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Trash Talk... with Count Binface

Biscuit Jim Creative

57 episodes

Hello and welcome to Trash Talk with Count Binface, It's the smash-hit podcast from planet Sigma IX which is now available on Earth.

More about the show

I've got a blockbuster of a new podcast - in a nutshell you can expect brilliant interviews and peerless analysis. It's a bit like The News Agents, but with fewer holidays.

Launched for the 2024 Election it was such a success I've decided to keep interviewing some of your Earth experts to find out more about your planet (so I can conquer you).

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  1. Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE

    · 38 min

    Not content with attempting to collect all 650 sitting MPs (Current score: three) we have a new task... collecting all of the sitting peers in the House of Lords, and as of this episode we're on the board with one...…

  2. BY-ELECTION SPECIAL featuring Hannah Spencer of the Green Party

    · 31 min

    It's been six weeks since our last episode... and what a mess you humans have made. Myself and the Countess have made a new binling, so there's an election this week and I'm back with a special episode featuring one…

  3. Susie Dent & Your Political Presents...

    · 51 min · Explicit

    Merry Christmas Earthlings. Can we first apologise to anyone in Croydon who saw a bright star in the sky last night - before any local wise men (or women!) head to Boots to buy up any stocks of Myrrh - we can clarify…

  4. The Ultimate Traitor - Paul 'from the Traitors' Gorton

    · 46 min · S2 E213

    Welcome to our BBC special episode where we discuss the *********** of a week where the UK's national broadcaster shot itself in the foot, and then in the other foot and then again in the face. It comes just a week…

  5. Artist Chris Barker on THOSE Sgt Pepper montages

    · 40 min · S2 E212 · Explicit

    Bet you didn't know the US Government shutdown also applied to Recyclon podcasts did you? Well despite the fact that we're not being paid for this - we've decided to shop up anyway - partly because we have a great…

  6. The Independent's Sean O'Grady

    · 47 min · S2 E211

    Greetings Count Binisters. On the pod this week is the first journalist to EVER interview Count Binface - Sean O'Grady of The Independent. Now Associate Editor at the same paper Sean sits down to once again grill the…

  7. FIFTY NOT OUT!

    · 39 min · S2 E210 · Explicit

    Welcome to the FIFTIETH episode of Trash Talk with Count Binface. What a celebration we have put together - including some truly impressive birthday messages from some of the most powerful people on your planet. They…

  8. Richard Herring

    · 43 min · S2 E209 · Explicit

    On this week's potentially award-winning episode of Trash Talk with Count Binface is esteemed Earth comedian Richard Herring. He's made cancer funny, poked fun at fascism and even made a whole show about your funny…

  9. Daniel Norcross

    · 50 min · S2 E208 · Explicit

    "It's just not cricket" is a British English idiom meaning something is unfair, dishonest, or goes against the rules of decency or morality So what makes cricket the benchmark of decency? To find out our guest this…

  10. Alastair Campbell

    · 52 min · S2 E207 · Explicit

    At last - the intergalactic meeting they've all been asking for! One of Earth's top podcasters Alastair Campbell in conversation with Sigma IX's pre-eminent (and only) podcaster Count Binface. After months of…

  11. Zoologist Jules Howard

    · 55 min · S2 E206 · Explicit

    This week's guest is Zoologist Jules Howard. He likes wasps, thinks a Silverback Gorilla wouldn't be any worse in power than our recent leaders, and has a zoological theory on why Reform voters exist... ... he really…

  12. PROJECT 650: Rupa Huq MP

    · 40 min · S2 E205 · Explicit

    Welcome back Count Binisters. This is the SECOND episode of Project 650 - the mission to interview EVERY sitting MP in the Palace of Westminster. At the current rate of one per year we should have this wrapped up by…

  13. Liz Truss... via Jan Ravens

    · 39 min · S2 E204 · Explicit

    Ever wondered what it would sound like if Count Binface when toe to pedal with Liz Truss. THIS IS THE EPISODE WHERE WE FIND OUT. It's all thanks to our guest Jan Ravens - a human mockingbird, national treasure and…

  14. Helen Lewis

    · 41 min · S2 E203 · Explicit

    This episode is GENIUS. As ever. But this time it's also ABOUT genius - the subject of a new book by this week's guest the brilliant journalist, author and podcaster Helen Lewis. How do we define genius, are we…

  15. Mark Gatiss

    · 44 min · S2 E202 · Explicit

    On the Best Podcast in the Galaxy* this week is none other than the comic and dramatic genius Mark Gatiss. Mark chats about politics, children's TV, comedy, and that time he played Peter Mandelson. Plus he reveals why…

  16. Sir Ian Rankin

    · 34 min · S2 E201 · Explicit

    It's back! Series TWO of Trash Talk returns after a few months off... much like a Birmingham bin collection. There are some HUGE names lined up for this new series - as Count Binface continues his quest to interview…

