The Socially Distant Sports Bar

Three hundred episodes in and still digging up gold from sport’s strangest corners, Distant Pod is the weekly podcast where Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero bring you the best clips, books and documentaries they’ve found — from elite performance to absolute chaos.
🎟️ Watch us live in Hackney:
https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-socially-distant-sports-bar-live
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🎧 PART 1
Elis brings a brilliant reality check with real people attempting marathon pace, a reminder of just how extreme elite endurance really is.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA
Steff shares a deceptively simple but strangely gripping clip simply titled “Stairs” — one of those bits of internet sport-adjacent content that becomes oddly compelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHT_jZvQDs
Mike rounds things off with Rhys Carré, showcasing the power and personality of the Welsh rugby star.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVj19MfDMV5/?igsh=NzUzb2JjY2lqZWp3
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🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
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🎟️ TOUR 2026
Live shows are coming!
🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live

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Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from 193: His Guts Split Open And It Was The King Of Spades
Come and see us LIVE in London in April https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-socially-distant-sports-bar-live
Click here for a NORD VPN deal
https://nordvpn.com/distant

CLICK HERE TO SEE CRWST's SELECTION
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🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com

🎟️ TOUR 2026
Live shows are coming!
🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🔒 Subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts for early, ad-free Parts 1 and 2 — plus Part 3 every week as exclusive bonus content.

Over 300 episodes deep and still gloriously sidetracked, Distant Pod is where Mike, Elis and Steff explore the brilliance, nostalgia and absurdity of sport through the clips, documentaries and books that caught their attention this week.

🎟️ LIVE SHOW UPDATE
Cardiff and Carmarthen are now completely sold out — thank you so much to everyone who’s coming along.
The only remaining shows on this run are our two nights at Hackney Empire in London on April 7th and 8th, and there are only a handful of seats left.
🎫 Tickets:
https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-socially-distant-sports-bar-live

🎧 PART 2

Steff Documentary:
The Toughest Tug of War Team in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxo3JPdWHXo

Mike Book (chosen by Elis James):
More Than a Shirt — Joey D’Urso
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CLICK HERE TO SEE CRWST's SELECTION
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🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com

🎟️ TOUR 2026
Live shows are coming!
🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🔒 Subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts for early, ad-free Parts 1 and 2 — plus Part 3 every week as exclusive bonus content.

Over 300 episodes in and still discovering sporting brilliance in the strangest corners of the internet, Distant Pod is the weekly podcast where Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero bring you the best clips, documentaries and books they’ve found that week. From legendary sporting nostalgia to total nonsense, it’s a fast-moving tour through the world of sport.

🎟️ LIVE SHOW UPDATE

Our live shows in Cardiff (March 20 & 21) and Carmarthen (April 24) are now completely sold out — thank you so much if you’ve already grabbed tickets.
That means the only shows with seats left on this run are our two nights at Hackney Empire in London on April 7th and 8th.
And even those are very close to selling out, with only a handful of seats left in the stalls.

🎫 Grab tickets here:
https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-socially-distant-sports-bar-live

🎧 PART 1
Mike: Newport RFC
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUA3QPkCINR/?igsh=MzdpMTY5endzMzRn
Elis: Peter Beardsley
https://x.com/sid_lambert/status/2018588358193062387
Steff: Is that you Maureen?
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DSzyZL3DBEl/
Click here for a NORD VPN deal
https://nordvpn.com/distant

CLICK HERE TO SEE CRWST's SELECTION
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🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com

🎟️ TOUR 2026
Live shows are coming!
🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod.

We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits.

If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days.

This is from 202: Suzi Ruffell & Maisie Adam from “Big Kick Energy”

Come and see us LIVE in London in April https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-socially-distant-sports-bar-live
Click here for a NORD VPN deal
https://nordvpn.com/distant

CLICK HERE TO SEE CRWST's SELECTION
https://crwst.cymru/collections/shop-all

🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERT
We’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more!
If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇
🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com

🎟️ TOUR 2026
Live shows are coming!
🎫 Tickets available now at distantpod.com/live

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.