Monday, June 05, 2023

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - MAY 2023 EPISODES!

 
MAY WE, SHY YETI? MAYBE... 

Hello beasties!

This time on the blog we'll be looking at the episodes of the podcast released during May 2023...

First up, we begin with a big two part story concerning Ikk's future and whether he's leaving the show!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 637:
COULD THIS BE THE END FOR IKK? (PART ONE!)

Here we are for episode 637! Could this be the end of Ikk The Alien's time on the show - will he decide to renew his contract? Is there more to Ikk's plans than the team realise!? We also pay our respects to two legendary comedy ladies via conversations with Toppie and Paul from School. Our next episode, #638 sees Paul and the gang attempt to cope with the impact of Ikk's decision - meanwhile Martin and Cromitty learn a shocking secret! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Harry F, Muffleyontour and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023 - except, that is, for any clips from other podcasts which remain Copyright to their creators. Episode 637 was recorded on the 23rd January 2023, with Toppie's conversation recorded on the 22nd April 2023 and Paul From School's chat recorded on the 25th April 2023. Extra special thanks to Toppie Smellie for use of clips from episode 590 and 591 of The Smellcast which feature Ikk; don't forget to listen to the full episodes on the Smellcast Wordpress website or on other podcast providers.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:


Next up, how will the gang cope with Ikk's shock news which they learnt during our previous episode?

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 638:
COULD THIS BE THE END FOR IKK? (PART TWO!)

Here we are for episode 638! How will Paul and the gang cope with the impact of Ikk's decision - meanwhile Martin and Cromitty learn a shocking secret! Can Martin and Cromitty get the news out to the rest of the team or will they be prevented from sharing what they have learnt? We also have some short chats with Nick - further random words left over from episode #636 and a bit more chat with PaulFromSchool following on from what we shared in Part 1 of this two part adventure. Our next episode #639 sees Paul catching up with Harry for a trip on the Thames - and we also have another returning guest for a brief cameo! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Harry Fulton, Muffleyontour and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023. Episode 638 was recorded on the 23rd January 2023, with Nick's conversation recorded on the 9th November 2022 and Paul From School's chat recorded on the 25th April 2023. An additional segment of dialogue was recorded on the 2nd May 2023 during the editing stage of this episode.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:

638: THE SHY LIFE PODCAST: THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 638: COULD THIS BE THE END FOR IKK? (PART TWO!) (libsyn.com)

Next up, Paul and Harry take a trip on the Thames and another old friend briefly returns!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 639:
SHY YETI AND THE GREAT THAMES RIVER ADVENTURE!

Here we are for episode 639! In which Paul and Harry head off on a boat via Greenwich Market and a delicious pub lunch - and we also have a quick chat with another old friend who is a big pal of Charlie Grrr! Paul is also back reading sections from his 1990 diary; this time we're into mid-February with tales of Mr Yeti's school days and Our next show, #640 sees Uncle Warren popping by for another TV chat - but of course, things don't go entirely smoothly! They never do! Do please join us if you can! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Harry F, Muffleyontour and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023. Episode 639 was recorded on the 1st April 2023, with a quick intro recorded the previous day, 31st March 2023. The diary chat, covering the days 12th to the 18th February 1990 was recorded on the 21st September 2022.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:

639: THE SHY LIFE PODCAST: THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 639: SHY YETI AND THE GREAT THAMES RIVER ADVENTURE! (libsyn.com)

Next up, Uncle Warren pays another visit to the Shy Life gang;  but all does not go smoothly...

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 640:
UNCLE WARREN, THE WELL AND THE TV OF 1990!

Here we are for episode 640! In which Uncle Warren comes over to discuss TV from 1990 and Yeti Uncle John leads Cromitty astray! Our next show, #641 brings us to the day of the coronation as Paul and the gang discuss what it might be like to be a king or a queen. Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour, Harry F and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023. Episode 640 was recorded on the 24th February 2023. Thank you to Patryk Kudla for the use of his photo that appears on the Soundcloud edition of this episode.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:



Next up, Paul and the gang consider the goings on of the UK Coronation and how awful it would probably be to be king!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 641:
A QUESTION OF KINGS AND QUEENS!

Here we are for episode 641! We're weeks late and most of us didn't watch the coronation - but this time Paul and the gang discuss whether they'd like to be a king or a queen! Some are more keen than others; but can you guess who!? All this chatter and we've also dug out the 1990 diary once again and cover the week 19th to the 25th February 1990! What went on in the world of yeti so many years ago? You'll never believe it! Our next episode, #642 sees Paul catching up with some familiar friends and meeting one completely new voice as Mr Yeti meets him for the first time... Who is it? It's Mister Mongoose! Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Harry F, Muffleyontour and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023. Episode 641 was recorded on the 9th May 2023, with the diary entries recorded on the 22nd September 2022.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:


Next up, Paul catches up with some old friends and meets one for the very first time ever!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 642:
MISTER MONGOOSE'S MOVIE MARATHON!

