North Central West Virginia talk show host Rueben Perdue joins The Boys to put a different spin on the week's news, views and screws.

00:00 The Boys talk literature. BOOM! Intellectualism! Right out of the gate! This is what they want!! Inspired by an email sent to Old Spike and an article that made Paul stand and applaud at his computer, the question is whether true literary criticism exists anymore, or whether critics are more interested in poking people in the ribs.

10:10 The future is... now? Against all conceivable odds, some frat boys gave Spike pause for thought. And it wasn't thought about beer bongs, loud rap music and catcalling at beeotches.

15:03 After painting a pretty picture, The Boys examine the week's news in brief (but not in briefs) in Pickin' and Grinnin'.

17:45 Me me me! Us us US, dag nabbit! This Week In Stuff, the segment of the show where The Boys warn and/or recommend their media intake to you. Paul's never-ending quest to recapture his lost childhood continues, thanks to Spiderman And His Amazing Friends. He's further into the Bask Of The Houndervilles on his beloved Kindle (Paul's a contributing blogger at Kindeville, didntcha know) and Wii-ing the Metroid Prime Trilogy. Spike wrote a blog post about the only two tennis games worth playing over the course of twenty years, and is thiiiiis close to winning Wimbledon. He's also reading a book that outlines the science of a really bad day... There's some dodgy audio towards the end of the segment thanks to Skype going a bit doo-lally, so don't adjust your sets.

31:50 And in comes WAJR-FM talk show host Reuben Perdue, ice tea in hand, to act as counterbalance to the past couple of weeks' conversation. Spike appeared on Reuben's show to talk about health care and Lockerbie - you can listen to it in full here - Reuben comes on to expand on the release of the Lockerbie bomber, his views on national insurance and nationalised healthcare in America, his choice of Catwoman and why he's not going to talk about the death of Ted Kennedy. You can listen to Reuben's award-winning talk show every weekday by clicking "listen live Clarksburg" on WAJR.com every weekday from 9am-10pm US eastern (2pm-3pm UK time).


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A deluge of awesome correspondence regarding the health care debate last week

00:00 Oh great - that's not a good way to start the show; Paul spilled something on Spike's sweater. Some good news regarding Old Spike, the end of Paul's ladies' problems and the reason his mom said "OMG". Paul is half of an intellectual, and Spike shares something embarrassing about prostitutes.

07:03 Drinkie Update! Spike's dry (but drunk), and Paul is making up for lost time. The Boys discuss their drunk benchmarks. What are yours? How do you know you've passed the threshold and that you're drunk? Email the show at the usual address and let 'em know.

15:45 After what we in the media call "a tease", it's time for Pickin' And Grinnin'; a wry, meth-tinged look at the week in news. From a trailer. With engine parts in the yard.

17:45 No theme song here, but The Boys have had an intriguing This Week In Stuff. Paul's halfway through "The Catcher In The Rye", and he's been plugging away at the DSi's flickbook-tastic Flip Note Studio, and he's been playing The Dark Spire and Grand Theft Auto Chinatown (doo-dah, doo-dah). Should we be worried? Spike's turned his critical ear towards Big Finish's Dr Who "adventures", and a mystery benefactor sent him something very cool.

38:27 All hail the intelligent, literate and experienced listeners to The Paul And Spike Show! Good for you! As we requested, a full in-box, stuffed with smarts about last week's health care debate! The Boys expand on HD tellys, on armed protesters and the second amendment, and emotions run rampant about the health care systems of three different countries. Want to talk about it further? Got a correction, argument or counter thought? Email it to the usual address!

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand at 7pm Saturday night local time. You can listen online every Saturday morning at 2am US eastern, or 6am UK time. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies. Radio Six's programming can also be heard on a slew of new affiliate stations the world over. Find a list of 'em here.

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Oh, this is cool. On Friday, 28th August Radio Six International will be broadcasting the whole of The Hydro Amnesty Bash live from the Community Hall in the Island of Lismore, Argyll. This seven hour festival will include all sorts of music - from jazz guitar to indie pop; from ceilidh band to rock 'n' roll. The show will include Chunks, Spin-Offs, Winginit, The Fabulous Baker Girls, Mark Heavanor, The Lismore Boys, No Nightmares, Garry Whitton and open mic artists. Between the acts, Tony Currie will be talking to the bands taking part and playing tracks from the Random Playlist. The live broadcast begins at 19:00 GMT with our 88.5FM listeners in New Zealand and listeners to 1530AM in Glasgow also hearing the entire event. There will be a repeat of the six hour programme on Sunday, 30th August from 10:30 GMT.

