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Calm Down Dear

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Friends and broadcasters Sarah Gosling and Becky Hand are joined fortnightly by one brilliant guest to chat about what's gotten them enthused over the past week in culture, work, and life in general, and who inspired them to be this way.


If you've ever been told to simply "calm down" about life in general, then this is the show for you.


Come join the gang on Twitter and Facebook @CalmDownDearPod, and if there's someone you'd love to hear on the podcast or just fancy getting in touch, drop us an email at [email protected].


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Lamorna Ash - Coming of Age, Cornwall, Carbohydrates and a VERY big announcement...

June 23, 2021 14:52 - 1 hour - 150 MB

Another fortnight's passed and we're already at the point of only being happy about the Euros for the excuse to drink on a school night - seriously, how are people still talking about it when there's so much better about to watch? This week we delve into Season 2 of Feel Good and Becoming A God In Central Florida, plus of course the books we've been devouring (Tabitha Lasley's extraordinary Sea State and David Mitchell's riotous Utopia Avenue) along with our favourite short-form literature: ...

Anna Smith - Women in Film, Whistle-humming and Not-So-Worthwhile Movies

June 09, 2021 17:39 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

It's a new fortnight, an awards show has FINALLY given Michaela Coel the love she deserves (thank you BAFTA), the internet's been mad and we love Wolf Alice. And books. And basically everything else. Did we mention we're enthusiasts? Our guest this week is someone with a similar passion for everything, the phenomenal critic, host of the BBC's Movie Show and a woman who spends more time than anyone we've ever met gallivanting (working) at the biggest film festivals in the world, the wonderf...

Hollie McNish - Words, Wanking and Worried Audiences

May 26, 2021 16:35 - 1 hour - 141 MB

It's been a beautiful couple of weeks filled with pubs, trips out of the county, books and in Sarah's case, a bout of cystitis which meant she actually had time to read them. Huzzah! Our guest this week is the winner of the Ted Hughes Award (AKA a huge deal), a person who is not only one of Britain's foremost poets but one of Becky's absolute idols, the phenomenal Hollie McNish. Her new collection 'Slug (And Other Things I've Been Told To Hate)' is a delightful, poignant and hilarious coll...

Ginny Smith - Neuroscience, Nerding Out and Noughties Pop-Punk

May 12, 2021 14:58 - 1 hour - 141 MB

We've got a new look, a new county (Becky), some new meds (Sarah) and a new series especially for you! Once again the topic of the day is enthusiasm, but happily for us that covers all manner of brilliant, intriguing, and often slightly odd sins. As our first episode back falls in Mental Health Awareness week, we're delighted that our first guest is neuroscientist and science writer (and host of the British Psychological Society’s Psych Crunch podcast) Ginny Smith, answering all of our ma...

Laura Lexx - History, Hilarity, and Klopp Actually

March 10, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 149 MB

Yup, another fortnight's passed and we're as confused as everyone else about it. Turns out we have been quite busy though, with conflabs over the astonishing Promising Young Woman, Twitter writing advice, International Women's Day and the widespread response to Meghan's (and Harry's, it needs to be said) interview, chats about Ali Smith's 'Summer' and Olga Tokarczuk's 'Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead' all on the cards, plus of course, your usual dose of insanity/inanity. Our gue...

Ruby Rare - Powerpuff Girls, Porn, and Getting The Horn

February 24, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour - 141 MB

Yup, it's been a fortnight already but woohooo - freedom is on the horizon! If after this week's news you're already planning your first dates/hookups/contact out of lockdown, then this episode is perfect for you as we're joined by the extraordinarily enthusiastic artist, author and sex educator Ruby Rare to answer your questions on sex and intimacy and of course, to answer a few of ours too. (Becky says this was her favourite interview she's ever done, so you know it's gonna be a good'un). ...

Pixey - Life, Death, and Harry Potter Video Games

February 10, 2021 10:21 - 1 hour - 149 MB

Another fortnight (has it been? Are you sure?), another episode and while this lockdown might be the biggest slog yet, Sarah and Becky have still uncovered plenty to keep them enthused, not least local parish council meetings. Get your fresh batch of recommendations (Call My Agent, Pretend It's A City and Roma to name a few), before you meet this ep's phenomenal guest and one of our favourite interviewees yet. Signed to the beloved Chess Club Records and the newest darling of Radio 1, Liver...

