Human/Ordinary

Dec 14 2024 43 ep. 25 mins 3k
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Human/Ordinary is back in 2024 with a series of short docos. Sam will spend two weeks floundering and then release whatever he has on Friday night of the second week. They'll mostly be personal journals that touch on our culture, our relationships, and the extraordinary feat of being alive.
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Episode 41 - One About a Music Festival

Dec 14 2024 9 mins  
A day late with this one, which pretty much exposes me as breaking my own rules. The idea was that I'd upload at the end of the two weeks whatever I had. But truth is, I didn't have anything.I recorded a bit of audio at the festival where I was, and so there's some music in the background I don't have permission to use. I think there's far greater crimes occurring and so I've decid

Episode 40 - One That's Really a Shameless Plug

Nov 28 2024 8 mins  
Sometimes, things don't go to plan. I've had a two week stretch that started well, but then nothing really panned out. I had some work on that then got postponed, which meant the idea I had for Human/Ordinary couldn't be realised. Them's the breaks I guess.What you get instead is a plug for a show that I worked on earlier this year. I feel it deserves more listeners because it's a

Episode 39 - One About an Old Friend

Nov 15 2024 7 mins  
A friend of mine died recently. This is the story of our friendship, and my hate for him.I've decided to dispense with the intro narration; they weren't really adding anything and you hear from me enough as it is.This episode is a part of a little series of stories called One Every Two. I'm going to make a new one every two weeks, and upload whatever I have when the time is up. I r

Episode 38 - One About a Mini-Lockdown

Oct 31 2024 6 mins  
Continuing my little series One Every Two, here's a little story about a week where we had to go back into lockdown. Just me, my partner, our two kids, a big cubby, three suspected cases of whooping cough, and a new approach to parenting.Scripting, editing, sound design and music by me.Check out more of my stuff here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 37 - One About a Weekend in the City

Oct 16 2024 8 mins  
This is a little story about a weekend in the city with my son. I realise some things about getting older.Writing, sound design and music by me.More of my work here.Please rate and review if you have the time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 36 - One About Hay Fever

Sep 29 2024 5 mins  
Well it's been a long time between Human/Ordinary drinks.If anyone's still out there, hi!For the past five years I've been making a go of doing this podcasting caper as my job. But things have been slow lately and so I've decided to start making things for myself again.It starts here. A little series called One Every Two, where I'm going to try ("try" being the important term here)

Episode 35 - What Happened in Vegas...

Dec 07 2019 34 mins  
In October 2017, Sarah and Michael went to Las Vegas on their American holiday. They saw magic, ate lots of food, and were next door to the worst mass shooting in US history. This is the story of what happened during and after.Produced by Sam LoyThanks to Sarah Baggs, Michael Williams, Declan Fay, Janet McLeod and James Milsom.Thanks also to the Human Ordinary team for their editor

Episode 34 - A Feiner Guide to Creative Life

Nov 23 2019 30 mins  
What’s it like to collaborate with your partner creatively, while raising kids? How do you give each other feedback, while keeping your marriage intact?Beck is an illustrator and graphic designer who previously worked in advertising, and her husband Robin is a writer and creative in the advertising industry. Together they’ve created the books: If I was Prime Minister…. and My

Episode 33 - Nirvana Funeral Services

Nov 09 2019 28 mins  
Mic Cavazzini’s last story for this season of Human/Ordinary shares a lot of similarities with his first. It’s about the big things: life, death, and the Himalayas. It’s a story about journeys - how you end up doing what you do in life, and how you end up leaving it.Produced by Mic CavazziniRecording assistance by Rojita Adhikari rojitadhikari.wordpress.com/ Original mus

Episode 32 - Why Can't Hairdressers Be Like Plumbers?

Oct 26 2019 27 mins  
Her whole life, May Jasper has felt nervous about going to the hairdresser. She didn’t know anything about fashion, and she didn’t understand all the questions they would ask like “do you want more volume in your hair?” (Why, is that gonna make it louder?) And so she fantasised about a world where hairdressers were like plumbers. Just getting the job done, no