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THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Welcome to The Idle Hands Society, a community for creatives. Join us for regular chats with people across all disciplines, loosely focused on creativity.

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United Kingdom

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Welcome to The Idle Hands Society, a community for creatives. Join us for regular chats with people across all disciplines, loosely focused on creativity.

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English


Episodes
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054: Brian Carroll

5/7/2024
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:02:02:38

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053: Ryan McDonagh

2/22/2024
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @paulbenceuk, and @ryan.mcdonagh_ on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. SHOUT OUTS: Fractions by Luke Saxon on Another Place Press - Paul Sofia Coppola Archive: 1999-2023 on Mack Books - Dan Daniel Dodson - Ryan MENTIONS: Clem Ono Joy Division Pleasure Pool Paul Room Hawaii Kerby The XX Slowdive New Order Alex Lewis Smallprint Studio www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:09:27

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052: Roo Lewis

2/8/2024
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @paulbenceuk, and @roolewis on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. MENTIONS: Dan Wood Photobook Junkies Offline Journal Clementine Schniedermann Sebastien Bruno David Hurn Romain Kedochim Mark Lebon Jon Ronson Elvis Festival Porthcawl Weegee Jamie Hawkesworth Gost books Stu Smith Alex Soth Stephen Gill Alys Tomlinson the rainbow people Port Talbot Cymric Choir SHOUT OUTS: Roos - The Martin Parr Foundation Paul - Omar Victor Diop - OMAR VICTOR DIOP & THE ANONYMOUS PROJECT, BEING THERE Dan - Laura Pannack - Youth without age and life without death www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:20:33

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051: Kate Burden

1/26/2024
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @paulbenceuk, and @kate_burden on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. MENTIONS: Meret Oppenheim - The Furry Cup Marilyn Manson Ridley Scott - The Dualists Ridley Scott - Alien Dan's Playlist SHOUT OUTS: Dan - Bobby Fingers Paul - Ari Marcopoulos : Zines Kate - Funkenskatt www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:06:59

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050: 2023 in review

12/29/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. MENTIONS: Dan’s Signs for Those Who Reflect Exhibition Not So Far - Paul Bence Roo Lewis Roland Ramanan Mimi Molica David Campany Kate Burden Karah Mew Trevor Wisecup Alys Tomlinson Ryan McDonagh Offline Journal The Idle Hands Society Newsletter Luke Saxon Upon the High Street - Joshua Atkins & Daniel Loveday Gost Books Willy Spiller - Hell On Wheels Laura Pannack - Youth Without Age and Life Without Death Ed Thompson Danny Jack David O’Mara Trent Parke - Monuments Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer Ridley Scott - Napoleon Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective The Last of Us Cocaine Bear - Elizabeth Banks Sofia Coppola - Archive Bobby Fingers King Kong Company Late - Nils Frahm Holy - Rhye (Frank Wiedemann Remix) Hundreds (Band) - Wilderness Roscoe - Beyond the Wizards’ Sleeve (Midlake remix) Khruangbin - Mariella HVOB Kelly Lee Owens Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Shame Kendric Lamar Ross From Friends Léa Sen Oliver Anthony Sasha Wolf - Photowork Arlo Parks Barbican - Re/Sisters Tate - A world in common Niall Mcdiarmid AG Photolab Analogue Wonderland MPB Photobook Junkies Dan's Playlist www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:32:29

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049: Mimi Mollica

12/15/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @mimimollica on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Paul - BBC Kae Tempest documentary, Rick Rubin - The Creative Act of Being Dan - Upon The High Street exhibition in Rochester by Joshua Atkins & Daniel Loveday Mimi’s many shout-outs The Defiant Ones Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery Dragana Jurišić Trent Parke Monuments Ramon Pez book designer Martin Bogren books Mimi’s Workshops www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:25:58

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048: Sìle Walsh

12/1/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @silewalshartist on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Sile - The Blindboy podcast Dan - Bees, by Tom Collins Paul - Sebastien Bruno - Ta-ra Mentions: @theprintspace - The Print space Sell Out - The art of selling art - Facebook group with advice for artists on selling work. Rupert Von Kaufman Romain Kedochim David O’Mara David Hepher Zsolt Basti www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:31:17

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047: Roland Ramanan

11/9/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @rolandramanan on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Dan - Laurence Guy’s record, Living Like There’s No Tomorrow, But Killing Yourself In The Process Paul - Roo Lewis - Port Talbot UFO Investigation Club Roland - Gods Promise’s Mean Everything by Mark Chapman on Kickstarter Mentions: Roland Ramanan Back Dominoes on Kickstarter Pictures on my mind - with Roland Ramanan The Photobook Collective Mimi Mollica Matt Writtle Bluecoat Press David Gibson Vortex Jazz Club Stuart Freedman Future Hackney Dina Litovsky William Eggleston Anders Peterson Dawi Lewis Publishing Vika Books / Victoria Forrest www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:04:16