Zakia Sewell - Journalism, Jazz, and just loads of recommendations!

January 27, 2021 20:24 - 1 hour - 138 MB

It's our first big normal show of the year and as we totter towards the end of series 2, we're chatting with one of the creatives whose work has crept up most throughout Calm Down Dear so far. The brilliant broadcaster behind the BBC's My Albion and the selector responsible for NTS Radio's Questing not to mention a tonne more, we couldn't be more delighted to be joined by Zakia Sewell if we tried, and she more than came through chatting all things from her passion for 1970's avant-garde jazz...

Becky & Sarah - New Year's Resolutions, Revelations and a Really Awful Screaming Goat

January 15, 2021 12:17 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

To paraphrase Paramore, we've been away for a while and now we're back don't try to follow the thread of our giddy chatter. We're starting the new year off as we mean to go on - in lockdown! - nope sorry, that should have been *drum roll please* enthusiastically! We're looking back over some of our highlights from our first mad year of this podcast with brill bits from Evanna Lynch, Lauran Hibberd, Anna Meredith and Kate Marlais, and ditching most resolutions (who ever really sticks to them ...

Jaguar - DJ-ing, Thin Dogs, and Maybe-Dodgy Noughties Anthems

December 09, 2020 06:30 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

We're deep into series two now, and the conversation is only getting more absurd. In episode seven Becky and Sarah discuss their obsession with needles of the (happily) knitting variety, which cartoon characters are okay to fancy and which famous scientist's dog burned their mad notes on the secrets of the apocalypse being hidden under the pyramids, all without even chatting to this week's phenomenal guest. Jaguar is the presenter of BBC Introducing Dance on BBC Radio 1, the founder of Utop...

S2, Ep. 7 - Jaguar - DJ-ing, Thin Dogs, and Maybe-Dodgy Noughties Anthems

December 09, 2020 06:30 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

We're deep into series two now, and the conversation is only getting more absurd. In episode seven Becky and Sarah discuss their obsession with needles of the (happily) knitting variety, which cartoon characters are okay to fancy and which famous scientist's dog burned their mad notes on the secrets of the apocalypse being hidden under the pyramids, all without even chatting to this week's phenomenal guest. Jaguar is the presenter of BBC Introducing Dance on BBC Radio 1, the founder of Utop...

Pariss Cozier - Ethical Clothing, Quokkas and Cults

November 25, 2020 06:30 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

We're back with perhaps our most paradoxical episode yet - how often do you get strong positive ethical chat alongside chat about the best way to dispose of a body? Yup, that's what we thought. This week's enthusiastic guest is sustainable fashion pioneer and founder of Chaos and Colour Pariss Cozier, a woman who blazed a trail taking her first from London to Bristol (geddon the Westcountry), all the way to traditional garment making in India and beyond. Alongside discussion of the fast-fa...

S2, Ep. 6 - Pariss Cozier - Ethical Clothing, Quokkas and Cults

November 25, 2020 06:30 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

We're back with perhaps our most paradoxical episode yet - how often do you get strong positive ethical chat alongside chat about the best way to dispose of a body? Yup, that's what we thought. This week's enthusiastic guest is sustainable fashion pioneer and founder of Chaos and Colour Pariss Cozier, a woman who blazed a trail taking her first from London to Bristol (geddon the Westcountry), all the way to traditional garment making in India and beyond. Alongside discussion of the fast-fa...

S2, Ep.5 - Lauran Hibberd - Gilmore Girls, Geeky Boys and Green-Tinged Sloths

November 11, 2020 06:30 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

It's been two weeks already, we're back in a national lockdown, there's a new President Elect, and finally, maybe, time seems like it's doing what time ought to be doing - being full of happenings. It certainly has for us at least; we've got recommendations coming out of our ears. Becky's back with another gorgeous trip to "poetry corner" courtesy of Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Sarah's all about the learning with new podcasts and a deep-dive into Elizabeth Day's How To Fail, and we crack all over aga...

