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Ambition is Critical

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2 dinosaurs talking about Swansea City AFC and whatever other nonsense comes into their minds

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Episode 248: We Don’t Do Halves, We Do 3 and Halves

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2025/01/23

The boys are back with their 1st episode of 2025 and talk about getting dementia from tap water, Luke Littler’s potential greatness, the stress of looking for holidays and slipper/sliders. Turns out Daniel Levy loves Welsh cakes, Ryan lost the plot with the Swans, Paddy’s spent the night in a wild London boozer, Pastel have released their debut album, the boys have spent all Christmas watching TV and finish by paying tribute to their good friend Stewart Courtney who recently passed away plus ...

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Episode 247: Jackson Lucitt

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2024/12/19

The boys are joined by Port Talbot’s singer/songwriter Jackson Lucitt and talk about the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, Radio 1 being shit and Ryan’s trip to see CVC in Cardiff. Jackson talks about playing before the Stereophonics in Singleton Park, living on a pig farm, learning to play guitar, putting on gigs and playing at In It Together Festival. The lads talk about Lance Armstrong being a psycho, drones in the sky in New Jersey and Ryan nearly getting mauled by a dog plus much much ...

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Episode 246: James Todd

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2024/12/12

The boys are joined by old friend and professional boxer James Todd and he talks about his decision to go back into pro boxing after 9 years out and how his family didn’t want him to come back. The lads talk the cancellation of the Welsh title fight show at the LC2, Ben Crocker winning the European title, the upcoming Fury/Usyk card and John Phillips joining BKFC. James talks about sparring, weight cutting, his wild fight 2 weeks ago on the Matchroom show in Birmingham and meeting Conor McGre...

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Episode 245: Games Gone if there’s no Guinness this...

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2024/12/05

The boys are back with a christmasy chinwag and talk Christmas Pyjamas, Christmas Day routine, Christmas jumpers, Black Friday, banning Christmas songs, the potential Christmas Guinness shortage and Gremlins as a Christmas film. The lads talked Spotify Wrapped, Paddy’s going to New York, Pep Guardiola potentially being resented forever, Ricky Gervais on The Overlap, Snowfalls, and the fact good films don’t exist anymore plus much much more…@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on...

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Episode 233: Nigel and Pancho from San Portablo

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2024/11/21

The boys are joined by old friends Nigel and Pancho from San Portablo and talk about going to the bar in Malta where Oliver Reed died, the San Portablo shop being a hub for creativity, missing the old days of having shopping experiences, organising a pop up shop in Swansea and the potential of fire eaters. The lads discuss the Welsh national teams fine form since Craig Bellamy took over, Brombil reservoir, the death of the steel works, corruption in politics, the very first San Portablo film ...

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Episode 243: T-Rev

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2024/11/14

The lads are joined by Swansea rap artist T-Rev and talk about being recognised, recording 6 albums in 4 years, Swansea’s rap scene, not having live acts come to the city and 3 CD changers. T-Rev talks about his issues with drink and drugs, writing to help his mental health, creating YJB records, going to Ibiza with San Portablo and being involved in rap battles. The boys talk Snack Army, The Purge and Donald Trump plus much much more….@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on Twi...

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Episode 242: Lee West

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2024/10/31

The boys are back with Lee West, 5 years since the last time they all sat down together. Lee talks about leaving the Royal Marines, losing his hearing, buying a bar and the challenges of Covid. Westy discusses being in the “Golden Generation” of warfare, private security companies, the French foreign legion and having to apprehend a drunk trying to get into his van. Lee talks about his new found fame, the explosion of his YouTube channel, going on the James English podcast, lone wolf travelli...

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Episode 241: Nosè Mourinho

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2024/10/24

The boys are back and are talking shagging parcels, celebrity ages, Ring doorbells, the scrap men and Ryan becoming Rockspur 2nd team manager. The lads discuss being drunk playing football, the amazing “4 Kings” documentary, twins have different sized penis and Demi Moore being 64 and naked plus much much more….@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on Twitter

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Episode 240: Steve Balsamo

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2024/10/16

The lads are joined by Swansea’s Jesus Christ Superstar Steve Balsamo and discuss his love for combat sports, Swansea’s flourishing music scene, living in London surrounded by celebrities and having a phone call from Elton John. Steve talks about playing with Celine Dion at the Ajax football stadium, artificial intelligence taking over the music industry, inter dimensional life forms and ancient civilisations. Steve talks about his time on the West End performing in Jesus Christ Superstar, ge...

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Episode 239: Ioan Bowen-Pickett

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2024/10/02

The lads are joined by the young man behind clothing brand Cambrensis Ioan Bowen-Pickett and chat about Ioan’s nightmare drive to Swansea from Barry, his changing University situation, the origins of the brand name and meeting Gary Aspden. The boys discuss Turkish copies, modern shopping habits, the South Wales clothing boom, London Fashion week, Craig Bellamy as Wales manager and have a very grown up conversation about the current predicament of both Swansea and Cardiff City plus much more…....

