Matt speaks about being proud of his students.
I'm Not Coming Back
Matt describes a performance work he never made.
Shouting at a child in a soft play
Matt drives back from the train station and talks about getting angry and shouting at another child in a soft play.
Lewisham Shopping Centre
Matt talks about minor features of Lewisham shopping centre.
Relief
Matt and Ross talk about the feeling of being relieved. Content warning: Matt mentions the genocide in Palestine near the end of the podcast.
Radio
Matt talks about finding a radio show he likes.
Ambivalence Part Two
Matt speaks to Sophie about ambivalence and what it means to leave the art world.
Shims
Matt talks about some shims that stopped his toilet from wobbling from 2018-2025.
Ambivalence
Matt speaks about being ambivalent towards art and how he has never been very good at being reverent.
Being Tired
Matt talks about being tired and how boring it is when someone tells you about how tired they are.
Déjà vu
Matt talks about the very private, and ultimately meaningless feeling of Déjà vu.
Inheritance
Matt talks about the behaviours he has inherited from his dad.
Being Forty
Matt and Sophie talking about being 40. But there’s a twist! It turns out Sophie isn’t actually 40! How old is she? Listen to find out…
Old Music
Matt and Ross talk about festivals, and how they feel about the music they listened to as teenagers.
The Limits of Admission
Matt talks about the limits of what we are willing to admit in public. Can we ever really admit our failings?
A Bald Dad
Matt talks about being bald and making jokes about baldness. He also proposes a new belief that he thinks should be commonly held: that men who carry on having full head of hair after the age of about 40 look ridiculous.
Lollipop People
Matt reflects on his paranoia about whether the lollipop people near his work like him or not.
Interviews
It’s a hot day. Matt talks about a job interview and then gets distracted by global politics.
Who says vibe?
Matt and Ross chat about whether vibe is a young person word anymore and what different people might mean when they say it. Then they talk about being middle aged for a while. There’s also a high pitched screeching noise for a bit which is less present on the recording than it was in real life.
Getting Older
Matt talks about turning 40, getting sentimental and the meaning of milestones.