Lauran Hibberd - Gilmore Girls, Geeky Boys and Green-Tinged Sloths

November 11, 2020 06:30 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

It's been two weeks already, we're back in a national lockdown, there's a new President Elect, and finally, maybe, time seems like it's doing what time ought to be doing - being full of happenings. It certainly has for us at least; we've got recommendations coming out of our ears. Becky's back with another gorgeous trip to "poetry corner" courtesy of Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Sarah's all about the learning with new podcasts and a deep-dive into Elizabeth Day's How To Fail, and we crack all over aga...

S2, Ep. 4 - Laura Mucha - Finding Love, Flying Trapeze, and Front Parts

October 28, 2020 06:30 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

Our enthusiasm knows no bounds - even when it comes to naming genitals apparently. Another week brings another batch of legitimate and brilliant recommendations (The Hungover Games, Pobby and Dingan) and a slightly larger batch of the absurd/nauseating (Gallagher and Albarn literotica, childhood names for genitals etc), in what genuinely may be our most ridiculous episode yet. You'll love it. Our guest this week is the brilliant author, former lawyer and expert on love, Laura Mucha. Her bo...

Laura Mucha - Finding Love, Flying Trapeze, and Front Parts

October 28, 2020 06:30 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

Our enthusiasm knows no bounds - even when it comes to naming genitals apparently. Another week brings another batch of legitimate and brilliant recommendations (The Hungover Games, Pobby and Dingan) and a slightly larger batch of the absurd/nauseating (Gallagher and Albarn literotica, childhood names for genitals etc), in what genuinely may be our most ridiculous episode yet. You'll love it. Our guest this week is the brilliant author, former lawyer and expert on love, Laura Mucha. Her bo...

Kate Marlais - Twin peaks, Tarot Cards and Terrifying Flowerpots

October 14, 2020 22:30 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MB

We're aware that we say this almost every week, but this might be our most ridiculous episode yet. Join us on a wild ride from having the horn over stationery to Nick Hornby, and from radio to really awful bits of Changing Rooms. What can we say, we like to cover a lot of ground. Happily our guest this week has much the same mantra. A composer, writer, lyricist, musical director, sound designer and apparently now a tarot reader too, Kate Marlais is one of the most talented and annoyingly, d...

S2, Ep. 3 - Kate Marlais - Twin peaks, Tarot Cards and Terrifying Flowerpots

October 14, 2020 22:30 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MB

We're aware that we say this almost every week, but this might be our most ridiculous episode yet. Join us on a wild ride from having the horn over stationery to Nick Hornby, and from radio to really awful bits of Changing Rooms. What can we say, we like to cover a lot of ground. Happily our guest this week has much the same mantra. A composer, writer, lyricist, musical director, sound designer and apparently now a tarot reader too, Kate Marlais is one of the most talented and annoyingly, d...

S2, Ep.2 - Abbie McCarthy - Dream Jobs, Dream Dogs, and Gavin & Stacey

October 07, 2020 18:04 - 1 hour - 138 MB

Another week, another podcast... Or a few, based on Becky and Sarah's suggestions for this week. Once again it's been a bountiful week of viewing, listening, reading and fostering an astounding number of new obsessions, including but not limited to Dan Levy, pumpkin pasta and Emily In Paris. Our guest this week too is a jack of all trades, and annoyingly a master of them all too. Abbie McCarthy is an award winning presenter for BBC Radio 1, 4 Music, Match of the Day 2, and (along with our ...

Abbie McCarthy - Dream Jobs, Dream Dogs, and Gavin & Stacey

October 07, 2020 18:04 - 1 hour - 138 MB

Another week, another podcast... Or a few, based on Becky and Sarah's suggestions for this week. Once again it's been a bountiful week of viewing, listening, reading and fostering an astounding number of new obsessions, including but not limited to Dan Levy, pumpkin pasta and Emily In Paris. Our guest this week too is a jack of all trades, and annoyingly a master of them all too. Abbie McCarthy is an award winning presenter for BBC Radio 1, 4 Music, Match of the Day 2, and (along with our ...

Anna Meredith - Mercuries, Movie Scores and Stalking Shaun T

September 30, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 141 MB

We're back baby! After a long break (to read, watch, and in Sarah's case, actually break some tendons) Becky and Sarah return with a shedload of new loves, and a phenomenal first guest. She's Mercury Prize 2020 shortlisted, the former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, loves a board game and has an MBE... Anna Meredith may well be our perfect enthusiastic guest and as always, we're asking the big questions, finding out who has inspired her, what her secret side...

