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It’s been a long time since he was on (possibly a decade or more!) but I periodically find myself wondering whatever happened to Fernando Duarte.

I have a vague memory that he had a bit of a meltdown one episode (although it was hard to tell because that was kind of his energy) and was never invited back. I seem to remember Jimbo joking about it periodically afterwards.

Two questions: can any long-term listeners confirm if this indeed actually happen? And, if it did, is there any way of identifying the specific episode where it happened?

As some of you know, pod contributor and Guardian writer Jacob Steinberg is an ardent Zionist, check his Twitter. From what I can tell the two hosts and a number of regular contributors are pro-Palestine or at least sympathize more with the Palestinian cause.

So far, this hasn’t come up in Steinberg’s recent appearances but I feel his Zionist views is a kind of elephant in the room when he’s on. I can envision a moment where Manor Solomon (who plays for Steinberg’s club) and his chant are mentioned and that leads to a more fraught discussion.

It’s very to see him and Barry going at it, given Barry’s previous comments about Gaza on the pod.

IMPORTANT QUESTION: in a GFW themed game of The Traitors - who wins, who is the best traitor and who goes out first?