Simon R Anthony

Torty Talks from Simon Anthony

Comedy EN ↓ 222 episodes

Started in 2019 using material collected since my birth in 1957. Some people actually play my podcasts - a few have reached double figures ! I'd like to make triple figures on an episode, but to do that I may have to advertise myself a bit - tough job for me A (mostly) comedy podcast, but also a personal view of life in random order. So far I've not posted much of the old stuff, there is a set of 1978 Proms recordings but the rest are monologues, stories and live recordings form my years of year of podcasting. I started acting in 2018.This gets a bit dark in places, especially in March 2020!

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Simon R Anthony

Episodes

Smellies from Heaven - story about birds, very large birds. 13.04.2019 12:08

A story about birds, very large birds, but then I'm giving away the plot - and fertilising it too. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Monologue

Now it can be told (a story of piles). 13.04.2019 8:21

A #story, #medical in nature, uncomfortable in so many ways ( #piles you know ). #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Monologue

'We are the future' - audio play 13.04.2019 15:03

'We are the #future' - audio #play Written, recorded and sound designed by Alex Georgiou , a Goldsmiths College student. Molly Ward plays the AI, Cassandra, and I play the bloke who gets it in the - brain. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Drama

Advert for my App / Of Frogs and Techno Dads / Sparks on Bonfire Night, / A Moving Experience / Working on Dr Who - 11.04.2019 28:30

This is a recording 'off air' of the Torty Talks radio show as broadcast on 11-4-2019 on #Ambro-Radio.com It includes several audio/textual time capsules of my invention - documenting events about thirty years ago, but written at the time - often on a #MicroWriter or #AgendA #quinkey system. Sadly these no longer exist, but, I have written #Siwriter which is an app that does about the same thing....

Sparks on Bonfire night 10.04.2019 7:20

The danger and fun of #fireworks and my #birthday #celebrations #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Monologue #Autobiography

Of Frogs and Techno-dads - (unemployment) 10.04.2019 7:56

The changing face of work, and child minding for fathers. This is a comical view of a serious matter - originally written a quarter of a century ago on a Quinkey keyboard. It wore out, so I created Siwriter.co.uk

The Cat returns and Ad Infinitum 10.04.2019 13:39

A story of a #cat in the night and one about the Cat's inhabitants, #fleas #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Monologue#Autobiography

Why NOT to have a barbeque 10.04.2019 14:57

The tile says it all, I say it longer, #barbeque are a good idea but a bad practice - at least in my experience #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Monologue #Autobiography

The Geezer - poem and Other People's Pets and Raw Nature 10.04.2019 10:01

The Geezer - a #poem I partly remember and then rebuilt. Other people's #pets - what I don't like about them. The #embarrassment of youth, #birds and #cats #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Monologue #Drama #History #Autobiography #Technology

Am I old yet ? 10.04.2019 9:06

I did not enjoy being young - am I'm not now at last, but was I when this was recorded ? #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Greens #Monologue #Politics #History #Autobiography #Technology

Smells, and Monmoham 10.04.2019 12:27

Smells is a comic monologue about, smells. #Smells Monmoham is a dramatic story which I did not write, but do perform here #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Monologue #Drama #History #Autobiography

Jobs and why we do them 10.04.2019 11:13

My reasoning for why and how the future will cope with loads of people with little to do. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Greens #Monologue #Drama #Politics #History #Autobiography #Technology

Jobs, a personal tour through history - mine 10.04.2019 12:16

How I got to where I am job-wise - as of ages ago though.  Other podcast updates are available. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Greens #Monologue #Drama #Politics #History #Autobiography #Technology

Why jobs are ending 10.04.2019 14:08

A partly political, mostly environmental excuse for why I don't have a proper job #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Greens #Monologue #Drama #Politics #History #Autobiography #Technology

Being an Actor 10.04.2019 13:33

What I have been driven to do after not getting work as a web developer or lecturer ! - Rather goo really :-) #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Greens #Monologue #Drama #Politics #History #Autobiography

Bikes 10.04.2019 8:45

Cycling is a good idea, don't listen to me ! I hate it, there is no reason for you to hate #cycling too. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Environment #Greens #Monologue

Homefire's burning 10.04.2019 17:22

My relationship with fire over the years, a comic realisation.   #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Monologue #History #Autobiography #HomeImprovement

The Flat 10.04.2019 9:35

Flats are just one place to live, this is a story of a few of mine. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Monologue #History #Autobiography #HomeImprovement

The Fireplace 10.04.2019 7:30

Homes used to have these, I miss them, despite their problems. #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #Monologue #Drama #Autobiography #BBCMicro #HomeImprovement #Fireplaces

Computers, Why bother ? 10.04.2019 13:15

The personal story of how I learned to learn to love the computer the hard way - in about 1985 #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60AndStillGoingStrong  #History #Autobiography #Greens #Monologue

The 'No Lie' chap 10.04.2019 17:42

This is a comedy drama, written and performed by me, Simon Anthony. Well, I thinks it's funny. I liked making it anyway ! It's the story of a man who can not or chooses not to ever lie, worse than that, he says what he thinks when he thinks it.  Quite refreshing maybe ? #TortyTalks  #SimonAnthony  #TortoisesoftEnterprises  #acting@torty.org.uk  #ComedyPodcast  #Over60...

An Introduction, a brief description of something that could be very long indeed. 10.04.2019 4:43

As I say in this introduction ... Well, I won't repeat it here, you can hear it. Basically, this is my life history in recorded sound, readings from writing made at the time and portions of life itself. I've been around a long time, the span I cover is over 62 years so far, and I'm only 61. Listening to this string of - currently disordered diary entries - shows some of the extra-ordinary - and ye...