Best of, Vol. 1: Hooked on Brainthoughts

Join us on a trip down memory lane as we head back to where it all started, season 1.

We’re so pleased to bring you this compilation, there are so many great conversations here - and some mad ones, but what would you expect?

We talk about getting fit, making time in our lives for ‘random’, music's emotional connection, finding our place in our community and our families (with our first ever guest, the Oscar-winning TV supremo Bo Stehmeier), and the power of friendships. We also find time to discuss our school nicknames, and squeeze in a few impressions.

Fearless. Frank. Funny. It’s Talking Cod.

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Creators & Guests

Host

Andy Hall

Love to ask questions and learning about myself and others every day. Hate labels except; Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Host, Mentor, Husband, Dad, Friend. Mental health ambassador. Triathlete. Make a positive difference every day.

Host

David Eccles

Development Director. Middleman. Trail walking, running, riding, fire lighting, BBQ’r (AKA The Rave)

Host

Phil Birchenall

I’m the founder of Diagonal Thinking, a smart consultancy for people in the creative, media and digital industries.

Guest

Bo Stehmeier

Bo Stehmeier is a middle-aged man-child-husband and father to two little people. Currently living in Amsterdam, Bo is African at heart with Nordic roots. For the last twenty years he has worked in the global TV content business giving him the ideal back drop to study the contemporary mainstream consumer narrative. That aside, he has lived in eight countries in all, making him somewhat of a global citizen.

What is Talking Cod: a survivor’s guide to middle age?

Three northern blokes talk about midlife and growing old disgracefully: the kind of things you want to say, but rarely ever do.

Hosts David Eccles, Phil Birchenall and Andy Hall explore how confronting life head-on - with all the crap it throws your way - makes you stronger, older, bolder and, of course, that little bit wiser.

We’ll share our own experiences and talk to friends about life’s ups and downs, what’s worked, and what definitely didn’t.


Frank, fearless, funny. Talking Cod.