Jun 2, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
**Is This the End of Reality TV? | Part 1** The sisters are back! In this episode: - **Garden Guests:** Aoife’s new backyard roommates (spoiler: they're fox cubs). - **The Reality TV Downfall:** Why…
Can we do it? [upbeat music]
You have fox cubs.
I have fox cubs.
Yes.
They're my new pet.
So jealous.
I know.
Yeah, yeah, actually, I've got a fox cub update.
So until now, for our listeners, I thought we just had fox cubs coming to visit-
[laughs]
...
but it turns out that they live here now.
[laughs]
Yay.
So next door, our neighbors have, have...
They're elderly, they've moved to a home, so nobody lives there, which is a travesty in this-
Mm
... economy.
Mm.
Um-
[laughs]
[laughs] But there's, like, more and more foxes as the months go on, and one morning we saw-
There's me mom.
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
One morning we saw a mom and her two little cubs playing in our garden, which is the cutest thing.
Like, they are so cute.
Um-
They're so fluffy.
But Owen went in to cut the grass, so we went to go get the, um, get the lawnmower out, and we found...
Sorry, we, he found [laughs] like 40 or 50 fox poos all over the shed.
[laughs]
They have claimed that territory as theirs.
So I didn't know this, I think remember you telling me it, though, that foxes poo to mark their territory.
Well, don't animals do that?
I thought it was pee.
Oh, might be.
They also pooed on our doorstep one day.
[laughs]
Was it after Owen cleared the fox poo? Do you think it was like, "Don't you dare"?
Don't you dare.
No, it wasn't.
[laughs]
[laughs] It was way before that.
It was weeks ago.
We opened the front door, and right there on the welcome mat.
[laughs]
That's an attack.
You're like, "Oh." [laughs] Yeah, I know.
[laughs] That was definitely the fox coming in and marking his territory.
At least the fox was like, "I'm gonna keep it all in one place for you." At least it wasn't scattered throughout the garden.
This mom-
Very considerate
... yeah, I do think, I imagine it was a different fox who pooped on our doorstep, because that, this mom [laughs] and her cubs have been keeping it, yeah, contained, but also, like, it's quite gross.
Yeah, I guess.
Don't wanna love fox poo.
Clean it up, and you put it in the bin.
Where are you supposed to put it?
In the bin.
Where did-
It's a weapon
...
Owen put it? I- into their garden, [laughs] into the fox's garden.
[laughs] That's their territory.
Flip it over the wall.
That's your territory.
[laughs]
[laughs]
And to reiterate-
Well-
... no one lives there, so it's-
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[laughs] It's an empty, empty garden right now.
But, um, I don't know if you are supposed to put it...
Well, maybe it's different for animal poo, but I was watching a reel on babies' nappies, mm, well, uh, whatever.
I wasn't watching a reel about babies' nappies, but anyway, it was saying that whether you're using disposable nappies or, um, reusable nappies, you should be flushing the poo.
Really?
I, that was my reaction.
I was like, "What?"
No, they just go, the whole thing is in the bin, no?
Exactly.
No one does that.
That's a, that is a-
No one-
... annoying thing to say
... does that.
Okay.
So in, in the group, though, I was like, "Excuse me, since when?" Like, [laughs] who, who tell...
Like, no, I don't think, I don't think so.
And then, like, one or two were like, "No, of course that's what you're supposed to do."
Really?
Are you? I mean, I've never done that.
At least you're past that.
[laughs]
Are we? [laughs]
Oh.
Getting there.
Nearly there.
Ugh, yeah.
So what are you gonna do about your foxes, then? You're just gonna keep them in the shed now? Are you gonna bring them into the house slowly but surely?
[laughs]
Like, what's the vibe here?
They're, they're so cute.
[laughs]
Well, they want to be domesticated.
They really want-
That's what I read
... to be domesticated.
What proof have you got?
The internet said it.
Yeah, yeah.
Same.
Yeah, me too.
[laughs]
[laughs]
I'm like, cool.
Must be real.
Do you want-
Um, well, okay, so because it's a mom and her babies, she needs a place to live.
Mm.
So apparently that's, like, October, so that they'll be in the garden for the summer.
[laughs]
That's so soon.
I, I know.
Um, but then I ha- did have a bit of a moment, to be honest.
I was like, ugh, our trampoline's right beside that, right beside their nest, basically, and I was a bit like, oh, I don't want my kids to be in danger.
Like, what do I do?
Yeah.
