an ADEQUATE podcast

By John-Paul Flintoff

A podcast about speaking and performance. It's ADEQUATE, because I can't do perfect.

The presenter is John-Paul Flintoff (me, the chap typing this sentence), author of seven books, published in 16 la... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about an ADEQUATE podcast:

How many episodes does an ADEQUATE podcast have?

The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.

an ADEQUATE podcast episodes:

January 20, 2021 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, author of the New York Times bestseller Thank You For Arguing.
We touch on the differences between British and American speaking styles, and Jay shares a remarkable discovery he made when he researched the differences between Democrat and Republican political speeches - a difference that may help to explain why Republicans have consistently been more successful than polls might suggest.
If you'd like to hear more from Jay, send me a message with your question, and I'll ask him for another interview. Or ask him directly. His website is here: https://jayheinrichs.com/
Jay's book: https://amzn.to/2KJYQdk
My book: https://amzn.to/39ZJ7zz
...more
16min
January 15, 2021 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 - adding that the TED style talk isn't always right.
Later in the episode, I share with you what I got back from the magazine after submitting the story I read aloud in Episode 1 - and what I did about it.
Read about Helen by clicking here: Salon London.
...more
13min
January 08, 2021 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 all my greatest fears to have come true..."
I've written and submitted a story to a magazine about my greatest humiliations as a public speaker. I've read it aloud for this first episode, along with a short interview I did with an incredible man who lived trapped inside his body for 14 years, unable to communicate. I hope you find Martin Pistorius as inspiring as I do.
We all have something to share, and self-expression is a gift. Whether you do it by writing, drawing or speaking, I hope this podcast will encourage you to do it more.
Find out more about Martin.
...more
22min
January 07, 2021 an ADEQUATE podcast (Trailer)
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
1min
December 08, 2020 Grand Finale: Over To You.
In our last group zoom call, participants on the 30 day course finally delivered a talk to each other. And what a variety there was.
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
1h 12min
December 08, 2020 Group Zoom V | With special guest Steve Chapman
In this episode, two days before participants are due to give their speeches, Steve Chapman popped in to do something I've never seen before: he watched back a TEDx he gave a few years ago, while we watched with him.
Before we showed that talk, Steve talked a bit about his preparation, and afterwards he answered questions and comments.
For copyright reasons, I've had to cut out the main course - Steve's TEDx talk itself - but you can find it here:
https://bit.ly/36j1UoT
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
59min
November 19, 2020 On Copying Great Writing
Great writers and speakers become great because they learn from those who went before them. In this episode, you'll hear about a writer who copy-typed whole books, just to see how it felt to write a masterpiece.
And you'll hear some examples of much shorter works - mere sentences, but great sentences - that I copied out in order to internalise and re-use their structure for my own purposes.
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
7min
November 18, 2020 Your Audience: Everyone is Interesting and Attractive
How to overcome the dread of speaking? One way is simply to allow yourself to find something in your listeners that's appealing. Not to force it, but to allow yourself to notice it.
This episode is taken from a recent one-to-one session, but cut so that you can only hear me speaking. If you find it helpful, please let me know. And if there's more I can add or explain - tell me that!
Thank you.
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
10min
November 17, 2020 Mindset: You can do everything wrong and still be a great speaker
Helen Bagnall has run speaking events for a decade. They're ticketed events: audiences actually pay to hear the speakers. In this short interview, Helen gives hope to anybody who might worry about doing it "wrong".
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
23min
November 09, 2020 Group Zoom II
In which we discuss Arrangement, the second canon of rhetoric.
This hour-long session involved discussion in breakout rooms, which (with a few other little bits) has been removed to make a shorter, smoother podcast episode.
---
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jpflintoff/message
...more
44min

FAQs about an ADEQUATE podcast:

How many episodes does an ADEQUATE podcast have?

The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.