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046: Stephen Leslie

11/3/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @step_hen_les_lie on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Stephen’s gave us an avalanche of shoutouts. TV - The Sopranos Books - George Saunders - Liberation Day Movie - Mandibles Dir. Quentin Dupieux Photography - That London by Paul Russell Music - John Holt 'Ali Baba' Paul picked Witchy Feel by Maps Dan’s choice is Hundreds - Wilderness Mentions: Stephen Leslie’s YouTube channel Paulie B Andre D. Wagner Niall McDiarmid Alec Soth Dan Milnor Ruben Radding www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:30:44

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045: Catch up with Ed Thompson

10/13/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @mredthompson on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Ed’s shout-out is Wrestlers, a documentary on Netflix Dan’s choice is Seb Wildblood - Separation Anxiety Paul’s pick for this episode is The Bear on Disney+ Mentions: Pictures on my mind on Youtube The Homeless World Cup Pick up a copy of Paul’s masterpiece, Not So Far www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:56:02

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044: Return of the prat’s

7/5/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise. Shoutouts: Dan’s choice is Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine Paul’s pick for this episode is The Big Moon - Here is Everything Mentions: The Homeless World Cup Pick up a copy of Paul’s masterpiece, Not So Far The pre-order of Josh (The Goose) Edgoose’s new book, 10 Miles West. Dan’s half of “Adult Youth Club” Dan’s wedding photography www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:55:29

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043: Not So Far Is Closer Than You Think

3/3/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise Shoutouts: Paul picked Infidel by Tim Hetherington Dan’s choice is Shame, Food For Worms Mentions: Dan Higginson’s Website @photobookjunkies The Copeland Gallery | UAL exhibition 19th March 2023 @ 4-8pm | 133 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:04:04

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042: David O’Mara

2/9/2023
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @detrituszine on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise Shoutouts: David O’mara’s three shout outs 1. Corrosion #2 by Hiroko Komatsu, Man Cave 2. Unreliable Narrator by Phil Hill 3. I Just Want To Stay Home by Robbie Spotswood Paul picked Vortex by Kikuji Kawada Dan’s choice is American Mirror by Philip Montgomery Mentions: Tono Monotagari by Masatoshi Naito, Shunju-sha 1983 www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:18:57

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041: It’s F’in Xmas

12/23/2022
Check out this podcast on YouTube. Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @tcols on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Paul - Falsification by Seba Kurtis Dan - DIIV Live at the Murmrr Theatre Mentions: Jack Latham’s Parliament of Owls Daido Moriyama Daido Moriyama David O’Mara - Guardian article by Diane Smyth Ross from Friends Drawing of Haytham DIIV - Is The Is Are David Campany Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:56:33

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040: Mostly Chatting

12/9/2022
Check out this podcast on YouTube. Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @tcols on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Dan - The unbearable weight of massive talent - Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten Paul - Geoff Dyre - The Ongoing Moment Mentions: Alex Prior Paul Bence Tom Collins Magnum Photos Bieke Depoorter Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:45:08

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039: Tom Collins

10/31/2022
Check out this podcast on YouTube. Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @tcols on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Tom Collins’ shout out is the incredible movie Everything Everywhere All at Once Paul picked Nick Mulvey’s album, New Mythology Dan’s choice is Heart Tax by Jenny Lee Mentions: Tom Collins Website Hatchie Alex Cameron Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:16:50

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038: Al Brydon

6/30/2022
Check out this podcast on YouTube. Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Paul’s shout out this week is a song by Gwenno - An Stevel Nowydh Dan picked a mixtape by the fantastic Joy Orbison - Still Slipping. Vol 1 Al’s choice is a book by Joanne Coats - Daughters Of The Soil Mentions: Dan Wood A Photographic Life Podcast (What Does Photography Mean to You? Episode feat. Al Brydon) Inside The Outside Collective Joseph Wright www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:11:27

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037: Becoming A Student

6/9/2022
Check out this podcast on YouTube. Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Paul’s shout out is ‘I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating’ by the amazing Alec Soth Dan’s pick is Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment fighter and photographer who documented the siege of the Azovstal metalworks. Mentions: Our YouTube channel Moment Photography The Messy Truth: Dr Jennifer Good - On Ethics (With Gem Fletcher) Sasha Wolf - PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice Aperture: The Photography Workshop Series: Todd Hido on Landscapes, Interiors, and the Nude Richard Misrach on Landscape and Meaning Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation David Campany Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One by Eugen Herrigel McDojoLife on Instagram www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:01:00:06

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036: Why Do We Create?

5/26/2022
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Dan’s Shout Out is Warpaint’s magical new album ‘Radiate Like This’ Paul pick this episode is Devils Promenade by Antone Dolezal and Lara Shipley Mentions: Nikki Brown - Why Do We Create Art? Consider the Bengalese finch. Photo London Josh Edgoose (The Goose) Danny Jack I’ve been writing blogs about Documentary Wedding Photography Ralph Steadman Jaime Gili The Idle Hands Society YouTube channel Overlapse Lewis Quail www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:59:52

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035: We’re back!

5/11/2022
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson and @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Shoutouts: Even The Birds Were Afraid To Fly by Al Brydon is Paul’s shout out Artist Alain Laboile is Dan’s pick Mentions: Peter Clarkson designing Paul’s forthcoming project, ‘Not So Far’. The Homeless World Cup Bruce Gilden www.idlehandssociety.com

Duration:00:56:42