We are back to finish off the rest of the century so far. We are starting in 2013, covering some unanswered questions and taking our sweet time getting to last year. Wiggo and Nick also give their picks from the years as well. Grab a pen or open a doc and start doing your homework, or listen to 3 people talk a lot about things they like.

(110 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 23/1/26)

Well hello old friends, we are back for a soft return. I thought I’d do a little project to amuse myself and I brought along Wiggo and Nick. We discuss my 25 films of the century so far. I pick one film per year. We also discuss other movies from the year and we talk so much it must be in 2 parts.

It’s nice to be back.

(92 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 16/1/26)

It’s the soft ending of the podcast you’ve come to know and like over the past 12 years and joining me for this rude surprise is Nick, Wiggo and Alyson for the last time . . . maybe. We talk about stopping things we’ve enjoyed, and the need to pivot and pivot and pivot. We also talk a fair bit about chafe. Thank you for listening.

(67 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 4/7/25)

Author Inga Simpson (Willowman, Mr Wigg) joins me once again to talk about her latest book, The Thinning. It’s a book about hope and action against things we do and don’t notice. That’s pretty vague but I don’t like spoilers. It’s a really good. We talk about writing in voice, the struggle of connecting ideas, the stars, darkness. We mention someone we shouldn’t and they messed with the internet connection.

Check out Inga’s works here.

(40 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 18/4/25)

Alyson and Wiggo join me to discuss a lot of stuff. Have we saved lives? Yes! Human lives? Find out. 1 band and 2 singers of discussion, what are the red flags we see in ourselves, how we were liars in our adolescence, and what it feels to be the heartbreaker.

(58 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 11/4/25)

My dad spoke with me on the mic for the first time in 9 years. It was the day before he turned 75 and we discuss how that feels, and how it feels to see things change around you when you have lived in the same place for 5 decades.Dad likes to tell a story so we go all over the place and some things may be confusing for those not in the family.

Happy 75th Pedro.

(46 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 4/4/25)

Adam Lovgren joins me in the season opener to talk about how the US is going about now. We recorded just after the California fires and we discussed these, and our kids moving on without us. We then get into a big life change for Adam and the impacts on various things in his life.

(62 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 28/3/25)

To end the year I go over the films, books and music I’ve enjoyed throughout the year. It’s just me talking. Merry New Year to you all from all of us at The Chatterings. See you in the new year.

(55 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 31/12/24)

The 4 of us from the 200th are back for the season finale where we go through all the questions we hadn’t got to before. Funeral ideas, problematic sports, hot chips, art and artists, teaching strategies and unused talents. I also tell a story previously unheard on this podcast that is pretty weird.

Thank you for joining us beyond 200. See you next year.

(90 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 29/11/24)

Emily Squires joins me again to discuss many things about books and how creativity works. We go over miscommunication with your children and how to weigh up decisions that impact our kids. We also discover a book that the New York Times described as ‘Surprisingly tedious.’

(56 mins – Right click / long press here to download – 22/11/24)