Snapshot · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
After a previous episode mentioned Josh's son's obsession with DHL, the courier company got in touch and offered to deliver DHL-branded toys to his son in an actual DHL van.
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A riff on kids' toy obsessions turns into an unexpected Wikipedia deep-dive when Josh mishears 'Needos' (a squishy toy brand popular in London) as 'Mido', the former Egyptian footballer who played for Ajax, Tottenham, Roma, and Middlesbrough. Rob goes to Wikipedia and reads out a 2026 controversy in which Mido claimed on a podcast that magic and mercury and religious figures had influenced Africa Cup of Nations squad selection, leading Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation to bar him from media appearances. Rob concludes the beef is 'fine' and 'a bit like a podcast beef', neatly looping back to the opening Rory Stewart bit. The segment ends with a call for listeners to share the weirdest, nicest things their kids have become obsessed with.
After Josh mentioned his son's DHL obsession on a previous episode, DHL contacted him directly and offered to deliver branded toys to the boy in a real DHL van. Rob's only concern: would it be delivered in anything other than a DHL van?
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