Which local comedians do you think need to give up?

All this and more will be revealed (and salaciously bleeped) on this slanderous and explosive expose on the Machynlleth Comedy Festival! Oft dubbed the ‘best comedy festival in the world’ (usually to audiences currently attending said festival), Max and Joe recount their recent trip to see the cream of the comedy crop; swapping stories about the acts they loved and loathed - they also chat about the harsh realities of chalet life, how a man who looked like Jeremy Corbyn mistook Max for somebody’s dad, and the Dadpod boys slag off a lot of comedians (including local losers, circuit regulars, and huge TV names) - don’t skip this one!

In more genteel moments they also discuss how volunteering at the festival works, offer their tips and tricks for navigating the ‘no horse town’ of Machynlleth itself (including what happened when a woman’s phone went off during a live recording), as well as debating whether live podcasts are a complete waste of time (and tease a future Dadpod: LIVE?). Joe also sets out a strong message to the Three mobile network to SORT their voicemail settings before finally asking the question: are voicemails podcasts for old people?.

About our Topic: Machynlleth Comedy Festival is a three-day comedy festival held annually in Machynlleth, Wales. Although the town is home to only around 2,000 residents, in 2024 the festival drew in around four times that number of visitors. The festival is aimed as a testing ground for comedians to experiment with new material in the spring before the more intense Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.

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See Joe at Cambridge Fringe Saturday 23rd May: https://wegottickets.com/f/17172/

Dead Material Tickets 5th June: https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exeter-comedy-festival-dead-material/

Would you suck bean juice through a red Henry Lloyd turtle-neck?

In this episode, we welcome back Steffan Evans for the final instalment of the John Bach trilogy. This time, we discuss John's many hobbies, including looking out the window and brewing his own 10% beer, which people travelled from far and wide to taste.

We talk about John's favourite sports: winding people up and drink driving. We hear tales from John's man-cave: a big shed with a bar inside, plus all the stuff that John has collected over the years: brass gas lamps, shotguns, and even a bayonet he found in the local village.

Steff tells us about John's experiences with various animals, including the time he obliterated a rat with a shotgun, the time he knocked out a cockerel with a wooden plank, and their vicious pet dog called Tonto.

Finally, Max tells the tale of a recent trip out with Alvin, Steff talks about the similarities and differences between his dad and himself, and we reminisce about the times Steff met both our dads.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST: Steffan Evans from Eglwyswrw in Pembrokeshire, is a comedian with a unique insight into the world. He supported Elis James on his national tour in 2017 and also appeared on S4C’s “Gwerthu Allan” and “O’r Diwedd” shows. He has been a prominent contributor to the BBC’s hit Sesh digital videos.

Would you eat a sandwich from a corner shop?

We're back again with the man whose two biggest idols growing up were Ian Rush and Mr T: Steffan Evans, to talk about his father, John Bach, the man who snacks on raw onions but has never tried pasta and sauce.

In this episode, Steff tells us details about his relationship with John, like the fact that they were never a hugging family growing up, but that nowadays, they do hug, albeit after a bit of build up from a handshake. He also tells us how he keeps in dad touch, and the fact that his dad has 5 landlines but never seems to answer any of them. Plus, we learn about John's unique method of dealing with scam callers.

We also explore John's eating habits: farting after eating crab legs, his love for choc ices and salt 'n' shake crisps, and his refusal to eat any beans other than heinz. Steffan reminisces about the first time he smelt egg, a man who ran a tuck shop from his transit van, the time his father raffled off Steff's car, and threatened to saw up his bike to stop him from riding it (Steffwas 30 at the time). Plus, he tells us how his obsession with the A-team led him to go shopping wearing a Mr T mask, and to pop all the tyres on his dad's car.

Finally, Joe and Steff talk about the first time they met at a comedy gig attended by Rhod Gilbert, Steff shares the most inspirational life advice his dad ever gave him, Joe goes on a rant about politics, and Max tells the story of when his dad ordered some chocolate and received cat food instead.

