This is the fifteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree.It's g

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 14: Moominland Midwinter (part 2)

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 37m

This is the fourteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of th

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 13: Moominland Midwinter (part 1)

Dec 16th, 2023 1h 25m

This is the thirteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 12: The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse

Sep 26th, 2023 1h 6m

This is the twelth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by

The Podgoblins Hat Episode 11: The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle

Sep 19th, 2023 1h 13m

This is the eleventh episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture boo

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 10: Moominsummer Madness (part 2)

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 12m

This is the tenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book s

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 9: Moominsummer Madness (part 1)

Sep 6th, 2023 1h 4m

This is the ninth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going of

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 8: The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 2)

Aug 29th, 2023 1h 13m

This is the eighth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 7: The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 1)

Aug 23rd, 2023 1h 16m

This is the seventh episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to a new season of the Podgoblin's Hat! This week, Nina is reading the Exploits of Moominpap

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode Bonus #2 Dr Eleanor Janega

Jun 29th, 2023 43m 8s

Our special guest for this episode is Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega. Eleanor joins us to shout about how much she loves Comet in Moominland, share her Moomin memes of choice and talk about how Tove Jansson draws on medieval storytelling

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode Bonus #1: Heidi the translator

Jun 6th, 2023 28m 26s

This a bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. It's also the last episode of the first series of the show.In this first guest episode, we're talking to Heidi G

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 6: Finn Family Moomintroll (part 2)

Feb 14th, 2023 1h 12m

This is the sixth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. It's also the last episode of the first series of the show.It's the end of Finn Family Moomintroll, and the

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 5: Finn Family Moomintroll (part 1)

Feb 7th, 2023 1h 1m

This is the fifth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading the first half of Finn Family Moomintroll. Spring has sprung and the children have d

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 4: Comet in Moominland (part 2)

Jan 31st, 2023 57m 3s

This is the fourth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading the second half of Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, and what a rip roaring adve

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 3: Comet In Moominland (part 1)

Jan 25th, 2023 54m 36s

This is the third episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we're reading Comet in Moominland, the first fully fledged chapter book. There's lots of to discus

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 2: The Moomins and the Great Flood

Jan 17th, 2023 50m 22s

This is the second episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.It's our first read-along and we're reading The Moomins and the Great Flood.We summarise this fairytale o

The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 1: Introductions

Jan 11th, 2023 26m 28s

This is the first episode of the Podgoblin's hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We will be introducing ourselves, our relationship with each other, and our relationships with the Moomins.

The theoretical and the personal

Jan 9th, 2022 52m 2s

On the 9th of January 2022 I sat down to record a reflection on the second year of the pandemic and the year I turned 40 in a different set of personal and political terms to the ones I used 9 days before. I then pulled the file straight from m

GBA Extra - The existential and the material

Dec 31st, 2021 1h 18m

On the 31st of December 2021 I sat down to record a reflection on the second year of the pandemic and the year I turned 40 in personal and political terms. I then pulled the file straight from my field recorder into soundcloud. I haven't listen

GBA Extra - Podcasting On A Shoestring

Apr 8th, 2021 58m 15s

This is a talk I put together for the Maker Weekend at the London Podcast Festival and was recorded at the on 14th September 2019 at King's Place.This was the powerpoint I used for the talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g9zwoh6tqw7e533/Podcastin

GBA Extra - The Possibilities Of Podcasting

Apr 6th, 2021 51m

This is a version of a talk I often give about podcasting. It was recorded at the Thirsk Podcast Festival - Podcast Social Club on 23rd November 2019 at Rural Arts.This was the powerpoint I used for the talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cc0eccn

GBA Extra - In the dark times there will also be singing

Dec 31st, 2020 1h 5m

On the 31st of Decemeber 2020 I sat down to record a reflection on this strange and terrible year in personal and political terms. Which makes it sound like a downer but I did try to focus on good things as well as bad and all the rest of the t