What's Up With Lily and Bob: Recent Episodes
Bob Glancy
My daughter Lily and I chit-chat and chew the fat about what inspires us, from goofy Keanu Reeves movies, to books, songs, and people doing wonderful things in the world. Come join us for some fun, giggles and bad jingles.
Lily and I talk about the unsung heroines in technology. We talk about Ada Lovelace (Byron's daughter!), Margaret Hamilton (NASA coder), and the 'Sew Sisters' (who stitched Neil Armstrong's spacesuit.... I'm not making this up). All amazing women who shaped our world, cracked the Enigma Code, and even flew us to the moon! Warning: there are some very bad jingles in this episode (you have been warned)!
Lily and Bobby discuss the deep mystery of farting! If you are easily offended by flatulence, please refrain from listening. For the rest of you - enjoy!
Lily and Bobby go to the amazing Auckland Museum to learn how to make a Mummy out of Lily's little brother George. We also meet a dinosaur and get lost in a giftshop. Come with us and learn about how to wrap a mummy, and how to read the Book of the Dead (which is basically a sort of Afterlife Google Maps). Inspirational stuff!
Lily and I basically lose our minds over how much we adore sitcoms, picking favourite moments, quotes, characters, and generally being obsessive fans about the short but perfectly formed comedy format that is the mighty and magnificent Sitcom. Oh yes!
Lily and Bobby break into the double digits with episode 10 about our favourite book The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, and why we preferred the book to the film (though we loved both). Which fed into a deep discussion on why different stories work in different mediums (books, films, comics). Also, with ten episodes in the bag we are blowing up and our sponsorship is going bonkers with yet another amazing App on board the What's Up Train. So, listen in to our What We Watching App? Thanks to all our sponsors and all of our our tens of millions (or just tens) of fans out there. We love you guys!
"Please Mind The Gap!" XYZ, BOOMER, ALPHA. Each generation gets a cool name, amazing new technology, new words, and some new issues to deal with. Lily and I talk about all differences between generations and interview some amazing people. Thanks to Taj, Jesse, and George & Carol for talking to us about their generation!
Lily and I chat about the greatest Kiwi director of all time, Taika Waititi! It's a chaotic episode - bad jingles, suspicious sponsorship plugs, and shambolic moments - but we manage to cover our general love of all things Taika, and I name drop and talk about the time I was lucky enough to meet the great man. Worth saying that there is a bit of a buzz about this episode, and no not in the sense of hype or interest, just in the sense that my microphone was playing up, and there was weird static (we think it was Korg trying to butt in from the Thor multiverse) but hopefully you can hear most of it.
Lily and I chat about the greatest children's writer of all time, the wild, the wicked, the wonderful, Roald Dahl. Also incredible news! We got our first sponsor because, like, our podcast is basically blowing up. We hit ten listeners last week! Fear not, we are, of course, remaining humble, but I'm just saying, quietly, we are now into double digits! Oh yes! Thanks to all ten listeners, you guys rock!
Could you create a playlist of songs that explains what humans are to aliens? Well, Lily and I chat about the wild story of how NASA shot a playlist of songs, laughter, and love into space to try explain to aliens what we humans are like. But in trying to explain what we are to aliens maybe, just maybe, we really explained who we are to ourselves. Deep! Come on board and buckle up for a show that will blow your mind!
Slightly scrappy episode where we talk to friends at a party (some background babbling, sorry) in gorgeous Coromandel asking fun stuff like what sweets they like, do they believe in God, and what's their New Year resolution! Thanks to all the beautiful people who took part. You rock! And good luck with your resolutions... Lily and I will be checking in every month to ensure you are on track (just kidding!).
Massive thanks to all the kids in the neighbourhood who came and talked to Lily and Bobby about people who inspire them. Heartfelt appreciation to the future surf legends the Frazerhurst brothers (Sam & Jesse), to our future football star Jesse Wilkins, to NBA star in the making George Glancy, and to the number one member of The Chris Hemsworth Fan Club, my wife, Jemma!
Lily teaches Bobby all about the inspiring world of Drag. Bobby learns a lot and finds out that Drag is an external expression of what's within, and also finds out that honey is not just something you spread on your toast!
Lily and Bobby get a bit silly about how much we love and adore Wes Anderson, the greatest film director of ALL TIME!
Lily and Bobby talk about the incredible Keanu Reeves and the pure joy of his movie Speed. And also the greatest unintentional comedy of all time, Speed 2! Join us for silly chat and terrible jingles!
Lily and I talk about and incredible Keanu Reeves and pure joy of his movie Speed. And also the greatest unintentional comedy of all time, Speed 2, and why Keanu did well not to star in it. A film so bad it's good, so terrible it's hysterical.