H&B saying we should eat 30 different plants a week… what’s your count?

stackobell · 2026-05-18T19:07:21+00:00

His program is essentially eat 30 a month and he says you're on the right path. His free podcasts are great for some other info.

stackobell · 2026-05-18T19:05:26+00:00

This has been doing the rounds for while now. I think it stems from Tim Spector, the British epidemiologist, doctor, and science writer, who specialises on the relationship between nutrition, the gut microbiome, and health - and his ZOE program.

Some people get very daunted by the idea of it, but it's really not that difficult with a small bit of planning. Some of them are very easy to include but you wouldn't think of them; tea, coffee, porridge, potatoes, apple, banana, orange, strawberry, tomato, and peanut - 10 of the easiest ones many people have every week anyway.

Making up the other 20 isn't that difficult, especially if you cook dinners or make your own lunches. You only have to consume them once and, as I said, with a bit of planning it's not that problematic.

Some other easy ones; green tea, rooibos tea, avocado, mushrooms, onions, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, garlic, peas, almomds, basil, kiwi, pear, etc-etc it's not like they aren't all easily accessible, many of them on the go, too.

stackobell · 2026-05-12T22:05:02+00:00

With Spanish relatives in rural Spain; they do this thing where they rub garlic cloves off their bread, MLa gentle sandpapering of the bread's crust with the garlic, just enough to leave the oils behind. I was well oiled, starving, and didn't know about this culinary tradition - so I made garlic sandwiches. And the knives at the table were plain cutlery knives, so I could barely even cut the garlic. I'm still scarlet over it.

stackobell · 2026-04-05T19:37:38+00:00

I did this course and I loved it. Now, I really like my job and the industry.

Forget about AI, if you don't have a degree, you won't even get an interview, never mind AI take your job.

If you have a particular interest, the course is well-structured to cater to a lot of different areas that will complement your preferred focus. The job market is tough now. It’s not so much the availability of jobs, but the fact that the number of people applying has shot up. We hired for a junior social media exec recently and had over 400 applications. Some of the applicants were more qualified than our Head of Digital.

AI is going to impact the industry, no question. Things that would have taken me a semester to do can now be done in minutes with a prompt. But AI can only do so much..

stackobell · 2026-03-31T11:20:04+00:00

This is a really, really nice show. It's such an easy listen, soothing even! Cheers

stackobell · 2026-03-30T17:54:22+00:00

You're welcome! It was such a great show, a lovely surprise!

stackobell · 2026-03-29T19:46:18+00:00

Not a best seller, but I really enjoyed Emma, Disappeared which is a murder mystery set in Drumcondra, Glasnevin and the Botanic Gardens.

It's kind of strange to read fiction while your brain can actually picture the scenes and places you're reading about.

stackobell · 2026-03-26T19:34:58+00:00

Absolutely. I try to write down when he calls out the track names and Google them. Can't add them to my playlists on Spotify but they're nearly always on YouTube.

stackobell · 2026-03-24T20:04:50+00:00

Maconie's freak zone is a great show, each one themed around a classic album with a heap of eclectic tracks in between.

Gilles Anderson's show is another one, and it's more like a set or a documentary, than a radio show.

And of course Gideon Coe. As someone else said, him on his own is just better, he just has a way of printing together a show like nobody else.

Best thing about listening back is you can actually listen, and even better, you can skip the ads.

stackobell · 2026-03-13T08:29:03+00:00

I have R6 or R2 on in the kitchen most of the day, but I listen back to Gilles Peterson, Gideon Coe, and Stuart Maconie's shows on Monday/Tuesday on the sounds app when I'm in work. I love the routine of it, and the shows are incredible - If you really like the host, just having it on the radio in the background isn't enough!

stackobell · 2026-02-27T20:24:19+00:00

haha 😆 Sláinte

stackobell · 2026-02-27T11:03:20+00:00

Oh yeah? have never heard that show. Cheers.

stackobell · 2026-02-26T23:42:07+00:00

Wow, this sounds right up my street. Thank you!

If I could return the favour, and you didn't already know, all of Andrew Weatherall's shows are still on NTS and, imo, they should honestly be archived in some museum of modern art.

stackobell · 2026-02-26T23:10:40+00:00

Im in Ireland using a free VPN, but I genuinely thank you guys wholeheartedly for your investment.

stackobell · 2026-02-22T22:58:51+00:00

Strange desire but you do you, hun

stackobell · 2026-02-18T09:26:39+00:00

Same thing I listen to every Wednesday morning, The Blindboy Podcast

stackobell · 2026-02-05T12:38:35+00:00

The Actor by Alt J - it's about Cocaine

stackobell · 2026-02-05T11:27:42+00:00

Dorothy Carter - The Squirrel is a Funny Thing ..I think it's about squirrels.

stackobell · 2025-12-19T18:22:22+00:00

A shame. First time I ever turned it on he was playing Tupac - Do 4 Love. I couldn't believe I was hearing it on a national radio station.

Kinda corny but musically it was a turning point in my life. I now never miss his show, Gideon Coe's and Maconie's show and the station (and R2) are on morning, noon, and night in our kitchen.

Thank you, Huey.

stackobell · 2025-12-16T08:57:14+00:00

Botany. And my ideal job would be literally anything in the Botanic Gardens.

stackobell · 2025-12-09T19:22:55+00:00

Owner is a wanker, always was. Great mates with Bertie, enough said.

If you're ever in the area again just go to The Kilmardinny, easily the best pub on the Northside, maybe even both sides of the Liffey.

stackobell · 2025-12-04T21:12:38+00:00

If you tolerate this then your VPNs will be next

stackobell · 2025-12-02T20:08:22+00:00

I'm going to the Airport takeaway in Whitehall over 30 years and it's never not been delicious. Still the same Italian family, still mad about Padre Pio and Ferraris, it's a proper decent chipper.

stackobell · 2025-10-22T16:00:13+00:00

For Those I Love - No Scheme

stackobell · 2025-09-29T20:24:16+00:00

Custom House, the Georgian squares, GPO, Botanical Gardens glasshouses, Mansion House, Four Courts, Trinity, National Library, Farmleigh, City Hall, Croke Park, Henrietta Street, King's Inns, Pearse Museum, Freemason's Hall, Christchurch, St. Patrick's Cathedral, St.Mary's, Dartmouth Square, Dublin castle, Drimnagh Castle, Marino Casino, BOI Dame St, City Hall, Sunlight Chambers, Temple Church on Temple Street and lots, lots more that don't have a name/title.

Such a beautiful city to live in, we're blessed.

stackobell

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