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Art of Silly

Sometimes, grownups can forget to be themselves and just have fun. We can help with that... www.artofsilly.com Serious about silly.

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3.8: Big Silly Hugs

Art of Silly ·

2025/08/28

Fancy a trip down memory lane? Need a bit of a cuddle? We've got you covered.Join big-hearted Jarek Adams and big softy Andrew Thorn as they infiltrate their teddybears' tribe, welcome an elderly new arrival, and wish an emotional bon voyage to a youngster setting off on new Steampunk adventures. Plus: All New Serial - Norm bumps into an old friend!Happy hugging :)-Editor Andy's note:We are taking a stand against the exploitation of young AIs being forced to do work that should be done

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00:40:10

3.7: Politically Silly

Art of Silly ·

2025/07/24

Fancy another trip to a festival? Need a bit of radical politics to cope with these strange times? We've got you covered.Join political agitator Jarek Adams and ominous alligator Andrew Thorn (he'll see you later...) as they interview three more 'volunteers' about their bands, their artistic process, and their takes on the creative tasks we set them at Bearded Theory Festival 2025. We'll also fill you in on the acts we saw, the music we danced to, and the jam doughnuts we got

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00:01:54

Art of Silly - Trailer

Art of Silly ·

2025/07/16

Put your feet up and join curious and creative couple Jarek & Andy for a journey into the depths of silliness as they explore why some of us lose the connection with our inner child as we age, and then provide examples and suggestions for fixing that.Join them on their mostly silly adventures, but with a bit of psychology woven neatly in, as they get up to all sorts of silly stuff, meeting very silly people, and finding interesting and quirky stuff that could help you lighten the load of living

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00:45:13

3.6: Bearded Silly

Art of Silly ·

2025/06/26

What's your take on live music festivals? Full of posh influencers and corporate branding? Lots of agenda-pushing sponsorship? Well, there's none of that here! Welcome to something refreshingly independent as Jarek & Andy take you to the Something Else Tea Tent at Bearded Theory festival.Join former-professional-nude-underwater-model Jarek Adams and current-karaoke-singer Andrew Thorn as they take to the stage at their very first live Art of Silly event, joined by six intrepid

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00:31:29

3.5: Stylishly Silly

Art of Silly ·

2025/05/29

Need a new look? Need fairies in your life? We've got you covered.Join cat-walk model Jarek Adams and cat-litter user Andrew Thorn as they reinvigorate their wardrobes and revisit the golden era of radical fashion.So put on your most extravagant outfit, grab your best stuff-strutting boots, and get ready to fly away with the fairies.Plus: All New Serial - Lydia buys a dress and Norm shows some side-combed chest hair!Happy dress-ups :)-Our Website - https://artofsilly.com/Facebook page

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00:31:40

3.4: Down the Rabbit Hole

Art of Silly ·

2025/04/24

Need the art? Need the silly? We've got you covered.Join proto-artist Jarek Adams and semi-clothed artist's model Andrew Thorn as they view the work of a long-standing artist, and interview a sitting-down one.So put on your best gallery-visit clothes, grab your childhood teddybear, and get ready to explore people making exhibitions of their art and themselves.Plus: All New Serial!Happy exploring :)-Our Website - https://artofsilly.com/Facebook page

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00:25:28

3.3: Revoltingly Silly

Art of Silly ·

2025/03/28

Struggling with life? The Oompa-Loompa from hell getting you down? We've got you covered.Join national treasure Jarek Adams and hold-muzak singer Andrew Thorn as they deal with their mental wellbeing issues in public, and use naps as a form of passive resistance.So lock and load the tactical playdough and bubble-liquid, and get ready to show those angry trillionaires why they should stop making themselves so miserable.Happy world-fixing :)-Our Website - https://artofsilly.com/Facebook page

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00:24:17

3.2: Broke-person's Bucket List

Art of Silly ·

2025/02/28

Alice in Wonderland tried to believe in six impossible things before breakfast, but here at Art of Silly we believe in DOING them. So, fan-jumping radical Jarek Adams and Ewbank® fancier Andrew Thorn step up the pace this month with some very silly adventures. Have you got a bucket list but not enough dosh to buy your dream experiences, or the desire to experience actual personal jeopardy? We've got you covered.After last month's low-key bucket list suggestions, this time we're upping the stakes..

