Distraction Therapy – Making Room for Another Voice
The second part of Building Bridges moves eastwards, but not in search of a simple contrast. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Po...
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Rob Watson's Media Podcast
Rob Watson’s irregular playlist and ramblings, in which things that interest Rob are mulled over and discussed. Occasional guests, friends, interviews, location podcasts and other stuff.
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20 of 44 episodesDistraction Therapy – Building Bridges – A Rhythm Across the Divide
There is something deceptively simple about a bridge. It joins one place to another. It allows movement across a space that would other...
Distraction Therapy – River, Ritual & Ghosts Japan
The first River, Ritual & Ghosts programme follows an imagined city to the point where its river reaches the sea. This separate Japan ep...
Distraction Therapy – River, Ritual & Ghosts
I’ve been reflecting on the way a city can exist in more than one form at the same time. There is the visible city of [...] Source
Distraction Therapy – The Mountain Beyond the Map
The journey into the mountains continues, but Part Two begins as though we have already reached the end. Boris opens the mix with “Farewell”...
Distraction Therapy – The Road Into the Mountains
Travelling to the mountains involves more than reaching higher ground. It is a movement away from familiar proportions and into a landscape...
Distraction Therapy – Back to School Japan Style
This episode of Distraction Therapy shifts the point of view to Japan. The theme remains Back to School, but the mood becomes brighter, fast...
Distraction Therapy – Back to School
September brings a subtle change of rhythm. The light shifts, the air sharpens and routes which had loosened during summer begin to gather i...
Distraction Therapy – The Next Movement
Some journeys begin with a clear destination. Others begin with a face glimpsed through motion, a remembered voice, or the quiet sense that...
Distraction Therapy – Use the Light While It’s Here
Summer asks something simple of us: don’t waste the light. That doesn’t mean booking a grand trip, filling every weekend or forcing our...
Distraction Therapy – What If Getting Lost Isn’t Always a Mistake?
We spend a lot of time being encouraged to choose a destination, find the quickest route, and keep moving forwards. There’s comfort in havin...
Looking Up – Julian Sahu on Photography, Memory and Making One Image Count
What changes when we stop scrolling and start looking? In this episode of Distraction Therapy, Rob Watson meets photographer Julian Sah...
Distraction Therapy – Leaving Room for What Has Not Happened Yet
How far into the future do we need to imagine before the present becomes bearable? Tomorrow can still feel close enough to picture. The day...
Distraction Therapy – Where Attention Refuses to Stay
What happens when the way we feel no longer fits the life we are expected to lead? This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through songs [...
Distraction Therapy – Between the Everyday and the Unreachable
This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through several layers of contemporary Japanese music culture: independent guitar music, establish...
Distraction Therapy – Music Against The Finality Of Things
This edition of Distraction Therapy begins with a reassurance, although not quite a promise. In the Pet Shop Boys’ version of It’s Alright,...
Distraction Therapy – The Light That Remains
This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through Japanese pop, rock, film music and orchestral arrangement as though following a river from...
Distraction Therapy – Music for the Interior Night
Some mixtapes establish their meaning through genre. Others work through atmosphere, juxtaposition and emotional association. This edition o...
Distraction Therapy – Japan, Memory And Reinvention
This episode of Distraction Therapy moves through Japanese pop, rock, electronic music and soundtrack composition. It is not intended a...
Distraction Therapy – Miffy Ryan on Music, Memory and Attention
What does it mean to use music as distraction? Does it take us away from immediate experience, or can it return us to the body, to [......