Attic Life: Episode 11 - You Had One Job...

Ever wondered how someone got the job they're currently doing? Ever wondered how they got their job when they're so inept at it? Ever wondered whether you'd be better at doing someone's job than they are? Ever wondered... sorry. We'll stop there, but you get the point.

On this episode, Chris and Jay stop to ponder why so many people around us are doing the job's they've got, but not doing them particularly well. Even more irksome than that, they're often getting paid more than we are, too.

So what can be done about it? Should we be going out of our way to point out the people that are professionally falling short, and should we be asking for a bit more credit for our own work achievements?

Not only that, but how can Robbie Williams earn more than Chris and Jay put together in a year simply by singing a song about sprouts and carrots? Some things in life we will never understand...

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Attic Life: Episode 10 - Nostalgia for Nostalgia's Sake

Rich Johnson returns to Attic Life with tales of new employment, brutalist architecture and intense dislike of gardening. Well no-one's perfect...

Luckily this is just a prelude to the main topic on this podcast which is 'nostalgia.' What is it that makes us nostalgic, can it always be refined to happy memories alone, and can you have too much nostalgia?

All these questions and more are answered, plus we discover the worst Kurt Cobain impersonator (on paper, at least), the hidden pleasures gained from watching The Professionals and the Proustian rush of seeking out some Findus Crispy Pancakes.

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Attic Life: Episode 9 - Dirt under the fingernails

Never let it be said that we never cover a wide range of topics on the Attic Life podcast. In this episode, Chris and Jay talk about stress, work, gardening, the onset of middle age, mortality and guitar building. Show us a podcast that can promise you an agenda like that, and we'll show you two men looking for a new audio project to embark upon.

During this parade of personal memories and innermost thoughts, Chris persuades Jay to get an allotment, Jay assures Chris that people aren't talking behind his back about his sickness record at work, and both Jay and Chris consider devoting an episode entirely to Brexit. Your chance to talk us out of it begins here...

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• Attic Life - Episode 9 (.MP3 74MB)

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Attic Life: Episode 8 - New Tech woes

In this episode, Chris and Rich consider the impact that new technology is having on our lives. Marvellous though it is to be able to pre-pay and pre-order your daily coffee, does it really matter when the shop assistant doesn't know what an app is?

Not only that, but will new technology make us more reliant on automated efficiency, and should more testing be done on the tech systems we use before they're unleashed on an unprepared public?

As if that wasn't enough, Rich provides an update on his job situation, Dion Dublin's ability to sell a house is put under the microscope, the forgotten phenomenon of snail grooming gets a long-overdue assessment and Chris and Rich try desperately to avoid becoming new music bores. Oh, and Rich uses the word 'apogee.' Correctly, too.

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• Attic Life - Episode 8 (.MP3 79MB)

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Attic Life: Episode 7 - Such is life

John Devlin joins the Attic Life gang for episode 7, but unfortunately for him we didn't end up talking about poor customer service and entering competitions again. This time around, things got a bit heavy as we talked about work - specifically what happens when you're suddenly out of work.

That's the fate that now awaits one of us, and the whole sorry affair is discussed in great detail in this episode. But if you're thinking this is going to be a relentlessly downbeat podcast, fear not as Rich has thought of a wonderful way to generate some personal income. Interested parties should listen in and drop us a line where appropriate...

Elsewhere, we find out what happens when a plumber turns his career path around by 180% and the consequences that impact the poor guy whose job it is to design his website. If only we knew who that was...

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Attic Life: Episode 6 - Points of Ingress

Three years is quite long enough to have a break between podcast episodes, wouldn't you say?

Yes, Attic Life is back - rebooted, simplified and now with added guests! For episode 6, we've roped in our old friend Jay from DesignFootball.com, but if you're not into football, fear not. This is Attic Life, the podcast where football barely gets a look in.

That's because we have weightier matters to discuss. For instance, what makes a great musical cover version? Why does cluster fly terminology make for a great album title? And is it possible to win a competition when the prize doesn't technically exist?

Not everything in Attic Life poses such a challenge for the mind as we also discuss everything from dishwashers to incomplete McChicken sandwiches. And if you're wondering how all these things could possibly be connected, there's only one thing left to do, and that's to download the returning Attic Life - episode 6 - right now.

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