Our third outing of 2025 starts off with a review of the last few weeks on and off the island. Tim has now concluded his course of radiotherapy in Portsmouth which involved mid-week hotels and further therapy in charity shops, which become are fast becoming a recurring theme and so stoke the competitive boilers of our co-hosts with a challenge for episode 4. Tune in to play along with us.As you know by now we both quite like the Isle of Wight so we dedicate a portion of this serving of chat to discussing our recent experiences of the coffee shops scene here on the island. In particular, we riff around the theme of competition between sit down restaurants and sit down coffee shops. Let that percolate through the filter paper of your mind and make your own decision if our conclusions leave you feeling like a flat white or a frothy cappuccino.Similarly, from coffee shops to talking shops and much of the recent news from the Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet acceptance of the Labour Government's new local government initiatives has us frothing just like a cappuccino.Our recurring theme of medical ailments is this week propped up by news of a broken foot to complement the recent spate of attention grabbing diagnoses from your less than sturdy co-hosts. News of the Beckham wannabe and the broken metatarsal allows us to march from comedy film titles such as Bend it like Dedman through other topical news events as we hobble towards the inevitable big discussion concerning events in the United States of America. Should we be worried, amused or angry? Probably a combination of each of these options will be the findings of our dissection of recent events as we bemoan once more the incessant march of populism that erodes the quality of life for all of us but the few who feed untruths into the popular discourse.Still, on that happy note, we’re glad that you’re here and contemplating listening to two guys (three guys short of a burger chain) putting the world to rights. Come and join us.Thanks for listening.Tim and Rory

Hurtling into the momentum-fuelled, content-rich, world of QWightLike A Podcast, episode 2 of our third series brings you another panoply of pervasive ponderings, as your brave hosts lunge fully clothed into revealing discourses peppered with topical chat and other meanders.

Tim, is on the mainland being peppered with atomic particles whilst Rory remains on the island salting away ideas for future stories to share with Tim and regular listener(s).

The chat inevitably rolls around to what men do when left to their own devices on foreign shores and the episode bounces between the delights and cultural appropriations to be acquired over the threshold of the charity retail outlet. Tim shares his top tips for how to make best use of the charity shop and Rory regales us with the density of charities purveying their well-gotten gains to the residents across the West Wight.

Inevitably, as men’s conversations typically do, the chat returns to the aches and pains experienced with the aging process and the discovery of unwelcome diagnoses countered by us marvelling at the treatment technology available to us all, even if it means weeks away in an all expenses paid hotel with swimming, pool, gym and free WiFi.

Lend us an hour of your time, and we’ll keep your mind occupied as we tiptoe tentatively from men’s health to the health of a nation, yes … that one! The one with the President everyone swears about whilst gawping incredulously at his swearing in, whilst swearing we won’t let the same thing happen here.

We let the same thing happen here, in episode 2, and we’ll be back in a fortnight to swear a little more, if Tim gets his way, with episode 3, the next one, to shock you into thinking and talking about the world around us all. We’re more interesting than we think we are. All of us.

Thanks for thinking, and listening.

Tim and Rory

Greetings from the great diamond isle in the south … of England … as we bring you the 46th instalment of topical chat as we launch the 3rd series of QWightLike A Podcast.

We have been recording our chats for 2 years now and embark on this new year of opportunity and potential and so we indulge ourselves with a little look back over the last 2 series of the Pod and pick out some of our highlights. We also chat about why we do it, and what motivates us to spend time grappling with the tech, the day jobs and the requirement to fill an hour of air time every fortnight with something of value that is worth listening to. You are the judges as to whether we succeed.

Either way, we enjoy the process and the product we serve up and still feel there’s plenty to talk about. So talk about it we will.

This edition follows our trademark unstructured perambulation through subjects as diverse as favourite numbers, male grooming, radio therapy versus radiotherapy and the imminent advent of the 47th US President’s term of office.

There’s always an angle for us to pursue, so buckle up, get your headphones or buds on, and in, and settle down to an hour of middle-aged chat fast approaching the beige slacks aisle in Marks and Spencers.

As always, thanks for listening.

Rory and Tim.

As our second season of podcasting draws to a close we release our 45th episode in time for Christmas 2025. We focus once again on topical chat, which at this time of year typically means discussing arrangements, traditions and evaluating hopes and aspirations.

A run through seasonal preparations in anticipation of TV highlights, carols in the open air and trips off-island signal the home straight towards Christmas itself, looming just around the corner. From carols on the Green in Rookley, across the island to carols in the Square at Yarmouth, your intrepid duo, belted out our respective favourites like the copper from Love Actually. Tune in to find out Tim’s and Rory’s favourite, festive, choral classics.

We also spend time in a reflective mood as we share our personal health news like two old blokes approaching retirement [Ed: You are!] in training for afternoons at the bowling club, pub or community centre. With domination of the lucrative gaming market in our minds we translate our respective ailments into scores on our planned development of a new Top Trumps set where the winning cards harbour progressively more serious conditions and treatments, on a black humour scale that most certainly declines to shake hands with political correctness.

Most importantly, it’s Christmas and we wrap up 2025 with our personal, selfish, hedonistic, aspirations for the season ahead. What could two ageing gentlemen both under the monitoring of the NHS possibly wish for?

Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with us over the last year. We’re intending to keep going as long as we have pods to cast. We discuss exciting plans for an innovative new podcasting genre that is guaranteed to move you, and us, in 2025.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

See you in 2025.

