My Mate Bought A Toaster

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There aren't many people who can go from touring the world with the Spice Girls to becoming the face of the Chelsea Flower Show in almost a matter of months, but then Nicki Chapman isn't like most people. And her shopping history is about to prove it.
In this episode we dive into her online shopping history and discover someone who loves life, pop music, printing, pebbles and tiny fish. It's all here!
Along the way we discuss:
Why Nicki bought a special barbecue tray for her beloved Green Egg

The fish tank built into her downstairs loo (yes, really she has FISH IN HER ACTUAL BOG)

The monthly visit from her "Fish Man"

Her favourite novel of all time is also a city

Why she loves to print everything out

The lockdown cocktails that united her street

Oh yeah there's also one or two references to working with the Spice Girls, David Bowie, Prince and Kylie

The reality of Pop Idol and the music business

Recovering from brain tumour surgery

Why gardening really can change your life

Purchases featured
Green Egg barbecue cleaning tray

Tropical fish food

London by Edward Rutherfurd

Printer ink. Loads of printer ink.

Jet pressure washer

Plum slate garden chippings

MOTH Negroni cocktails

Toothpicks for Invisalign

As ever it's a guided tour around our guest who reveals all. The fun, the funny, the totally insane (did we mention the fish?) and the reason she's one of British television's most recognisable presenters.

Next time - Toby Tarrant!

This week on My Mate Bought A Toaster, Tom rifles through the online shopping history of bestselling author and The Traitors star Harriet Tyce… and uncovers everything from cutting-edge MP3 players to Baby Mozart DVDs, dinner party cookbooks, rowing gloves, weighted blankets and even the book she accidentally bought… that she wrote herself.

Along the way Harriet opens up about life as a criminal barrister, the crippling nerves she battled in court, the moment she realised she wanted to become a novelist, why Blood Orange changed everything, and what really happened behind the scenes on The Traitors.

There are stories about illegal MP3 downloads, disastrous dinner parties, parenting fads we all fell for, lockdown puzzles, marathon misery, moonwalking in a Wonderbra, and why she still can’t quite believe her entire life has been preserved in Amazon order history since 2001. It's quite literally ALL HERE UNDER ONE PODCAST ROOF GUYS!

As ever we root around and find laughs, truths and a spot of the surprisingly moving… and occasionally things do get quite forensic.

Products we dig into include (roughly in order):

2001 – Intel Pocket Concert MP3 Player
2002 – Toshiba DVD Player
2002 – The Matrix DVD
2002 – The Lord of the Rings DVD
2002 – Gladiator DVD
2002 – Monsters, Inc. DVD
2003 – Entertaining cookbook by Victoria Blashford-Snell
2004 – Baby Beethoven / Baby Van Gogh / Baby Mozart DVDs
2004 – Children’s vegetarian recipe books
2004 – Finger food book for babies & toddlers
2004 – Brain games for babies
2004 – Black & Decker drill
2007 – Nigel Slater’s The Kitchen Diaries / Express-style recipe books
2007 – The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book
2007 – Preserved (home preserving cookbook)
2007 – Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great
2009 – The French Laundry Cookbook
2014 – I Hate Literary Agents (guide to getting published)
2019/2020 – Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
2020 – Pink rowing gloves
2020 – Thames Path walking guide
2020 – 11kg weighted blanket
2020 – Harriet’s own novel, Blood Orange
2020 – Jigsaw puzzles (lockdown purchases)
Recent years – Poetry collections
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Hello Toasters and welcome back!

This week on the show we're finding some home truths about the comedian, actor, writer and Fast Show LEGEND Charlie Higson.

What starts with a gardening book quickly leads to a crumbling 14th-century Italian ruin, a brief flirtation with writing anonymous pornography, an obsession with James Bond, and a passionate defence of properly synchronised TV sound which frankly needs to form the basis of a new political party.

Along the way Charlie reveals:
• How he accidentally became the Young James Bond author
• Why Ian Fleming’s family made him remove a dog from Bond’s life
• The truth about restoring a house in southern Italy
• Why writing fight scenes is harder than writing sex scenes
• His love of westerns, Bernard Cornwell and Michael Connelly
• The Fast Show live tour, audience participation, and the strangest thing to happen at an Only Fools and Horses performance
• Why every writer should spend more time in the bath

There’s also discussion of failed greenhouses, cowboy school projects, pub quizzes, ergonomic keyboards, zombie apocalypses and one particularly memorable book called Stacey’s Gang Bang Wedding.

A genuinely fascinating conversation with one of Britain’s most successful comedy writers and bestselling authors.

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This week on Toasted, Tom and Beth dive back into the wonderfully eccentric purchase history of broadcaster, drummer and vintage enthusiast Owain Wyn Evans.

Among the topics up for discussion:
✨ The disco ball on a winch (possibly the greatest item ever featured on the podcast)
🪩 Why second-hand shopping might be better than buying new
📺 The strangest complaints TV presenters receive
🐈 Giant Maine Coon cats
🔧 Tiny purchases that solve enormous problems
🚶‍♂️ Why some people need to be “aired out” after work
🎭 The surprisingly serious artistic legacy of Mr Blobby
📻 Noel Edmonds, live television genius, and controlled chaos

Plus listener emails, pointless household objects, and an unexpectedly deep conversation about the psychology of Amazon purchases.
📧 We’d love to hear from you!
What’s the smallest, cheapest thing you’ve ever bought that brought you the most joy? Or what’s the weirdest complaint you’ve ever heard?

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Next week: Charlie Higson joins Tom to discuss Fast Show fame, Bond novels, and the day he discovered there was £1 million in his bank account… 👀
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We're BACK!

This week on the show, Tom is joined by broadcaster, drummer, weather presenter and all-round national treasure, Owain Wyn Evans.

With no Amazon account to speak of, we're diving into Owain's eBay history instead - and WHAT a journey it turns out to be.

From vintage stage lighting that once toured with rock royalty, to a £300 Britney Spears microphone purchased after a few drinks, Owain reveals the gloriously nerdy purchases that have followed him throughout his life.

Along the way we discover how drumming helped him survive a difficult school life, the extraordinary story behind becoming "The Drumming Weatherman", raising millions for Children in Need with his Drumathon, and why a glitter ball on a winch is apparently an absolutely essential household item.

There's also vintage furniture, weather presenter fashion tips, life in Wales, life on national radio, and a purchase so utterly ridiculous that it could only bring this episode to a close...

An adult costume. A VERY adult costume.

WHAT a guest he is - funny, warm and surprisingly revealing about all sorts. As ever we're heading into the things we buy and coming out with ALL SORTS.

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My Mate Bought A Toaster is the podcast where your favourite people relive their lives through their online shopping history.
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