I Love You, but..

Season 2: Episode 13 - Portrait Mode

What do you call someone who has no sense of smell? You’re about to find out!

Jen shares her biggest Grinds when it comes to other people taking your photo and Chris reveals a new section called “Stupid Sh*t We’ve Done Together” and a new jingle is born!

Also, we are delighted to announce that we now have Merchandise available from the link in our bio..

As ever, ENJOY!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (G...

Season 2: Episode 12 - Nightmares from Ohio

Chris tells us of his superstitious tendencies (once again) before Jen regales you with all the different Random International Days. 

Plus, find out what Grinds Chris’s Geeres at a footie match as well as his most recent Useless Purchase!

We have some awesome Fan Feedback, including a terrifying story from Ohio and lastly, we open up about what it’s like behind the scenes at “I Love You, but..” productions.

As ever, ENJOY!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geer...

Season 2: Episode 11 - The Potatoes Have Eyes (The Valentine’s Episode)

Who likes cold, wet carrots? Better than potatoes with eyes, we can tell you!

Who WAS St.Valentine and what would your last meal be?

Tune in this week to learn how you could become the lucky recipient of an ILYB merch mug in our first ever give away, and find out if Chris was ever any good at kissing.

Happy Valentine’s Day and ENJOY!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdo...

Season 2: Episode 10 - Trash-Talking

It’s been the longest break so far for the team here at ILYB (me and Chris lol) but we’re back now with plenty of silly stories and banter to keep you entertained.  

Grab a pair of headphones and discover if you are as “February Ready” as Chris! Have you ever ordered a skip? How big is your recycling bin? Been to a carwash recently?

It’s mind-boggling exciting stuff here in the Geere household so don’t wait another minute to catch up.

As ever, ENJOY!<...

Season 2: Episode 9 - Fleece Navidad (The Christmas Episode)

It’s the Christmas Episode for 2023!! YULE enjoy this one

Apart from the myriad of festive jokes from Jen, you can enjoy listening to the origin of two well-known Christmas words whilst Chris advises us on how to best dry-brine your turkey in Chris’s Christmas Culinary Corner.

And how many birds appear in the 12 Days of Christmas? 

It’s a goodie.. ENJOY and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Produ...

Season 2: Episode 8 - WE ARE 1! (The Anniversary Episode)

It’s hard to believe that “I Love you, but..” has been going for a whole YEAR! Happy birthday to us and thank you to everyone that has supported us throughout the last 12 months.

Today we celebrate with Chris testing Jen’s knowledge about ILYB, as well as a very entertaining story about some raffle wine.

Jen fills us in about her latest gigs and we hear what ground her Geeres this week, then Chris wraps it up with a lovely poem for the occasion...

Season 2: Episode 7 - The Stinking Bishop (with Pete Cilella)

It’s been a few weeks since we were able to get a chance to record anything new, but we are delighted to be back with a fabulous guest this week!

Pete Cilella is an actor, director, writer and podcaster based in Los Angeles and we are so exited to share his stories with you all.

You can look forward to Pete sharing his Grinds, his awkward Occurrence - which is definitely one of the most awkward we have ever heard - and al...

Season 2: Episode 6 - Creepin’ it Real (The Halloween Episode)

Welcome to our (hopefully) very Spooky Halloween Episode!
What have we in store for you today? A Scary Story or perhaps a horror movie Quiz?

And were clowns ever NOT scary?

Creep it real and enjoy!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

Musical Director: Jennie Sawdon

Composer: Jennie Sawdon

Sponsor: @tidy_tot

Season 2: Episode 5 - The Knacker’s Yard

Chris is aggravated again over being waved out by a driver, but we all know it’s really because he’s hungry. 

This week we explore the phenomena of “Space Invaders” in Grinding the Geeres and have a healthy chat about Urinals.

Chris has a quiz on lines about rain in films.. (hmm?) and Jen has a great Origin of Words which might make the guys want to cross their legs!

But most importantly, keep your eyes peeled for the new musical - Captain Bri...

Season 2: Episode 4 - The Same Shape

Today sees the introduction of yet another segment that Jen has to write a tune for - “one of us gets it wrong”. And Chris shares an awkward occurrence with us as well as a Wistful Think!

As always, enjoy!

Jen & Chris x

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

Musical Director: Jennie Sawdon

Composer: Jennie Sawdon

Sponsor: @tidy_tot

Season 2: Episode 3 - Supermarket Small Talk

Welcome again and thank you for being here for another episode of our beloved ILYB!

This week we have an entry from Chris for Crimpy’s Tank, a quiz on crisps (and how we might like to get some of the companies we mentioned to send us some free ones) and LOTS of chat about small-talk and how to handle it! (Or not, as the case may be…)

Oh, and apparently Chris has no neck.

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris x

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Season 2: Episode 2 - Ten Thousand Spoons

Well isn't it ironic, don’t you think?

The answer is most certainly….we don’t know. 

Apparently Chris and I have no idea how the word Ironic should actually be used or in what context.  HOW IRONIC!!!??? LOL!

So come along and join us on our journey of discovery, as we find out the fascinating and different versions of the word. 

We also have another dollop of “Jen’s Origin of Words” mixed in with a good few international days of nonsense...

Season 2: Episode 1 - The House-move, The Hurricane & The Earthquake

WE ARE BACK!! And we couldn’t be more excited as it’s time for SEASON 2 of @ilybpodcast!!!

Where to begin with the last 4 weeks?! The title says it all to be honest, but have a listen and catch up on all our latest goss since moving out of our house in LA and experiencing a “Hurriquake”!!

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Ed...

Ep 32. Beef Legs in Skirts

Each week the conversations get crazier and so does the artwork it would appear!

Now, Chris is bringing all the birds to his yard whilst he reminisces on one of his first experiences of having a girlfriend. 

There’s a rather challenging Quiz for me to answer in Culinary Corner and we discuss the current International Day of randomness.

Oh, and just for your enjoyment, Chris does an impression of a tumble dryer.

 Enjoy!!

Jen & Chris xx

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Ep 31. The Gift Horse

This week we dive into the adventures we experienced on a visit to a safari park, along with a dose of what’s been Grinding our Geeres and some interesting Origin of Words…

Ever wondered where the saying “Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth” comes from?

So did we!

 Enjoy!!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

Musical Director: Je...

Ep 30. I Will Come Back…

We’ve had an unintentional 3-week break but it’s been just the ticket!  

We are delighted to be back, just as Arnold Schwarzenegger was when he returned in the Terminator. Which is incidentally a hot topic of this week!

We dive into a brief discussion on the pressures of social media, and discuss our most useless purchase EVER. 

And lastly, what gives you the “ick”? Have you ever heard this word and if so - is this how you spell it?

 Enjoy!!

Jen...

Ep 29. You Always, You Never

After attending a wedding this last weekend, today we take a trip down Chris’s “Wistful lane” whilst we reminisce about our own wedding.

There’s yet another jingle for our new segment “Random International Day” and you get to hear about an Awkward Occurrence that Jen recently endured. 

All in all it’s a pretty romantic episode - apart from the chat about my wee phone.

As ever, Enjoy!!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

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Ep 28. Blue-Arsed Fly

This week it’s our Father’s Day episode so it’s all about Chris and he wouldn’t let us forget it!

We explore the origin of the phrase “Blue-arsed fly” and discuss some of our biggest Grinds of the week. Jen’s got a gig and Chris has a date with his son and a bbq.

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

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Ep 27. Pockets of Real

After recovering from the disappointment of losing our first recording this week, we embarked upon a second, which resulted in proving the old adage correct: If at first you don’t succeed, it must be someone else’s fault.

As a reward I got to listen to Chris discuss his mid-life crisis, whilst once again referring to our podcast as therapy.

Oh and there’s another new segment, and an Origin of Words too!

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris xx

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Ep 26. One of the Best

This episode is without doubt, “One of the Best” in many different ways!

It was our utter pleasure to have International and Sunday Times Best-selling poet & Author Donna Ashworth on our show! She is simply enchanting. We would say that, because she’s out best friend. LOL.

In this ep you will hear all about Donna’s meteoric rise to social media domination as well as enjoy hearing us all try to construct "off the cuff Limericks” in yet another new segment of the show.  And yes, there’s man...

Ep 25. Soup Macabre

Today we are celebrating tap-dancing and towels apparently! Intrigued? So were we! 

Who is behind the decision to set the days of National and International celebration?

