A Breath of Fresh Beans

ABOFB 40: Slogans

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:33:54 +0000

Continuing our 'peek-behind-the-curtain' theme, this week we let you in on our discussions as to whether the podcast needs a slogan. After 25 episodes we finally named the podcast and 15 episodes later, in this 40th and final episode of series 4, we actually use it for the first time. In this episode we...

Bounce around some terrible slogan suggestions
Have some practice starts to try them out
Get distracted by Tigers
Fail to come up with a slogan

ABOFB 39: An Oral History of Pouring Beans (ish)

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:35:18 +0000

In a slight change to the usual episodes, today we have a self aggrandising look back over our voluminous body of online work under the Pouring Beans name. Everyone does these thing on nice round numbers or important dates usually, but not us. No Sir. Basically we read our own stuff back to ourselves. We discuss:

Why is it called that?
How did it begin
Some McIver poetry
Remembering is fun

ABOFB 38: Depressing Food

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:43:10 +0000

Ey up Beans fans, we're back again, right on time, like Black Box but spelled right. This time Chris asks us about the most depressing foods we've eaten, we discuss...

Generic Fried Chicken
Headrow Shopping Centre Food Court Pies
Not Roast Potatoes
Bad Burgers

ABOFB 37: This is Your Life (Movie)

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:42:35 +0000

A Breath of Fresh Beans returns from the loo, with a lovely ponderance from Ian about who would play each of us in the move adaption of our life stories. We discuss...

Kev's manly physique
Chris becomes arousing
The many stages of Ian
Alternative castings… No Crossovers!

ABOFB 36: Nip to the loo

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:40:52 +0000

Welcome to back to a breath of fresh beans, this week we're just going to nip to the loo, don't worry, not literally (we did that before we started recording).

Suggestions in this pod are:

Weird
Posh
Nosy
Espionagey

ABOFB 35: SportsCast – Eggers

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:41:20 +0000

Welcome to SportsCast! We all definitely know lots and lots about the sports, and this time around we delve deep into everyone's favourite, Rugby Eggers!

We run you through:

Collecting the feathers
Gloves or no gloves
Results and reactions

ABOFB 34: Animal Bites

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:16:06 +0000

Hot on the heels of episode 33, we have another lovely Breath of Fresh Beans™ for you. This one features:

Chris's Horse obsession
Ian's bad choices
Kev's topical (for 2020) decision

ABOFB 33: Disappointing Things

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:52:38 +0000

After only 9 months since the last episode, and because Ian made me feel bad for that fact, here comes episode 33! I've dredged out from the lockdown archives this gem, where we discuss:

Gigs
Gruff Rhys
Ignoring the question
Food

ABOFB 32: Conspiracy Theories

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:20:58 +0000

A Breath of Fresh Beans returns triumphantly after only 371 days since the last episode. We're still ploughing through the wealth of recordings made during the various Covid-19 lockdowns, so its still technically series 4.

Anyway, we burst back into your ears to discuss:

Finland
Paul McCartney
Popcorn
Tinned Bears

ABOFB 31: Pet Peeves

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:31:43 +0000

We all have things that REALLY annoy us, that other people think are inconsequential. In this insightful episode we discuss:

Flags
Inaccurate ironmongery
Phil & the phone chord
or…?

ABOFB 30: Work Music

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 22:50:01 +0000

We're back, we've reached the big 3-0, and just in time for Kev to keep his first 2022 bean!

This time out Ian asks us to sum up our jobs as a style of music which, as ever, leads to a meandering conversation covering, amongst many things...

