greg: we re going to have a good time. yes, yes, keep going. don t stop you bastards. all right. thank you. happy, happy new year, everyone. wow. it s been quite a year, cue the nexio. 2024 a look back. greg:. greg: it s been some year that 2024. it went so fast. so let s look back, shall we? well, first there s this from last year s new year s eve. i m not a part of the maga agenda greg: i didn t know green day tribute bands were a thing and they all and to be middle-aged lesbians. you go girls. anyway if there s one thing we learned about 2024 is these so-called punks are about as punk as brit hume in leather khakis. the real rebels don t mimic the establishment they threaten it like trump or vivek or yes even me. fact is billy joe armstrong is about as rebellious at your 401-k. hell, barbie has more balls than him. of course that same night joe had to be reminded of his favorite foot. i m curious, what sort of holiday foods have you been enjoying the last s
i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker. electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week. and my mother had been a hairdresser, but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but.lo
really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life. ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker, electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but. ..lovely woman, very kind. what sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home? well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house,
i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father s family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert s machine tool factory all his life. ao odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker, electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but. ..lovely woman, very kind. what sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home? well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house, semidetached, in nuneaton. erm. cinemas nearby? there were cinemas, but we didn t g
that high, to be the height of an airlinejet, it s gradually that high, to be the height of an airline jet, it s gradually called. my airline jet, it s gradually called. my climb had strong winds as well. and you just realise as a human being how insignificant you are. at that altitude, nature wins every time. . . ., , , that altitude, nature wins every time. .,, , ., ~ time. the achievement as it is, talk to me about time. the achievement as it is, talk to me about the time. the achievement as it is, talk to me about the preparation - time. the achievement as it is, talk to me about the preparation that i to me about the preparation that goes into it, because there are months and months and months of training. talk me through what you have to do to get in any shape to do the sort of stuff. to have to do to get in any shape to do the sort of stuff. the sort of stuff. to be honest, the preparation the sort of stuff. to be honest, the preparation is the sort of stuff.