sv podcast – keeping on the sunny side

It’s July and we serve up a fine summer smorgasbord of recommendations for listening, reading and viewing from Holly & Darren. A little bit of resistance to all the bad stuff going on in the world. Some music, too, from friends of the podcast Siskin Green and the Mairs Family Band. And you can join in … What are you enjoying just now, faithful listener? Any recommendations? Let us know! Oh, and we would like it to be known, despite what Darren claims, that we are NOT able to digitally track individual listeners wherever they are in the world. A wee joke. (This, and many other things, are beyond us.) Hello to the robots. Links Siskin Green Karine Polwart Villa Coco, Andrew Sean Greer Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence Key Changes, BBC Radio 3 For the Record, Youtube River Kelvin Walkway Saturday Kitchen, BBC The Lost Words – Spell Songs The Mairs Family Band John Green Jacob Collier Kirk Hamilton Strong Songs Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill Greenbelt This podcast was recorded on Thursday 2 July 2026. Available from Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, and via your favourite podcast App. Theme music and stings by Nicolai Heidlas. Duration:  52’31 minutes. Photo of Pope Leo XIV (c) Vatican Media World Cup Photo by Dar ius from Pexels