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The Young’uns Podcast 127: Hey Kids! Leave That Teacher Alone! (James Fagan interview and music from Melrose Quartet)
Last week it was penguin beating, this week it’s breast beating. David attempts to communicate with a blind dignitary using a secret language. We’ve got more dream analysis. James Fagan talks to us about his journey from medicine to music, and the folk supergroup Melrose Quartet, comprising James along with Nancy Kerr and Jess &…
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The Young’uns Podcast 126: Penguin Beater
This week, the Young’uns embark on a thrilling adventure in Cold War Russia. We ruminate on the sexual antics of Morris dancers at Broadstairs Folk Week. We present a rather unusual theory about toilets. Our gig at the supposedly haunted Black Swan in York appears to have been attended by an ethereal celebrity, while a…
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The Young’uns Podcast 125 (Jim Causley, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar)
Yet again, The Young’uns nearly have a run-in with the police, only this time they implicate this week’s guests, BBC Folk Award nominated Jim Causley, and BBC Folk Award horizon winners Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar. We whisk them off in a car to an Asylum in Whitby where they do a live session, discuss…
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Crazy Frog Porn and BBC Radio 3.
Listen to the audio version of this blog post here. https://davideagle.co.uk/wp-admin/podcasts/David%20Eagle%20-%20Blog%20-%20Crazy%20Frog%20Porn%20and%20BBC%20Radio%203.mp3 I’m writing this blog post on a bus. I’ve been on it for half an hour and I’ve had it up to here (sorry I forgot, you can’t see me—that’s about 4 metres) with the man sitting next to me. His text alert is…
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The Young’uns Podcast 124 (live session and interview with the Hut People)
The Young’uns Podcast 124 (live session and interview with the Hut People)
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The Young’uns Live on BBC Radio 3
The Young’uns session for BBC Radio 3 could have well been a session for BBC 1Xtra, as I went the wrong way and wondered into the 1Xtra studios. I’m sure we could have improvised an urban hip-hop folk ballad hybrid set if they were interested. However, I was pointed in the right direction and the…
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Spin Doctor Who and The Daleks!
As soon as I heard about the appointment of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor Who, I immediately had an idea for a sketch. Annoyingly I wasn’t back at home until today and so this is the first chance I’ve had to do anything with the idea. It is likely that this idea may already…
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The Young’uns Podcast 123: It’s Juicy, It’s Lucy!
This week is a juice-fuelled Young’uns Podcast, as David Eagle is into the fifth day of his juice only detox. Sam Pirt from the Hut People offers encouragement and presents the final Juicer Minute. This week’s guest is 2012 BBC Folk Award winner Lucy Ward, who chats with us ahead of the release of her…
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The Young’uns Podcast 122 (with Theatre Maker Daniel Bye and Polish shanty group Brasy)
This week, Elly Lucas from Gibb and Lucas is under the spotlight in Folk in Focus as we unearth a startling revelation. Sam Pirt from the Hut People is back with the penultimate Juicer Minute ahead of David’s detox, plus we speak to him about meditation. We talk with Theatre Maker Daniel Bye who we…
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The Young’uns Podcast 121: Michael is My Penetrator (Mike Wilson interview)
As the Young’uns Podcast increases in popularity among folk music fans, we realise the importance of not only entertaining, but also educating and informing. Our new item, Folk in Focus, brings you the latest folk news, the all important stories that Mark Radcliff, Mike Harding and folk magazines just aren’t covering. Yes, The Young’uns Podcast…