meant like like bad your morning smoothie yeah yeah yeah we didn't mean anything else no we changed the guidelines and now trans people aren't allowed in the toilet oh really yeah you should know that I didn't know that I saw you post a story yeah we were in the car shut up neither of us read the news I don't really know what it means to be fair all I know is I will be carrying on like normal and what's anyone what I'm gonna say so when we when we did the protest and it was the EHRC yes it was that was like it's coming yeah like it's like the ruling and then now it's been like in place I think it was a ruling by like a an independent judiciary or something that they like no idea what they were like giving their stance on the law and now the law has actually changed yeah it changed and then like but the thing is like a lot of these like infographics were just saying like but no one can enforce the law and so it's like so y 'all what is the point in worrying no one no one can enforce the law can't like enforce like a check or like whatever do you know what i mean so it's just kind of like it's like the hose pipe bam yeah yeah exactly except the hose is in my pants oh honey it's like the hose pipe ban and i love to garden like i'm not stopping my house and my garden is green sorry hose pipe bans are not going to exist for me if ai denticent data centers have been created you're really taking a stance on a data centers i am i don't use ai i really don't use it like i really am an artist in that way um i think he's so lazy what about unless it's like google and i google something and google automatically gives me an ai stop talking to siri i'm too loud again i'm always too loud i'm always too loud um you're just being woke because you like ai memes and i don't i bet you if i sent you an ai meme that i found last night you would find the only thing i find funny that is ai is when they're getting into those like custard bed and chocolate bed i love them there was one i saw last night of a of a latino couple driving in a car yeah and then it cuts to a german shepherd on a motorbike with a with a cat on the back and it like pulls out onto the main road like out of nowhere but then after it does it it's like pleading with the couple like so sorry so sorry and then it drives off on the main road in front of them and it keeps turning back going like so sorry so sorry so sorry and then it drives into the side of the road because it keeps turning back to say sorry it's really funny you have to see it promise honestly it's dead like what do you type in for that what's the prompt what's the prompt um okay sorry back to more important matters it's not enforceable what because there's not a policeman in a toilet well yeah like you can't enforce that so it's just kind of like they've just made a law for no reason but it's not great is it it's not obviously it's peaky blinders it's not great um how does it affect uh your day-to-day life specifically it won't like i think people are like i'm not gonna change i'm not gonna change no like what do you want me to do like i deserve to be here you deserve to be here i love people i don't actually think anyone cares truly i really don't think anyone gives a shit no one's like shitting it no one's scared well people are like there's a lot of like fear at the minute right i just refuse to get scared also i've seen this all before like something will happen it's like the start of the year when like they were like the world's going to end we're all going to go to war and so i spent like two months like stockpiling rice yeah actually yeah i bought three big bags of rice and put them under the stairs just in case how many kg how many cheese the big ones it's like two kg we've just made our way through them now we're just on our last bag of rice from january yeah six kg of rice yeah because you thought we were going to world war three yeah This episode is brought to you by Facebook.
9:45So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for. You sent a message, and it turned out the seller was super chatty, kind of funny, and an avid cyclist. The next thing you know, you're in a cycling crew. Well, a community cycling group. The thing about Facebook, you might find more than what you're looking for. From a browse to a bike ride, this summer, find more on Facebook. Plan B is a backup birth control option that's there for you when things don't go according to plan. It specifically works after unprotected sex and before pregnancy occurs by temporarily delaying ovulation.
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10:47um okay so it's a mood of defiance right now yeah and i think but we have to live in defiance i think people think they know too much and i feel like they don't know none and so i'm not even having a conversation with anyone that feels like it should be happening like i don't care about your opinion because it's wrong because you're dumb sorry and i know everyone's like no we need to be those people that like you know talk to our opposites i'm like they don't want to talk because if they did want to talk they'd try and change policy about the real issues which is men and the fact that they can't afford to heat their fucking homes but instead they want to just come for like trans people it's boring i'm bored i find it boring bars that's it um and what can your straight cis allies do or is it for them to figure out like be nice like just be nice and like stand up for people that's it i'm like i'm also bored of giving tips or like what people could do i feel like people would do those things i don't think you or like anyone that watches straight either needs tips on how you could just stand it when someone's getting called to try and go over and be like stop you don't want to you don't want to do five five ways to be a good ally for buzzfeed you know five ways to be a good ally on um hopefully get a few thousand followers so i think for wonderland yeah five ways that you could help your trans friends this easter you are so visible right now you are so loved okay bars this episode is sponsored by hinge the app that's designed to be deleted and today we're going to be talking through hinge's 2026 lgbtqia plus date report wake it up so i think small gestures carry more emotional weight lgbtqia plus daters are 31 more likely than heterosexual daters to say uncertainty increases their need for reinsurance in dating from public displays of affection to what hinge calls private displays of consistency, PDC.
12:55Queer daters are finding intimacy in small, repeated signals of care. Yeah, I suppose it'd be like someone turning up and remembering your coffee order. That's nice. What's a small signal of care that you like? Being like, oh, I'll get these coffees and end them coming back with your coffee order. That's nice. Or remembering your birthday or your favourite colour or something that you said last time. Remembering your birthday probably is the bare minimum. It's beautiful, but like, oh my God, you are a Sagittarius and you're actually being a Sagittarius. remembering your birthday so yeah that's how low the bar no no but like especially when you're just dating someone after your first date you'd hope the next time you see them that that's a good point do remember certain details about you and you're not like oh where do you rank someone remembering a birthday on the quite high i mean just any personal information like also like my credit card like yeah pin number yeah national insurance i live with am i alone yeah like what what that all goes down previous boyfriends yeah previous boyfriends and also like holding what you've been through in the past you know discussing that like what do you need you know attachment style wise like what you need do you need reassurance etc i think those little things are amazing especially when you first start dating because you're like oh this person cares enough that they want to do it for sure so little people care sometimes lgbtqia plus date is a 33 percent more likely than heterosexual date is to say they introduce someone they're newly dating to friends because it mattered that their friends liked the person they were dating okay so when in the sort of the process are you introducing your situationship slash husband yeah to the gang i think pretty soon yeah or it's more like oh my friend's going to the pub you want to come because then my friends don't get along with him i think he's weird it's not gonna work yeah it's not gonna work like he's he's for the streets he's not for me like if don't get along with my friends like what am I meant to do like that's an important part and I think it's an important part of the queer community as well because some of us live with like chosen family or like our family is the family that we choose and ultimately like you know if you don't get along with them that's like not getting on with my mom just as much as it is like getting along with like my bestie because they know me better than anyone else and have probably been there for me much more than perhaps my family have because I don't live in the same city as my family you know and so it's really really important that like you know they're on the same wavelength that they it's not even that they have to like similar things but they're able to communicate and be clear and concise like who's he gonna ask what wedding ring i'd like you know you just don't know yeah so you'd want that situation to happen who's who's gonna tell them like about all my deep deep rooted problems yeah that have ruined all the past relationships who Who else is he gonna look at when I do something insane?
15:37And then he can be like, was somebody else that about? Exactly. You don't want them to be a passenger or out of place in a social setting. No, exactly. You don't want that boyfriend that makes you be quiet and you're constantly telling to him. You don't want a child, do you? You want it to be one of the guys. You want it to be one of the girls. The girls. The girls and the guys, honey. Queer date is a 31 % more likely sue than heterosexual daters to say uncertainty increases their need for reassurance in dating absolutely water is wet though do you know what i mean that is so me like that's so me like i i'm glad that they found this statistic because ultimately at the end of the day uncertainty does breed nothing good like if you're being wishy-washy even in friendships for example like us like if i say what are you doing tomorrow and you're just like i don't know oh we were meant to work tomorrow you know and it's like that in dating is even worse it's like oh what do you want to do next week oh i'll let you know or i don't really know like show me you love me show me you want me show that you're interested in this i feel like taking care and being interested is showing up for people and i think why else are we on hinge we want him to delete this app you know even if it's monday morning at 10 a.m for a coffee and a dog coffee coffee it could be an hour I remember I dated this Australian guy who I met on Hinge and he was in he was just doing like a summer abroad in Europe I met him one day we had a really lovely day genuinely he's so fit as well and then he was like when I'm back from Italy because he was going to Italy and then come back to the UK for a bit he was like I'd love to see you one final time and we basically found out that like he had one hour and I met him at Victoria coach station before he was then getting the train to the airport to go home.
