Episodes
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Help! Lew has swallowed a plastic straw again, is there a doctor in the house?! Luckily we've only gone and booked the amazing (and medically trained) Michael Akadiri to - save Lew's life - and give us a breakdown of what makes him culturally tick, from catching up on Top Boy to training to be the top boy in...
Published 05/08/22
Published 05/08/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week on the pod we're so happy to welcome the crisp connoisseur herself - Yuriko Kotani. Recorded on 20/04, which for some reason massively excited Josh, the group delve into Japanese wrestling, child detective anime, and answer Lew's all important question - "does Japan have an O'Neils"?Yuriko can be...
Published 04/30/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Culture all the way from the good old U.S. of A this week, as we throw away our flat caps and free healthcare, and invest in everything American. Baseball! Automatic weapons! Rosanne Barr! And what better way to get to grips with American culture than inviting a real life American into the void - the one and...
Published 04/23/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.We're unbelievably excited t0 welcome the incredible Kuan-Wen Huang into the Cultural Vacumms this week. He helpfully educates Lew and Josh on the joys of late night melon eating, London open house discovery and Pokemon Go etiquette.Kuan-Wen can be found on Twitter @kuanwen_huang, and on Instagram...
Published 04/16/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.It's French Week here at The Cultural Vacuums, and by that we mean we have a guest who can speak French. Unfortunately neither Lew or Josh done anything to educate themselves on the country's rich culture, other than learn an intro, and in Lew's case, listen to Stromae, who is in fact, from Belgium.Luckily we...
Published 04/08/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.On the podcast this week it's the one and only Sarah Keyworth, helping the boys fill up their weekly culture quota with gems such as Taylor Swift: The Early years, the dangers of country singers speaking out, and how to watch tv shows with loved ones, plus Lew finds out he's the only person in the world who...
Published 04/02/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week, Huge Davies (from the telly) helps guide our uncultured village idiots through a host of hard-hitting topics, from Radiohead possibly ruining football game menu screens, to Peter Jackson most certainly ruining The Hobbit, as well as discussing if Jackie Chan is in fact a real person.Huge can be...
Published 03/24/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help jam your empty modern-day brains full of meaty hot cultural goodness, courtesy of an amazing guest!Back at it again with season 2! Lew and Josh are back, and ready once again to ask the big questions. Will they finally discover what an 8-track is? Will someone explain to Josh that naming your child after another family member is normal? And when will Lew realise that cataracts isn't only found in cats?Helping them on their...
Published 03/19/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.It's the final episode of season 1, and Lew and Josh are finally getting around to asking the important life questions e.g. what is an 8 track, and how does it work?They'll also be discussing Club life in Reading, the masterpiece that is Chicken Run, and sitting in the front row of a live comedy show. Helping...
Published 02/11/22
Incorrigibleadjective(of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Its the penultimate episode of season 1 at THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, and this week Lew and Josh discuss Road Rage youtube videos, supporting The Cribs, and the warm hug that is 1990s Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Helping them...
Published 02/04/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.It's nearly the end of season 1 at THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, so we've brought out the big guns! Ania Magliano helps guide our cultural newborns through boyband fan pages, President Snow life-changing speeches, and panoramic dogs, all while Lew discovers the answer to one of life's most important questions - What...
Published 01/29/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.It's a CULTURAL VACUUMS party/meeting this week, with our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock) discussing the highs and lows of youtube fight videos, using the The Simpsons to work out the time of day, and George Galloway as a cat.Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is superstar and...
Published 01/21/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Ring in the New-ish Year and pump up THE CULTURAL VACUUMS on your soundbox - it's 2022 baby!This week Lew and Josh discuss Netflix's Cheer, Self Help guides, and washing your tarot cards, all while Lew repeatedly confuses Kent with Essex. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is everyone's...
