Sunday, June 01, 2025

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - MAY 2025 EPISODES...



MAY 2025! 

ANNIVERSARY MONTH!


Hello beasties!

This time on the blog we'll be looking at the episodes of the podcast released during May 2025... We finally reached our 9th birthday; but didn't do a dedicated special this year - although there were messages from guests through a number of the shows released this month!

First up, we catch up with some of the behind-the-scenes gossip on The Shy Life Podcast!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 763:
GHASTLY GOINGS-ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES!

It's episode 763! Grizzly is visiting and we catch up with a haunted-looking Sniffy Martin, next we hear about Bettina and Charlotte's Two-Woman Show and then learn about what Levi has been up to! All this and we also receive another call from Trowby and Lisa and Mr T has some facts about Mars! Thanks to all our special guests this time! In our next show - #764 - Paul and Uncle Warren go for lunch and talk about the big TV hits of 1967! 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, Muffleyontour, Udio and Luca. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. Logo by Owen O and Shy Yeti. All other content of this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025. Episode 763 was recorded on the 18th January 2025, with Levi's chat recorded on the 27th March 2025. Trowby and Lisa recorded with us on the 20th April 2025. Cuthbert The Robot's lines were recorded on the 7th May 2025.
This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:


Next up, Uncle Warren is back with us to take us to lunch and we discuss some vintage TV!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 764:
SHY YETI'S TELEVISUAL SUMMER OF LOVE!

Here we are for episode 764! In which Uncle Warren comes over for lunch and we discuss some vintage UK television from 1967; we also get another call from Trowby and Lisa - with Mr T regaling us with some interesting facts about Jupiter! Our next episode, #765 sees Cromitty introducing us to his University Mentor, Professor Alonzo Crutch... Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have comments - you can even send a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour, Luca and Udio. Sound effects by Paul C, Freesound Community from Pixabay and Soundbible. Logo by Owen O and Shy Yeti. All content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025. Episode 764 was recorded on the 22nd January 2025, with Trowby and Lisa's message recorded on the 20th April 2025.

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


Next up, Cromitty introduces us to his University Mentor, Professor Alonzo Crutch...

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 765:
ALONZO THE EGOTISTICAL MENTOR!
(9TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL!)

Here we are for episode 765! In which Cromitty reconnects with his old mentor Professor Alonzo Crutch but things don't go quite as well as he might have hoped when he shows The Prof his lab and introduces him to his Shy Life Podcast friends! We're also having a low-key celebration for the 9th anniversary of the show and a number of guests pop in to say hello! (Also we have Saturn facts!) Thankyou to all who were involved in this edition and additionally to Gianluca who inspired the creation of Alonzo. Our next episode, #766 sees us taking an overseas adventure whilst catching up with Mama Yeti for another booky chat! Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have comments - you can even send a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour, Luca and Udio. Sound effects by Paul C. Logo by Owen O and Shy Yeti. All content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025. Episode 765 was recorded between the 2nd March and the 29th December 2024, with Trowby and Lisa's message recorded on the 20th April 2025. Our birthday guest recordings were recorded between the 9th April and 13th May 2025. A number of extra lines and links were recorded between the 14th and the 20th May 2025 and Cuthbert's lines were recorded between the 16th and 21st May 2025.

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


Next up, Mister Yeti makes a return visit to The Small Island!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 766
SHY YETI RETURNS TO THE SMALL ISLAND!

Here we are for episode 766! In which Mister Yeti visits a furry friend on The Small Island (otherwise known as The Isle Of Wight) for Eurovision, Paul and Mama Yeti also talk about books and Mister T has more intergalactic facts for us! Our next episode, #767 sees Paul and Martin Holmes reunited to discuss some of the big pop/rock stars around in the UK charts during 1979. Thanks to everyone who took part in this edition of the show; especially to Cavey Mark and Fi for letting me come stay and for looking after me!! Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have comments - you can even send a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour, Luca and Udio. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. Logo by Owen O and Shy Yeti. All other content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025. Episode 766 was recorded between the 13th and 19th May 2025. The chat with Mama Yeti was recorded on the 18th February 2025. Lisa and Trowby's chat was recorded on the 20th April 2025.

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


Next up, Paul and Martin H reunites to talk about some more late 70s pop and rock stars!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 767
HOLMES AND YETI DIVE INTO 1979!

Here we are for episode 767! In which Paul and Martin Holmes have a 6th chat about the 70s music scene as they reach 1979 and find out who was big that year! This time the acts discussed include The Village People, Ian Dury, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor, Gary Numan, The Buggles and Pink Floyd. Our next episode, #768 sees Hubert Gentry receiving important visitors at his new bar - The Queer Cove 2! Will his guests be impressed? Do join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have comments - you can even send a sound-file and it'll be included. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour, Luca and Udio. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. Logo by Owen O and Shy Yeti. All other content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025. Episode 767 was recorded on the 25th April 2023.

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


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 2025...

768. Visitors At Hubert's Bar!

In which Toppie and Aunt Tappie visit the new Queer Cove Bar and we share some grumbling with Paul and Martin!