17:24And we saw each other for the final time to do that one hour date because we knew that what we had was nice and special for what it was. Wow. And that was Hinge. You know, those situations where it was two people clearly wanting to show up. We knew what was going to happen. He was going to move back to Australia. It's not a deep thing, but it was like, I'd like to see you again. And this is my only time. Are you up for it? And I was. Would you say he showed and didn't tell there? Yeah. And we still follow each other on Instagram. He's not my long lost love. He's just a really nice boy. He's now a perfumer.
17:53So he was one that broke through the sort of, if you're not serious, I don't want to know. Yeah, because he was like, I'm here for six weeks. I'm not here for ages. I'm not your forever friend. Do you want to go out on a date? We did. It was really nice. I just moved to London as well. And like, we go out in a bar somewhere. I don't even remember where we went. But then we got the, we got the car and it went through all the way through central London. It was really nice. Cause like, he was like trying to see London and I was like new to London. So I was like interested in seeing it too. and it was beautiful.
18:19You didn't take one of the tuk-tuks? No, I didn't take a tuk-tuk. Too expensive. Okay, obviously. Let us know down in the comments your differences between straight and queer dating. Yeah, have you and your friends noticed that there's a difference between what you do and what they do? And let us know your favourite dating memories in the comments below. Your favourite dating archetype, your favourite dating character, someone who taught you to move at your pace. Sorry, what are your love languages? We never even got around to it. My love languages are similarly all of them But I would say if I had to pick one It's like Act of service Or words of affirmation Banana pancakes in bed My partner bringing banana pancakes in bed Kiss on the cheek And saying good boy Do you like that?
19:07Always Good boy I never really like Oh yeah I'd hate that I like being infantilised and do with that what you will guys have a bit of that have a bit of that for your fucking have a bit of that for your sub stack put a bit of that in your protein shake no and then I love I love gifts what's been your favourite gift I got gifted a bar of soap and to thank god
19:42you'll want to talk you bowled me that one you went to the gym this morning and you haven't showered Babe I have showered But I did go to the gym this morning And it did get sweaty But back to you And your hair looks like it stinks as well It does It smells like sausages Roasting episode This Jane even roast Oh my god Yeah So you got given some soap I got given some soap Where from Bath and Body Works I don't know where it's from It said Marseille on it Oh yeah they're lovely I had one of those Everyone didn't get it from Marseille I don't know where it's from Oh my god But it's gorgeous And it smells amazing and then she also just got me two of these cute little players cigarettes card from some tat shop that have some dogs on them.
20:28Oh, woof. Woof. And I really like them. What's your favourite gift that Bill's got for you? Letting me live with him. Probably a good gift. Okay, so you think what has he got me? You think like he doesn't want to live with you. You think it's like charity? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like it's a gift every day. Bill wakes up and has to remind himself that this is my birthday present so what does will get uh will bill queen
20:52what does bill get out of it what does bill get out of it a good time yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah um no so what does bill get out of it yeah i laugh from here from from time to time it's the funny farm it's the funny farm you'll watch the oasis documentary he gets no he gets stimmed at all day um what do i what gifts have i received the lily allen toy i got you oh yeah that was lovely but that's not from bill oh bill got me our friend ellie makes these bags they're like side bags and he got me those and it says like he loves s which is funny because it looks like bullshit but it's not as bill loves date i like that one what else has he got me bill what have you got me i can't remember present lots of lovely things he says idiot he definitely has i just can't really remember and what have you got for bill um i got him a custom shirt made saying he makes his t-shirt saying i kiss bill i kiss football or whatever and i made i got one commissioned and made um in wool and it's really lovely um i got him i asked him what his favorite pairs of shoes that he's ever had and he said these Total 90 trainers.
