Episodes

  • Jolene Dissected: Trusting Your Emotions

    Jolene Dissected: Trusting Your Emotions
    May 6 2024
    Beyoncé’s rework of Jolene gets serious consideration in a wider discussion of relationships. Sexual politics. Venting basic emotions or letting them fester. Football and bullfighting might be a good channel for bad emotions which will find an escape somewhere maybe more dangerous. Purge and catharsis. . Spain and venting against officials once a year. The Avon Lady calling…actually Amazon delivering toilet paper and washing up liquid. Max Factor was not involved. The Scottish Hate Law having perverse consequences leading to outbreak of hate. Confrontations as a way of correcting bad behaviour. Impulsive behaviour, seeing red and heat of the moment. Criminal courts and displays of emotion. Perfection of society by new laws running up against human nature. Why not make adultery a crime? What impact would that have and does society know some wrongs cannot be contained. Taking it out on the punchbag and so much more…. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    53 mins
  • Buy, Steal, Negotiate

    Buy, Steal, Negotiate
    Apr 29 2024
    Luckily Sarah Steers Daniel away from discussing bleach and onto succumbent slumber, a totally new concept. Daniel tries to buy 4 rib eyes at all-camera Aldi. Enjoying things more when you get a discount. Getting a bit of a tickle or a little win. I’ll gotten gains….more or less enjoyable. Freebies give a disproportionate joy. Surreptitious succumbent slumber discussed. Leave things in your online shopping basket and wait for the discount code. Being strapped for cash and bondage. Uni grants back in the day. The Midas effect. Easy being good and moral with easy money but how would destitution affect the same people. There but for the grace of God go I. Surreptitious sublimated succumbent sleep. Tarte Tatin discussed. Buying things that fell off the back of a lorry or from a guy down the pub. Financial discipline with kids. Helping them get on the property ladder. Parental sacrifices and guilt vs over generosity and entitlement. Unconditional love but not unconditional money. Family companies and the problem with the entitled third generation. Easy come, easy go. Feeling cheated and squaring up. Being over-charged and how to respond. Ice cream scoops. Quarts of ice cream in America. Fixated by rules and forgetting to make the customer happy. Nobody wants to be taken for a fool or a ride even if the amounts are small. It’s about your self view and pride. Outdoor film projection. The wurst way to go and so much more….. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Fight Against Complacency

    The Fight Against Complacency
    Apr 22 2024
    A wide ranging chat circling the tricky subject of complacency and the need to resist the lazy options in life. On the way parking, compressed air, kamikaze pilots and the Fukushima disaster, curved balls and many other idiosyncratic topics get a look in. Complacency in relationships and stirring it up. You will love it. One of our classic takes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Use Your Goddamn Eyes

    Use Your Goddamn Eyes
    Apr 15 2024
    Sarah and Daniel discuss the true appreciation of the wonder of sight and capturing those memories and images on your camera/phone. But before they get down to business the issue of the day is bin outrage. Sarah has been on a family holiday in Togo in west Africa. The new “Ripley” discussed shot in black & white. Daniel gets caught cold by his Rabbi at Greenwich park while on a photo shoot. Le --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Your Time Thief

    Your Time Thief
    Apr 8 2024
    The dangers of routine, habit and addiction in robbing you of your time. Is going to the gym so much better than a brisk walk in the park? Carving out time to be free and flexible and allowing for the unexpected and unpredictable. Learning to say “no” and save time from declining stuff. Like notifications on apps. The dangers of the phone. “Angriest Man in Brooklyn” discussed around having 90 minutes to live. Bus stop roulette explained. Hunter gatherer existence. Filling your life with maintenance of your stuff. Freedom of shedding possessions and so much more… --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    46 mins
  • Pimp Your Tray

    Pimp Your Tray
    Apr 1 2024
    Daniel talks about the Waiter Race in Paris leading into a discussion about how a tray can make presentation and the theatre of restaurants so much more impressive. We discuss how to dress a tray and the joys of receiving a tray in bed. Find your perfect tray. Trays in pubs, canteens and McDonalds. Techniques and decoration tips included and so much more. You will look at the humble tray with new eyes and possibilities and impress your lovers and friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr
  • Live Fire

    Live Fire
    Mar 26 2024
    The magic and wonder of building and cooking over live fire. Daniel is unhappy with NatWest over a foreign exchange trade. Do not covet your neighbour’s wood store. Daniel discusses types of charcoal. Bichotan vs encina (holm oak). Techniques for building a fire. Coal vs wood. Layering a fire and building up to a large log. Collecting combustible materials. Stages of a fire through coals and embers. Seeing the fire as a living thing. Heat signature and dynamic heat range. Steam production. Electricity is made from steam. Boyle’s law. Barbecues and outdoor cooking. Sarah childhood memories of fanning the fire. Importance of high heat which you can get outdoors from close contact with coals. Telling stories around a campfire. Using the charcoal after a fire to paint faces. The dancing flickering light from a fire is magical. Daniel gets nostalgic about his old gas fired tumble driver with its whoosh of combustion and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Kitchen Special

    Kitchen Special
    Mar 19 2024
    Daniel reacts to medical advice about his blood sugar levels. Refuses a KitKat. Daniel discusses his home smoked nuts. Sarah has an allergic reaction to nuts. It started with a kiss…Hobbies and losing your economic sense. Daniel makes lamb tagine. Chutneys: beetroot vs tomato. The beauty of the kitchen not related to the quality of output. Lentil soup. Daniel makes it before going to the cinema. Frittering away your time. Sarah makes creamed spinach. Trial and error, tasting and adjusting until it’s right. Following recipes as opposed to understanding the science in cooking. Russian or rushing. Daniel had a volumetric angst moment. Archimedes and his Eureka moment. Removing salt with a potato. Importance of high heat. Caremelising sugars. Dunking veg in ice water. Texture and mouth feel in food. Importance of crunch. Kitchen equipment fetishists. Daniel makes caramel in his Y-fronts and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support
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    1 hr and 11 mins