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December 21, 2018 - Conversational Spanish (Feliz Navidad)

Ho ho ho! Festive greetings to fellow Corrie fans and to those who can’t quite bring themselves to pull the plug on it. This week, when Rana and Kate aren’t crying, they’re about to cry. No one can think that Jenny has been handling the post-Johnny-Liz thing all that well and few could predict that the situation finds a new rock bottom. In other news, Phil literally hangs Brian out to dry but will it prove to backfire on the odious wee POS, and Seb is convinced living with him and Eileen is just what the twins need. Elsewhere, Cerberus is still separated from Evelyn, Audrey’s come into a wad of money which interests both Nigel Havers and Nick, and Tim is mostly drunk. You can send us your festive missives to us on email, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com and you can find us @corriepodcast on The Twitter and The Facebook. Our blog is thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com. To those of you who celebrate Christmas, have a great time and we wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. That said we're in discussions as to whether we're doing this next week (not if Gav has a say in the matter -- which he doesn't).

December 14, 2018, Kebab-Shop-Owning Robots

It’s a bad week for fans of alternative therapies and non-fans of vaccinations, and fans of coherent storytelling. Otherwise the Sinead and Daniel storyline didn’t really advance all that much despite the power of thievery that was going on thanks to Beth’s bright ideas. Roy seems to be the only resident capable of tracking down a missing greyhound, Archie Shuttleworth is dead for some reason, and Brian may well lose his job thanks to that wanker Phil. Elsewhere, Kate’s eyes, Michelle’s fringe, Robert’s delusion, and Rana’s patience are all pushed to their limits as fertility clinic farce plays out. Otherwise, Imran buys Nick’s car for 250 under the asking price and Mike and Liz ain’t a thing. Gav knew this would be a shite week. They say the art of letter writing is dead. Well, we here at The Talk of the Street Towers say pish to all that and invite you all to enter into cordial correspondence with us on all things Corrie or Podcast. On email, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, on Facebook and Twitter we’re @corriepodcast and there’s a dusty blog at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com that would always appreciate a visit, although I’m not sure why you’d want to.

December 7, 2018 - Angry Badgers

Sinead finally begins to doubt the affects of a healthy diet, lots of vegetables and crossing her fingers is going to have on her cervical cancer, but has she waited too long? Meanwhile, Leanne and Toyah’s balcony has never seen so many concurrently untrousered gentleman visitors, Brian’s on the Pro Plus, and Fiz leaves for Birmingham five minutes before giving birth to a baby that her storyline would have us believe doesn’t exist. Elsewhere, Tracy’s ready to burn that stupid contract on the Red Rec, Kate and Robert don’t know if they’re fertile, Cathy wants a job at the Kabin until she doesn’t. Oh, and although Eileen’s back, she spends all of Friday plotting with her mates to bugger off again already. It’s like she doesn’t think of us at all. Please get in touch with us only when it is safe and legal to do so. On email we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. We’re @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook. And the rumors you’ve heard are true, we do indeed have a blog that can be found at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

November 30, 2018 - No Jim Jams Night

Gina is the world’s worst go-between as Tim’s doubts over Sally’s fidelity are allowed to fester, while the fruits of Paula’s labour over the last months appears to be limited to one CCTV recording and two character witnesses. I’d be checking my bill if I were you, Sal. Meanwhile, Jenny manages to resurrect a previously submerged phone, Mary’s t-shirt collection welcomes an odd addition and Hope takes exception to Evelyn’s jigsaw. Elsewhere baby fever has rendered Kate and Robert incapable of empathy for their other halves, Dev runs in the wrong direction, and Brian has successfully found a bicycle helmet in his size but still needs help with left and right. There’s a little sliver of space of gmail’s server reserved for mail to us so you might as well use it. Send your words, murmurings, joy, panic, and cake to thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. Alternatively, there’s always @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook. And if you’re more of a blog person, and you do look a bit like a blog person, thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com is for you.

