In short
The hosts introduce their new advice podcast, “Wanging On with Graham Norton & Maria McErlane,” inviting listeners to submit relationship and everyday dilemmas.
Guest backgrounds
Graham Norton and Maria McErlane are the hosts; the transcript doesn’t provide their personal or professional histories beyond their names.
Key claims
They promise “average advice and so-so solutions,” and warn they may “get into mafia territory” with exaggerated stakes.
Notable examples
A listener asks, “My wife has just started to smell. Is she dead? Who’s going to tell him?” The hosts joke about “mafia territory” and “whacked,” and encourage audience participation with dilemmas and “nuggets of wisdom.”
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Chapters
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0:45 to 1:12
Graham and Maria invite listeners to engage with the show and share dilemmas.
“Hopefully their respective pots are growing monthly.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Graham Norton:Hi, I'm Graham Norton. And I'm Maria McErlane. And we're back to dish out our average advice and so-so solutions to your everyday dilemmas in a brand new podcast called Wanging On with Graham and Maria.
0:11Maria McErlane:Dear Graham and Maria, I've been happily married for 30 years, but my wife has just started to smell. Is she dead? Who's going to tell him? We're still not experts.
0:25Graham Norton:On anything really, but we are here to help.
0:26Maria McErlane:We're getting into mafia territory and you may well be whacked. I know more about mafia territory than I do about office politics.
0:33Graham Norton:That's true, listeners. And there'll be plenty of opportunity for you to get involved in the show too.
0:38Maria McErlane:Yes, we'd love you to send in your dilemmas and your little nuggets of wisdom.
0:44Graham Norton:Nuggets.
0:44Maria McErlane:Nuggets. Hopefully their respective pots are growing monthly. Because she's put it into a bond to get a higher interest.
0:52Graham Norton:I don't know!
0:53Maria McErlane:Oh, it's good to be back, isn't it?
0:55Graham Norton:It is good to be back. I want to say Mary.
0:58Maria McErlane:No.
1:00Graham Norton:Gary? Close enough. Look out for Wanging On with Graham and Maria, coming soon. Wherever you get your podcasts, Maria is, it is Maria, it's in the title. Yes, yes, with an A. It's in the title. Yeah.
From the publisher
Introducing Wanging On with Graham and Maria!
Every week Graham Norton and Maria McErlane will be dishing out their non-expert advice and so-so solutions to your everyday dilemmas. They’ll also pass judgement on your most peculiar proclivities and share the latest in their life — be it bikes, books, haircuts or hangover cures.
Follow Wanging On now on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
To send in your dilemmas, email wangingon@listen.co.uk
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