22:11And so I went and I went out and bought them again because he got them as a kid. Wow. I didn't know you got them for him. Yeah. Do you have a pair of them as well? No, I just wear his. Me and my boo get as easy as you. And then what else did I get for him? I got him a Man City shirt that you mentioned one time that he liked. So I bought that. With the water drops on it. And then he got the matching shorts. Yeah, and then for his 30th, I got him these shoes. I got him these. I took him away. I panicked with gifts though Because it just Like Yeah I don't know what I'll do for like Christmas now What do you think Frank Ocean's love languages Complaining probably Doing nothing What do you think Horatio Gould's love languages Getting topped Skip Skip What do you think Bass victims love languages Like a microphone Delia Smith
23:14Shaka Khan Shaka Khan Everyone is Shaka Khan No you don't like this game do you? Yeah I do keep going I said Shaka Khan Oh Shaka Khan Dinner I reckon she'll like being taken out for dinner Ain't nobody Love me better Nobody yeah My god I'm so Michael Mompogo Michael Mompogo Oh like a notepad and pen with his name on it You don't think he wants an escape from that No or an escape room I reckon he'd love an escape room George Orwell Probably to be alive The gift of life would be nice for him at the minute Aikido Oh a twist
24:01A producer cut from Telcha Nice Kim and Aggie Well one of them's dead So one would be the That doesn't mean they can't have a love language Both of them are dead No Kim's dead Kim's dead Aggie's irrelevant Next She might be dead though Filth Yeah I told her
24:26Amy Childs Oh like a lip reduction I feel like she'd be sick of it now Oh you're just gonna reduce her to her lips No You do hate women don't you I don't, I love women But everyone's getting their lips reduced What is it with women that you don't like? I love women so much I've become one So why are you Reducing Amy Childs to her lip reduction? I think she'll get one I'm not reducing her to her lips Why would you get Amy Childs? A cactus plant To keep her humble Okay yeah, be like Amy's not all about fast cars and don't get too close okay cuz cuz cactus vibes I got cactus spikes in my hand the other day have you ever done that no why have you got that close to a cactus my love oh I thought that was a lose I broke a glass and then I moved the hand soap to a different part of the sink and then I impaled myself with a cactus plant.
25:31Shit. Don't swear. Sugar. We've swore so much. We're allowed to swear. Do you think love languages are like a good way of describing our love? Do you think they're helpful? Do you think they're additive? Well, I saw somewhere that if your attachment styles in love languages don't exist if you're attached and secure within yourself. That you don't have an attachment style. They don't exist. No, but you don't really have an attachment style if you're secure within yourself. What are they? Is avoidant and anxious. Yeah. That's it. Yeah, and then they get like slightly anxious, slightly avoidant. Do you know what I mean?
26:06It gets just like a bit like... Most of the people talking about attachment styles are quite annoying. Me and my boo. And ain't getting any. Yeah, yeah. Maybe you should focus less on anxiety and more on just being leng. Yeah, think about that. No. Sorry. I'm an anxious type I'm both I'm like text, text, text, text, text and then like leave me alone should we check the response to our Instagram stories that's what I was just about to do girl with the way the heat has been context, context, context so let me put on our Instagram story is this the best summer ever and Bowel Joe said girl with the way the heat has been it might be the last summer ever to be honest fair how do you feel that this is the coldest summer of the rest of our lives do we know that to be certain I don't know it's probable isn't it yeah this is the beginning of the end everything you know is just pretend um I I've got to be honest it's the truth I'm not a bad girl anymore and I promise Do you like Charlie?
27:26I do Oh my god I love Charlie Really? What's your favourite album? Probably Brat Yeah yeah yeah Probably Brat Like I love the other stuff Obviously it's amazing Yeah it's amazing Like the Number two Angel And Pop 3 Yeah yeah yeah Yeah Love her though Love her I've been a fan for ages Like um Boom Smack Or whatever It's such a good one And Iggy Oh yeah Iggy What happened to Iggy? What happened to Iggy? Yeah I love her And the one with Billie Oh that one did slap We don't talk about guests enough I haven't been thinking that much about the Don't stop This episode is brought to you by Facebook So you were scrolling on Marketplace And there it was the bike you'd been searching for.
28:22You sent a message, and it turned out the seller was super chatty, kind of funny, and an avid cyclist. The next thing you know, you're in a cycling crew. Well, a community cycling group. The thing about Facebook, you might find more than what you're looking for. From a browse to a bike ride, this summer, find more on Facebook.
28:53it's funny because even on your adhd medication you're still oh my god it's still nothing going on i think i'm genuinely stimming more i just feel safe to do so rowan asked me yesterday a very good question which was go on why don't you put just slip in a joke there anything come to you oh slip it in idiot um was it a question about me no well actually it's very relevant to you do you think people stimmed like 300 years ago like when they just sort of like what yeah but i feel like i feel like we were stimming before we called it stimming now we call it sim it just makes it worse you just like oh she's hyper but there's it's there's a lot more shared language to yeah like if you compare it to you don't need no lady you'll never take me to Bangladesh what's that you've not seen that apparently Timberland when he performs I've seen it did you tell me that yeah yeah Nelly Furtado's on the PA yeah yeah yeah Nelly Furtado love to you girl but how did you get that success Nelly Furtado and Nelly Futago and Thurgy Michael Morpago and Timberland Once formed a creative partnership Nelly Futago Accumulated three number ones And two best sellers I'm like a bird I wanna play with What was the Bangladesh bar?