769. Talking About The 1990s!

Paul and Nick attempt to bottle their own experiences of the 1990s into a little over an hour of conversation - can these two self-confessed chatter-boxes manage it!?

770. Three/Five Guests For The Price Of One!

Paul chats with three guests - Warren, Paul From School and Calum (maybe Mark and Nick too?!)

771. Hubert's Sutton Park Shrine!

In which Hubert's interest in Sutton Park deepens and we share more exciting tales from Sutton Park from the 1990s!

772. Mugshots (20th Anniversary Special)

Paul looks back at his 7th collection, Mugshots which he published 20 years ago!

July 2025...

773. Hubert Is Framed!

In which a planned trip to Sutton Park is jeopardised when Hubert is framed as the Shy Life Poopcaster!

774. The Birthday Twins On Young Doctors!

In which Paul and Andy turn their attentions to the 70s-80s Australian soap, Young Doctors!

775. The Origins Of Scraffy And Other Stories!

In which we learn about where Scraffy came from - Charlotte and Bettina rehearse and Martin unveils the ghost!

776. The Grumblebugs Strike Back!

In which Paul and Martin Holmes are back for more grumbling!

777. The Sutton Park Trip!

In which the gang finally head to Sutton Park so that Hubert can finally visit the legendary site!

August 2025...

778. The New Magpie Hut!

In which Hubert is back to his grumpy self as he and Yeti Uncle John move to their new home together!

779. Paul And Nick Get Random Yet Again! (December 2024)

In which Paul and Nick record one last random episode for 2024!

780. Sound Effects And Poopcasters!

In which Paul is on the hunt for some good sound effects and the identity of The Poopcasters is finally revealed!

781. Voices And Yoga Vampires!

In which Douglas is hearing voices and Yeti Uncle John goes on the lookout for Yoga Vampires!

September 2025...

782. Continuing The Search For Sound Effects!

In which Paul continues his search for sound effects with help from Hubert!

783. Hubert Gentry's Poison Pen Palarva!

In which Paul learns that Hubert has been receiving poison pen letters from a mysterious source!

784. Douglas, The Box And Martin's Ghost!

In which Douglas visits Martin to help communicate with Martin's ghost!

785. Toppie Is Needy!

In which Toppie keeps showing up for no apparent reason; what IS up with him?

786. Hubert Gentry's Anxious Afternoon!

In which Paul and the gang attempt to help Hubert with his anxiety - but things don't quite go to plan!

October 2025...

787. Troubles At The Two Woman Show!

In which everyone heads to watch Bettina and Charlotte at their two woman show but - as usual - there are troubles in store behind-the-scenes!

788. Toppie Comes For The Intrigue!

In which Toppie and Paul investigate Hubert's regular absences... Where does he go? What does he do?

789. The Grumblebugs Grumble Again!

In which Paul and Martin Holmes are back for even MORE grumbling!

790. Poetiquette (20th Anniversary Special)

Paul looks back at his 8th collection, Poetiquette, which he published 20 years ago! (Sometime 2025!)

791. Halloween 2025!

Our Halloween episode for 2025! Might be the Haunted Theatre Episode...

November 2025...

792. The Wedding Crashers And The Man From The Ministry!

In which we focus in via flashbacks to last summer and those infamous Wedding Crashers as Cromitty leads YUJ astray at a wedding and Paul gets inspected! But is there more crashing in store and can they get Paul involved? (Will need to record new framing scenes for this!)

793. Shy Yeti Birthday Episode 2025!

What will Paul get up to on his birthday this year?

794. The Unruly Avenger!

Paul unearths a story that he wrote over 30 years ago and shares it with the listeners...
795. A Meeting Of Minds!

In which Hubert and Cromitty's mentor becomes acquainted... just what will occur? 

796. Nick and Paul Are Randomly Dr Who-y!

In which Paul and Nick do some more random words, plus discuss some random Doctor Who stories from the classic era!

December 2025...

797. Paul And Martin Enter The 1980s!

In which Paul and Martin have a 7th chat about music - moving from 1979 into 1980!

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

Paul tries to have an old-fashioned night of gaming!

799. Another Visit To The Sutton Park Archives!

In which we head back into the archives to share more exciting tales from Sutton Park from the 1990s!

800. The Return Of Max Du Pres!

In which Bettina catches up with Max Du Pres at a Christmas Party at one of his galleries... Robot Big Fatty is causing havoc and there is all kinds of danger awaiting! Meanwhile, Charlotte dabbles in voodoo and Douglas gets a surprise!!

801. Shy Life Podcast Review Of 2025!

In which we say goodbye to the old year with a look back at 2025...

January 2026 And Beyond...

802. 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!

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

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

804. The Return Of Voices From The Tape Department!

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


### 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!

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

### 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 episode is already partially recorded!
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! 

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

This episode is already partially recorded!
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! 

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

This episode is already partially recorded!
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! 

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!

### The Third Last Shy Life Podcast Episode

This is our third attempt at a final episode of The Shy Life Podcast... Might it be real this time!? It was recorded back in November 2023 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!?!

This post and all other contents are Copyright Paul Chandler, 2025