Posts Tagged ‘life’
Should I Do A Porno?
In this Zoomcast with Piper Terrett, we discuss if Dirty audiobooks are the future. We also talk about Doug’s sunflower obsession and a look inside the studio in the wardrobe. Check out Piper’s blog for Hertford, Ware & Hoddesdon, www. Happeninginherts.com Get a free audiobook here; https://www.grahammack.com/audiobooks If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Audiobooks, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Fix Radio, Inside look, Inspiration, Internet, Radio, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube, Zoom | Leave a Comment
Tags: Audible, Audiobooks, Blog, Books, Google, Graham Mack, Hertfordshire, Inspiration, Internet, life, Piper Terrett, porn, Radio, work, Youtube, Zoom, Zoomcast
Germany Bight
I talked to my old mate Martin Heer from “Hitradio antenne 1” in Stuttgart Germany about the difference between radio in the UK, Australia and Germany. We also talked about his time at BOBfm in the Home Counties and how he came to work there. Check out Martin’s Website, http://www.metamorphus.de . If you enjoyed this […]
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Tags: ACX, Apple, Australia, Blog, BOBf, Books, Computer, Email, feedback, Germany, Google, Hitradio Antenne 1, Home Counties, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, London, Martin Heer, Media, News, Politics, Radio, Stuttgart, Travel, UK, work
Ken Levine
Ken Levine is an Emmy award-winning screenwriter, director and producer who has worked on M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker and Dharma & Greg. He’s also an author, blogger and has a podcast called Hollywood & Levine. In this chat he talks about his life and work including being a radio […]
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Tags: Baseball, Becker, Blog, Broadcasting, Emmy, Everybody Love Raymond, feedback, Frasier, Google, Graham Mack, Hollywood & Levine, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Ken Levine, life, London, M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Mo, Mary Tyler Moore, Media, Movies, News, Podcast Radio, Radio, Rosanne, The Simpsons, Travel, work
Backspace And Beyond
Today I had a Zoomchat with BBC TV and radio presenters Zoe Kleinman & Susannah Streeter. We talked about their podcast, “Backspace & Beyond” and lots more besides including diversity and wearable tech. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link.Check out, www.grahammack.com Follow me on Twitter @GrahamMack
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Tags: Apple, Backspace & Beyond, BBC, Blog, COVID 19, Diversity, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, health, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, News, Podcast Radio, Politics, Susannah Streeter, video, Youtube, Zoe Kleinman, Zoom
Barry From Eastenders
I got to talk to Shaun Williamsom who is best known for playing Barry Evans in Eastenders. Shaun talked about growing up in Maidstone, his life as a postman, the Royal Navy, and as a Pontins Bluecoat. We also chatted about his drinking, drama school, getting cast on Eastenders, working in cabaret, his experience of […]
Filed under: 90s, AFTRS, BBC, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Google, Media, Radio, Uncategorized, Youtube, Zoom | Leave a Comment
Tags: Big Brother, Blog, David Bowie, Eastenders, Eden's End, Google, Inspiration, journalism, life, Maidstone, Media, Radio, Ricky Gervais, school, Shaun Williamson, This Is Your Life, work, Youtube, Zoom
Book-shy
There’s a lot more to being an audiobook narrator than you think. I had a chat to the journalist Piper Terrett about my first attempts at it. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link.Check out, www.grahammack.com Follow me on Twitter @GrahamMack
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Tags: ACX, Amazon, Apple, Audible, Audiobook, Blog, Books, Computer, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, iTunes, journalism, life, Media, Narration, Pipper Terrett, Radio, video, work
I had a great chat with the award winning journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author, Gavin Esler. The former Newsnight presenter talks about; His background, getting into journalism, a hairy moment in Norther Ireland during the Troubles, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, the stories leaders tell, how the British Government handled the Covid-19 crisis, the “village idiots […]
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Tags: BBC, Bill Clinton, Blog, Books, Boris Johnson, Brexit, COVID 19, Dolly Parton, Donald Trump, Gavin Esler, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, IRA, Kremlin, life, Media, News, Newsnight, Northern Ireland, Podcast Radio, Politics, Putin, Radio, television, The Big Steal, The Pod 20, The Troubles, Travel, Youtube, Zoom
Boobs, Bums & Guns
I had a nice Zoomchat with Piper Terrett today and we shared stories about working in TV and radio including; Shirl’s on-air boob job, the whites only game show, the horse in the radio station, sushi being eaten off a naked woman’s body, the light bulb in the microwave and two chickens and a builder’s […]
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Tags: 106 Century FM, Blog, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Music, News, Piper Terrett, Podcast Radio, Radio, TFM Radio, video, work
