Ben Baker
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If you want a fun read about TV, music and other pop culture obsessions that werent written on the toilet with ChatGPT, have a look at my selection of books in print or digital.
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Why do all short videos online go "Brrrrrrrrr" with text on a black screen between clips now? It wasnt a thing and then suddenly it was on all the videos. I felt like Abe Simpson enough, thank you very much.
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Why do all short videos online go "Brrrrrrrrr" with text on a black screen between clips now? It wasnt a thing and then suddenly it was on all the videos. I felt like Abe Simpson enough, thank you very much.
"Confessions of a Goofy Milkman" (1976, Disney, X)
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
"Confessions of a Goofy Milkman" (1976, Disney, X)
Last night's radio went...if not off then adjacent to the rails with some daft laughs, loads of audience interaction and music which ranges from Adam Ant to Henry's Cat. No....really.
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
Ben Baker vs Monday: Blue Monday vs New Binday
First broadcast 19 January 2026.
Ben Baker kicks Monday firmly in the unmentionables with a live two hour show full of great music, features and just generally having a daft laugh.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Last night's radio went...if not off then adjacent to the rails with some daft laughs, loads of audience interaction and music which ranges from Adam Ant to Henry's Cat. No....really.
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadi...
Reposted by Ben Baker
A dog called. He said "sausages" then hung up. Mate of yours?
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A dog called. He said "sausages" then hung up. Mate of yours?
Reposted by Ben Baker
PantoSplaining is a visual investigation into a panto poster of yesteryear. But it works in audio too, if you can't see the visuals you'll still enjoy it just as much! Here's a clip to prove it from our latest ep, we go back to Bradford in 79!
Please repost for awareness!
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Please repost for awareness!
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
PantoSplaining is a visual investigation into a panto poster of yesteryear. But it works in audio too, if you can't see the visuals you'll still enjoy it just as much! Here's a clip to prove it from our latest ep, we go back to Bradford in 79!
Please repost for awareness!
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Please repost for awareness!
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Tonight's comprehensive script and guest beer.
January 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Tonight's comprehensive script and guest beer.
Starting soon - live as you please. Come say hi or have a lurk at noiseboxradio.com/discord
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Starting soon - live as you please. Come say hi or have a lurk at noiseboxradio.com/discord
I keep getting emails saying "Blue Monday? Cheer up buying some nonsense you cant afford!"
Well, I say "stuff that and listen to me at 8pm where I'll hopefully make your Monday any colour you like, free of cynical advertising copy!"
Ben Baker vs. Blue Monday, tonight at 8pm. @noiseboxradio.com
Well, I say "stuff that and listen to me at 8pm where I'll hopefully make your Monday any colour you like, free of cynical advertising copy!"
Ben Baker vs. Blue Monday, tonight at 8pm. @noiseboxradio.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I keep getting emails saying "Blue Monday? Cheer up buying some nonsense you cant afford!"
Well, I say "stuff that and listen to me at 8pm where I'll hopefully make your Monday any colour you like, free of cynical advertising copy!"
Ben Baker vs. Blue Monday, tonight at 8pm. @noiseboxradio.com
Well, I say "stuff that and listen to me at 8pm where I'll hopefully make your Monday any colour you like, free of cynical advertising copy!"
Ben Baker vs. Blue Monday, tonight at 8pm. @noiseboxradio.com
I asked what would get people listening to my live radio programme "Ben Baker Vs. Monday" tonight at 8pm. The top results were:
1. Get a different host.
2. Be on a different day.
3. Be at a different time.
So thats "Ren Kabeb Vs. Wednesdays", 4am only on @noiseboxradio.com (repeated Monday 8pm)
1. Get a different host.
2. Be on a different day.
3. Be at a different time.
So thats "Ren Kabeb Vs. Wednesdays", 4am only on @noiseboxradio.com (repeated Monday 8pm)
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
I asked what would get people listening to my live radio programme "Ben Baker Vs. Monday" tonight at 8pm. The top results were:
1. Get a different host.
2. Be on a different day.
3. Be at a different time.
So thats "Ren Kabeb Vs. Wednesdays", 4am only on @noiseboxradio.com (repeated Monday 8pm)
1. Get a different host.
2. Be on a different day.
3. Be at a different time.
So thats "Ren Kabeb Vs. Wednesdays", 4am only on @noiseboxradio.com (repeated Monday 8pm)
Look at this badass motherfucker. The best of us all.
January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Look at this badass motherfucker. The best of us all.
