Podcasts

The subjective experience of thinking—instant poem

October 15, 2021

The subjective experience of thinking is different for everyone. How do you see or feel or hear your own thoughts? Do they belong to you?

Artists over 70 show their work

February 6, 2021

This online exhibition of artists over 70 hit me like rainbow lightning. So that’s what we old people are up to: and just look at those vibrant faces.

Reclaiming the magic morning hours

April 19, 2018

Writer’s block, Part II So, it had been decided that I wasn’t too old to write another book. So what could be the problem? If there is an external reason why this book wasn’t getting written, I can either change something and write, or at least get the message and move on. Writing a book […]

Let the sabbatical begin!

June 20, 2017

I was feeling anxious for no apparent reason. I checked in with “my” cognitive therapist. We decided I was feeling a big fat lack in my life of a big fat writing project, the sort that brings me not mere pleasure but sustained joy, the sort of project that makes me leap out of bed […]

Classic DIY recording booth

March 6, 2017

I am proud of this Heath Robinson contraption in my study. My unique and glorious video recording booth is the result of about ten months’ trial and error and ingenious problem solving. What problems, you ask? Multiple engineering problems associated with recording short video lectures for my new online courses, for example: reduce echo to get a clear and friendly small […]