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The Banterists

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 19

The Banterists is a brand-new podcast where three friends dive into big ideas, small obsessions and everything in between. Expect lively conversations, plenty of laughs, and honest opinions on everything from books, theatre, TV and fashion to music, art, exhibitions and whatever else grabs their attention that week. Thought-provoking, entertaining and full of personality, it’s like eavesdropping on your funniest friends over a drink. Coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts — tune in, join the conversation, and become one of The Banterists.

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Season 1 · Episode 19

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 00:53

Summer Break Announcement and Thanks from The Banterists.

Phill announces that the Banterists are taking a short summer break to recharge and thanks everyone who has listened, shared, and supported the show, hoping listeners enjoyed the first season as much as they enjoyed making it. He assures the audience they will return in the autumn with more banter, fascinating conversations, and new guests, and that Kocktail Kev will be back with more cocktail history, stories, tips, and recipes to try at home. Phill wishes everyone a wonderful and safe summer, encourages them to keep bantering, and signs off with Jo until they return for another season in the autumn.

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The Banterists - Kocktail Kev - Vodka Cocktails

Season 1 · Episode 18

Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 08:29

Vodka Cocktails: History, Production, and a Porn Star Martini

The episode focuses on vodka-based cocktails, covering vodka’s origins, production methods, and a guided recipe for a Porn Star (Passion Fruit) Martini. It notes vodka’s strong association with northern Europe—especially Russia, Poland, Finland, and Sweden—along with disputed Russian and Polish claims to its invention, early medical uses, and early references in 1751 and 1405. The script describes early frozen distillation, the rise of home distilling, charcoal filtration, and the Smirnoff story from its 1864 founding through nationalization, the family’s emigration after the 1918 revolution, and U.S. expansion culminating in the Moscow Mule’s 1941 popularity. It explains modern vodka fermentation, distillation, dilution, and filtration, lists classic vodka cocktails, and gives step-by-step Porn Star Martini instructions topped with prosecco and passion fruit. Kevin enjoys his drink listening to Harry Styles busking on the street in Paxos, singing Treat People With Kindness.

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The Banterists music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

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SE01 - E17 - Kocktail Kev - Sours

Season 1 · Episode 17

Friday, July 17, 2026 • Duration 06:34

Sours Explained: History, Egg Whites, and an Amaretto Sour Recipe

In this Banterists cocktail segment, Kev explores sour cocktails—drinks balancing spirit, acidity, and sweetness with acidity taking center stage—linking them to punches and tracing origins to British naval voyages where rum was mixed with lime or lemon to prevent scurvy, creating “grog.” The first menu-listed sour appeared in Toronto in 1856, and by 1860 sours were widely documented, with the whiskey sour becoming dominant in North America using bourbon or rye. The episode discusses egg white in Jerry Thomas’s 1862 recipe, shaking methods, and aquafaba as a vegan alternative. Kev then explains amaretto’s origins and production (almonds/apricot kernels, spices, aging) and demonstrates an Amaretto Sour with amaretto, lemon juice, a reduced amount of sugar syrup, optional bitters, egg white or aquafaba, shaken with ice and strained into a coupe, listening to Jessie Ware singing Remember Where You Are on top of the Dolomites; and a tease for vodka cocktails next time.

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The Banterists music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

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Complimentary Therapies, interview with Jenny Harris

Season 1 · Episode 16

Friday, July 10, 2026 • Duration 40:55

Heatwaves, Homeopathy, and Weird Expressions: Jenny Harris on Complementary Therapies

Phill, Jo, and guest Jenny Harris open with updates on a severe heatwave in France and Jo’s visit to the Fresh Air sculpture exhibition in Quenington, Cotswolds, then discuss a viral but fabricated Instagram story about a fake museum guide. They share “word of the week” terms tied to homeopathy (succussion, trituration, dynamization) and trade unusual British and French expressions. Jenny recounts growing up in Brazil where homeopathy is common, her training in reflexology, aromatherapy, reiki, and a degree in homeopathy, and her work supporting wellbeing in a cancer day center, hospice, and a UK primary-school “quiet place” project. She emphasises prevention, listening to the body, and complementary therapies alongside conventional medicine. The episode ends with light questions, recommendations (Madonna’s latest dance album, an Evonne Goolagong documentary, The Invite, a musical-theatre podcast), and closing remarks.

