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Satire, side quests, and domestic collapse.
Jake Yapp presents a loose, rapid comic dispatch from the overlap of news, household mishaps, old media, and private exasperation. The show treats Tony Blair, Pete Hegseth, Trump, IKEA, rats, home brewing, and washing-machine symbols with the same mock-serious suspicion.
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Jake Yapp presents a satirical comedy show with the shape of a weekly monologue and the energy of someone trying to tidy a room by setting every object on trial. It moves fast. A political figure appears, a household problem interrupts, a listener email adds a new angle, and suddenly the episode is somewhere between a sketch, a rant, and a musical number about billionaires. Recent topics include Tony Blair’s comments on Gaza and technology, Pete Hegseth’s slogan-friendly bravado, Trump’s ballroom plans, Matthew Goodwin’s election loss, Palantir protests, and the odd spectacle of public men becoming punchlines. The show is political, but not solemn. Its route into the news often passes through ginger beer, hard lemonade, rat trouble, IKEA lighting connectors, washing-machine icons, old Radio 4 habits, or the emotional burden of doing beginner ab exercises forever. That detour is the point. The comedy keeps insisting that absurdity is not confined to politics; it is also in Gloucester Services, in Bedford vans, in home brewing recipes, in a fake 1976 game show, and in whatever symbol a tumble dryer has decided to use today. Listener emails bring in recurring oddities, corrections, and provocations, which the show folds into its own ongoing private mythology. Music and parody sketches appear when a subject needs more than a punchline. There is also a running sense of live creative work being made in public, with Corner Shop Showdown, festival plans, Patreon mentions, and side projects drifting through the episodes. The result feels loose without being lazy. It is a one-person comic engine that turns public life, family logistics, media nostalgia, and minor inconvenience into a single rushing argument against taking the world at face value. The tone is dry, affectionate, irritated, and gleefully overcommitted. It rewards listeners who enjoy satire with clutter still on the floor.
Made for: For comedy listeners who like British political satire, strange digressions, listener-driven oddities, and monologues that treat small irritations as evidence in a larger case. It suits fans of fast, verbal comedy more than tidy panel-show polish.
What sets it apart: Its edge comes from the collision between public absurdity and private mess: Tony Blair, Trump, IKEA, rats, home brewing, and old radio formats all get processed through the same restless comic machinery. The show feels handmade, current, and deliberately unruly.
A weekly podcast featuring Jake Yapp, as seen and heard on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, Radio 4 and 6Music. Twitter: @NotTodayPod. IG: @itsnottodaypod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jake Yapp turns listener prompts, topical irritation and elaborate audio bits into comedy powered by committed digression.
Jake Yapp treats the microphone as a place to test whatever has caught his attention, from homemade ginger beer and household mishaps to Tony Blair and Dominic Cummings.
Homemade ginger beer meets billionaire wish lists, in case your comedy likes its tabs left open.
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A fizzy ginger beer detour gives way to a pointed Tony Blair monologue on Gaza, Palantir, and the NHS.
Tony Blair arrives by way of homemade ginger beer, which is exactly the kind of lurch this episode knows how to use. The opening tasting moves through grated ginger, fizz, yeastiness, and the joke of getting shit-faced before turning toward Blair's writing on Gaza.
A Ted Rogers setup turns into a loose comic riff on billionaire money, bamboo socks and one badly timed jingle slip.
John Holmes's wild Ted Rogers story gives this single episode its starting spark, but the fun quickly shifts to the bigger fantasy of stealing money back from billionaires and deciding what to do with it.
A scruffy New Year broadcast turns old radio habits and handmade soundscapes into comic archaeology.
A New Year broadcast wanders through the odd hush between Christmas and New Year before arriving at Barely Credible 1.6 Unlie, a Radio 4 comedy built around one lie for every 1.6 truths, with a newsreader serving as the comedian's hype man.
A loose calendar riff where listener-made World Days turn into a funny argument about what deserves attention.
The episode takes a simple World Mental Health Day nod and turns it into a playful check on the calendar's stranger possibilities. Once an audio interface failure about four minutes before a live stream is cleared by a quick restart, the host invites listeners to invent new…
A farewell episode veers into dog-milk butter, then lands on future radio plans.
Jake Yapp closes this run of Not Today, Thank You with something between a goodbye-for-now and a note about what is coming next. The show is likely to return in February or March, with Yapp edging toward March and wondering what state he might be in by then.
Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas argue their way through terrible movies.
Sketch-radio chaos with a recap habit.
Simpsons love, Simpsons grievance, maximum derailment.
Action movies counted, mocked, and celebrated.
Cult movies roasted without polish.
Genre riffs with lore, grudges, and jokes.
Jake Yapp hosts the final episode of this series, announcing a hiatus for his live radio work.
Mic Wright returns from summer break, discusses dropping his kid off for the first day of school, and introduces a UBC wildfire research segment.
Jake Yapp hosts a chaotic episode featuring satirical commentary on media, politics, and World Mental Health Day.
Jake Yapp opens “The Travelling Software Salesman Tony Blair” with Easter satire, homemade alcohol experiments, and commentary on Tony Blair's relationship with Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
A personal reflection on exercise struggles mixed with a promotion of UBC's wildfire research.
The host returns to discuss the Apple TV show 'Pluribus', praising its blend of epic sci-fi and intimate character storytelling.
A comedic roast of Matthew Goodwin's electoral loss to the Greens, mixed with absurd observational humor.
Jake Yapp discusses moving his aunt, preparing the live game show Corner Shop Showdown, and dealing with rats entering his home.
Jake Yapp criticises Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments about nine million people on benefits, immigration, and carbon taxes by contrasting them with Ratcliffe’s £17 billion fortune and residence in Monaco.
Ted Rogers asked John Holmes's wife to watch the OJ Simpson trial in a theatre green room.
"It's not two white men agreeing with each other as standard format. In this case, just me agreeing with myself."
Jake reads listener emails and discusses IKEA shopping experiences, movie trailers, and a funny story about Silvio Berlusconi.
The host announces a hiatus for the podcast to do live radio, reflecting on the show's journey and thanking listeners.
Mic Wright shares a humorous anecdote about his birthday, including a gift of an electric back warmer and the saga of a mis-measured wardrobe.
The host discusses World Mental Health Day, introduces upcoming segments including a game saves feature with Bibi Lucille, and starts the show with a jingle.