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(music) (10 hours) Silly Animal names | Trivia Tuesday | LMBYTS #1492 | Jason Newland | 18th November 2025
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🎙️ Episode Summary:
Silly Animal names – Trivia Tuesday – LMBYTS #1492 – Jason Newland – 18th November 2025
(duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes)
🎙️ Episode Overview
In this Trivia Tuesday instalment, Jason goes down a wonderfully daft rabbit hole of animals with silly names — from slippery dick fish and boops boops to cockchafers, blue-footed boobies, great tits, hellbenders, snot otters, and beyond. Along the way he wanders (as always) through boxing rants, newspaper clippings, horoscopes, the strongest animals on Earth, and memories of his beloved ferret Andre — all wrapped in that calm, rambling, sleepy style that makes it easy to drift off while half-smiling at how ridiculous the world is.
🧠Main Segments & Themes
- Intro, Let Me Bore Your Pain Away & Boxing Joy
- Opens with the usual welcome to JasonNewland.com and reminder to only listen when you can safely close your eyes.
- Mentions recording Let Me Bore Your Pain Away #43 earlier in the day, which went in an unexpected direction.
- Shares genuine excitement that local boxer Fabio Wardley has become WBO heavyweight champion after Oleksandr Usyk gave up the belt, reflecting on following Fabio’s career from the start.
- Rambles happily about modern boxing politics: belts being vacated, commentators underrating fighters, and comparisons with 15-round eras and old-school rule changes.
- Touches on David Benavidez, Canelo, Bivol and others, wondering why some fights never happen and musing on “toughest heavyweights” in different eras.
- Daily Star Ramble, Fame & Social Media Plans
- Flicks through the Daily Star, commenting on Sydney Sweeney’s sudden mega-fame and old glamour shots of Kelly Brook.
- Tells a personal memory of seeing Frank Skinner in a comedy club years ago and feeling jealous of how pale he was compared to Jason’s own colouring, before musing on celebrity as an “aphrodisiac.”
- Talks about his Facebook group “Jason Newland’s Boring Group” and how he now posts full new recordings there once they’ve gone through Spreaker and YouTube.
- Explains his upload routine: six audio versions going to YouTube, then downloads the no-music version to share on Facebook; also posting full “audio videos” to TikTok, Instagram and X up to one hour.
- Ponders whether to do TikTok Lives for Let Me Bore You To Sleep or Q&A Friday, unsure if he fits typical TikTok live trends.
- Reflects briefly on his mood: struggling to get out of bed at the weekend, then suddenly feeling more productive and doing multiple recordings as his mood lifts.
- Civil Suits, Weight-Loss Jabs & Horoscopes
- Wonders aloud about civil court vs criminal court after hearing about a cancelled boxing match involving Gervonta Davis and a civil suit.
- Reads a piece about weight-loss injections (“fat jabs”) slowing alcohol absorption and warns listeners to be careful if they’re on them — while noting he neither drinks nor takes jabs himself.
- Thinks about his own weight, whether he’d even qualify for such treatment on the NHS, and how people use quick fixes.
- Dips into the horoscope page, reading multiple star signs in his own slightly cheeky, editorial style — including Virgo (his sign) and others, poking fun at the vague and oddly specific advice while still enjoying the ritual.
- Strongest Animals, Dinosaurs & Size Perspective
- Looks up a list of the world’s strongest animals: harpy eagles, leopards, polar bears, lions, grizzlies, tigers, musk oxen, white rhinos, gorillas and African elephants.
- Expresses
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