Here we are for episode 642! Mr Yeti goes to meet an old friend of his named Mister Mongoose - they watch lots of films, eat lots of good food and chatter quite a bit. We hope you enjoy it! We also have an extra chat with Paul, Nick, Trowby and Lisa - in the same room for the first time in over six years - not to mention some unshared Uncle Warren chat and a new Muffleyontour composition called ANGLE TARN which debuts at the 1 hour 27 minute mark. Our next episode, #643 sees us celebrating the 7th anniversary of The Shy Life Podcast! As usual things do not go as smoothly as one might have hoped... but who is to blame? Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Harry F, Muffleyontour and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2023. Episode 642 was recorded between the 19th and 22nd of May 2023, with the reunion chat recorded on the 13th of May and Uncle Warren's chat recorded on the 24th February 2023.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:


My new book, co-written with Nick Goodman - A Woman For All Reasons - is available both on Lulu and Amazon now and can be found at the following links!


On Lulu.com: A WOMAN FOR ALL REASONS (lulu.com)
On Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.co.uk/WOMAN-ALL-REASONS-Paul-Chandler/dp/1470971615/

Here are appearances that I made on another podcast this month:

The Smellcast - Episode 592: That But Dimly We See... (7th May 2023)
sc 592 That But Dimly We See | The Smellcast (wordpress.com)

Big Fatty Online - Episode 3981: Repost of Tuesday, May 9 Show

Vision On Sound - Bergerac (21st May 2023) (Episode 137)

More Shy Life Podcast Merch on Redbubble:

Shy Life Podcast - 2022 Logo Merch: 

There's plenty more on there and we'll be updating with the 2023 logos very soon!

That's all for now...

Take care - more soon,

Yeti hugs,

Paul (aka Shy Yeti) xx

SHY LIFE PODCAST SHOWS...
COMING SOON!!

June is here now and we have lots of new episodes in the pipe-line! Our schedule list does tend to change every time I post, but right about now this is a pretty good guide to the episodes that we are hoping to release over the next few months; anyway - take a look at what else we have in store...

June 2023

643. Shy Yeti And The Seven Year Itch!

In which Paul learns that celebrating the seventh anniversary of the show can make one itchy!

644. Two Views Of The Same Week! (1990 Version)

In which Paul and Nick both peek into their 1990 diaries to see what they were both up to!

645. Looking For An Ikk Replacement!

Paul and the gang have a lot to deal with - and some serious decisions need to be made; but for now they are searching for a replacement for Ikk... Is there anyone out there as unique as he?

646. Paul, Leigh And The Big Hits Of 2000!

In which Leigh returns to discuss with us some of the big hits of 2000 in the UK and over in the US!

647. Yeti Uncle John's Artificial Intelligence Nightmare!

In which Paul chats with the listeners and Yeti Uncle John shares an unfortunate truth that reminds them that Ikk is still unobtainable!

648. The Britpop Episode!

In which Paul, Calum and Harry discuss Britpop - the musical UK phenomena of the mid-1990s!

649. August Evans And The Truth Of The Queer Cove Bar!

In which Paul and Bettina finally work out the secrets of what happened to August during his "missing" six months!

650. Paul, Nick And Toppie Get Randomly Science-Fiction-y!

In which Paul, Nick and Toppie discuss their experiences at Sci-fi conventions and also explore further random words to see what memories they bring up! (Recorded February 2023)

651. Bettina Evans-Du-Pres And The Cinematic Anecdotes!

In which Bettina requests that Paul help with the recording of an audio commentary for a boxset of some of her movies and so Paul calls in a few favours... but there are also one or two mysteries that emerge!

652. The Mystery Of The Reincarnated Workman!

In which there are more fortune cookies and Bettina relates a very odd tale from her past!

653. Ozmandias The Talking Duck's First Day!

In which Ozy finally joins the team and meets all the regulars - how exactly will he get on!

July 2023

654. Hanging Out With Toppie and Roger...

Paul pops over to see Toppie to catch up with some chat in the hope of doing some recording; he also meets Roger Bunting who is busy building Toppie and new rocket for The Smellcast!

655. Yeti Uncle John's Money-spinner and Cromitty's Research Project!

In which YUJ gives to a worthy cause and Ikk's future is in the balance!

656. Paul And Martin's 3rd Mid-70s Musical Chit-Chat!

In which Paul and Martin discuss more of the big and little stars of 1975 and 1976! It's a natter-fest!

657. Cromitty, Mylo And The Missing Letters!

In which YUJ has a revelation that involves the magpies... but what can be done?

658. Robot Big Fatty's Film Premier And Other Misadventures - Part 1

In which Robot Big Fatty's Film Premier is about to take place - but disaster awaits in the wings!

659. Robot Big Fatty's Film Premier And Other Misadventures - Part 2

It is the night of the film premier - but something bad has occurred to Cuthbert! What is going on!?

660. Go 4th & Divide! (20th Anniversary Special)

In which Paul celebrates 20 years of his poetry collection - GO 4TH & DIVIDE!

