Regular listeners will know that there are occasions in the West Park Park Bench Podcast that I have either dogs walking past or people walking past and it just gives me a moment to pause and see if my train of thought is still there on the other side.

We're in stories ...the stories that you choose to listen to the stories you choose to attend and the stories you choose to be present at, and the stories you choose to listen to. And I think that's what today has really emerged in my thinking as I was swimming up and down the pool. And as I was heading for the bench, what is today's topic going to be and it's stories.

The Twitter Spaces intro... turns out you can't record with Otter while hosting a Twitter Spaces session.

https://twitter.com/pcmcreative/status/1676175450828054530

This is episode 39 - Stories. This podcast is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠recorded using Otter.AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which generates a transcript. Its not perfect but⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠i⁠f you'd like it to help process the audio here is the link

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

stories, storyteller, Edinburgh Fringe, theatre, shows, spaces, topic, Beeston Tales, live, audience, Royal Historical Society, free fringe, realise, attend, cast, streaming, migrate, experience,

Timestamp Guide

• Intro to this episode. 0:03

• How do we market shows that have gay themes to audiences that aren’t gay? 0:59

  • Core audience.

• Cinema is more about the story than the characters. 2:09

  • The one special thing about theatre.

  • The turning wave in the entertainment industry.

• The importance of telling stories. 3:46

  • Stories are incredibly important, the diversity of stories.

  • The royal historical society lectures.

• Tales in the Jungle. 5:18

  • Beeston Tales, every third Wednesday.

  • The challenge is to enable the storyteller.

• Guest storyteller sessions. 6:34

  • Tim and Mike bring in a guest storyteller every month.

  • The two-hour story session.

• How much of yourself do you want to give the fringe? 8:00

  • Edinburgh fringe is a daunting thing to go to.

  • Live streaming podcasting platforms, clubhouse and twitter spaces.

I hadn't decided which of the three words I was going to use on the thumbnail. I used all three! Pivot Twist Pirouette. They tie in with the balance theme that I've had this year. This episode is about changing direction and a positive response when things don't quite go right.

You apply for something and you don't get the funding or you apply for something and you don't get the role. Freelancers spend a lot of time putting eggs in baskets and through precarious necessity in to a lot of baskets.

There's a lot of eggs moving around. How long do you keep a basket empty before recycling it? similar kinds of analogies of back burner pans. How large is your cooker? How many back burners can you have?

So Pivot Twist Pirouette...

This is episode 38 - Pivot, Twist, Pirouette. This podcast is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠recorded using Otter.AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which generates a transcript. Its not perfect but⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠i⁠f you'd like it to help process the audio here is the link⁠⁠⁠

SUMMARY

fringe, pivot, park bench, twist, free, year, balance, runes, pirouette, pirouettes, movement, project, episodes, TEDx, realised, putting, podcasts, programme, stopped

ep38. Pivot/Twist/Pirouette - West Park Park Bench Podcast

• Welcome to episode 38 0:03

• What was important to me in choosing a project? 1:31

  • The importance of having a long-lasting project.

  • Pivoting during covid-19.

• What is the free fringe? 3:13

  • PBH free fringe is a little annex of Edinburgh festival.

  • Pivot has been the saviour.

• Taking a show that brings people in. 5:40

  • The PBH free fringe brochure.

• The importance of twist and balance. 7:03

  • Pivoting through the summer and a portfolio piece.

  • Yoga for balance and Balance.

• The West Park Park Bench Podcast LIVE. 8:47

  • Pirouettes.

• The gift of balance. 10:10

  • The importance of listening to one's own advice.

• It isn’t about spirituality, it’s about self recognition. 12:01

  • Spirituality is about self-recognition, not just spirituality.

  • Three benched Treshnish podcasts coming soon.

This podcast, before I bottle out is pronouns, pronoun politics. From the off, if you are listening to this first of all, I am no expert in any of these topics. This is a personal reflection, as all of my podcasts are.

I just feel that I need to say because who knows... no one listens to my podcasts but the ChatGPT one had quite a few clicks and this one, with its topic might get some clicks.

So full disclosure.

This is episode 37 (again) - Pronoun Politics. This podcast is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠recorded using Otter.AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which generates a transcript. Its not perfect but⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠i⁠f you'd like it to help process the audio here is the link⁠⁠

SUMMARY

pronouns, people, correcting, feel, queer, podcasts, ally, outing, podcast, gender, banter, realised, non binary, femininity, listening, female, world, shelter, environment, swim

References Resources

Guidelines for entertainment professionals working with LGBT+ performers

https://bit.ly/equityuk-lgbt-casting-guidelines

• Tigger Blaize on Linkedin

Kit Connor Says He Was Forced to Come Out as Bisexual - Times Magazine

ep37 - Pronoun Politics - West Park Park Bench Podcast

• Pronouns Politics. 0:04

  • Welcome

  • Pronouns

• Owning it and being it. 1:47

  • LGBT gender awareness workshop run by Tigger Blaze.

  • Your pronouns

• I don't feel like an LGBT ally. 4:10

  • Being true to one's life story.

• Correcting pronouns when they’re not in the room. 5:15

• Outing yourself on social media. 6:57

  • The Netflix show where actor was vilified for playing a queer character.

  • Gender dysphoria.

• First podcast. 9:25

  • Top podcast listened to most.

  • LGBT, queer casting resources on equity website.

• Taking a pause and taking a breath. 11:01

  • The world is chaotic and frenetic.

• Pronouns on zoom calls. 12:13

  • The importance of having conversations about pronouns

  • Dyslexia and the extended use of pronouns.

• Embracing your gender. 14:09

  • The importance of embracing one's non-binary identity.

  • The MeToo movement and banter.