This week's tester episode. Offcuts, out-takes and leftovers to tease and entice.
Our special guest next week is the internet's Russell Davies. Russell organises London's most Interesting conference every year (2007, 2008, 2009), writes a column in Wired UK and is part of the Really Interesting Group. His interview is brilliant and there's loads of great stuff to come next week; today's offcuts give just a sense of where our conversation goes. Did you know he was in a band? Tune in next week to hear all about it. We'll also be talking to Karen Slavick about her excellent Sleep Talkin Man blog. Essentially, she writes down her husbands obscene and bizarre sleep ramblings which is every bit as funny as it sounds.
Included in this tester are some bits of both interviews we won't get around to using in the full episode next Thursday, plus the remnants of the South African snack testing with Robert Brook and Dave Green. That's the end of the South African snacks now. It's nearly Christmas after all, so the next two or three episodes will become decidedly more festive. You'll also notice that we've finally got a theme tune; In Computers by Robyn Wilder and her band Bambino Special. Hope you like it as much as we do. I can't stop humming it. As well as this tester episode, you've hopefully already seen the video outtakes Leila edited from this week's recording session (you finally get to see how adorably shambolic the whole process really is).
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Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This week we meet the popular internet and TV stars Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann and ask them about their Answer Me This podcast, Robert Brook and Dave Green taste more South African Snacks with us, Leila, Dave and Tom discuss a film (warning: there might be spoilers, though only if you can work out what the film is) and we discover what the insides of some things sound like.
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Bonus challenge 1: we'll give something nice to the first person to email us or DM us with evidence that they've successfully run the computer program.
Bonus challenge 2: want to be on the podcast? A bit too shy? How about recording the inside of your fridge, or another appliance instead? Send us MP3s of your own recordings and we'd love to share them with the world.
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Posted: November 26th, 2009 | 14,945 Comments »
This one contains outtakes of David Quantick (a few spare bits that didn't make it into last week's episode, as it seemed a shame to waste them), as well as bits from our interview with Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann from (Helen & Olly's) Answer Me This! (pictured on the left there) that won't make it into next week's episode. That's how good it's going to be; these bits have already been dropped. Imagine that.
Also, you can now email us at our fancy new email address, podcast@shiftrunstop.co.uk and, as ever, chat with us on Twitter and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Enjoy.
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In episode three we meet that royalty of the comedy and music worlds, lovely David Quantick and ask him about Doctor Who, Morrissey and making the world's first internet sitcom. We hang out at Playful 2009 and talk to James Bridle about his noughts and crosses calculating matchboxes. We chat to internet personality Robert Brook, a nice man in a suit who worked on the Hansard archives and therefore works for you, and hear his opinions on swearing. And we eat South African chocolate while SRS regular Dave Green tells us what it was like on the set of Micro Men, a recent BBC dramatisation of the Acorn/Sinclair wars. It's all free, of course, and it might make you smile.
Same time next week for the episode 4 trailer?
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Posted: November 12th, 2009 | 10,363 Comments »
Here are some outtakes and offcuts to serve as a taster of some of what's coming up in the next couple of episodes.
Since one episode every two weeks isn't very much, and the 'episode 0' taster/trailer was so much fun, we're thinking of putting out short teasers (of around 5 minutes) on alternating weeks. If you've watched The Wire you'll be familiar with the idea of testers which let you sample the quality and get you hooked. Think of it a bit like that.
Next Thursday, episode 3 will include an interview with David Quantick, conversation with Robert Brook, James Bridle explaining his amazing creation, South African snacks with Dave Green and more.
For now, here's a taste of what's to come.
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Posted: November 5th, 2009 | 12 Comments »
We get to know comedy legend David Schneider, play a game of Scribblenauts and taste some more seasonal snacks with Dave Green.
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Posted: October 29th, 2009 | 5,816 Comments »