30:26You'll never take me to Bangladesh You've never seen that? It's like trending sound on TikTok And it's just like a boy chat and shit basically But what would we have stimmed over 50 years ago and all we had was like BBC One. Oh my God, Clang Clang goes the trolley. Clang Clang Clang goes the trolley. Like nursery rhymes. Yeah, yeah. Well, 50 years ago was probably - Shanty. Yeah, 50 years ago, sorry. Probably like gold, gold. God, is that 50? No, no, I was just winding people up. Ah, 40. What's 50 years ago now? 76. Holy. So about night fever, night fever. That's mad. You know how to do it. there was like Jonathan sit the fuck down but you don't like history do you?
31:08you don't like talking about anything other than before you lived yeah basically I think it's boring I wasn't here unless it's Princess Diana don't you think it could help us find meaning in our current existence? no it could maybe help us answer questions that we face today okay what could? like why is it so hard to get out of bed in the morning? just look here Louis I just don't want to look back in time I want to live my life now. I think we need to change and look backwards to look forwards.
31:43Basically, I think that we need to look after each other mainly.
31:54Just use your own to be an activist. An actor. Thank you.
32:03Someone edited a video Of Greta speaking the other day and it made me laugh Did I send it to you? No You never watch my TikToks I barely go on TikTok at the moment And that's on And that's on everything My too woke friend In answer to the question Who's woke, me or you?
32:26You want the truth? You can't handle the truth
32:36It's not that simple Yeah it's not that simple I think publicly you have to be more woke than me Because you're a trans woman You get away with being less woke Yeah Yeah but I can sometimes say like Hey guys look Andy Burnham's not being that bad Like he's had an alright start And then people are like Louis I don't think this is very cool Oh yeah fair, maybe I'm too woke Also Have you seen that lesbian on TikTok And they call him Mandy Burnham Because she looks like Andy Burnham, it's really funny Have you seen that Andy Burnham clavicular Edits on TikTok Sorry I'm not on TikTok Queen Queen Queen
33:25In, sorry yeah in answer to your question and then answer to our lovely listener submitted question yeah i think i am more it's so hard it's different issues yeah you're obviously going to be more alert to uh trans and identity issues than me because you're a trans woman shit not passing i thought i was stealth honey whereas i everything else i'm a work about yeah no i
33:57I don't think either of us are like mentally woke. Yeah. I think we're just the right amount of work where we can say daft, edgy things, or we can say, if you know, the thing is, is that we, we privately probably say things that aren't woke about like a politician or something, or like, like criticizing a politician. Yeah. but we would never do that on the podcast because it just unless it was like actually funny yeah we wouldn't it's we believe in the greater good yeah um so who's your favorite character in harry potter i don't care about harry potter lavender brown oh yeah uh sister-in-law no i liked robert pattinson's character and oh yeah he could have given me i liked never long a friendly kiss never long bottom yeah um i liked snape i like dumbledore yeah you um i like bellatrix bb tricks sister yeah yeah um i liked her mine i like roe and i liked her they're the trans names that delete them to me did you actually like Harry Potter as a kid?
35:22I never really read them no neither I was too young like postage action to use so mad that I haven't seen the Odyssey woo Logan Lerman god sexy man did I ruin the podcast by doing the Odyssey thing? oh my god I really didn't care for the Odyssey thing guys but it's because I wasn't talking and I was unable to watch myself did you like it that Bill was talking there? Yeah I did put it on two speed Oh you listen to You listen to every episode back Yeah Christ I know I'm not listening See I think that's why I'm so cooked Like that's why I have like Real issue with things at the minute Is because I watch myself Talk back And I'm like I'm broken I'm not listening I don't listen back to them Really oh I do That's why I To the point where I actually Do find myself really funny Like I am my biggest fan Oh really Mmhmm At least someone likes you Yeah Like I think basically that like when people are like oh i hate that photo of me i don't hate it because it's a photo of me and like no matter if i look good or bad it's still me and i've got a role with myself oh great another email from universal music thanks guys brilliant guys universal music send us emails every day about who's on their label is releasing now they work with so many bloody artists yeah i know they just love music so many of them you still love music don't you so many of them are so gosh wait we didn't answer that question the the initial question was how are you feeling about it being our last summer?
