There have been a few radio shows since we got back from Grahamstown that we have not shared. This is not because we don’t want you to hear them, it’s purely because I’ve been a little bit slack and haven’t got around to writing this blog. Wait. I don’t need to say that. I can make up any excuse. What’s a good excuse? Olympics! Everyone is talking about the Olympics! I couldn’t write this blog because I’ve been so busy backing our amazing Olympic squad...

What a peculiar game. The object was unclear. One team, made up one gender, would run around the playground trying to catch members the other team, made up of the opposite gender, to give them a little kiss and then run away again.

The strange thing is that the people being chased around genuinely didn’t want to be kissed. (This is the age where the opposite sex is annoying and repulsive and has ‘germs’.) Until the teams were swapped. Then suddenly the team who was being chased are doing the chasing and they are totally keen! Very strange. There would always be a couple of kids who were a little wiser and more mature than others, who realised that one day they were going to feel affection for this mysterious other gender. Those kids would tend to run a little slower, or deliberately back themselves into a corner shouting, “Oh no! Not a kiss from a girl! Gross!”

People use social networking for all different purposes these days. Some use it simply for interacting with people; some use it for marketing, while others use it to raise awareness for a cause. (Think Stop Kony. No comment.) Some videos go ‘viral’, others don’t. It is sometimes hard to understand why a video of a kid waving a stick around can have over 25 million views on YouTube, while a clever blend of two classic films can have as little 1, 500. I’ve rounded up.

Genre stories are pieces of writing, often short, within a specific genre. For example, crime stories, horror stories, sci-fi stories, etc. I like the sound of these genre stories not because of the genres in which they are written, but because they are often short. I don’t really enjoy reading. I don’t read many books. The books I have read and enjoyed have mostly ended up being made into films, which I’ve genuinely preferred. (That’s not true. I’m just trying to make a point. I read Yes Man by Danny Wallace and loved it. The film made me go ‘eh’.)

It's a new year and a brand new season of The Brothers Streep Show! We have some exciting changes to the show this season including The Brothers Streep Great Debate, new sections in The Quiz as well as a fully interactive game of 20 Questions...

As always, though, we like having a guest in the studio and this episode is no different. This week we chatted to some of the members, and good friends of ours, of the folk rock band K, Ray and The Bird. Their mix of amazing harmonies and dry on-stage humor makes them a performance that we love to watch. And so should you...

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