Attic Life

Our last episode might have been somewhat downbeat (for obvious reasons), but this time we're doing our best to put the smile back on your face. It's time for a subject that's deliberately lightweight and willfully nostalgic... You've guessed it: we're nominating our top 3 foods and drinks! Whether it's breakfast cereals, sandwich fillings, ice cream flavours or takeaways, we've gone on record to...

Benjamin Franklin once said "nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Annoyingly, even after 235 years, he's just as right as he ever was, and this episode of Attic Life looks at the inevitable certainty of death. Specifically we're looking at the effect that the death of a loved one has on us, and the emotions we feel when that happens. Perhaps surprisingly, amidst the despair...

Who said it would be another 18 months before the next episode? Yes, we're back again with more chat about life and stuff, and today sees us start off with a chat about Easter holidays... except we soon drift into the topic of Christmas TV schedules in the UK which is about as irrelevant as it gets. Never mind, it gives us a perfect segway into our main topic which is 'Things we've recently watche...

We're back! Again! Only 18 months since the last one and this time there's no mention of Coronavirus... OK, so there might be a mention of it, but only a little one. This time, as it was Rich's birthday when we recorded it, we talk about birthdays past and present, going out for dinner, Berni Inns, Chicken Kievs and all manner of 80s culinary delights. This causes an offshoot discussion on our fav...

Sorry... The previous episode of Attic Life returned after a four-month break, and this one's back after a  five -month break. What can we say... we've been busy, we've been distracted by Covid-19 stuff and we've got a note from our Mum. Hope that's OK. Contrary to what you might think, we hadn't forgotten all about you and we hadn't gone for good. We're back in remarkably good health (consid...

After a four-month break, we're back with our first podcast of 2020, and what a time to return. Predictably enough, we're talking about the coronavirus and giving you our take on how it's affecting our lives, our work and our minds. But it's not as depressing and arduous to listen to as you might think. During the course of this episode, we discover which emergency level requires all citizens to l...

Ever wondered how someone got the job they're currently doing? Ever wondered how they got their job when they're so inept at it? Ever wondered whether you'd be better at doing someone's job than they are? Ever wondered... sorry. We'll stop there, but you get the point. On this episode, Chris and Jay stop to ponder why so many people around us are doing the job's they've got, but not doing them par...

Rich Johnson returns to Attic Life with tales of new employment, brutalist architecture and intense dislike of gardening. Well no-one's perfect... Luckily this is just a prelude to the main topic on this podcast which is 'nostalgia.' What is it that makes us nostalgic, can it always be refined to happy memories alone, and can you have too much nostalgia? All these questions and more are answered,...

Never let it be said that we never cover a wide range of topics on the Attic Life podcast. In this episode, Chris and Jay talk about stress, work, gardening, the onset of middle age, mortality and guitar building. Show us a podcast that can promise you an agenda like that, and we'll show you two men looking for a new audio project to embark upon. During this parade of personal memories and innermo...

In this episode, Chris and Rich consider the impact that new technology is having on our lives. Marvellous though it is to be able to pre-pay and pre-order your daily coffee, does it really matter when the shop assistant doesn't know what an app is? Not only that, but will new technology make us more reliant on automated efficiency, and should more testing be done on the tech systems we use before...

John Devlin joins the Attic Life gang for episode 7, but unfortunately for him we didn't end up talking about poor customer service and entering competitions again. This time around, things got a bit heavy as we talked about work - specifically what happens when you're suddenly  out  of work. That's the fate that now awaits one of us, and the whole sorry affair is discussed in great deta...

Three years is quite long enough to have a break between podcast episodes, wouldn't you say? Yes, Attic Life is back - rebooted, simplified and now with added guests! For episode 6, we've roped in our old friend  Jay  from  DesignFootball.com , but if you're not into football, fear not. This is  Attic Life , the podcast where football barely gets a look in. That's because we ha...

Parenting and Swearing - two things that go together like... parenting and swearing. These are the two subjects discussed in our latest Attic Life podcast which, you should be warned, contains one or two swear words. Apologies in advance for that, but, well... f**k you. Just joking, of course. We begin by expressing our thoughts on what it's like to be a parent, whether it's better to have kids wh...

Our fourth and last Extra episode sees us looking at Children's TV programmes... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest  Attic Life  pod, Chris discusses gambling. Who among us doesn't buy the odd Lotto ticket or has a flutter on the Grand National every once in a while? Gambling is everywhere, but how much we're affected by it or are influenced by it depends on who you are and your personal circumstances. Attic Life looks at gambling and wonders whether more needs to be done to protect the...

Our third Extra episodes sees us looking into the nostalgic world of board games... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was Benjamin Franklin who once said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" but to those you can also add 'shopping' and 'getting older.' As luck would have it, those are the exact two subjects that are discussed on episode 3 of  Attic Life  ('death' and 'taxes' coming up on a future podcast, no doubt...) During this edition, Chris talks about how our...

 Time for another bonus episode, and this time we're talking about TV adverts... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do we work? Why do many of us do jobs that are boring and unfulfilling? And are we destined for a life of drudgery where the only incentive for working is a measly pay packet once a month? These are some of the questions Chris puts forward during episode 2 of Attic Life. Rich is also keen to share his views on some of his 'Pet Hates', and among them are people that bite their nails, people tha...

We hope you liked our first podcast about Memorable Events and Social Media, and if you did, you're in luck. We've also uploaded the first of our 'Extra' podcasts which focus on nostalgia topics of all kinds. The first one is all about crisps, and covers everything from potato pigs to Supa Crunchies. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, it's finally arrived - the first episode of the podcast that twenty years from now iTunes will refer to as 'No longer available for download'... Fresh from their surprising semi-success with  The Football Attic , Chris Oakley and Rich Johnson return to talk about life, and on this occasion specifically, 'Memorable Events' and 'Social Media'. Remember those days when the word 'Newsflash'...