Wet and Dry
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -When Geoff turned 40 he decided to take a year off drinking. This wasn’t very popular with his friend Matt, who likes drinking, and thinks Geoff will turn into a really boring friend.
This podcast is an exploration of sobriety, male drinking culture, lager, mid-life crisis and friendship.
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Episodes
The Apology Episode
February 21, 2021 22:58 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBHow was your Christmas / New Year / Dry January / Lockdown 3 / Homeschooling? It's been two months since Matt & I last had the time to record a podcast. Well actually that's not QUITE true... we did manage to met briefly between Christmas and New Year to record some World Cup of AF matches around the back of bike shed. What has the world come to? We also recorded an interview with Sonja Mitchell - the Managing Director and 'Beer Admiral' of Jumpship Beers. You might remember that Matt once...
Guinness, Geese & Guilt @ Tooting Pond / Lake
December 07, 2020 23:22 - 30 minutes - 42 MBShall we start with the caveats? Matt and I recorded this episode at the end of Lockdown Part 2 - when the only way to meet was socially distanced at either end of a bench in the park. So it sounds a little different to usual. We've got some fixture congestion in the World Cup of AF - so it's a double header of two matches today. We're going to hold a few matches between episodes and announce a load of results in the next podcast - watch out Jeff Stelling - THIS is the results show the na...
The Hungover Episode
November 01, 2020 19:36 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBI can't even begin to tell you how hungover Matt was during this episode. It might just be the last time I see Matt given the latest lockdown announcements - and this is how I have to remember him!!! On this episode we channel our inner Mark Chapman as we draw the first round of the AF World Cup, and chat to three inspiring guys looking to change the way we drink. Let us know what you make of the AF World Cup draw - there are some interesting match-ups. You can see the full draw on the ...
Jamie East & The World Cup of AF
October 16, 2020 00:52 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBWe're into the final quarter of my year off drinking. Time for some big decisions. I've been swaying between sobriety and moderation quite a bit in terms of my plans for 2021... so I'm thrilled that Jamie East joins us on this podcast as he 'celebrates' the third anniversary of his sobriety. He definitely seems to be thriving, and at one point in his interview he tells Matt and I that he's a better husband, father and employee as a result of giving up booze - well who doesn't aspire to be be...
'Tequilla' Mockingbird & Matt's confession...
September 30, 2020 13:52 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBDon't worry - I haven't fallen off the wagon. After a break for the summer we're back! And to celebrate we're cracking open a bottle of tequila. Well, sort of. In this episode we chat to Fern McCoy, who has BOSSED her lockdown. While most of us were watching Hamilton for the 17th time on Disney+, Fern was creating, making and launching her own non-alcoholic spirit - Mockingbird. Born of her love of all things Mexican, and in support of her sober boyfriend, she's created something incredibl...
Sober Sauce @ home
August 05, 2020 09:52 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBIn the words of the great Jon Bon Jovi; "Woah! We're half way there." Yep, since the last episode I've passed the mid-point of this year off drinking. The biggest lesson I've learnt from my sober six months is that the habit of beer drinking can easily be separated from alcohol. As Fergus from Adnams told us, the beer in an alcohol-free product is THE SAME BEER that's in the regular product. There are some additive differences, but in terms of taste... it's come from the same source. This ...
Super Saturday @ THE PUB!
July 15, 2020 22:08 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBFirstly an apology: we've been talking a LOT about pubs in recent episodes. They say; "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" and since mid-March we've been unable to meet in the place where we've held court since we've known each other. Apparently a quarter of us have felt lonely during the lockdown. Of course we've lacked interaction with colleagues, but socially... it's the pub I've missed the most. So excuse us one further episode on pubs and then we PROMISE we're moving on.....
The Master Brewer
July 02, 2020 08:41 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBMeet Fergus. He's the Head Brewer at Adnams in Suffolk, and he's the guest on this week's podcast. Does pub beer taste better than canned beer? What exactly is in non-alcoholic beer? How do you get to be a Master Brewer? And are the breweries ready for pub-reopening day? A lot has happened since the last episode: Boris has announced that pubs will reopen on 4th July Matt & I gave 'drinking in the park' a go And the results of the drinking survey are in. On that note; thanks to ev...
What Next? @ The Rose & Crown
June 09, 2020 12:12 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBWhat a joy this episode is! We're sat in the beer garden of the Rose & Crown (our local) chatting to Chris the landlord. For much of the last couple of months that's been a pipe dream, but on the day London officially registered ZERO coronavirus deaths, and the front doors of the pub once again open (albeit for take-aways only) it seemed the right time to reflect on the past couple of months. This podcast is an an exploration of what drinking means to us, and and in much the same way that ...
