Without a hitch đź‘Ť
Richard Allardice
Listen to Richard Allardice tell true stories of failure, capture the frequently disastrous minutiae of daily life (as parent, colleague, person), and share casual, practical tidbits for success. Expect to laugh.
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11: Notes from a small house III
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
06/14/22 • 17 min
Today’s episode is the third in the Notes from a small house series – chaotic, funny stories from a smallish house chock-full of people and animals.
The theme is misaligned perceptions – how something perfectly reasonable to one may be anathema to another. Features:
- A smashed face, and what to do about those teeth
- Old cows, barbecues and vegetarianism
- Rabbits in the home, and everywhere, for eternity
- How to be a demotivational speaker (or not to be)
- Kihap! like you mean it – a taekwondo tale
10: Notes from a small house II
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
03/13/22 • 17 min
Today’s episode is the second in the Notes from a small house series – chaotic, funny stories from a smallish house chock-full of people and animals. Features:
- Reverse sibling psychology
- Photodynamic face-melting therapy
- Artificial intelligence muttering to itself in the next room
- Things kids say to imply they don’t like their dinner and certainly won’t be eating it
8: Wait, what did you say? Part II
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
11/21/21 • 19 min
Today’s episode is the second part of a two-part series on language, looking at phrases we use all the time, but which on closer examination are a bit weird, misleading or funny. Features:
- Bears, hares and wondering where – notes on the hilarious linguistic laziness of Kiwi English
- Stars, lasers and taxi cabs – the glorious (and mixed) metaphors of workplace language
- An examination of idioms and phrases I never quite understood as a kid – and still don’t, really
7: Wait, what did you say? Part I
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
10/31/21 • 18 min
Today’s episode is about language and working out what things mean – generally by saying the wrong things first, and then looking back on them to either laugh or cringe. Features:
- Blurts and faux pas – when you don’t know what the right thing to say is until you’ve already said the wrong one
- Demonstrating how irony works to your secondary school students by living ironically
- A rendezvous with a supermarket checkout machine
- A starfish and a universal theory of humour
- Quaint things your five-year-old daughter says after listening to a lot of Enid Blyton books
6: Hitches
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
10/19/21 • 36 min
Today’s episode is about hitchhiking, and that choice you have to make when someone pulls over to give you a ride: Should I trust this person? Listen to four tales where this was a difficult question to answer. Note: Contains R-rated language and themes. Features:
- A paranoid fellow wielding a machete and asking where I live
- Looking for love in the wrong places, by a driver obsessed with porn and a shade removed from reality
- Incredibly inappropriate humour during a high-speed dash through Hamilton, New Zealand
- Throwing caution to the wind in Japan in the pursuit of maximum freedom, but then hopping in a car with a guy claiming “gun”
5: Smoko
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
10/03/21 • 25 min
Today’s episode is about work. It chronicles a series of jobs that I thought were terrible at the time, although perhaps I should have given them more of a chance. I was young, and didn’t yet have much of a work ethic. Features:
- Riding the zeitgeist and cleaning toilets – epiphanies while working the nightshift
- Kiwifruit, Viagra and the gift of rain – trying and failing to develop a work ethic
- Animal impressions, chess addiction and meaningful work – attempting to be an upstanding museum worker, with mixed results
- Google Doc lurkers – why are people always in that Google Doc, week after week, month after month?
4: Hey, teacher!
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
09/20/21 • 31 min
Today’s episode is about teaching, including what it’s like to be a teacher, plus the impression we might form of our own teachers. Features:
- A story of teaching in Japan and trying to melt the ice with difficult colleagues
- The performance of teaching gone wrong, plus trying to balance pet and family life in the background
- Burning out and leaving the teaching profession, including the responses of colleagues, and the guilt
- An almost unbelievable tale of a primary school trip to the sewage treatment plant – coordinated by a teacher who truly must have drawn the short straw
3: School’s out
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
09/11/21 • 20 min
Today’s episode is about school and a little about hard luck – negotiating the slings and arrows of a boarding school in the nineties, and finding the humour in all of it. Features:
- Some background notes on what school is really for
- The story of a duckling, a Vauxhall Viva, and the deep irony of trying to do the right thing but making things much, much worse
- An examination of a really, really big nose, and how (strangely) it was excluded from the bullying canon
2: What’s in a name?
Without a hitch đź‘Ť
09/11/21 • 15 min
Today’s episode is about names – the names we choose for ourselves, and how we might “make a name for ourselves”. Features:
- The story behind the name “Without a hitch”
- A troupe of guys all called John, how I distinguished between them, and my attempts to make a name for myself amongst “the Johns”
- The hilarious and odd pet names we decided against, after a democratic process to decide on a name for pet #12
1: Holy WTF
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08/29/21 • 25 min
Today’s theme is impressions. What feelings or impressions do you get when you first meet someone, or experience something for the first time? What things stay with you, and what effect do they have on you?
Features a housesitter called Digby and a comprehensive list of flatting horrors.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Without a hitch đź‘Ť have?
Without a hitch đź‘Ť currently has 13 episodes available.
What topics does Without a hitch đź‘Ť cover?
The podcast is about Stories, Society & Culture, Humour, Commentary, Personal Journals, Storytelling, Comedy and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Without a hitch đź‘Ť?
The episode title '12: Notes from a small house IV' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Without a hitch đź‘Ť?
The average episode length on Without a hitch đź‘Ť is 23 minutes.
How often are episodes of Without a hitch đź‘Ť released?
Episodes of Without a hitch đź‘Ť are typically released every 16 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Without a hitch đź‘Ť?
The first episode of Without a hitch đź‘Ť was released on Aug 29, 2021.
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