“I do get road rage – not angry, just… narratively cross.” – Scott Mills
“If Taylor’s writing about breakfast, we’ve peaked as a show.” – Tina Daheley
“Sometimes you just want to disappear into a song and not come back for a while.” – Taylor Swift
Monday mood and bin-day drama
Scott opened the week in classic chaotic fashion, confessing he’d put the bins out a full day early. That led to a flood of listener confessions from people who either forgot, panicked or put theirs out on the wrong street. One listener admitted she followed her neighbour’s lead and ended up dragging her recycling down a cul-de-sac that wasn’t hers.
Traffic light etiquette became the next heated debate. Scott admitted: “I do get road rage – not angry, just narratively cross,” before Tina Daheley joked she’s too polite to beep anyone. The discussion took off online, with listeners admitting to everything from shouting through windows to offering “polite hand waves of doom.”
Pause for Thought – Matt Woodcock
Matt reflected on patience in a world of rush, comparing it to waiting for a perfect loaf to bake. He reminded listeners that “some of life’s best things take proofing time.” Scott called it “a sermon about carbs and calm – I’ll take that.”
Quiz time
Eleanor from Sheffield took on The Easiest Quiz on the Radio, smashing it with 48 points and confessing she’d been training using Alexa flash-cards. She tripped up only once, saying “a torch” when asked what you use to toast bread. Scott: “Still better than the guy who said socks float last week.”
Taylor Swift
The show reached fever pitch when Taylor Swift joined. Scott could barely contain his excitement, admitting: “I might spontaneously combust.” From the moment she spoke, Taylor was calm, funny and completely in control – a superstar who still manages to sound like your mate catching up over coffee. Weirdly, it seems Scott and Taylor have never met, despite being a presenter at Radio 1 for many years.
She spoke openly about the process of writing her next album, explaining that it’s “less about heartbreak and more about perspective.” Taylor said she’s been journalling every day and has hundreds of voice notes of melodies recorded while walking through cities at night. “Sometimes you just want to disappear into a song and not come back for a while,” she said, adding that her most creative moments often come when she’s deliberately offline.
Scott asked about her long-standing relationship with her fans, the Swifties, and Taylor lit up: “They’ve grown up with me, and I’ve grown up because of them. I used to want to protect them from everything. Now I just want them to protect their peace.” She also admitted she still gets nervous before live shows: “You never want to lose that feeling – nerves mean you still care.”
When Tina Daheley mentioned that even her mum was now a fully-fledged Swiftie, Taylor laughed and said: “That’s my favourite demographic – mums who pretend they’re not fans until you play Love Story.” Scott teased that if Taylor ever wrote a song about breakfast radio, he’d retire. She shot back: “If I’m writing about breakfast, you’ve peaked as a show.”
To close, Taylor hinted that her next record will include a track inspired by her time in the UK: “There’s a London song, obviously. There always is.” As the segment ended, Scott summed it up perfectly: “It’s Monday morning, and somehow Taylor Swift just made the bin chat feel poetic.”
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