I REALLY hate it when scammers get savvy 🤬 It’s a great example of how we can show, rather than tell.
How to tell a boring story full of numbers 🤓 Well, goodness me, it’s Sunday again. I swear it was only a week ago we last spoke.
TFW it’s gonna be a long night 🙃 When you reads the words on the page and you take away the performance of the person who originally spoke …
Illegal signage prohibited in this area ⚠️ They were whimsical men-children who showed us that boys didn’t have to grow up right away.
Don’t drink the furniture polish ☠️ It’s well told, not overdramatic, and while I’m not sure yet if and how it ties into the larger story, …
Ewww… get your politics out of my art! 🫨 This episode shows the wisdom behind the pairing of Osman and Hyde. As Richard says, “I will never see a …
Have you heard about this whole glue-on-pizza thing? 🍕 In a more cookie-cutter podcast, this would be the clip you’d hear right at the beginning before the U2-style echoey …
A one-man show that will make your skin crawl In issue 1 I brought you a minute from a sci-fi horror podcast. Well, we’re back there again, only this …
This email is written in front of a live studio audience What if it turned out you were just a character in a sitcom? Would you be the hero, the love …
Forward this to five people and good things will happen I don’t know about you, but I have limited patience for films and TV shows that pile mystery upon mystery, …
Now you have a nazi bar The dimly-lit crustpunk bar was not a place where anyone would want to spend their evening, but that’s where Mike …
Selling pigeons to Chinese restaurants in exchange for crack I don’t travel on public transport all that often since my commute is the clichéd ten feet of the work-at-homeer. …
A hand-wrapped gift for your ears There’s something wrong with my building. Every so often, at random intervals, a little echoey bleep will be emitted from …
When reconciliation is based on gaslighting What is it about some humans that makes them brush their wrongdoings under the carpet and gaslight people into “moving …
The Tavistock and the fight for gender identity support Hey. The language in today’s issue is going to be a bit less playful than usual. Not because I want …
The fourth wall is the first casualty when D&D universes collide If you read my write-up of October’s Children you’ll know I’m a fan of those ballsy moments that make you …
Forensic science under the microscope In the UK we have a phrase: “cockup over conspiracy”, which cautions us against attributing malice to what is probably …
Explore the dark side of the Internet I woke up to a fun surprise in my podcast queue yesterday, which is the subject of this week’s newsletter.
Laughter and personal revelations Richard Herring is a British comedian who was – as so many of us were – big in the 90s. …
Jump into a sci-fi comedy podcast with heart How many podcasts have you loved that you were initially pretty lukewarm on? I remember I really didn’t like Answer …
The boy with the tortoise tattoo Many of us nerds have “a trilogy”. It could be The Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or The …
I know you must have loved me sometime Something you should know about me is I’m a big fan of the band Barenaked Ladies. What can I say? …
How the 🙁 expression exposed a hole in the spacetime continuum I feel like a man out of his own time stream. Somehow I seem to have Quantum Leaped into a …
You might not believe in ghosts, but they certainly believe in you When I was 27 I stayed in a house in Florida for a few weeks. On the first day I …
They say the Pacific has no memory I don’t know about you, but I feel like 2022 has outstayed its welcome. 2023 is laying like a coiled …
Twelve gold rings It’s Christmas day, and have I got a ruddy bloody good treat for you! As you read this, I plan …
Someone’s knocking at the door, somebody’s ringing the bell This week, I’m bringing you a minute of uninteresting, unremarkable, almost infuriatingly sparse audio. As soon as I heard it, …
When everything’s monetisable, what’s left just for you? I started learning the guitar in 2020 – electric first, then moving over to acoustic. I can bang out some …
A picture of you holding a picture of me Abandoned spaces fascinate me. For some reason, I always picture long, echoey hallways, peeling paint in muted colours, sunlight somehow …
Facing the man who ruined your life Hullo. I can’t believe this is only issue #3. It feels like we’ve been doing this for ages.
Knowledge by the slice Hullo, and welcome to issue #2! Thanks to everyone who’s had such kind things to say about this new venture. …
Roll over “Ben”, there’s a new killer rat in town Hullo. This is officially issue #1 of The Big Minute, and I’m gonna level with you: this first minute is… …
Bork Hullo, and welcome to the very first issue – or perhaps issue #0 – of The Big Minute, an exploration …