Al Booth
@alboothmedia.bsky.social
Presenter | Event Host | Podcast Creator/Producer | Host: Oracy And Beyond podcast | Ex-BBC & Ex-baby | Here for the positive anecdotes.
Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night are the international friendlies to the World Cup of Christmas.
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night are the international friendlies to the World Cup of Christmas.
Yesterday my 8-year-old told me he was grounding me.
He explained that meant I would “have to lay on the settee, on my own, and read a book all day.”
He’s clearly mistaken grounding someone for granting a little wish.
#parenting #summerholidays #metime
He explained that meant I would “have to lay on the settee, on my own, and read a book all day.”
He’s clearly mistaken grounding someone for granting a little wish.
#parenting #summerholidays #metime
July 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Yesterday my 8-year-old told me he was grounding me.
He explained that meant I would “have to lay on the settee, on my own, and read a book all day.”
He’s clearly mistaken grounding someone for granting a little wish.
#parenting #summerholidays #metime
He explained that meant I would “have to lay on the settee, on my own, and read a book all day.”
He’s clearly mistaken grounding someone for granting a little wish.
#parenting #summerholidays #metime
Tonight I’m sleeping on a blow up bed. I’m literally floating on air. Which is also an expression I wouldn’t choose to use about how I feel having to sleep on a blow up bed.
April 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Tonight I’m sleeping on a blow up bed. I’m literally floating on air. Which is also an expression I wouldn’t choose to use about how I feel having to sleep on a blow up bed.
I am considering setting up a grass mowing service where people pay over time at a high rate of interest.
I shall be called The Lawn Shark.
I shall be called The Lawn Shark.
April 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am considering setting up a grass mowing service where people pay over time at a high rate of interest.
I shall be called The Lawn Shark.
I shall be called The Lawn Shark.
Luther: Never Too Much is as good as I hoped it would be. When everyone at school was listening to Cypress Hill or Thunder, I was listening to Luther Vandross. Also, I did not know Richard Marx co-wrote “Dance With My Father.”
February 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Luther: Never Too Much is as good as I hoped it would be. When everyone at school was listening to Cypress Hill or Thunder, I was listening to Luther Vandross. Also, I did not know Richard Marx co-wrote “Dance With My Father.”
Some thoughts about podcasting figures. This isn't taken from stats and research; it's based on 25 years of broadcasting. So a theory, but also a reason to have faith and not chase the figures, nor lose sight of why you're doing it.
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Podcast Listeners: How many is a good many?
How do you measure success when you're stepping into a new world?
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February 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Some thoughts about podcasting figures. This isn't taken from stats and research; it's based on 25 years of broadcasting. So a theory, but also a reason to have faith and not chase the figures, nor lose sight of why you're doing it.
open.substack.com/pub/albooth/...
open.substack.com/pub/albooth/...
Hi BlueSky. I don’t know if this algorithm request works… but if it does. Let me be enriched by:
Authors
Writers
Podcasters
Gardeners
Hikers
Photographers
Artists
Parents
Parent writers
Radio people.
But overall… positive souls. ♥️
Authors
Writers
Podcasters
Gardeners
Hikers
Photographers
Artists
Parents
Parent writers
Radio people.
But overall… positive souls. ♥️
February 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hi BlueSky. I don’t know if this algorithm request works… but if it does. Let me be enriched by:
Authors
Writers
Podcasters
Gardeners
Hikers
Photographers
Artists
Parents
Parent writers
Radio people.
But overall… positive souls. ♥️
Authors
Writers
Podcasters
Gardeners
Hikers
Photographers
Artists
Parents
Parent writers
Radio people.
But overall… positive souls. ♥️
When “The Day We Caught The Train” comes on the radio, it sounds as brilliant as it ever did. What times.
January 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When “The Day We Caught The Train” comes on the radio, it sounds as brilliant as it ever did. What times.
Yesterday I interviewed a dog on live TV. I think that’s the first time I’ve interviewed a dog, live. I hope it’s not the last. #DogTV #Interviewer #PoochCam
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday I interviewed a dog on live TV. I think that’s the first time I’ve interviewed a dog, live. I hope it’s not the last. #DogTV #Interviewer #PoochCam
Triple captain’d Isak. Well played, me. Well played.
January 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Triple captain’d Isak. Well played, me. Well played.
There’s a documentary about Margaret Rutherford on Amazon Prime. I am into it when I should be getting into bed.
January 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There’s a documentary about Margaret Rutherford on Amazon Prime. I am into it when I should be getting into bed.
My fiancée and I are halfway through episode 2 of The Traitors and I don’t have a clue what’s going on. People clapping each other when they walk into the room. Although that is nice.
January 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My fiancée and I are halfway through episode 2 of The Traitors and I don’t have a clue what’s going on. People clapping each other when they walk into the room. Although that is nice.
Ever wondered how many modes of transport are referenced throughout Chris De Burgh’s 1989 album “Spark to a Flame”?
Well, thanks to an hour at my computer earlier, you need wonder no more.
You’re welcome.
