The first segment of yesterday’s show saw me interviewing Huw Powell about his middle grade book, Spacejackers. I was delighted that we had listeners texting us pirate jokes. Huw and I had a good chat about SF for kids, gendered marketing, piracy and so on.

In the second half hour I welcomed massage therapist, Tom Taylor Bigg. I knew nothing about him beforehand, and was well impressed with his sensible approach to health. I wish I’d had time to chat to him about RSI.

You can listen to the first hour of the show here.

For the second hour I was joined by Judith Brown, a local older people’s rights activists. Judith puts us all to shame. She’s 75, has one plastic knee, is a leukemia survivor, and still has more energy and enthusiasm than many of us in our 50s.

During our chat we talked a bit about Molly, a care robot being developed by Bristol Robotics. Judith commented that Molly was a bit like a Dalek, which I suspect may have given George Osborne some ideas as to have to save money on caring for the elderly.

You can listen to the second hour of the show here.

The playlist for the show was as follows:

• Captain Dread – Dreadzone
• Notorious – Duran Duran
• Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
• Do That To Me One More Time – The Captain & Tennille
• If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
• Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever – The Four Tops (and dedicated to Kevin)
• Help Me Make It Through The Night – Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Save The Best For Last – Vanessa Williams

I’m not doing the show next week as I need to get turned around from London and ready to head to Dublin. I’ll be back on air on the 27th with a studio full of Australians.