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how do you decide what to do when there a billion things you could do and maybe none of them lead anywhere or maybe one is the one that unlocks your dreams!?  also I've watched a lot of films and seen a lot of theatre and I like talking about it, so I hope you like hearing me talk about it, because I do! like and subscribe, leave a comment, do whatever is necessary to get your boy into the bi...

here comes the post-panto, post-christmas, post-grandad's funeral special episode of big boy bigger dreams filmed in my childhood bedroom, I chat about my current stresses and axieties going into 2026, as well as my top 4 melanCHILLic albums like and subscribe, leave a comment, do whatever is necessary to get your boy into the big time. 00:00 Intro 00:01:39 Mental health check 00:02:57 What h...

here's 51, the same number of essays hamilton wrote about the constitution or whatever, i dunno.. this episode comes to you from the random tech dungeon in the bowels of the grand opera house in york, and i discuss my christmas, my concept of treating your various projects as islands, and i wrote a dead long poem that's actually kinda good like and subscribe, leave a comment, do whatever...

Happy 50th episode to the PLOGcast, they said I couldn't do it, and they were mostly right. This week in the pod I dive into feeling jealousy as a musician, the wish to transfer anxiety into excitement, and my top four favourite prog albums. Please like and subscribe, leave a comment, do whatever is necessary to get your boy into the big time.

take a spin on today's manic episode, feeling a lot of weird things so I thought I would jot them down on this open journal that I call a PLOGcast talking about writing, self-esteem, music, and all things about recent life and hopefully finding a way to a future. thank you for listening to this podcast/PLOGcast, please like and subscribe!!! // today's poem //  ‘Incredible Story’ // &apos...

missed 3 months (oops, lol) so here is the long awaited PLOG (trademark pending) update, i chat about my sister's wedding in italy, my recent panic attack, as well as the numerous amounts of recent theatre visits a lot of this PLOGcast centres around me as a musician, but also my mental health, which as a gigging musician in london is often tested, so please listen and if my ramblings can be...

Let's get woo-woo and talk about channeling energy! This episode I chat about my recent antics in Chester, my world Premiere in Stoke, and delve into some work I've been doing with my counsellor recently. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG, chronicling the London (mis)adventures of me, composer and drummer Eden Longson, focussing on mental health and the professional wo...

So I didn't upload in May... shoot me! Anyways, here's an episode of this thing that I call Big Boy Bigger Dreams and this week I talk about playing musicals, playing the Kardamyli International Jazz Festival, as well as some of the mental health challenges I face as a musician and the ball and chain that is unquenchable productivity. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG,...

The sun is out, he's played some music, and now he's talking into a mic for 45 minutes for your listening pleasure. I talk about what movies I've been seeing, what shows I've been playing, and what hot tubs I've been dipping in. I explore my people pleasing, my goals in life, and my worries about my love of Geordie Greep. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLO...

In this week's episode of Big Boy Bigger Dreams I am writing a letter to future Eden, I am hoping that in exactly a year's time Eden will listen to this and respond. This is real high-brow Richard Linklater-type stuff... let's hope it pays off! Enjoy the letter and enjoy the PLOGcast, please rate and review and subscribe to the MIGHTY MIGHTY PODCAST NETWORK!!

Spring is so back. The sunshine has got us all thinking that maybe things ain't so bad. This week on the show I chat about the Oscars, the Sunshine, meeting my friends' new baby, as well as talking all things 2024 girly-pop. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG, chronicling the London (mis)adventures of me, composer and drummer Eden Longson, focussing on mental health and...

I am the 5K King. It's done. It's settled. It will be a reign that lasts a thousand years. This week I chat about running 5ks in under 30 minutes, my mum's PHD graduation, various gigs and just a general chat, who doesn't love a general chat with the 5K King? Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG, chronicling the London (mis)adventures of composer and drummer Ede...

