Homespun Wisdom: Talks With My Neighbour: Recent Episodes
Sarah Sharman, Daniel Confino
Neighbourly Conversations over a cup of tea. Sarah Sharman and Daniel Confino present, Homespun Wisdom. Talking about life in lockdown, seeing the funny side of everything, lessons for life, dealing with family, and navigating silly rules and regulations. Find them on Twitter @sa_sharman @danielconfino : Instagram @Talkswithmyneighbour Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/homespuntalks/support
Better weather, other choices.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Paula Vennells is shedding fake tears and showing selective convenient memory and forgetfulness. Fully deserving of most hated person status. We go deeper into tears and their true meaning. Feeling sorry for yourself or other people. Calibrating tears: some people never cry and others are cry babies. Why Paula Vennells should have been forced to answer questions about other times she had cried so we could judge her better. Elvis Costello and “Suspect my Tears.” Daniel admits to crying and so much more…..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Dictator strategies. Talking to local people about brouhahas compared to hoo-has. How the public can get organised to overthrow dictators. It takes a crank to start a revolution. Being too scared to go first and say something critical. Journalists, lawyers and comedians as the prime targets of dictators. Importance of ridicule as a control mechanism. Lawyers are too slow or cowardly to be a threat. Comedians being cancelled is a danger sign for us all. Being tested to become robust and strong. Too much protection is not healthy. Bullies at work. Women on women tyranny. Avoiding confrontation because you are too scared and then stay and suffer or leave. Divide and rule operates by making us more concerned about race and sex. Bread and circuses in Roman times has become Pringles and Netflix to keep people quiet. Foreign policy distractions and war to get people behind strong leaders. Crowd control by water cannon and tear gas. Northern Ireland history. Kettling and women needing the loo. Daniel engages with a couple wrongly accused of analysis paralysis and so much more..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Episode recorded outside Heap’s famous restaurant in Greenwich. Hope you share our infectious enthusiasm felt during recording. Daniel discusses what he would do if diagnosed with a terminal illness. People who you might do away with. Would you kill Hitler as a baby. Getting off parking tickets. Daniel’s case in front of the Adjudicator. French jokes and annoying happy couples and so much more….--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Beyoncé’s rework of Jolene gets serious consideration in a wider discussion of relationships. Sexual politics. Venting basic emotions or letting them fester. Football and bullfighting might be a good channel for bad emotions which will find an escape somewhere maybe more dangerous. Purge and catharsis. . Spain and venting against officials once a year. The Avon Lady calling…actually Amazon delivering toilet paper and washing up liquid. Max Factor was not involved. The Scottish Hate Law having perverse consequences leading to outbreak of hate. Confrontations as a way of correcting bad behaviour. Impulsive behaviour, seeing red and heat of the moment. Criminal courts and displays of emotion. Perfection of society by new laws running up against human nature. Why not make adultery a crime? What impact would that have and does society know some wrongs cannot be contained. Taking it out on the punchbag and so much more….--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Luckily Sarah Steers Daniel away from discussing bleach and onto succumbent slumber, a totally new concept. Daniel tries to buy 4 rib eyes at all-camera Aldi. Enjoying things more when you get a discount. Getting a bit of a tickle or a little win. I’ll gotten gains….more or less enjoyable. Freebies give a disproportionate joy. Surreptitious succumbent slumber discussed. Leave things in your online shopping basket and wait for the discount code. Being strapped for cash and bondage. Uni grants back in the day. The Midas effect. Easy being good and moral with easy money but how would destitution affect the same people. There but for the grace of God go I. Surreptitious sublimated succumbent sleep. Tarte Tatin discussed. Buying things that fell off the back of a lorry or from a guy down the pub. Financial discipline with kids. Helping them get on the property ladder. Parental sacrifices and guilt vs over generosity and entitlement. Unconditional love but not unconditional money. Family companies and the problem with the entitled third generation. Easy come, easy go. Feeling cheated and squaring up. Being over-charged and how to respond. Ice cream scoops. Quarts of ice cream in America. Fixated by rules and forgetting to make the customer happy. Nobody wants to be taken for a fool or a ride even if the amounts are small. It’s about your self view and pride. Outdoor film projection. The wurst way to go and so much more…..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
A wide ranging chat circling the tricky subject of complacency and the need to resist the lazy options in life. On the way parking, compressed air, kamikaze pilots and the Fukushima disaster, curved balls and many other idiosyncratic topics get a look in. Complacency in relationships and stirring it up. You will love it. One of our classic takes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah and Daniel discuss the true appreciation of the wonder of sight and capturing those memories and images on your camera/phone. But before they get down to business the issue of the day is bin outrage. Sarah has been on a family holiday in Togo in west Africa. The new “Ripley” discussed shot in black & white. Daniel gets caught cold by his Rabbi at Greenwich park while on a photo shoot. Le--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
The dangers of routine, habit and addiction in robbing you of your time. Is going to the gym so much better than a brisk walk in the park? Carving out time to be free and flexible and allowing for the unexpected and unpredictable. Learning to say “no” and save time from declining stuff. Like notifications on apps. The dangers of the phone. “Angriest Man in Brooklyn” discussed around having 90 minutes to live. Bus stop roulette explained. Hunter gatherer existence. Filling your life with maintenance of your stuff. Freedom of shedding possessions and so much more… --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel talks about the Waiter Race in Paris leading into a discussion about how a tray can make presentation and the theatre of restaurants so much more impressive. We discuss how to dress a tray and the joys of receiving a tray in bed. Find your perfect tray. Trays in pubs, canteens and McDonalds. Techniques and decoration tips included and so much more. You will look at the humble tray with new eyes and possibilities and impress your lovers and friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
The magic and wonder of building and cooking over live fire. Daniel is unhappy with NatWest over a foreign exchange trade. Do not covet your neighbour’s wood store. Daniel discusses types of charcoal. Bichotan vs encina (holm oak). Techniques for building a fire. Coal vs wood. Layering a fire and building up to a large log. Collecting combustible materials. Stages of a fire through coals and embers. Seeing the fire as a living thing. Heat signature and dynamic heat range. Steam production. Electricity is made from steam. Boyle’s law. Barbecues and outdoor cooking. Sarah childhood memories of fanning the fire. Importance of high heat which you can get outdoors from close contact with coals. Telling stories around a campfire. Using the charcoal after a fire to paint faces. The dancing flickering light from a fire is magical. Daniel gets nostalgic about his old gas fired tumble driver with its whoosh of combustion and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel reacts to medical advice about his blood sugar levels. Refuses a KitKat. Daniel discusses his home smoked nuts. Sarah has an allergic reaction to nuts. It started with a kiss…Hobbies and losing your economic sense. Daniel makes lamb tagine. Chutneys: beetroot vs tomato. The beauty of the kitchen not related to the quality of output. Lentil soup. Daniel makes it before going to the cinema. Frittering away your time. Sarah makes creamed spinach. Trial and error, tasting and adjusting until it’s right. Following recipes as opposed to understanding the science in cooking. Russian or rushing. Daniel had a volumetric angst moment. Archimedes and his Eureka moment. Removing salt with a potato. Importance of high heat. Caremelising sugars. Dunking veg in ice water. Texture and mouth feel in food. Importance of crunch. Kitchen equipment fetishists. Daniel makes caramel in his Y-fronts and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel links peanuts with nipples and breast feeding deprivation. Stubborn, principled, strong-willed. Rules unmoored from principle. Inventing rules during Covid. Laws as authority. Principled people are often sad and lonely compared to pragmatists. Nuisance in the park discussed. Lists of prohibited activities…can you do something not on the list? Banning things is simpler than having nuanced rules eg bus lanes. Challenging the rules. Hiding behind rules to make money in parking rules. Danger of obeying rules in the Holocaust. Importance of being irreverent and mocking stupid rules and not just getting angry. Daniel pays corkage at the Trafalgar Tavern and negotiates corkage at the Delaunay for 7 bottles of German Riesling. Daniel gets upset when Sarah usurps his authority and uses Newton’s second law to get the upper hand and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah has an important audition for Mrs Brown (Paddington). Jack and the Beanstalk discussed. We explore invitational gestures and other non verbal signs. The chair in the spotlight. Pulling out a chair as an invitation. Opening doors. Checking a woman is well installed. Car door etiquette. Refusing to shake hands. High fives. Fist bumps. We explore clapping and do a little demonstration. Slow hand clap to show disapproval. Tony Blair comes a cropper at the WI conference. Walking out, turning your back. Don’t hang around after delivering your rebuff. Daniel has a shoe cleaning confrontation. Opening the door for someone. Slamming a door. Blocking a doorway to keep someone out or in. Daniel has a rant about Kia cars…they don’t Kiar about customer service. Driving gestures. Daniel