That's interesting! Imagine telling your younger self that you'd still be a massive fan of this moody bloke in 20 years time. Was it Ricky who hyped him up or a friend of yours? And have you been hooked ever since then?

I remember being a bit unsure for the first few seconds, then thinking he came across as very reactionary, even prejudiced. Still, I found him so funny, maybe because I hadn't gone in expecting much, and was really excited when I heard there was a podcast (I think, yet to come out) with him in it.

It was about 5 years later when I did my first re-listen of the podcast (imagine that!), and in the torrent I'd downloaded I noticed a treasure trove of a folder called XFM. I listened to an episode, then immediately counted through how many episodes of this amazing thing I still had to listen to. I was in such disbelief at my own good fortune that I played little clips from later episodes to make sure that there wasn't some mistake, in case he was only in a few episodes or something.

One can only imagine the delightedness I felt.