In our 72nd podcast, there is tension in the air, as Richard's cyst continues to grow like a David Cronenberg-style alien on his Bob Hoskins-style back (pictured), threatening at any moment to explode and fill the attic with foul effluent and bottled-up anger at Virgilio Anderson. Honestly, it's like an episode of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, except with current affairs: this week, ageism at Radio 1, David Shayler's new life as Christ and Shane Ritchie's unlikely tale of locking his swine flu-victim son in his bedroom.

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