Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds

About Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds

In the 1970s, Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones changed everything. Rick made keyboards as sexy as guitars whilst Griff made comedy alternative. Now, these 70s pioneers are actually in their 70s. They’ve experienced a lifetime of changes – so many changes in fact that they’ve now worked out that the 1970s wasn’t ‘the decade that taste forgot’. Instead it was the beginning of innovation, freedom of expression and extraordinary trousers. In their new weekly podcast, Rick and Griff bring us history as you’ve never heard it before. From religion…(would Noah have built the ark had the concept of the Yellow Weather Warning been invented?) to fashion…(what was the fantastic sartorial journey that took us from grey flannel slacks to split-kneed loon pants??) They’ll also answer your burning questions, e-mail Question@RickandGriff.co.uk (mailto:Question@RickandGriff.co.uk) Celebrate the last 50 years of history with Rick & Griff, available on all podcast platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Griff Rhys Jones & Rick Wakeman

Category

arts · comedy · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2026

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Ep26: Technology

   Whether it’s Zoom, or WhatApp. Teams or WeTransfer, our days are now consumed with trying to remember how to operate the apps that rule our lives. To get in the mood for this one, Rick and Griff recorded the podcast over Zoom, eventually. If AI scares you and creating a new meeting in your electronic calendar actually takes longer than the meeting itself, this is the episode for you. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Ep25: Holibobs to Holijobs

   It’s summer…..or at least it is when we release this podcast. So that bring sus to the subject of holidays and when is a holiday not a holiday? When it’s a Holijob of course. A job disguised as a holiday, onto which you drag the family in the hope that it will get you off the hook for cancelling the ACTUAL holiday. Which it never does. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Ep24: Clothes - Part 2

   Clothes. We all need them. They keep us warm and prevent our arrest. They’re also pivotal to Rick and Griff’s lives, so much so that they need two episodes to cover them. From Mr Fish shirts to Bell Bottoms to Rick’s famous capes, this is the true story of the way fashion has influenced our genial hosts over the course of their lives. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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