John explains the hundreds of grudges he has against one person in particular - himself - and how he's working through them to become a happier person.

He then goes to town on the LIV Golf sportswashing from the Saudi Arabian state, who settled a legal dispute with the PGA with a big bag of cash and a merger.

Then reveals a little guilty pleasure of his that he actually gets a lot of pleasure out of something that most other people hate.

Before all this though, Tiff and John discuss becoming acutely aware of your anus when you reach middle age.

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Thanyia on how she'd get revenge on the teacher that goaded her into getting suspended, and her controversial disliking of chocolate (and smoked salmon) leads into an in-depth intelligent conversation about mermaid breasts.

Then Tiff drops a fragrance-free bombshell in angry aunt, as she and Thanyia respond to a listener problem.

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Tom Ward explains his multi-incident childhood grudge(s) that taught him kindness isn't always rewarded in this deeply cynical world, then declares his unashamed love for Bono (Hello, hello! Yeah, yeah, yeah!), then he and Tiff get to grips with a listener problem (bless).

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Comedian, author and now French national Ian Moore on how being labelled the 'thick Northerner' by a school teacher has stayed with him, on his wish for France-style revolution in Britain or for the grown-ups to step in and remove the awful current government, and on British people's often inaccurate interpretation of the French.

Ian and Tiff then help out a listener with an Angry Aunt problem.

Produced by Harriet Wells, Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.

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Comedian, podcaster and author Lou Sanders explains her old grudge from an hors d'oeuvres faux pas, tells us why she's not having the increased tourism myth that comes from having a monarchy, and explains why emergency services need to calm their sirens down as they're just a bit too noisy and stressful.

Tiff and Lou then get to grips with a listener's problem in Angry Aunt.

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Comedian, writer, producer and author Jena Friedman on her bone to pick with Elon Musk's Twitter and the wider problem with billionaires, then speaks of her ongoing upset at the lack of female reproductive rights in the US, and why it's possible to view Megan Phelps-Roper, formerly of the Westboro Baptist Church, within a new context having fled the repressive cult.

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Acclaimed crime novelist Chris Brookmyre on the old grudge held against him by a commissioning editor who kept giving one particular journalist the job of writing vicious reviews of his books.

On how the media narrative of a nation united over the King's coronation boiled his piss.

And why his unpopular opinion is his love of the glam rock film Velvet Goldmine.

Chris and Tiff then delve into the 1970s rock beef between Neil Young and Lynryd Skynyrd and their songs about the American South and Alabama.

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Andy Zaltzman of The Bugle, The News Quiz and Test Match Special tells Tiff how being spurned by Mock The Week annoyed him early in his career, how the partisan combative tone of all news these days makes him weary, and how the repetitive formulaic presentation and relentless positivity of reality TV shows like The Great British Bake Off drives him up the wall.

He then explains to Tiff how the human race's determination to undo all great work done by other parts of the human race is the greatest of historic beefs

Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.

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