Kraftwerk
Jazz
Latin
Shaggy

ABOFB 29: Egyptian Film Club

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:04:27 +0000

Its film review time, so don't tune in this time out if you want to avoid any spoilers. We deliver in-depth film reviews of:

The Embassy is in the Building
Dr Omar's Gang
The Babydoll Knight
Hassan & Marcus

ABOFB 28: Croquettes

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:59:21 +0000

Chris is trying to fill a cookbook he's inexplicably been given a publishing deal to write, so we quickly brainstorm some ideas. We suggest:

Ham Sandwiches
Fisted Eggs
The Heart of Gammon
Croquettes

ABOFB 27: Through the Grey Hemisphere

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:25:10 +0000

We talked about forming a supergroup formed only of newsreaders, in the process we discuss:

All the newsreaders we could remember
The "Grey Hemisphere"
It all goes pervy
Ians creative process

ABOFB 26: Sex & Sandpaper

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:45:55 +0000

A episode that's a month late, but guaranteed not to disappoint* we take a very quick detour from the starting question to discuss:

How to attach sandpaper
Dog kennels
Double dipping chips
The merits of various sauces

*Guarantee valid only for residents of care homes and Finland.

ABOFB 25: Bonus Episode: Can Donkey Swim in River?

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:57:53 +0000

The big question raised in episode 25 was "can donkeys swim"? Chris found 'an' answer online. This is that answer, complete with much giggling.

ABOFB 25: Racehorses

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:56:40 +0000

In another longer-than-usual episode, Chris poses an excellent question about racehorses which leads us down many an interesting path. Its also the catalyst for our first ever 'Bonus Episode'!

Listen in close as we discuss:

Names for horses
Names for cats
The Queen Mother
Riding all the horses

ABOFB 24: Free/Not Free

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:40:44 +0000

A Breath of Fresh Beans returns for its monthly instalment with what is possibly our longest ever episode! Inside we discuss:

Borrowing
Love in Greggs
Exciting books
Theft
Plungers

Episode 23: Hiding Things

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:25:40 +0000

A Breath of Fresh Beans returns for season 4: The Skype Year(s). In this glorious return the three of us discuss:

Secret blankets
Blanket mockery
Schrodinger's Picture
Bed porn

Pubcast 2: Genuphobia

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:43:37 +0000

In this lightly alcohol fuelled ramble, we discuss:

Hidden body parts
Kev's struggles
Knee boobs
Ian's best bits
Teeth

Pubcast 1: Mining

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:03:42 +0000

Season 2 is gone, as is the old name, 'Episodes' is no more... welcome to 'A Breath of Fresh Beans'. We kick off the rebrand with a short season of 'specials' starting with Pubcast 1: Mining.

In this alcohol fuelled episode, recorded in the pub, we discuss:

Nicknames
Water quality
Lamps
Ghosts
Rumours

Episode 20: The Face of…

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:50:43 +0000

In this, the final episode of Series 2, we talk about the things we'd be the face of. In the process we discuss:

Cushions
Crossing the Road
Glitter
Cigars

Episode 19: Kitchen Gadgets

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:16:16 +0000

In a podcast recoded at a point in time when we all clearly had pretty sore throats, we discuss the useless kitchen gadgets we all have in the back of that awkward corner cupboard.

The key points this month are:

Bacon
Nuts
Eggs
Kebabs
Eggs

Episode 18: Body Parts

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:49:26 +0000

Ian starts us off this month with a cracking question, which we quickly ignore and answer a question a bit like it. We discuss:

Discarding body parts
Robotic replacements
Cartoon upgrades
Landing on Dido

Episode 17: Crisps

Fri, 29 May 2020 16:46:29 +0000

Cracking on through series 2 we go, and this ones a nice example of the casual ramblings that appear with an unscripted/unprepared/unorganised podcast about... stuff.

This episode we discuss:

Sweet Crisps
50/50 Flavours
A Meal of Crisps
An endless lists of flavours

Episode 16: Socks

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:23:52 +0000

I know, I know, I missed a month. It's sort of worth the wait though, Chris gets sweary at the start of this one and wait 'til you hear next month's episode... phew.

Anyway, this time we discuss:

Socks
Socks over Socks
Bed Socks
Socks
Clothes over clothes
Fleece.

Episode 15: Gravestones

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:42:09 +0000

We're cranking them out this year, 3 for 3. Yep you heard. Cranking. This time around we discuss:

Cherries
The Legend of Stabby MacKenzie
Posthumous skulduggery
Chris' way out.