Published 01/13/22
It's THE END OF THE YEAR AS WE KNOW IT and Lew and Josh have turned on their mics for one last time (this year) to help you bring in a new epoch of your lives by counting down their top 3 movies, books/ cooking manuals (Josh), tv shows, YouTube clips and musical arrangements of the absolute slug that's been 2021.We'll be back in the new year with more cultural anecdotes, recommendations and reviews courtesy of our wonderful guests - we gots some huge names lined up and can't wait to share...
Published 01/01/22
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Slam on your Santa's hat, ready the mulled wine and pump up THE CULTURAL VACUUMS!This week we discuss Russian Wolves, poorly disguised 30 year olds, and the band 'Sledgehammer', while Lew finally figures out that social media handles and real names aren't the same thing. Joining them on their cultural journey...
Published 12/15/21
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.Jump on THE CULTURAL VACUUMS train, with our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock). This week we discuss Cow's feet, Red Carpet etiquette and unholy sports entertainment weddings, all while Josh figures out how to turn a mic on. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is creator of ITV2'...
Published 12/09/21
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.(Squeaky chairs and Broken mics)Hop on into THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, with our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock). This week we discuss Daniel Bedingfield, Biblical swimming lessons and nu-Metal, all while Lew in on the best painkillers known to man. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is...
Published 12/01/21
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week in the void that is THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock) discuss window dressing in mens department stores, how to win back and woman, and Lew's new shoes. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is East London gentleman and all round good guy, Jeff...
Published 11/26/21
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week in the void that is THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock) discuss 80s cartoons, the unwavering knowledge and confidence of Paul Merson, and Russian comedy literature. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is the wonderfully funny, and very arty, Richard...
Published 11/17/21
At the Cultural Vacuums, comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week in the void that is THE CULTURAL VACUUMS, our hosts (Lew Fitz and Josh Trebilcock) discuss Seinfeld, only knowing one National Anthem and Police Academy. Joining them on their cultural journey into the unknown is the wickedly talented Lily Phillips!Lily Phillips can be found on Twitter @lily_comedy...
Published 11/10/21
It's showtime bay-bay!After a lengthy pilot run of around 16 episodes (it's how they do it in TV) we're here, live and in your ears! Comedians Lew and Josh are ready to help fill your brain and soul with a steady stream of culture courtesy of a weekly - and hopefully far more cultured - guest.This week the Vacuum welcomes the incredible comedian HELEN BAUER! Strap yourselves in for Dance Moms, The Simpsons, Josh discovering that just because you speak German doesn't mean you were born there,...
Published 11/03/21
WE'RE BACK BAYBAY... well, almost back. Josh and Lew have been hard at work in the R&D layer of the Vacuum coming up with new ways to give the people what they want: arts chat with super funny comedians. To do so they've given the place a new coat of paint, worked out a format (finally) and enlisted some big guns to produce their unproducables asses. SO - the wait is nearly over, Series 1 of The Cultural Vacuums is on the horizon and we have some amazing guests lined up BUT, in the...
Published 10/20/21
The Cultural Vacuum's are back this week and in the words of one Martin Tyler, "IT'S LIVE"... sort of. This week the vacuum was blessed with the dulcet tones and ACTUAL IN PERSON presence of the super funny, friend of the show, Neil O'Rourke! Neil gives Lew and Josh an incredibly insightful history lesson on modern Irish cinema, along the way recommending some hidden gems we'd never heard of and explaining his love for the movie Young Offenders. Also the Vacuums are introduced to Neil's...
Published 09/08/21
Well looky here you lucky people. We brought one in under an hour!This week the Vacuums welcome the legendary Sunil Patel into their abyss to ponder with them all things culture. Sunil reveals who his comedic inspirations were and shares with Josh and Lew his tip of writing to ferocious European hip-hop and trap music. The gang also discuss the perils, burdens and diet associated with mafioso life, as seen in shows such as Gomorrah and The Sopranos, meanwhile, did you know what Mike Tyson's...
Published 08/25/21