World Cup Hype & The Weather Game Unveiled

About this episode

Max Rushden and Charlie Baker discuss World Cup hype with Alex James and unveil a new weather game with Nigel Adderley.

Max Rushden and Charlie Baker hold down the fort one last time before the massive World Cup kick-off. On today's episode, Blur bassist Alex James joins the lads to talk about his life in music and how he is building up the ultimate hype for England’s upcoming tournament campaign. Then, things take a highly unpredictable turn as Nigel Adderley drops by to help the boys debut a brand-new weather game. Plus, award-winning comedian Dan Tiernan steps up to the microphone to chat about his highly anticipated upcoming live comedy tour. This marks Max and Charlie's final show before the tournament begins, but don't worry, Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs will be back in the hot seat starting tomorrow to bring you the vast majority of our daily World Cup podcasts from 1:00 PM. Follow us on socials: X/Twitter: @tSHandJ Instagram: @tSHandJ YouTube: talkSPORT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Max Rushden, Charlie Baker

Guests: Alex James, Nigel Adderley, Dan Tiernan

Topics covered

• World Cup
• music
• comedy
• hype
• weather game

Keywords

• World Cup
• Alex James
• Nigel Adderley
• Dan Tiernan
• comedy tour
• weather game
• hype

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: talkSPORT

Books & works: live comedy tour

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