Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds

Whether it’s Zoom, or WhatApp. Teams or WeTransfer, our days are now consumed with trying to remember how to operate the apps that rule our lives. To get in the mood for this one, Rick and Griff recorded the podcast over Zoom, eventually.If AI scares you and creating a new meeting in your electronic calendar actually takes longer than the meeting itself, this is the episode for you. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

It’s summer…..or at least it is when we release this podcast.So that bring sus to the subject of holidays and when is a holiday not a holiday? When it’s a Holijob of course. A job disguised as a holiday, onto which you drag the family in the hope that it will get you off the hook for cancelling the ACTUAL holiday. Which it never does. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

Clothes. We all need them. They keep us warm and prevent our arrest. They’re also pivotal to Rick and Griff’s lives, so much so that they need two episodes to cover them. From Mr Fish shirts to Bell Bottoms to Rick’s famous capes, this is the true story of the way fashion has influenced our genial hosts over the course of their lives. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

When you think about it, clothes probably play a far bigger part in our lives than we give them credit for. Which is why Rick and Griff have to devote the next two episodes to their very existence. From enforced clothing at school to wildly exotic clothes worn by rock star Rick, this will take you on a flared voyage of loon-pant discovery. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

In this, the third instalment in Rick and Griff’s analysis of Weddings, (after all, they’ve had a few between them…..), they investigate such phenomena as:The Cost of Dresses.The Cost of Cakes. OK, it’s mostly about the costs, but they do also discuss the institution of Marriage itself. Remember to contact Rick and Griff with your thoughts. Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

To some, like Griff, a Wedding happens once, some years ago. To others, like Rick, a Wedding is a regular occurrence. If you’ve ever had a wedding stuck in a toilet, or ever tried the ‘working honeymoon’, or find yourself tight rope walking, well, this is the episode for you.You may kiss the bride. Be part of the podcast, email Rick & Griff here…Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

Seemingly pleased with the sheer quantity of anger and distrust of the modern phone, celebrity neighbours Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones felt compelled to continue their assault on the devices which live in our pocket, but seemingly listen to us and try and influence what we buy online. Expective Hawaiian Punch, AI Generated Shark incidents and Predicative Text fails. Be part of the podcast, email Rick & Griff here…Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

In 1876, the phone was invented and at a stroke we could speak to people who were many miles away from us, many of whom we’d deliberately moved away from so as not to be able to speak with them. In 1973, the Mobile phone was invented and now the people we didn’t want to hear from could contact us in anywhere in the world, at any time. Perhaps that’s why Rick and Griff hate them so much. In this episode we’ll hear about the genesis of the phone from Bakelite monsters to Carphones and pointless Apps. Be part of the podcast, email Rick & Griff here…Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk