Mad Paddington

Another episode of this, which is kind of like a film commwntary but it's a book and I don't know what I'm on about.

Please listen, I have kids to feed. This doesn't feed them but it does mean it's how I spend my downtime which is tragic if nobody hears it.

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I guess even Power Rangers have to grow up some time.

With Harry, Charles and Andrew all relinquishing the title over the last few years, it's been a really great time for people who like doing the "Artist Formerly Known as Prince" joke.

I know everyone says their kids are weird, but tonight my three year old daughter yelled at me because I wouldn't show her a picturure of a (specific) dead horse, and only calmed down when I read her it's obituary out loud.

If a plane full of people with Turkey Teeth goes down, can they still use their dental records to identify them?

Fair enough, will look forward to it!

Ooh, which is yours? :)

#TWBTLATS #YNWA

Oh God...

Fuck I just remembered we watched X-Men and X2 a few months ago too.

Just in B&M in Leeds looking at TARDISes I do want but don't need when two young girls, about 14 and 10ish, ran up to them and gushed about which ones they had and which they needed, amd how best to convince their parents to buy them one each. It was beautiful folks. It's still alive.

Watching TWBTLATS with my 9yo not long after we watched Avatar, and now worries he will only ever be attracted to blue folks. #dabadeedabadi

If a birdwatcher sees an ostrich are they bothered? It feels like they don't count somehow.

This is the perfect podcast for listening to if you like a man from Yorkshire doing his best and also Doctor Who :) (the man is me)

Series 2 - The Scarlet Empress - Chapter 3 - She Was Never Without Her Enchantments

Episode 4 of my Doctor Who Scarlet Empress reading and commenting is out now. Please listen, I've tried hard and the internet is a void of horrible shit.

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Oh look it's another one of these which I forgot to share I wonder why my numbers are low my old boss said I was charming if you like doctor who and a charming boy please listen thank you

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Morning everyone. Blakey's 7

A brand new short story, written by Benton & Hawthorne author and member of the Ham Fam, @lucymccaul.bsky.social A fun, lively mystery with a sting in the tale. Thank you Lucy for taking the time to write this in the opening month of the Hamster Book Club.

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Following feedback from last year, I'm putting out the uninterrupted readings a few days after the proper pod, so if you want the story without my waffle, now you can! Obviously it will hurt my heart if this is loads more popular but I am a grown up so I'll be fine.
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If you enjoy me on this very good podcast, feel free to check out Series 2 of my own show, which is starting TODAY! Series 1 also not bad.

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I love this episode of Doctor Who, what an honour to be chatting about it for your ears!

I won't lie, this is very exciting to me. I had a lovely time being one of two Joes in this chat.

@standupmaths.bsky.social @bechillcomedian.bsky.social I can't speak for all hospitals, but the hospital I work at in Wakefield UK (not sure if there are others...) doesn't have a Ward 13 or Bay 13s on any of the wards. Mental.

Just got the Ugly Duckling's autograph. Signeture.

I once pulled over the car to help a hedgehog out of a busy road. It was a bin bag.

I'm thoroughly delighted to be part of this, had a really great time.

And if you want to hear the story in full, search for The Pagiarist podcast in which that is what I am doing!

This is an absolute travesty. Robin is a great man, and this is devastating.

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.