About this episode
This episode explores the concept of Hiraeth and features various music performances and fun facts.
Hiraeth is a curious Welsh word to kick-start this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast… there is a song called My Jellybean… another deserving winner of a Darwin Award… a cover of a 300-year-old song… Lucky Starr with his biggest hit… Starbuck does the one-hit-wonder… Canadian Sarah McLachlan has a sweet performance of Blackbird off the Beatles White Album and there are the usual life hacks, whack facts, banter and fun…
People in this episode
Host: Ian
Topics covered
- Welsh culture
- music
- life hacks
- one-hit wonders
- Darwin Awards
Keywords
- Hiraeth
- music
- Lucky Starr
- Sarah McLachlan
- Blackbird
- life hacks
- Darwin Award
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: My Jellybean, Blackbird, The Beatles White Album, Hiraeth
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