Welcome to episode 33 of StroongeCast.

Warning: This particular podcast contains spoilers for Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 1, 'Common People.'

If you plan to watch it and haven't done so, please skip this podcast.

If you don't plan to watch it and don't mind us talking about it, stick around.

In this episode we discuss the merits and problems of paying to keep your partner alive after an accident using technology.

Some blurb from IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/episodes/?season=7

When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.

Our news story this week about chimps enjoying fermented fruit: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/22/chimpanzees-alcoholic-fruit-University-of-Exeter/7111745344700/

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Welcome to episode 32 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we talk about those things that scared us as children, whether that be monsters in the rubbish chute or beneath the waves, to the music from The X-Files TV show, or nightmares that stuck with us into adulthood because they felt so visceral at the time.

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Welcome to episode 31 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we tell you about our sixteenth wedding anniversary which is today, 18th April, and about the problems of not having any running water at the moment. It's also Good Friday as we record this, so to those who celebrate, we wish you a happy Easter.

Wedding of Andre and Kirsten on YouTube

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Welcome to episode 30 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss school teachers (the good, the bad and the ugly), things they said, and the ramifications of telling a child 'You'll never amount to anything', rude teachers, great teachers, inspirational teachers, angry house parents, verbal warnings for simply asking questions and more.

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Welcome to episode 29 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss what we did during the school holidays, as this episode falls directly at the start of our children's Easter holiday period.

Kirsten tells us about visiting her grandparents in the south of France and flying by herself at a very young age, whilst Andre regales us with some of the experiences that a bunch of blind students on a two-hour train journey got up to, on the way home from boarding school to London.

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Welcome to episode 28 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss all sorts of strange jobs from years gone by such as 'Wool Fuller,' 'Panda Cuddler' and even a Gong Farmer' which Andre was saddened to find out is not growing giant metal gongs and ringing them.

Kirsten tells us all the jobs she's done around animals and Andre tells us about his wish to have been a train driver.

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Welcome to episode 27 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss all sorts of names. Our names, the names of other people, unusual place-names and the difficulty people often have pronouncing names correctly.

If you have a name that you find people often mispronounce or even misspell, let us know so we can attempt to get it right.

Some sources for this episode include:

Britain's Rudest Place names:

https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/britains-rudest-place-names

The article about Fish:

https://apnews.com/article/fish-doorbell-netherlands-internet-streaming-f09da0435a61e88a1d7b0372920bb7da

The Fish Doorbell:

https://visdeurbel.nl/en/

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Welcome to episode 26 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss the fact that for the most part, we holiday separately as a couple, and why we choose to do so.

Kirsten takes the children on holidays geared towards long walks with the dogs, farm visits and plenty of outdoor spaces, whilst Andre often stays home to make music in the piece and quiet, or sometimes has a gig of his own which clashes with the week away.

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Welcome to episode 25 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss the idea of banning phones in schools, what it means for communicating with parents, and some of the measures schools have taken to curb the use of phones both on and off school grounds.

This will likely be quite a polarising episode and we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments, whether you're a parent or not.

The BBC article that sparked this discussion: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8plvqv60lo

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Welcome to episode 24 of StroongeCast.

In this episode we discuss the things that we think we know about our partners (or don't) and the things our partners should know about us.

Do you know their allergies, favourite foods/colours/films etc? Do they know yours too?

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