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@alboothmedia

Presenter | Conference Host & Panel Moderator | Podcast Creator/Producer | Host: Oracy And Beyond podcast | Ex-BBC & Ex-baby | Here for the positive anecdotes.

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The air today feels very calm, doesn't it? Spring is slowly introducing itself to us.

Editing a podcast with the sun coming in through the window and a light breeze with it.

I'm here for this level of working tranquility.

#podcasting #spring #calm

24.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The spice girls lined up on stage on top of the pops in 1999

The spice girls lined up on stage on top of the pops in 1999

TOTP from 1999 is on the telly.

I want to go to bed but I'm back at Mum & Dad's for half term.

It's genuinely like being back in 1999.

I could stay up a bit longer. And have a bottle of Metz...

18.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spend most of January event hosting. Spending all of today bookshelf clearing. Freelance life is contrasting.

But now I've finally got the audio from Riverside I can spend tomorrow doing some podcasting.

11.02.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.02.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Who would like to invest in my barber business? It's called Hairy Stylez and all the hair cuts are side partings that just go in one direction.

23.01.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning I have said to my 5-year-old:
"Let's focus on getting dressed and then you can watch Robson & Jerome."
Parenting is full of surprises, isn't it?

17.01.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night are the international friendlies to the World Cup of Christmas.

01.11.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did you tell them you and he very much live separate lives?

05.08.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday my 8-year-old told me he was grounding me.

He explained that meant I would β€œhave to lay on the settee, on my own, and read a book all day.”

He’s clearly mistaken grounding someone for granting a little wish.

#parenting #summerholidays #metime

27.07.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Middlesbrough FC’s line-up on the TV

Middlesbrough FC’s line-up on the TV

Here we go. Squeaky bum time as they say. Take us back, boys #utb

03.05.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight I’m sleeping on a blow up bed. I’m literally floating on air. Which is also an expression I wouldn’t choose to use about how I feel having to sleep on a blow up bed.

17.04.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am considering setting up a grass mowing service where people pay over time at a high rate of interest.

I shall be called The Lawn Shark.

01.04.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Luther: Never Too Much is as good as I hoped it would be. When everyone at school was listening to Cypress Hill or Thunder, I was listening to Luther Vandross. Also, I did not know Richard Marx co-wrote β€œDance With My Father.”

23.02.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcast Listeners: How many is a good many? How do you measure success when you're stepping into a new world?

Some thoughts about podcasting figures. This isn't taken from stats and research; it's based on 25 years of broadcasting. So a theory, but also a reason to have faith and not chase the figures, nor lose sight of why you're doing it.

open.substack.com/pub/albooth/...

17.02.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi BlueSky. I don’t know if this algorithm request works… but if it does. Let me be enriched by:

Authors
Writers
Podcasters
Gardeners
Hikers
Photographers
Artists
Parents
Parent writers
Radio people.

But overall… positive souls. β™₯️

16.02.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When β€œThe Day We Caught The Train” comes on the radio, it sounds as brilliant as it ever did. What times.

29.01.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday I interviewed a dog on live TV. I think that’s the first time I’ve interviewed a dog, live. I hope it’s not the last. #DogTV #Interviewer #PoochCam

21.01.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t they remix most of the tracks of 2000/2001? #Stargate

21.01.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Triple captain’d Isak. Well played, me. Well played.

18.01.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a documentary about Margaret Rutherford on Amazon Prime. I am into it when I should be getting into bed.

17.01.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My fiancΓ©e and I are halfway through episode 2 of The Traitors and I don’t have a clue what’s going on. People clapping each other when they walk into the room. Although that is nice.

13.01.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ever wondered how many modes of transport are referenced throughout Chris De Burgh’s 1989 album β€œSpark to a Flame”?

Well, thanks to an hour at my computer earlier, you need wonder no more.

You’re welcome.

11.01.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What was the name of your Nan or Grandad's friend that you still remember the name of without ever having met them.

My Grandad's friend was AJ (pronounced "adge") Walker.
My Nan's was Dillys Pearce.

I never met either of them but I know those names 20+ years after my grandparents died.

09.01.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning i volunteered to clean the bathroom so i could listen to the end of this. Brilliant again @mhairim.bsky.social β™₯️

Also, may I recommend Sainsbury’s Sage & Eucalyptus Green Care bathroom cleaner for that cleansed-aura-meets-koala-lunch feel.

09.01.2025 10:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Working on a TV pitch called The Loyalty People. It's like The Traitors but in the tasks, people have to stick with other people as they make really bad decisions.

08.01.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tony Blackburn: Escaping school, life at sea and landing the biggest job in radio Full Disclosure with James O'Brien Β· Episode

Just to say, if you're looking for some joy in your ears today, listen to the Tony Blackburn, and Sir David Jason chats with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the Full Disclosure podcast. Humility and joy in both.

OH... and how come it's not SIR Tony Blackburn yet!?!? open.spotify.com/episode/1Zfi...

08.01.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just gone on eBay to find a Viking mug. Thanks for sharing.

07.01.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This man gave us one of the greatest parent/child bonding songs of all time. Thank you for β€œPuff The Magic Dragon”.

β€œDragons live forever but not so little boys.” β™₯️

07.01.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Only just getting around to watching the XFM documentary on Amazon Prime. It’s wonderful.

#radio

07.01.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Continuing to binge eat anything because I’ve seen adverts for Heights, magnesium spray, and gut supplements and know I’ll look like a 25 year old athlete after a week of buying them.
(I’m not buying them.)

01.01.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0