Walk the Pod

Wrapping up our sleep series with one last thought on sleep from Mighty Marcel in the Netherlands. Marcel reflects on a few night's sleep without his preferred pillow. Thank you for listening, dear friends. Walk the Pod will be back with Series 64 on Monday 22nd June.

Summing up everything we've learned so far about sleep this series, plus a clarification from Cross Border Selector Postie Nige.

Walking my local streets this lunchtime with voicenotes from Cross-border Selector Postie Nige, and Hannah and Ian, on holiday in Spain.

Walking in Kensington Gardens this lunchtime, considering how to sleep well, given everything we've learned so far.

In this sixth instalment of Series 63 on sleep, we consider sleep and stimulants, such as caffeine, and sedatives, such as alcohol and sleeping tablets. Join the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club to play Colour Quest - Poddies are keeping an eye out for red in the environment this week.

Walking in nature for just 10 minutes this lunchtime, rounding up everything we've learned about sleep so far. Looking ahead to next week's episodes and inviting you to join the Walk the Pod lunchtime Walk Club: http://www.patreon.com/rachelwheeley

Walking my local streets amongst the lavender, discussing sleep deprivation and shift work. Whilst shifting your day around can enable an early or a late start, it is seriously incompatible with a young family. Your thoughts on sleep? Go to walkthepod.com.

Walking in the woods this lunchtime, thinking about Matthew Walker's book Why we Sleep, particularly the section on Sleep and Learning. Sleep, it seems, helps us prepare to learn, acts as a ‘save' button for what we've learned, and can even help with recall within the day of learning if we take a quick nap in between study sessions.

Walking in my local woods at lunchtime today discussing our new theme: Sleep. Today, Robin's voicenote prompts a discussion of circadian rhythms, sleep breathing and noradrenalin.

Welcome to a brand new series of Walk the Pod. This series our theme is Sleep! Inviting you to contribute your thoughts about sleep, and I'll be introducing ideas from Matthew Walker's ‘Why We Sleep'.

A final episode on Ego, closing our series. Walk the Pod will return on Monday 20th April. If you'd like to vote for our next theme, you can do so by joining the walk the Pod lunchtime walk club on Patreon. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

A summary of some of what we've discussed this series plus an invitation to join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime Walk Club. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

In today's episode, a walk in the woods discussing Ursula Le Guin's discussion of ego in ‘The Dispossed'. On Le Guin's fictional planet, Annares, humans in an egalitarian society are ostracised for ‘egoising'. Egoising is an inevitable corrollary to the struggle between community and a sense of self. Le Guin does not describe it as a moral failing, just a tension. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Considering different types of ego this lunchtime including Clyde Barrow's inability to admit defeat. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Discussing Alan Watts today who wrote that viewing ourselves inside the head, as an ego, is a ‘dangerous hallucination'. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Everything we've discussed so far this week, plus an invitation to join the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Discussing various leaders and how ego drives behaviour this lunchtime. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Welcome to your walk, and episode 3 of our new series on the theme of Ego. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Introducing Douglas Adams' Total Perspective Vortex and Hanlon's razor.

Get out into nature with Walk the Pod! Today's episode introduces our new Series theme: Ego. realbubbs shared on Instagram: time x space x silence = luxury Anything else calling itself luxury is a trinket of the ego Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking around my local woods with some more reflections on our Slowing Down theme, plus a huge thank you to members of the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club: Rob in New Zealand, Marcel in The Netherlands And in the UK: - Catherine in Ealing - Nick in Worcester - Jim in Manchester - Gaynor and Tati in Brockley - Hannah, Sam and Katie in SW London - Helen in Crystal Palace - John in Muswell Hill - Hilary from Trundl - Mum in the beautiful Malvern hills - Dad in rural Norfolk - DJ Postie Nige - and Rear Admiral Tim in The Independent People's Republic of Croydon Join the club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley Your 62nd Series of Walk the Pod starts on Monday 2nd March.

