Restid

Restid is the Swedish word for ‘travel time’.  These podcasts explore the stories of journeys, the theatre of travel, and how people use their travel time.  

Whether resting, reading, watching or writing, chatting or listening, travel time is our time, to use as we choose.  And a great journey is like a book that you want to finish but not to end. 

Travel podcast stories

Episodes

Ep 18: Good Things

Nov 12, 2024

Nov 12, 2024

11 min

..come to those who wait.  Really? Realising the noble ambition of appreciation, ignoring the game of blame and making a difference instead. The victim is not the problem.

Nov 12, 2024

11 min

Nov 5, 2024

11 min

Helping people explore and smile. The birthday travel initiative. Dogs, cats and conversation triggers and the use of opera to counter antisocial behaviour.

Nov 5, 2024

11 min

Oct 29, 2024

11 min

Could home deliveries and public transport play a bigger role in communities, tackling loneliness and providing a new generation of third places?

Oct 29, 2024

11 min

Oct 22, 2024

12 min

Bing Crosby once sang “We’re busy going nowhere, Isn’t it just a crime”. 
Thank goodness we now know the answer to congestion and where we're going.  The bumper stickers will help us more than the inflatable dolls.  And, though Robert Moses failed, an 82-year-old hitchhiker continues to confirm the innate kindness of most human beings. 
Enjoy your travels.
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Oct 22, 2024

12 min

Ep 14: All Change

Oct 15, 2024

Oct 15, 2024

12 min

A glimpse of transport perfection and rapid transformations.  The laws of garden sheds, sartorial elegance and bohemian excitement.  We can choose to be a participant, an observer, or simply ignore the theatre of travel around us.  The choice remains ours. 
Enjoy your travels.

Oct 15, 2024

12 min

Oct 8, 2024

12 min

Making small talk and breaking bread with strangers. It can make both parties much happier.  Reach out, show interest, respect and be kind. The legend, and sound, of carrots and the ejection seat.
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Oct 8, 2024

12 min

Oct 1, 2024

12 min

Creating invisible transport, the value of local knowledge, seeing the familiar from a new perspective and discovering the unfamiliar. Socrates said "the unexamined life is not worth living", perhaps the unexamined route is not worth taking.
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Oct 1, 2024

12 min

Jun 11, 2024

12 min

The challenges of transparency and the four Yorkshiremen. Car-free roads and the humanity of fellow travellers. Catching a baby and the woman laughing on a train. The final episode before the summer break to observe and meet  listeners.  Look out for the coming meditation recordings.

Jun 11, 2024

12 min

Jun 4, 2024

11 min

Gaining an unfair advantage on court and balancing on a bus. The strange case of Entrance Proximity Compulsion (EPC). Diamond Michael, Steve Jobs and the isolation challenge.

Jun 4, 2024

11 min

May 28, 2024

11 min

David Hockney's "Bigger and Closer" and the state of 'sonder', in which each of us is at once a hero, a supporting cast member and an extra in overlapping stories.  With Sir Anthony Hopkins, John Steinbeck, the Magna Carta and the birthday problem. The joy and surprises of bus and train travel.

May 28, 2024

11 min

Restid, travel time

Restid (with an "i") explores why so many people are now embracing shared transport. It's a lifestyle choice rather than just a mode of travel. The motivations for change vary: convenience, safety, cost, and environmental responsibility, are often cited.  But the one that really intrigues us is the desire “to explore”. 

Whether resting, reading, watching or writing, chatting or listening, travel time is our time, to use as we choose.  And a great journey is like a book that you want to finish but not to end. 

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