Comfort Blanket

By: Cheese & Pickle
  • Summary

  • Talking about the films, TV shows, books or music which people go to again and again to feel safe, happy and welcome.


    To join our Patreon, with access to exclusive companion podcast 'Home Comforts' visit www.patreon.com/comfortblanketpod


    "Brilliant... A lovely listen" - Sunday Times

    "Highly recommended" - The Week

    Selected as one of the Sunday Times' TOP 25 PODCASTS TO MAKE YOU HAPPY


    Presented and produced by Joel Morris.


    Part of the Cheese And Pickle family of podcasts.


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    Copyright Joel Morris 2022-2023
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Episodes
  • They Might Be Giants' 'Flood' - with John-Luke Roberts
    Dec 12 2024
    Comedian John-Luke Roberts picks the 1990 LP by They Might Be Giants (the one that contains their hit single Birdhouse In Your Soul, and 18 other wildly inventive songs) and talks about the idea of ‘too much’, of overwhelm, of an invigorating deluge of ideas, and how that connects the worlds of music and comedy.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Fallen Idol - with Robin Ince
    Nov 14 2024
    Writer and comedian Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage, Cosmic Shambles Network) talks about the comforts of Carol Reed’s masterpiece The Fallen Idol, the beautiful film he made between Odd Man Out and The Third Man, and touches on the links between film and our memories of loved ones.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Heart Of The Angel - with Neil Forsyth
    Oct 30 2024

    Writer Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt, Bob Servant) talks about the comforts of Molly Dineen's 1989 fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Heart Of The Angel', a surprisingly deep study of the people working in a failing London Underground station.


    The documentary is available on the BBC iPlayer here:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074tkn/40-minutes-heart-of-the-angel


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    1 hr and 2 mins

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