661. The Cromitty And Yeti Uncle John Show!

Cromitty and Yeti Uncle John launch a pilot for a podcast of their own; is this really such a good idea?

662. The Most Random Episode Ever... This Week!

In which Paul and Nick deal with all sorts of randomness! (Recorded April 2023)

August 2023 And Beyond...

663. The Body Swap Episode!

In which Paul and Toppie end up swapping bodies during an accident in Cromitty's lab; however will they reverse it!?!

664. Warren Predicts The Future Of TV In 1971!

In which Uncle Warren comes for a visit to do a chat about 1971 UK TV - but also predicts some events from future episodes of The Shy Life Podcast!

665. YUJ - Writer/Director!

In which Yeti Uncle John writes a film about his life and all the gang have to star in it! Yikes!

666. YUJ And The Rather Bitey Snail!

In which YUJ gets bitten by a snail and all manner of trauma occurs as a result!

667. Lost Summer Voices From The Tape Department!

In which Paul shares some voices from the past from some recently unearthed audio tapes...

668. The Unruly Avenger!

Paul unearths a story that he wrote 30 years ago and shares it with the listeners...

669. Paul And Martin's 4th 70s Musical Chit-Chat!

In which Paul and Martin discuss some more of the big and little stars of 1977! It's a chatter-fest!

670. The Return Of The Rather Bitey Snail!

In which the gang catch up with what happened to the rather bitey snail - and even learn it's name!

671. Paul And Martin's 5th 70s Musical Chit-Chat!

In which Paul and Martin discuss some more of the big and little stars of 1978! It's a chatter-fest!

672. FOUND!! Lost Gems From The Yeti Archives!

In which Paul and Nick discuss lost tapes from the Yeti archives which have recently been uncovered!

673. A Collection Of Nick And Paul Chats!

Mr Yeti collects together a number of chats on TV, Youtube and their video collections which were recorded back during lockdown but which have not previously been released! We also have more from Paul's 1990 diary!

674. The Autumnal EP... And More! (20th Anniversary Special)

In which Paul celebrates 20 years of his poetry collection - THE AUTUMNAL EP, plus we have a special guest!

675. Not As Shy As I Was! (10th Anniversary Special)

In which Paul celebrates 10 years of his poetry and prose collection - NOT AS SHY AS I WAS!

676. Paul And Martin Hit The Late 70s!

In which Paul and Martin have a 6th chat about the 70s as they reach 1979 and find out who was big!

677. Shy Yeti's Night Of Gaming...

Paul tries to have an old-fashioned night of games - but it doesn't all quite go to plan...

 
### Additionally:

The following episodes are ones that I have been considering to record for some time - although there are a lot more in the planning stage that may be recorded first! There are also vague possibilities that characters from the early days such as Ethel The Landlady and Gordon The Cryptkeeper might return.

### Another Trip Back To 2020!

Paul shares some of the previously unheard chats with some of his guests about the episodes released during 2020.This episode is already partially recorded!

### Shy Yeti's Miscellaneous Poetting!

Cuthbert goes back into the archives to explore more select nuggets from some of Paul's poetry videos!

### Haunt-cub And The Virtual Reality Dinosaur! 

Jay comes visiting once again with Aragog - who is ready to do another quiz. Meanwhile Cromitty has completed Jay's virtual reality dinosaur, but is still a little jealous of how Jay and Yeti Uncle John continually flirt!

### Nick And Paul's TV Chat! (A Flashback To September 2020!) 

This time we're looking back a few months to September 2020 - to see how then compares with now. Nick and Paul chat about some recently watched TV and also about their friends - with a few clips from Sutton Park to stir it all around! This episode is already partially recorded!

### A Trip Back To Mister Yeti's 30th Birthday!

On the eve of his 49th birthday Ikk takes Paul back to a party from 2003 where Paul was surprised soon after he turned 30! This episode is already partially recorded!

### Toppie And Yeti On Round The Archives - 2!

This episode we're cheating a bit and sharing some old Round The Archives articles that Paul and Toppie worked on in the hope that if you've not heard them then maybe you'll try out RTA itself! 
This episode is already partially recorded!

We also have this episode which - for the time being - will only be released if the show needs to end:

### The Second Last Shy Life Podcast Episode

This is our Second attempt at a final episode of The Shy Life Podcast... Might it be real this time!? It was recorded back in April 2022 and will remain in the archives for a good while yet!

These ones have been started but may never be completed because so much time has passed...

### The Curse Of The Halloween Machine!

Mysterious things are going on as the Halloween Machine is re-activated...

### You'd Be A Fool To Ban Easter!

This episode is sort of April Fool and Easter-related! 
(This show was postponed and is currently incomplete either released next year or as a lost episode.)

### The Lost Tapes Of Dameus The Interviewer

August Evans stumbles over some lost interview tapes of himself as Dameus interviewing podcasting celebrities - might it bring back his past or affect him in a quite unexpected way!?!

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