Can I Have A Word?

In the final of three Christmas specials - and our last episode from the archive of unreleased episodes - Phil gives a massive lecture on the evils of social media algothrims, and the benefits of randomness. Meanwhile, Harry celebrates the ceremony of engaging with physical content, highlights the main differences between the French and UK television news (no really, one of them has semi-naked women on, and it's not the one with Huw Edwards) and asks if Paris is a lesbian...

In the second of three Christmas specials, Phil talks about communication on social media, how we are increasingly not being allowed to change our mind, and cancelling versus the legal process. Meanwhile, Harry talks about getting naked, the cultural differences between French and British people, and why penguins and catholics can f off. Merry Christmas!  

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In the first of three Christmas 2021 specials from the archive of unreleased episodes,  Harry discusses the excellent Fleabag and the less-excellent French Police, while Phil talks about social media (surprise!), law and order, going on long holidays and the importance of tea in the fight against crime. 

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Just in time for Halloween, Harry and Phil are joined by novelist and screenwriter David Mitchell to discuss Death. Phil talks about how life is change, and how there should be mental health gyms to keep everyone mentally fit. Meanwhile, Harry talks about grief, making a heartfelt speech about her much-missed aunt, and David explains that art is a mortality hack, that monks invented silent reading, and that death is, in fact, a shade of blue...

In this week's episode of CIHAW, Phil's brain doesn't work and Harry's hearing voices - but it doesn't stop them discussing the evolution of language, whether podcasts could work as text messages, the struggles of aphantasia, and peng puce collinders. Plus they ask how blind people appreciate the visual arts... and much more besides.

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Musician and filmmaker Rob Singh joins Phil and Harry for the longest episode of CIHAW thus far, where they discuss Ofsted inspections, the celebration of teen rebellion, the educational benefit of TV subtitles, philosphy, happiness and how being a famous pop star is a really hard life. Plus Harry proclaims all French people are lazy... which might explain why she isn't the one typing this description...

For the first brand-new episode of CIHAW in over a year, Harry and Phil discuss saving the planet, winding up mooses (or is that meese?), fans being demanding and entitled, artists doing whatever they want, and they ask whether Michael Jackson was Bad and/or Dangerous. The twin terrors of patriarchy and social media also turn up again, so it's pretty much business as usual...

In this - the 50th episode of CIHAW - Harry and Phil talk a lot about relationships, with Harry going on about wanting to bang the neighbour, while Phil says exclusivity is a social construct. They also talk about how it's important to talk a lot, be open-minded, delegate upwards (at work), and how hate is, in fact, love. Blimey, who knew? 

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We're back! We're not dead! To celebrate the forthcoming new season of CIHAW, here's an unreleased episode from the archive, where  Harry talks about the pressure of having get good grades at school, and the lack of creativity in education; special guest (and fellow film student) Adrian Ashby talks about always having to win, and defends the BBC; while Phil blames libraries for the UK government not supporting the arts...

In today's episode, Harry and Phil discuss improv, fictional characters and what makes good acting, plus they ramble about Doctor Who, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamilton, and Lord of the Rings (yet again).

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