Breaking Down, Breaking Down.

2TB EP2: Coming To Your City (Big & Rich, Lizzy Hale, Cowboy Troy & Travis McCoy)

NOTE: I really apologise both for the lateness of this episode, and the nasal toning. I’ve been feeling like crap the past few weeks with some physical health issues, so if it sounds like I’m out of breath, I kinda am whilst I await for the NHS to decide if I can have some surgery or not! For years, this was played on my TV / Mac / Phone at about 2 Minutes past 2PM UK time, either on BT Sports, or on some random online ESPN feed that I would find in the weeks when BT Sports couldn’t be bothered to show College Gameday in full.   Coming To Your City is the second track on the album of the same name, released by American country music duo Big & Rich in November 2005. The song came out as a single in September of the same year to promote the album. There are multiple versions of this song from a college football perspective. The first iteration was in 2006 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyFakYeujQ], which to be honest was very Southern, very ‘Heartland’ college football. There was a remake in 2008 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9c_NkyO3eI],  2010 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyFakYeujQ], and then the version I want to talk about, that debuted in 2014 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhFU41XCEkA].     Rather than take up way too much space on a podcast description, I’ve decided to make all my notes for this and future episodes available to you. It’s a bit like me being back teaching at university, handing out my notes, but hey!   SHOW NOTES: https://wilv.click/2TBEP2-Companian  [https://wilv.click/2TBEP2-Companian]

BDBD EP10 – British People And Drinking

In this final episode of Season 1 of Breaking Down, Breaking Down, Wil and Andy talk about British society’s approach to drinking. Britain isn’t the only country in the world where people fancy the odd tipple. You could argue that on a day to day basis there may be countries where people drink more than the Brits. It’s the manner by which Brits consume alcohol when they do, and the manner by which the retail & hospitality industry capitalises on this which is the problem. We touch upon how sometimes even queuing in a Primark can be better for sanity and sobriety than going to your local supermarket, and just how brazen the tactics are to get people to stock up with booze, using almost any event as an excuse for offers. Thanks for listening to this series of the podcast; if you made it through the entire season, you’ve earned yourself a virtual Hi-Five! We’ll be back with a new season in 2025 (Maybe!). NOTE: This episode has minimal editing due to the time it took to upload. Apologies for this, we just wanted to get the episode out to you!

BDBD EP9 – Support Groups

Support groups can be vital to those with Mental Health difficulties, as well as those who struggle with loneliness, a lack of family, or addiction issues. Whilst these may seem trivial to some, when individuals find themselves ‘alone’, they may end up in a situation with no one to talk to who ‘gets it’. Not all support groups work however, especially when you end up bumping into people from previous eras of your life.  Especially heading into the ‘holiday season’, this episode looks at support groups, and how they can play a vital role through specific times of the year for some. It also considers the benefit of support groups over all, especially if they are in effect ‘peer led’ like 12 step programmes, and why it really isn’t a case of one model suits all. Wil briefly talks about structured and unstructured support groups from his time working and studying at university, and how organically found groups can often lead to better outcomes than every structured / forced group settings. NOTE: This episode has minimal editing due to the time it took to upload. Apologies for this, we just wanted to get the episode out to you!

BDBD EP8 – New Year Resolutions

This episode looks at one of the most embarrassing things about Western human society. Making New Year’s Resolutions. Even though we all know that most of these would have been broken by the second week of January, it’s a tradition that carries on in vein. Instead, Andy and Wil talk in a more practical sense about how making small changes to your life without completely removing any fun from your life can work if done correctly. Wil briefly resumes his role as a university lecturer talking about reflective practice, and we think about what each of us could do in 2025 without calling it a ‘resolution’.  Oh, and remember, you can’t learn guitar in a week, the same way you can’t build Rome in a day! NOTE: This episode has minimal editing due to the time it took to upload. Apologies for this, we just wanted to get the episode out to you!

BDBD EP7 – Can I Just Be A Helpless Emo For A Day… Please?

This episode focuses on how sometimes people just have a bad week, and how sometimes, just sometimes, we wish we could just be an emo for a day. We talk about life, music, and how this helps play a massive part of our lives.  We talk about how important a pair of headphones can be when out and about, especially in loud, crowded spaces, and how for some reason every generation of society seems to think public spaces are being decimated by the actions of the ‘youth’ of today, even though it likely would have been worse ‘back in the day’. NOTE: This episode has minimal editing due to the time it took to upload. Apologies for this, we just wanted to get the episode out to you!