Sinopsis
Local Anaesthetic: The Most Trusted Name In Local NewsLocal Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.Listeners can submit stories via Facebook (Facebook.com/lapodcast), Twitter (@lapocast) or e-mail: (lapodcast.net@gmail.com). We
Episodios
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LA 82: Twelve Hour Overnight Insect Factory Inferno
18/12/2013 Duración: 46minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Man offered under-the-counter sheep in pub. Fisherman mistakes fish for crocodile. Multilingual vigilante gives burglars good hiding. Former England midfielder gives poem to tattooist. Also revealed: Alex gets distracted...
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LA 81: A Deeply Saddening Spectacle of a Raccoon in a Bow Tie Riding a Bike
08/12/2013 Duración: 49minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com No headlines this week as they've become caught in the Christmas decorations. Also revealed: We mourn the loss of a particular 1980's cartoon family.
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LA 80: Multiple Monstrous Mega-Cracks
24/11/2013 Duración: 50minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com No headlines this week as they have contracted a virus and have subsequently been quarantined. Also revealed: We mourn the loss of the Editor's Eye...
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LA 79: Bras to Africa 2: Strapped for Cash
07/11/2013 Duración: 44minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com No headlines this week as they were mistaken thrown onto a bonfire. Also revealed: We talk cold hard numbers...
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LA 78: Qigong, Zumba and an Introduction to Raw Food
24/10/2013 Duración: 41minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com No headlines this week due to a scary clown. Also revealed: We laugh a bit too hard...
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LA 77: The Challenge of Booking a Plumber (or An Excuse for Infidelity)
14/10/2013 Duración: 42minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com No headlines this week as a naughty dog ate them. Also revealed: We discover that Andrew Parkes has a twitter account (@ParkesTheEditor)
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LA 76: Irregular Shaped Feature
08/10/2013 Duración: 45minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Due to a printing error, there's no headlines this week.
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LA 75: Retired Fishmonger's Terrifying Ordeal
18/09/2013 Duración: 42minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Cheap sex toy causes titillation among customers. Pantomime cow cull begins in Stroud. Pensioner knocked sparko by apologetic attacker. Council defends new revenue stream through narcotics grown in city centre flowerpots. Also revealed: We forget to celebrate.
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LA 74: Traveller's Child Knife Death Threat
01/09/2013 Duración: 39minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Man takes photo of bridge maintenance. Neighbour's unrequited love manifests itself in tedious poem. Roller skating grandmother threatened by child with voice like Ian Paisley. Woman slammed for owning car after reliving tragic incident. Also revealed: We issue a call for constructive criticism.
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LA 73: Leisure Centre Pervert
19/08/2013 Duración: 47minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Bomb disposal team carries out controlled explosion on WWII traffic cone. Cry for help results in brewery challenge for local editor. Abused parrot finally speaks out. McDonald's introduces McTragic meal for wedding reception held in restaurant. Also revealed: We feature a story that p*sses on all that came before.
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LA 72: Aggressive Albino Desert Kingsnake
05/08/2013 Duración: 45minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Council criticized after including brothel expenses in pensioner's budget plans. Shoddily painted boulders vandalised. Fast food restaurant slammed after enforcing equine drive-thru ban. Woman startled by massive 3ft monster. Also revealed: The News Shopper evades us again...
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LA 71: Freddy Mercury Gorilla Controversy
25/07/2013 Duración: 44minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Former Dallas star refutes alleged homophobia at local bowling alley. Jazz musician Reindeer Shank found safe and well in Blackheath. Woman vows to never return to London after foot licking horror. Saved cow, dies. Also revealed: Rob talks pottery...
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LA 70: Farcical Fox Chase
18/07/2013 Duración: 45minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Band of rogue journalists deny stealing fencing for new theme park. Social worker subjects reluctant family to fried chicken. Elvis fans flock to Croydon after misleading promotional video. 49-year-old former primary school pupil attacked by superimposed fox. Also revealed: We make a desperate plea for reviews.
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LA 69: The Nomadic Academy of Fools
10/07/2013 Duración: 39minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Owner of doomed hardware store accused of parking space theft. Coroner mistakenly asked to repair guttering at care home. Large member picks fight with man dressed as large member. Couple in shock after experiencing no paranormal activity whatsoever in haunted pub. Also revealed: We feature a comment from a well-adjusted reader...
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LA 68: Mysterious Pony Attack
02/07/2013 Duración: 46minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: The Six Million Dollar Man spotted in Bexley charity shop. Council installs telephone box themed urinals. Unprovoked plaiting treated as hate crime. Unicorn seeks asylum in Russia after forged documents discovered. Also revealed: Alex has the willies put up him...
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LA 67: Workshy Pussy-Whipped Clown
19/06/2013 Duración: 46minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: BBC admits error after homeless alcoholic films documentary on crystal meth addiction in US. Grandmother blames lack of clear signage after mistakenly driving onto runway at Manchester Airport. Landlord adds limited edition porpoise burger to menu. Man burns mouth on hot food. Also revealed: Rob wants a tattoo...
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LA 66: Savage Unfeeling Suits in Westminster and the Civil Service
12/06/2013 Duración: 46minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Council tenant ponce caught scrounging off state. Local supermarket introduces value range of exotic creatures. Woman lights cigarette with own hair. Fashion victim plants tree. Also revealed: We discuss Discmans and domestic servitude.
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LA 65: Begging Letter to a Liberal Idiot of a Judge
03/06/2013 Duración: 41minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Coastguard return tent to owners after confusing distress call. Local tourist board member resigns after accepting corporate lunches from pub chain. Boy discovers bluebell in bluebell wood. Cow warmed. Also revealed: Alex is stopped by police...
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LA 64: Impassioned Plea for South American Death Squads
27/05/2013 Duración: 42minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Action Man Army Jeep overshadows motor show. 'Killer' snake found dead in bomb crater. Tenfold increase in hopscotch related crimes. Second rate kitsch item causes invasion. Also revealed: Aquaman is not real and Rob's girlfriend does not have superpowers.
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LA 63: Notes, Phone Messages to Loved Ones and One Clean Shot
18/05/2013 Duración: 45minAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com Stories this week include: Surviving ancestors of Abraham Lincoln shocked to discover link to Sydenham man. Wannabe cowboy leads mission to rid world of abandoned greenhouses. Elderly resident found to be using live grenade as decorative lawn ornament. Man rescued by fat dog after ambush by gang of woodland creatures. Also revealed: Concerns mount for local editor...