In 2013, I started Simple As ABD, a podcast with a simple aim - each episode would consist of conversations based on questions starting with one letter of the alphabet*. The first show would be about A, the second B, and so on. Could I get all the way to Z?
Well, it turns out No.
I only did one block of six. Those editions, which cover A to F, together run for almost four and a half hours. The unabridged sessions are so much longer. It turns out that the show structure was too free which meant each recording essentially ran until we were tired. I'm proud of what I produced - it gave me a chance to have some of my favourite people back for some frivolous fun - but, when some of my dream guests couldn't make time to do the next series, I had no problem with stopping the show.
A few months later, I started A Way Day. It's just me at a mic doing two and a half minutes of topical jokes. I can go from writing to uploading in the space of a few hours. I get three out a week. It's far less work than Simple As ABD and it's very different to what I've done before, but I'm enjoying it.
*If that sounds familiar, yes, it's basically QI. I made sure to include a running joke in my introductions that rubbished my own programme and conceded theirs was far superior.
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