So I looked up the, the DSPCA website, 'cause I kinda thought, oh, maybe, like, maybe, yeah, maybe they can give me some advice or whatever.
Anyway-
Yeah
... like, number five in the frequently asked questions was, [laughs] a fox has made a nest with her cubs in my garden, what do I do?
[laughs]
And they, basically it was saying like, yeah, let them, she'll move on when the foxes are bigger, so just, like, don't feed them, let them be, um, and don't leave toys in the garden because they will chew them to bits, and they will play in your garden when you're not there.
Um-
Aww
... yeah.
They're babies.
They are little babies.
Um, but yeah, we were looking up what to do to, like, deter them, and so there's all sorts of examples, like they hate the smell of citrus, so, like, leave citrus rinds or cayenne pepper and chili and stuff all by the boundary.
But the biggest, the best one [laughs] to do apparently is to have an adult male, a- adult male urine apparently arou- [laughs] around your boundary.
[laughs]
And it's like, Owen, you've got to, like, pee all around the, [laughs] the garden and, like, mark your territory.
[laughs]
Just sending him out with a gallon of water.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Keep going.
He was like, "Okay, we, we, we can get the boys on that." I was like, "I think it has to be you." [laughs]
It has to be an adult male.
An adult male, yeah.
[laughs] Male urine.
[laughs] Gross.
Are you gonna do it?
I think it just makes sense.
[laughs]
I mean-You can put it in like a little jug if you want.
[laughs]
Oh, gross.
No, not the jugs.
It, it has its own receptacle, whatever you wanna call it.
It doesn't need a jug to pour.
[laughs] Yeah, but then what if your neighbors are looking out-
[laughs]
... their window and they're like, "Oh my God, our new... [laughs] Your one next door is a bit odd, isn't he?"
[laughs] At least it's him and not me.
And would there just be one, um...
Would there end up being like a, a greener line going around-
Yeah
...
the, the garden?
No, it's fine.
'Cause it would discourage the birds.
We could use it for our firebugs.
Yeah.
Yeah
...
they have these red lights that you can get, so I think that's, that's a better, more long-term plan.
It's like you have these red lights, foxes hate the red lights, and it emits some sort of high-pitched noise.
That's-
Just piss.
Like, that's so much easier
... just pee-o and-
Yeah
... no big deal.
Yeah.
That is an easy-
Mark your territory like a normal predator.
Go piss, girl.
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Can we do it? [upbeat music]
You have fox cubs.
I have fox cubs.
Yes.
They're my new pet.
So jealous.
I know.
Yeah, yeah, actually, I've got a fox cub update.
So until now, for our listeners, I thought we just had fox cubs coming to visit-
[laughs]
...
but it turns out that they live here now.
[laughs]
Yay.
So next door, our neighbors have, have...
They're elderly, they've moved to a home, so nobody lives there, which is a travesty in this-
Mm
... economy.
Mm.
Um-
[laughs]
[laughs] But there's, like, more and more foxes as the months go on, and one morning we saw-
There's me mom.
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
One morning we saw a mom and her two little cubs playing in our garden, which is the cutest thing.
Like, they are so cute.
Um-
They're so fluffy.
But Owen went in to cut the grass, so we went to go get the, um, get the lawnmower out, and we found...
Sorry, we, he found [laughs] like 40 or 50 fox poos all over the shed.
[laughs]
They have claimed that territory as theirs.
So I didn't know this, I think remember you telling me it, though, that foxes poo to mark their territory.
Well, don't animals do that?
I thought it was pee.
Oh, might be.
They also pooed on our doorstep one day.
[laughs]
Was it after Owen cleared the fox poo? Do you think it was like, "Don't you dare"?
Don't you dare.
No, it wasn't.
[laughs]
[laughs] It was way before that.
It was weeks ago.
We opened the front door, and right there on the welcome mat.
[laughs]
That's an attack.
You're like, "Oh." [laughs] Yeah, I know.
[laughs] That was definitely the fox coming in and marking his territory.
At least the fox was like, "I'm gonna keep it all in one place for you." At least it wasn't scattered throughout the garden.
This mom-
Very considerate
... yeah, I do think, I imagine it was a different fox who pooped on our doorstep, because that, this mom [laughs] and her cubs have been keeping it, yeah, contained, but also, like, it's quite gross.
Yeah, I guess.
Don't wanna love fox poo.
Clean it up, and you put it in the bin.
Where are you supposed to put it?
In the bin.
Where did-
It's a weapon
...
