Holiday Pod | Strava Bloke Gets What He Deserves!

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A French officer's 35-minute Strava run on an aircraft carrier deck leaked the warship's secret location.

The episode opens with a discussion about Strava, an exercise-tracking app, and a French military officer who uploaded a 35-minute run on the deck of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, revealing its location in the Mediterranean. The hosts note similar incidents involving Emmanuel Macron's bodyguard and US Secret Service agents. They transition to location-sharing apps like Life360, Snapchat, and Find My iPhone, with personal anecdotes about family tracking, including a wife catching her husband at a pub and parents discovering a daughter's secret visit. Luttsy shares a story about singing INXS's 'Never Tear Us Apart' at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, only to realize the band's bassist, Gary Beers, was standing beside him. The episode includes a trivia segment where caller Tara from Stafford Heights wins $7,000 by answering questions about the Spanish Steps, the Ever Given ship, Harry Styles, lobster legs, and spelling 'infamous'. Later, the hosts discuss Elton John's double knee replacement, where his kneecaps were baked, dried, and polished into a necklace by his jeweler. This leads to a broader conversation about preserving body parts, with callers sharing stories about foreskins, umbilical cords, and turning ashes into diamonds. The episode blends humor, personal stories, and current events in a casual, conversational format.

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Strava leads a loose, funny run through gear, life-stage awkwardness and Darren's diamond afterlife.

Strava gives the episode its through-line, starting with GPS routes, public profiles and kudos before landing on a 5am New Farm meeting between three runners and three dudes coming home from a night out.

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Press play when a 5am runner-versus-revellers sighting feels like the perfect measure of mid-30s adulthood.

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