Daniel looks forward to a cold beer. Trip to the airport shows the connectedness of all things. Daniel plays trick on Jayne. Sarah misdirects her Mum to the wrong side of Waterloo bridge. Daniel realises he is connected to his feet after walking the Camino. Digging deep to find the resolve to get through challenging times. Running toe-heel rather than heel-toe. Supermodel catwalk technique. I’m Your Toy by Elvis Costello referenced. Sarah goes to see “Christine and the Queens” and is transfixed. How to meet the dancing girls after the show. Child bearing hips discussed. Bumping into long lost friends and other consequences. Nudges and the hand of God apparent in your life. Daniel talks to his Vicar and Rabbi for divine inspiration and breaks protocol at the cathedral of Santiago. The swinging botafumeiro incense burner captured. The right time in life to do things and much more.

Sarah ups the energy levels. Dental care routine. Wisdom teeth. Classic idea of a wise face. Are women wise or knowing? The bearded rabbi. Eastern images like Confucius. Importance of a beard for the right look. Using spectacles as a prop to look wise. Judges as classic wise image, Is there a wise world leader? Not Sunak or Biden. Covid measures lacked wise heads. Holistic approach to risk. Driving at 10mph will stop road deaths. Panic measures resulting from creating fear. Dispassionate judgements vs lived experience. The “animal spirits” according to Keynes. Churchill discussed as leader, painter, writer and bricklayer. All of my life has been a preparation for this moment. Integrating experiences into better decisions and much more.

Sarah talks about lift crash anxiety. Daniel can’t breathe when cornered by a beautiful woman. The A&E motto: “Don’t just do something, stand there.” Three Mile Island panic reaction, ironically at a nuclear reactor. Fools rush in…..Getting free stuff “on the house”. Tunnels and fear of being trapped. Keeping your head when all around are losing theirs. Heroes in an emergency. Presence of mind. General Patton speech on D-Day. Queen Elizabeth I rallying cry at Tilbury. Sarah gets locked in the loo and suffers lifelong trauma. Being trapped by mining accidents and earthquakes. Solly miraculously landing a plane on the Hudson. Making decisions in the heat of the moment. Apollo 13 discussed.. Cabin fever and being trapped. Daniel talks about his fear of blind tunnels and being corralled. Provoking fear and inciting over-reactions online. A new form of digital entrapment. Sex and being tied up. Trapped in relationships. Windowless rooms. Cellars are very scary places. “Inside Man” referenced. Daniel nearly compliments Sarah and much more.

Daniel and Sarah have not quite finished breakfast before recording starts. So it’s a slow burn but worth persevering. How to gate crash a picnic. Circling the wagons. Sarah goes climbing on a first date. Being moody for attention . Mo Mowlem breaks the Irish deadlock by breaking the historic mood using Daniel’s 3 rules. Sulking as a power play. Being number 2 or 3 on the birth order and sulking into later life. Using food and drink to influence mood. Being unfair to waitresses. Music to change mood. Confusion over Pavlovas and Pavlovian reactions. Taking people up and down the emotional spectrum. Making someone laugh and smashing things to change the mood. Opening the curtains to throw light on a gloomy situation. The calming effect of lavender and pets. The Birds will Still be Singing” (Elvis Costello) versus “The World Goes Round” play off and much more…..

A musical account from (14.30 minutes) of Vueling night time jettisoning 200 pilgrims at Santiago De Compostella airport.

Sarah jumps the gun. Daniel has a trick when going to the dentist and at ALDI Shop & Go camera operated store. Odd numbers and Daniel buys three of a kind. Making faces to get recognised by the NatWest banking app. The more AI takes hold the more we must assert our humanity through wit and humour. The system at Colditz made rule breakers out of our POWs. Sarah cheats the train system. Daniel gets caught by his wife early one morning wearing his Y-fronts and a beret. All is revealed. Nearly all anyway. Sarah loses her reflection. Dinner at the Coal Office. Vlad from Transylvania makes us feel like royalty. Sarah has a boozy week and goes to a 24 hour play with Ruth Wilson in the early hours. Why its not a good idea to be too compliant. AI systems suffering from personality disorders like Marvin from Hitchhiker’s Guide.

Different sources of energy. You can come alive in different ways. Beauty. A muse. Sex. Work. Hobbies. Anger. Exercise. Music. Art. Expression. Photography. Daniel photographs his brother’s wedding. The importance of life skills. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cooks draw beautifully. Most people had artistic expression or a sing along repertoire. The need to look and concentrate and draw accurately, learn your lines or music. Downplaying soft skills at school and leaving you unprepared for presentations which are critical to work success. Sarah tried out a huge range of pursuits as a child encouraged by her Mum and Dad including Irish dancing. The dangers of the video cosh. Persistent encouragement from parents/carers. Building new interests and pursuits into your routine. Daniel gets bored by Sarah but it all ends well and much more.

Daniel gets in a tangle over a double whiskey. A good bartender. Danger of being replaced by machines, robots and AI if you don’t engage and use humour. Incompetence and narcissism compared. Daniel wastes 35 years of good behaviour at the Moules Frites restaurant with one explosion. The French don’t have the game of Snakes&Ladders. Following procedures, not your judgement. Compliance discussed around the film “Coming Home in the Dark”. Comparison with “The Hit” from the 1980s. Denial of humanity and its dangers. Sarah’s trip to Jersey posing as young bride/gold digger material. Bloomsbury Set and the Pre-Raphaelites were just after removing objections to sex. Oscars gone woke, Dangers of AI diagnosis when you have an axe in your head. Being generally less compliant and much more.

Daniel and Sarah discuss the movie Sightseers part road trip, part couple serial murderers. Cinema warnings when it’s too late to leave. Scary theatrical tricks in “Dracula the Bloody Truth”. Bomb disposal as the scariest job. The English Patient discussed. Dogs and fireworks. April’s fools. Daniel shocks Sarah. Room 101 and your greatest fears. Anticipating torture is worse than the reality. Children being scared by stories while feeling safe. Clowns. Masks and fixed faces. Sarah intervenes with disturbed guy on the tube. Danger seekers and scaredy-cats. Piper Alpha disaster and jumping from height into water. False safety in numbers. Being scared of the dark. Fight or flight reaction and freezing. The primal scream. Sarah scared by whirling dervisher brushes at a car wash. Daniel traumatised by Struwwelpeter, from Germany.

Daniel and Sarah hit a new audience milestone. Online grocery substitutes. Buying Himalayan salt in bulk. Using Avios to get a discount. Going large, Chatting up Emma. The eject button of being (claiming to be) gay. Smokehouses and kippers. Talking at Jazz venues and awkward silences. Men using sex to get a better deal. Daniel’s moment of reverie as he goes all Guru. The power-of a muse to inspire a creative person. Playing 20 questions….animal, vegetable or mineral. Dark Water:an American Story radio play discussed (link below). Julia Cameron the pioneer photographer. Darwin and much more…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0006zl8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile