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Fears about bringing children into the world. Daniel works it all out. The individual has replaced the family. Remove family and religion: what has replaced it? Atomisation of society. Are you a boy or a girl? Two spirit cultures in Mexico. Single issue people don’t want to debate. Nuclear weapons and living with the means of our own destruction. A world without electricity. Internet down. Phones not working. Storing original films underground for safety. Fragile existence with no real knowledge of farming or making things. Diseases without cure. Keeping your sense of humour. Don’t stop having children because of threats and uncertainty. Part of the over focus on the individual. Children keep you young and challenge you. Sarah rows against the tide on the Thames. Enough already. Happier talk next time 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

Daniel has been in Andalucia hearing about the golden years before 1492 when the world religions lived in harmony. Front row of comedy clubs and taking up space. Noticing the presence and the absence of living beings. Interrupting space in a room. Phantom limbs after amputations. The brain gradually adjusts to loss….or maybe never does. Discussion of “What Remains” series on iPlayer. Treatment of abused fat actor in the series. Fighting for life and giving up and losing the will to live. Discussion of “The Hit” from the 1980s. Couples together for decades and then losing one. Is it like the phantom limb? The sound of silence similar to not being there. Sarah discusses her Dad and still feels a great loss. Daniel talks of two children leaving home and leaving a void. Coming home to an empty house. Partners not in/in…do you instinctively know? Daniel gets into “This House is Empty Now” by Elvis Costello. Rooms have memories of good and bad times. The film “Gaslight” discussed. Tim Bryars campaign to save the gas street lamps referenced. Feng shui and feel of space. Ghosts and trapped spirits. Murder scenes like 10 Rillington Place. Live radio creating atmosphere like Steve Wright’s (RIP) love songs show on Sunday morning. The gap he leaves in our lives and routines. Burglary and looking for something that is missing. Auschwitz discussed…the birds don’t sing there. Dead child’s bedroom kept intact and standing there to sense their existence 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

Daniel gets into trouble over dates with the yellow sticker lady at M&S. Daniel is having to take the stairs as his lift is broken and getting fitter. Arse appreciation on the elevator. A good brisk walk. Sarah’s knees and ankles creak. Women end up looking after men in old age. “She’s always up to something”. Do we wear out the body with exercise. Fear of losing mobility. The typical life in times past incorporated physical effort with no need to add going to the gym. Star jumps. Push ups. Using the stairs. Lowering yourself slowly into a chair. Sarah loves Park Run at Hillyfields and gets satisfaction from whacking a golf ball. Bowling and the perfect delivery. See The Great Lebowski. . Brain exercises and sense of achievement. Daniel does his good deed of the day for a Sicilian products stall in the market 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

Daniel and Sarah start slow-mo talking. Cutting cakes into bite sized experience. Sharing food at restaurants. Words have usage, not absolute meaning, The way a word is used determines its meaning. EU diktat on gendered language. Have words ending in “man” lost their gender power. A female chairman makes the point better than calling her chairwoman. Sarah wonders if she can call “man on” at hockey, especially with trans people. Danger of bland boring language. Can changing language change attitudes for the better? Discussion of “master”. Expressions examined: “Shrill”. “Jo Public”. “No Man’s Land”. “Handyman”. “Manpower”. Problem of doing some manual work with great nails. “Bossy”. “King and Queen”. “Virile”. “Fireman”. “Guys”. Daniel manages to go on a non PC rant and spoil the show 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

Daniel and Sarah are at Champagne et Fromage Greenwich. Excuse the jolly accordion and jazz background music. Sarah wants Daniel to teach how to argue. Daniel tells the sad story of 6 “ripen at home” mangos from Waitrose which were still cannon balls 4 days later. Sarah has an argument with Argos for not taking a tablet back still in the box. Daniel wonders how Moses could have argued the wording of the 10 commandments. Daniel explains how to exploit the press office tab on a company website to get the contact details of the top brass. Rhiannon (who has joined) remembers trying to get her £3.50 back from a launderette machine. Use of threats. Learning to argue with your parents. Transmitting generational trauma. The great dilemma: deliver your message with emotion or rationality. Emotion can be more persuasive. Take Trump. Daniel tries the Ray Winston threat approach. Arguments in relationships. Believing in yourself and getting beyond embarrassment. We discuss Rhiannon’s dinner shopping plans at Marks & Spencer. Daniel challenged over how he reacts to being the subject of a complaint…a whimpering mess. Daniel talks his way out of being arrested under the Public Order Act and so much more. Artwork: Simon Confino from We-Q --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support

Daniel and Sarah are in Champagne et Fromage by Greenwich Market. The mysteries of sleep. Distractions that prevent sleep. Need for a ritual. Bed widths. Type of mattress. Norris still making traditional mattresses. Preferences on comfort and side of the bed. Police “Bed’s too big without you”. Daniel sing song. Post coital sleep. Interrupted sleep. Covid effect. Unfamiliar beds and hotels. Can you enjoy sleep when you are asleep? When your feet are up you will nod off…recliner chairs. Importance of napping. Sleep is logical if no food, no alcohol and no women are available. Sleeping in the nude. Daniel caught out by earthquake warning in Mexico City. Over-heating in bed. Tudor England two sleep routine…get up at 4am do some stuff for a couple of hours and go back to bed. Snoring and being sensitive to your partner. Avoiding being a “hag” in the morning. Sleeptalking. Accusations always made by the dominant partner. Acting waking up. Never looks authentic. Sarah falls into a trance. Sleeping in cinemas. Daniel suggests all night cinemas as an alternative to hotels. Going to bed at the same time. An early night as an invitation to sex. Going to bed at 8pm means that person is depressed. Sleepwalking and Daniel’s reactions to canal trips. Sarah babysits a sleepwalking child. The parents forget to warn her. Daniel remembers “My Bed is Not for Sleeping”. Sarah reads the suggestive synopsis. Notches on the bedpost. Doug gives his sleep knock out advice 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

