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Dad Sofa

by Rob Slater

We talk about the stuff of life, what makes us curious, what connects us; The Spaghetti of Life

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Episodes

  1. A Sense of an Ending

    Episode photography: Frank Albrecht Podcasting Link: https://thepodcastingworkshop.com

  2. Sewer

    Sustainable engineering to solve a huge public health problem.

  3. Türkiye

    Photo by Suleyman Can Sezgi

  4. Raynauds

    Photo courtesy of Alexandra Zelena

  5. Dragon's Den

    The trials of business from setting up to partnership to selling

  6. The Angry Wall

    Families, business and altruism, a path beaten with good intent.

  7. Spike

    The fresh fruit song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-IU-NQ8c14 Outstanding achievement award https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkOAUht3G5o

  8. Salvation

    Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The Marriage of Figaro https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mozart+opera+in+shawshank+redemption&view=detail&mid=3D73764844CF56C87BAE3D73764844CF56C87BAE&FORM=VIRE...

  9. Go Norske

    Photo byKaroline VargdalonUnsplash The Norseman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixQWxEwml5g Tinned Fermented Fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY-QDBUpzts

  10. Fur and Blood

    An Important Family Member describes her experiences of living with us.

  11. Last Minute Shop

    A quick dash out to the shops to pick up items becomes a little more involved.

  12. An Audio Advent Calendar

    The Lead up to Christmas in Birmingham

  13. Blue Fingers

    Growing Seaweed and its influence on our planet

  14. Show Must Go On

    BTW if you listen to any of the links: Play loud (but please don’t damage your ears!) Links All the Day and All of the Night: The Kinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6qYstpbNu4 New Dawn Fades Joy Division: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHC2ozNKfYA New Rose The Damned:...

  15. Henry

    A quiet neighbour who had such influence

  16. Cuisine

    Food and cooking and its influences on me, come from the necessity of thrift from the Second World War

  17. Immutable Change

    Snape is a famous village in Suffolk, England, home to the Snape Maltings, where many famous musicians have played. The Crown is one of the local pubs a 600 year old dwelling still functioning as it did when it opened. https://crownatsnape.co.uk/

  18. Lessons from the Sickbed

    Photo by Martha Dominguez de Gouveia on Unsplash

  19. 2 Celebrations

    A long journey following one celebration leads to witnessing another

  20. Scary Future

    Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash The Children's Almanac Audio Book is currently on the translations page of the site: https://thecarbonalmanac.org/kids/translations/ At some point in the near future it should have a separate page.

  21. Big Sancho

    A relatively unknown who had an unfortunate start, became a big influencer.

  22. Lexicon

    Learning English? Confused?

  23. Spring and Neap

    The effect of gravity on our daily lives.

  24. Q

    A sad time in the UK whether a Royalist or not, a family member is lost and the UK changes.

  25. Urble Urble

    A Trip to France

  26. The Children's Aquathlon

    The events of seven years ago, when two of my children entered an Aquathlon.

  27. The National Relay Championships

    A chance to race as a team.

  28. Water

    Water runs through our lives

  29. The Milk of Kindness

    Acts of Kindness and a brief history of Milk

  30. Maastricht

    Image by Sportograf

  31. Black Velvet White Teeth

    A Poem about a Family Member

  32. Car

    A few thoughts about what cars have meant to me over the years from being a teenager to now as I go electric.

  33. The Carbon Almanac

    https://thecarbonalmanac.org/

  34. How we listen to Music

    Photo by Namroud Gorguis on Unsplash The Israelites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wSXTN2EfRo Up the Junction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQciegmLPAo Twisted Fire Starter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw New Dawn Fades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAthCVbnDI I want to get...

  35. Build

    Photography by Randy Fath

  36. Gauze Mask

    The world changed a few years back but it did that in 1918 too!

  37. Bubbles and Biscuits

    When our mind wanders it sometimes has interesting and unfortunate results

  38. B Race

    Race Day organisation

  39. 100

    Photo by Gajo Romário on Unsplash Paddington Bear goes to Buckingham Palace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UfiCa244XE

  40. The Cold

    https://www.climbkilimanjaroguide.com/iceman-climbs-kilimanjaro/

  41. Ethnosphere

    A song sung by the last of the Bo Tribe, In the Aka Bo language, now extinct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K3lrMphIHA

  42. Swim

    My introduction to swimming and the new introductions since.

  43. Flotsam and Jetsam

    Photo of the Toilet Block Art at the Hidden Hut, Porthcurno Beach, Cornwall. Episode 42 covers more on the Hidden Hut.

  44. The Ashes

    A Clip of the 2005 Edgbaston Ashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNvL3FfrT8 Curtley Ambrose Ripping through England: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCkC2YUBXpw

  45. A Turn Up for the Book

    Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

  46. Automated Advice

    Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash

  47. Our Kid

    If you wish to listen to any of the cited music, here are links published on YouTube Long Distance Runaround https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jnGEKffN8Y Roundabout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udLJlZ07Lcs Good Times Bad Tiimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9Rec1qAFQ Stairway to Heaven...

  48. Dream Locations

    Photo by Vitaly Sacred from Unsplash

  49. Blood Sweat and Tears

    Sweating without replacing the fluid can lead to further fluid loss through tears. Measuring blood at critical times might be a new answer to improving endurance and even weight control.

  50. Thought for Food

    A weekly switch off activity that has somehow become ingrained in family life.

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We talk about the stuff of life, what makes us curious, what connects us; The Spaghetti of Life

HOSTED BY

Rob Slater

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