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Hey, Spotify users! You aren’t seeing the latest two episodes of Underwood and Flinch in the free podcast feed. This is due to a copyright strike against me (probably relating to the music I use, I don’t know, Spotify hasn’t told me yet). However, it only affects Spotify. You can get U&F Episode 8, and the temporary podcast “Apology” in all other podcast apps. Sorry, but at least it’s not my fault this time. Stupid A.I. copyright content scanners. Grrr.

Episode 8 of Underwood and Flinch Season 5 is now available. Check your podcast app for it, and then, once you’ve listened, share the podcast on your social media. Every little helps, right?
I thank you 🧛🏼‍♂️

Listen to the episode here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/underwood-and-flinch-5-episode-8–60164387

Hey! Are you an Instagram user? If you are, why not take a look at my profile – and maybe follow me there? It’s not endless selfies or pics of my dinners, instead, it’s views of my ordinary day-to-day world. Exciting? No. Interesting? Maybe.

Here’s a sample of my recent shots. I hope you like them, and that you’ll come and join me over at the Gram, or Insta, or whatever cool people call it. This is me: https://www.instagram.com/mikebennettauthor/
Huzzah!

Hi. I have a new podcast online in which I talk about why this site recently went weird (big red Google warning slapped on it), my unknown allergy, where I am with my writing at the moment, getting inexplicably weepy about Princess Diana in 1997, and naturally, Pauline and I discuss what’s been on our TV lately. You can listen to the episode on your podcast app of choice, or listen right now by clicking this link: Listen to “MBP November 2023” on Spreaker.

Links to things mentioned in this episode
If you have the BlueSky app, you can find me here: @mikebennett.bsky.social

The Persuaders theme by John Barry: https://youtu.be/b6Ljwz7SueY?si=6FDVDp5BIfQ4n_BM

Harsh criticism for The Crown, Season 6: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/16/the-crown-season-6-review-so-bad-its-like-an-out-of-body-experience-netflix

Merry Christmas to everyone who follows this blog of mine! Have a great holiday, and a fab New Year!! Here’s hoping that 2023 is the year U&F TV gets the green light! 🤞

Another video, this time of me getting slapped about waves at Rosslare Strand last Sunday.

I made a short video to reveal the announcement of when the new (free) season of U&F is starting in my podcast feed (also known as “on Spotify”). Take a look, you won’t have to wait long to find out when the date is …

I’ve been posting quite a few videos at YouTube lately, including the HP Lovecraft recordings, all of my Dracula podcast, and most of my classic story readings. So if you prefer to listen on YouTube (and I believe a lot of people do) then please check out my channel and subscribe for more. Many thanks!

I went up to Dublin on Monday to meet Podiobooks founder and all-round podcasting guru, Evo Terra, and his wife Sheila. It was the first time we’d met in person after many years of email correspondence (usually along the lines of Evo telling me for the umpteenth time how to get my Podiobooks MP3s through PB quality control 😄).

They’re currently on vacation in Ireland, and we met up for brunch in Temple Bar. We had a great chat, and it was especially great for me because I never get to talk to people in real life about what it is I do. (Most of the time I just say to the curious, “I write and podcast”, and that tends to be the end of the conversation). So imagine how cool it was to speak with someone who knows a ton more about all that sort of thing than I do.

I wish we’d had more time, but they’re on a round-Ireland visit and had an itinerary to keep to, and I had to get my train back home. However, we made vague plans to meet again, maybe at a podcasting convention or something of that nature. I hope so. And I suspect very much we shall, for things are afoot … which you’ll know if you’ve been listening to my recent episodes of the Underwood and Flinch After Hours podcast. The latest episode (#5) is now live in my podcast feed. Search for me in your podcast app and get caught up, or open this RSS link with your podcast app … https://mikebennett.libsyn.com/rss

Episode 7 is now live in my free podcast feed, listeners. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do, be a sweetheart and tell someone about it, would you? You are my word of mouth.
I thank you 🙂