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Episode 238: Chubb Rub is for Life, Not Just for Malta

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2024/09/26

The boys are back on their own and talk about Ryan’s comeback to competitive football after a 14 year hiatus, the art of defending and the Man City kit man. Paddy has been on a long weekend in Malta to watch Liam Gallagher and friends. Chubb rub, The Blossoms and Frank Gallagher all get a mention. The lads discuss Liam Gallagher’s We,blew performance, Huw Edwards, Rockspur/Penlan, AJ/Dubois, Connor McGregor, Wiseguy and the Mr McMahon docu-series plus much much more….@ambitioniscritcal1997 on...

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Episode 237: Subterrania

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2024/09/18

The lads are joined by Dylan and Fin from Subterrania and talk about meeting at open mic nights, starting out as a cover band and how those nights still now cover the costs or creating their own music, putting on their own gigs and playing at the iconic Dublin Castle in Camden. The boys talk about recording at Rockfield studios, playing the Swansea Arena Houseparty, headlining a sold out gig at The Bunkhouse, playing the Isle of Wight Festival, Paddy is off to Malta to watch Liam Gallagher an...

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Episode 236: James Lilley

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2024/09/11

The lads are joined by old friend and one of the worlds top Bare Knuckle Boxers James Lilley and discuss where they were on 9/11, how awful cat poo is, cold water therapy at Recovhub and New Orleans. James talks bout walking through the wrong part of Miami, the Hard Rock Hotel, being involved with the BKFC tryouts and his 5 round war headlining in Milton Keynes. The boys talk about the Oasis ticket debacle, “The Warrior Poet” documentary, the Drunk Poets Society, dreams of fighting in Swansea...

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Episode 235: Paige Thorne

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2024/09/04

The boys are joined by Swansea’s Love Island star Paige Thorne and discuss being neighbours in Port Tennant, Paige becoming a Paramedic and a relationship break up leading to her doing Love Island. Paige talks about the process to get on the show, the intensity of the day to day, having to embrace what the show is about and having her parents come to visit her on the Island. Paige discusses going on Lorraine, internet trolls, paddle boarding in a hurricane and jet skiing in Cannes plus much m...

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Episode 234: Paddy Forgot he had Ginger Skin while...

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2024/08/28

The boys are back for Season 8 after a slight delay because Paddy burnt his trotters in Ibiza, Donna held hands with Wayne Lineker and they both had a night away at the Bare Knuckle boxing in Cardiff. Ryan’s been away in Turkey and nearly brought home a 6ft 5 German, upset Turk with his crazy artwork requests and finally had some justification with his spaz hands. The lads talk the outrageous cost of going on holiday, Oasis reforming, the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Hitler being a ...

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Episode 233: The Stray Pursuit

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2024/06/13

The boys are joined by Aaron, Dylan and Fred of The Stray Pursuit and discuss the origins of the band, how the Bunkhouse is hugely important to the local music scene, selling live tickets and crowds singing their songs back to them being mental. The lads discuss having a plan for the future of the band, the importance of using social media, how they go through the song writing process and how Aaron taught himself how to sing. The boys talk about how they critique each others live performance,...

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Episode 232: Jenny Conned Forest Gump

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2024/06/06

The boys are back fresh from seeing Liam Gallagher in Cardiff and talk about not crossing a certain level of drunk at a gig, the Euros are about to start, Paddy’s done Poppers with Jason Orange and Ryan’s gone Gyros crazy in Chippy lane. The lads discuss the quality of Wayne Rooney, the Channel 4 dispatches documentary “Killzone Gaza”, Jeffery Sachs incredible podcast with Tucker Carlson and Jenny from Forest Gump being a whore plus much much more…..@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiC...

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Episode 231: Friday Club

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2024/05/24

The boys are back and getting boozed on a Friday and talk the Willows Place Smellycopter, former girlfriends, smoking and bar room brawls. The lads talk FA Cup final day, the Manchester United “99” documentary, Baby Reindeer, Drones that can bomb you through facial recognition, the Chinese Government causing the drug crisis in America, the Moon landing hoax and Ryan getting banned from Mama’s Pizza plus much much more…..@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on Twitter

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Episode 230: Nigel and Pancho from San Portablo

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2024/05/16

The boys are joined again by Nigel and Pancho from San Portablo and talk about Brian Flynn, Leighton James, the current state of play at Port Talbot Town football club and the upcoming In It Together Festival. The boys talk about the continued growth of San Portablo, skate cultures effect on fashion, Nike Air Max, the AiC x San Portablo colab, Wales not qualifying for the Euros and the effect the Port Talbot Steelworks situation as not just here but nationwide plus much much more…..@ambitioni...

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Episode 229: Jay Foulston

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2024/05/08

The lads are joined by former Newport County defender Jay Foulston fresh off winning the National League South with Yeovil Town. The boys talk about Jay signing for Swans academy at a very young age and the heartache of being released at 11 years old, getting a 2nd chance at a pro career at Newport and becoming the 3rd youngest player in their history to play a pro game. The boys talk about Merthyr’s constant roadworks only being their because of Flannels, Jay talks about how Covid effected h...

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