Unprescribed Journeys

We slow things right down and seek some calm and solitude on a desert island. Get yourself one of those hard-to-open green coconuts for the full immersive experience!

Sorry that this one took a while to publish. Some good people have needed looking after. I've left it extra long for you, just how you like it.

Prologue: My Perfect Wave

Concept, script, voices, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Theme by the inimitable Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay.

Content Warnings:

-Swearing

-Decapods

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected], find me on Bluesky @unprescibedpod.bsky.social or on Tumblr @unprescribedjourneys.

Leave your luxury items behind. We're not doing an homage to Desert Island Discs, here, after all.

Take a back seat and unwind for the season, while we look in on someone else's Christmas.

Prologue: Christmas Past

Concept, script, voice, caroling, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Theme by Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay.

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected], find me on Bluesky @unprescribedpod.bsky.social or Tumblr @unprescribedjourneys

Content Warnings:

-Swearing

-One mention of a dead animal (not a dog or cat), with no further description

-More saccharine than usual

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas.

Just a cosy little trip to the English countryside in time for Halloween. No surprises. Nice and gentle. Possibly.

Content warnings with SPOILERS at the bottom.

Prologue: Your Jaw

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Theme by Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay.

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected], find me on Bluesky @unprescibedpod.bsky.social or Tumblr @unprescribedjourneys.

Content Warnings (SPOILERS):

-Swearing

-Wounds

-The living dead, complete with decomposition

-Possessed dolls and other monsters

-Fire

Don't stray from the path.

We head to the futuristic universe of a certain 20th-Century author. Don't worry; you'll totally know his work. Best behaviour, please.

Prologue: Debate Me

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Featuring guest voice contributions from the alarmingly talented Kitty Devlin! I know! You can find her on Instagram @akittydevlin.

Brand new hideous Sci-Fi bar music by brilliant sadist Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay.

Content Warnings:

-Swearing

-Heights, but not in a particularly scary way

-Snake mention in the epilogue

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected], find me on Bluesky @unprescibedpod.bsky.social or Tumblr @unprescribedjourneys.

Nobody's getting fed to anyone.

We decide to just calm down and have a nice, quiet walk around an art gallery to consider some different perspectives.

Don’t worry! If you’re not familiar, you can have a quick look at the works discussed on the ol' website.

Prologue: Two Men

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Intro and outro Music by Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Soothing voice by Jacqueline Harper. Find her at jacquelineharper.com or on Instagram @jacqueline__harper.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay.

Content Warnings:

-Adult themes

-Some very brief references to taxidermy, things under the water, and mental health problems.

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected], find me on Bluesky @unprescibedpod.bsky.social or Tumblr @unprescribedjourneys.

Gardening 101

A leisurely beginner gardening session and an opportunity to really reconnect with nature. Plunge your hands into the soil with me.

Prologue: New music?!

Intro and outro Music by Adam Felman. Find him at adamfelman.com or on Instagram @felmanmusic.

Soothing voice by Jacqueline Harper. Find her at jacquelineharper.com or on Instagram @jacqueline__harper.

Neither of them really need plugs from me but they’re both awesome.

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guynamed Jamie.

Additional music and sound effects from Pixabay, or by mewhispering menacingly into the mic.

Content Warnings:

-One non-graphic reference to a historic death by mushroom poisoning

-Mild body horror

-Spiders

-An expression of frustration at British nationalism.

-Swearing

-Brief references to cordyceps and brown roll rim fungi and copious references to the general mycelial network.

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Further Reading

Interested in rewilding? I highly recommend Rebirding by Benedict Macdonald, Wilding by Isabella Tree and Feral by George Monbiot as good places to start!

Interested in fungi? Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life will tell you a million things that you didn’t realise you didn’t know.

We begin by reading a kind message from new fan Professor Sean Byrge, and then explore the world just beyond our comfort zones by travelling to an unknown location.

Prologue: Content Warnings

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie. Music and Sound Effects from Pixabay.

Content Warnings (Containing Spoilers):

-Non-Lethal bleeding (not described graphically)

-Distant gunfire

-Mortal danger

-Swearing

Want to say hi? You can email [email protected] or find us on Bluesky, @unprescribedpod.bsky.social

Try to embrace uncertainty today.

We imagine our dream kitchen and then mindfully go through the steps of baking a delicious celebration cake.

Prologue: A Dream of Tuscany

Concept, script, voice, bad clarinet, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Music and Sound Effects from Pixabay.

Content warnings:

-Swearing

-Swearing

-Mild sexual innuendo

-Swearing

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Please wash your hands.

Don't be alarmed. We travel to an immaculate, traditional home in Hokkaido, Japan. Let's keep it respectful, please.

Prologue: My Promise to You

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Music and Sound Effects from Pixabay.

Content warnings:

-Swearing

-Fire

-Woke

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Don't forget to check your batteries.

I berate you, briefly, and then we pay a cosy visit to your childhood bedroom in the Nineties.

Prologue: What Washed Up

Concept, script, voice, editing and logo all by some guy named Jamie.

Music and Sound Effects from Pixabay.

Content warnings:

-Existential dread

-Climate Change

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