Adam Lindsay Podcasts

Fulfilling all your news, sport, comedy and satire podcasting needs since 2012. The online home of News Bin and Talking Balls.

Tag: england

Talking Balls 02/04/14 – Druggers, ruggers and happy buggers.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker and Pete Strong to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Should doping be a criminal offence?  Has the final weekend of the 6 Nations proved the northern hemisphere sides do have a chance of winning the Rugby World Cup? What are the worst motivational techniques used in sport?  Are Hartlepool the biggest success story of the football season?  There’s also an update on the greatest and worst teams in the world, and find out why England players like Roy Hodgson so much…

Talking Balls 09/03/15 – Giant killings, excuses, and time travel.

Talking Balls is back!  Adam Lindsay is joined by Stuart Duggan, Matt Ayre and Steve Boniface to discuss the hottest sporting topics – Are giant killings actually bad for the FA cup?  Is the 6 Nations proving the Northern Hemisphere sides will all struggle at the Rugby World Cup?  After Fernando Alonso woke up from his crash thinking it was 1995, which people in sport might wish they were living in another time?  Plus, we have a look at sports greatest excuses, and find out what unlikely honour Burnley have won…

Talking Balls 14/10/14 – Books, moves and feuds.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker and Alex Winter to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – How should the ECB respond to Kevin Pietersen’s book?  How safe should sport be?  Should teams be allowed to relocate?  Is there a lamer feud than Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho’s spat?  We also catch up with the greatest teams in the world, find out why Falcao’s wife may be upset about him scoring his first Manchester United goal, and Dougie puts his health and wellbeing in serious jeapody… Have a listen.

Talking Balls 01/09/14 – Fallen giants, impending disasters and good old fashioned rucks.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Alex Winter, Dougie Walker and Chris Stewart to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Do we need to reassess our opinions on David Moyes in light of Manchester United’s terrible start?  Is giving Wayne Rooney the England captaincy a disaster waiting to happen?  Has financial mismanagement inadvertently saved Scottish football?  They also have an early look at the greatest team in the world, and find out the bizarre reason for Paddy Kenny’s release from Leeds… Have a listen.

Talking Balls 13/08/14 – And so it begins…

Adam Lindsay is joined by Alex Petrovic and Andy Platt to preview the football season, discuss whether young English players are overpriced, and find out how Dunga is planning to save Brazilian football.  Have a listen.

Talking Balls World Cup Special

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker and Alex Winter to preview the World Cup – Find out who the panel think will win, be the biggest surprises and disappointments, and predict how England will do.  Also – Who should non-English Brits support?  Should we mourn the demise of the World Cup song?  And find out why Spain’s kitman has been unusually busy…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 30/4/14 – Sacking, sneezing and bus parking.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Stuart Duggan and Matt Ayre to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Were Manchester United right to sack David Moyes? Is this the most exciting end of a Premier League season ever? Is the future of English cricket secure in the hands of Peter Moores? Should Jose Mourinho be criticised for “parking the bus”? Are Oldham still the greatest team in the world? And find out why a Liverpool fan has had to cancel his haircut appointment…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 9/04/14 – Sackings, hatings and improbable happenings

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker, Pete Strong and Dan Fardell to discuss the week’s hottest sporting topics – Is it ever too late to sack a manager? Are Liverpool ‘special’? Has the much-haralded golden age of British sport already been and gone? After The Undertaker’s unbeaten Wrestlemania streak came to an end, the panel discuss what other highly improbable sporting events they think will occur, and find out how Netflix has helped an Israeli football team to victory…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 1/4/14 – Friendlies, Googlies and Seasonalities

Adam Lindsay is joined by Pete Strong and Alex Winter to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Is the European Nations League a competition too far, or the salvation of international football?  Do the other Home Nations care about how their cricket team performs?  Should we switch some sports from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics?  After Russell Brand’s recent appearance on Match of the Day, who else should the BBC bring in to improve the show?  And find out why a Mexican football team all wore paper bags on their heads at a recent game…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 14/3/14 – Beginnings, Endings and Changlings.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Pete Strong and Andy Platt to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Have all the sackings in the Premier League this season been utterly pointless? What are the greatest debuts of all time? Should male tennis players play just three sets in majors? Which sportsperson should Roy Hodgson draft in to improve England’s chances at the World Cup? What is Steve Kean upto? And find out why a Real Madrid player’s superhero antic have got him into trouble…  Have a listen.