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The Sherman Report is a podcast in which Paddy Johnston and Rob Sherman discuss art, technology, work and creativity.

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Episode 7: Laser Tag Team Bonding

July 14, 2016

In our seventh episode we discuss Nik Naks, Sea Shanties, Laser Tag, Pokémon Go, sub-par search engines, Theresa May's new Cabinet, the size of the state, anarchy getting a bad rep, postcapitalism and Rob's run-in with the Mayor of Croydon.

SHOWNOTES

Lemuria

Nik Naks Wikipedia Page

The Free by Willy Vlautin

The Longest Johns

Made Up Drugs

Hotline Bling

Venetian Snares

The Idea of North

Captain Scott's Diary

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Episode 6: Holding Down the Magpie

May 27, 2016

In our sixth episode, which has been some time coming, we discuss what to do if birds come down your chimney, Hedge Wizards, Silken Windhounds, personifying toys, universal basic income, the fact that Rob thinks Hamilton is okay, higher education funding, and Justin Timberlake (who receives some sass from Paddy).

Shownotes

Silken Windhounds

Rob's Github

Hedge Wizard

Academics Striking for Fair Pay

Universal Basic Income

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Episode 5: The Map is not The Territory

March 17, 2016

In our fifth episode we discuss social media for dads, musicals, ghosts, Brexit, freestyling, the power of suggestion, how to be a modern highwayman and what would happen if Hayao Miyazaki made a film about Paddy's death.

Shownotes

Hamilton at the Grammys

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Freestyle at the White House

Willie Lincoln's Ghost

Song of the Sea

70s Dinner Party

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Episode 4: The Big Men's Book Club

February 26, 2016

Our fourth episode is a throwback special! Recorded back in 2010 when we were on the student radio station, this rare audio captures us during the year we lived together in a flat with no living room but a huge bathroom, as we recommend pretentious books and play silly word games.

SHOWNOTES

Ben Gibbard - You Remind Me of Home

The String Quartet - This Photograph is Proof

Alan Hawkshaw

Rex Garrod

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Episode 3: Maritime App Suite

February 11, 2016

In our third episode we discuss listicles (again), Paddy tests out some of his ideas for new apps on Rob, we make plans to go on a brewery tour, we agree that genre is a blunt instrument, and there's a little bit of Star Wars chat.

Shownotes

Our idents were made using ditty.co

Nathan Barley on All4

Henry Winkler in Panto

Adam Buxton as The Queen

Chicken Dance

Duke Nukem 3D

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Episode 2: Everyone Wants a Montage

February 6, 2016

In our second episode we discuss knowing what you don't know, Andre the Giant, nostalgia for the recent past, mobile advertising, listicles and dying without regrets.

Shownotes

Peep Show on All4 - Watch all the TV series if you haven't already

MC Solaar - France's finest rapper

Andre the Giant by Box Brown - One of our favourite graphic novels

American Elf - James Kochalka's daily diary comics

Birdworld - Surrey's most excellent bird sanctuary

Ditty - The app for making fun little tunes

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Episode 1: Missile Dollars and Napalm Cents

January 23, 2016

In our inaugural episode, we discuss 4G, totems of late capitalism, putting people in boxes, whether Paddy is secretly Canadian, selling out, the development of language, and questionable sponsorship.

Shownotes

Duolingo - The app Paddy uses for language learning

Dr Leon Watts - Rob's very cool supervisor

The Weakerthans - Paddy's favourite Canadian band, sadly now defunct

The awfulness of will.i.am

Star Wars Oranges

On My Wife's Back - Rob's Tumblr for the project he began as a writer-in-residence at the British Library

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The Sherman Report is a podcast in which Paddy Johnston and Rob Sherman discuss art, technology, work and creativity.

Subscribe via iTunes

Subscribe via RSS

Follow on Souncloud

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Jul 14, 2016
Episode 7: Laser Tag Team Bonding
Jul 14, 2016
Jul 14, 2016
May 27, 2016
Episode 6: Holding Down the Magpie
May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016
Mar 17, 2016
Episode 5: The Map is not The Territory
Mar 17, 2016
Mar 17, 2016
Feb 26, 2016
Episode 4: The Big Men's Book Club
Feb 26, 2016
Feb 26, 2016
Feb 11, 2016
Episode 3: Maritime App Suite
Feb 11, 2016
Feb 11, 2016
Feb 6, 2016
Episode 2: Everyone Wants a Montage
Feb 6, 2016
Feb 6, 2016
Jan 23, 2016
Episode 1: Missile Dollars and Napalm Cents
Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016

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