Marv’s Midlife Meanderings

  Friday June 24th, 2022 - Awake again at 4:30am, and I couldn’t get back to sleep. Because of this I made drinks for both of us for 5:30am, knowing that I’m going to be so tired later. I actually don’t have any recording planned for today, unlike the two guest spots I am booked for on Saturday evening/night. Planted a campanula plant in the garden, and watered everywhere.  So happy that I arranged another chat today, this time with the great Ken Sweeney, who is the presenter of The Comfortable Spot, who co-presents the show Lidia’s Booktastic Podcast with his daughter Lidia, and is a producer for many podcasts.  At present that means that at the moment after my time off, I have just three “standard” episodes and the four group chat shows to record, and then that would be the 16 episodes of season six complete.  That means that I will have nine episodes recorded, with episode one coming out this Sunday (June 26 2022).  We went to town in the day, where Louise got a haircut, I picked up

  Tuesday June 21st, 2022 - I got in late again from the Monday night shift, as is always the case.  I’m trying to think of what was done on Tuesday, and yet I’m only writing this on Friday at around 5:30 in the morning. What can I remember?… I think that we finished watching the episode of Ms Marvel we had started the previous week, which was fun. Pods Like Us meets Campfire: Tales Of The  Strange And Unsettling In the evening I recorded an episode of Pods Like Us with Jordan from Campfire: Tales of the Strange And Unsettling, which was a fun episode, and featured more than just us talking about the show he does with his co-host Ryan. As ever I was tired after recording and fell asleep on my girl. Wednesday June 22nd,    2022 -  Awake at 4:30am for the toilet, and couldn’t get back to sleep. I made both myself and Louise a drink each for 6am, and we fed the birds at about 6:30am. I got some bits from Aldi and Wilko, while I listened to a few podcasts.  In the evening we watched some G

  The last shift before nine days off from work, and it didn’t quite go as I had expected. I had rather hoped for more listening, but it wasn’t to be.  There was still a fair bit of listening done, but I would really have liked more as with nine days off work, that’s going to be time not spent (for the most part) listening to pods.  It’s a break from everything work related, although I do have to edit some episodes, and I have some booked to record over that time. The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) The Bright Sessions - (0:43) season 7 episode 18: November 10 2021: The College Tapes | Caleb and Oliver grapple with the book and themselves, and Caleb makes a big decision that comes at a cost. Daily Dad Jokes - (0:03) October 10 2021  This Goose Is Cooked - (0:06) episode 218: April 14 2022: We review the Easter book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!" by Lucille Colandro. TEDx Shorts - (0:09) November 5 2020: the case for a purpose-dr

  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) A Breath Of fresh Air - (0:52) April 29 2022: a listen to the new song by Gerry Buckley of America. Are you single by Gilbert O’Sullivan featuring Mick Hucknall from simply red and KT Tunstall. A great chat with Joe Satriani. The sunglasses and hair shaving anecdotes. Katrina Leskenic. Sandy chats with critic Alan Cray about the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. A chat with Phil Burton of the Australian boy band Human Nature.  The Gerry Anderson Podcast - (1:36) pod 209: June 13 2022: intro. Chat. Rest in peace Matt Zimmerman (the voice of Alan Tracy). Fab fact- the tricks your memory make. Listener’s feedback. News. Listener’s feedback. Two chapters from the Thunderbirds audio drama Operation Asteroids. Listener’s feedback. #PatrickAllen Randomiser the episode The Insider from The Protectors. Chat. Outro. Post show banter. #farewell what you can and can’t remember #PipPip The world that is The Gerry Anderson P

  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) The Comfortable Spot - (0:43) March 6 2022: Ken Sweeney chats with Dr Jennifer Cassidy, author and academic, about the history, rules, and future of diplomacy. Digital diplomacy.  Daily Dad jokes - (0:04) June 18 2022  This Goose Is Cooked - (0:06) episode 208: March 31 2022: We review the book "The Bravest Fish" originally titled "Bright Stanley" by Matt Buckingham. TEDx Shorts - (0:06) October 22 2020: crocodile conversations and alligator gossip  Naked Scientists In Short - (0:05) episode 265: June 21 2014: the future of flooding in Britain  More Or Less: Behind The Stats - (0:09) June 22 2018: how many words do you need to speak a language?  Daily Dad Jokes - (0:02) October 3 2021  This Goose Is Cooked -    (0:08) episode 209: April 1 2022: review the book "Can I Be Your Dog?" Troy Cummings. TEDx Shorts - (0:07) October 23 2020: exchanging Mozart for Mario Brothers  Naked Scientists