36:44No, I feel like this is just going to be an anomaly. Next year it'll be a bit cooler. But also, truthfully, I've loved it. I've loved the temperature in London this summer. I haven't really been away that much and it's made me feel like I'm on holiday. On holiday! But more widely, I think when the fun's over, I will actually think more about the... Welcome into the stage, Louis Bluey. Singing his rendition of When the Party's Over by Billie Eilish. The day that I met you. Everyone just says yes and no from there, Ron. Oh, really? Yeah. Wow, you throw you guys a bone for a fun question. There's a few...
37:33Nope, can't make that a joke. Best cool cheap places to live in London. Hope to move in a few months and have no clue what I'm doing. Sorry. Oh my god. Shut up. I don't care. Question more, sorry. Best and cheap places to live in London. I want you to move. I have no clue what I'm doing. Honestly, everywhere's expensive, so you just need to Google, Google, Google. Get on Gumtree. That's a shit answer, and you should know better as someone who's lived in London for however many years. 15? 25 now? yeah 46 um okay the best and the cheapest i always say right you that living in the cool trendy area such as your dalston's your peckham's your hackney's uh whatever your finsbury parks even hell you don't need you don't need to live in that area nor is it actually that fun nor is it worth the extremely inflated prices so you want to go somewhere that is two stops from all these places or just one stop you know your harringays your whatford if you're really desperate um places that are cheaper but still on the precipice of fun because you are a young person if you're listening to this podcast.
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39:06Probably. So, you know, broccoli is a bit expensive now, isn't it? Love broccoli. Hernhill, though. That's quite expensive as well. Crofton Park. You could go to Crystal Palace. You could go to Sydenham. No? I would just get in. Just get in and find yourself a deal. Sorry, well, if you're moving to London, it's quite crucial, actually, that you are somewhere like a Peckham or a... Peckham, Peckham. It's probably more crucial because you need to make friends that you're there rather than a place like a Sydenham. Yeah. Because you are going to be a bit isolated in your Sydenham. What's the bit behind Beyond Broccoli that's like Forest Hill, gorgeous, but you're not going to make any friends there?
39:51Yeah, I don't know. Really? There are people there. Move to Forest Hill. It's got the best views of London. It's insane. So nice. or Tottenham or Walthamstow or I mean there is no best in my opinion like some people would say Hackney's like one of the best areas to live in London I disagree personally like I like just you can get anywhere you can be anyone you can get anywhere you can get your dreams come to London from Hackney I obviously love Hackney because I live here now but like I was very happy not living in Hackney too. Yeah, but your first argument for Hackney is that you can get anywhere.
40:34No, I'm saying about London. Oh, of course, of course. I love South London. That's where I cut my teeth. That's where I will be returning. But there's no best area in London, truthfully. Yeah, that's a good area because you can hop on the overground. True. Rotherhive is just for kind of the water. Yeah. I love that. But every area has its benefit Because the posher areas are full of wankers and they... But they might have a nicer coffee. You don't want... I think the reason you're moving to London is so you can be like an influencer and stand outside not in your houses and take photos. Stop. Don't talk to me, loser, lame or wannabe.
41:16Ready for a new one? Or you can move to Ealing and that is probably the cheapest place to live. Yeah, but that is very... And you could start something. You could start an art movement because everyone knows that the art... The best art movement Start in the cheapest places So fucking chew on that Hi Bricks Have you been in a relationship That's lasted you longer than two years? Love Yes No You haven't? Last two years
41:45Maybe there's something wrong with you Maybe it's your stinky stinky hair Joking you're beautiful I know Sorry yo Sorry was there a question No I think that would just be nasty Louis was in one for six years I was in one for six years And someone that I know Recently asked my ex of six years Was he horrible To be honest you don't give horrible Like even if it was going wrong I don't think you'd be horrible I was fuming no one's ever There's one thing Louis is not and it's horrible I guess I was talking to Rowan about this That like actually my Instagram in the last Year or two has become Quite fuckboy And I actually didn't realise that as mad As that might sound To be honest I think I even You sell yourself as fuckboy but I sell you as fuckboy as well So it probably doesn't help Well because I was Did you see how many reshares the photos of us got From the state of the club The one in the pool, I saw how many likes I got The one in the pool yeah How many reshares?
