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: scotland

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 18/11/14 – FIFA, UEFA and tense encounters

Adam Lindsay is joined by Chris Stewart, Alex Petrovic and Alex Winter to discuss the week’s hottest sporting topics – Should UEFA leave FIFA? Will Scotland and Wales outperform England at Euro 2016? What are the tensest endings to sports seasons? What are the most embarrassing excuses in the history of sport? Plus, we reveal if Steve Kean has managed to win the S-League, and find out why a 7-month old boy has been forced into the lifelong misery of supporting Stockport County…  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 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 26/02/14 – Wages, cages and qualification stages.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker, Pete Strong and Alex Petrovic to talk about the week’s hottest sports topics – Is Wayne Rooney worth 300-thousand pounds? Will England win the 6 Nations? Is expanding the European Championships a good idea? What are the best motivational tactics ever used by coaches? And find out why Brisbane Road is a much cleaner place after Leyton Orient signed a new player…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 27/01/14 – Quadruples, chasing steeples, and well funded peoples.

Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker, Pete Strong and Alex Petrovic to discuss the week’s hottest sports topics – Will Manchester City win the quadruple?  Are we getting value for money for Olympics funding?  Is there anything better than the Six Nations?  What are the most ridiculous ideas administrators have had to liven up sports?  And find out the unlikely source of fresh criticism for David Moyes and Manchester United…  Have a listen.

Talking Balls 31

Fascists, fannies and fantasists.  Adam Lindsay is joined by Dougie Walker and Guy Lloyd to discuss the week’s hottest sporting topics – Should the Old Firm be allowed into the Premier League? Is Leonardo DiCaprio the right man to lead Sunderland? Does a sportsperson or coach’s political allegiances matter? Does there need to be a British female sporting megastar before gender equality is possible? And who has the most deluded, misguided or pointless ambition in sport?

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Talking Balls 26

Fantasy football, the never ending story, and horse prostitution.  Adam Lindsay is joined by Chris Stewart, Rosie James and Tristan Piercey to discuss the week’s hot sports topics – What’s football’s best ‘what could have been’ story? Will David Beckham ever retire? Is Kauto Star’s new career as a dressage horse humiliating for a great champion? Are England going to win the 6 Nations? And is the Dalai Lama sport’s best celebrity fan?

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