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Stationery Adjacent
by Justin Twyford and Stuart Lennon
A podcast at the intersection of analog and digital productivity
Episodes
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Episode 248 - Metrics. Performative or useful?
Justin puts on his helmet as Stu wades into yet another pet peeve. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/248
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EPISODE 247 - EATING THE FROG?
Recorded on Cyprus’ sixty-sixth Birthday, Justin has to cope with an over-wrought Stu, who is furious about Productivity Porn, and channeling ALL the old man energy. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/247
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Episode 246 - Goals versus Dreams?
Two episodes in two weeks? Outstanding. Inspired by Nir Eyal’s excellent newsletter, the boys get mired in tenuous acronyms. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/246
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EPISODE 245 - GLP-1: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE?
Hey! Remember us? We’ve been away. Again. These Europeans. Always on vacation. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/245 Huion Note E ○Product Link: https://bit.ly/46LikVD ○Coupon: SA10 ($10 USD off coupon, stackable with other on-site discounts, valid through October 31, 2026)
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Episode 244 - An Unplanned Adventure
Hey! Remember us? We’ve been away. Stu on a bit of a holiday, while Justin has been on an unplanned adventure. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/244
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Episode 243 - The Non-topic Topic
Justin is recovering from a cold, a symptom of which seems to be pen and ink envy, while Stu whinges and whines about AI. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/243
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EPISODE 242TOP THREE DAILY TASKS
Justin keeps being forced to interact with other people, while Stu has a sense of Hume-r failure. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/242
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Episode 241 - Coaching v Leadership
Stu is running off to the gym, Justin yearns for the simple life, fishing on his own. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/241
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Episode 240 - Coaching v Leadership
Justin lies weeping, his bank account emptied by the dreaded “house repairs”. Stu sits grinning, his bank account emptied by Viennese bartenders. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/240
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Episode 239 - Distraction-free Writing
Stu is festooned in tartan, just as the Scotland football team are checking out beach holiday options. Meanwhile, Justin has added lighting to his “World Control Centre” which he has disguised as a musical installation. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/239
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Episode 238 - Revisionist History
Welcome to the final episode of the new podcast. Gravel Adjacent. Both old men get their panties in a knot. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/238
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Episode 237 - Read Deeply Rather Than Widely
Welcome to the new podcast. Gravel Adjacent. Gravel is really heavy. And if you want to cover a lot of area with it. You need a lot. No, think bigger. Bigger again. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/237
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Episode 236 - Pray for Death
This episode deals with death, grief and discusses assisted suicide. Inevitably, it also includes all sorts of detail about gravel. Not a common combination. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/236
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EPISODE 235 - ANALOG CONTENT CALENDAR AND WORKFLOW
Stu is terrified by the prospect of physical labour, while Justin wrestles with a new species of AI from the rainforest. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/235
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EPISODE 234 - THE CHANGING QUALITY OF SUPPORT CHAT
After an unexpected week off, the old timers ramble on and on and on...eventually they whine about all the usual nonsense Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/234
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Episode 233 - Instagram is awesome.
Having called social media the root of all evil for months, Stu opens a new account on Instagram and likes it. Justin is too cold, no wait, too hot; too something, anyway. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/233
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Episode 232 - Tiny Experiments. More homework for Justin.
Episode 232 - Tiny Experiments. More homework for Justin. Briefly, Justin entertains the possibility of a book that is not...a hardback! Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/232
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EPISODE 231 MOMENTS IN LOVE
Justin turns his house into a winter-proof version of a Jean-Michel Jarre stage setup while Stu tortures Star Wars metaphors. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/231
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Episode 230: Time Travel. Can one go back in time?
Stu is buried under a mountain of Filofax refills while Justin can’t find his VST controller. (No, Stu doesn’t know what that means, either.) Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/230
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Episode 229 - Margin
Stu meanders off in random directions while Justin manfully tries to keep the old fool on track Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/229
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Episode 228 - Ageing - What nobody tells you
An explosion of old man energy Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/228
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Episode 227 - Tech Stocks
Justin plumbs new depths of grumpiness while Stu rediscovers time-honoured pro-procrastination techniques. Both ramble on and on. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/227
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Episode 226 - Revisiting AI
NEW Pry-bar updates! For real. A rapid-fire episode, brought to you by hiccups and thunder storms. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/226
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Episode 225 - Rethinking Analogue Productivity
The pry bar and the Nero’s firm are ever-present. JT has a hole punch that can kill people. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/225
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Episode 224 - Trust
Where has all the trust gone? Oh - and there’s a war on. Which is nice. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/224
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EPISODE 223 - MARRIAGE (AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK)
Marriage. What could possibly go wrong? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/223
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EPISODE 222 - ROBLOX. WHO KNEW?
