You're Nearly Dead
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YND 15: What Are You Doing
August 27, 2018 23:04This week’s theme is Poetic Audio Description, which is interpreted to varying levels of literality by our hosts. Do the pieces reveal the inner workings and dark opinions of their writers? Will Charlie return to form after his devastating Lame Duck in ep. 14? And most importantly, will Matt give Charlie the satisfaction he craves, and give up his well won cup? There’s (mainly) one way to find out. BEN What Are You Doing It is night, but an orange light is cast by a string of bare outdo...
YND 14: Dirty Maze
August 15, 2018 12:10This week’s theme is ‘Travel Diary’. If that sounds confusing, your hosts agree. But never one to shirk a challenge, they get down and dirty in the word maze with 3 very different interpretations. Who will arise victorious? You’ll never guess! MATT Tuesday 12th June Up at 9am, yoghurt for breakfast. Set off around 10.30am: Wangmouth! Very fine beach, terrible looking pubs, and shops. Horse House Hotel turned out only served food to its patrons. Boo. Found a bakery, who produced a couple...
YND 13: Got Clogged
July 30, 2018 17:22The theme this week is Country! Given that two of our hosts play and write in a Country Rock band, they should knock it out the park. Or the country park, if you will. This week’s pieces: CHARLIE Cloggo It was 1889 They built this dirty maze of mine I keep things moving right below your feet Where the sun don't shine Is where I spend my time I know it better than I know the street All week I'm knee-deep (But My girl is) so sweet When I leave it behind Til one day I saw that She...
YND 12: Above & Beyond
July 16, 2018 10:01p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4a4f56} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4a4f56; min-height: 15.0px} The theme this week is rap, and our hosts tackle it like any white middle class english men would: with embarrassing enthusiasm and beats stolen from Dre. T...
YND 11: Big Money
July 02, 2018 10:15After weeks of solidly sensible stanza, will our hosts rise to the bait and write a silly one? The answer is: No. No. Yes. To find out what that means, you’ll just have to listen. BEN The Best Deal I got the Best Deal And three TVs in my room I like to use the the phone But no one seems to be home I got the Best Deal but Doing nothing I’d have more These white trash are just like me But they’re poor I got the Best Deal But that bum has more than me 8 billion dollars more An...
YND 10: Friends I Cannot Stand
May 14, 2018 07:00This week’s theme is an invitation to the nasty ball, but how will our hosts RSVP? Will Matt and Ben cast off their nice guy shackles? Will Charlie pull a muscle trying to get there early? Is he, in fact, already there? Listen in to find out. This week also featured the second piece in Ian’s Listener Residency. MATT Friends, I cannot stand — This tiresome twist Drinking to oblivion, I’ve done before But on your birthday Is quite remiss of me. Was I charming? I distinctively reca...
YND 9: I Knew Them
May 07, 2018 18:54We’ve heard that it’s hard to rock a rhyme that’s right on time. In fact, it’s tricky. So how will our hosts do as they face their first week of compulsory rhyme? There’s only two ways to find out, either you listen to this show or you ask a friend to do it for you. The former seems easier. This week also featured a piece from listener Ian. Thank you Ian. To read the piece in full, visit the blog on verygood.org.uk
YND 8: Shagging Other Dogs
April 30, 2018 07:00Our hosts face their greatest challenge to date, writing a sincere piece on the theme of canine extra shagging. Never one to shirk a challenge, they grit their teeth, rise to the challenge, and other euphemisms. This week also features a piece by listener David Grumball. To submit your pieces, email [email protected] To read the pieces in full, visit the blog on verygood.org.uk
YND 7: Wildlife
April 23, 2018 12:44In an episode that’s inspired by the word ‘Wildlife’ but very largely about other things, our hosts present three very rapidly written pieces. Ben’s is largely to annoy Charlie. Charlie’s is about a dog, but not about a dog. Matt’s sounds like Samuel Beckett, who he’s never heard of. To read the pieces in full, visit the blog on verygood.org.uk
YND 6: To The Occupier
April 16, 2018 08:22This week our hosts address a variety of occupiers, from the metaphorical to the metaphorical. Plus our first listener submission, some righteous smack talk about Will Smith, and Charlie is a superb dick about Matt’s piece. Apologies for the sound quality, Matt & Charlie are in Norway, but we didn’t want to miss a week. To read the pieces in full, visit the blog on verygood.org.uk
YND 5: No Personal Consequence
April 09, 2018 21:30p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} Welcome to the second and fifth episode of You’re Nearly Dead, a titling convention that proves we’re great at writing. This week our hosts respond to the theme in three very different ways, drawing on death, the environment, and posterity. Plus discussions of public nudity and intimate shaving. For copies of all the pieces featured, visit the b...
YND 4: Wedded
April 02, 2018 21:45You're Nearly Dead is a podcast about taking creative chances and risking failure. In each episode, lifelong scribblers Charlie, Matt, and Ben bring a piece of writing, written to theme, and share them with each other and the listeners. In this, the first official episode of their (almost) brand new podcast, our hosts reveal their responses to the title 'Wedded'. To read the pieces in full, visit our blog on VeryGood.org.uk