Today we're on a journey from Chicago to LA, via Indiana and New York, but as we know, all roads lead to ... Yorkshire.

Actor, Windy City native and improv scene veteran Derek Miller tells us about winning money off of Green Day, finding love on the high seas, Tim Burton's strangely normal affect and how he ended up being the only American in the village.

Derek shares his thoughts on the UK comedy scene and how he landed a gig playing himself on current affairs television.

Plus in news corner we ask why the Epstein scandal is claiming scalps in Britain but seems to have left all the powerful people back home completely untouched. Weird, huh?

We're making a list of who we should have on next. Get in touch: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com

And read more about Derek here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2479885/bio/

Was our good friend Tom Cruise forced from London by a smash-and-grab robbery, the relentless rain, or anti-Scientology villagers?

Matt and Mike take on an impossible mission: decoding the sourcing in a story that has enthralled the tabloid press.

In other news, we find that a Proud Boy punk plans to tour the UK later this month.

Plus practical updates: on Indefinite Leave to Remain, which banks actually accept American customers, and what are the British equivalents of Venmo, Craigslist and Depop?

Finally, should the politics be confined to our theme tune? Let us know: colddarkmiserablepod@gmail.com

Read more on the Misfit Proud Boy: https://thedayofreckoning.substack.com/p/exclusive-proud-boy-punk-who-was

And on Tom Cruise: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-tom-cruise-knightsbridge-flat-rolex-robbery-london-b1269206.html

Erich von Gehren survived the Beirut port explosion and after his dramatic brush with death decided to ... buy a pub in Hanwell.

He joins us this week to fill us in on all the details of a long, exciting career in the restaurant industry, and a much less exciting 1,000-page visa application.

The Duke of York, which Erich and his wife Lisa are refurbishing, is at 161 Uxbridge Road W7. It will be open the week after Easter, because to open on Easter weekend would be way too stressful.

And there's more information about Erich's cultural recommendation, the Hanwell Hootie, at www.hanwellhootie.co.uk.

All that, plus if you listen to the end you can see if Matt's proposed theme tune makes the cut?!