The Bespoke Words Podcast

Ep 20 - dressing gowns and departure lounges 03.10.2025 17:33 ↓

Lots of different insights on friendships - their qualities and how to savour them, even when distance is a factor

Ep 19 - Miner number 34 and others 26.09.2025 15:27 ↓

Can we really talk about God as our friend - or us as his?

Ep 18 - planet wide and cuppa deep 19.09.2025 13:52 ↓

Being friends with each other, with the planet and with the future

Ep 17 - teabags and custard tarts 12.09.2025 14:06 ↓

Can endings be good? And what about those custard tarts?

Ep 16 - Beware of hidden obstacles! 05.09.2025 16:41 ↓

What lurks out there just beneath the surface threatening our friendships? A visit from a familiar voice too

What's cooking at Bespoke Words? 29.08.2025 1:35 ↓

A taste of things to come next week...

A coffee shop special 17.07.2025 12:36 ↓

Come with Bespoke Words to a very special place in Rhos-on-Sea

Episode 15 - on flavours and strengths 20.06.2025 11:08 ↓

Before we look at theta's to friendship, a brief reflection on its wonderful strengths

Episode 14 - more on the friendship recipe 13.06.2025 12:52 ↓

How do you combine the ingredients of a friendship to the best effect?

Episode 13 - Contracts or recipes? 06.06.2025 15:01 ↓

Identifying the vital ingredients of friendship

Episode 12 - Friendship in extremes 16.05.2025 15:48 ↓

Insights on friendship from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Episode 11 -more friends from an old book 09.05.2025 14:19 ↓

Reflections on friendship from the New Testament, and beyond

Episode 10 - insights from tales of old 02.05.2025 14:05 ↓

A look at some stories of friendship in the Old Testament

Episode 9 - friendships online and off 25.04.2025 14:56 ↓

How much difference has online connectivity really made to our friendships?

A small reflection for Easter 19.04.2025 4:48 ↓

Thoughts on sound and silence this Easter

Episode 8: of dogs, supermarkets and the BFF 18.04.2025 13:00 ↓

Different understandings of loyalty - from supermarkets to dogs

Episode 7: a friendship field trip! 11.04.2025 13:54 ↓

Walk with me on the Great Orme as we think about friendship together

Episode 6: knots, bracelets and a petroglyph 04.04.2025 13:08 ↓

Different ways to describe friendship

Episode 5 - seasons and climates of friendship 28.03.2025 15:00 ↓

Do friendships last forever? If not, can they have climates and seasons?

A bonus extra edition ahead of a big adventure 24.03.2025 6:58 ↓

Something special on the way...

Episode 4:Dunbar, B.R.U.C.E and the friendship hypothesis 21.03.2025 13:53 ↓

A look at some of the psychological and social research on the subject of friendship

Episode 3:From Berlin to Central Perk 14.03.2025 14:20 ↓

A more recent history of friendship

Episode 2 - a look at the history of friendship 07.03.2025 13:23 ↓

A brief look back across the history of freindship

Episode one - an introduction to friendship 28.02.2025 14:45 ↓

An introduction to our journey through the landscape of friendship