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Fun times at the British Podcast Awards last night. Fortuitously, I had chosen a T-shirt that matched the logo and carpet. The eagle-eyed amongst you will observe that we are not clutching awards; this is due to some oversight which meant apparently we did not win. #BritishPodcastAwards

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What the numbers on TK Maxx labels actually mean... 🕵‍♂

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

a little scary but now I want one

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

that end of week feeling when even the gym equipment is slagging me

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Guardian of the Tippex. Protector of all mistakes.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you're finding the marauding blackshirts and mega donations a little overwhelming, please know that today on Today In History with the Retrospectors we have a deep dive into Pop-Tarts.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is Bernadette. Whilst an NHS nurse, she asked some awkward questions about a database at work. She says she found herself belittled, bullied and ignored. She went on to face years of investigations, and two employment tribunal claims. Hear our conversation in this month's 'The Modern Mann'

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

watched 'Disney Worldbuilders' last night with my kids and obvs the topic is right up my street but though I liked The Imagineering Story and adored Disneyland Handcrafted, I felt Iwerks was pushed too hard into making promotional content here...

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Why does everything need to make a noise?!

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My holiday read this Summer! Funny, insightful, & short enough to complete in a series of casual sessions: would recommend if, like me, you enjoy writing that is uncomplicated yet reveals a series of small truths about human nature

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Well this one sentence in a Times music review has made me instantly download the Brandon Flowers album

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

⚠️ MANN ALERT! Due to unusual Summer scheduling I will be your late-night @TimesRadio host from 10pm this Tues & Wed

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Guacamole? Some kind of Western mushy peas? Having travelled fairly extensively in the States I thought I'd seen it all, but this salad bar item in Helena, Montana stumped me...

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

well now who's this handsome fella doing late night radio, the nation asks as one

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Woop, delighted to see both The Modern Mann and Today In History with the Retrospectors on the #BritishPodcastAwards shortlist, up against some very tough competition!

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

When the pace of news is so fast you wear a seatbelt

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fun day drinking with various members of the Olly Mann podcastamatic universe

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Such a pleasure to meet Harry Shearer today and such a challenge not to constantly say NOW DO THE VOICES PLEASE DO THE VOICES

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

no biggie but <squeal> I will be interviewing Harry Shearer this afternoon. What would you like me to ask?

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Five hour broadcasting marathon begins now! Catch me hosting the networked afternoon show all this week, 2-6pm on BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC Radio Northampton - and tonight 3CR listeners get me for an extra hour through until 7pm with Rollercoaster 🎢

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🎉how validating to see THREE podcasts of mine in the #BritishPodcastAwards longlist! 💪 WELL DONE TEAM

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Installed a Ring cam in my chicken coop and can honestly say these are the best Notifications I've ever had

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Just having a totally normal one by kicking off the week with a 10am ride on the UK's tallest rollercoaster with my 'Rollercoaster' producer, Holly #hyperia

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

On Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, my favourite Mel Brooks quote: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die"

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Hosting a radio show tonight, kickoff 10pm. I suspect my audience may be disproportionately Scottish and Welsh...

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What are all 4 sides of a BOX GRATER for?

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Every time I hear hype for 'machine learning' I remember how my Alexa persists in asking me if I want her to read out my Notifications and I've never once said yes

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

An uncomfortable interview.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

No shade on the kid, who looks cute and everything, but the weirdness of putting a preschooler in a shirt and tie and selling that as anything other than a depressing restriction of their personality

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This month's edition of The Modern Mann, in pictorial form.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

En route to Times Radio to host ‘Drive’ this weekend, and thus am considering rebranding it ‘Tube’

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

When Karl Lagerfeld died, he left his estate to his cat. Or did he? I had a riot narrating this story by Chris Heath for The Atlantic. Warning: includes the sound of me impersonating Choupette 🙀 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Richest Cat in the World

Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to his blue-cream Birman, Choupette?

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Just hearing about this. The best voice on the radio and the man whose broadcasting got me, and millions of others, into Country. Lots of love to Bob!

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

let's just write Lovely on the packet, nobody will notice they're gross

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Breaking: Universal have today confirmed the name of their upcoming Bedford theme park and it's... [drumroll] UNIVERSAL UNITED KINGDOM RESORT. (Cue the sound of grateful Bedfordshire residents that at least they didn't go for 'London'...) #Universal #Bedford

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Will be revealing some Universal Bedford news later this afternoon! In the meantime, am pleased to announce that season 2 of my show Rollercoaster - Universal's Bedfordshire Journey is coming soon to BBC Sounds & Three Counties Radio 🙏

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What was the Hitler Moustache called... BEFORE Adolf Hitler? Helen and I (and Martin!) investigate, in AMT418 🎧 answermethispodcast.com/episode418

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

brain can't compute that the nice weather is coinciding with a public holiday, we are truly in the end times

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The difficulty for all future PMs is surely that, whilst it was clear why the Tory PMs resigned (Cameron lost Brexit, May had parliamentary deadlock, Boris broke his own rules, Truss crashed the economy), Starmer is just... currently unpopular?

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

guys I think it's time for Sue Gray to do another report

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Cripes even the swimming pool at my gym is going Reform

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thanks for the kind comments about my TimesRadio stint over the weekend - I'm back again tonight from 10pm, no prizes for guessing what we'll be talking about...

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I've just had sight of what the Prime Minister will be saying in his 'reset' speech tomorrow. As soon as the embargo lifts at 22:30, I'll be discussing it on my Times Radio show.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

“Our pets aren't thinking about living longer. They just want to be comfortable in the here and now.” A pleasure to meet Dr Caroline Flicker - Britain’s first vet to specialise in at-home palliative and end-of-life care. Check out our chat 👇 www.modernmann.co.uk/new/pallivet

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

sometimes Ollie and I record remotely and I cover my face with his so I don't have to look at myself and it looks like this

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's not every day you're named "highly commended" for uncontrollably giggling whilst supping wine through plastic teets, but that is what has befallen The Modern Mann team this evening. A fun and silly night at the #GoldenLobes awards, where scooped runner up for 'Best Blooper'

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

NEW - 'My Deepfake Nightmare' For The Modern Mann, I meet Cheryl Bennett, a PE teacher whose life was turned upside down when an AI Deepfake video went viral which falsely showed her using racist language whilst leafletting for local elections 👉 pod.fo/e/3fb507

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Absolutely loved #CaliforniaSchemin - a funny, fast-paced, endearing British film of the kind we supposedly don't make anymore. Two great young actors playing the leads too.

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Olly Mann @ollymann.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Wow my mobile livestreaming setup is pure sex

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