42:51Like 60 reshares And the one of me getting the jet in the face got a few Yeah, yeah, that had so many reshares But like 60, reshares is crazy Because who are you sending that to? Maybe we'll put some on main today, should we do that? That'll be fun Yeah, that'll be nice, I love posting on Instagram Yeah, same But yeah, it really pissed me off Because I am a good boyfriend, I'm really nice He is, yeah I would actually like to say Louie's actually a really good friend And I can only imagine boyfriend the way that I like also posting Rowan didn't look scared and I think that's something nice to go off I like posting sexy pictures on my Instagram yeah that's it oh Zoopy went on a holiday with a friend and realised she's a huge drag to travel with no shade we've got tickets to an international festival later this year but I don't want to go with her because it's so much money to spend when the enjoyment isn't guaranteed still love her though I promise she hasn't paid me back for the ticket yet and we haven't booked flights or anything I still want to go though Just with other people How do I achieve this Without ever her finding out Thanks This is good I just think When you see people That you'd like to go to festival with Offer it there And just don't say anything to her Because if she's not paid for the ticket And she's not bothered Then it's fine Do you know what I mean She's paid for the festival ticket She hasn't paid for flights No Oh right yeah Well then just don't say oh Sorry did we clarify If this person still wants to go They still want to go Just not with her No no But does the other person want to go They haven't said anything That's the thing Okay This is glorious Ignore it Okay So you Ignore it Yeah Yeah Just pretend it's not happening And then they're like Oh my god it's nice And you're like Oh you're gonna have to get Your own hotel room then And then you can just like Go and do Yeah that is awful But that is probably what No but like That's what people do That's kind of what Me and Bill do Let this naturally veer away Because they probably Are realising that This relationship Is slightly dwindling as well Also yeah It's also that thing It's like If you just be like I've just sorted myself out because like said an international festival okay so let's use prima as an example me and bill were like we'll book a hotel because it's the only festival you know yeah it's the only one i know um we were like we just booked our place and then when everyone's like oh do you want to show her to room no i've sorted myself out and then it's like it's on to that yeah this is slightly different than that they did buy the ticket to the festival together i know but i bought it around a similar time as all our friends bought it you got two options you got an option where you just go like you come clean and you like try and be as nice about it as possible like you're jarring um or you actually i guess there's three or you lie and say like yeah actually i'm not gonna go and then you go yeah uh or you just don't say anything which is probably the best option you start if it hasn't sold out you just start recruiting other people anyway and start getting excited about looking for accommodation and then when that does happen you blame it and and if it does blow up in your face you blame it on one of your new friends that you're going you just feel like oh my god yes exactly you're like oh my god rachel wanted to book this thing and she was like it was all happening like so quickly you didn't say anything just blame that blame blame blame blame blame blame blame la la la but also maybe you're the fucking problem yeah what did this what does a person do are they just a drag let us know in the comments this episode is brought to you by Facebook.
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47:12um god they're also inappropriate um which is usually fine but not today but today we're policing ourselves um because nanny state is watching um we've been fingered by the bbc Hello, hello, hello. Hello.
47:33Did you see the advert for like the BBC podcast thing that's like all about internet trends? No. And they're like satirizing like a view from the bridge. Yes. Oh my God. Millennials take Instagram.com. Did you see what I done? Came in a black Benz left in a white one I'm just a hoodlum Can't remember the next line Shout out J Hus honestly Honestly love you Were you asking a genuine question Did you see why I don't know Were you just tapping into Hus Husla baby Underrated I love you And I love you But it's time for me to go Play the music Play the fucking music The realness We should have outro music The real Okay, are you ready?
48:34You've been watching Straight Diva It would just be inappropriate No, but you know what we should do? Just get rid of my We should rip off the Will and Grace theme tune I've never watched Will and Grace You've never heard the theme tune to Will and Grace I mean, I don't really know much about the show But the theme tune is amazing What is it? great piano crazy piano we just rip off Abba and just do the winner takes don't go chasing your emotions come on Bill lay down your pain on me
49:23Thank you.
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