Wittering.
The podcast. Named pre-emptively, on the grounds that somebody was going to say it and it may as well be us. Fortnightly, on a Tuesday, between thirty-seven and sixty-six minutes.
Every episode.
Eight of them, in order, with the guest and the running time. Nothing is behind a tier and nothing expires.
Series one
01 One Hundred and Forty-Four Pounds 54 min 12 May 2026 02 The Sixteen-Mile Radius 63 min 26 May 2026 03 Lagering Takes Six Weeks 48 min 9 June 2026 04 We Completely Cocked Up 37 min 23 June 2026 05 There Is No Telephone 41 min 7 July 2026 06 The Lemon Problem 58 min 21 July 2026 07 What the Drought Cost 44 min 4 August 2026 08 Being Wrong in Public 66 min 18 August 2026Episode nine is recorded and goes out on 1 September 2026.
On borrowing a name that was already taken.
The Journal is Chapter 53 and it is called Wittering. It got there first and it is, on any honest reading, the better claim to the word.
The podcast took it anyway, on the argument that wittering aloud is closer to the original sense than wittering in print, and that a naming system which never collides with itself is a naming system nobody is using hard enough.
The Journal’s editor was consulted and said it was fine. The ledger records both, which is what a ledger is for.
- 53
- the Journal’s chapter
- 58
- Broadcasting’s
- 1
- collision, logged
None of this exists.
Every broadcast and every episode described here is illustrative. This is an unofficial demonstration build: no recording exists, nothing streams, and no guest named on this site has agreed to anything. The episode titles, running times, guests and listening figures are written to show what the format would be, not to describe anything that happened.
The format.
The show
- Cadence
- Fortnightly, TuesdayEight episodes to date, none missed.
- Length
- 37 to 66 minutesWhatever the conversation was. There is no target.
- Guests
- One, usuallyOne episode has none, deliberately.
- Sponsors
- NoneAnd no plan for any, which is easy to say at this size.
- Editing
- LightUms stay in. Repeated answers come out.
Getting it
- Where
- Every podcast appThrough an ordinary RSS feed, which is the whole point of RSS.
- Cost
- NothingNo tier, no early access, no bonus feed.
- Transcript
- Every episodePublished with it, searchable, and used for the write-ups.
- Download
- YesIt is an audio file. You may have it.
Eight episodes, counted.
About the podcast specifically.
No. It is two people talking and a camera would add nothing except a reason to tidy the room.
Because at this size the money would not change anything and the read would change the show. That is an easy position to hold at thirty thousand listens and a harder one at three hundred thousand.
Yes, through Bothering Us. Two of the eight came from suggestions, including the planning consultant, who is the best episode nobody expected.
Start with episode four.
Thirty-seven minutes about a recall, an apology and what both actually cost.
