Hello You Podcast

Oh. Wow. It's been not just a minute but OVER A YEAR since Louise & Neil got behind the mics in their respective countries. A lot has been happening in that time, as you'd expect. Louise has launched some brilliant Sparkle Sessions for female founders Neil's burnt himself on hot tea (three times). He's also been working on a White Paper for the Institute of Internal Communicati...

Yes folks, we're back on schedule! This episode is heavy on systems thinking - Louise has been doing some work in this area & Neil's just a geek who can't get enough complexity. Reflections on travel are woven in, we explore systems of meaning as well as healthcare systems, Louise asks probing questions about AI and Neil gets giddy. Please pull up a chair and dive into the unfurlin...

Welcome back to Hello You Podcast! It's been a hot minute since Louise & Neil last took to the microphone. However, we are now back and our delight-filled 35th takes in Portuguese unicorns, why we should listen to our gut instinct and an improbable number of birds named Martin. It all makes sense in only the way that HYP episodes can - so please, draw up a chair and listen in! You can also...

Hello, hello! Welcome and have you a coffee (or beverage of your choice) to hand? Episode 34 of Hello You Podcast is ready to welcome you with talk of the new ... There's a lot of new-ness going on. Louise has just moved to Portugal and Neil has just started a new job, so naturally we dig into both and how we're each navigating these changes. We chat about foreign supermarkets, owning our stories...

Welcome in and pull up a chair for episode 33. Louise is planning and packing for her move to Portugal, while Neil has been Story Slamming. A theme of owning our stories and holding space emerges and we explore the delight of seeing other people stepping into their stories. We are all about aliving here! (Yes, that word will get plenty of mileage with us) Find the full show notes here: https://pod...

From working at home and being nosey about people's backgrounds, to adding new words to the English language and connecting with others - it can only be the latest Hello You Podcast episode! Nature and wonder feature heavily in this hour of frequently random chat. Men fall in ponds, cicadas sleep for a prime number of years and we talk about how a practice rooted in Aikido can enrich our workl...

Well, it may sound like an entry from a bizarre caption competition (think of Have I Got News for You) but the lions making fewer zebras kills, all thanks to some invasive ants comes together in a ripple of interactions and dinner right at the end of the recording. It can only be episode 31 of Hello You Podcast! Join us on LinkedIn and let us know your thoughts. Are you rooting for the lions, zebr...

Yes, dear listeners, it is indeed episode 30! While other podcasts may go back into their archives for moments of deep reflection, Louise & Neil shamelessly pitch for research funding to lick Glacier Mice to see if they taste like Glacier Mints, or to support the academic corpus with investigations into alcohol, music and synchrony. It does make sense (in the madcap way that HYP always makes s...

In the brand shiny 29th episode, we start exactly how we end up going on: dancing joyfully between individual context and the bigger context, with an audio tour of Neil's 'biography shelf' which introduces the cat that came with a washing machine. We'd love to share Episode 29 of Hello You Podcast with you. Come in, the Salon is open and you're very, very welcome! If you'd...

Wait - episode 28? Already? OK, so it's been a hot minute since we last recorded. 'Busy' and 'Adulting' are mentioned... But that's not stopped our verve for chat - and is there ever a lot to catch up on! We start in the realms of business, mentoring and a rather exciting new proposition Louise is working on. We reminisce about an afternoon in a basement flat (there is a po...

Welcome to Episode 27 of Hello You Podcast! It's been quite the month since our last episode. Louise is back in Britain, and having attended her sister's ordination paints a vivid picture of what happens when someone fully enters a life in ministry. We dabble in post-COVID reflections, swing into social media, glance in the direction of what the internet could be evolving into and finally...

It's not only the 26th Episode of Hello, You Podcast ... it's also our 2nd international episode! Louise dials in from Portugal and we have a glorious hour of chat. We talk about grief, creativity, the embodied nature of language and how excited we are for the new Barbie film ... it can only be the unfurling experiment that is HYP! Read the shownotes here: https://wordpress.com/post/helloy...

Welcome to HYP 25 (the quarter century being a milestone that we completely miss talking about...) - the Salon is open! We dive into the cinematic marvel that is Everything, Everywhere All At Once, hurtling into language and the joys of untranslatable words. Louise drops a book recommendation, before we nuzzle up to linguistic taxonomy and its influence on reality, Algospeak and how violence is do...