Reunited @ Tooting Common
May 24, 2020 17:15 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBVera Lynn was RIGHT! Matt and I DID meet again in Tooting Common, and thanks to the magic of shotgun microphone technology we stood 2m apart, drank beer (non-alcoholic obvs!) and ate pork-scratchings. Just like the old days. Sort of. On this episode we've also spoken to Laura Willoughby MBE - the founder of Club Soda the mindful drinking movement. It's one of the first support groups that was recommended to me when I started on this project, so it's great to hear her very personal story, ...
Ghost of Christmas Future @ Socially Distanced
May 12, 2020 12:57 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBOn this episode is Chris Maples, former UK MD of Spotify, a friend of Matt's and someone who's been off booze for two years. This is a great chance to find out what my future non-drinking self COULD look like. It's a fascinating chat, and Chris is a BRILLIANT guest. Excitingly this COULD be the last of our remotely recorded podcasts! Sort of... we won't be meeting guests anytime soon, but as of 24 hours ago we CAN meet up in the park and record our chat at opposite ends of a park bench. ...
This Abstemious Life @ Home (again)
April 23, 2020 20:42 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBWhen we first sat down and started to plan this podcast there was a name we both wanted on the show. Bruce Daisley. Bruce wrote a book called The Joy of Work, presents a podcast called Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat and until recently was the European VP of Twitter. He's also a really good friend of Matt's. I've seen Bruce give talks about workplace culture, he's incredibly engaging, so I probably shouldn't have been surprised when he delivered a compelling argument for why I should quit my year...
Stay At Home @ Our Homes
March 31, 2020 23:17 - 31 minutes - 42.5 MBWe knew it was coming... this is the first of what will probably be a few episodes recorded separately. It's weird isn't it. First I took away the alcohol from our friendship, then coronavirus took the pubs and now we can't even meet face to face. On a serious note, it's a tough time, and there will be MANY people drinking more than usual. In the grand scheme of things this is unlikely to be any more than a footnote in the COVID-19 story, but for us it's become part of our year-long expe...
No More Pubs @ A Secret Location
March 19, 2020 23:39 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBLike everyone else we've been adapting to the new world created by the spread of Covid-19. So much has changed, so quickly. It seems like only days since we were sat in a pub chatting to CAMRA about how great pubs are... and now we're not allowed inside them. In this episode Matt and I try to make sense of this, and discuss some of the news stories you've been sharing with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Man in the Mirror @ Geoff's gaff
March 07, 2020 03:06 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBYou don't hear as much Jacko on the radio these days do you? I wonder why that is. Anyway, Andy Smith is our guest this week, talking about how he changed his life, and it was triggered by Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror. He's a BRILLIANT guy to listen to - and apologies that this episode is slightly longer, but we've cut this down from the hour we spent together and we didn't want to lose any more. He talks a LOT of sense, and listen carefully at the end of the interview... I'm convinced...
Pubs are Brilliant @ The Parcel Yard
February 29, 2020 04:14 - 33 minutes - 46 MBPubs have an important role to play in British culture and society. Matt and I first met in one. He's just one of the dozens of people I've met in pubs, it's a really easy environment to shake a hand, and start a conversation. So how does pub culture fit with sobriety? CAMRA have been highlighting the importance of public houses for almost 50 years, so we sat down with Katie, a beer blogger, who works for CAMRA to get to the bottom of what makes the British pub so great. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Prince Philip's Friend @ The Blizard Institute
February 22, 2020 01:08 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this episode we take a trip out to East London to somewhere called The Blizard Institute, where some serious science happens; there was talk of curing Hepatitis C while we were there. We met Dr Will Alazawi, a consultant Hepatologist (Liver guy) to ask him some serious (and some not so serious) questions about the health benefits of taking a year off alcohol. His answers weren't what we were expecting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the Be-gin-ing @ Hayman's Distillery
February 07, 2020 02:23 - 30 minutes - 42 MBDry January is over! Now onto dry February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December... Welcome to Wet & Dry; a podcast about sobriety, male-drinking culture, mid-life crisis, and friendship. This episode was recorded at Hayman's Gin Distillery in Balham, South London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Rules @ The Rose & Crown
January 28, 2020 22:50 - 31 minutes - 43 MBWe're off! It's DAY 15 of Geoff's alcohol-free year, and it's time to talk about the rules. Matt wants to know if depriving yourself of something you enjoy could be a bigger harm to your mental health than it will be a benefit to your physical health. We chat about the politics of the pub - how do 'rounds' work if you're not drinking? Will Geoff still get invited out, and what do you drink, if you're not drinking? Enjoy the first episode, and let us know what you think. Cheers! Hosted ...
Coming Soon
January 19, 2020 10:19 - 1 minute - 2.07 MBComing soon. Have a drink... When Geoff turned 40 he decided to take a year off drinking. This wasn’t very popular with his friend Matt, who likes drinking, and thinks Geoff will turn into a really boring friend. This podcast is an exploration of sobriety, male drinking culture, lager, mid-life crisis and friendship. Geoff & Matt