There’s one in central Birmingham too, and numerous out of town places. They are pretty good - we usually prefer them to McDonalds, etc.

I still quite like this version. Much easier to remember the words: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k4y...

I remember being told we had to reject prospective students at the interview stage if they made it clear they couldn’t attend every session in person, because attendance was linked to course funding.

Definitely. And I'm sure people could watch games I've run and come away feeling "Well, I could definitely do (better than) that." So it's empowering.

I try to watch a selection but it's quite a small number I have time to actually follow.

Mostly I'll watch a few episodes of things I don't know when I can - and try to get good ideas I might borrow, or identify things I definitely wouldn't do with my group.

… because it was gone.

Luckily it was all wrapped up in fairly sturdy plastic, but we had no idea how to find out who it belonged it.

I don't know if this helps at all but around a year ago someone delivered a full bed frame and mattress to our house and just left it outside. They didn't knock or put anything through the door. Also we hadn't ordered a bed.
It stayed there for most of a week, then someone must have taken it away…

I always forget that song contains a slur - sorry about that, it's old.

Also this one kind of ties into Desert Whispers… the first episode had a hint of that too, but the ending here will make a little more sense if you've heard that. We're trying to reward listeners for staying with us here.

I'd assume if they use any they'll get letters/ emails, which they'll probably ignore.

I tried to read some of those comments aloud and… punctuation, I beg. (We laughed a lot at the original article).

It was brilliantly suitable.

I think it’s called institutional capture.

Also: it does connect with the previous Desert Whispers actual play podcast we did (although it won’t matter if you haven’t heard it). It may even connect with current/future actual plays…