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Hello Cleveland!

00:00 Bloody nora! What a crappy week! Spike's had no sleep, and Paul can't drink because of ladies problems. Misty water colored memories of the way they were, with echos of John McCain and Ted Kennedy flowing round their heads, The Boys talk about their days in "old fashioned radio" and the morning schedule nazi on urban station "The Bee". Oh... sorry... "The Bizzee".

08:26 Listener Chimp has the in-box stacked, with thoughts that range from Superman to The Tube to not helping his mum with shopping.

19:16 Some spam leads to a discussion about - of all things - gun control and whether Charlton Heston was a good or bad representative for the NRA, you damn dirty apes. Also, they are winner of one million dollars. So, there's that.

27:35 You'll take my banjo when you pry it from my COLD DEAD HANNNNNDSAH!! Pickin' And Grinnin'; takin' a moonshine-flavored look at the week's news.

30:00 This Week In Stuff, in which The Boys talk about what's been on their tv/radio/library radars to help you make better informed entertainment decisions. Spike's been listening to a doco about people who can't (and won't) connect to the internet and how their lives are being made more difficult, and he's had a flip round his in-laws' new HD lineup... and he's not impressed. Paul is threatening to go postal because of "Catcher In The Rye" and is turning all Walt Disney with his DSi, thanks to a freebie app called 'Flipnote Studio'.

53:12 It's been a rough week, filled with misinformational fwd fwd fwd fwd emails, town hall meetings filled with loud, interrupting douchebags who would much rather yell than debate and threats of looming socialism - all thanks to Obama's new plan to diddle about with America's healthcare system and turn us into socialists, or kill us. Is the UK's nationalised healthcare system really all that bad? Are heart stents thin on the ground and are the people of Jolly Old England subject to an ominous 'death panel'? The Boys, offering a (very) unique perspective and with a wealth of experience inside both systems, talk about the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous - and they want your views. Tell them where you are in this argument and why, through the usual address.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand at 7pm Saturday night local time. You can listen online every Saturday morning at 2am US eastern, or 6am UK time. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies.

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Them good lookin' boys is back, after a fortnights' R and R. (Or maybe it was a fortnights' D & D, and they're just embarrassed to say...)

00:00 Ahh, there's nothing like the music of a convicted international kiddy fiddler and porn peddler to herald a happy comeback, is there? I believe Limbaugh did the same, once. The Boys spend (waste) some time worrying about the origins of "how old Cary Grant" and "it's only a movie, Ingrid". Meanwhile, Spike has a stroke.

03:20 Time to sift through the correspondence - Following Old Spike's statements of hatred for The Society Of Diagonal Walkers, The Boys read an email from someone who needs a societal name for people who press elevator buttons when they're already lit, and pedestrians who don't speed up their road-crossing when they see a car coming. Any suggestions? Oh, i just BET you do! send them to the usual address. Also, Robin decypts last week's show, and the boys mourn film director John Hughes.

21:56 Can you even imagine a world where Peter Sissons or Tom Brokaw delivered the news in their usual stoic fashion.... but with the added twist of being mashed off their cheezeboxes on meth, wearing dungarees and a straw hat, missing most of their teeth, and drinking from a giant jug that says "XXX" on the side? You, my friend, have just entered the nightmarish world of Pickin' And Grinnin'.

24:32 This Week In Stuff! The section of the show where The Boys discuss what they've been inta. Paul's been watching Looney Tunes and Flintstones DVDs; Spike can't stand the Flintstones, so sparks is a-gunna fly. He's also been amazed at the prognostication skills of Kevin Phillips (bonnnggg) in his snappily titled book, "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century". Meanwhile, Spike's been geeking out over his DVD of the legendary British music show "The Tube".

50:00 Over/Under this week is about movie sequels. Spike's got some 'splainin to do about his unders. Agree/disagree? Email the usual address and let 'em know.

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Next week on the show, Sony award winning broadcaster and the busiest man in Scottish radio John Collins joins the boys. Do you think you'd be a good guest on the show? Fancy dropping by for a chat? Email the usual address and let them know. Hey, you can even plug whatever gubbins you want.

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Nothin' could be better than to join The Paul And Spike Show Forums in the... mooo-haw-hawr-niiiing! But really, you should drop by. It's a superfabuloso place to be, and if you click here, you can hear one of John's appearances on WCHS's "Morning Brew", a mere 6 years ago.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand at 7pm Saturday night local time. You can listen online every Saturday morning at 2am US eastern, or 6am UK time. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show Facegroup Book. Or leave a comment below. If you Twitter, you can befriend Spike here, and Paul here.

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