Memory
1/14/20261 hr 3 min
If a tree fell in the forest and made no sound why do you remember it so clearly? And when was this? Pre-Covid? And what on Earth was Derek doing there? And why does this memory have an original score composed by Sting and is that score what’s muddying the whole “did the tree make a sound” waters in the first place? Thanks to Danielle from The Halifax for selecting this week’s topic - memory. Or was it Daniella from The Horsham?
With thanks to our editor Laura Grimshaw.
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First 90 secondsMike Wozniak· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Um, I've got a slightly January-ish topic of conversation, if you're interested.
Henry Paker· Host0:13
Yes, please.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:13
'Cause January, of course, is a, a time of, um... Well, people decide to take up things to try and... They feel like they need to do something active.
Henry Paker· Host0:23
Yes.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:23
They get worried about health, and they- The gyms get overrun- All that kind of stuff, yeah ...
Henry Paker· Host0:28
which is annoying for proper gym, gymsters like myself. [laughs] I'll be like, "Get off my m-m-machine. Get off my weight machine, mate." [laughs] [laughs] Yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:39
I've signed up for some lessons.
Henry Paker· Host0:41
What kind of lessons?
Mike Wozniak· Host0:42
Uh.
Henry Paker· Host0:42
In what?
Mike Wozniak· Host0:42
Fencing.
Henry Paker· Host0:43
You're gonna learn the saber at last.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:46
[laughs] Backgammon.
Henry Paker· Host0:47
[laughs] I'm assuming it's one of the gentleman's sports.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:51
[laughs] I think it's one of the seven-year-old girl sports.
Henry Paker· Host0:55
Horseback backgammon?
Mike Wozniak· Host0:57
[laughs] [laughs] Horseback gammon.
Henry Paker· Host0:59
What is it gonna be? What are you learning?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:02
Keep guessing.
Henry Paker· Host1:03
Have, have you joined an under eights brass band?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:05
[laughs] No.
Henry Paker· Host1:07
No. Are you learning to swim for the first time? Oh, that's quite a good guess.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:12
I am going to go down to the rink. I'm doing ice skating lessons.
Henry Paker· Host1:16
Oh, are you really?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:16
Yeah, yeah.
Henry Paker· Host1:17
Fantastic. With the aim of, like, of just amateur, or are you headed towards, like, ice hockey? Are you gonna be a, a sort of sporting pugilist, or are you gonna go... Is it more, more towards the ice dancer end of the spectrum?
Mike Wozniak· Host1:28
I'd say it's much more the Torvill and Dean