Talking Out Loud

We have a doctor on the pod! Old school friend and long time pod critic, Tom Gee joins us for an exploratory and winding journey in the first drive time Talking Out Loud.

Recorded over a pint or two in the excellent Red Lion over the summer of 2019. We talk across a number of topics from what makes a good film to the pros and cons of individualism and collectivism ... politics was clearly on our minds at the time :D.

Podcast 38: Craig Black A welcome TOL return for the incomparable Mr. Craig Black! The co-star of #28 ‘Introducing the Whine Curve’ and keen darts player sits down with us again to explore some more avenues in this wide ranging conversation. Craig kicks us off by talking us through his […]

Podcast 37: Esther Afikiruweh Ringing in the new decade the way it should be done. An impromptu 3am chat with an excellent talker in events management student and part time security guard, Esther! Its a little raw at times, the start time and the couple of other conversations in Motion’s […]

Podcast 36: Rodrigo Guedes A TOL debut for lifelong traveler, Peruvian hostel owner, and all round top fella, Rodrigo! The Portuguese pirate takes us through his South American travels from driving through Chavez’s Venezuela in 2009, working as a farmhand in central Brazil to make ends meet and finally his […]

Podcast 35: Zwangie Pangie & The Trip Pt 1 Malawian musicians, baboons, breakdowns, clinics, special brews and nsima … just a few things on the final pod from Malawi season, a cracker coming straight from the floor of an Ethiopian Airport! Zwangie Pangie is the first guest on, a Malawian […]

Phillip Chibisa is a Malawian making great change in his community! We cover a few topics in this one, but we focus mainly on sustainable development, the price of beer and both come to the conclusion that we don't understand life! :)

Podcast 33 – Malawi: A Land of Opportunity (Allan Butler & Rosie Cowling) Recorded in the beautiful Mayoka Village on the shores of Lake Malawi this pod is the debut for both Allan Butler, a 22 year old medical student who had been on elective in Malawi and Rosie Cowling, […]

Podcast 32: Temwa – Fishani Msafiri Fishani Msafiri is an gent, as a senior project officer within Temwa Malawi’s programs unit, he’s been working with Temwa for 9 years! after joining them initially as a volunteer. He’s responsible for the Health program and I had the pleasure of joining him […]

Dr Peter Chinoko and Kondwani Banthu are two extraordinary gentlemen on the front lines of community development in rural Malawi.

Podcast 30: In Bruges “Been to the top of the tower?” Ray: “Yeah, yeah, it’s rubbish.” In Bruges, 2008 We didn’t make it up the tower (10 euro a pop saw to that) but we certainly had a few beers in the stunning little town of Bruges, Belgium. This one comes […]

Podcast 29: Chris Harvey @ 30 What an epic evening (and morning)! This one’s a biggie and all about one man Christopher ‘Christophales’ Harvey. Pyrenean cyclist, Board game maestro and Engineer turned PM, we’ll be looking back, alongside 10 of his closest hombres and mujeres, at the last 30 years! […]

Podcast 28: Introducing ‘The Whine Curve’ ‘Mapping human emotion over time’ how hard can it be? Turns out to be slightly more complex than originally anticipated when the concept of ‘The Whine Curve’ was developed on that fateful Saturday night in ‘The Cat & Wheel’, Bristol. Matthew Christmas and Sam […]

Podcast 27: Tomatinetes Buen dia compadres! ‘Los tres amigos’ for this one, kicking back with a few Desperados to mull over the events of ‘La Tomitina 2018’. It’s a Talking out Loud debut for medical doctor and 2 x UK Bachata champ, Angus Perks, and a former bouncer turned bard. […]

Podcast 26: Canoeing down the Avon Journalism at its hard hitting best in this one. What started as 3 men in a boat on a summer’s day on the River Avon escalated into what has been described as, “One of the most insightful knot workshops of our time, a whole […]

Podcast 25: Henry Kajirange A real steal for the pod! Henry Kajirange is an inspiration, as the founder of Kingfisher Sekawano, a Malawian NGO and manager of a stunning beachside hostel in Cape Town, he’s packed a lot into life. We talk through his background, tracing his steps from his […]

Podcast 24: Roger & Barbara Cressey A fitting pod for the festive time of year, all the way from Wakefield, Yorkshire, this fireside chat with the elders of the Cressey clan explores some great topics. From exchanging thoughts on religion and faith with retired canon of the Church of England, […]

Jean Claude, a retired Luxembourgian is the guest and we talk all things Boy Scouts in this one.

Podcast 21: Piotr Renner No trip is complete without meeting a crazy pole! From trekking the Himalayas to volunteering in monasteries, Piotr Renner likes to live in the moment! We talk through how he went about volunteering in a buddhist monastery before talking at length about one of Piotr’s favourite […]

Podcast 20: Party Pod I – Wanderthirst Hostel Oh what a night! The first party pod from Talking Out Loud comes from the Wanderthirst Hostel in Kathmandu, featuring 11 guests from 6 countries, there’s no lack of diversity here! Very much an experiment in where conversations flow to, with topics […]