Tune in to “Culinary Corner” to hear all about Chris’s possibly poisonous Soup Macabre and learn all about our favorite nuts and how we like to pronounce them.

Discover how many bottles of wine Jen can cary back up the hill from the shop and learn about the very origin of the word “macabre”.

It’s all going on today!

Ep 24. Tom’s Magnetic Finger!

Well… we’ve finally finished our house improvements and are back in the game!!

We are DELIGHTED to feature this weeks’ incredible submission of a “Useless Purchase” from a very talented listener… and we hear the very interesting origin of a well-known swear word!

Also, who wants to hear about Jen’s dreams?!! No one…?

ENJOY!!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

Musi...

Ep 23. Coronation Eyebrows

It’s the Coronation this weekend and we have dedicated this episode to our amazing (?) Monarchy!! 

Who likes Coronation chicken? Or more to the point, who the hell likes Sultanas?

We’re also on the edge of our seats waiting to see whether or not Jen will make her eyebrow-tattooing appointment in time for the Coronation.

We explore the things that might annoy the Royal family in this week’s “What Grinds your Geeres?” and Chris recounts the tale of his first kiss (ahhh) in our new segment “Wi...

Ep 22. Eulogy of a Sea-Goat

OMG we are so excited - it’s our first GUEST EPISODE!!! And who better to invite on the show but our fabulous friend and incredible yoga instructress, Kate Tittley?!

In between the usual segments and silliness, Kate tells us her inspirational story of how she finally arrived at her dream job.

She is also subjected to TWO fun quizzes - one by me and the other one by our extremely special guest host for the episode… the wonderful Freddie Geere!! He is SO cute!

Can’...

Ep 21. Sausage Cologne

And we’re BACK! 

After a 3 weeks off, we are reunited and feeling refreshed after our visit to LA. We have missed you guys!

Today we dive into some of our “Fan Feedback” and cover many different segments with various listeners’s tales from yourselves! Chris is determined to fit as many jingles as possible into this episode so get your ears ready… ROLL THE JINGLE!

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Direc...

Cannot believe we have already reached 20 episodes! 

This week we are celebrating by asking you all to keep sending in your stories - we really want to make the podcast more interactive with our listeners.  We love you guys!

So there’s lots of chat this week from Chris, and a little impatience from Jen apparently…LOL.  We have another Useless Purchases and a NEW SEGMENT called “Awkward Occurrences” which we managed to stumble into along the way…

As we have reached 20 eps we are taking a short break whilst we are in LA for the ne...

Hello to our lovely tribe and welcome to episode 19! 

Firstly, we have to say a massive thank you to @tkellzzz who helped us out with audio problems this week.  He was able to rectify most of the damage post-recording so we have to salute him as THE DUDE!

This week we hear all about Chris’s self-made Vancouver birthday and what he’s been up to on-set. We also dive into Culinary Corner to hear about the beautiful meal Chris made for himself and discuss a very stupid “Useless Purchase” made via Instagram by me, myself, Je...

Ep 18. Peter Piper’s Pop Shield

Guys! It didn’t take us long to get back in the groove… 

We so enjoyed creating this episode! 

The camera was rolling, the mics were working, the internet didn’t crash and we properly “connected” in all senses of the word.

In this episode we bring you a segment of “Grinding the Geeres” AND “Jen’s Origin of Words” along with some entertaining chat about Chris’s busy days in Vancouver, including attempting to film a scene with a dog and its owner.

As ever, we are honored...

Ep 17. The Imposter

Well it’s been a challenging week and a half to say the least! This week we bring you our podcast on a Monday due to emotional and technical glitches! After Chris was poached for an acting role in Vancouver, we had to rally to get the podcast set up remotely. We have battled an 8 hour time-difference, low quality recordings, intermittent internet and a large amount of Imposter Syndrome! However, we have finally managed it and we think it sounds pretty good!

This episode we spend time discussing how we are coping be...

So we return after our half-term break to bring you another episode of silliness. 

Did you miss us? We hope so!

Today you can look forward to another segment of “Crimpy’s Tank” along with one of Jen’s “Scary Stories”. We also discuss what it’s like for Chris when he’s “resting” and the incredible history of the construction of London’s tube system.

Yes this is UNMISSABLE!

Hope you enjoy..

Jen & Chris xx

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Di...