Links

Talk Musicals to me podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-musicals-to-me-with-caroline-sheen/id1809880953

French Idioms Website

https://www.theintrepidguide.com/funny-french-idioms/

The Banterists music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

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Kocktail Kev - Spritzes

Season 1 · Episode 14

Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 06:03

Spritzes: From Aperol to the Hugo Spritz

Kevin returns to the Banterists podcast cocktail segment,He introduces spritzes as alcoholic drinks diluted with sparkling wine or soda water, tracing the term to the German “spritzen” and the origin to Austrian soldiers in 1800s Veneto who added still water to strong wine, later evolving to sparkling water. He explains how adding bitters led to competing brands, highlighting Aperol, created by Luigi and Sylvia Barbieri and launched in 1919, with the Aperol Spritz popularised in the 1950s as the Venetian Spritz using the 3-2-1 ratio (Prosecco, Aperol, soda) plus orange. He lists spritz variations, then focuses on the Hugo Spritz (invented 2007), giving a recipe using mint, elderflower liqueur, Prosecco, soda, and citrus garnish, and closes with a Lake Iseo setting, listening to Mario Biondi singing This Is What You Are, and a teaser for sours next episode

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Mario Biondi - This Is What You Are

https://open.spotify.com/track/7KPUNvu6Vvh3FBsWU2HjeD?si=e967324d240e4024

Kocktail Kev Music is called Velvet shadows full version by Kaazoom on Pixabay

The Banterists music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’ Music by Paolo Argento from Pixabay

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History & Interview with Rachel Parton.

Season 1 · Episode 13

Friday, June 26, 2026 • Duration 40:06

Time Travel, Victorian Slang, and Medieval Reenactment with Rachel Parton

Phil and Jo open The Banterists with a history theme inspired by rewatching Midnight in Paris and the idea that people romanticize other eras. They discuss a Swiss startup turning human urine into certified fertilizer approved in Switzerland and France, then share Victorian slang including “giggle mug,” “bitch the pot,” “tight as a boiled owl,” “not up to dick,” and “Cupid’s kettle drums.” Guest Rachel Parton explains moving to the Tarn-et-Garonne for the climate, rural medieval ambiance, and friendly locals, and shares childhood memories of growing up in Uganda. She describes medieval historical reenactment: authentic, hand-finished costumes, researching materials and sumptuary laws, cooking from The Forme of Cury, and the immersive break from modern life. Rachel would time travel, wants to meet Joan of Arc, and recommends Apple TV+’s Slow Horses; Phil recommends Apple TV+’s Widow’s Bay, and Jo recommends a National Theatre cinema production and M&S Emperor’s teabags.

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National Theatre Live TV

https://www.ntlive.com/plays/the-playboy-of-the-western-world/

Apple TV Slow Horses

https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o

Apple TV Widows Bay

https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/widows-bay/umc.cmc.1zzly0vah46bnvnwf0qkrjhh2

Our podcast music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

Kocktail Kev - Sparkling Wine Cocktails and the Venetian Sgroppino

Season 1 · Episode 12

Friday, June 19, 2026 • Duration 08:21

Sparkling Wine Cocktails and the Venetian Sgroppino

Kevin discusses sparkling wine in cocktails, explaining Champagne’s strict French production rules and suggesting less expensive alternatives such a Prosecco and Cava. He outlines how bubbles are captured and compares three main production methods—ancestral (fruit-driven), tank/charmat (used for Prosecco), and traditional (used for champagne, cava, crémant, and English sparkling wine, producing a complex biscuity flavour). He also compares perceived sweetness: champagne’s acidity masking added sugar, cava’s drier style with no added sugar, and Prosecco’s sweeter, floral profile. After noting classic champagne cocktails (Champagne Cocktail, Kir Royale, Bellini/Rossini, French 75) and spritzes, he focuses on the 16th-century Venetian sgroppino (iced lemon and Prosecco), sharing a modern version using lemon sorbet, St-Germain (or elderflower syrup), and sparkling wine, plus non-alcoholic options. He then listens to Sunday Best by Surfaces at an English summer garden party.

