Bodybuilders
1/7/20261 hr 5 min
Emily of Oxford tunes in to the vibes of a brand new year and reckons what the world needs to hear about from the beans is bodybuilders. It’s a well judged move and who better to pick the perfectly toned meat off this topic than three men who at any point in their lives could have tried a bit of bodybuilding or read about it or watched a bit on the the telly if they could have been arsed.
With thanks to our editor Laura Grimshaw.
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First 90 secondsBenjamin Partridge· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everyone.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:08
Hello.
Henry Paker· Host0:09
Hello.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:10
Now, before we start, I need to declare something.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:12
Okay.
Henry Paker· Host0:13
Mm.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:14
I might seem a little skittish today, a little bit, uh, distracted. Maybe my thoughts are elsewhere today.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:21
Did your Dwayne The Rock Johnson mannequin arrive? [laughing] What's happened?
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:27
It's out for delivery, Mike.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:28
Okay.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:28
[laughs] Um, it could arrive at any moment.
Henry Paker· Host0:30
Until it's home and dry and safe- [laughing] ... it's very stressful for you when you know it's in transit, isn't it?
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:35
Yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:36
[laughs] Yeah.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:36
And it's exciting 'cause when I bought it, they said, "We can dress it up like any rock character from any movie," and I said, "Just surprise me." [laughing] [laughing] I mean, I'm hoping for Jumanji obviously, but- Yeah.
Henry Paker· Host0:47
You know.
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:47
Yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:48
They, they understand that. They, they can read between the lines.
Henry Paker· Host0:50
Yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:51
Yeah.
Henry Paker· Host0:51
So it's Dwayne The Rock Johnson, but did you specify does it have to be a Dwayne The Rock Johnson film or?
Benjamin Partridge· Host0:54
Yeah, it's got to be one of his major roles, yeah.
Henry Paker· Host0:57
Okay. I hope you specified that 'cause if he turns up dressed as, um, Mrs. Doubtfire- One of the horses from Ben-Hur. For example.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:02
Golly, that'd be heartbreaking, wouldn't it?
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:03
Or domestic life of, of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. [laughing] It's not what people want.
Henry Paker· Host1:09
And of course he plays many roles in his own life, doesn't he?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:12
Mm.
Henry Paker· Host1:12
Father, uncle, brother.
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:13
Mentor.
Henry Paker· Host1:14
Mentor to Simon, yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:15
[laughing] Who's thriving I would say.
Henry Paker· Host1:18
He's absolutely thriving under his mentorship.
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:20
Good ol' Le Bon.
Henry Paker· Host1:21
Good ol' Le Bon.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:22
Mm. So go on, BP. What else is, what else is a-skittering and a-scattering your, your innards?
Benjamin Partridge· Host1:27
So in recent episodes we have talked a bit about lasagna.