Rein it In with Thom and Dunn

Episode 44 - Someone has knitted you a fat ankle

🎙️ New Episode Alert!
This week, we’re chatting about all things kids, back to school, eye ops, random illnesses, and family dramas that nobody plans for.
We dive into hormones (the gift that keeps on giving): brain fog, hair loss, but help with anxiety 
🍂 Autumn is NEARLY here, and with it the eternal truth: we’ll never be “hot” again, so why bother with layers?Legwarmers and shellsuits had their moment, and we don't wish for them to return, like ever!  and how a knitted two-piece has now ruined the colour purple forever for Dunn.
We’ve got TV talk, Insta shout-outs to some brilliant people, and a good moan that back in our day, Constance Carrol was as good as it got — no makeup tutorials, no fancy palettes. And if leggings and tabards become everyday fashion… well, send help.
👉 Tune in for laughs, a bit of nostalgia, and a whole lot of honesty, as always - open and discusting; we mean discussing 
#PodcastLife #Relatable #HormonesAndHumour #BackToSchool

Episode 43 - Never thought to wash my arm

🎙️ This Week on the Podcast…
🍸 We kick things off with a gin & tonic (plus lemon, obviously) and a nod to Dunn turning 55 soon — so why not start the celebrations early with lunch?
📚 GCSEs get a grilling — we reckon education needs a shake-up to open more paths for the many, not just the few.
💭 Thom has only just discovered Simon Squibb and asks the big one: “What’s your dream?” Could you answer on the spot?
📝 Thom’s also got some fab new words — some brilliant, some completely off the wall. There’s talk of “any kind of rubbin’,” dodgy-sounding gifts, and an innocent story that somehow sounds anything but.
👣 Dunn reveals a bunion that looks hammered, fires quickfire questions at Thom, and then we spiral into the things menopause steals — like words right when you need them.
📺 We dive into what TV shows we’d do, rant about Zumba etiquette, reimagine Love Island, and share some great recommendations worth watching now.
🥔 Plus, a bizarre potato story (don’t ask), appointments and procedures that come with age, mammograms, old bottoms, and hospital mix-ups where what Thom thinks is happening… really isn’t.Lastly, what little things get on your tits
💡 And to top it off, some cracking suggestions for TV shows and Instagram accounts you need in your life.

Episode 42 - What if it's a head in the fridge?

🎙 New Episode Drop!We’re diving headfirst into the post-menopause pool this week, yep, the things that shouldn’t happen but often do (and what comes next). Dunn’s dishing out the details you probably need to know, while Thom is still deep in peri and mostly just furious with the world – especially this week’s ‘What a Dick’ nominees: the blokes slagging off women’s football.Same sport, different game, lads – and if you keep whinging, women will only get louder, bolder and even less ladylike. (Which, frankly, should’ve been left behind in 1973 along with your opinions.)
👩‍💻 We talk about jobs we absolutely couldn’t do (public-facing ones, we're looking at Thom), and what happens when a woman named Jackie creates a community Facebook group and suddenly becomes a local dictator - admin role Thom overthinks gone off chicken in the fridge - thinking at 3am is not good, and never act on it!
💩 There’s also a poo story. It involves being caught short, covering your shame with leaves, and a Zumba class that no priest should ever listen to! Do you remember the Flumps!
🩺 Thom shares a painfully relatable tale of dragging your parents to a hundred appointments.👀 And Dunn might have a talking V'JJ!
👂 Ears open, eyes wide – we're on YouTube now so you can watch the chaos unfold too. 

Episode 41 - No more bum hole talk

Dunn goes in all Spanish-sounding!  Do we don't we talk about bum holes anymore - give us some feedback thomanddunn@outlook.com - give us something else to talk about.The first time you have sex, and how it's not all that! And do our children no more now because it's spoken about more openlyDo you doom scroll through rubbish, and wonder why we're doing it, and what we did do with the time before?  Thom is not good at being bored!  Triaphallia  - what do you think it is, and find out how they found this, as he didn't know!  What a waste of a life not knowing There's more to fart walking than you can just do with your calves - listen in to find out What we have been watching and what you watch can actually help you as you age.And the Podcast barker decides to let his presence be known, quietly!AI and why it can be very cool - hear why and how rude and how Biscuit boy has ideas of his own!We're here for your ears - take a step in - we're not afraid to talk about any subject because we're Generation X and it's quite powerful!

