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David Eagle’s Earwig, Episode 1
Rarely does a day go by without me overhearing a conversation that I become absorbed in. Sometimes, I have become so captivated by someone else’s conversation that I have inadvertently missed my stop on the bus or the train. I find There’s something magical about entering these unknown worlds, unbidden and unobserved. I can’t help…
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Genetically Modified Soldiers
A piece I recently wrote on the subject of genetically modified soldiers has been published here. It’s a much shorter, and less joke-filled affair than my first draft, but the people in the know consider anything over 700 words to be too much for blog readers; regular readers of this blog will no that I’m…
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Beep Repaired, Revisited
My blog post of January 27, Beep Repaired, is now available in audio form. Download here. You can subscribe to the podcast of audio blog posts in ITunes here. Or view the RSS feed here. New Young’uns Podcast will be released in March.
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Sir David Attenborough, Gay Animals and Sexually Provocative Wardrobes
Last week, Sir David Attenborough came under fire from a media lecturer for snubbing gay animals. The following audio clip is from a radio pilot was involved in (that I won’t talk about, because nothing might come of it and it would be embarrassing to prematurely divulge). The clip explores this point and considers the…
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What Do You Get When You Cross The Darkness With The grandstand Television Theme? David Eagle’s Pick And Mix vol2
Two years ago this very day, I released my first ever David Eagle's Pick and Mix. And now, finally, thanks to begging letters, death threats, blackmail and sexual favours (OK, I made the last one up) I am releasing the 2nd David Eagle's Pick and Mix. David Eagle's Pick and Mix is a DJ set…
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Beep Repaired
My phone beeped, notifying me of a new text message. It was from the taxi company, alerting me to the fact that my taxi had arrived. This was hardly news to me since I had been sitting in the taxi for the last five minutes. A couple of minutes later the phone beeped again, notifying…
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Happy New Year
Happy new year my friends. I hope I can make it a little bit happier by announcing that 2013 will see the triumphant return of David Eagle’s Pick and Mix – the DJ set with no rules. More information on that to come very soon. OK, I know what you’re thinking: “Never mind that. More…
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The Young’uns Podcast 112: Christmas Cassette Special
This week, David Eagle is back at his old home in Hartlepool. Limited equipment and temperamental technology means he has to resort to the unusual task of editing the Christmas Young’uns podcast on cassette tape. Included in this hissy, clunky Christmas podcast: The Young’uns attempt some Christmas covers; we present the world’s worst Christmas album;…
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Second Festive Audio Blog Post: The Geriatrics’ Christmas Panto
Here’s my second festive audio blog post, entitled the Geriatrics’ Christmas Panto. Download it here. That’s all for this blog post, because my laptop seems to believe that updating 50 programmes at once is a more effective use of my computer’s resources than allowing me to type a basic word document. The computer is also…
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Tiz the season of peace and good will; but not necessarily between radio presenters and x-footballers.
Last weekend was the Manchester city/united derby. Towards the end of the dramatic game, a city fan broke on to the pitch, and another spectator threw a one pence coin on to the pitch which struck Rio Ferdinand in the face and left a cut above his eye, On Monday’s BBC 5 Live breakfast programme,…