Episode 14: Animal Augmentation

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:35:45 +0000

I have to admit this ones a weird one. Usually I give some bullet points of whats going on in the episode but to do that would spoil this one, so you'll just have to go into it blind.

Good luck.

If you are affected by any of the themes in today's podcast,... erm... oops.

Episode 13: Ivy

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:20:26 +0000

Episodes is back with another cracking example. Yes, I know its been fucking ages, but what are you going to do about it?

This time out we ponder the evergreen topic of Ivy, specifically:

Sensual statues
A good view
Riding a pig
Deep personal psychoanalysis from Dr. Marshall.

Episode 12: Queens

Fri, 17 May 2019 10:54:43 +0000

The podcast technically known as 'Episodes' is back for an epic second series. And this time it was recorded in a building with more than one floor. Exciting or what?

Episode 12 kicks us off perfectly with happy, nonsensical chat about:

Queen Mothers
Queens
Basketball
Queens.

Episode 11: Celebration Days

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:58:51 +0000

In the last of the currently recorded podcasts, this week's audio treat brings you the exciting topics of:

Peter and the Wolf
Nick Knowles
Elbows

Episode 10: The trouble with wasps

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:45:02 +0000

A new episode I hear you exclaim with glee. With an increasingly erratic release schedule, this surprise new episode includes Chris, Ian and Kev rambling incoherently about:

Bees vs Wasps
Ian’s money management
Jams and Chutneys
The pickle conundrum.

Episode 9: Cake & Cricket

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:10:34 +0000

Kev and Ian are once again joined by Chris for another exciting instalment where they discus:

Gatu
Gateau
Cake
Cake vs Gateau
Sport

Episode 8: Do Bears Come in Tins?

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:43:25 +0000

In an exciting format twist Ian and Kev are joined this time out by Chris, meaning that, for the first time, everyone who actually listens to the podcast was there when it was recorded. They all had a jolly good time discussing:

Even keels
Inner smiles and secret smiles
The merits of tinned fruit
Hooting eyes

Episode 7: Elevenses

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:10:35 +0000

Welcome back.

This time out Ian and Kev spend most of the time discussing elevenses, only to discover that they have no idea what it is.

Enjoy.

Episode 6: Do Worms Like Steak Pie?

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:02:42 +0000

In this vastly delayed release, Kev and Ian discuss:

Weather
Living as Mr Men
Dangerous Seagulls
Giant Worms
Is soil vegetarian?

Episode 5: Bananarama Diorama

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:56:10 +0000

Kev and Ian discuss such inane nonsense as:

– Making eyes – Tuning eyes – Using eyes – Bananarama – Photoshopping gurns

Episode 4: King William’s War

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:56:35 +0000

In this vastly delayed episode, Ian and Kev discuss:

A small feud over Stock Aitken Waterman
Annexing the Lake District
Crumpets
Onions

Episode 3: The Crystal Skulls

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:50:16 +0000

That’s right Episode 3 is here already, in this frankly wonderful installment Kev and Ian discuss:

Zoup
Chuck Norris selling Levis
What to do with an abundance of crystal skulls
The Book of Mormon
Opening a discount retail store

Episode 2: Cheery Polar Bears

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:37:48 +0000

Hot on the heels from Episode 1 comes… you guessed it, Episode 2!

In this episode, Kev and Ian discuss, amongst other things:

The musical zeitgeist
How to recognise a time travelling horse
The future of breakfast cereal
The economies of Chinese Manufacturing

Episode 1: Your Mum Loves a Sexy Pony

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 21:28:48 +0000

This right here, is a world exclusive. I know technically (and actually) all of our posts are world exclusives, but some of them just feel more worthy of the title than others, that’s all I’m saying. And what I’m saying is that this is one of them.

So. Right then. Here it is. In a first for Pouring Beans Productions, here is your actual very first Pouring Beans Podcast.

It doesn’t really have a name as such, except that this one is the first one and features the phrase, “Your Mum loves a sexy pony”. So i guess its called Episode 1: Your Mum loves a sexy pony.