Episode 40 - If you stretch it, it's likely your reading will be different!

🎉 EPISODE 40 – We've Made It (Somehow!) 🎉
Wow. 40 episodes! Go us—cranking out unplanned words, thoughts, and tangents straight to your ears.
Sure, we’ve got the usual:
🎯 WIDL (Words I Do/Don’t Like)
🏆 D*ck of the Week
😂 Jokes & Stories
🩺 Dr. Dunn’s Medical Facts
…BUT do we know what each other’s written down before we hit record? Absolutely not. It’s chaos—but the fun kind. Think 12-year-old boy humour, but with slightly more life experience.
🎨 Purple? Really not Dunn’s colour… who knew?💨 Remember Impulse? Where does that nostalgic scent take you?🍑 Also, apparently bum hole readings are a thing now. Palm readings are so 2020. Yes, we went there.
⚽️ We also chat Women’s Football, as the Euros kick off—Group D is looking tasty: France, The Netherlands… and WALES! Come on!
🚗 Oh, and parents who park like plonkers near schools? You’re this week’s ‘What a D**k’ 🎯
So…👂 Are your ears ready for fun, a bit of understanding, and 100% relatable content?
🎧 Dive in. Laugh hard. Maybe learn something. Maybe not.

Episode 39 - 'Cutting' on the motorway for ya TikTok page, you're a C...

🎙️ We're Back – And We’ve Got a Lot to Say!
This week, we’re back in full swing and catching up on all the things—including:
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Relatable parenting moments (turns out we weren’t exactly angels ourselves...) one of us!🚗 Dick of the Week makes a dramatic return, and Thom is not amused. Let’s just say: if you’re 'cutting' across lanes on the motorway for TikTok, we’re sending the speeding ticket vibes your way.💃 Zumba chats and misheard conversations—the kind where you walk in at the worst possible moment.🛖 “Hutments.” Is it a word? It is now. And thanks to AI. We've coined a few more, too—contextual genius, accidental chaos.👔 Father’s Day or Faffer's Day? We’re talking unnecessary gift pressure, consumerism overload, and whether HRT is clearing our commercialised fog. (One child nailed it, though—credit where it’s due.)
🎧 Download us for your holiday —we want to come with you!Are your ears ready?
#ReinItInPodcast #ThomAndDunn #DickOfTheWeek #MenopausalMayhem #ParentingFails #ZumbaZone #FatherFigureFaff #HolidayPackingPlaylist #BritishPodcast

Episode 38 - Like a fringe coming out of a baseball cap

Bloody hell, it's early for a Sunday morning, but we're here recording for your ears, and in this episode, we definitely open the floor on things that we do to ourselves - from ponytails in areas you shouldn't need to shave, to why we do it? - Dr Dunn researches
European holidays - the best bits and what can annoy you. Like germ spreaders
But we do go to a serious side about the Banned Bingo words in the US Administration
Some great words we haven't heard for some time and the importancy of adding ourselves to the family list with emergency tweezers
Things to watch, our recommendations, and our insights 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 37 - Sunshine Bellends

Saga Holidays, Cold Pools & Fart Scapegoats
Hold onto your knickers, folks—Dunn’s back from Greece, where she fully embraced her role as the youngest in a Saga-on-Tour retirement takeover. Imagine being on a holiday where nobody gives a flying flip about social norms but refuses to enter a swimming pool because it’s “a bit nippy.” Not our Dunn though—Mum Dunn launched 'DOVE" herself in like an Olympian, even though her back gives her a little jip every 20 yards!
We also unpack the last couple of weeks of British brilliance—where mild sunshine turns people feral and the sound of a bloody tin on a Bamboo (don’t ask, just listen) can trigger a full-on existential crisis. Oh, and did you know there’s an actual career in being a fart scapegoat? Many years ago in Chinese history,  people paid someone to blame for their digestive disasters!
Plus, we dish out our latest Insta people to follow, binge-worthy TV picks, and what’s coming soon that’s worth cancelling your social life for—looking at you, nudge... Dunn? 
🔥 BONUS: We’ve got another ridiculous photo shoot lined up on June 6th, because frankly, the world needs more photos of us looking confused but fabulous. Follow us on Instagram @rein_it_in_with_thom_and_dunn for the behind-the-scenes chaos straight from Shag Manor.
📲 Listen now on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you waste your valuable time pretending to be productive.