Here we are again as we wrap up November, and ready ourselves to unwrap Christmas. We find ourselves somehow ruminating on the state of the social contract whilst discussing gateway drugs that introduce you to a lifetime of addiction to the festive season, as partners start topping up decorations, and the all important, and annual, new set of fairy lights

Weather, pannage pork and weird shaped members of the cauliflower family hint at light and frothy podcast content, where, once we’ve lulled you into a false sense of security, we hit you with weighty analysis of the farmer inheritance tax ripple of discontent or of a Trumpian, dystopian future, awaiting many following America voting against itself, blissfully unaware of this duo’s experienced (Ed. !) political insight. The rest is (are) revolting.

Summing up on another short break, induced by medical interventions, we determined to leave you with a flourish of festive cheer as we began to discuss the onset of Christmas traditions and eager anticipation of the happy times ahead.

As we hurtle towards our 50th episode which we’ll hit sometime early in 2025, we thank you once again for listening, to our asymmetrical brand of topical chat, local guidebook and commentary on diverse matters for which lack of qualifications have never been an obstacle.

Stay tuned for more Christmas crackers and seasonal snippets in the weeks ahead as we celebrate Love Actually, with only 5 weeks to go until until Christmas, the gateway drug to all the festive cheer you can stomach.

Thanks for listening

Tim and Rory

As the boundaries between light and dark, ‘twixt summer and winter begin to thin and fade, and as the warm, azure skies and glistening seas give way to crisp, cooler, autumnal hues QWightLike A Podcast returns to old friends and familiar themes. Once again, we invited Dr Malcolm Schofield from the University of Derby to join us for a topical chat exploring all things Halloween. Spirits are high and hauntings afoot as our conversation explores the themes of belief, the origins of the modern Halloween and through fascinating insights into the history of spiritualism we start to peel back the myths and legends that drive our modern day fascination with a good fright.

Dr Malcolm takes us through aspects of his research and how they relate to the popular celebrations of unpopular concepts, revealing insights into the human condition.

Jumping from island hauntings to the haunting prospects that an election on the other side of the Atlantic brings we touch on Conspiracy Theories and recommend a horror movie or 2 filmed on the Isle of Wight wityh Hollywood royalty, Calista Flockhart. Tune in to find out the name of the movie … if you dare.

Our thanks to our special guest for giving us some of his valuable time, allowing us to spend some of your time as we wrap up the episode with a discussion on our budget over here, and their election, over there.

As always its our privilege to spend an hour or so in your company, whatever you are doing whilst you listen to us, so thank you for listening.

Tune in next time, for more topical chat, tall tales and snappy one liners.

Tim and Rory

A week late, for reasons beyond our reasonable control, we surge onto the playing field to bring you another pitch perfect cast of the pod, hoping for a bite or two on Spotify, or wherever you fish for your chat content.

Invited by friend of the podcast, Ed Blake, who triples as a successful fisherman, local Councillor, and star player of Ventnor Rugby Football Club, Tim and I spent a charming afternoon dodging horizontal rain whilst marvelling at the entertainment served up, both in glass and on grass. To coin a phrase, we’ll be back, to enjoy more convivial hospitality, the energy of a passionate sporting endeavour in glorious (Ed. apologies) surroundings. Crunching tackles and towering giants set the scene for this clash of the titans sent into battle by Ventnor and Christchurch, as Godzilla scaled the cliffs below to arrive, dripping, on the touchline looking for a King Kong to toy with.

Interviews with the club secretary, James Morton, and the scorer of a stunning try,, Ed Blake, give this week’s episode a hint of the nostalgia of Grandstand with Rory channelling Bill McLaren, and Tim reviving a very passable David Coleman?

For the surrounding chat, we find ourselves eulogising for the recently departed Alex Salmond, one of Rory’s political heroes and great influences, and will no doubt find the themes of independence and efficient government returning to our running order in future weeks.

Hunting moons, chasing sailing dreams, seeking comets, and celebrating the end of the island and New Forest’s CO2 nightmare, ease us away from the joy (Saturday rugby) and sadness (loss of a hero) of Saturday 12th October 2024.

Stay tuned for future episodes where topical chat and totally pointless endeavours combine to entertain and pass all our time in productive participation, in the great miracle that is life.

Thanks for listening.

Tim and Rory

Back from an enforced holiday break, the island’s longest, continually running podcast* (sorry Harriet), presents to you our 41st episode from our combined 2 series across 21 months, being broadcast come hell or high water.

We bring to you a follow-up from our outside broadcast for our 40th episode and related important sporting fixtures that draw threads together from as far afield as north east Hampshire and the south east of the Isle of Wight. Listen to find out how these threads weave their way into our topical chat.

Sport, holidays, petting cafes and island hotspots share the billing with a very special guest, and friend of the podcast making a cameo appearance, telling tales of a short-lived career in the Forbes publishing empire. No, not this one … that one!.

We gently meander through diverse subjects drawing from common themes, often celebrating our island’s rich and diverse culinary attractions. The whiff of fete, hangs heavy over some, but we are able to showcase a number of exciting experiences that will leave you wanting to come back for more. It’s just like listening to a popular podcast. We ain’t no Mortimer and Woodhouse, nor Campbell and Stewart but we are Dedman and Forbes and we do gentle man talking.

Thanks for listening, we hope you are enjoying our musings and please do tell your friends not to miss out on the island’s longest continually running podcast*..

Tim and Rory

* This may or may not be true.