  17. Donald Trump & Postman Pat... aka impressionist Lewis MacLeod

    · 36 min · S1 E40 · Explicit

    What do Donald Trump and Postman Pat have in common? Well Pat has grabbed Jess the cat a few times and Donald... well we won't finish that. What they REALLY have in common is they're both performed excellently by our…

  18. Gavin Esler

    · 48 min · S1 E39 · Explicit

    Are long-form news interviews dead? Not on my watch! Who better to feature on our first long interview than an esteemed journalist who has held world leaders to account and fronted the UK's premier investigative…

  19. Charles Nove

    · 36 min · S1 E38 · Explicit

    Count's Log Stardate 78630.8 Wednesday morning - infiltrate Parliament. Find way into PMQs and discover something shocking the gentlemen's toilets. Thursday morning - Record cracking interview with broadcasting…

  20. Jemma Forte

    · 34 min · S1 E37

    On this week's podcast is political commentator and co-host of The Trawl podcast Jemma Forte. Jemma recently worked with the political campaigners Led By Donkeys to take down Elon Musk on the side of one of his Tesla…

  21. SUPER BOWL SPECIAL with Iron Mike Carlson

    · 35 min · S1 E36 · Explicit

    Happy Super Bowl weekend to those who celebrate (which is a LOT of you). Super Bowl LIX is expected to be watched by almost 200m humans (plus a visiting space warrior and Elon Musk). What makes it so popular? Is there…

  22. Dr Joelle Grogan

    · 25 min · S1 E35 · Explicit

    Dr Joelle Grogan is a legal academic, and an expert in the rule of law, working in the fields of EU and UK public law. She's also the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Law Show. At a time when the Rule of Law seems to…

  23. 'Trump: The Sequel' with Isaac Davy-Aronson

    · 32 min · S1 E34 · Explicit

    Well... here we go again. President Trump - we salute you (not like Elon does) - you're President again. So to discuss what 'Trump: The Sequel' will look like we've invited Isaac Davy-Aaronson back to the podcast. As…

  24. Author & Journalist Sathnam Sanghera

    · 35 min · S1 E33

    Welcome to the first episode of 2025... and our final episode before President Trump: The Sequel is released. Guest: Sathnam Sanghera - author of Empireworld and Empireland - who started his career dressed as the…

  25. BONUS XMAS EPISODE

    · 18 min · S1 E32

    Merry Christmas Earthlings! To celebrate your special day here's our gift to you - a bonus edition of Trash Talk. And in keeping (inn-keeping?) with British Christmas TV tradition it's coverage of a sporting event…

  26. Climate Comedian Matt Winning

    · 28 min · S1 E31 · Explicit

    Please note that this episode will self-destruct some time around 2090... along with the rest of humanity. As COP moves on having once again failed to reverse the climate catastrophe playing out in front of us we…

  27. BAKE OFF SPECIAL with GIUSEPPE DELL'ANNO

    · 22 min · S1 E30 · Explicit

    Did you know Count Binface has a croissant policy? No? Well who better to discuss it with than Bake Off winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno. Yes - we've got on a well-timed band-wagon - but that's politics for you. Until…

  28. PROJECT 650: Wendy Chamberlain MP

    · 35 min · S1 E29 · Explicit

    Let it be known - of the 650 MPs in the current UK Parliament, Wendy Chamberlain was the first to say yes to an interview. The Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and Liberal Democrat Chief Whip joined us to…

  29. US ELECTION NOT-SO-SPECIAL THE DEBRIEF

    · 27 min · S1 E28 · Explicit

    WTF? Amy Hoggart spent much of the last two US Presidencies starring on 'Full Frontal with Samatha Bee' - but as you'll hear she's not thrilled at the result of the US Election this week... despite it's obvious…

  30. US ELECTION SPECIAL

    · 33 min · S1 E27 · Explicit

    Ah... the smell of Polling Day in the morning. As the (for now) United States of America go to the polls this episode is (mostly) dedicated to discussion of Harris vs Trump with Isaac-Davy Aronson supervising producer…

  31. Richard Bacon

    · 30 min · S1 E26 · Explicit

    Richard Bacon has spent most of the past decade living in the USA dreaming up TV formats like Jimmy Carr's 'I Literally Just Told You...' so it's a real thrill that he's our first guest of in this week of American…

  32. Satirical Cartoonist Nick Newman

    · 39 min · S1 E25 · Explicit

    The Bindependence Day UK Comedy Tour is over... so it's back to weekly podcasts! Thank goodness - because it's been the Budget this week, and there is a lot to discuss. Plus there's an exceptional guest this episode…

  33. ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT (and Mitch Benn)