gets all theatrical. Sting “Don’t stand so close to me” about the attractions of a warm dry car. Thumb out as a request for a lift….what has happened to hitchhikers. Restaurant gestures like scribbling in the air. Holding your nose. Showing you think someone is stupid. Zipping up your mouth. Throwing away the key. Spilling salt. Camp gesture. Holding up a hand as sign of refusal. Flat extended palm is sign of refusal. Girl on girl lipstick gestures. Need refill. Tapping the glass or the bottle to indicate need. Showing you have enjoyed a meal. Hands on the stomach. Open arms as an invitation to a hug. Gestures more powerful than words. Making yourself vulnerable…if it is spurned it hurts more. Awkward mismatch..one wants a hug, the other a handshake. The film Poor Things discussed with Emma Stone. The vulnerability of being naked or presenting yourself as naked as an invitation. Ultimate rejection if ignored. Showing cleavage…suggestion or invitation? Jayne wears a stunning dress that floors Daniel. Daniel makes smoked nuts as a nipple substitute and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Fears about bringing children into the world. Daniel works it all out. The individual has replaced the family. Remove family and religion: what has replaced it? Atomisation of society. Are you a boy or a girl? Two spirit cultures in Mexico. Single issue people don’t want to debate. Nuclear weapons and living with the means of our own destruction. A world without electricity. Internet down. Phones not working. Storing original films underground for safety. Fragile existence with no real knowledge of farming or making things. Diseases without cure. Keeping your sense of humour. Don’t stop having children because of threats and uncertainty. Part of the over focus on the individual. Children keep you young and challenge you. Sarah rows against the tide on the Thames. Enough already. Happier talk next time and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel has been in Andalucia hearing about the golden years before 1492 when the world religions lived in harmony. Front row of comedy clubs and taking up space. Noticing the presence and the absence of living beings. Interrupting space in a room. Phantom limbs after amputations. The brain gradually adjusts to loss….or maybe never does. Discussion of “What Remains” series on iPlayer. Treatment of abused fat actor in the series. Fighting for life and giving up and losing the will to live. Discussion of “The Hit” from the 1980s. Couples together for decades and then losing one. Is it like the phantom limb? The sound of silence similar to not being there. Sarah discusses her Dad and still feels a great loss. Daniel talks of two children leaving home and leaving a void. Coming home to an empty house. Partners not in/in…do you instinctively know? Daniel gets into “This House is Empty Now” by Elvis Costello. Rooms have memories of good and bad times. The film “Gaslight” discussed. Tim Bryars campaign to save the gas street lamps referenced. Feng shui and feel of space. Ghosts and trapped spirits. Murder scenes like 10 Rillington Place. Live radio creating atmosphere like Steve Wright’s (RIP) love songs show on Sunday morning. The gap he leaves in our lives and routines. Burglary and looking for something that is missing. Auschwitz discussed…the birds don’t sing there. Dead child’s bedroom kept intact and standing there to sense their existence and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel gets into trouble over dates with the yellow sticker lady at M&S. Daniel is having to take the stairs as his lift is broken and getting fitter. Arse appreciation on the elevator. A good brisk walk. Sarah’s knees and ankles creak. Women end up looking after men in old age. “She’s always up to something”. Do we wear out the body with exercise. Fear of losing mobility. The typical life in times past incorporated physical effort with no need to add going to the gym. Star jumps. Push ups. Using the stairs. Lowering yourself slowly into a chair. Sarah loves Park Run at Hillyfields and gets satisfaction from whacking a golf ball. Bowling and the perfect delivery. See The Great Lebowski. . Brain exercises and sense of achievement. Daniel does his good deed of the day for a Sicilian products stall in the market and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah start slow-mo talking. Cutting cakes into bite sized experience. Sharing food at restaurants. Words have usage, not absolute meaning, The way a word is used determines its meaning. EU diktat on gendered language. Have words ending in “man” lost their gender power. A female chairman makes the point better than calling her chairwoman. Sarah wonders if she can call “man on” at hockey, especially with trans people. Danger of bland boring language. Can changing language change attitudes for the better? Discussion of “master”. Expressions examined: “Shrill”. “Jo Public”. “No Man’s Land”. “Handyman”. “Manpower”. Problem of doing some manual work with great nails. “Bossy”. “King and Queen”. “Virile”. “Fireman”. “Guys”. Daniel manages to go on a non PC rant and spoil the show and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah are at Champagne et Fromage Greenwich. Excuse the jolly accordion and jazz background music. Sarah wants Daniel to teach how to argue. Daniel tells the sad story of 6 “ripen at home” mangos from Waitrose which were still cannon balls 4 days later. Sarah has an argument with Argos for not taking a tablet back still in the box. Daniel wonders how Moses could have argued the wording of the 10 commandments. Daniel explains how to exploit the press office tab on a company website to get the contact details of the top brass. Rhiannon (who has joined) remembers trying to get her £3.50 back from a launderette machine. Use of threats. Learning to argue with your parents. Transmitting generational trauma. The great dilemma: deliver your message with emotion or rationality. Emotion can be more persuasive. Take Trump. Daniel tries the Ray Winston threat approach. Arguments in relationships. Believing in yourself and getting beyond embarrassment. We discuss Rhiannon’s dinner shopping plans at Marks & Spencer. Daniel challenged over how he reacts to being the subject of a complaint…a whimpering mess. Daniel talks his way out of being arrested under the Public Order Act and so much more. Artwork: Simon Confino from We-Q--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah are in Champagne et Fromage by Greenwich Market. The mysteries of sleep. Distractions that prevent sleep. Need for a ritual. Bed widths. Type of mattress. Norris still making traditional mattresses. Preferences on comfort and side of the bed. Police “Bed’s too big without you”. Daniel sing song. Post coital sleep. Interrupted sleep. Covid effect. Unfamiliar beds and hotels. Can you enjoy sleep when you are asleep? When your feet are up you will nod off…recliner chairs. Importance of napping. Sleep is logical if no food, no alcohol and no women are available. Sleeping in the nude. Daniel caught out by earthquake warning in Mexico City. Over-heating in bed. Tudor England two sleep routine…get up at 4am do some stuff for a couple of hours and go back to bed. Snoring and being sensitive to your partner. Avoiding being a “hag” in the morning. Sleeptalking. Accusations always made by the dominant partner. Acting waking up. Never looks authentic. Sarah falls into a trance. Sleeping in cinemas. Daniel suggests all night cinemas as an alternative to hotels. Going to bed at the same time. An early night as an invitation to sex. Going to bed at 8pm means that person is depressed. Sleepwalking and Daniel’s reactions to canal trips. Sarah babysits a sleepwalking child. The parents forget to warn her. Daniel remembers “My Bed is Not for Sleeping”. Sarah reads the suggestive synopsis. Notches on the bedpost. Doug gives his sleep knock out advice and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel is worried about lisping. Sarah suggests it might be siblant s. Sarah calls 101 to speak to the police. Police stop Daniel and Sarah and Daniel causes chaos at Lewisham Police Station. Royal Mail vans and the postie’s fear of dogs. Planning to escape dangerous animals. Sarah has Duke of Edinburgh award rampaging cow story. Daniel and Sarah give an irreverent review of the advice to customers from the Royal Mail. Attacks on hands protruding through the letterbox. Is the red fleece a problem? The idea of different ring tones at the door: one for the postie, one for food delivery, one for Johovah’s witnesses etc. A dog bark sound when you are out. Infectious coughing fit noise to deter unwelcome visitors. Advice to wait 10 minutes after your post has arrived. Difference between telling and explaining. The sad case of postie Kimberley Link who was savaged by a dog. One case is a tragedy. 1900 are a statistic. Dedicating the show in praise of our valiant posties. Keep your dogs under control. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Finding beauty in unlikely places. Raiding the Flexiplus terminal at Eurotunnel. Impersonating a commercial driver to get a big breakfast on P&O ferries. Beauty in economy of movement. Unloading the dishwasher in a spiritually pleasing manner. The grace of tea ceremonies and the gliding movement of Thai women. Mindfulness debunked. Excess of grated Parmesan cheese. late years pregnancy. Good head of hair and follicle envy. Letting yourself go in stable relationships and so much more.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel suffers podcast sibling rivalry. The difference between a Satsuma and a Tangerine. Basic sexual provocations for men. Shopping at camera-operated Aldi. Weather does affect your mood. Daniel tests Sarah’s spelling for a bottle of Baileys. Sarah discovers the joys of laziness. Daniel wins a planning case. The council have the last laugh. Apostrophe in St. James’s. Sally called to help. Getting slapped for a wrong move. Not being able to face the day. Daniel quotes Elvis Costello from “This House is Empty Now” about filling your life to deaden difficult memories. Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed. Predictable weather vs variable. Keeping warm in freezing conditions. Amount of daylight and feeling gloomy. SAD condition and need for light. Finland discussed but Daniel never finished with his girlfriend. Sarah talks about Togo and we imagined a meeting between a Togan and a Finn. Solar space panels and climate. Sarah finds that Finns are the happiest nation which ruins Daniel’s day. No Country for Old Men reviewed for terrifying hair styles. Daniel wants a slap to end the show and actually nothing more this time, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel gets picked on at a stand up show. Thing 1 and Thing 2 disgusting joke. Daniel chats up a bar maid. Unique quality of faces with just differences in eyes, nose and mouth. Doppelgängers and 7 identical versions of you in the world. Chinese facial recognition. Seeing the dentist for the first time. Putting a name to a face and a face to a body. The identity parade and the photo fit. Presumptive close. The face is common currency these days. Sarah can’t admit to fancying the new Dr Who. Political correctness at police line up. Casting for films using search engine. When people don’t like your face. Nina Gold casting director. Daniel confuses Agent Provocateur with Ann Summers. Rounding up the usual suspects. Future for human models is being taken over by AI creations. My Funny Valentine as sung by Sarah. Sarah describes Daniel to a police officer in a role play. Sarah can recognise people from the arse and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Online instructions. Not even a quick start guide to set up a Canon printer with ink tanks. Customer services saying “look online” to every question. Daniel discusses Bernard Tapie the French business doctor and owner of Adidas. He had a crazy nostalgic idea to help kids on housing projects. Sarah got into trouble saying the wrong thing. Daniel gives precious advice on tackling sensitive subjects especially about love life. Daniel gets his wisdom from studying movies and how people deal with situations. Smashing things to break the spell of a mood. Daniel explains open and closed question like how or why or what. Daniel suggests to Sarah how to obtain permission to ask difficult questions. Daniel offers help by sending Elvis Costello’s incredible depressing “Painted from Memory”. The founding of Hollywood by Jews banned from Broadway. The importance of context. Apologies and second chances and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel goes on a historical survey of chivalry and control of male physical strength. Sarah admires the good crop of hair on a lad at the bar. He turns a bit nasty. Vulnerable females and the need to intervene to defuse situations. Men should learn to box and have confidence in stepping into conflict. Feminism has not helped by denying men the protector role and not objecting to invasion of female spaces and sports. The fair sex in trouble. Asking a man to use his strength. Women and children treated more favourably. First to lifeboats on the Titanic. Women preserve the species. Why are people heroic? The selfish gene by Richard Dawkins. Laying down your life for another. Bystanders and putting yourself in harm’s way. Women protecting their men from other women. Passengers in a car behaving responsibly. Men seeing women as the enemy, competing in every arena of life. Andrew Tate fills a dangerous vacuum then offers an explanation and a solution. Sarah goes to an Argentinian tango class. Women are naturally softer and more caring. Men not sharing or talking. Real men don’t cry. Slapping in the face. Men and women’s roles…natural or just convention? Philippinos as caring types both male and female. Role models. Playing the gender roles to massage ego. The great experiment of the correct roles for men and women has gone too far and we should look at strengthening the bonds between people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah explains the world of securing acting jobs. Taking time from your busy schedule. Making yourself less available. Scarcity value. Rejecting food at restaurants…even if free. Jayne has trouble with a Shingles jab. Sarah rejects a delicious sounding smoothie. Dealing with “that’s how it is”. Calling the manager. Complainers improve the world. Daniel sucks “fizzy” petrol in Zimbabwe. Sarah remembers drinking fuel from her fire stick days. Complaining as a performance. Nagging is more wearing and less effective. Dealing with “you’re the only one who has ever complained”. Dangers of all dealings being remote or app-based as opposed to personal. Feeling powerful in the world and believing you will win. Using the words “like you’re going to”. Pointing a Colt 45 to get your way. Western town roles for Sarah and Daniel. How to deal with a gun pointed at you. ANPR in car parks and speeding. The madness of 20mph speed limit across London and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
In which Jayne buys an expensive fur coat and Daniel asks no questions. The plate of biscuits gets a forensic examination. Sarah disrespects the Gingerbread man, Daniel bumps into a traffic warden and a man with a rear/wash wiper problem. Dressing for the seasonal weather. Daniel has to explain the heavy wear on his right thigh. Timelines are the new danger with too much tech tracking. Each person has a favourite season and looks good in the seasonal clothes eg being bundled up for winter. A good winter coat. Jayne has a fur coat which is taken to a mystery man for summer storage. Jayne avoids discussing the price of the coat in a seductive way. Expensive shoes and shoe revenge in a marriage. Daniel has a snug sheepskin and rabbit lined gloves. Realises he has a fur fetish. Sarah finds her singing voice and wins the song association game. Relationships going through the Seasons. The Winter of our Discontent and so much more.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Eccles cake vs Bakewell tarts. Food items named after the place of origin like Parma ham or Parmesan cheese. How wheels got on luggage. Wheel whine. AirBnB murders. Australia careening downhill without wheels. Daniel filing criminal reports on antisemites. Useful idiots discussed. Sarah discusses mixed race identity. Multi cultural vs multi ethnic. The need for common humanity. Eye level grilling of bacon. Meat and two veg vs ethnic food. Indian and Mexican treatment of vegetables discussed. Moneymaker tomatoes. Take away food on the 24th floor. Sarah goes into a swoon about buns. A magpie distracts by landing on the window ledge. Daniel has tits visiting his bird feeder. Children learning 2 or 3 languages at home. Sometimes you have to pick a side and not be too reasonable. Perpetual motion machines. Sperm banks. Identical and non identical twins. Sarah corrects Daniel and teaches him a biology lesson and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Show starts with a damp squib…a type of firework. Value for money with cakes. The M&S Eccles cake is a show stopper. Paying for brands. Still have to do your homework or check out “Which”. Sarah wants thick curtains. 15th Century paper making techniques. Navajo sheep. Navajo and military code in the War. Killers of the Flower Moon discussed involving the Osage tribe and oil rights. Estuarian accent replacing Queen’s English and BBC English. Hells Angels taking posh boys from Surrey. Sarah goes Hula dancing. Fireworks named. Catherine wheels and martyrs. Daniel had a terrifying firework story. Daniel explains basic optics as gateway to perception theories. Daniel leaves his inflated sex doll sticking out the bin and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel returns from Israel with views on the state of humanity. Sarah orders six pairs of trainers and sees red. The next crop of young people are not employable. Protestors are spoiled brats and entitled lazy wastrels, Beliefs and actions and justifications. “Death of England” the new play by Roy Williams and Clint Dyer discussed. Cancel culture discussed. Being damned by association. Blame and anger. Milking anger. Feigned anger. Hamming up a story with fake embellishments. Daniel worries about making people angry. Betrayal in relationships. Revenge is different for women and men. Women use relational and reputational methods which plays well on social media. Laurence Fox gets in a fix over shagging. Sarah and Daniel discuss basic humanity and not losing it over causes you adopt. Toxic masculinity and femininity compared. Relations are polluted by pornography. Social media still at the Wild West stage and needs laws and taming. The dangers of the mob motivated by social media. Queers for Palestine is a great oxymoron and defies gravity. Losing friends over deep felt issues. Following the Roy Williams lead of taking an unflinching look at tough issues and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
What it takes to make big moves in life. Daniel explains stereo sound. Importance of live music. Bringing back performers from the dead. Joyless people complaining about live music and the Blackheath tea hut. People being petty and nasty, probably to make up for some disappointment in their own lives. Getting revenge by spreading unhappiness. Fans (not onlyfans) discussed. Phones all looking the same. People unhappy with their life often shrink from big decisions. Getting stuck in a rut. Daniel struck by two songs: Thunder Road and Fast Car. Daniel and Sarah compare and contrast and mix up the songs to create a new hymn for trapped and stultified lives. Having nothing to lose. “What the hell effect” on decisions. Daniel and Sarah try out more accents. American girls voices carry further. Careful over the word “shrill”. What impetus do you need to move. Some people just stay where they were born. Others are restless souls. Fear of straying too far from the known. Others are adventurous spirits. The motivations to leave and a sense of last chance and desperation in the two songs. Eleanor Rigby discussed. Final judgement made on Fast Car and Thunder Road. Take a listen. The songs will be way more powerful for getting into our comparison and understanding the motivations for breaking away and making moves out of choice, desperation or boredom…and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