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Steffan Evans from Eglwyswrw in Pembrokeshire, is a comedian with a unique insight into the world . He supported Elis James on his national tour in 2017 and also appeared on S4C’s “Gwerthu Allan” and “O’r Diwedd” shows. He has been a prominent contributor to the BBC’s hit Sesh digital videos.

Tickets to see Steff on 6th June:

https://bluestonebrewing.co.uk/collections/events/products/comedy-night-with-stefan-evens

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Is it okay to take stuff out of other people's skips?

It's an exciting day for the pod as we welcome South Wales comedy royalty - thought of as a hard man of the Cardiff comedy scene (and as a bit of a soft lad back home): STEFFAN EVANS!

In this episode, we discuss Steff's dad, John Evans, affectionately knows as JOHN BACH (little John), a short but girthy man who stands at 10 beer cans tall and weighs the same as a standard beer keg. John is known as the local hard man in a Pembrokeshire town exclusively populated by hard men, a master pintsman who loves a punch-up, a horseshoe-moustached terrier of a man, who has never shied away from hopping on a JCB in his life. We discuss John's various sources of income throughout his life, which include: driving massive lorries, home-brewing 10%apv ale, and stealing local trees. Steff also tells us about John's love for war films and Welsh country music.

Steff reminisces about happy memories of his dad placing him into a skip to rummage through for any treasures, and driving lessons which consisted of giving his dad a lift to the pub (one of which led to a high-speed police chase). Things get a little bit blue as Steff discusses his dad's unorthodox take on the birds and the bees chat, the time he tried to watch a war film on video but it'd been taped over with a porno, and the times his dad hid his porn VHS tapes under Steff's mattress when he was six.

Also in this episode, Steff tells us about the interesting experiences he had in Amsterdam and gives his top tips for pissing in the cinema. Plus, we all bond over tales of difficult gigs with antagonistic audiences in the Valleys and our shared hatred for misogyny.

France also gets brought up a lot as Steff and Joe educate Max on the rather medieval public toilet system there, and Joe gets existential dread from the philosophical questions raised by the atomic deterioration of le grand kilogram. He also calls the French "filthy people" - which they are.

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Steffan Evans from Eglwyswrw in Pembrokeshire, is a comedian with a unique insight into the world . He supported Elis James on his national tour in 2017 and also appeared on S4C’s “Gwerthu Allan” and “O’r Diwedd” shows. He has been a prominent contributor to the BBC’s hit Sesh digital videos.

Tickets to see Steff on 6th June: https://bluestonebrewing.co.uk/collections/events/products/comedy-night-with-stefan-evens

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Who's the worst dad in Skins (2007-2013)?

In this episode we finish our ranking of all the dads in skins, this time were tackling the rogues gallery of the emotionally stunted and maladjusted characters of Generation 2 & 3!

We line up this shower of deadbeats from the absentee dads to the dads taking an active role in screwing up their kids by launching them headfirst into the manosphere. Listen and find out who will be crowned the best (or the least worst) dad for each generation based on their emotional education, how well they provide for their kids and how good a kid they raise in the end (spoilers: its pretty thin gruel after gen 1)

Along the way we also discuss whether we'd like to have Super Hans as a dad, whether we would buy tickets for 9/11 The Musical, and how we missed the signs regarding the now disgraced presenter of UK's Next Teen Sex Bomb (we also sing "Ass to Ass").

Who's Your Daddy...Really? is the only podcast that asks the question "when did you last touch your dad?" Each week your hosts, Welsh comedians Joe Dehuai & Max Jones, discuss what makes their dads weird and their Pa's peculiar with a range of comedian guests, as well as exploring dad lore from your favourite TV & movies. Follow us @dadtouchpod on TikTok & InstagramOr search 'Who's Your Daddy...Really?' on your preferred podcast app. Got a dad story for us?Email: dadtouchpod@gmail.comEverything else: https://linktr.ee/dadtouchpodLogo Design: Alice Evans (@Alicewithapen)Music by: Gino Dada

Who's the worst dad in Skins (2007-2013)?