Link to Sunday Best by Surfaces

https://open.spotify.com/album/2duDpY4Uajd6AeeFK7bW77?si=7l1X6bisSFG7tQHWhc6x4w

Kocktail Kev Music is called Velvet shadows full version by Kaazoom on Pixabay

The Banterists music is called ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

Music by Paolo Argento from Pixabay

Literature

Season 1 · Episode 11

Friday, June 12, 2026 • Duration 38:43

Phil and Jo host The Banterists without Lily, share a listener recommendation for Tuscany’s Tarot Garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, and discuss literature. Jo highlights spoof/parody books, including the 2014 self-published Ladybird-style Go to the Gallery that inspired Penguin’s 2015 grown-up Ladybird spoofs (over five million sold) and mentions legal action, plus Sean Lock’s The Tiger Who Came for a Pint. They share words and origins: “petrichor,” “apricity,” and “Svengali” from George du Maurier’s Trilby. Jo recommends biographies, focusing on war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and her links to Lee Miller, and they discuss actor autobiographies and adaptations. Quick-fire questions cover favorite books/authors and trivia (Shakespeare’s coined words; Guardian’s top novel Middlemarch; Lily’s favorite, Daphne du Maurier’s The House on the Strand). Recommendations include The Christopher’s, Two Weeks in August, The Playboy of the Western World, Netflix’s The Boroughs, and a Kylie documentary.

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Guardian Top 100 Novels:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time

Great essay on Martha Gellhorn:

https://granta.com/products/granta-62-what-young-men-do/

And an old article on Martha Gellhorn from the Independent:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-life-less-ordinary-1168141.html

Kocktail Kev - Negronis

Season 1 · Episode 10

Friday, June 5, 2026 • Duration 07:45

Kevin thanks listeners who contacted the Banter Trust email and answers Charlotte in Boston’s question about what music and places he associates with each cocktail, pairing a whisky mac with a Scottish ceilidh and Wolfstone, and a margarita with an elegant oceanfront bar in Tijuana and Catrell and Paco Amoroso. This week’s drink is the Negroni, which he describes as a balanced sweet-bitter cocktail made with gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, sharing a favored origin story involving Count Camillo Negroni and the evolution from the Milano-Torino to the Americano. He explains Campari and vermouth backgrounds, then gives his recipe (2 gin, 2 Campari, 1 sweet vermouth, stirring and serving over a large ice cube with orange peel), plus variations like Americano, sbagliato, or using Aperol. He would enjoy the Negroni in a dim, velvet underground New York bar with trumpet jazz, previews champagne and Prosecco cocktails next, credits “Guilford’s Guide,” and shares contact and rating details.

00:00 Welcome and Listener Question

00:46 Cocktail Vibes Whiskey Mac

01:12 Margarita Travel Daydream

01:40 Meet the Negroni

02:08 Negroni Origin Story

03:07 Ingredients Deep Dive

04:41 Mixing the Classic Recipe

05:18 Garnish Tips and Variations

06:12 Where to Drink It

06:31 Wrap Up and Next Episode

06:49 Podcast Outro and Contact

Kevs music recomending

Ibrahim maalouf playing True Sorry

https://open.spotify.com/track/5EzGOkUwkRUXYAyvjlEHah?si=ecbd8a49028a4946

Kocktail Kev - Margueritas

Friday, May 29, 2026 • Duration 05:52

Margarita Origins, Tequila vs. Mezcal, and a Chilli-Ginger Syrup Twist

Kev recounts discovering a chilli and ginger margarita about eight years ago in a Worcester, UK restaurant whose manager later emailed cocktail recipes, and uses it to introduce this week’s drink: the margarita. They trace its roots to Northern Mexico around US Prohibition and explain the “daisy cocktail” template of spirit, citrus, and sweetener, noting margarita means daisy in Spanish. The episode compares tequila (steamed blue agave from regulated Mexican regions) with mezcal (any Mexican agave, often roasted underground for smokiness) and suggests splitting tequila with mezcal for a smoky margarita. They cover limes and Triple Sec, then give a classic ratio (2 tequila : 1 lime : 1 Triple Sec) and instructions to shake on ice and strain. Finally, they show how to make chilli-ginger syrup (sugar, water, ginger, chilli flakes) and suggest a chilli-salt rim, teasing next week’s trip to Italy for a “Negroni” origin story.

00:00 Welcome and Setup

00:28 Margarita Origin Story

01:15 Tequila vs Mezcal

02:02 Lime and Triple Sec

02:58 How to Mix It

03:21 Chilli Ginger Syrup

04:30 Chilli Salt Rim

04:45 Serve and Next Week

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