The old ruse of asking neighbours for a cup of sugar. Inviting guests for dinner changes the dynamics of normal meals. Inviting lonely waifs and strays to Christmas lunch. Daniel buys a deck of 50 cards with love life advice picking random cards to discuss….Card 38 the importance of laughing together and telling jokes. Infectious laughter. Signature laugh. Embarrassed laughter. Dangers of laughing in bed. Card 15 be careful not to say something horrible in anger. Hot buttons in a relationship. Learning to take a step back. Daniel reads from “The Owl and the Nightingale”. Card 2 the importance of hugs especially in crowded places. Card 1 book a weekend away at home and stay in a local B&B. Hotel rooms force you to explore and break habits. Card 44 going to the movies, buying popcorn and holding hands. Holding hands and eating popcorn. Really? Choose a tear jerker and carry a freshly laundered handkerchief. Good for hanky panky. Sarah cries over “The secret life of bees”. Daniel choses 27. Do the household chores without making a fuss. A bit sexist but maybe it refers to the man. Daniel looks for praise for cleaning the loo. Sarah selects number 10. Have a half way birthday. Give half of a matching present. Daniel goes for 33. Go out on blind date with your partner. Daniel remembers doing exactly that while at university to great effect. Sarah chooses 20. Pamper your partner when they are sick. Daniel choses 45. Be on time for your partner. Daniel choses 5. Once a year plan to do something new. Daniel praises Sarah’s climbing skills. Sarah goes for 18. Write a love letter. Daniel goes all gooey over Sarah’s climbing prowess. Number 31. Taking a bath together. Daniel is drawn to be Kristin Scott Thomas in the bath scene from “The English Patient” and so much more. Photo from Daniel’s “132”studies of street scenes from fixed positions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sunrise or sunset: which is more you? Sarah starts singing from Fiddler on the Roof. Red sky in the morning and shepherds. Gathering for the magical viewing of the sunset over the Thames. Clouds and global warming. Daniel prefers sunset with a big G&T. Working from sun up to sun down in the outdoor film making world. Post production to flatten the weather. Weather forecasting and Robert Fitzroy the captain of the Beagle who spent years with Darwin. Global warming and cloud cover. Carbon dioxide is 4 parts per million. Gas stoves/hobs being banned. Dressing for the weather. Looking up. Appreciating evolving cloud formations. Daniel’s theories on making clouds by paper making. Seeding clouds to give up the rain. Categories of clouds. Looking down from an aeroplane at massive seductive soft beds of clouds. Climate change needs an end date. Otherwise we will never know. Counsel of despair needs to be replaced by innovation to solve climate change. Eclipses and primitive beliefs. Yom Kippur and waiting for the sun to go down before breaking the fast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Changing addresses and redirecting mail. Unwanted attention from men. Daniel admits to scissor phobia. Struwwelpeter and Max Wall thumb snipper. Daniel is fasting on Yom Kippur watching Sarah eat a KitKat. Finding a religion to suit you. Practical jokes and April Fool tricks. Cream pies. Throwing milk shakes. The Dimbleby Spaghetti harvest. Egg on your face. Heckler&Koch guns discussed. Borat films. Top Gear practical jokes. Disappointing oversized presents. Stomachs get upset when you ignore them or over indulge them. Pole dancing and knowing your limits. Knock down ginger explained. Rude food. Sarah discusses vagina cakes. Joke shop item from whoopee cushions to fake injuries to parking tickets to car scratches. Losing and testing your sense of humour. Jokes backfiring. Joke winning scratch card. The true person revealed by a good targeted practical joke. Humiliation, embarrassment and shame from being tricked in public. Dangers of offending people in today’s world. Hate is the new offence. Front row of a stand up show. Being the butt of a joke. People making anonymous complaints rather than telling it to your face. Daniel has childhood slipper rage. Possible revenge for sibling rivalry. Needing to witness the result of your joke and the reaction. Preparing children to deal with pranks. Learning “come-backs”. Not being predictable and being noticed. Avoiding being the wallpaper. Taking the Mick the ultimate weapon in unsettling dictators. AI taking jokes to a new level and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah goes on an American accent course. Daniel and Sarah experiment with accents. Talking dirty. Odd one out question. School discipline. Risk assessment and victim blaming. Daniel’s secrets to deep loo cleaning. Scouring non stick pans. Cast iron is better and how to re-season. Reference to Silence of the Lambs. Pancake pans and developing arm strength to flip. Daniel debunks non stick. Throwing things in the bin from a distance. Winning a goldfish at the fair. Techniques of throwing. Variables of weight and air resistance. Beer pong. Primitive hunters. Spears. Boomerangs. The joy of using skill and judgment to hit a target. Underarm and overarm. Belief in your ability. Your brain does so much of the work in hand eye coordination. Basketball discussed. The longer the throw the greater the joy. The bride’s bouquet thrown backwards. Throwing your life away. Jayne returns with her fur coat from storage and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel starts ruminating. Danger of traps and the dangling lure. Tribal battle lines. The mob is always there, usually just indoors watching TV until rallied. Snakes and ladders discussed as a spiritual journey. Emotional development through games. Masterpiece teaches you to lie and cheat and control your emotions. Sarah plays a witch denunciation game for 7 hours. Board games as safe spaces for bad behaviour. Leakage from the reputation from playing the game to the real world….a bastard at monopoly. Liar’s poker an exercise in statistics and psychology. Games that bring out your personality. Duck a l’orange compared with frog a la peche. Emmental and Sherlock Holmes. All is fair in love and war. Ending the war in Ukraine by a no-holds barred fight between Putin and Zelensky. Being over-dressed or under-dressed. Margaret Thatcher at Balmoral. Daniel fesses up to defeating the cameras at Aldi Shop & Go and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Starting the day with a plan. Being pragmatic: German vs Italian approach. War plans abandoned after first shot. Burning Man goes all wrong. Dangers of crowding out the unpredictable stuff in life. Changing plans. Keeping things flexible. Heaven and hell. Purgatory until your plans are clear. Day of Judgement. Sarah does a check-in against her original plan. Having a whole life plan. Deadline thrills. Tax returns. Anxiety and risk tolerance. Being unpredictable in relationships. How much control do you want. The habit of bad decisions. 5year plans under communism and the mystery of bread distribution. Hoping for the best. Devil may care. To hell with the consequences. Sarah can’t cope with the angst of not knowing. Learning to live with doubt. Chaps go home and surprise the other person in your life and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah screws up and has to do three takes to introduce the show. Sarah steals wall plugs from the closing down Wilko store. Daniel steals a huge mug from a motorway service station and three children books from Foyles after a bomb threat. “Five finger discounts”. Weighing technology to stop cheating at self check outs. May as we’ll be hung for a sheep as a lamb. Sarah the opportunist sellotape thief. Dangers of oestrogen in salmon. Daniel gets annoyed by a Spanish customer glued to his phone, Rules for a Citizen’s arrest. Sarah prevents a massive theft from ASDA. Turning a blind eye to those in need. Connection between shoplifting clothes and avoiding baggage charges travelling with Ryanair etc. insurance losses and the police. Difference between stealing and losing virginity. Stolen kisses and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah pop the champagne cork. Daniel gets all religious about how to pour, cradling the bottle and pressing the thumb into the dimple. Daniel builds a fold-out table that disappears and discovers a carpenter bee copying his work. No love lost among boring types. Bird songs and identifying birds. Ice cream making and experimenting with flavours. Sarah goes hunting the perfect ice cream in Seville, Rituals when away. Making pancakes (crepes) in France. Daniel discusses ceviche recipes with a Peruvian. Never more than 3 minutes in the lime juice. Morning mercy dash to the boulangerie. Backing off tensions when two cars cannot pass. Sarah goes into rapture about Togo delicacies from roadside BBQ to sweet dumplings to nut brittle. Memories are situational. Monopolistic behaviour by chain coffee shops. Lighting candles in cathedrals. Finding safety in McDonalds or an Irish pub when away from home. Having a sense of adventure in life, travel and with food. Wowing the French neighbours with inverted Maqluba from Iraq. Cold soups. Vichyssoise. Gazpacho. Salmorejo. Big Enders vs Little Enders. Eat French, think French. Daniel discuses giving Sarah a fireman’s lift and throwing her out and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Jayne joins the show and helps make this excruciatingly painful for Daniel and funny for everyone else. First day at school. Getting organised. Stationery fetish. Pleasure from sharpening pencils. Attractions of school vs home life. School friends and lifelong relationships. The “best days of my life”. Newly scrubbed floors and painted walls. Dinner ladies. Going back home to.visit old school friends. Being linked to your siblings reputation. Dr Beckmann carpet cleaner vs Shake ‘N’ Vac. Checking school uniforms for skirt length and heels. Daniel feeling left out and forced to goal hang. Daniel remembers a toilet accident on first day of school. Daniel wears dark glasses at school and is called “Roy” after Roy Orbison. Bullying at school. Daniel bites his oppressor but make up in later life. New exercise books. Covering text books with Tackyback. Greeks often made the butt of jokes. EMOs explained to Daniel. Macaroni cheese in the oven…girls exhibiting food anxiety. Daniel gets bullied by the girls reviving childhood anxieties. Jayne was an art whizz. Table set for lunch. Churros snipping and male trauma. Sewing name tapes. Phone policy. First day advice. Take a photo. Give them bunging op food to avoid a toilet accident….oh and never let Sarah sign off. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah do some catch up after weeks apart. Daniel is still in France. Daniel has been to Sicily by car and ferry with a dog. Sarah has been to Bulgaria to shoot a commercial for electric car charging. Sarah also been to Wilderness festival and confuses Seville with Sicily. Going away for weddings, hen and stag parties. Elaborate vs simple plans. Disastrous stag parties. Scouring the world for cheap beer. Disappointing male strippers. Remake of Snow White trashed. Is romance dead? Feeling lonely in relationships. Need for intimacy. Getting on with the wider friendship and family group. Showing vulnerability by showing pieces of you. Wedding vows going freestyle. Weather disrupting the best laid plans. When the weather is hotter than body temperature of 37.5C. Creating rain in movie shoots. Sarah gets drenched for several shoots over 10 hours with no change of clothes. Bulgarian food. Chopping up lunch to disguise it when served up for dinner. Wedding structure. Wedding breakfast confusion. Champagne more expensive in France than UK. Cakes and tiers. Festival style food at weddings. Poisoning the entire wedding party. Sarah wants Matt Monroe to perform at her wedding. We get a snippet. AI recreating dead performers. ABBA voyage. Sarah steals a Hannukiah. Sarah gets 3 piece suit confused with a 3 piece suite. Dress codes and not making a fuss. People falling out at weddings. Not attracting attention away from the happy couple. Who to invite/not invite. No shows. Is it all worth it? Wedding ceremonies. Indian weddings: Henna days, Turmeric days. Cancelling at the last minute. Memorable food. Beetroot dumplings. A long sign off and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel wafer slices a Mars bar for Sarah. Stuffing your face and greed. Greed and burying treasure. Hoarding vs greed. Anger management and overload. Snapping when you reach your limit. Quick to anger if you feel life is unfair. Cain and Abel discussed. Anger on social media fuelled by anonymity. Vanity and pride compared. Biblical reference to “all is vanity and chasing after wind” (Eccl). Daniel goes off on gender stuff. Can you combine the Deadly Sins. Dirty little secrets vs public displays of sins. Does Deliveroo spare you from public gluttony. Sin and the soul. Daniel gives his theory of evolution to be proved right by his great granddaughter. Film Seven discussed. Daniel goes all Ray Winstone and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel was a bit of a “looker”. Importance of good legs and calf definition. The natural perfect body shape. The Seven Deadly Sins don’t help keeping in shape. Daniel’s granddaughter thinks she can flatten Daniel’s stomach by prodding to let the air out. Gluttony discussed. Midnight feasts. Guilty scoffing. Eating ice cream in bed. Eating on your own vs the constraint of eating in company. Feasting and fasting. Daniel has self-restraint issues. Table manners. Delicate eating vs wolfing it down. Sloth. Being lazy, doing nothing. What is the natural state: joyful or grudging work. Tell tale signs of “sofalis” and too much TV. Lust. Daniel fancies a cocktail waitress. Envy of things you don’t have. Cain and Abel discussed. The lazy person envies the success of the hard worker. Sarah loses her picnic rug and her rag. Daniel indulges himself with a pancake stack at Bill’s. Food envy when looking furtively at other people’s order. Looking through the window of restaurants. Daniel wafer slices a Mars Bar. Sarah tried to control people taking too much chocolate at breaks on set and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah tempts Daniel with some broken curved Easter egg pieces. Daniel goes off on curvature and how he extrapolates the female form. Over confidence met by disaster. Pride goes before a fall. Sarah suffers a dog pooh incident. ABBA “Winner Takes it All” discussed. “Does it feel the same when she calls your name” arguably the most meaningful line in all of pop history. Complaints need to be matched by compliments or the complainers will get their way. The climate emergency debunked and discussed as a cover story for more control over our lives. Interest rates and Bank of England madness. Risk taking and “asking for it” and much more…--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel had a Forest Road beer and rants about sachets. Olive oil in mini doses makes you feel small and controlled and unloved. Just put a bottle on the table. Spanish potato tortillas soaking up the oil. Fried eggs cooked in a vat of boiling oil. Eggs from the fridge or room temperature. Dippy eggs and timing. Personal preferences around eggs. Runny yolks. The radiant yellow spilling out. How to decapitate a boiled egg. Loli at the Parador falls in love with Daniel. Vueling can’t distinguish between people and bags. Beauty contests and the objectification of women discussed. Lessons of Jonah and the whale. Zeitgeist the spirit of the age discussed. Daniel destroys mathematics. Tempura asparagus in Spain. A bar joke about eggs and much more --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel impersonates the Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion growling to exercise his jaw. Daniel causes Kit Kat chaos in a random Spanish bar. Elvis Costello having to decide if we need a licence to play his songs. Sarah’s trousers get a detailed inspection. Doing first things first. Sexual tension between Daniel and Sarah. Being first to arrive and getting warmed up. Taking advantage of the of the longer days. Bud Lite gets in a marketing muddle. Sarah comes begging for poached pears and smoked nuts. New meaning of “rude”. Daniel gets into an argument about Concierge services in a 5 star hotel. Shower positioning. Dynamic and static envelope. How Spain bought trains that don’t fit the tunnels. Having a To Do list. Managing priorities and easy wins. Low hanging fruit or the difficult job first? Procrastination. The joy of ticking things off. Saving the best till last. Is that correlated with tackling the tough jobs first? Twitter vs YouTube. Dev the panel beater in a marriage made in heaven with John who sprays paint. Vueling found wanting in the court of passenger opinion and much more….--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel looks forward to a cold beer. Trip to the airport shows the connectedness of all things. Daniel plays trick on Jayne. Sarah misdirects her Mum to the wrong side of Waterloo bridge. Daniel realises he is connected to his feet after walking the Camino. Digging deep to find the resolve to get through challenging times. Running toe-heel rather than heel-toe. Supermodel catwalk technique. I’m Your Toy by Elvis Costello referenced. Sarah goes to see “Christine and the Queens” and is transfixed. How to meet the dancing girls after the show. Child bearing hips discussed. Bumping into long lost friends and other consequences. Nudges and the hand of God apparent in your life. Daniel talks to his Vicar and Rabbi for divine inspiration and breaks protocol at the cathedral of Santiago. The swinging botafumeiro incense burner captured. The right time in life to do things and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah ups the energy levels. Dental care routine. Wisdom teeth. Classic idea of a wise face. Are women wise or knowing? The bearded rabbi. Eastern images like Confucius. Importance of a beard for the right look. Using spectacles as a prop to look wise. Judges as classic wise image, Is there a wise world leader? Not Sunak or Biden. Covid measures lacked wise heads. Holistic approach to risk. Driving at 10mph will stop road deaths. Panic measures resulting from creating fear. Dispassionate judgements vs lived experience. The “animal spirits” according to Keynes. Churchill discussed as leader, painter, writer and bricklayer. All of my life has been a preparation for this moment. Integrating experiences into better decisions and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah talks about lift crash anxiety. Daniel can’t breathe when cornered by a beautiful woman. The A&E motto: “Don’t just do something, stand there.” Three Mile Island panic reaction, ironically at a nuclear reactor. Fools rush in…..Getting free stuff “on the house”. Tunnels and fear of being trapped. Keeping your head when all around are losing theirs. Heroes in an emergency. Presence of mind. General Patton speech on D-Day. Queen Elizabeth I rallying cry at Tilbury. Sarah gets locked in the loo and suffers lifelong trauma. Being trapped by mining accidents and earthquakes. Solly miraculously landing a plane on the Hudson. Making decisions in the heat of the moment. Apollo 13 discussed.. Cabin fever and being trapped. Daniel talks about his fear of blind tunnels and being corralled. Provoking fear and inciting over-reactions online. A new form of digital entrapment. Sex and being tied up. Trapped in relationships. Windowless rooms. Cellars are very scary places. “Inside Man” referenced. Daniel nearly compliments Sarah and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah have not quite finished breakfast before recording starts. So it’s a slow burn but worth persevering. How to gate crash a picnic. Circling the wagons. Sarah goes climbing on a first date. Being moody for attention . Mo Mowlem breaks the Irish deadlock by breaking the historic mood using Daniel’s 3 rules. Sulking as a power play. Being number 2 or 3 on the birth order and sulking into later life. Using food and drink to influence mood. Being unfair to waitresses. Music to change mood. Confusion over Pavlovas and Pavlovian reactions. Taking people up and down the emotional spectrum. Making someone laugh and smashing things to change the mood. Opening the curtains to throw light on a gloomy situation. The calming effect of lavender and pets. The Birds will Still be Singing” (Elvis Costello) versus “The World Goes Round” play off and much more…..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
A musical account from (14.30 minutes) of Vueling night time jettisoning 200 pilgrims at Santiago De Compostella airport.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah jumps the gun. Daniel has a trick when going to the dentist and at ALDI Shop & Go camera operated store. Odd numbers and Daniel buys three of a kind. Making faces to get recognised by the NatWest banking app. The more AI takes hold the more we must assert our humanity through wit and humour. The system at Colditz made rule breakers out of our POWs. Sarah cheats the train system. Daniel gets caught by his wife early one morning wearing his Y-fronts and a beret. All is revealed. Nearly all anyway. Sarah loses her reflection. Dinner at the Coal Office. Vlad from Transylvania makes us feel like royalty. Sarah has a boozy week and goes to a 24 hour play with Ruth Wilson in the early hours. Why its not a good idea to be too compliant. AI systems suffering from personality disorders like Marvin from Hitchhiker’s Guide. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Different sources of energy. You can come alive in different ways. Beauty. A muse. Sex. Work. Hobbies. Anger. Exercise. Music. Art. Expression. Photography. Daniel photographs his brother’s wedding. The importance of life skills. