17/12/2012 James O'Brien Show - Americans and guns, Parental dislike, Plebgate

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Hour 1

• In the wake of the Sandy Hook, Connecticut shooting James explores the relationship Americans have with guns.

Hour 2

• More calls about guns
• A documentary claims that Queen Victoria didn't like her children very much.  James wants to know what it's like to be a parent who doesn't like their children or vice versa. 

Hour 3

• More parenting calls
• James proves, once again, that he's a cut above the rest when he handles a call from Louise, a despondent caller  There'll be a clip here later.

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• Plebgate: James thinks the police officer who was on the receiving end of Andrew Mitchell's alleged abuse should be punished.
• In closing, James thanks us all for the messages of condolences for his dad's passing last week.

07/12/2012 James O'Brien Show - Child Maintenance, NHS, Leftover Food

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Hour 1

• After bloviating on the story of estranged fathers being faced with pay hike, James reiterates his strong held position that has seen him clash with a Premiership footballer in the past.  He then invited calls from people who disagree with him.

Hour 2

• James is suspicious of the government's rhetoric around the NHS and after going into one of his Marxist monologues before contending that a lot of people who darken the door of A & E have no business being there.  He then invites callers who have personal experience in A & E and they call in in droves.

Hour 3

• After being mugged off his £2.50 at a posh toy shop yesterday, James invites calls from people who have also been duped by unscrupulous merchants in the past.
• A government minister has urged celebrity chefs to give us leftover menus to cut food waste.  James invites callers to persuade him that he's not a bad person for not being keen on leftovers for dinner.

03/12/2012 James O'Brien Show - Knife crime, Israel, Corporation Tax

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Hour 1

• After it was announced that Chris Gayling will reveal that people wielding knives in public will go to prison, James takes calls from Londoner to get their reactions.

Hour 2

• James re-visits the Israeli-Palestine debacle again after reports that Binyamin Netanyahu plans  mass building on illegally occupied territories just a week after a peace agreement.  James wants to know what you think Netanyahu is playing at.

Hour 3

• More Israel/Palestine calls
• After Margaret Hodge's call to investigate the tax arrangements of multinationals like , Starbuck, E-bay, Amazon and the like, James wants to know where the popular refrain that "if we ask them to pay tax, they'll move abroad" comes from.

30/11/2012 James O'Brien Show, UKIP, Drink Driving, Oscar Pistorius

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Hour 1

After yesterday's by election results, is it time to review UKIP's reputation as a refuge for people too nuts for the Tories? 0845 6060973
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) November 30, 2012

• Featuring the zinger of the morning - "I can't stand all these human rights"

Hour 2

• More UKIP callers
• After the drink driving campaign was launched, James wants to know what we can do/have done to stop friends from driving drunk. 

Hour 3

• More drink driving calls
• Oscar Pistorius interview

James serenaded us with this classic while discussing drink driving

James' break-up song

26/11/2012 James O'Brien Show - UKIP/Rotherham, Booze, Football Chants

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Hour 1

• Following the Rotherham Council/UKIP supporting forster parents debacle, James asks if you can love and care for children while simultaneously believing that they shouldn't be here.

Hour 2

• More calls on the Rotherham Council/UKIP topic
• The government is to increase the minimum alcohol price by 40p.  James wants to know who this is going to affect.

Hour 3

• More calls about booze
• James discusses the kerfuffle surrounding the Spurs and West Ham game yesterday
• James interviews Tim Minchin about his career and Matilda the Musical, which Tim co-wrote.

Cultural references

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Tim Minchin's Matilda James has been singing in his "flat voice" - his words.