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S12 EP49: I love the buffet
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Small Business Shoutouts: Hunky Dory & Binks Banners
At 53:13 · chapter starts 52:35
Rob returns to Hunky Dory in the Glades — a small independent gift shop that has been doing a roaring trade in squishies during half term — and shares their TikTok handle, Everything Hunky Dory, describing it as a shop full of things you don't need but absolutely have to have. Josh reads a listener email from a mum of two asking for a shoutout for her sister's brand-new venture, Binks Banners — handmade fabric banners for weddings and events, available on Instagram, Facebook, Vinted, and Etsy. Josh takes the moment to remind listeners that these shoutouts do real things: a former production colleague named Emily, shouted out for her pottery business on a previous episode, has since had to hire staff. It's a quietly heartfelt moment before the sign-off.
At the end of the episode, Rob Beckett marvelled at how he and Josh went from sharing hotel rooms while gigging at Birmingham Glee Club to Josh hosting Strictly Come Dancing. The reflection came after 12 series of Parenting Hell and over 6 years of podcasting together — a genuine moment of gratitude amid the chaos.