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cooks draw beautifully. Most people had artistic expression or a sing along repertoire. The need to look and concentrate and draw accurately, learn your lines or music. Downplaying soft skills at school and leaving you unprepared for presentations which are critical to work success. Sarah tried out a huge range of pursuits as a child encouraged by her Mum and Dad including Irish dancing. The dangers of the video cosh. Persistent encouragement from parents/carers. Building new interests and pursuits into your routine. Daniel gets bored by Sarah but it all ends well and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel gets in a tangle over a double whiskey. A good bartender. Danger of being replaced by machines, robots and AI if you don’t engage and use humour. Incompetence and narcissism compared. Daniel wastes 35 years of good behaviour at the Moules Frites restaurant with one explosion. The French don’t have the game of Snakes&Ladders. Following procedures, not your judgement. Compliance discussed around the film “Coming Home in the Dark”. Comparison with “The Hit” from the 1980s. Denial of humanity and its dangers. Sarah’s trip to Jersey posing as young bride/gold digger material. Bloomsbury Set and the Pre-Raphaelites were just after removing objections to sex. Oscars gone woke, Dangers of AI diagnosis when you have an axe in your head. Being generally less compliant and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah discuss the movie Sightseers part road trip, part couple serial murderers. Cinema warnings when it’s too late to leave. Scary theatrical tricks in “Dracula the Bloody Truth”. Bomb disposal as the scariest job. The English Patient discussed. Dogs and fireworks. April’s fools. Daniel shocks Sarah. Room 101 and your greatest fears. Anticipating torture is worse than the reality. Children being scared by stories while feeling safe. Clowns. Masks and fixed faces. Sarah intervenes with disturbed guy on the tube. Danger seekers and scaredy-cats. Piper Alpha disaster and jumping from height into water. False safety in numbers. Being scared of the dark. Fight or flight reaction and freezing. The primal scream. Sarah scared by whirling dervisher brushes at a car wash. Daniel traumatised by Struwwelpeter, from Germany. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah hit a new audience milestone. Online grocery substitutes. Buying Himalayan salt in bulk. Using Avios to get a discount. Going large, Chatting up Emma. The eject button of being (claiming to be) gay. Smokehouses and kippers. Talking at Jazz venues and awkward silences. Men using sex to get a better deal. Daniel’s moment of reverie as he goes all Guru. The power-of a muse to inspire a creative person. Playing 20 questions….animal, vegetable or mineral. Dark Water:an American Story radio play discussed (link below). Julia Cameron the pioneer photographer. Darwin and much more…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0006zl8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah go on a fantastic voyage of perception covering complicated stuff about your reality and the imagined life with the people you left behind on the road. We then develop the concept of “ to be or be seen” meaning being the first person or having the indirect viewpoint. The 4th wall in movies of not looking into the camera. Fleabag discussed. Engaging directly, soliloquies and asides. Blur compared to focus. Getting your life in focus through experimentation. Daniel worried that photos are never out of focus these days. No sense of getting it spot on by under and over compensating, Knowing when you are the centre of the universe…that subliminal blip. Making eye contact with stage actors. We discuss Laura Wade’s play “The Watsons” (Jane Austin unfinished) in which the actors revolt when the plot goes thin and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel has a Kabbalah mystic moment when his bill at Aldi is exactly £10. Your “go-to” recipes which nobody would ever challenge. Daniel talks pickles for a wedding, underground smoked meats and cold smoked nuts. Sarah talks Egusi West African soup, macaroni cheese (or is cheese and macaroni) and scrambled eggs. Daniel loses his rag over Sarah’s aunt’s rogue ingredients and admits childhood trauma over breakfast at hotels with his Dad. Sarah wants to destroy family harmony with cooking competitions. Should you teach the next generation or leave them with fond memories of your creations. Your food legacy and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah open with a discussion about love expressed in words and deeds and when the two do not match. The danger of simplistic ideas like Ibram X Kendi which view everything through the lens of race. Challenging lazy acceptance and going with the herd. Denying your individuality. Evolution and adaptation compared. No need for God in Darwin’s world. Daniel upsetting dinner party guests (relax, he was a lawyer). Transgender fashion discussed. How the fashion of switching to oat milk or soya creates other problems. Framing your identity in an authentic process and being prepared to speak up for what you believe. BLM founders questioned. Merit vs favouritism. Hiding behind the conventional wisdom and fashionable causes without looking deeper. Intersex discussed and much more…..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah and Daniel get started with a chat about staring, letching and leering. Giving off the right signals. Significance of a pear ring. History of ice cream making. Link to contraception. Weird family remedies. Daniel’s low tolerance of alcohol and graduation to a proper drinker. Moving on to discuss the power and purpose of fashions in clothes, shoes, sexual focus, spectacles and food. The dangers of being an unthinking fashionista. Disposable fashion. What you are saying through your public choices and how risqué you are prepared to be. Testing public reaction. Daniel goes out in pyjamas. Blue rinse brigade and hair colouring. Pleasing yourself or impressing others? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah fesses up. Garrison Keillor, Stephen Spielberg, John Ford and Akira Kurosawa all get a look in as Daniel and Sarah struggle to find the perfect angle. Sarah is drawn headless by Derek Boshier. Daniel annoys the queue at the police car pound by expounding on friction and badly written warnings. Facial symmetry and attraction. Your better side. Rules of portrait photography. Laughing on the other side of your face and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Imagine a world where every awkward, difficult situation could be solved with a voucher from your annual relationship allowance. Wig nights. Plus AI bots and humour. Learning how to stand, sit and walk. Buddhist philosophy. Heckling stand up comedians. Mixing metaphors. Daniel’s obsession with Lizzie. Balaclavas vs Balalaikas vs Baklavas and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Strap yourself in for an incredible conversation. Stage kisses and the dangers of sexual assault. Sarah reached a continue kissing or slap moment. Poem structure. Iambic pentameter or Haiku? Difference between secrets and privacy explored. The need to lie to preserve secrets. Trusting someone with a secret. Secret desires. Elvis Costello “For Other Eyes” discussed. Weird expressions of love through DIY. Taking secrets to the grave. The burrowing worm will find your secrets. Is going to a strip club a suitable venue for a works outing. The disgusting “it will always be our little secret”. Dangers of pillow talk. Doing a number 2 at a dinner party. And so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah and Daniel confront the world of bewildering choice, dangling baubles and equip you to navigate a safe course. Menus, clothes, confectionery, spectacles, hats, hairstyles, holidays, cocktails, tasting menus, regrets over poor choices…..they all make you the person you are. Daniel would choose Sarah every time when strolling the pretty girls in the podcast aisle. You are the podcast you choose. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel propositions Sarah. Time theft as a concept. Being paid for wasted time. Airplane delays. Your whole life wasted with the wrong person. Euthanasia discussed and dangers of having money incentives to end life. Calling 999 and wasting emergency services time. Martin Allen and fake history. Taking time to stop and stare. What Daniel thinks of spending time with Sarah and vice versa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah and Daniel are joined by Jayne, a true flower and foraging expert, to discuss how to beautify your home on any or no budget. From love , to death, to arriving as dinner guests, we explore the proper place of floral decorations and how to prolong their life. Daniel has little to say until jugs are mentioned. Take 5 minutes a day better to connect with the natural world. If you can’t name more than 5 flowers something is badly wrong. Shape up. Get on top of the gypsophilia. Life is not meant to be a bed of roses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah talks honestly about being single and her quest for that tall handsome athletic man (preferably a dancer) with good teeth, who laughs at her jokes. Instead she gets sent pictures of genitalia with no dental information whatever. She sits alone at nights thinking of the killer chat up line, while eating baked beans from the can with a cheap fork. She desperately needs a good fork. Can you help? The search continues….--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel admits to a Kilner Jar addiction. Tips for smuggling 36 jars past his plastic clip-loving wife. Sarah wallows nostalgically over cherished memories for the family biscuit barrel. Daniel smugly admires his cornucopia of seductive Kilner jars each tantalisingly filled with home made pickles, fruit in alcohol, pear mostarda, smoked nuts and essential kitchen ingredients. No woman has ever been able to resist the swooning fantasy of endless combinations of curated delicacies. Sex in a jar. Go fill. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah get into linguistic knots over guilt, admission, admitting and whether the criminal justice system is asking the wrong question. Sarah’s secrets are spilled by some of her friends in Bill’s. She admits some errors of judgement in her youth. Personal services compared with utilities. What to do with your last 6 minutes. Memories of Luton airport and Lorraine Chase advertising Campari. Plunge baths to immerse your knee caps and shoulder blades at the same time, Daniel gets a bit rude about letter boxes. Rearing sheep and mountain goats is not an innocent occupation. How to deal with prohibition notices. A veritable potpourri of Homespun Wisdom. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Sarah and Daniel continue the discussion from last week, taking the conversation into how class and perceived worth impact the shock of tragic death. Laws of physics discussed along with survival techniques for submerged cars. Chappaquiddick referenced. Sarah can’t take the pressure. Daniel loses his patience. The tension is palpable. It’s a roller coaster before hitting the buffers. Only the flight recorder can be found in the rubble of this cracker of a show. Not one to miss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
