Say no to niches. If you adore pick & mix sweets then you’ll love Five By Five Times, with different but related topics on revolving weekdays, blending creativity, resistance, ageing, neurodivergence, and hope. Sometimes just me, sometimes with special guests.
It’s taken nearly 60 years but finally I’ve accepted my nature as an introverted person, delighted to be alone. I’m no longer furtive about or ashamed of it. And the process, paradoxically, has got me slowly un-hibernating. Being alone is deprogramming in a frantic world. I can rejoin it now that I’m far more myself. Perhaps you can relate to this?
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22 Oct 2025
Cymru Conversations 5 | Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson taught at the University of South Wales for many years on outward-facing, employability-focused modules, partnering with external organisations. He also led its 'Community of Engagement’ programme, enabling ground-up routes of progression. Now ‘retired’, one of his main interests still lies in finding sustainability models for community radio in Wales. He hosts the Cardiff City Phone In and Creatrium podcast series, and works with award-winning on-demand hospital radio service YYFM. We had a wide-ranging discussion about all this and more.
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14 Oct 2025
The Bite 5 | Don McGowan
The special guest for this episode of The Bite is political writer, podcaster, and all-round good guy Don McGowan. Join us as we talk about resistance and UK politics, podcasting, and whether and how to make use of the free publication platform Substack.
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