Rounding up a few of the themes of the series. Plus voicenotes from Kiwi Rob and DJ Postie Nige. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club if you'd like to cast your vote for the theme of Series 62, which starts on Monday 2nd March. Plus, private Discord server, beautiful stickers of the show's artwork and behind the scenes photos. https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking around Morden Hall Park in Southwest London this lunchtime and considering how we can slow down as leaders in the workplace to enable our teams to develop and contribute to better collective ideas. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

A voice note from Charles the Kiwi inspires today's episode. Speeding up, says Charles, can help us to slow down. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

In this episode of Walk the Pod, we'll be considering how we can slow down to find a better rhythm. Not to mention the benefits for both mental and physical health. Plus voicenotes from Lee Robinson from the Slow Paths podcast and Machers with a poem by Edward Thomas. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Summing up the Slowing Down Walk the Pod episodes recorded so far. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in my wellies this lunchtime in a particularly soggy Cannon Hill Common woods. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Welcome to Episode 3 of Series 61 of Walk the Pod! Today, I find myself walking in the rain in my local woods. Noticing new fungi on the logs and bright lichen on the twigs as I walk by. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walk the Pod Episode 2 on our theme of Slowing Down. What might we discover about our fear, if we slow down enough to pay attention to it? Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Welcome to a brand new series of Walk the Pod in which we'll be discussing Slowing Down, with the help of Tony Crabbe's wonderful book, Busy, amongst other sources. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Thank you for listening, thank you for walking with me, dear friends. Postie Nige chimes in with a voicenote announcing Christmas, and I commit to some seasonal episodes for members of the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club. See you in 2026! Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server, photos, postcards, and stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking through the woods and onto my road whilst paying attention to what's directly in front of me as usual. Plus a voicenote from Gaye in Brockley. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server, photos, postcards, and stickers! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking my local streets during a day of local travel disruption and thinking about how love is platonic. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in the Cannon Hill Common woods this lunchtime, thinking about how love is listening. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Escaped the park this lunchtime due to a leafblower going off all over the place. So I took to the local Tooting streets instead, to record my thoughts on unconditional love, prompted by a voicenote from Nige.

Rounding up week one of Series 60 on our new theme of ‘Love', plus some thoughts on how to use all five senses on our daily walk.

Walking my local streets this lunchtime thinking about love as connection. The ways that humans thread experience through the physical world, connectingbus with one another and rewarding the simple paying attention to what's directly in front of us. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking on Clapham Common this lunchtime thinking about love as understanding. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in the park behind the hospital this lunchtime with a voicenote from Gaye in Brockley sharing that love is energy. Energy of performers on the stage, in this case. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking around the park behind the hospital introducing our new theme for Series 60: Love. Thank you to members of the Walk the Pod Lunchtime Walk Club for voting for our new theme. I'm excited to be bringing you 10 fresh new episodes every lunchtime from my daily walks and encouraging you to get out into nature for just 10 minutes. Welcome to Walk the Pod. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in my local woods and thanking you for listening to this series of Walk the Pod. This has been my favourite series so far - the series truly guided by you the listener. So thank you for all of your thoughts, your voice notes, your votes, your love, and your support. Walk the Pod will return with Series 60 from Monday 3rd November. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Summing up the series and everything we've discussed on Walk the Pod this month. Thank you everyone for your contributions! Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in my local woods, thinking about vulnerability and health, and vulnerability and interdependence this lunchtime. Plus voicenotes from Gaynor in Brockley, Kiwi Rob, and Hilary in the beautiful Malvern hills.

Walking around the park behind the hospital and thinking about the unknow that we occasionally have to step into. A very vulnerable moment. Thanks to Nige for kicking us off with his second voicenote of the series. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in the park behind the hospital this lunchtime thinking about The Neutral Zone. A concept coined by the ZigZag podcast, which James's voicenote reminded me of.

Walking in Cannon Hill Common woods rounding up our first week of episodes on the theme of Vulnerability. Plus a voicenote from Cindy in Nebraska.

Walking around the park behind the hospital this lunchtime, considering the vulnerability of performance thanks to a voicenote from Nige.

Walking in my local woods this lunchtime amidst a lot of wind, listening to a voice note from Gaynor from Brockley on the subject of vulnerability and new technology. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in my local woods this lunchtime considering whether vulnerability could be the antidote to hate. Plus a mention of Charles in New Zealand's Walk the Mic tribute podcast.

Walking around the park this lunchtime and introducing our new topic for Series 59: Vulnerability. Plus, a voicenote from Cindy in Nebraska. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley

Walking in my local woods for the final time this series as we consider our topic: Rest (Is Resistance). Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for weekly walking challenges, theme voting, private Discord server and exclusive merch! https://www.patreon.com/c/rachelwheeley