…..but a million is a statistic. Daniel and Sarah unpick the way deaths are reported from very public disasters (starting with plane crashes) and what it reveals about our humanity or location specific empathy. The exchanges around the role of FATE in life see Daniel bare all. It is truly humbling and disturbing at the same time. Mea culpa, it was Albert Camus who wrote “The Outsider”, not Andre Gide. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Everyone is capable of murder. As Stanley Tucci quipped “we are all murderers, you just haven’t met the right person yet”. We take you down into the world of throwing spaghetti against the wall and storming out. What are you capable of when it comes to protecting your family? Can you control your dangerous emotions when confronted by betrayal? Very uncomfortable material. Do not listen if suffering from anxiety or heart conditions.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah leave a trail of burnt ends and shattered illusions in this devastating deconstruction of modern food habits. Are you ready for the pickle challenge? Earn your breakfast to reward yourself. No use trying to hide your true self behind your stick thin signature dishes. All will be exposed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah explore the zen like sensation of perfectly fitting small wins into the gap of dead time and other time saving tips. Don’t waste your time listening. You can never have it back. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
Daniel and Sarah range over sex positions, intimacy co-ordinators, and microwave oven problems, amongst other topics. WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE IN DANIEL’S RANT ABOUT DEFECTIVE PANASONIC MICROWAVES --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
We have wrapped on Home Spun Wisdom: Talks with My Neighbour. But Daniel and Sarah have a new show - 'Honest Conversations' hosted by Spectrum On Air.
So if you haven't had enough click here to listen to more. https://www.spreaker.com/show/honest-conversations
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Daniel and Sarah explore how to do away with each other as a final act in the podcast series. But don't be disappointed, you can catch Daniel and Sarah on their new show Honest Conversations by Spectrum On Air. Search on your podcast outlet or click here https://www.spreaker.com/show/honest-conversations
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*PENULTIMATE EPISODE*. First man, then machine. Legs then wheels, but how many is best? Can your pooch outrun Usain Bolt? Why a bike is so much more natural than a car. Managing 4 legs and galloping horses. Have a listen and understand why you need to take the weight off your legs.
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Enough already with fist bumps, knocking elbows or feet. Let’s get back to the serotonin releasing hugs and friendly unthreatening touch. With appropriate warnings for the world of HR, MeToo and taking offence. We suggest a traffic lights approach based on the density of nerve endings to control your basic instincts. Sexbots and AI virtual lovers for those too scared to cope with the risks presented by real people.
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Pay attention to your body and keep your back straight, your head up and shoulders square. It will do wonders for your self confidence, attractiveness and flexibility through life. We add our unique twist to the usual advice.
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How do you greet people at the door? From your lover to the debt collector. Opening the door is like raising the curtain on one of your great performances. And then there is the tricky subject of getting people out the door. All your charm and tact and sometimes strong arm tactics are required. Great tips for dealing with Bilble bashers.
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What type of person are you on the generosity scale? Is it down to nature or nurture? Do you give to charity, to beggars and are you open to sob stories? Would you give anonymously? Advice versus money and putting yourself at risk to help others. Meanness and unhappiness. How does life experience shape your generosity. Your Day of Judgement awaits.
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We delve into punctuality. Why you find it so essential to be on time or are not bothered. What judgement can you make about people from their timeliness. Do you fret about getting to the door in time to alight buses and trains? We investigate the causes of on-time anxiety including potty training. Are you always late or early? Find out about yourself through this simple test.
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Moving your stuff. So stressful and upsetting. And then having to remake a new home with stuff that maybe doesn’t fit and you don’t want any more. How to plan and prepare. We chart a path avoiding the rocks and sharks.
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How ready are you to rush off to a friend in need, whatever the personal cost or career cost. How do different nationalities behave when juggling competing obligations. Who is your emergency contact and why a Brazilian is best….not what you are thinking. Do some people cry for help too easily. All your answers are in here…somewhere
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We think through all the little but important details to ensure your dinner table and seduction plan are properly laid out and you are prepared for all eventualities and hopefully a happy ending. Plenty of practical tips and we are offering free real time advice between courses to ready you for the next round, just like a boxing pro.
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Award winning cartoonist joins Sarah and Daniel.
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Can you be sure what is real. Suspended disbelief compared with magical reality. Elvis Costello’s “When did I stop dreaming” is analysed. Astral travelling and recurring death dreams. Footprints on the ceiling will leave you questioning everything around you.
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It rains from time to time. Are you a fairweather type who avoids the rain or do you glory in the experience…singing in the rain. Rain can be romantic, huddled under an umbrella. Rain dances and cloud seeding rain. It’s raining, it’s pouring the old man is snoring. Why it never rains on China’s parades. Turning up bedraggled at your hopeful romantic partner……does he take you in?
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Why are people so possessive about their tea or coffee mug, at home and work? We explore the hidden secrets and stray off course into mug shots and being a “mug”. There’s one born every minute.
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Making people feel comfortable. Being a considerate guest. Top tips getting ready to entertain. How to be the host from hell with coaster rules. Using breakfast menu options as short cut to “why don’t you stay the night?”. Dirty stop our kits and brief-cases. Don’t forget the thank you card. It’s all there for your enjoyment as Sarah and Daniel play the perfect hosts.
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The film industry needs a whole new set of warnings for the sensitive types, covering green issues, proper disposal of unwanted stuff, dicks caught in zips, inter-generational envy, Venetian blinds, heart stopping frightening scenes and so much more.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me (Billy Joel). From restaurants to your own life, we explore the siren call of the new. What difference do the people make who manage your life, from Executive Assistants to Actors’ Agents. Microsoft installations and patches, “business as usual”, the blitz all get the Sharman/Confino treatment. WARNING: very funny at times (you’ll know because we will be laughing uncontrollably).
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You never see your true face. What effect does your “resting” face produce. Your bitch face, your lying face, your cum face…we hold up a mirror to your pulled or unwitting facial expressions.
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Strategies for keeping cool during the heat wave. Wacky ideas to try at home at your own risk. Global warming: saving photos while destroying the planet.
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Award winning Nicola joins us for a chat and tells us about her leap from the sanitised corporate world to her dystopian vision of technology and society so convincingly portrayed in her published works.
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National stereotypes are useful. The Brits make the best police and the Italians the best lovers. The Danes are lazy snd the French make the best chefs. The Swiss are the go-to organisers and the Germans the wurst lovers. Can it be that simple? We investigate.
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Forget polite discourse. This is the world of animal spirits and short distance signals and messaging. It’s primitive, instinctual and sometimes culturally specific. Posture, body language, hands and fingers are all potent weapons in your communications arsenal. Getting attention in restaurants. Being sexy without saying a word and much more. It’s all there. WARNING Contains vulgar signs and gestures.
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Why do we bother to make sacrifices and what do we expect in return. Upsetting the gods and why a superior being is vital; even the Queen. Laying down your life for another and being martyred for your beliefs. Balloon debates and lost-at-sea cannibalism. It’s a heady mix which will leave you facing an existential crisis.
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Stand back from your life for a moment to think about who is calling the shots. Can you change the plot and get a new scriptwriter. Do you have agency or does your fate decide. Reworking real life situations that went wrong by doing a movie style “Take 2”.
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Barry is a fascinating combination of inspired design and millimetre precision who makes life enhancing furniture around his clients. Are you more traditional oak or hipster cherry? His attention to detail terrifies his tailor when Barry the maker, becomes Barry the client from hell with a weird taste in linings. Be inspired.
