BEFORE I START:
Lockdown is utterly crap. Let’s not ignore that, or glibly pretend otherwise. I collected a dance costume for my daughter today and the lady who made it said “Thank you so much. That’s all I’ve sold this week and it will pay for this week’s groceries”.
So, having had that rather mood-crushing dose of reality, and acknowledging that we’re not saving lives here, I’m still going to write this blog post about the unforeseen upside of lockdown for those of us who make podcasts.
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On Tuesday, I stayed in a Premier Inn and only had cereal for breakfast. This has never happened before. You know as well as I do that a Premier Inn breakfast consists of Coco Pops followed by toast, pancakes and a full English with some fruit and yoghurt to finish. But I’m trying to introduce…
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I love you. I’ve never found the right time or way to say it before, but a podcast-related newsletter on Valentine’s Day feels perfect. Don’t worry, you don’t have to say it back straight away. I understand it might have come as a bit of a shock and you’ll need time to process things. Please…
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We all know that the idea of Blue Monday is a load of rubbish invented by a holiday company, so I hereby declare today to be Orange Friday. We’ve been going at it now for three weeks of 2025 and so we’re really into the swing of things. We’re feeling energised, up-and-at-‘em, excited about the…