{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6353de299a5a9d00120028f5/694b2b90cb029db757454643?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Peter Brooke-Turner (Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain) + future of the podcast","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6353de299a5a9d00120028f5/1766534006601-b326d6ba-761a-4d4d-8de1-fd22b1ea1726.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Merry Christmas!</p><p><br></p><p>I got to catch up with my oldest and tallest friend in the ukulele world, Peter Brooke-Turner of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain recently, and we put the world to rights having a good old natter about:</p><p><br></p><p>The weather</p><p>Near-death experiences</p><p>Life - what does it all mean?!</p><p>Singing Ave Maria with Poppy in the garden</p><p>Touring the States</p><p>Where are the next generation of stars coming from?</p><p>Ghost tours!</p><p>Becoming comfortable on stage</p><p>AI Generated music</p><p>Airline Toilets Theatre Company</p><p>Sending hundreds of postcards</p><p>What ukulele he's playing at the moment</p><p>The most expensive ukulele he's ever played</p><p>Lending his ukulele to Tiny Tim!</p><p><br></p><p>And quite a lot more besides.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, you may have noticed that I've not been around much lately and there's a very good reason for that! So stick around to the end for a bit of an announcement about the future of the podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>Have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful 2026. If you ever feel like emailing me, please drop me a message to uketeacher1@gmail.com and if you ever want to throw a few bucks my way as a thank you, get my various ukulele songbooks, or even some bonus footage from some of these podcasts, please check out www.Patreon.com/UkeTeacher</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"John Atkins"}