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After more than 50 episodes we are in step like accomplished tango partners. Our new theme music, courtesy of Isaac Dyer, beautifully captures the new vibe and feel of our collaboration with sudden moves and changes of direction, all performed with perfect timing.
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The place of jewellery in adorning the face and body. How to get more bang for your buck. Jamming combinations of rings on your fingers. Pearls and brooches dissected. Jewellery safety tips. Evolution in a blind alley for stunted watch makers. Daniel misunderstands gravitation and puts on weight to make his heavenly body more attractive and upsets some old ladies with a Faustian “look sexy again”pact.
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Daniel loses his rag over IKEA’s crass position on GB News. Then slams them for the unforgivable sin of cutting a vertical before considering the wisdom of cooling off before reacting. Does the unconscious keep working on our problems overnight. Corporate and national disasters when there was no adult in the room.
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Oh to go back to the smooth ride of the 1950s. You're in for a bumpy ride as we explore how the engineering angels of the perfect ride do battle with the jackhammer devils of the speed bump invented by a Nobel prize winner. Ha!
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Your whole life is exposed and at risk. Both physical and digital. Strategies for protecting your most prized possessions. How to create a memorable and wholly unique password. Ways to persuade people to reveal their innermost secrets and what is in the second drawer down, left hand side.
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The world is your stage. From speeches, to interviews, to presentations, to sex, to sport we give you the confidence and techniques to perform at your peak and give of your best. .
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Can shower gels really live up to their exotic names. Do they bring out the animal in you, turn you into a sloth, even a sex monster and wash away your sins. Shower gel clash examined. Daniel in the dog house after an on-board tomato juice goes all wrong.
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We do a 360 on the miserabilist use of “OK” and advocate for higher expectations. Marginal utility theory and Bruce Bogtrotter’s approach to demolishing that Triple Chocolate cake. How not to waste Contino Gran Reserva 2000 Rioja; a capital offence.
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When did you last replace a fan belt with a stocking? Slipping into something more comfortable. What is expected of men these days and do they take advantage of women in difficulties.
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Choosing the right hammer, the sexist Pirelli Calendar gets close examination, valuing artists, Zen meditation and stripping for money. The “Buzzard” in Leighton Buzzard attracts our curiosity. Also our first midtro.
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Are you influenced by Oscars, BAFTAS, award winning labels, Parker points and 5 star reviews or are you guided by your own instincts.
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Are you more in person or more online. Is your identity fixed or are you still delving into the dressing up box. We strip you bare and leave you shivering in no man’s land to contemplate your true self. Not for the faint hearted.
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“No” can be the hardest word. We help you practise in front of the mirror of your hidden other self. Push back rather than be a push-over. Experience a whole new world of personal power where people don’t take your “no” for an answer.
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Recorded remotely. A bonus episode looking at how the knee is the most overlooked and misunderstood joint. Did Sam and Ria get engaged? The Japanese and West African customs of bowing. A Robert Maxwell story involving HM The Queen. Don’t be a knee jerk and take a listen.
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Your signature can reveal so much about your personality. Practice a signature that presents your inner tiger. Comparing handwriting on dating sites. The power of handwritten love poems. The dangers of faked cheques and suicide notes. Girls be careful if you tattoo in “courgette” script on your back.
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They say the best things in life are free. What about the birds and bees? Random acts of kindness. Where there’s a queue there’s something for free. The joys of ill-gotten gains and giving stuff away.
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Don’t be a busy fool or a useless dreamer. Practical advice on getting by on low energy solutions, Daniel’s failed application to be the laziest ever Governor of The Bank of England. Edison’s take on genius. The dangers of intervention when doing nothing is usually best.
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Are you in touch with your feminine side. Do you cry at the movies? Are women really any nicer than men? Are women a civilising influence? So many questions, so few answers. Nik Kershaw’s “Billy” makes a brave attempt.
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An exploration of how the seductively incomplete lost treasure map meets the fantasy picnic (in Sarah’s case from Aldi). Food anxiety and oral greed explained through Hansel and Gretel. Life is no picnic and no picnic will ever be the same.
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We talk to David about his route into politics, his strong principles and what he stands for as mayoral candidate leading his own new Heritage Party.
https://heritageparty.org/
https://twitter.com/davidkurten?s=20
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Coping with working at home, kitchen congestion and dangers of the fridge. Reinventing yourself and taking no nonsense for your “ta daa” dramatic return to the office.
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Over-catered. Over-ordered. Doggy bags. Take away hell. Don’t make a meal of it. “Too Good To Go” deals. Sarah confuses legovers with leftovers and takes a deep dumpster dive for bread.
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Famous tag lines for adverts put under the microscope to identify the clever tricks of the most persuasive. Daniel gets ripped off buying shoes. Lock up your Rolos.
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Crying over spilt milk, cry baby, crocodile tears and turning on the waterworks. Should we suspect or trust tears? Biology of why we laugh and cry. How to respond to hurt and anger and when not to use rational debate in the face of emotion. Sarah makes her annual joke.
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Your preferred heat source is just the start of a deep dive into being your true authentic self. The fabled “blue flame”, when your inner beauty is evident and you can’t burn any brighter. Thank you Randy Crawford for the inspiration.
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Hanging, electric chair, garrotte, guillotine, firing squad, off with your head. An analysis of the inhumanity of it all. Our most macabre podcast. “Favourite Hour” by Elvis Costello and “25 Minutes To Go” by Johnny Cash discussed. WARNING: Daniel tears up!
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Do you have time to make or repair things? Are they better afterwards showing patina and hinting at a rich life story. The Japanese art of Kintsugi explored. Embracing and beautifying moth holes in your favourite jumper.
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An unforgettable journey into the benefits of new versus second hand, made to measure versus freebies and upscaling.... and the joys of admiring your own creations. It’s all there for you to rummage around in our quirky bazaar.
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Finding an activity to lose yourself while time stands still. Ideal for inter galactic travel, lockdown blues and eternal youth.
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Apologies, excuses and explanations. A guide for the perplexed.
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A rare philosophical investigation into the theory of attraction. Understanding how you present and are perceived. Will probably ruin your life.
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Keeping up a conversation while captive in the hairdresser, dentist and advice on surviving interrogation/torture. Complicated Newtonian physics made simple. Galileo and unwanted hair all get the Sharman/Confino shock treatment.
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A somewhat serious investigation into what it takes to be a good person, neighbour and citizen. Only Joking!
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A sideways look at the traps and pitfalls of ownership and the siren call of rental. Daniel goes too far, encouraged by his Roman Law tutor. “Usufruct”explained (no spelling mistake).
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Join Sarah, Daniel and Jayne on this jocular discussion about taking the time to make amazing food ingredients and preserves, pickles and mince pies during lockdown
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An irreverent look at shopping local for today’s meals and making cheese presentation into an art form.
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Leaving home and preparing your kids to reach escape velocity from parental gravitational tug.
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Examining the proper role of naughty aunts, uncles and godparents.
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Are you ruled by order or chaos? The twin forces of the universe can destroy all in their path including your relationship when nobody can find the sellotape.
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Manners maketh man. Social media and the Wild West, Queuing etiquette. It’s all here for you to disentangle.
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A rambling conversation on ageing, car anxieties and seizing the moment.
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Rethinking the impact of your name, how to change it and living with embarrassing names. Vikings, Essex marshes and the Inquisition all thrown in for free.
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A sideways look at breathing correctly and time management
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Road traffic and parking problems and how to escape and avoid fines
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When the perfect online world of clicks meets the messy real world of deliveries, your problems have just started.
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A must-listen for lovers of the dark arts. What happens when we lose control over events and our actions. What did happen with that Christmas jumper. Plus how to get off a murder rap.
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How do you keep moving? An irreverent look at health and fitness during lockdown.
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A not too serious discussion on how to improve your photographic skills. Portrait, landscape and contre jour. All is illuminated.
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Sarah and Daniel stop to have a pot of tea.
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Practical advice on the art of negotiation. Will probably save you a small fortune.
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A forensic and data driven report into the murky world of broken biscuits where no biscuit is safe
Artwork by Jayne Confino. Music composed by Isaac Dyer.
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Looking back at time well spent with family during the festive holiday.
Music composed by Isaac Dyer.
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How do you choose the perfect gift and should you be there to give it in person? Plus how to unwrap a present.
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Daniel and Sarah explore what it means to be a Neighbour from a Biblical, legal and lived-experience perspective. Gets very messy. Don’t leave home without listening.
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Join Sarah Sharman and Daniel Confino; two neighbours, generations apart and socially distanced of course. Sharing practical insights into life in unscripted and unedited conversations that will make you giddy with delight, laugh and cry uncontrollably. Artwork by Jayne Confino. Music composed by Isaac Dyer.
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