Episode 12 of A Place to Stray.

Studio Ghibli has earned its place as one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, having spent decades masterfully exploring the cross-sections between joy and sorrow, whimsy and tragedy.

Instead of just saying that, Stephen spends far too long trying and failing to explain why they might be worth your time, before experiencing the single weirdest night of his life.

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Episode 11 of A Place To Stray.

Stephen takes a short break from his children's literature degree to read a children's book. He falls hopelessly in love with it, and spends an hour badly trying to convince you to do so as well. You don't understand, it's SOOOOO good though...

NSP's cover of America's "The Last Unicorn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF1Q56YAo0Q

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Episode 10 of A Place to Stray.

Having moved over and (kind of) settled in, Stephen waves farewell to bi-weekly podcasts with a review of his first couple of weeks in the UK, and a glance through the things he brought with him. For some reason, unknown even to him, this episode balloons to over an hour long. Help.

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Episode 9 of A Place to Stray

As Stephen discovers the joy of packing for longer than a week away, he discusses the things he needs to leave in Ireland that he would, if he had the choice, bring with him. He also talks about Sonic the Hedgehog for longer than you would probably expect.

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Episode 8 of A Place To Stray

Podcasting about podcasting makes its grand, entirely accidental return! Stephen records an episode about AI, hates it, records a bit more about how much he hates it, and then records another section 2 days later to try and Frankenstein the whole thing together. This show is a mess and I don't know why you listen.

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Episode 7 of A Place to Stray.

Following a template which is starting to describe most episodes of the show, Stephen becomes interested in something fairly silly and takes it way more seriously than he should. This time, it's Godzilla's turn.

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After receiving divine inspiration atop Ireland's holiest mountain, Stephen finally pauses to ask some of life's most important questions. All of which just happen to relate to toilets, bathrooms, latrines, and other forms of defecatory receptacles.

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This week, Stephen pairs his childhood hobbies (reading, videogames, etc) with his adult hobby (complaining about data presentation). This swiftly becomes very embarrassing.

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