Episode 36 - Unusual litter on the floor and baggy sausages

🎙️ New Episode Alert – Life Got in the Way (But we're here a day later than normal!)
We’re late because, well, life. You know the drill. But we’re here, we’ve hit record, and you’re in for a belter of an episode.
In this one, Dunn makes Thom gip with a story involving a care home (brace yourself), we discover some cracking new slang words – we’re talking multi-cyllabled and multi-laughs. Plus, Dr. Dunn delivers a mind-blowing medical fact: apparently, the egg chooses the sperm – not the other way around. Sorry lads, women really do rule the world from day dot. 👑
There’s also a lunging mishap, a debate over the fear of the weird-but-normal, and enough ick, sick and “what the hell is that?” to make you feel seen.Alright Golam, listen in !
Next up: Episodes 37 and 38 are going international 🌍 – you don’t want to miss that!

The real Episode 35 – Feramones, Bees, and a Bed-Sharing Crisis 🐝🛏️

This week, we're back in the thick of it with Dunn’s Joke—armed with "research," some questionable "fact findings," and her feramones fighting for oxygen.
Meanwhile, Vic’s mum is in a full-blown panic that she’ll be outed as a lesbian… simply for sharing a bed with her own daughter on holiday. Honestly!
We dive into the UK’s outdated housing schemes and that magical 55+ starting age. Excuse us—we’ve only just figured out TikTok, not ready for sheltered living and bingo just yet!
Elsewhere in the episode: 👜 The quick thinking safety of a bag for life🐝 An uninvited bee the size of a Yorkshire Terrier🛫 BBLs, airplane seats, and how a big arse shouldnt be a desire- according to Thom💃 Zumba may never recover from Dunn’s loud question🚽 Thom’s worried about making a noise downstairs (and no, not metaphorically)
It’s all minge photography, relatable chaos, and women’s stuff... the kind that should come with a health warning.
Happy listening, ya legends.The Real Episode 35 🎧

Episode 34 (actually) - Wish I felt like that with a cabbage

🎙️ Episode 34 (Yes… 34, not 35 — Thom jumped the gun!)
We're a week ahead of ourselves — blame Thom — but we’re back, chewing the fat (maybe our own), wondering when exactly we should start taking the weight gain seriously. 🍫 Some of us are all about fruity... the other is still spoon-deep in a tub of Nutella and full of regret.
This week, we’ve got some genuinely helpful tips on HRT, Perimenopause, Menopause, and symptoms no one warned you about — because you deserve to know.
Plus, we share some brilliant TV recommendations, a rant about online trolls (Ann Robinson isn't available to post your angry letter, sorry), and some unexpected chat about succulent things, bras, and a startled neighbour with his dropped tools. Yep, it’s that kind of episode.
Tune in. Laugh out loud. Learn a bit. And maybe hide the Nutella...Anyone got any gubbins?

Episode 33 - Chaos, Kidney Stones and Circus Skills

Episode 33 - take II
What a week it’s been — and what we achieve as women? Honestly, if we printed it all out and handed it to our families, they’d finally understand. (Spoiler: Yes, we still made it to Zumba. Even with a kidney stone. Hardcore.)
We chat: 💥 Hospital visits🎪 Why some scans may require circus performers👩‍👧 Mothering Day with a twist (and a bit of history, served with wine) we'd prefer an activity shooting laser guns🚽 Too much loo roll = an unexpected guest comes into the house and Shag Manor🧠 And what really happens if you let your intrusive thoughts win — hello silence… and a church?
Also featuring a surprise Yorkshire teenager who thinks he's funnier than us. (He’s not. But we let him dream.)
We're a day late, but worth the wait — pop us in your ears and enjoy the madness 💬