S2, Ep. 1 - Anna Meredith - Mercuries, Movie Scores and Stalking Shaun T

September 30, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 141 MB

We're back baby! After a long break (to read, watch, and in Sarah's case, actually break some tendons) Becky and Sarah return with a shedload of new loves, and a phenomenal first guest. She's Mercury Prize 2020 shortlisted, the former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, loves a board game and has an MBE... Anna Meredith may well be our perfect enthusiastic guest and as always, we're asking the big questions, finding out who has inspired her, what her secret side...

Michelle Robinson - Mojo Moves, Mystery Houses and Magical Minds

August 12, 2020 17:31 - 1 hour - 140 MB

In our final episode of the season (don't worry, we'll be back in a month!) Becky has a chat with the phenomenally enthusiastic children's author Michelle Robinson about everything from building a desk in Animal Crossing instead of in your own home to the joys of listening to something faintly horrifying while you're drifting off to sleep. We didn't get it either, but Michelle was very persuasive. Plus of course, Sarah and Becky have a natter about what they've been up to over the past week...

S1, Ep.12 - Michelle Robinson - Mojo Moves, Mystery Houses and Magical Minds

August 12, 2020 17:31 - 1 hour - 140 MB

In our final episode of the season (don't worry, we'll be back in a month!) Becky has a chat with the phenomenally enthusiastic children's author Michelle Robinson about everything from building a desk in Animal Crossing instead of in your own home to the joys of listening to something faintly horrifying while you're drifting off to sleep. We didn't get it either, but Michelle was very persuasive. Plus of course, Sarah and Becky have a natter about what they've been up to over the past week...

Meg Rosoff - Horses, Hatching Plans, and Human Nature

August 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 150 MB

In episode 11, Sarah has the joy of chatting to the beloved author of How I Live Now and The Great Godden (and enthusiastic polymath) Meg Rosoff, who it seems is outright gunning for her job. Cue madcap chat about monsters under the bed, ghosts, devious childhood plans and human oddities in one of our favourite chats yet (we know, we say that every time). Plus of course, Becky and Sarah have their weekly catch-up on what they've loved (Adam Buxton, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Raymond Carve...

S1, Ep. 11 - Meg Rosoff - Horses, Hatching Plans, and Human Nature

August 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 150 MB

In episode 11, Sarah has the joy of chatting to the beloved author of How I Live Now and The Great Godden (and enthusiastic polymath) Meg Rosoff, who it seems is outright gunning for her job. Cue madcap chat about monsters under the bed, ghosts, devious childhood plans and human oddities in one of our favourite chats yet (we know, we say that every time). Plus of course, Becky and Sarah have their weekly catch-up on what they've loved (Adam Buxton, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Raymond Carve...

Ep. 10 - Jessica Cottis - Opera, Old Masters, and Lepidopterology

July 29, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

We're on our tenth episode! Blimey that's flown. To celebrate, out big guest chat of the ep is with the award winning Australian-British conductor Jessica Cottis who has, among others, performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and has been described as “cool, contained, super-articulate and engaging” - given that the first three at least are...

Jessica Cottis - Opera, Old Masters, and Lepidopterology

July 29, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

We're on our tenth episode! Blimey that's flown. To celebrate, out big guest chat of the ep is with the award winning Australian-British conductor Jessica Cottis who has, among others, performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and has been described as “cool, contained, super-articulate and engaging” - given that the first three at least are...

Ep. 9 - Winsome Pinnock - Plays, Pianos, and Inspiring Parents

July 22, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 142 MB

Our ninth episode sees Sarah getting to chat again to one of her favourite interviewees ever - the award-winning and much beloved playwright, Winsome Pinnock. Often referred to as "the godmother of black British playwrights", she was the first black British female to have a play produced by the Royal National Theatre. You might have heard her recent play Rockets And Blue Lights as part of BBC Radio 3's Lockdown Theatre, but did you know that it all started with a childhood slapstick double...

Winsome Pinnock - Plays, Pianos, and Inspiring Parents

July 22, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 142 MB

Our ninth episode sees Sarah getting to chat again to one of her favourite interviewees ever - the award-winning and much beloved playwright, Winsome Pinnock. Often referred to as "the godmother of black British playwrights", she was the first black British female to have a play produced by the Royal National Theatre. You might have heard her recent play Rockets And Blue Lights as part of BBC Radio 3's Lockdown Theatre, but did you know that it all started with a childhood slapstick double...

