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Episode 149: Lightning Crutch

Natalia joins me on the eve of Maternity Leave to discuss her pregnancy and what’s coming up in the next few months. We will hopefully have a check in episode whenever Natalia feels up for it post having a baby. … Continue reading

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Episode 148: Two Hobos, with Jack Heath

Author Jack Heath joins me this week to discuss his attitudes to writing success and failures. How does being a writer affect your ability to enjoy reading? How do you write four books with a small child and a part … Continue reading

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Episode 147: Frog Porridge

Tom Griffith is now living in Singapore but joined me early in the morning from Malaysia. We talk about how it feels to move to another country in a short space of time, international schools, the importance of community, and … Continue reading

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Episode 146: Hitchcock was a Filthy Man

Wiggins joins me again and again to talk about a movie. I asked him to prepare a discussion but…you know it all went thither and thane. Cats sitting on cars, Chris Tucker, when to show films to your kids and … Continue reading

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Episode 145: Proper Gout

Alyson Hill is back to open the season by talking about her dream job eyeballing odd characters and reporting back to me. The AI rubbish continues to be ‘the guy at the wedding that people talk over.’ The nap deficient … Continue reading

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Episode 144: Team Competent

We end season 9 with a 3 person chat about teamwork. Karen (Bianca) Rockawin and Natalia (Lucy) Lee join me (Jimmy Butterscotch) to talk about the end of an era. We have worked in a small team for the past … Continue reading

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Episode 143: 10 Years

Nick Maniatis joins me on the 10th anniversary of episode 1 to talk about podcasting and podcasts. Of course it gets Meta  – why wouldn’t it? We cover how we use podcasts to navigate the world, favourites and not so … Continue reading

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Episode 142: You’re Using Me as the Coin

Zoe Price joins me again to discuss her new podcast ‘Report Back,’ but only for a bit because we get distracted talking about friendships and school trips going awry. What do our friends do for us and not do for … Continue reading

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Episode 141: I Don’t Want to Think Before I Talk

Stuart Buckland and Ben Wiggins join me to talk about workmares and obscurity. We have so much of a shared language that we worry this episode is for 3 people only. We try to convey as best we can the … Continue reading

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Episode 140: Lions and Tigers and Whales

It’s an Oscars special and I wanted to talk about a film that is nominated for a few awards which I did not like but 2 people who did were Nick Maniatis and Justine, the waife. And when they like … Continue reading

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