an ADEQUATE podcast: episodes
an ADEQUATE podcast – Episode list
A podcast about creative self-expression, through writing, drawing and performance. ADEQUATE, because I can’t do perfect.
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52. Give voice to silence | what to make of getting no reply
John-Paul Flintoff discusses the challenges of editing audio for his podcast and shares insights from listeners working on family heirloom stories. He highlights Charmian's project…
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51. Lost bag of letters | Charmian speaks
In this episode, we meet Charmian as she recounts the panic she felt when she couldn't find her father’s wartime letters and the bittersweet emotions…
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50. Unlocking Family Histories | JPF reads his emails
John-Paul Flintoff introduces this episode as a reading of his latest newsletter, hinting at the intriguing family history contained within.- The newsletter delves into a…
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49: Turn your family story into an heirloom
John-Paul Flintoff explains how to combine family histories with artefacts to make cherished heirlooms. Drawing inspiration from a request by "Special Projects member X" to…
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48. Unlock your family story | A step-by-step guide (join me!)
John-Paul Flintoff received a request from a patron to help turn a bag of WWII letters written by her father into a story.Flintoff is excited…
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47. Crashing Boris Johnson’s party
John-Paul Flintoff tells a friend he once went undercover at a fundraising event for Boris Johnson. Flintoff explains how newspapers and media outlets often try…
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46. "Conversations That Changed Everything" | JPF Reads His Emails 06-11-2024
John-Paul Flintoff reflects on conversations that can change everything, by reading aloud his November newsletter to make the content more accessible. The newsletter reflects on…
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33 "I seriously thought of leaving", he told me...
One of the participants on a week-long residential course for writers got in touch with me afterwards...
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36 How Making Your Introductory Video Is Easier With Help
A bit of a change in tone, today
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35 A mile of steam
Using a podcast to make things visible.
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34 As It Happens, on the BBC
Andy Kershaw blew my mind.
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32 A human replies.
Contact! 🗣️👂🏻
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31 Just a human on Earth
Inspired by Carl on Behaviour Gap Radio I am going to do higher frequency, shorter episodes, without ever striving to be more than adequate
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25 Epic: Dark Arts of Politics + Heroic Victory
How Keir Starmer engineered (?) a standing ovation. And how Emma Raducanu fell over, and got up again.Plus, an assortment of unexpected rhymes.If you read this…
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24 So So So So So Beautiful
How To Write. In this episode, I bring you the sound of three authors writing - Tony McGowan, Jay Heinrichs and Ian Sansom - then…
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23 Pilita Clark Writing Her Column For The Financial Times
Pilita Clark is a columnist at The Financial Times. I used to sit next to Pilita when we both worked on the FT's Saturday magazine. I…
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22 Type Along With... Times Columnist X
In this episode, you can hear X writing one of his weekly columns for The Times. You can download the published column, and and "feel" the…
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21 The Sound of Blogging
M.S. said, why not record yourself typing? I did.
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133 Wedding Speech: Real-Life Coaching Example
A confident writer. Even fairly confident at speaking. But this is the first wedding speech. In this short conversation, you'll hear us take on the…
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Interview With My Psychiatrist, Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE
I first met Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE at the Nightingale Psychiatric Hospital, where I came to see her as a patient. As you will hear in…
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132 Show Your Process 4/5
Feedback, and what I did with it. Plus, why I’m wearing an orange bracelet with today’s date on it.
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131 Show Your Process 3/5
The Best Man Speech idea takes shape. The pop-up newsletter gets interest from Whizzers. Plus: What Jeff Walker did to sustain energy and impact.
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Show The Process When You Launch 2/5
In this mini-series, I talk about how much I have gained by showing my work in progress.Part 2 of 5. You should listen to part…
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129 Show The Process When You Launch. Part 1 of 5
Putting something into the world can be a lot easier if you share the process, even or especially when it’s a bit messy. In this…
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128 Finding Your Own Style, and Sticking With It | Interview with James Mayhew
In this episode, James Mayhew talks about the process of finding his own style as a young man - initially, by copying others. If you're…
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127 How to pull off a month-long creative project.
