What Now with Simo

My first audio message from a listener — Jumping from one topic to another — Writing — Day 7 of 14 — Maren’s message — Social interaction — Article on autism — Different possible origins of problems in social interaction — Sorting and processing information — Behaviours that resemble autism — Sensory input — Asperger’s — Lack of practice — Autism spectrum — Not fixed in stone — Studied some psycho...

Like talking about another person — Changed so much — Some of the changes — Music — Listening to it — Odyssey through the history of recorded music — Writing my own — Discovery of Norm Macdonald — New discoveries in the area of comedy — Tough audience — Seinfeld — Checking out some tweets — David Lynch on the passing of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki — Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining — The Exo...

Day 4 of 14 — Low spirits — Slept — Flock of birds — Or bats? — Norm Macdonald’s bat song written and performed by Josh Gardner — Heart of Tampere — Courtyard — One single star between the Venetian blinds — ”Star light, star bright” — Introversion and extroversion — Extrovert forced into an introverted lifestyle — Happy childhood — Years alone — Everything builds on what went before — The years we...

A change of pace — More personal — Previous episode — Day 2 of 14 — 2nd food delivery — Thanks for comments — No pushing — First set of names — Super thanks to Norm Macdonald for his kind tweet — Ideal epitaph — Finding my way in the dark — A regular outlet — Norm’s comedy has helped many people — A form of healing — Importance of it coming naturally — Comedy an art or craft — Conscious evolving o...

Pronouncing my name — No call for dinner — Pass the salt — Finnish consonants — Day 1 of quarantine — Journey back to Finland — Keflavík — Heathrow — Finnair — Helsinki — Tampere — Exposure to others — Hand sanitiser — People creating ways to cope — No choice about returning — Thanks for caring — Pulling back on corona news — It won’t be like this forever — Some positive things — We are now missin...

Krónur — My time in Iceland growing short — Weather report — Stronger measures — Brief episode — Travel preparations — Criminals asked to kindly cancel their plans — Iceland Monitor — Dame Vera Lynn at 103 — “We’ll Meet Again” — Some perspective on our situation — Value of awareness of history — Gratitude for our devices now — The freedom I’ve given myself — Recommendations — Comedy is important —...

A podcast more like a relaxed late-night radio programme — The title — Experimentation — My situation with regard to the epidemic — Trip to Iceland — Leaving a more lasting and meaningful legacy — Hearing a person’s voice — Ray Bradbury — Target audience and not — The only thing we can offer — What makes a person beautiful — Being yourself — My way of expressing myself — We can never know — What w...