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S13 EP9: In Loving Memory of Beryl the Cat - R.I.P. xxx

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

August 18, 2026

More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh... There's sad news on the podcast today as Beryl the cat passed away this week. xXx Elsewhere theres the eclipse, the heatwave, and the lauch of the new Footballing Hell podcast out every Monday.
Speakers: Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe

Topics: Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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**SPEAKER_2** (1:01)
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**SPEAKER_3** (1:08)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:30)
This episode is presented by Monzo.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:32)
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**Rob Beckett** (1:44)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (1:53)
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**Rob Beckett** (2:07)
Hello, you're listening to Parenting Hell with...

**SPEAKER_6** (2:10)
Okay, Anya, say Josh Widdicombe.

**Rob Beckett** (2:16)
Good girl, and say Rob Beckett.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:20)
Good girl, well done.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:22)
There we go.
Anya, yes, 41 months, so nearly four. Three and a half, who cares? I've listened from the beginning when our daughter, India, was 14 months old. You're my all-time favorite podcast. I rarely miss an episode, rarely. Anya is your stereotypical second-born and definitely lives life in her own quirky, funny, and often feral way. She's been a late talker. She's working hard on pronunciation, so I wanted to send in her attempt at saying your names. Oh, my phone fucking locked.
Jesus wept.

**Rob Beckett** (2:57)
For God's sake, you got to a nice heartfelt bit about a late talking child that's now finally talking on this woman's favorite podcast she regularly listens to. Not all the time. It's not my fault, blame Apple. Really, really misses an episode. Why? There's only two a week. How busy are you?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:10)
Yeah, yeah.

**Rob Beckett** (3:10)
It's like two hours. How many hours in a week?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:13)
It's the guest app. It's the guest app. She's going, Oh God, who cares?
She's been a late talker and is working hard on pronunciation. So I wanted to send her a attempt at saying your names to make parents of other late talkers feel a bit better. Please never stop making the podcast. I need it in my life forever. Though you don't listen to it all the time. Lots of love. Pip, 476 months from Stockport.

**Rob Beckett** (3:37)
Well done. I was a late talker. I had to go to speech therapy. Look at me now.
Shut up.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:42)
Exactly. Made a career out of it.

**Rob Beckett** (3:45)
Josh, I feel pumped up and excited and sexy.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:48)
Well, you look it.

**Rob Beckett** (3:50)
Thanks. For the listeners, we've just recorded our first episode of Footballing Hell that's available.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:57)
Are we franchising?

**Josh Widdicombe** (4:00)
Are we like the rest is, but the difference is that we host all the different versions of it.

**Rob Beckett** (4:05)
Yeah, so it's like the rest is, but we...

**Josh Widdicombe** (4:09)
If Alistair Cameron were to host every different subject, but the rest is.

**Rob Beckett** (4:13)
So most people get to a point, if they've got something successful, what they then do is try to earn money by not being there and having to do it and have a sort of income that doesn't involve them directly, not us. We're on the front line.
Everything's bloody hell to us, right guys?

**Josh Widdicombe** (4:28)
Exactly. Get ready for food hell.

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