Reposted by Ben Baker
Cheeers from the PantoSplaining boys to everybody who's listened to or watched our latest episode at linktr.ee/pantosplaining
January 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Cheeers from the PantoSplaining boys to everybody who's listened to or watched our latest episode at linktr.ee/pantosplaining
A dog called. He said "sausages" then hung up. Mate of yours?
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A dog called. He said "sausages" then hung up. Mate of yours?
Reposted by Ben Baker
We learnt a lot more about Bill Maynard this month than we ever thought we would.
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
January 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
We learnt a lot more about Bill Maynard this month than we ever thought we would.
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
WHAT A TREMENDOUS SONG THAT ONLY A WAR CRIMINAL OR APOLOGIST FOR SEX OFFENDERS COULD DISLIKE. #TOPOFALLPOPS
January 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
WHAT A TREMENDOUS SONG THAT ONLY A WAR CRIMINAL OR APOLOGIST FOR SEX OFFENDERS COULD DISLIKE. #TOPOFALLPOPS
Starting now.
Tomorrow's "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc" is a real puzzler. Bring a pen and we'll work it out together.
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Starting now.
Tomorrow's "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc" is a real puzzler. Bring a pen and we'll work it out together.
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Tomorrow's "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc" is a real puzzler. Bring a pen and we'll work it out together.
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
Friday 11am noiseboxradio.com
"The Pete Davidson Show, a new video podcast, will be exclusively available on Netflix starting Friday, Jan. 30 at 12:01 a.m. PST with episodes dropping every week."
So its a TV show then. Right.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
So its a TV show then. Right.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
"The Pete Davidson Show, a new video podcast, will be exclusively available on Netflix starting Friday, Jan. 30 at 12:01 a.m. PST with episodes dropping every week."
So its a TV show then. Right.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
So its a TV show then. Right.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Tag yourself. I'm.....anything but Uncle Purple Puppets.
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Tag yourself. I'm.....anything but Uncle Purple Puppets.
Selwyn Froggitt!
A Cat!
The TV Personality of the Year 1953!
Not Ayesha!
Potentially troubling puppet fun!
The (a) voice of cricket!
Whatever the hell The Magic 'Pop' Glade was!
It's all in the new Pantosplaining on Youtube and Spotify today.
A Cat!
The TV Personality of the Year 1953!
Not Ayesha!
Potentially troubling puppet fun!
The (a) voice of cricket!
Whatever the hell The Magic 'Pop' Glade was!
It's all in the new Pantosplaining on Youtube and Spotify today.
New episode! Let us take you back to 1979 and guide you through the names on this Bill Maynard-dominated poster for Dick Whittington in Bradford.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll picture The Man From Delmonte naked.
youtu.be/YGOJF-ISWdY
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll picture The Man From Delmonte naked.
youtu.be/YGOJF-ISWdY
PantoSplaining: Episode 4 - Bradford 1979
YouTube video by PantoSplaining - the Panto Poster Podcast
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Selwyn Froggitt!
A Cat!
The TV Personality of the Year 1953!
Not Ayesha!
Potentially troubling puppet fun!
The (a) voice of cricket!
Whatever the hell The Magic 'Pop' Glade was!
It's all in the new Pantosplaining on Youtube and Spotify today.
A Cat!
The TV Personality of the Year 1953!
Not Ayesha!
Potentially troubling puppet fun!
The (a) voice of cricket!
Whatever the hell The Magic 'Pop' Glade was!
It's all in the new Pantosplaining on Youtube and Spotify today.
January 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Just learned there's a US TV strand where they take local community stories and explore them further. A brilliant enterprise that I'm sure does amazing work but the name...
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Just learned there's a US TV strand where they take local community stories and explore them further. A brilliant enterprise that I'm sure does amazing work but the name...
I like how the font choice here makes Jethro look like an alt rock act playing at Reading in 1991.
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I like how the font choice here makes Jethro look like an alt rock act playing at Reading in 1991.
Has anyone ever done "Pound Land Dizzy"? Just a miserable egg rolling round pushchairs trying to find cheap cola.
January 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Has anyone ever done "Pound Land Dizzy"? Just a miserable egg rolling round pushchairs trying to find cheap cola.
Briefly popular Byker Grove spin-off boyband Point Break's sole album was called "Apocadelic". Hope this helps with your ongoing studies.
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Briefly popular Byker Grove spin-off boyband Point Break's sole album was called "Apocadelic". Hope this helps with your ongoing studies.
I like the idea the quote here is from a visiting Mr Blobby.
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I like the idea the quote here is from a visiting Mr Blobby.