Aug 3, 2026 · 43 min · 5 segments
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we go hello james
hello daniel
welcome back to bristol you live here i don't i should be welcoming you go on then
through the gates what how does someone get the keys for the city
Yeah, I don't know.
That's an old thing, isn't it? Maybe doing something, you're going to Google it, aren't you? I can just see your fingers going to your keyboard.
I think usually when you do something very notable or worthy, isn't it, then they give you...
Have you
not? Sorry, you would like me to.
Oh
yeah, I thought you were looking at it.
Because if you could have the key, is it the keys to the city or the freedom of the city?
Freedom of the city and keys to the city.
Oh yeah, they're two separate things.
Yeah, is a purely symbolic honour awarded by a local council to distinguished individuals.
So there you go.
Not particularly interested in it then.
No, and I think unlikely that you or I are ever going to attain such honour.
Anyway, welcome back to Bristol, Dan.
Well, thank
you.
That welcome, James, is more meaningful to me than the symbolic keys to the city.
Bristol is more blessed now that you are in it for these few hours.
Well, it's
great to be here.
Great to be on another pod.
Yeah.
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we go hello james
hello daniel
welcome back to bristol you live here i don't i should be welcoming you go on then
through the gates what how does someone get the keys for the city
Yeah, I don't know.
That's an old thing, isn't it? Maybe doing something, you're going to Google it, aren't you? I can just see your fingers going to your keyboard.
I think usually when you do something very notable or worthy, isn't it, then they give you...
Have you
not? Sorry, you would like me to.
Oh
yeah, I thought you were looking at it.
Because if you could have the key, is it the keys to the city or the freedom of the city?
Freedom of the city and keys to the city.
Oh yeah, they're two separate things.
Yeah, is a purely symbolic honour awarded by a local council to distinguished individuals.
So there you go.
Not particularly interested in it then.
No, and I think unlikely that you or I are ever going to attain such honour.
Anyway, welcome back to Bristol, Dan.
Well, thank
you.
That welcome, James, is more meaningful to me than the symbolic keys to the city.
Bristol is more blessed now that you are in it for these few hours.
Well, it's
great to be here.
Great to be on another pod.
Yeah.
