A Place to Stray

<p>Did you know that the release of Super Mario Bros on the NES is now closer to the Second World War than to the present day? Isn't that CRAZY? Isn't that NUTS? Isn't that INSANE? </p><p>No? You don't think so? Not...

<p>Episode 21 of A Place to Stray. </p><p>If you could speak to the gods and have them answer your questions or reveal the future, would you? For deities' minds are fundamentally different from our own, their words...

<p>Episode 20 of A Place to Stray. </p><p>Having returned to his home planet, Stephen decides to re-familiarize himself with the place through the power of song. He immediately falls down so many rabbit holes that he...

<p>The unsung hero of the podcast, from the very first episode, has been the mint tea Stephen drinks to keep his throat alive while talking for (sometimes) hours. He realises he doesn't actually know that much about...

<p>Episode 18 of A Place to Stray.</p><p>This episode releases a week before Stephen's thesis. He is stressed, busy, overworking and undersleeping. It's the perfect time for him to revisit and try (very very badly) to...

<p>Episode 17 of A Place to Stray</p><p>The first of his two "Thesis Mode" episodes, Stephen reminisces about the times before, when he was travelling and, crucially, wasn't writing a thesis. This leads to a full-circle...

<p>Episode 16 of A Place to Stray. </p><p>Stephen misses his cat. At the time of recording, he would see Ash the next day. At the time of release, he does not know when he'll see that little grey idiot next. To fill...

<p>Episode 15 of A Place to Stray.</p><p>This month finds Stephen still recovering from the transcendent experience of eating whole, actual meals two days in a row, as opposed to the usual slop he "cooks". He takes an...

<p>Episode 14 of A Place to Stray.</p><p>Content warning: This episode makes explicit and recurring reference to Valentines Day, despite coming out the day afterwards when you thought you might be finally safe from all...

<p>Episode 13 of a Place to Stray.</p> <p>Famously, all goalkeepers are at least a little bit mad. This month, Stephen explores why goalkeeping has always been his favourite position in most sports, and what exactly...

<p>Episode 12 of A Place to Stray.</p> <p>Studio Ghibli has earned its place as one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, having spent decades masterfully exploring the cross-sections between joy and...

<p>Episode 11 of A Place To Stray. </p> <p>Stephen takes a short break from his children's literature degree to read a children's book. He falls hopelessly in love with it, and spends an hour badly trying to convince...

<p>Episode 10 of A Place to Stray.</p> <p>Having moved over and (kind of) settled in, Stephen waves farewell to bi-weekly podcasts with a review of his first couple of weeks in the UK, and a glance through the things he...

<p>Episode 9 of A Place to Stray</p> <p>As Stephen discovers the joy of packing for longer than a week away, he discusses the things he needs to leave in Ireland that he would, if he had the choice, bring with him. He...

<p>Episode 8 of A Place To Stray</p> <p>Podcasting about podcasting makes its grand, entirely accidental return! Stephen records an episode about AI, hates it, records a bit more about how much he hates it, and then...