Every week we end up with something that doesn’t make it into the podcast for a variety of reasons: A) It’s a bit shit; B) It’s a bit long; or C) It’s completely defamatory, possibly illegal and Declan’s girlfriend (who is a real-life lawyer) says she will not absolutely not defend him in court.

But the main reason is we try to keep the episodes below 40 minutes, because they’re a bit easier to download on iPhones and iPads. Anyway it means a few bits get cut out, so we’ve decided to stick some up as we go.

The first one is about the time we both met while writing at Rove. It was around 5 years ago, when Dec had slightly more hair and Nick had slightly more tolerance for humanity.