Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Ep 305 - Sing Your Way Through A Yawn

For the last 3-4 years I've had a list on my wall of long-term goals in my life. This week after cleaning my room, I took it down, and went through it on the podcast to reassess which things I want to keep and which things I want to alter. I also spoke about ways to deal with the fact that I yawn a lot on the podcast and how to handle that issue without resorting to the dreaded work of editing.

Ep 304 - Dating Apps

I'm home! I landed in Melbourne on Saturday morning, and in the last few days I've done a few gigs, had my first piano lesson in 15 years, and started back at my old removals job. I'm also back on the dating apps, and the other day I saw something on a profile that perfectly captured the hopelessness of dating. It's hilarious, its awful, and I absolutely have to share it with you.

Ep 303 - I’ll Do It Like This

Four years after first meeting my biological father, and with a lot of therapy and reflection behind me, I'm back with him in Vienna. I felt like I had some things to say to him, so this week I put them down on paper, and with the help of some friends, translated them into Spanish, then this morning I sat him down and said them to him. Also on Sunday night I went with a bunch of other comics and assorted friends to a party at Roman Polanski's house. So yeah, probably listen to this one.

Ep 302 - Two Year Plan

I recorded this episode of the podcast in Glasgow Airport while waiting for my flight to Paris. The Fringe is over for another year, and after taking mushrooms on the last night I feel clarity about what I want to do. I'm going to spend the next two years putting everything I have into a show that combines classical piano and stand up comedy, then I'm going to take it to Edinburgh, and move to the UK in 2025. Everything for the next two years is geared towards that goal.

Ep 301 - Good Enough

I think I've found an ending to my new show! The show as a whole is coming along really well, and I'm super excited about it. The Fringe is exhausting and sublime as always, and I'm enjoying the last week despite how depleted I feel all the time. Less than three weeks and I'll be back home in Melbourne, and I'm ready for it.

Ep 300 - It’s The Greatest Place in the World

Today is (or at least, the 15th was) my 12-year comedy anniversary! Last year I forgot to celebrate it on the pod, but this year I remembered! And in doing so, I forgot the fact that this was the 300th episode of Sitting Under A Tree!! Isn't that mental ahahaha... I've been doing this podcast for 300 episodes, and almost six years! Thanks to all of you who listen, I genuinely love it.

Ep 299 - This Is The Peak Time

Week one of the Edinburgh Fringe and man, this is it, I love it. Saturday I had maybe the perfect day at the Fringe! The new show is going amazingly, I think I have a title for it finally, and I crossed a very special item off my list the other day. I'm making money and seeing shows and hanging out and it's all just going really well quite frankly.

Ep 298 - A Waking Nightmare

The phrase, 'worst podcast ever' gets thrown around a lot, but rarely has it been more sincerely applicable than this week's offering. Truly a horrific listen, made worse by the knowledge that the Edinburgh Fringe is starting in two days, so for the first week of shows, when I tell people to listen to my podcast, this will be what they hear. To all new listeners I say welcome! If you make it to the end, there's a joke there waiting for you as a present :)

Ep 297 - The Worst Tea

I just made probably the worst cup of tea I've ever had in my life, then forced it down over the course of this podcast. Had a wonderful week on Ikaria in Greece to watch my friend's get married, made new friends and caught up with old ones, and relaxed in a way I don't think I ever have before. I don't really know what I'm doing with my life right now to be honest. Just living it I guess... god that was a horrific cup of tea.

Ep 296 - I Don’t Know Anything

I've been on Ikaria since Saturday. The wedding is tomorrow, and I have my suit. I'm feeling good, I'm learning Greek, I'm working on the new show but I haven't performed stand-up for almost three weeks! Mental. I feel pretty happy, but am also acknowledging the moments and ways in which I feel sad. It's all good stuff to be honest, and last night at the Panigyri me and my boy Hugo did some of the most skitzo dancing this island has ever seen!