Owen put it? I- into their garden, [laughs] into the fox's garden.
[laughs] That's their territory.
Flip it over the wall.
That's your territory.
[laughs]
[laughs]
And to reiterate-
Well-
... no one lives there, so it's-
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[laughs] It's an empty, empty garden right now.
But, um, I don't know if you are supposed to put it...
Well, maybe it's different for animal poo, but I was watching a reel on babies' nappies, mm, well, uh, whatever.
I wasn't watching a reel about babies' nappies, but anyway, it was saying that whether you're using disposable nappies or, um, reusable nappies, you should be flushing the poo.
Really?
I, that was my reaction.
I was like, "What?"
No, they just go, the whole thing is in the bin, no?
Exactly.
No one does that.
That's a, that is a-
No one-
... annoying thing to say
... does that.
Okay.
So in, in the group, though, I was like, "Excuse me, since when?" Like, [laughs] who, who tell...
Like, no, I don't think, I don't think so.
And then, like, one or two were like, "No, of course that's what you're supposed to do."
Really?
Are you? I mean, I've never done that.
At least you're past that.
[laughs]
Are we? [laughs]
Oh.
Getting there.
Nearly there.
Ugh, yeah.
So what are you gonna do about your foxes, then? You're just gonna keep them in the shed now? Are you gonna bring them into the house slowly but surely?
[laughs]
Like, what's the vibe here?
They're, they're so cute.
[laughs]
Well, they want to be domesticated.
They really want-
That's what I read
... to be domesticated.
What proof have you got?
The internet said it.
Yeah, yeah.
Same.
Yeah, me too.
[laughs]
[laughs]
I'm like, cool.
Must be real.
Do you want-
Um, well, okay, so because it's a mom and her babies, she needs a place to live.
Mm.
So apparently that's, like, October, so that they'll be in the garden for the summer.
[laughs]
That's so soon.
I, I know.
Um, but then I ha- did have a bit of a moment, to be honest.
I was like, ugh, our trampoline's right beside that, right beside their nest, basically, and I was a bit like, oh, I don't want my kids to be in danger.
Like, what do I do?
Yeah.
So I looked up the, the DSPCA website, 'cause I kinda thought, oh, maybe, like, maybe, yeah, maybe they can give me some advice or whatever.
Anyway-
Yeah
... like, number five in the frequently asked questions was, [laughs] a fox has made a nest with her cubs in my garden, what do I do?
[laughs]
And they, basically it was saying like, yeah, let them, she'll move on when the foxes are bigger, so just, like, don't feed them, let them be, um, and don't leave toys in the garden because they will chew them to bits, and they will play in your garden when you're not there.
Um-
Aww
... yeah.
They're babies.
They are little babies.
Um, but yeah, we were looking up what to do to, like, deter them, and so there's all sorts of examples, like they hate the smell of citrus, so, like, leave citrus rinds or cayenne pepper and chili and stuff all by the boundary.
But the biggest, the best one [laughs] to do apparently is to have an adult male, a- adult male urine apparently arou- [laughs] around your boundary.
[laughs]
And it's like, Owen, you've got to, like, pee all around the, [laughs] the garden and, like, mark your territory.
[laughs]
Just sending him out with a gallon of water.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Keep going.
He was like, "Okay, we, we, we can get the boys on that." I was like, "I think it has to be you." [laughs]
It has to be an adult male.
An adult male, yeah.
[laughs] Male urine.
[laughs] Gross.
Are you gonna do it?
I think it just makes sense.
[laughs]
I mean-You can put it in like a little jug if you want.
[laughs]
Oh, gross.
No, not the jugs.
It, it has its own receptacle, whatever you wanna call it.
It doesn't need a jug to pour.
[laughs] Yeah, but then what if your neighbors are looking out-
[laughs]
... their window and they're like, "Oh my God, our new... [laughs] Your one next door is a bit odd, isn't he?"
[laughs] At least it's him and not me.
And would there just be one, um...
Would there end up being like a, a greener line going around-
Yeah
...
the, the garden?
No, it's fine.
'Cause it would discourage the birds.
We could use it for our firebugs.
Yeah.
Yeah
...
they have these red lights that you can get, so I think that's, that's a better, more long-term plan.
It's like you have these red lights, foxes hate the red lights, and it emits some sort of high-pitched noise.
That's-
Just piss.
Like, that's so much easier
... just pee-o and-
Yeah
... no big deal.
Yeah.
That is an easy-
Mark your territory like a normal predator.
Go piss, girl.