Welcome to the 24th episode of Hello You Podcast - come on in, the Salon is open! In this riotous conversation, we talk about love, swear more than usual, think about firing stuff from the moon to give the Earth a sunscreen and ponder on whether you can truly love a troll. Oh, and Louise drops a HYP exclusive - listen in to find out what! As always, you can also catch up on the shownotes here:  sh...

Welcome to the first episode of 2023!  Despite an auspicious start (2023, 23rd episode, recording on 23 Jan, at 18:23), technological gremlins have meant that this episode is a bit shorter than normal... However, you do get some bird insights, a consideration of the changing season and a deep dive into the most marvellous 'A Tale For The Time Being' by Ruth Ozeki. What more could you want?  Oh, sh...

It's the last episode of the year!  Louise & Neil get somewhat meta by diving into perceptions of reality, Anil Seth, Ruth Ozeki and psychogeographic place names. It's a wonderful final ride of a fabulous 12months behind the microphones - do come on in, the Salon is open! Shownotes, as always:  shownotes.helloyoupodcast.com

Welcome to episode 21 of Hello You Podcast - which features a glorious meandering through fascinating facts, playing bumblebees and earthworm sniffing. We reserve our deepest divings for Twitter, Mastadon, freedom of speech and the future of social media. Come on in - the Salon is open! (Shownotes, as always, shownotes.helloyoupodcast.com)

Something momentous has happened, we have reached the 20th episode of HYP in this series! So Neil & Louise reflect on what's happened since we last recorded ... which contains a few other momentous things, as it happens. Find links to the articles & resources we discuss in the shownotes for episode 20 here: https://helloyoupodcast.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/episode-20-momentous-moments-and-regal-rit...

Welcome to Episode 19 of Hello You Podcast - the Salon is open! In this episode, we talk spiders, Spuffy, neurodivergence, intersectionality and why animation can do things that 'live' TV shows just can't. Louise liberally sprinkles fabulous recommendations for things to read and listen to.  Neil pops in a few of his own too. And, for some reason, birds keep cropping up... It's another glorio...

Hello you! If you're cool to slide into the chat via the picturesque venue of Lewes-twinned-with-Mordor (it will make sense during the first 5 minutes of listening) - WELCOME! Come on in - the Salon is open and we'd love you to join us! You can also find the shownotes at this link here: https://helloyoupodcast.wordpress.com/2022/07/18/episode-18-to-pigeon-are-you-in-the-holly-tree-random-anim...

Well hello! Pull up a comfy chair for Episode 17 of Hello You Podcast ... This month we talk a lot about disruption in one form or another. Disrupting the dominant narrative, disrupting how we experience the world by (re)naming, disrupting our own ideas of what inclusion means and what it implies. And, of course, something about wolves and bananas ... (hint, it's Eurovision related). Come on in -...

Welcome to Episode 16 of Hello You Podcast! Come in, sit down and get comfy all in the name of exploring discomfort. It turns out that reflecting on things that make us uncomfortable is the emergent theme for this month's episode and, as ever, Neil & Louise dive in. Come on in - the Salon is open and we'd love you to join us. See the shownotes at the link below to give you a flavour of what yo...

This is our first international episode - Louise is discovering new, big views, in Portugal where the weather isn't behaving as expected.  The coffee is cheap, and it transpires that Neil may be a coffee snob.   We cover a huge amount of ground in this episode - from appreciating big views and the effects they have on us, to deep reflections on cultural narratives and how is behind them. We do spe...

Welcome to Episode 14 of Hello You Podcast! As always, the Salon doors are thrown open and you're invited in! This time, Louise & Neil dive into the ebbs and flows of language, dig into a fabulous poem and explore issues of equality and inclusion. We'd also love to hear from you - what words or phrases have you collected over your lifetime which no one else has ever heard of?  Let us know! Shownot...

HELLO, YOU! Ready for an explosive welcome? Neil delivers ...   We starting with a poem that plays with surreal, yet specific, imagery "I want to write about an Orange" and so it goes on from there Welcome - the Salon is open and there's a chair waiting for you ...  do listen! Find the articles we reference in the shownotes here: https://helloyoupodcast.wordpress.com/2022/02/04/february-...