Evanna Lynch - Acting, Activism, and not so Normal People

July 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 146 MB

In our very first co-interview, we're barely holding in the squeals as we chat to Luna Lovegood herself, the actor, activist and all round brilliant woman, Evanna Lynch. The result is maybe our most broad-reaching chat yet - from Nabokov to Circus school, from highs of the Harry Potter filming experiences to the nerves hiding beneath, and from vegan activism to why Marianne and Connell really just need to cool it, Evanna was an incredibly generous (and appropriately enthusiastic) guest. Oh,...

Ep. 8 - Evanna Lynch - Acting, Activism, and not so Normal People

July 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 146 MB

In our very first co-interview, we're barely holding in the squeals as we chat to Luna Lovegood herself, the actor, activist and all round brilliant woman, Evanna Lynch. The result is maybe our most broad-reaching chat yet - from Nabokov to Circus school, from highs of the Harry Potter filming experiences to the nerves hiding beneath, and from vegan activism to why Marianne and Connell really just need to cool it, Evanna was an incredibly generous (and appropriately enthusiastic) guest. Oh,...

Sophie Molyneux - Earlobes, Iiish, and Rory Gilmore's iffy decisions

July 08, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

In episode 7, Becky has a natter with artist, stylist and print-maker extraordinaire Sophie Molyneux of Lucy & Yak to chat all things from Mastermind specialist subject Gilmore Girls through to the perils of improv, and those much maligned teenage showcases. Amid the creative tips and joyful tidbits (much on keeping foliage alive - what a win) Becky and Sarah have a catch up on the week past involving much exhaustion, many enervating articles and TV shows (or realistically, deer-in-grocery-...

Ep. 7 - Sophie Molyneux - Earlobes, Iiish, and Rory Gilmore's iffy decisions

July 08, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

In episode 7, Becky has a natter with artist, stylist and print-maker extraordinaire Sophie Molyneux of Lucy & Yak to chat all things from Mastermind specialist subject Gilmore Girls through to the perils of improv, and those much maligned teenage showcases. Amid the creative tips and joyful tidbits (much on keeping foliage alive - what a win) Becky and Sarah have a catch up on the week past involving much exhaustion, many enervating articles and TV shows (or realistically, deer-in-grocery-...

Kiran Millwood-Hargrave - Fiction, Witches, and Vanderpump Rules

July 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 145 MB

In Episode 6 Becky and Sarah are joined by multi-award winning, bestselling author, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave. Amid serious author chat about plot construction and research on the witch trials which drove her brilliant novel The Mercies, Kiran chats with Sarah about Mastermind specialist subjects ranging from the gothic fiction of Shirley Jackson through to the feline language of her loveable cat Luna, and unexpectedly, much more besides. Plus of course there's the weekly ramble from Becky an...

Ep. 6 - Kiran Millwood-Hargrave - Fiction, Witches, and Vanderpump Rules

July 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 145 MB

In Episode 6 Becky and Sarah are joined by multi-award winning, bestselling author, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave. Amid serious author chat about plot construction and research on the witch trials which drove her brilliant novel The Mercies, Kiran chats with Sarah about Mastermind specialist subjects ranging from the gothic fiction of Shirley Jackson through to the feline language of her loveable cat Luna, and unexpectedly, much more besides. Plus of course there's the weekly ramble from Becky an...

Ep. 5 - Anna Kiernan - Writing, Waitressing, and Wild Swimming

June 24, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MB

In our fifth episode, Becky has a blast from the past with her old lecturer Anna Kiernan, an author, academic and founder of The Lit Platform. Between her penchant for early morning wild swims and unexpected love of Charlotte Church, she's the perfect enthusiastic guest, and one who'll both inspire you and make you feel really lazy for not having done more. But like, in a good way. Of course there's our weekly catch up too, where among all the usual ramblings we discuss our new found love o...

Anna Kiernan - Writing, Waitressing, and Wild Swimming

June 24, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MB

In our fifth episode, Becky has a blast from the past with her old lecturer Anna Kiernan, an author, academic and founder of The Lit Platform. Between her penchant for early morning wild swims and unexpected love of Charlotte Church, she's the perfect enthusiastic guest, and one who'll both inspire you and make you feel really lazy for not having done more. But like, in a good way. Of course there's our weekly catch up too, where among all the usual ramblings we discuss our new found love o...