Well, thanks to an hour at my computer earlier, you need wonder no more.
You’re welcome.
January 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ever wondered how many modes of transport are referenced throughout Chris De Burgh’s 1989 album “Spark to a Flame”?
Well, thanks to an hour at my computer earlier, you need wonder no more.
You’re welcome.
Well, thanks to an hour at my computer earlier, you need wonder no more.
You’re welcome.
What was the name of your Nan or Grandad's friend that you still remember the name of without ever having met them.
My Grandad's friend was AJ (pronounced "adge") Walker.
My Nan's was Dillys Pearce.
I never met either of them but I know those names 20+ years after my grandparents died.
My Grandad's friend was AJ (pronounced "adge") Walker.
My Nan's was Dillys Pearce.
I never met either of them but I know those names 20+ years after my grandparents died.
January 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What was the name of your Nan or Grandad's friend that you still remember the name of without ever having met them.
My Grandad's friend was AJ (pronounced "adge") Walker.
My Nan's was Dillys Pearce.
I never met either of them but I know those names 20+ years after my grandparents died.
My Grandad's friend was AJ (pronounced "adge") Walker.
My Nan's was Dillys Pearce.
I never met either of them but I know those names 20+ years after my grandparents died.
This morning i volunteered to clean the bathroom so i could listen to the end of this. Brilliant again @mhairim.bsky.social ♥️
Also, may I recommend Sainsbury’s Sage & Eucalyptus Green Care bathroom cleaner for that cleansed-aura-meets-koala-lunch feel.
Also, may I recommend Sainsbury’s Sage & Eucalyptus Green Care bathroom cleaner for that cleansed-aura-meets-koala-lunch feel.
January 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This morning i volunteered to clean the bathroom so i could listen to the end of this. Brilliant again @mhairim.bsky.social ♥️
Also, may I recommend Sainsbury’s Sage & Eucalyptus Green Care bathroom cleaner for that cleansed-aura-meets-koala-lunch feel.
Also, may I recommend Sainsbury’s Sage & Eucalyptus Green Care bathroom cleaner for that cleansed-aura-meets-koala-lunch feel.
Working on a TV pitch called The Loyalty People. It's like The Traitors but in the tasks, people have to stick with other people as they make really bad decisions.
January 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Working on a TV pitch called The Loyalty People. It's like The Traitors but in the tasks, people have to stick with other people as they make really bad decisions.
Just to say, if you're looking for some joy in your ears today, listen to the Tony Blackburn, and Sir David Jason chats with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the Full Disclosure podcast. Humility and joy in both.
OH... and how come it's not SIR Tony Blackburn yet!?!? open.spotify.com/episode/1Zfi...
OH... and how come it's not SIR Tony Blackburn yet!?!? open.spotify.com/episode/1Zfi...
Tony Blackburn: Escaping school, life at sea and landing the biggest job in radio
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien · Episode
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January 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just to say, if you're looking for some joy in your ears today, listen to the Tony Blackburn, and Sir David Jason chats with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the Full Disclosure podcast. Humility and joy in both.
OH... and how come it's not SIR Tony Blackburn yet!?!? open.spotify.com/episode/1Zfi...
OH... and how come it's not SIR Tony Blackburn yet!?!? open.spotify.com/episode/1Zfi...
This man gave us one of the greatest parent/child bonding songs of all time. Thank you for “Puff The Magic Dragon”.
“Dragons live forever but not so little boys.” ♥️
“Dragons live forever but not so little boys.” ♥️
RIP Peter Yarrow of Peter,Paul and Mary. “ Music creates community.” 🎼
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This man gave us one of the greatest parent/child bonding songs of all time. Thank you for “Puff The Magic Dragon”.
“Dragons live forever but not so little boys.” ♥️
“Dragons live forever but not so little boys.” ♥️
January 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Continuing to binge eat anything because I’ve seen adverts for Heights, magnesium spray, and gut supplements and know I’ll look like a 25 year old athlete after a week of buying them.
(I’m not buying them.)
(I’m not buying them.)
January 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Continuing to binge eat anything because I’ve seen adverts for Heights, magnesium spray, and gut supplements and know I’ll look like a 25 year old athlete after a week of buying them.
(I’m not buying them.)
(I’m not buying them.)
The season for cheeseboards is almost over. Unless you’re a dictator. The arrogance of a dictator is the only level to eat a carefree cheeseboard on your knees outside of Christmas. #cheese #writing #festivedespots
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December 31, 2024 at 10:37 AM
The season for cheeseboards is almost over. Unless you’re a dictator. The arrogance of a dictator is the only level to eat a carefree cheeseboard on your knees outside of Christmas. #cheese #writing #festivedespots
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For Christmas I got alcohol gift boxes, chocolates, cheese, and possibly resultant gout.
December 30, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For Christmas I got alcohol gift boxes, chocolates, cheese, and possibly resultant gout.
If you journal, do you journal in a journal or online/on an app? #Journalling
December 30, 2024 at 11:56 AM
If you journal, do you journal in a journal or online/on an app? #Journalling