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Cheerful Despair

Join two men on the right side of middle age and the wrong side of clinical obesity as they talk about basically nothing. Be disturbed by their absurd views and alarmed by how much you agree with them. For thirty minutes anything goes - this is cheerful despair. Scottish author David F Porteous is approximately one half of Cheerful Despair, find out more about him at his website http://www.dfpiii.com David Candy is approximately the other half of Cheerful Despair, learn nothing about him at his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/friendlyals
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Now displaying: January, 2016
Jan 26, 2016

Welcome to the fourth episode of Cheerful Despair, subtitled "the episode I uploaded without re-listening to". In this episode:

  • Things
  • Various stuff
  • Almost certainly some kind of reference to Hitler and / or time travel

If you enjoy the show, then remember to rate us on those ratings sites they have now. Or just send money.

Please begin trucking.

DFP.

Jan 18, 2016

The third episode Cheerful Despair has arrived, this one subtitled "There are just too many things for all of them to be things at once".

In this episode of David Candy and David F Porteous's yet-to-be-award-winning podcast:

  • The global conspiracy about vaccines
  • Powering through with a mix of Nespresso and Cialis
  • For every day that I grew a beard I had less of a home
  • E.T. suffered from Stockholm syndrome
  • Paranoid and frightened all the time, and very, very needy
  • Pandas are useless

Leave comments, rate and - most important of all - subscribe for future episodes.

Do not truck unless it is safe to do so.

DFP.

Jan 11, 2016
Season 1, Episode 2

Welcome to the second episode, subtitled: "If Stephen Hawking could walk, he'd never have got a  film made about him."

In this episode:

  • The syphilis of Adam Smith
  • Governor wanted, must have own wig
  • How am I going to build a proper commemoration plaque on my Hitler shrine if I don't know his birthday?
  • The golden whores of London

And remember, guys - as I always say - continue to truck, if you have already begun to truck, otherwise do not begin trucking.

DFP

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