Dodie - True Crime, Twilight, and Tattoos

June 17, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

Musician, YouTuber, activist and author Dodie is our guest for episode four of the podcast and fittingly, we couldn't be more excited. In this chat we discuss her meet-cute with music, how YouTubers made her feel like she belonged, and among many other things, her love for documentaries on Ted Bundy. Of course we're also checking in on what Becky and Sarah have been indulging in over the past week; to say it goes from poetry to pants in an instant is no exaggeration. If you've ever been to...

Ep. 4 - Dodie - True Crime, Twilight, and Tattoos

June 17, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

Musician, YouTuber, activist and author Dodie is our guest for episode four of the podcast and fittingly, we couldn't be more excited. In this chat we discuss her meet-cute with music, how YouTubers made her feel like she belonged, and among many other things, her love for documentaries on Ted Bundy. Of course we're also checking in on what Becky and Sarah have been indulging in over the past week; to say it goes from poetry to pants in an instant is no exaggeration. If you've ever been to...

Grace Lightman - Drag and David Duchovny

June 09, 2020 16:31 - 55 minutes - 126 MB

In episode 3, we're joined by friend and incredible musician, Grace Lightman. Describing her music as "one part ABBA, two parts Twin Peaks", London-raised Grace moved to Plymouth last year to work on her music with Devon-based collaborators, the work of which culminated in her ridiculously brilliant synthy concept album Silver Eater. With lockdown stripping away her ability to head to the studio for album two though, her diary's been left wide open to let her obsessions flourish, from Davi...

Ep. 3 - Grace Lightman - Drag and David Duchovny

June 09, 2020 16:31 - 55 minutes - 126 MB

In episode 3, we're joined by friend and incredible musician, Grace Lightman. Describing her music as "one part ABBA, two parts Twin Peaks", London-raised Grace moved to Plymouth last year to work on her music with Devon-based collaborators, the work of which culminated in her ridiculously brilliant synthy concept album Silver Eater. With lockdown stripping away her ability to head to the studio for album two though, her diary's been left wide open to let her obsessions flourish, from Davi...

Ep. 2 - Issy Ferris - Performing, poetry, and "penis rats"

June 09, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 150 MB

In our first guest episode we're joined by one of Sarah's favourite people - and one of the most exciting musicians in the country right now - Issy Ferris of blues-americana duo Ferris & Sylvester. Too enthusiastic to choose just one for each (i.e. our perfect guest), Issy's answers to questions on her Mastermind specialist subject, the people who have inspired her and her secret passion cover everything from the Cold War to Sex And The City, and knitting disasters to poetic triumphs. If yo...

Issy Ferris - Performing, poetry, and "penis rats"

June 09, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 150 MB

In our first guest episode we're joined by one of Sarah's favourite people - and one of the most exciting musicians in the country right now - Issy Ferris of blues-americana duo Ferris & Sylvester. Too enthusiastic to choose just one for each (i.e. our perfect guest), Issy's answers to questions on her Mastermind specialist subject, the people who have inspired her and her secret passion cover everything from the Cold War to Sex And The City, and knitting disasters to poetic triumphs. If yo...

Ep. 1 - Knowing Me, Knowing You

June 02, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 69.3 MB

In our first enthusiastic episode, we decided you should probably know a little about us. Not only are we both broadcasters who live in the same city, it turns out we're basically the same person in terms of taste (except when it comes to our favourite Harry Potter films). Here we discuss our Mastermind Specialist Subjects, the people who have inspired us to do more and the secret things we love to do, all before we grill our first guest with the same questions in the next episode.   If yo...

Knowing Me, Knowing You - Harry Potter, The Office, and early 2000's Welsh porn

June 02, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 69.3 MB

In our first enthusiastic episode, we decided you should probably know a little about us. Not only are we both broadcasters who live in the same city, it turns out we're basically the same person in terms of taste (except when it comes to our favourite Harry Potter films). Here we discuss our Mastermind Specialist Subjects, the people who have inspired us to do more and the secret things we love to do, all before we grill our first guest with the same questions in the next episode.   If yo...

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