The Socially Distant Sports Bar

The Socially Distant Sports Bar is an award‑winning comedy podcast hosted by Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero — and you don’t need to love sport to enjoy it.

Elis James is best known for Elis James & John Robins, while Mike Bubbins is also the creator and star of the BBC sitcom Mammoth. Together, they bring the same warmth, humour and curiosity to a podcast that uses sport as a jumping‑off point rather than a rulebook.

Listeners get two episodes every week:

Part 1 (Wednesdays) is fast, funny and chaotic. Elis and Mike catch up on the week before pulling apart sporting clips, moments and internet oddities with strong opinions and absolutely no expertise.

Part 2 (Fridays) slows things down (slightly), taking a deeper dive into a sports documentary and a sports book — not for analysis, but for the stories, characters and unexpected tangents they spark.

Better known to listeners as Distant Pod, the show is a multiple award winner and is created and produced by Steff Garrero.