So it turns out that Valentine’s day and Pancake Day did not fall in the same week, but never mind! This week we bring you a very open episode about the tricky negotiations of marriage and how we overcame a big Valentine’s row.

Chris invents yet another ‘segment’ called “Something Current” and we also get to hear how Chris ended up not playing himself dead, in real-life, if that makes any sense at all.

Also there’s some Geeres to Grind into the bargain.

Hope you enjoy!

Jen & Chris xx

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It’s all kicking off this week as I have discovered that Chris has secretly been putting the heating on whilst I’ve been out.  But it’s “Even Stevens” as it appears Chris is unhappy about the prospect of Valentine’s Day and what it entails for him as a husband LOL!

I shed some light on the Origin of Shrove Tuesday and we learn the context of our very well-known phrase, "Happy as Larry" in this week’s segment of the Origin of Words.

We also discuss the funny events and purchases that have surrounded...

This episode is full of just enough silliness as usual to ease you into the end of the week!

There’s a nice dollop of “Grinding Our Geeres” (Still can’t work out how to say that properly) and Chris has invented yet another “segment” which then forced me to compose another two jingles retrospectively.    

So look forward to Chris’s Quiz which turns out to have a rather different ending than you might expect!

We also discuss the HUGE benefit of Car Magnets and you get to find out who our “Award-winning” listener is!

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We’re squeezing a lot into 20 mins today and it’s SO COLD!

What better to warm me up than to receive an award from my husband for being a great wife!
Is it a real award though? That’s for you guys to decide..

Chris invents a new segment called “Crimpy’s Tank” which I had to then hurriedly create a jingle for this week. Origin of Words makes an appearance, and there’s also a culinary corner for you in which we chat about Octopus Mash!

Please write to us with your idea...

Chris has returned from his Pilgrimage a new man!! 

We hear some more tales from Chris’s student days, shared with his best mate Rob, and we have another segment of Useless Purchases for you to giggle along with.

And don’t you want to hear who Mr Blenkinstein and the Muffin man are?! Oh, of course you do.

Hope you enjoy!

Jen & Chris

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

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This week we are enjoying a deep old chat about star signs! 

We cover Chris’s Piscean tendencies and then he eagerly explores the rather dubious traits of a Scorpio, which I felt he enjoyed rather too much…

It’s also time for a new jingle, which means it’s time for a new “segment”!!  “Jen’s Scary Stories” is finally here and I have something to blow your  mind!

Hope you enjoy!

Jen & Chris

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Gee...

Ep 9. Happy New Geere

A New Year, and we are back with a BANG!

Chris discusses the difficulties of the January gloom but then we move on to a very funny segment of Culinary Corner where we chat about the amazing menu that he designed for New Year’s Eve.

As usual there are stories about memories past and funny words and sayings, please join us for some giggles and some really open and vulnerable chats from Mr G.

Wishing you a Wonderful start to 2023.

Jen & Chris

Uh-oh! We’ve had the COVID! We’re back in the UK for Christmas and it finally got us. Not only that, but Chris has eaten his own bodyweight in festive snacks and Baileys..

So this is the “in-Between bit” after Christmas and New Year where nobody knows what day it is or whether we’re supposed to be at work or not.  

We’ve got some serious Christmas Grinds and Chris regails us with stories from his Manchester United trip out! 

We have been asked by our lovely listeners to discuss the differences be...

Here’s a little extra mini episode to tide you over the Christmas week!

We didn’t mean to have a falling out, but in the end we thought it was honest and funny to share, so here it is! And David Bowie’s inspirational quote doesn’t get discussed in the end…

Enjoy!

Jen & Chris

Hosts: Chris Geere, Jennie Sawdon (Geere)

Producer: Jennie Sawdon

Director: Chris Geere

Editor: Jennie Sawdon

Musical Director: Jennie Sawdon

Composer: Jennie Sawdon

Merry Christmas one and all! 

We have so much festivity packed into this episode it should leave you feeling positively sparkly!!

This is the first ever segment of “Chris’s Culinary Corner” complete with new jingle (of course) where he discusses the benefits of an upside-down turkey.

Then we have the pleasure of delivering some Christmas wishes for our listeners before it’s time for another of Jen’s origin of (Christmas) words - when is it not?!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Jen & Chris

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