Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

BONUS - Oliver Hunter Interview

If you've been listening the last few weeks, you'll have noticed that I've been obsessed with this story that was told to me a few weeks ago about a wheelchair. As I spoke about it on the pod, I realised that I've never really had a conversation with someone who is in a wheelchair about what that's like, so I thought I'd get my friend and great comic Oliver Hunter on to do just that. I really enjoyed this chat and I hope you do too.

Ep 309 - Things Happen and People Like Telling Stories

I did a great interview on Sunday with Oliver Hunter, a great comic and friend - that will be out as a bonus episode probably tomorrow. I am still talking about this story with the guy in the wheelchair, and I've been thinking about how stories generally end up getting repeated. There are some stories - the kind of urban legend type - that just speak to something in us, and so they end up taking on a life of their own. This story feels like it could be one of those, and for that very reason, I think I might try and find the person it happened to and speak to them.

Ep 308 - WTF Bach

I've been listening to this podcast about Bach where this guy who is obsessed with Bach breaks down his music and tries, in a very obsessive way, to help people understand the genius of the music. It's really cool, so I've been thinking I might take mushrooms and listen to a bunch of it one night while I sit in my room and do my jigsaw. Sounds pretty cool hey? No joke, genuinely, yes.

Ep 307 - Enjoy Your Lunch

Someone told me a story the other day that was both hilarious and very sad. I dunno, there's a lot to say about it, and I feel like I only said some of it on here. I went to a phenomenal house party on Saturday night, told some people the story and then got stuck in a long conversation about morality. Anyway, the party was sick, and so was having friends round my house today for lunch. I'm absolutely loving it!

Ep 306 - Crazy People In The Comments

I'm really happy at the moment. I've managed to strip my life back to just the essentials of working to earn money, and doing comedy to find fulfilment. The rest of my time is for whatever I want, and I'm filling it with some great stuff. I went to the NGV on Friday, bought a jigsaw puzzle of my favourite artwork from the exhibition, then on Saturday night I sat at home and started the puzzle while listening to an audiobook. I talk a bunch about crazy people in comment sections this week, and also detail a plan involving you, the listeners, to help my next TikTok video go viral!
 
Link to the YouTube Video of 'System of a Brightside'https://youtu.be/M1qZpGdTLiM?si=pF6JH1VU-j1ZRmlK

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.