I failed to do it last year. I was determined to do it this year. In this episode I look back on it, in hope…
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126 26. "Everybody needs a good listening to". Author Wendy Jones on putting other people's voices first
Why would a writer put themselves into the background? Wendy Jones has written many kinds of books - fiction, and for children - but in…
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125 25. Step inside: 10 Downing Street
Storytelling, companionship, holy places... It's all happening in this year's virtual, online pilgrimage from North London (where I live) to Canterbury. It takes place entirely…
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124 24. "I Thought I Didn't Need Supervision" | Interview with Jenny Rogers
Jenny Rogers stumbled into it, years ago. She didn't even know it had a name - not till she found a handful of others were…
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123 23. On being a journalist x blogs, podcasts and broadsheets
I met some journalists who fled their homeland, and it got me thinking.
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122 22. How playing with formats creates entirely new content
In one hand you have content, and in the other hand you have formats. Mix them up!
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121 21. "When I'm On My Deathbed, I'll Remember This."
This episode covers so much, in one interview. Dr Nic Hooper talks to me about what it's like to prepare to publish his first book;…
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120 20. On the pleasure of copying out great writing by hand
Every great writer learns by copying the great writers of the past. For centuries, this involved collecting verbal wonders in a “commonplace book“. In this…
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118 19. What Happened to Joel's Artwork?
In which we hear again from Joel Levack, who featured in episode 11.
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117 17. My First Wedding Speech: blow by blow, by Rebecca Twomey
Rebecca Twomey is good with words. As a journalist, she knows a lot about dating, having written about it for several years. As an interviewer,…
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116 16. A Guide To Being A Coachy Friendy Agenty Kind Of Person
Steve Chapman was working with somebody a bit wooden, who wanted to be more natural. But how? You can't just say, "Be more natural". What…
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115 15. How To Talk About Something Delicate: a few suggestions
If you're talking about something delicate, it's important to set up expectations from the start. This episode contains the beginning of a workshop I delivered to…
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114 14. "It's A Sin To Bore For Jesus" + A lesson from impro
Ron Boyd-MacMillan wrote a remarkably useful and entertaining book, Explosive Preaching, which I picked up while researching my own book. His insights, intended to aid…
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113 13. Talking As Therapy, and Just Talking
Hannah Murray of Talk Radio Europe interviewed me about public speaking and mental health. She started with a welcome question about my breakdown. Audio courtesy…
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112 12. "Read it aloud" | Interview with Kris Dyer, voice wiz
I had hoped to record the audiobook myself. But Covid stopped that. After a few hours feeling sorry for myself, I came to see how…
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111 11. What Happened To Brendan? + Joel chops up the bar
In which I reveal what happened to Brendan Barns, after he put his home up as collateral to pay for his quirky dream. Plus, a…
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110 10. "Do I Have Sleepless Nights? I Do" | Brendan Barns + Guy Hayward
In this episode, I tell you about a man I interviewed (in real life) a while ago, because I interviewed him again more recently (on…
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19 9. How I Tried To Understand My Audience | Real-life example, with people I didn't know
Creative Conscience helps young people focus on using their talents to share things that matter. In this episode I tell a group of people I…
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18 8. How To Write A Book Proposal | Interview with agent Jaime Marshall
My new book is out. I just got hold of my first copies. It feels like I'm back on my feet as a writer. In…
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17 7. Rejection Game | highlight from a demo
Training in theatrical impro with Keith Johnstone, I learned to play The Rejection Game, in which one of the four people on stage must be…
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16 6. "You were almost painfully honest" | Jo Gubbay interview
I met Jo Gubbay when I was in a very dark place, on the Talk For Health training course that was the subject of the…
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15 5. An Apology + Nicky Forsythe interview
I shouldn't have done it, but in this episode I do it again - one last time - then I apologise. Later in the episode,…
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14 4. How to do "eye contact" on Zoom?
Audiences on Zoom, like audiences anywhere else, like to be acknowledged. They like to be "seen". If you can't literally see into their eyes, there…
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13 3. On American Speakers | Jay Heinrichs
Presidential Inauguration speeches are rare: just one every four years. To mark the special occasion, here's a bonus episode, featuring an interview with Jay Heinrichs,…
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12 2. “All wrong, still good” | Helen Bagnall interview
In this episode, festival organiser Helen Bagnall says that speakers who have something worthwhile to say can do it "all wrong" and still be good…
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11 1. My speaking disasters + Martin Pistorius interview
"Most of us dread speaking, even to a small gathering of friends and family. I certainly did, until I had spoken publicly often enough for…
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