The Failing Writers Podcast

The Failing Writers Podcast

32 episodes

Failing Writers Dave Baird, Jon Rand and Tom Turner present a podcast for anyone who ever dreamed of becoming a writer... then went and put the kettle on.

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S3 Ep23: The Runners Up

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 58 seconds

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S3 Ep22: Nanowrimo Special: How NOT to write a novel with Howard Mittelmark

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 1:11 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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S3 Ep21: Writing Ghost Stories: with Stephen Volk & Ciaran O'Keeffe

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 1 second

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S3 Ep20: How to write a book using ChatGPT - Andy Stanton

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 7 seconds

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S3 Ep19: 2023 Flash Fiction Competition Winners!

Published: Oct. 15, 2023, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 29 seconds

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S3 Ep18: The Bookshop Episode

Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 51 seconds

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S3 Ep17: A Simon Armitage, Stanza Stone Special. For National Poetry Day 2023

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 57 seconds

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S3 Ep16: Oliver Mol - Train Lord

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds

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S3 Ep15: Emma Healey

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 3 seconds

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S3 Ep14: £500 flash fiction contest - entry details!

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds

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S3 Ep13: A chat with Patrick Ness

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 43 seconds

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S3 Ep12: Where does the word etymology come from?

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 46 seconds

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S3 Ep11: Storytime!

Published: July 24, 2023, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 9 seconds

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S3 Ep10: Crime Writing with Mark Billingham

Published: July 10, 2023, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 35 seconds

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S3 Ep9: Jack Meggitt-Phillips

Published: June 26, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 50 seconds

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S3 Ep8: A (Joanna) Frank Discussion About The World Of Publishing

Published: June 19, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 39 seconds

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S3 Ep7: That's it, I quit...

Published: June 12, 2023, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 36 seconds

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S3 Ep6: Laura Barton Interview

Published: May 29, 2023, 12:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 7 seconds

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S3 Ep5: There was a podcast about limericks...

Published: May 22, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 33 seconds

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S3 Ep4: Ian McMillan

Published: May 15, 2023, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 41 seconds

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S3 Ep3: ChatGPT, Kasim Ali and Orcs

Published: May 1, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 55 seconds

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S3 Ep2: Stuart Turton

Published: April 17, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 17 seconds

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S3 Ep1: Elaborating on collaborating

Published: April 10, 2023, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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S2 Ep31: Finally... we pitch Poker Night

Published: April 3, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 31 seconds

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S2 Ep30: End of season-ish

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 28 seconds

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S2 Ep29: Lucy Porter interview

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 22 seconds

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S2 Ep28: Halloween and Sunyi Dean

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

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S2 Ep27: Talking Pitching with TV Exec Saskia Schuster

Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds

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S2 Ep26: The Episode That Was Never Meant To Be

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds

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S2 Ep25: National Poetry Day 2022

Published: Oct. 9, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 4 seconds

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S2 Ep24: We have a winner!

Published: Oct. 2, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 28 seconds

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S2 Ep23: Quite a long longlist

Published: Sept. 25, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 42 seconds

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S2 Ep22: An enthricing chat about not much

Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds

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S2 Ep21: Talking with Evan S Smith

Published: Sept. 11, 2022, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 29 seconds

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S2 Ep20: Developing Characters

Published: Sept. 4, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 13 seconds

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S2 Ep19: On the other Rand (plus the competition entry details!)

Published: Aug. 28, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 seconds

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S2 Ep18: Benjamin Stevenson - AND ANOTHER BIG COMPETITION!!

Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 48 seconds

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S2 Ep17: Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife

Published: July 24, 2022, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 3 seconds

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S2 Ep16: David Quantick interview

Published: July 17, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds

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S2 Ep15: The last word on bad writing

Published: July 10, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 51 seconds

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S2 Ep14: Dave's Spooky War Book

Published: July 3, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes

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S2 Ep13: The Freshly Award Winning Screenwriter Paul Quinn

Published: June 26, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 seconds

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S2 Ep12: Julia Roberts. No, not that one.

Published: June 19, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 17 seconds

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S2 Ep11: Talking with Joanna Penn

Published: June 12, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds

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S2 Ep10: Cards on the table about Poker Night (and a mystery guest)

Published: June 5, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 26 seconds

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S2 Ep9: A critical review of Jon's Tree story

Published: May 29, 2022, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 5 seconds

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S2 Ep8: Nels Abbey, author of Think Like a White Man

Published: May 22, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 43 seconds

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S2 Ep7: Constrictive Criticism

Published: May 15, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 33 seconds

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S2 Ep6: Interview with Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling

Published: May 8, 2022, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 54 seconds

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S2 Ep5: Talking Sitcomedydramas

Published: May 1, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds

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S2 Ep4: Emma Kennedy

Published: April 24, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 4 seconds

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S2 Ep3: Writing Competitions

Published: April 17, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds

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S2 Ep3: Ep 3 - Writing Competitions

Published: April 17, 2022, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds

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S2 Ep2: An interview with Jeremy Dyson

Published: April 10, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 58 seconds

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S2 Ep1: We're back! Welcome to Season 2

Published: April 3, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds

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S2: Here we go again!

Published: March 23, 2022, 12:01 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds

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S1 Ep37: End of season spectacular (pt2)

Published: Jan. 1, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 55 seconds

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S1 Ep36: The End of Season SPECTACULAR (pt1)

Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 15 seconds

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S1 Ep35: The Failing Writer's Christmas Special Spectacular!

Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 12 seconds

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S1 Ep34: Sally Wainwright

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 42 seconds

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S1 Ep33: Our 250 word NYC midnight flash fiction challenge

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds

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S1 Ep32: Lets' talk about using f*$%ing apostrophe's correctly with Simon Griffin

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 44 seconds

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S1 Ep31: The greatest day of Jon's life - an interview with Andy Stanton

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 13 seconds

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31: The greatest day of Jon's life - an interview with Andy Stanton

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 13 seconds

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S1 Ep30: An interview with Tim Glister - author of "Red Corona"

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 50 seconds

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30: An interview with Tim Glister - author of "Red Corona"

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 50 seconds

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S1 Ep29: Poetic Judgement (with the right honourable Kate Fox presiding)

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds

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29: Poetic Judgement (with the right honourable Kate Fox presiding)

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds

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S1 Ep28: And the winner is…

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds

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28: And the winner is…

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds

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S1 Ep27: Children's Author Adam Bushnell

Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 48 seconds

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27: Children's Author Adam Bushnell

Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 48 seconds

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S1 Ep26: The Brainstorm Ideagasm

Published: Oct. 17, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 41 seconds

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26: The Brainstorm Ideagasm

Published: Oct. 17, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 41 seconds

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S1 Ep25: Interview with writer and illustrator Jason Cockcroft... and our own amazing artwork

Published: Oct. 10, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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25: Interview with writer and illustrator Jason Cockcroft... and our own amazing artwork

Published: Oct. 10, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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S1 Ep24: Halloween flash fiction contest - plus Tim Craig's tip-top top tips

Published: Oct. 3, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds

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24: Halloween flash fiction contest - plus Tim Craig's tip-top top tips

Published: Oct. 3, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds

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S1 Ep23: Rosie Wilby, a writer's room zoom AND A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Published: Sept. 26, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds

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23: Rosie Wilby, a writer's room zoom AND A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Published: Sept. 26, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds

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S1 Ep22: A (not so) mystery guest special!

Published: Sept. 19, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second

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22: A (not so) mystery guest special!

Published: Sept. 19, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second

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S1 Ep21: Talking to best-selling Gillian McAllister!

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 41 seconds

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21: Talking to best-selling Gillian McAllister!

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 41 seconds

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S1 Ep20: Save the f%@#!ng cat

Published: Sept. 5, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 4 seconds

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20: Save the f%@#!ng cat

Published: Sept. 5, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 4 seconds

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S1 Ep19: Talking TV, comedy and California with Adrian Poynton

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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19: Talking TV, comedy and California with Adrian Poynton

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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S1 Ep18: Whingefest '21

Published: Aug. 22, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds

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18: Whingefest '21

Published: Aug. 22, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds

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S1 Ep17: Let's do it LIVE!

Published: Aug. 15, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds

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17: Let's do it LIVE!

Published: Aug. 15, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds

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S1 Ep16: Hidden Tools of Comedy review & Chris Paling interview

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 14 seconds

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16: Hidden Tools of Comedy review & Chris Paling interview

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 14 seconds

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15: The Little Pod of Horrors!

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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S1 Ep15: The Little Pod of Horrors!

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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S1 Ep14: "In one eye and out the other" with stand-up poet, Kate Fox

Published: July 25, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 11 seconds

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14: "In one eye and out the other" with stand-up poet, Kate Fox

Published: July 25, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 11 seconds

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S1 Ep13: A chat with Tudor

Published: July 18, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 28 seconds

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13: A chat with Tudor

Published: July 18, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 28 seconds

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S1 Ep12: Rejections

Published: July 11, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds

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12: Rejections

Published: July 11, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds

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S1 Ep11: I can't believe it's Caimh! (That rhymes by the way!?)

Published: July 4, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds

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11: I can't believe it's Caimh! (That rhymes by the way!?)

Published: July 4, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds

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S1 Ep10: Logs, trees and beats

Published: June 27, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 31 seconds

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10: Logs, trees and beats

Published: June 27, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 31 seconds

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S1 Ep9: A nice chat with Beth Chalmers

Published: June 20, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 8 seconds

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9: A nice chat with Beth Chalmers

Published: June 20, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 8 seconds

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S1 Ep8: From first pages to review rages

Published: June 13, 2021, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 23 seconds

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8: From first pages to review rages

Published: June 13, 2021, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 23 seconds

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S1 Ep7: OMG it's OMJ

Published: June 6, 2021, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 17 seconds

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7: OMG it's OMJ

Published: June 6, 2021, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 17 seconds

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S1 Ep6: Robot Writers

Published: May 30, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 58 seconds

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6: Robot Writers

Published: May 30, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 58 seconds

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5: Ideas about ideas!

Published: May 23, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 59 seconds

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S1 Ep5: Ideas about ideas!

Published: May 23, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 59 seconds

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S1 Ep4: Aural Sex

Published: May 16, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 52 seconds

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4: Aural Sex

Published: May 16, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 52 seconds

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S1 Ep3: Erotica's a hard one

Published: May 9, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 54 seconds

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3: Erotica's a hard one

Published: May 9, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 54 seconds

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S1 Ep2: Teenangstasaurus

Published: May 2, 2021, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 36 seconds

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2: Teenangstasaurus

Published: May 2, 2021, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 36 seconds

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S1 Ep1: There's No Hope

Published: May 2, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds

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1: There's No Hope

Published: May 2, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds

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S1: Episode 0 - Introducing failure

Published: April 26, 2021, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 0 - Introducing failure

Published: April 26, 2021, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds

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