Jon and Simon discuss lockdown anxiety, international affairs, personal scars and of course, great music. Wanted to get this up there quick, or it might fester in some back corridor and get forgotten. So here it is, no headers or footers, enjoy

Henry V at The Barn

Jun 14th, 2019 41m 53s

Jon finally manages to drag Simon to The Barn Theatre, for a bit of culture in the shape of a throughly modern production of Shakespeare. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he loves it.

Post-Lechlade Festival Blues

Jun 8th, 2019 34m 37s

The morning after the night before... Sitting in the sun... headlining in the beer tent... strange campers... barfing waltzers and strange phrases... Huawei and Google... scanning for skeletons in concrete... tech giants breaking industries...

Getting Away With It Episode 6 - Post-Christmas Blues

Jan 11th, 2018 44m 25s

Manflu and weak tea… Squeaky doors… Alien Station… Ukulele cases and piano passions… Shooting Dom… Perfectionism and 10,000 hours… Yousician and tricky chords… Simon’s words… Skye and piano pedals… Apple Watch, Google Home and Arkansas… Jumpers

Getting Away With It Episode 5 - the Antiques Emporium

Dec 22nd, 2017 34m 45s

The antiques emporium… brass… Simon finds an unwanted Jack Vettriano… string pictures… mirrors, frame making and mural taste choices… marbles and burning holes… Captain Mainwaring and ashtrays… the smallest guitar case in the world… early plast

Getting Away With It Episode 4 - The Hardware Store

Dec 13th, 2017 37m 9s

Hardware store… corkscrews and dollies… e-cloths… crap lighting… bedding… a veritable cornucopia of tat… black slippers, rat poison and plastic dinosaurs… broken arrow… drones, wooden mushrooms and weed burners… algorithmic retail and store lay

Getting Away With It Episode 3 - Pre-Christmas ramblings

Dec 12th, 2017 37m 53s

Pre-Christmas edition: Bitcoin update (and does money exist anyway)… Branson, Sugar, Trump and the illuminati… real cream, imaginary milk, Dale Vince and dreadlocks… Eden and Venus Projects, Dom Joly and ringtones… experiences vs possessions… l

Getting Away With It Episode 2 - Fit enough?

Nov 28th, 2017 33m 39s

A journey through the vagaries of what it means to lose a pound, how heavy drinking is a great way to give up smoking, and other adventures in the journey to immortality. Or something.

Getting Away With It Episode 1

Nov 25th, 2017 35m 50s

The fantastic relaunch episode... was unfortunately lost due to operator error. So here we have - a relaunch episode. Covering Bitcoin and other tech, War On Drugs, High Flying Birds, Yes and some other music, the tarmac outside Ed O'Brien's ho

Getting Away With It Episode 1 - The first of many...

Nov 25th, 2017 35m 50s

The New and Improved iPhone

Sep 6th, 2017 30m 23s

Jon and Si take refuge in a coffee shop to talk about the new features of the iPhone, and go on a bit of a ramble about mobile and music history.

Tenth Anniversary of the Hashtag

Aug 28th, 2017 40m 39s

With the hashtag now ten years old, Simon and Jon have a think about just how social media has changed things. For better, or worse. Perhaps Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and all are but the wind that blows through this very podcast. Oh and ther

Episode 14 - Healthcare Technology

Jun 23rd, 2017 44m 3s

On the hottest (but slightly less windy) day of the year, Simon and Jon find a shady spot to discuss the latest developments in healthcare technology. And they totally get to the point really quickly.

Episode 13 - BA and the art of computer failure

May 31st, 2017 42m 34s

Simon asks Jon just how a massive company like BA can fail to keep some of its critical computer systems running after a power surge. It's a very good question - and do your backups, people!

Episode 12 - Ransomware

May 19th, 2017 47m 6s

Simon and Jon cover the recent ransomware attack that affected organisations across the world. How did it start, how did it stop and should people be concerned?

Episode 10a - Future of Work

May 14th, 2017 40m 12s

Simon and Jon try to put their awkwardness behind them to cover the impact of technology on employment. They succeed, largely.

Episode 10 - Gaming Part 2

May 10th, 2017 1h 6m

Another noisy environment but that doesn't prevent Simon and Ben from a great discussion on consoles and beyond... with Jon not getting much of a word in edgeways.

Episode 9 - Gaming

Apr 30th, 2017 45m 11s

In the setting of a noisy cafe and having admitted he knows very little about gaming, Jon drafts in his son Ben to talk to the far more experienced Simon.

Episode 8 - Programming

Apr 23rd, 2017 48m 26s

The topic is the history and current state of programming, from Ada Lovelace to the present. The context is rather uncomfortable as Simon's programmer friend Dom brings in his expertise.

Episode 7 - Bitcoin and Blockchain

Apr 15th, 2017 45m 9s

Simon and Jon deal admirably with an unexpected change of topic, covering Bitcoin and its globally-spanning repository Blockchain, which Simon admits is actually a bit interesting.

Episode 6 - Connected and Driverless Cars

Apr 10th, 2017 42m 52s

Jon and Simon go al fresco to discuss how technology is changing transportation, with connected and driverless cars. As Jon explains the rise of the robots, Simon can't wait to play him his new jingle.

Episode 5 - Artificial Intelligence

Apr 2nd, 2017 1h 6m

The duo decide to record the AI episode in Jon's office, which doesn't have the best decor. A mystery voice chimes in - is that the Singularity itself talking?

Episode 4 - Cybersecurity

Mar 25th, 2017 53m 19s

The pair digress into APIs and programming before tackling cybercrime, viruses and hacking. Jon confesses he has never been onto the Dark Net... and who the heck is Dom?

Episode 3 - Big Data

Mar 23rd, 2017 40m 56s

In this podcast, we learn why Jon shouldn't tell jokes and should get over cloud computing, that neither Jon nor Simon have a brilliant grasp of Geography, and that brightly coloured cars aren't necessarily the safest.