Daniel is worried about lisping. Sarah suggests it might be siblant s. Sarah calls 101 to speak to the police. Police stop Daniel and Sarah and Daniel causes chaos at Lewisham Police Station. Royal Mail vans and the postie’s fear of dogs. Planning to escape dangerous animals. Sarah has Duke of Edinburgh award rampaging cow story. Daniel and Sarah give an irreverent review of the advice to customers from the Royal Mail. Attacks on hands protruding through the letterbox. Is the red fleece a problem? The idea of different ring tones at the door: one for the postie, one for food delivery, one for Johovah’s witnesses etc. A dog bark sound when you are out. Infectious coughing fit noise to deter unwelcome visitors. Advice to wait 10 minutes after your post has arrived. Difference between telling and explaining. The sad case of postie Kimberley Link who was savaged by a dog. One case is a tragedy. 1900 are a statistic. Dedicating the show in praise of our valiant posties. Keep your dogs under control. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support

Finding beauty in unlikely places. Raiding the Flexiplus terminal at Eurotunnel. Impersonating a commercial driver to get a big breakfast on P&O ferries. Beauty in economy of movement. Unloading the dishwasher in a spiritually pleasing manner. The grace of tea ceremonies and the gliding movement of Thai women. Mindfulness debunked. Excess of grated Parmesan cheese. late years pregnancy. Good head of hair and follicle envy. Letting yourself go in stable relationships 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

Daniel suffers podcast sibling rivalry. The difference between a Satsuma and a Tangerine. Basic sexual provocations for men. Shopping at camera-operated Aldi. Weather does affect your mood. Daniel tests Sarah’s spelling for a bottle of Baileys. Sarah discovers the joys of laziness. Daniel wins a planning case. The council have the last laugh. Apostrophe in St. James’s. Sally called to help. Getting slapped for a wrong move. Not being able to face the day. Daniel quotes Elvis Costello from “This House is Empty Now” about filling your life to deaden difficult memories. Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed. Predictable weather vs variable. Keeping warm in freezing conditions. Amount of daylight and feeling gloomy. SAD condition and need for light. Finland discussed but Daniel never finished with his girlfriend. Sarah talks about Togo and we imagined a meeting between a Togan and a Finn. Solar space panels and climate. Sarah finds that Finns are the happiest nation which ruins Daniel’s day. No Country for Old Men reviewed for terrifying hair styles. Daniel wants a slap to end the show and actually nothing more this time, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support

Daniel gets picked on at a stand up show. Thing 1 and Thing 2 disgusting joke. Daniel chats up a bar maid. Unique quality of faces with just differences in eyes, nose and mouth. Doppelgängers and 7 identical versions of you in the world. Chinese facial recognition. Seeing the dentist for the first time. Putting a name to a face and a face to a body. The identity parade and the photo fit. Presumptive close. The face is common currency these days. Sarah can’t admit to fancying the new Dr Who. Political correctness at police line up. Casting for films using search engine. When people don’t like your face. Nina Gold casting director. Daniel confuses Agent Provocateur with Ann Summers. Rounding up the usual suspects. Future for human models is being taken over by AI creations. My Funny Valentine as sung by Sarah. Sarah describes Daniel to a police officer in a role play. Sarah can recognise people from the arse 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

Online instructions. Not even a quick start guide to set up a Canon printer with ink tanks. Customer services saying “look online” to every question. Daniel discusses Bernard Tapie the French business doctor and owner of Adidas. He had a crazy nostalgic idea to help kids on housing projects. Sarah got into trouble saying the wrong thing. Daniel gives precious advice on tackling sensitive subjects especially about love life. Daniel gets his wisdom from studying movies and how people deal with situations. Smashing things to break the spell of a mood. Daniel explains open and closed question like how or why or what. Daniel suggests to Sarah how to obtain permission to ask difficult questions. Daniel offers help by sending Elvis Costello’s incredible depressing “Painted from Memory”. The founding of Hollywood by Jews banned from Broadway. The importance of context. Apologies and second chances 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

Daniel goes on a historical survey of chivalry and control of male physical strength. Sarah admires the good crop of hair on a lad at the bar. He turns a bit nasty. Vulnerable females and the need to intervene to defuse situations. Men should learn to box and have confidence in stepping into conflict. Feminism has not helped by denying men the protector role and not objecting to invasion of female spaces and sports. The fair sex in trouble. Asking a man to use his strength. Women and children treated more favourably. First to lifeboats on the Titanic. Women preserve the species. Why are people heroic? The selfish gene by Richard Dawkins. Laying down your life for another. Bystanders and putting yourself in harm’s way. Women protecting their men from other women. Passengers in a car behaving responsibly. Men seeing women as the enemy, competing in every arena of life. Andrew Tate fills a dangerous vacuum then offers an explanation and a solution. Sarah goes to an Argentinian tango class. Women are naturally softer and more caring. Men not sharing or talking. Real men don’t cry. Slapping in the face. Men and women’s roles…natural or just convention? Philippinos as caring types both male and female. Role models. Playing the gender roles to massage ego. The great experiment of the correct roles for men and women has gone too far and we should look at strengthening the bonds between people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homespuntalks/support