This week the big boy with the bigger dreams talks about Christmas and New Years including his recent transition to absolutely SWOLE gym rat, the musical production that saved his life, and the hopes and plans for 2025. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG, chronicling the London (mis)adventures of composer and drummer Eden Longson, focussing on mental health and the professional w...

This week the big boy with the bigger dreams has a guest! Friend of the pod and winner of some BBC folk award thing: Ciaran Algar It's another multi-episode episode as we chatted for too long, so I split it up into two parts. In this second part Ciaran and and I try to write a poem together, give some music recommendations, briefly living together, and the development of the pod! Come and lis...

This week the big boy with the bigger dreams has a guest! Friend of the pod and winner of some BBC folk award thing: Ciaran Algar It's another multi-episode episode as we chatted for too long, so I split it up into two parts. In this first part Ciaran and I chat about school, feeling contented, we perform a mental health check-in, and end up down tangents that I hope you enjoy! Come and liste...

The thrilling conclusion of my deep chat with my pal Hope, which we HOPE will bring you some comfort, entertainment, and who knows maybe by chatting we'll all begin to grow and heal as people. Big boy bigger dreams is usually an outlet for me to PLOG (god, remember blogs?), but instead I decided to interview a close friend of mine, neither of us are famous or anything, we just like to natter...

This is part TWO of my conversation with my pal Hope, which we HOPE will bring you some comfort, entertainment, and who knows maybe by chatting we'll all begin to grow and heal as people. Big boy bigger dreams is usually an outlet for me to PLOG (god, remember blogs?), but instead I decided to interview a close friend of mine, neither of us are famous or anything, we just like to natter about...

Hey everyone, this is a special three-part episode of Big Boy Bigger Dreams, I decided to interview my very good friend Hope, and in doing so we accidentally recorded 2 hours of material, which I have edited into three separate parts. This was a great conversation, and recently my personal life hasn't been great, so it was amazing to sit down with a friend and talk it all out. We cover growin...

This week the big boy with the bigger dreams talks about his recent escapades including a trip up north for some 30th birthday parties, recent gigs and cinema trips, as well as empathy for his past self. Come and listen to this (sometimes) fortnightly PLOG, chronicling the London (mis)adventures of composer and drummer Eden Longson, focussing on mental health and the professional world of music. G...

Ya [big] boy Eden Longson has moved down to London, and I've been chronicling my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. This week I dive into a recent [and very brief] depressive episode, how to cope with those kinds of knocks, as well as discussing how I have gained the tools to earn and grow from that experience. I've been making this plog so that you can come on this jo...

Ya [big] boy Eden Longson has moved down to London, and I've been chronicling my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. This week I chat about going to the BBC Proms, as well those proms you go to at school, there may also be some hot music takes and my excitement about the future! I've been making this plog so that you can come on this journey through music, mental health...

Ya [big] boy Eden Longson has moved down to London, and I've been chronicling my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. This week I chat about my birthday, the big 3-0!!! What I did to celebrate, how I'm looking forward to my 30s, plus some fun hot takes about pop music. Don't come after me Sabrina fans! I've been making this plog so that you can come on this jou...

As a big boy with bigger dreams, I [musician Eden Longson, sometimes known as Big Bear or GRIM the THUNDER], I moved down to London and decided to chronicle my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. Apologies for the delay in this episode [god I say that a lot...] but this week I talk a lot about my recent work, adventures which include a tour to Ireland, playing jazz with a hero in...

Ya [big] boy Eden Longson has moved down to London, and I've been chronicling my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. This week I didn't use a script, literally like 5 single word bullet points! So listen to my stream of conscious nonsense about my current busy life, shows I've seen/played in, and various musings about my current successes/fear of poverty! I've...

Ya [big] boy Eden Longson has moved down to London, and I've been chronicling my [mis]adventures as I try and make it in the big city. This week I'm feeling a bit ill! But that doesn't stop me rambling on about my recent life, upcoming gigs, and then musing for a while about my people-pleasing tendencies and how connecting with people is one of the greatest things one can do in life...