November 23, 2018 - Silk Cut Shandy

Tim decides to attend court on Friday dressed as Agent 47 from Hitman while Sniper’s Dream is burning the midnight oil to come up with a new Christmas school play for an unappreciative Phil. It’s not looking great for Sally, and things go from bad to worse when Sophie decides to try to help. Mary’s nose is put out of joint when it transpires that Angie doesn’t share her enthusiasm for finding Jude. Meanwhile, Elsa’s not yet finished with Nick, and after weeks of not wanting a business partner, Audrey manages to give away half of the salon to Maria in under 24 hours, and Chesney ends the week looking like Donald Trump. If you want to get in touch with us, what’s stopping you? Certainly not the numerous ways in which you can do so. Email us at thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, find us on Twitter and Facebook @corriepodcast, and there’s a blog, don’tchaknow, at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

November 16, 2018 - Tawdry Audrey

Sinead meets a weird nosy woman who very quickly convinces her that veganism is better than chemotherapy. Meanwhile, Elsa finds out about Nick and Leanne and uses one-half of two different metaphors in her threat to ruin him. Elsewhere, Audrey plays Pass The Bouquet with an unsuspecting Claudia, the after effects of Tracy hitting Michelle’s engine with a spanner sends Abi to jail and Seb down the path of adopting his own siblings, and were Friday’s episodes the first where no one who doesn’t work at the factory goes into the factory? You’ll have to listen to find out. Or watch the show. You can drop us an electronic mail at thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com and if you enjoy social media, you may be interested in knowing that our Facebook and Twitter pages are both @corriepodcast. We have a web log, or blog, if you prefer, at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com. We would be thrilled to hear from you.

November 9, 2018 - Gina's Zombiezee Boxset

The pickings be slim in a bit of a down week this week. We finally get sight of the mysterious E. It’s kinda worth it, I suppose. Nick continues to lie to anything that breathes, the North West Regional Stylists Awards are the only thing anyone can think about, Amy is cooking up an interesting plot with Adam that might make Steve and Tracy wish they’d stayed in Morocco and left Amy in hospital, Sally is making herself useful in prison, and Tim’s Dad continues unabated. If you want to transfer your thoughts from your brains to ours you can easily do so in three main tried and tested manners. Email us at thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. get us on Twitter and Facebook @corriepodcast. And you can catch up with our madcap adventures at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

November 2, 2018 - Warm Boob Key

Gav spent more time than usual shouting obscenities at Daniel this week but credit where it’s due, the episode that solely featured Ken, Peter, Sinead, and Daniel was actually pretty good. Over at the factory, Peter may or may nor want to sell, Carla may or may not want to buy, and sooner or later Sarah is going to get her way with Gary in the office. Elsewhere, Dev’s picking darts out of his shoes, Ronan’s mother is the most Irish woman ever, Ryan is STILL in hospital but at least Amy’s home, and Liz reveals how she likes to keep keys to her flat warm. If you want to drop us a line, give us your thoughts on this week in Corrie, or send us your favorite Jambalaya recipe, here’s how you can do so. Our email address is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, we’re @corriepodcast on both Twitter and Facebook and our blog can be found by typing thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com into the address bar of the browser of your choice. I think I’ve updated it fairly recently, so check it out to see if I’m lying. Also, buy my book. This episode of The Talk of the Street is proudly sponsored by Squire, British made security since 1780. Learn more at www.squirelocks.co.uk.

October 26, 2018 - Squirrel Proof!!

Well, that was a long eight-day week. Tracy is only in one of the four days’ worth of episodes but still manages to throw Abi under a bus while taking advantage of peculiar police procedures. Sinead’s story inches along with the only real changes this week being that Claudia now knows and Daniel knows how to say hyperemesis gravidarum. Elsewhere, we’re expected to care if Chesney and Gemma ever become a thing, Brian continues to be a sniper’s dream, and Helen and Gav learn about the strange idiosyncrasies of the iTunes rating system. Oh, and please buy Gav’s book. So if you want to get in touch with us to tell us what our iTunes ratings are like in the country where you happen to find yourself, not that I care, I really don’t care, you can do so. Here’s how. Our email address is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, we’re @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook, and we have a blog that’s been updated with non Coronation Street content in the past week, go check it out at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com. Please like and subscribe and leave a review on the iTunes. Please do that. Not that I care, but please definitely do that.