The Bite is on the Air

And I don’t mean that sweet pre-autumn chill

Like apparently every other mouthy wanker on the planet, I haz a podcast now.

My Five By Five Times podcast links to all five of my Substack publications. I hope to publish a new episode every weekday at 7pm. Or sometime every weekday, anyway. I have ADHD, okay? I’ll just do my best with what little dopamine I can produce by relentlessly doomscrolling on Twitter, still the world’s best brain chemical slot machine.

Sometimes it’ll be just me reading my articles aloud, but I’ll also be having some smashing guests on. A wonderful man used to call me ‘Melly Flewers’ because he found my voice mellifluous, even when I was cussing. (Maybe especially then, bless him). My technical skills are shit mind you, but I guess I’ll improve with practice. Curse you, Garageband, and that cheapass Temu podcast mic I bought that doesn’t fucking work.

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Also related to my borked brain, I’m ignoring the best practice advice re. podcasts about sticking to a niche. Fuck that. If you like pic ‘n mix sweets, you’ll love this action.

Mondays: The Acorn, on creative renaissance at midlife and older.

Tuesdays: The Bite, potty-mouthed politics with sarcasm, but always punching up.

Wednesdays: Cymru Conversations, about all things Wales, and empowering writers.

Thursdays: Plot Twist, on dealing creatively with news of neurodivergence in midlife and older. I’ll launch the Substack publication for that the same day.

Fridays: Just a Moment – enchantments and glimmers, linked to my longest-running Substack, Five By Five Times.

You’ll be surprised how well-behaved and sweet-natured I can be if you listen to or read anything not-The-Bite. As I say in this About page 👆🏼 Jungian psychology demands that I let my Shadow Self out to play somewhere.

This is that playground. Thank you for playing with me. So to speak.

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