What Now with Simo
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What Now with Simo is a arts podcast hosted by Simo Sakari Aaltonen. It has 82 episodes, with the latest published July 2025.
A freeform, wide-ranging podcast by writer and composer Simo Sakari Aaltonen on any topics foremost on his mind at the time of recording. The seasons are also collected in book form. Some favourite topics include creativity and all the arts — music, films, screenplays, fiction, poetry, comics, games, comedy, and everything in between. Messages from listeners welcomed for possible inclusion in an episode. Note that sending a recording for inclusion in an episode of this podcast implicitly gives permission to do so.
arts ·en ·82 episodes
5.17 End, Middle, and Beginning
5.16 On a Train, Mystery, Love, and the Four Elements
5.15 Windows of Opportunity, Aims, and Seven Works in Seven Months
5.14 4th Anniversary Special: Passages Dark and Light II
5.13 In the Dream Spa Part Under Construction
5.12 Rendezvous at the Dream Café
5.11 Summer Day, Rainy Night
5.10 Danger of Triviality, Creative Practicalities, and New Music
5.9 Programmed Addictions, Wasted Life, and Alternatives
5.8 Early Music Archive, Lou Doillon, and Room to Imagine
5.7 In Which I Talk Baloney in the First Collage Episode
5.6 In Which I Share Rainy Night Thoughts on My Balcony
5.5 Anti-Podcasting, Demystifying Creativity, and Lasting Work
5.4 Book Vision, More Silence, and Finnish Woods
5.3 Lake, Respect, and a Simple Question
5.2 Tales of Tales, on a Train, Heading South
Pierre Estève 2022–2023 Special — Part 2
5.1 Nordic Insights, Future Plans, and Past and Present
Pierre Estève 2022–2023 Special — Part 1
4.16 Creative Basics, Visions, and Fog
4.15 Northern Dream, Morricone and Tiomkin, and Tremendous Freedom
4.14 Sky Flowers, Just One More Thing, and Three Ravens or Crows
4.13 Wild at Heart, Negative Space, and Petering Out
4.12 In Which I Go Rowing Without Talking
4.11 Lake, Land of Youth & Beauty, and Plans
4.10 In Which I Go on a Picnic
4.9 2nd Anniversary Special
4.8 Northern Lights, Op. 2 No. 1: “A Beginning Is a Difficult Place to End”
4.7 Notes to Self, Plastic People, and Symphonies Then and Now
4.6 Warmth, Light, and Freedom of Expression
4.5 A Christmas Song
4.4 Winter, First World Poems, and Finding Life Again
4.3 Misuse of Language, Harmful Thoughts, and Winds That Come and Go
4.2 Room, a Repeat, and Norm Macdonald
4.1 Welcome Aboard, a Look Back, and a Look Forward
3.14 A Discussion with Pierre Estève — Part 2
3.13 A Discussion with Pierre Estève — Part 1
3.12 Basic Human Truths, Healing, and an Art Evening
3.11 Bradbury Land, Kindness from a Stranger, and Happiness
3.10 An Iceland Symphony, on the Lake, Early in the Morning
3.9 Philip Glass, Early Days, and Remaining Free
3.8 Rod Serling, Writing, and the Clear Stage
3.7 Straight Talk, Dreams, and Listening to That Voice
3.6 1st Anniversary Special with David Lee Homb — Part 2
3.5 1st Anniversary Special with David Lee Homb — Part 1
3.4 Freedom of Theatre and Music, Good Life, and Status Update
3.3 The Right Stuff, No Wrong Stuff, and Sensuality
3.2 Staying on Course, True Unwinding, and TV
3.1 An Invitation, Blue Velvet, and Clothes in Comics
2.16 Eighty-Six, Art & Love, and the Land of Youth and Beauty
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