What is the Art of Silly?

It’s a series of podcasts that will explore why some of us lose the connection with our inner child as we age. Each of the six initial episodes will explore ways of getting back in touch with that sense of fun and freedom through challenges, interviews, and plenty of examples of our expertise in silliness.

Presenter Jarek Adams and producer/husband Andrew Thorn will guide you through our journey into some very silly experiences we’ve had that we’d love to share with you. But we also want to rehabilitate the word ‘silly’ and help listeners to revel in the freedom to be curious and creative in our every day lives.

Each episode will start with a story of something silly we’ve done on the theme for the week, followed by an interview with someone we’ve challenged to try a silly experiment, and an expert interview about the theme as well as some silly things you can try at home yourself.

Series 1 Episodes will be shared early in 2023 and they will be:

Episode 1 – ‘Subversive Silliness’ is all about how I got started on this journey along with my partner in mischief Andrew Thorn

Episode 2 ‘Stay at Home Silly’ is about armchair travel and how to experience virtually visiting places you might never hope to get to in real life.

Episode 3 ‘Being Secretly Silly’ is about having fun in your own home and learning to play with your environment.

Episode 4 ‘Seriously Silly Stuff’, it’s OK to play with toys and games, and to reconnect with the fun they give us.

Episode 5 ‘Supreme Silliness’ is about fantasy and we’ll meet people who embrace play as a form of escapism.

Episode 6 ‘Starting Level Silly’ is about easing people in and opening them up to embracing a bit of gentle silliness, and exploring a bit of the psychology of silliness.

If you want to understand more about our passion for silliness take a look at our Manifesto

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