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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Good morning and welcome. How’s the healthy eating going? At Fresh Air Towers, there’s a variety of different self-improvement themed Januarys going on, with everyone making some sort of effort. For instance, Richard – Director of Pressing Send on the Email – has increased his running, and subsequently increased his cookie intake to balance things…
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Happy New Year! Is it too late to say that now? I tell you what it’s too late for – asking ‘Is it too late to say Happy New Year now?’. This is officially the last day when you’re allowed to say either ‘Happy New Year’ or ‘Is it too late to say Happy New…
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Welcome to the 200th edition of the Fresh Air Recommends newsletter. If you’ve been here from Edition 1 in May 2020 and you’re still reading it, you deserve more praise than I do for writing it. I worked it out to be 270,000 words. That’s three novels’ worth, of which approximately 135,000 words have been…