Up Close And Far Out
It still blows my mind that it’s so easy to record a video chat across the Atlantic and then put it online. That’s just one of the things we ended up talking about in my chat with the broadcasting legend, Michael Harrison who is self-isolating in Florida. He also talked about the state of play […]
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Tags: Blog, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Florida, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, Michael Harrison, News, Podcast Radio, Politics, Radio, Self-Isolation, Talkers.com, USA
Konnie Huq & Liz Owens
I’m looking forward to presenting ‘The Pod 20’ on Podcast Radio. It starts next week and will be a countdown of the hottest podcasts in the world right now. I’ve been recording interviews with podcasters to include in the show. Here’s how I got on when I had a Zoom chat with Konnie Huq and […]
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Tags: Blog, Blue Peter, Computer, COVID 19, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Konnie Huq, life, Liz Owens, Lockdown, Media, podcast, Podcast Radio, Radio, Thinking Out Loud, video, work, Zoom
Retina Display
I’m going to have to change my plans for how I earn a living during this pandemic. I had another lot of emergency eye surgery yesterday. There’s a danger that the retina in my right eye may become detached. Retinal detachment is a medical emergency, you can permanently lose your vision. There’s a`U’ shaped tear […]
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Tags: Blog, Google, Graham Mack, health, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, Radio, Retinal Detachment, work
Red All Over The Land
There is something special about being a Liverpool fan. We are family, this means more. I want to give a plug to a very good friend of mine and share how he’s getting through the current situation and what you can do to help. I’ve mentioned John Pearman on here before. He’s the editor of […]
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Tags: Anfield, Blog, Cats, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Fanzine, feedback, Food Bank, Google, Inspiration, Internet, John Pearman, life, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Media, medical, News, Radio, RAOTL, Red All Over The Land, religion, You'll Never Walk Alone
I haven’t worked for twenty-seven years. That’s because I’ve had a job in radio. I’ve been a presenter and programmer. Neither of those things can be compared to actual work. Before that, I had proper jobs. I was a pipe fitter on an oil refinery construction site in New Zealand and an air-conditioning engineer in […]
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Tags: Australia, Blog, Coronavirus, COVID 19, feedback, fired, Fix Radio, Google, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, medical, New Zealand, News, Radio, Sacked, Studio, Sydney, Unemployed
When I caught up with my old mate Steve Shaw in Whangarei New Zealand this week, we talked about the band we were in together in the 80s, an Oscar winner’s brief stint as frontman and why the rhythm guitarist wasn’t on stage for the last set at my final gig. Here’s one of our […]
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Tags: Blog, Forum North, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Les Neal, life, Mecca, Media, Move It, Movies, Music, New Zealand, Oscar, Pips Whangarei, Radio, Russ Le Roq, Russell Crowe, Steve Shaw, the Misfits, Travel, video, Whangarei
Night Terror!
When you have a traumatic experience, your senses heighten. That super-awareness burns a memory of the event into your brain forever. That’s why you hear people say they know exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard news that shocked them. Years later, people are able to describe otherwise forgettable details […]
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Tags: Blog, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, JV2, life, McKenzie Bay, Media, MRC, New Zealand, Northland, Pipefitter, Radio, Whangarei, Whangarei Heads
Julie and I have been back to the church where we got married in 1987, St Paul’s in Paihia in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. I met Julie in Whangarei while I was working as a pipe-fitter on the Marsden Point Oil Refinery expansion construction job. When we met, my parents had moved […]
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Tags: Bay of Islands, Blog, church, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Julie Mack, life, Marry, Marsden Point, Media, New Zealand, News, Northland, Paihia, Radio, religion, St Paul's, Tapper Crescent, Tikipunga, Travel, Whangarei, Widnes
Radio On TV
There’s a good show all about local radio in the UK coming up soon on the BBC News Channel. It’s called The Village Loudspeaker. I hope you can watch at 9:30pm on Friday. It’ll also be on the iPlayer. Here’s some clips (My bits are third row down); https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xdxz1/clips Craic on! If you enjoyed this […]
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Tags: BBC, BBC News Channel, Blog, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, Music, News, Radio, Richard Latto, The Village Loudspeaker