    · 15 min · S1 E24 · Explicit

    Have you seen Count Binface on his UK Comedy Tour? If you haven't then we have some good news - it's not finished yet, AND this episode was recorded backstage at one of his London dates. Mitch Benn pops by for a…

  34. BONUS EPISODE - HAPPY BIRTHDAY CEEFAX

    · 27 min · S1 E23 · Explicit

    This week Ceefax celebrated its Golden Anniversary (if you don't count the fact that it got binned a dozen or so years ago). Reintroducing Ceefax has always been a key manifesto pledge - so we've dedicated this…

  35. Miranda Sawyer

    · 34 min · S1 E22 · Explicit

    By her own admission, Miranda Sawyer doesn't remember much about the 90s, but thankfully for us it was her job to write stuff down - so she's written a wonderful book called Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20…

  36. Cardiff debrief

    · 11 min · S1 E21

    A slightly different podcast this week marking the start of the Bindependence Day comedy tour. Count Binface is giving an alien’s visor view of Britain, with his own brand of sci-fi satire and, of course, his…

  37. Professor Alice Roberts

    · 34 min · S1 E20

    We're back - after a recharging week off, the podcast is back with EPISODE 20 and what an episode for you this week as Professor Alice Roberts helps write a new manifesto point (mandatory roller-skating for doctors) we…

  38. Ria Lina

    · 32 min · S1 E19 · Explicit

    Fresh from her run at the Edinburgh Festival comedian and actress Ria Lina gives Count Binface the lowdown on which deadly viruses we should be most afraid of, why she doesn't like whips and who could win the US…

  39. Fleet Street Fox Susie Boniface

    · 37 min · S1 E18 · Explicit

    The second part of our 'state of journalism' deep dive - this week with The Daily Mirror columnist Susie Boniface aka the Fleet Street Fox. On the agenda for this episode; Elon Musk (as ever), who's fit (and proper)…

  40. Matthew Wright

    · 37 min · S1 E17 · Explicit

    For 18 years Matthew Wright hosted a daily news and discussion show called The Wright Stuff so he knows a thing or two about the media and the changing shape of British politics. It's a fascinating conversation…

  41. Author Jonn Elledge

    · 33 min · S1 E16 · Explicit

    Welcome to the Gold Medal winning* podcast 'Trash Talk... with Count Binface' In this episode we're talking borders. As the poet Robert Frost once wrote; good fences make good neighbours, and as Tony Hatch (and his…

  42. Stewart Lee

    · 36 min · S1 E15

    This week Stewart Lee is on the pod. Twice voted 'Funniest Comedian' on Sigma XI Stewart is torn on whether he wants Donald Trump to win the US Election (for a very selfish reason!), and has some excellent advice for…

  43. Iain Lee

    · 30 min · S1 E14 · Explicit

    Welcome back Count Binisters. Doesn't the election seem like a long time ago? Missing it? Well don't worry - we'll be here each week with a new episode, and there are plenty of other elections to look forward to /…

  44. Exit Pollster Professor Rob Ford

    · 32 min · S1 E13

    Welcome to the first of the weekly post-election pods! Keep your human ears here for more expert analysis of the British political system, but expect a more global perspective as we explore some of Earth's other…

  45. 308 VOTES - ELECTION NIGHT BTS

    · 11 min · S1 E12

    What did Binface say to Rishi at the count? Which radio presenter did the Count p**s off? What is next for the leader of the Recyclons? All is revealed in this bonus episode of Trash Talk featuring behind the scenes…

  46. The 'count' with mathematician Matt Parker

    · 31 min · S1 E11

    The polls have closed, and now... the count. Joining Count Binface on this episode AND in Northallerton sports centre is stand-up mathematician and author Matt Parker - official stat-checker of the Count Binface…

  47. Ian Hislop

    · 29 min · S1 E10

    It's time for Number 10. No no. Count Binface isn't moving into Downing Street just yet. This is episode number 10 of Trash Talk, and this is the first of three DAILY episodes as we enter the trilogy of the last day…

  48. GLASTONBURY SPECIAL with Nitin Sawhney

    · 27 min · S1 E9

    It's Election week! Old Binface has been all over the 'mainstream media', from a profile in The Guardian to the expert analysis of Radio 4's More or Less. More (or less) on that in the pod. This episode is dedicated…

  49. Paul Gorton from The Traitors

    · 26 min · S1 E8

    Things are hotting up... and I don't just mean the weather (that sentence won't make sense 6 months from now). Who's your money on? (Apart from a suspicious amount on a July election) In this episode Paul Gorton from…

  50. THE CB NEWS DEBATE... with Simon McCoy

    · 22 min · S1 E7

    Welcome to debate number 713 of this 2024 General Election campaign... but the only one that matters. The BBC, Sky & ITV have all shunned old Binface - but don't worry - he's made his own. Asking the questions is a…

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