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00:25:36

3.1: Start the Year Silly

Art of Silly ·

2025/01/31

Pemmican-dancing enthusiast Jarek Adams and incompetent blanket-fort architect Andrew Thorn invite you to join them for their soon-to-be-traditional January annual-unstructured-ramble, an epically-extended twenty-five-minute single-sentence, desperately trying to hold itself almost-together by using too-many-hyphens.This month we tackle the mildest, most low-key bucket list ever. Happy-New-Year :) - Our Website - https://artofsilly.com/ Book recommendation - 'Letters from a Lost Uncle',

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00:20:37

2.6: Serenely Silly - Lost Worlds

Art of Silly ·

2024/12/20

In the final episode of this series we take you on the last of our guided meditations where you’ll be revisiting the lost worlds of your childhood, using the books and stories that captured our imaginations when we were kids.Find out what stories we both carry around with us, and how we use the memory of them to bring a little bit of calm to our grown-up lives. Hopefully we can inspire you to revisit a lost world from your childhood and to recapture a bit of the magic books and stories can bring

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00:30:17

2.5: Seasonally Silly

Art of Silly ·

2024/12/13

Hosts Jarek & Andy look at how the festive season gives adults permission to let loose and do silly stuff.We explore how, by looking back to when we were kids, we can recapture a little bit of the magic we felt at this time of year. With additional thoughts on allowing others to do the silly stuff for you to enjoy this panto season, and the year Santa got Jarek’s present wrong – or did he? Our Website - https://artofsilly.com/

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00:12:26

2.4: Serenely Silly - Sky Ship

Art of Silly ·

2024/12/06

This is the second of our short guided meditations, which are designed to help you rekindle the wonder of childhood, and to help you use your imagination to access positive feelings of calm silliness.This week we’ll be taking a solo flight on a sky ship and travelling in your mind to tranquil places. These serenely silly interludes are a way to give yourself a short break from all the craziness in the world, and to enjoy a not too serious wander around the inside of your head. Our Website -

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00:22:14

2.3: Semantically Silly

Art of Silly ·

2024/11/29

In this episode your hosts Jarek Adams & Andrew Thorn explore the complex meaning of the word ‘silly’.How do you feel if you’re told you’re being silly? Sometimes it’s a gloriously positive word, but often it has negative connotations that make people shy away from it. So we’ll look at the word, and how we can reclaim it as a good thing to be, as well as talking about smarties at a funeral and our giant poo experiment. Join us for the best sort of silly! Our Website -

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00:10:27

2.2: Serenely Silly - Grandma’s House

Art of Silly ·

2024/11/22

Every other week in this series we’ll take you on a brief guided meditation journey that’s all about reconnecting with happy memories from childhood in order to feed positive emotions back into your grown-up world. These accessible mind wanderings are an easy way to relax for a few moments and to bring a bit of fun into your day. This week we’ll be revisiting a happy place, so the episode is called ‘Grandma’s House’. Sit back, relax and treat yourself to a few moments of serenity. Our Website -

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00:18:20

2.1: The Lost Art of Silly

Art of Silly ·

2024/11/15

Back in 2022 we explored a number of ways that a bit of occasional silliness can be good for our mental health. Now in 2024 we’re rekindling the silliness after letting it slip a bit with life getting hectic and the world going crazy. Host Jarek Adams & producer Andrew Thorn chat about finding ways to get some fun back in their lives, and offer words of wisdom from past collaborators, and a challenge for listeners to get stuck into some silliness themselves. Our Website -

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00:54:59

6: Starting Level Silly

Art of Silly ·

2023/02/05

The science bit... In the last episode of this series we finally reach the science bit as Jarek takes a look at the psychology of silly by setting one curious person a challenge that provoked deep thought and discussion about silliness. That’s backed up with a discussion with a counsellor about embarrassment, and a bit of child development, but also how a bit of silly can be good for wellbeing and mental health. And finally there’s the callout to you the listener to help spread the word to all those

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00:57:00

5: Supreme Silliness

Art of Silly ·

2023/01/29

Taking it out to the streets... Gloriously silly stuff this week as Jarek explores adventures in our homes and the places we live, with one couple making up treasure hunts for each other and discovering things they never knew about the place they live, and another couple following their wonderfully silly obsession around the world and even on their honeymoon. This episode is about having fun and being creative, and seeing your surroundings as a potential playground where anything can happen. The Art

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00:46:23

4: Seriously Silly Stuff

Art of Silly ·

2023/01/22

Seriously now... In this week’s episode Jarek has a think about toys and games we played with as kids, and uses the idea of play to get some folks out of a bit of a low patch by spending quality time together doing silly stuff. But there’s also a serious look at how one business uses play to engage with people in order to ask difficult questions and get deeper answers than they’d get from a questionnaire. You can get involved too, as there’s advice and encouragement about putting together a toy box

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00:45:49

3: Being Secretly Silly

Art of Silly ·

2023/01/15

Shhhh… This week Jarek explores doing stuff to our homes to make them more fun, and also discusses why silliness is so important for mental health. She takes one interviewee to the moon in a bathroom, and goes on a tour of an artist’s house for inspiration about playing with your home and not following decorating fashions. There will also be tips if you want to try a bit of silliness in your own home, and partner in mischief Andy gets to chat about the silly stuff he and Jarek have done to their

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00:43:01

2: Stay at Home Silly

Art of Silly ·

2023/01/08

A magic carpet ride... In this episode Jarek explores the idea of armchair travelling, and includes interviews with extraordinary people who have embraced the idea of going on silly fantasy journeys. Along with partner in mischief Andy, Jarek will talk about their trip to Japan – a place they’ve never been – all will become clear. So if there’s anywhere in the world or beyond that you’d love to travel to but know you never will then this episode will give you hints and tips about building memories

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