In this episode, we're ranking every dad in Skins Generation 1 from worst to best, from the deadbeat dads, through dads who are dead and beat, all the way to the legendary lads raising their little drughead ne'er do wells the right way.

Who will be crowned the best dad of Skins Generation 1? Listen and find out as we judge their emotional education, how well they provide for their kids, and how good a kid they raise in the end (spoilers: raising a psycho like Tony doesn't score you highly!)

We also discus Chris' poppy brain, our favourite things about 2007, why all the Welsh people in it are stupid and/or evil, and whether everyone in Bristol is a covert narcissist.Along the way we also chat about our dad updates including what Joe bought his dad for his birthday, as well as a furious dad rant about the terrible situation in Cardiff Central Square and why English rugby teams need to stick to their own stadiums.

Who's Your Daddy...Really? is the only podcast that asks the question "when did you last touch your dad?" Each week your hosts, Welsh comedians Joe Dehuai & Max Jones, discuss what makes their dad's weird with a range of comedian guests, as well as exploring dad lore from your favourite TV & movies.

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Do you get excited for the cultural event that is: d'movies?

Well, we've got a treat for you this week as Harri Dobbs takes us on a trip to the pictures to explore the film & TV viewing habits of Bobby Dobbies, the woke dad who loves his wife so freakin' much. These habits include: his inability to hide when he dislikes a film, hate-watching TV shows, loving Ghostbusters but loathing Groundhog Day, and hating Jim Carrey. We also explore his more wholesome viewing memories, such as: not liking films that are too "up themselves," going to the cinema with Harri to see all the X-Men films and highly anticipating the film 'Bullet Train' because he really loves the real-life bullet train.

Also in this episode, Joe talks about one of the worst cinematic experiences of his life: watching The Long Walk in theatres, and reminisces about the days when he played 'The Great Escape' PS2 video game with his dad. Max sings 'These Boots are Made for Walkin' and goes on an expletive-ridden rant about the documentary 'Jim & Andy.' Harri shows off his Daniel Day-Lewis impression, and shares the best life advice that his dad has given him.

Finally, the boys discuss how method acting is bad and skibidi toilet might not be that bad after all. They also give their thoughts on many films and TV shows, including 'Napoleon' and 'Friends with Benefits.'

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Harri Dobbs is a Welsh comedian who hosts 3 podcasts: Didn’t Ask (answering Hypothetical questions), The Justin Timberthon (watching everything on Justin Timberlake’s IMDB) and Super Sentguys (watching the first and last episode of every series of Super Sentai). And surprisingly he also has a life.

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Have you ever lined up 10 half finished bottles of malt vinegar on your mantlepiece?

In this weeks episode we continue out chat with special guest Harri Dobbs as we get into the the nitty gritty of his relationship with his dad from his last dad touch, his favourite dad touch memories, down to the bizarre ways he keeps in dad touch with Bobbert Dobberts. We also discuss Harri being frozen out of the family group chat, Bob's tone over text, and the time he electrocuted himself drilling into live electrical wiring.

At the top of the show, Joe goes on a biblical feature length dad rant about the recent bodying he received at the Turkish barbers, while Harri and Max share their haircut horror stories, and we also discuss the time we saw a man with ten (10) half finished bottles of malt vinegar on his mantlepiece, and what his whole deal is/was.

Finally, we include a word from our sponsors for this episode: Spam - the nation's favourite canned ham clan. **

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Harri Dobbs (@dobbsisfunny) is a Welsh comedian who hosts 3 podcasts: Didn’t Ask (answering Hypothetical questions), The Justin Timberthon (watching everything on Justin Timberlake’s IMDB) and newly minted Super Sentguys (watching the first and last episode of every series of Super Sentai - https://www.instagram.com/supersentguys/). And surprisingly he also has a life.

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