We have a bone to pick with Eliza Carthy. Find out the true identity of the Young’uns; our darkest secrets are revealed by a palm reader. We play a couple of examples of Young’uns anecdotes gone wrong. We play clips from our gig at Bamfest which had possibly the drunkest audience we’ve ever played to. Award winning folk performer and qualified medical doctor James Fagan talks testicles in our new feature James Fagan’s Talking Bollocks, and Folk in Focus reveals James’s food preferences. And we see our Twelve Podcasts of Christmas series out with a beautiful rendition of a U2 song from our polish friends Brasy.

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Happy new year. We’ll be back later this month for a new weekly run of Young’uns Podcasts.

Happy new year! 2014 has been an incredible year for us, one of the highlights being our very own folk festival, on Hartlepool’s Headland. On the eleventh Podcast of Christmas we bring you music and chat from the festival, from Polish Vocal harmony quintet Brasy, Greg Russell and ciaran Algar, the Hut People, and Mic and Susie Darling. We teach Brasy to speak Geordie, and introduce them to the Birthday Game. And we quiz Greg and Ciaran about their thoughts on matters biscuit.

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Today is our worst Podcast of Christmas so far; not in terms of quality (which conforms to the usual exceptional standard), but because of the fact that we’ll be discussing our worst and second worst gigs in our folk career so far, as well as the worst accommodation we’ve stayed in while on tour. It may be the season of peace and goodwill, but not in the Young’uns camp. Other subjects include the UK Independence Party, and the strangest raffle prize given out in a folk club. Music comes from a Young’uns Wilsons collaboration, and a Young’uns Oasis cover.

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In addition to another Sean Cooney dream (this time set in cold war Russia), we enter the minds of Jim Causley, and Ciaran Algar. The Young’uns provide a plentiful supply of toilet humour. Michael Hughes is a penguin beater. Music comes from Jim Causley, and Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar.

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Our top-class journalists will do whatever it takes (whether that be hacking computers or breaking into houses) to bring you the stories from the world of folk music that matter. Today, we unearth the truth about folk singer, fiddle player, photographer and model Elly Lucas. Sam Pirt from the Hut People dispenses pineapple facts. The Young’uns have an alarming gig in Warwick. We bring you surreal animal-based ramblings. And what’s going on with Michael’s guitar?

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More Young’uns dreams, involving Mike Harding and a slightly erotic scene between two Young’uns. Curiosity might be what kills a cat, but the Young’uns seemingly have the power to make cats throw up. Young’uns Podcast brings you the latest folk news in Folk in Focus, getting to the stories that really matter in the folk world, such as Sam Sweeney’s sleeping habits and Barbara Dickson’s domestic arrangements. And we forge an unlikely partnership with some American sportsmen.

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There’s music from Bob Fox, Sunjay Brayne, and a collaboration with the Young’uns and Sam Carter. Sean Cooney takes us to a post-apocalyptic folk festival, David Eagle stars in the TV game show Countdown, and does Michael Hughes have a Nazi satnav?

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David Eagle attempts to create the world’s most cheaply and cynically produced football anthem. He also provides an unusual chat-up line for blind people, and causes confusion in the National Portrait Gallery. And there’s a boat load of wale puns, and a complimentary cat pun.

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Yesterday we brought you a dancing sheep, today it’s dancing hamsters. Mike Waterson and some dancing hamsters are today’s star attraction. There’s also an appearance from a triplet of BBC Radio Two presenters. Bob Harris flaunts his backside to protect himself against the hand of the law, and Mike Harding and Mark Radcliffe have a fight. Hiphop artist MC Squared provides some special Young’uns Podcast jingles. There’s some inappropriate behaviour with a Christmas tree going on, and Becky Unthank spills the beans about her favourite sandwich. But will that sandwich contain beans? Find out on the fourth podcast of Christmas.

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Our third Podcast of Christmas contains a lazy cow, a dancing sheep, some unusual comments from fans and music from the Spooky Men’s Chorale.

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