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Simon from Windmill guitars joins us for a chat this week! What a lovely fella! We talk about cars, guitars and xanny bars! He recommends Ryan McMullan's 'Debut' album and Rhiannon suggests 'The Rescue' as the film. *SPECIAL OFFER* Windmill Guitars are going to give a free capo with every guitar starter pack from now til xmas if you say "El Capo" or "NDMA podcast". Thanks Simon!

We're joined by a literal literary legend this week, Colin Bateman. Writer of Divorcing Jack, creator of Murphy's Law and screenwriter of Driven, The Journey and a top secret project he lets slip right on this episode! We also have some kinky News, some Prestidigitation, Colin recommends 'Dune'(2021) and just remember if you're feeling overwhelmed that it's all good, Everything is Everything. [email protected]

Seedhead Arts founder Adam Turkington joins us this week! Seedhead curated all of the incredible street art popping up across Belfast, Bangor and Ards. They offer guided tours of the Belfast art, tickets available from The Black Box. In addition to Seedhead, creative producer Adam has a business called Daisy Chain Inc. which creates a vital link between Government bodies who have money to spend and the artists who need it. We're not being Ultracrepidarian when we talk about 'Cabin In The Woods', nor when we learn what a 'Joint' is in Opening Hip Hop. Do the World a favour and listen to John Prine's self titled album from 1971, and that's coming from someone who thinks Hip Hop is the gods' music.

This week we get bollocked so you don't have to! Gillian works in QUB, lecturing in clinical psychology, she has spent the last 15 years researching drug and alcohol abuse. She's done studies into what quantity of which substance people have taken in a night club, how the alcohol unit guidance does work in the real world of harm reduction and how artists and musicians' mental health is affected by offers of 'working for exposure' or perhaps worse, being paid in alcohol. Sounds like heavy stuff talk but I don't think it is, can't remember. I do know that the album everyone should listen too is Biggie's 'Ready To Die' however ;-)

This week we're joined by Stephen Dunlop - Father of 3, veteran chartered surveyor in social housing and town centre planning, chairperson of Open House (a charity based in Bangor responsible not only for the famous Open House Festival each year but the vintage Seaside Revival, year round concerts and the community focused Open House Festival Choir) and Green Party NI counsellor for Bangor Central! We chat about Catachresis, Nick Cave, Apocalypse Now, et. Al, who's hating it all. Support Open House if you can, and give us a shout on [email protected] if you have a charity to talk about :-)

Billy-Bout-Yous! This week Ali drags himself ever closer to psychiatric medication, Tom recommends 'The Night House' as a film that's only half decent and Richard Sean Airey graces us with his misery to deliver 'Phylactery' as the word of the week. In 'What Is My Car Doing' you'll learn how to get your car ready for winter. Is Mac Miller's posthumous album 'Circles' a sad insight into his demise? [email protected]

This week we're lucky to be joined by Rachel Davey, a Belfast based creator of beautiful ceramic art. You can see her work on Instagram @ceramicsbyrach You can book her classes in the Belfast Barge running from Tue, Nov 23, 2021 6:00 PM - Tue, Dec 14, 2021 9:00 PM by going to her website: https://www.ceramicsbyrachel.co.uk/workhops or to the barge site here: https://www.belfastbarge.org/events-2/ You'll hear us have a really good chat with Rachel not just about her work, but also about her lockdown ups and downs and maybe another NDMA MD ADHD diagnosis is on the cards! 'Rime' is the word of the week, 'Tha Carter' is the album, 'Arrival' is Rachel's film choice and we find out that navigation guidance has been around for a lot longer than you think! New email for us if you want to come on to talk: [email protected]

Rhiannon joins us this week to talk about her work on prejudice reduction and intergroup relations, as seen on the BAFTA winning Channel 4 documentary 'The School That Tried To End Racism'. She also talks about her love of running, having just run her first marathon and a charity 'Candlelighters' which is close to her heart, keeping her going in the last few miles, no diggity. Rhiannon recommends 'It's a Sin' as a good tv series to watch this week. We talk a bit more about the frustrations of adult mental health services with an Ali ADHD update, we recommend 'Be' by Common in the album segment and 'Eupeptic' is the word of the week! Tune in to find out what it means or email [email protected] if you want to come on and talk about anything from shit to shop, charity to empire.

This week we talk a lot, specifically about J.Cole's '4 Your Eyez Only', yoghurt for breakfast, cars on track days, drinking injuries, 'Black Widow' the film and 'Pulchritudinous' the word. [email protected]

This week we have an amazing guest! - Carla Hodgson, a talented, hardworking artist, proud Mum of 2 and all around very nice human being! Check out her work at carlahodgsonart.com We talk about her son Tom and his Nephrotic Syndrome, a rare kidney disease in the news. We also find out that 1 of us has ADHD in NDMA MD, and that the other 2 most probably have it too! NDMA MD ADHD x3? :-O 'Sesquipedalian' is the word of the week and Carla was kind enough to recommend 'The Shape of The Water' as the movie. Please checkout nstrust.co.uk to help create awareness of Nephrotic Syndrome and email us at [email protected] or hit us up on Instagram if you want come on to shout out yourself, your business or a charity.

Coming at you thick and fast this week with speeding tickets, new kittens, self-diagnosed arthritis, 'Solaris' is the film, 'Theodolite' sneaks in as the word and 'DEMOTAPE/VEGA by BERWYN' is the splendid album recommendation. All caps when you spell mans name. [email protected]

This week we tell you the easy way to get your car through an MOT, 'Triturate' is the word of the week, Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' is the album recommendation and 'Do The Right Thing' from auteur Spike Lee. Enjoy and email us at [email protected]