The Manipulators!

Going live at 8:00pm (UK Time), Sunday 15 March 2026. Please join us and kindly tell others, shove a thumbs up and consider subscribing; it's free and really helps the channel.

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We go live simultaneously on Rumble, YouTube, Food for Thought Radio (fftradio.com), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/696180061931665), Hollyland Radio (https://t.me/holylandradio), Hollyland FM and Radio Soapbox (radiosoapbox.com).

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In this freewheeling, late-night live show, I welcomed listeners across multiple platforms for a rollicking, very British ramble through language, culture, humour, and current affairs. We kicked off with the eternal question for American friends: what on earth is an “anorak”? Cue affectionate trainspotter lore, plane-spotter mishaps, and a detour into UK slang and nostalgia (Sooty, Skippy, Basil Fawlty, Viz’s Fat Slags, and more) as we ran a tongue‑in‑cheek Telegram poll for “Prime Monster of Britain.” From there, the chat room lit up as we veered from Mother’s Day rituals and secular “awareness days” to raw, sometimes dark comedy, and then into weightier territory—US politics, war narratives, numerology in news cycles, and scepticism of official stories—always with callers chiming in and keeping the pace lively.

Mid‑show we plunged into a spirited debate on weather modification: contrails, cloud seeding, silver iodide, HAARP, flight tracking, and what’s natural versus engineered skies—agreeing at least that “something’s going on,” and promising a dedicated panel to thrash out evidence. That set the tone for a broader DIY, back‑to‑basics health and homestead segment: urine therapy (with sources, uses, and caveats), composting, garden remedies, moss removal, roses from cuttings, conkers for spiders, copper coins to deter flies, and sun exposure myths. Listeners added lived history—from Malta convoys to Dunblane and Madeleine McCann—and we wrapped with classic Fawlty Towers reminiscences and the all‑important poll update (Skippy edging it!). A chaotic, candid, and very human episode—equal parts satire, scepticism, and homegrown practical wisdom.