B-SIDE: From Usk Till Dawn
5/29/202655 min
Welsh politics has been through the electoral tumble dryer of late, but does the rise of Reform and Plaid Cymru's success herald a new beginning, or are circumstances going to clog things up? We are joined by the always-brilliant Will Hayward to look at how things are panning out in Cardiff Bay. Plus, there's a glorious Grin And Share It to help you end the week on a high. SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD • You can buy Will's books from our bookshop, here • The opening clip is from Rhod Gilbert's tremendous set • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by Nick Russill on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsWill Hayward· Guest0:00
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Rhod Gilbert· Soundbite0:29
I came out on stage one night, I said, "Oh, I'm from Llanbobel." This Welsh bloke leapt to his feet. He was going, "That's [censored]!" He said, "It's a stupid name," he said. "Calm down, mate. Welsh place names are confusing and everybody pronounces them differently, and the, the county names keep changing. They go from an old county name to a new county name. It's all very confusing." He said, "No, it's not." He said, "It's not confusing at all." I said, "It is confusing." He said, "It's not confusing." I said, "Where are you from?" He said, "Llandysul." I said, "It's Llandysul." Yeah, you know. He, he said, "It's Llandysul." I said, "It's not. Is that you thinking of the same one double L-A-N-D-Y triple S-U and then as many Ls as you can be arsed to stick around to?" [laughter] "It's Llandysul." He said, "It's not, it's Llandysul." He said, "Where are you from?" I said, "Carmarthen." He said, "Oh, up north with the castle." I said, "No, that's Caernarfon. I'm from Carmarthen down south without the castle." He said, "Oh, in Dyfed." I said, "Well, it used to be called Dyfed. It's called Carmarthenshire again now. They've gone back to the old name." I said, "It's not far from Llandysul where you live." He said, "No, Llandysul is in Montgomeryshire." I said, "Where the hell is that? I've never heard of it." He said, "It used to be called Powys." [laughter] I said, "So Llandysul and Montgomery are two completely different places." I said, "Do you live there now?" He said, "No, I live in Spain." I thought, sod this.