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S13 EP8: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled...

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

August 14, 2026

More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh... Lego obsessions, new family car chats, photography hobbies, and a nits outbreak are all on the agenda this weel...
Speakers: Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe, Michael

Topics: Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
Queen Carvania stood haloed by the morning sun. An army hung on her every word.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:08)
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**SPEAKER_3** (0:31)
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**Rob Beckett** (0:59)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:01)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:12)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:22)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:36)
Hello, you're listening to Parenting Hell with...

**SPEAKER_3** (1:38)
Fred, can you say Rob Beckett? Can you say Rob Beckett?

**Rob Beckett** (1:51)
And can you say Josh Widdicombe? Josh Widdicombe?
I mean, I'm not even sure that sounds like a baby.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:01)
So, no, that's what I thought.

**Rob Beckett** (2:04)
I do want to, is that a cat?

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:07)
Or like a door?
Hello, you sexy, relatable bastard. This is my 7.5-month-old Fred, attempting to say your name, sort of. He was particularly impatient that it meant waiting for the next spoonful of porridge. Good man. Good, man.

**Rob Beckett** (2:22)
So he wasn't doing it on cue.
He was. Complaining for porridge.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:26)
I've listened to the show since I started before. Having kids have since become a step mum to a three year old boy, Elliot, and we welcome Fred to our family on the 22nd of December last year.

**Rob Beckett** (2:36)
Shagging in my heart. What is it now? I got loads of time to shag before March.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:41)
Yeah, we really, let's be honest, Rob. We've totally forgotten about that. Last time we went to that was about three years ago. You out loud had the thought process that I had to that thing where you don't even know which month it is.

**Rob Beckett** (2:54)
I just know it's hot, but it's always been hot for months now.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:57)
Oh, it's killing me.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:58)
I love it. I'm buzzing it.

**SPEAKER_6** (3:01)
I'm so bored of shorts.

**Rob Beckett** (3:05)
I know you shouldn't love it, but I'm absolutely loving it. I don't know if it's like bad and that, but I'm quite, I quite like it.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:12)
Are you a hot weather guy?

**Rob Beckett** (3:13)
Do you know what? I'm a consistency guy.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:17)
So could you live in LA? Well, apart from your personality?

**Rob Beckett** (3:21)
I quite like it, I quite like it.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:24)
Let me put it this way, Rob. I don't think LA people are your people. You have an issue with the odd, say, fake person over here.

**Rob Beckett** (3:33)
Hang on, hang on. All I've said is a lot of being hot.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:37)
I know.

**Rob Beckett** (3:37)
You've just had a character assassination for no reason. No, I hate LA. And then put me in LA and told me off for being there. I've not mentioned LA.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:44)
Well, I don't think you should go there.

**Rob Beckett** (3:47)
You asked, would you like to go to LA? And I've not answered. And then you've told me all the reasons why I wouldn't like it.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:52)
Well, I had four days in LA on holiday. I hated it.

**Rob Beckett** (3:57)
I've been to LA a couple of times. I think I haven't worked it out, if that makes sense. I don't know where I should be.

**Josh Widdicombe** (4:04)
Yeah, it's too big. You have to drive everywhere. There's no center to it.

**Rob Beckett** (4:08)
No.

**Josh Widdicombe** (4:08)
And everyone's there to work. Everyone is there to work. And they all think they're incredibly important.

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