At the tender age of 55, Stu discovers that parenting is hard. Justin sighs. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/222
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Episode 221 - Digital Legacies
Justin and Stu accidentally frighten the bejesus out of themselves as they consider the admin load of death. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/221
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Episode 220 - Productivity Stacks 2026
Justin and Stu swap acronyms and jargon. Medical versus Accountancy. Nobody has a clue what anyone else is talking about. Business as usual, then. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/220
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Episode 219 - Where’s the Joy?
A palate cleanser after the heavy vibe of last week’s show. (And another plug for the classic movie (Justin’s favourite) Love Actually.) Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/219
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Episode 218 - The Opioid Crisis
Two bewildered old men try to work out addiction and how best to deal with it. People dying on our streets. Is that the best we can do? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/218
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EPISODE 217 - 2026 PROJECTIONS / GOALS / THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO
JT and Stu walk through their goals for 2026 (and try to outdo each other in grumpiness). Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/217
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EPISODE 216 - ENSHITTIFICATION OF THE INTERNET. HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Stu’s grumpy. JT is getting into leather. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/216
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Episode 215 - If we don’t go to the office, where do we meet people?
Stu’s confused. People study online, work online, even date online. Where do we expect younger folk to learn people skills? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/215
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Episode 214 - Christmas chaos
JT is in a Christmas mood - as long as Christmas comes exactly as specified... Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/214
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Episode 213 - Supercomputers or phones, as some call them
Mobile phones are essentially supercomputers, that do memes too. Damned by faint praise? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/213
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Episode 212 - Whoop!
Whoop! What is it? Why is it? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/212
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Episode 211 - Arete & Kakia
Justin poses a profound question on the Choice of Heracles, Stu responds with Tom & Jerry (although in a marginally less sibilant fashion than last week). Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/211
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Episode 210 - Memento Mori
The Giggle Bros get chatty about death. How jolly. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/210
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Episode 209 - A Solid Foundation
Justin is keeping his wheels and boosting Ring sales. Stu’s not doing very much at all. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/209
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Episode 208 - Rethinking the Material Stuff
Stu wants a medal for well, walking a bit and Justin wants more time for hobbies and more money for less work. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/208
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Episode 207 - Nice bag, big boy
Stu turning heads in London, while Justin supervises construction of a apocalypse-proof shed. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/207
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Episode 206 - Duck, Duck Jeep
Stu is playing, and losing, at Monopoly, and Justin fesses up to driving around with silly rubber ducks on his car windshield. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/206
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Episode 205 - Pole to Pole
Two spoiled middle-aged men have a privileged, first world problem whine before opining on things they barely understand. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/205
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Episode 204 - Apples, Desks and other First world Problems
Stu gets all gooey over Oakywood and ambivalent about Apples and Windows. Justin gets a new chainsaw and shed. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/204
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Episode 203 - Productivity Writers
The Best Ever Episode 203 of Stationery Adjacent. We’ve always been bright orange. #justsayin Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/203
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Episode 202 - Life before the Internet?
No! Really. There was life before the internet. Two old men meander through their failing memories of getting by without the World Wide Web Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/202
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Episode 201 - What makes a good desk?
Stu is embarrassed by the sheer volume of computer equipment in his house and is horrified by Apple’s interface devices. Justin casually mentions his "home office complex”. Is JT actually a Bond villain? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/201
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Episode 200 - Living with Tourists
Justin finds the marauding hordes of millennial wine hooligans unbearable, while Stu appreciates Cyprus' divide and conquer strategy. first world problems, anyone? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/200
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Episode 199 - The Belated Watches
Travel. Wildfires. Illness. What a month it has been! Justin eases Stu back onto the podcasting saddle. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/199
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast at the intersection of analog and digital productivity
HOSTED BY
Justin Twyford and Stuart Lennon
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