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Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 24) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. This 20 minute Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system and this Yoga Nidra is themed around the Water Element. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 20 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation...
2025-11-1922 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraA Cosy & Warming Yoga Nidra Sleep MeditationYoga Nidra Sleep Meditation. This 25-minute sleep talk down uses Yoga Nidra techniques to guide you into a deep state of sleep and rest. This is a spoken meditation that is designed to help you fall asleep and ease insomnia. This 25-minute guided meditation is designed to improve the quality of your sleep and to help you fall asleep. You can also listen to this guided meditation if you have awoken in the middle of the night and you would like to fall back asleep. This meditation is great for relaxation and stress management. Even if sleep does not...
2025-11-0528 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Meditation (Day 23) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, a visualisation, body sensing and breath work. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 10 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic...
2025-10-2211 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Help You Fall AsleepWelcome to this soothing and restorative Yoga Nidra guided meditation for deep sleep. In this calming session, you will take the journey towards profound relaxation and rejuvenation, making it easier for you to achieve a restful night's sleep. Your guide for today's Yoga Nidra practice is Ailsa and she will guide you through a 20-minute Yoga Nidra to help you relax, rest, and sleep. Ailsa is from near Aberdeen in Scotland and has a soft Scottish accent. Allow her gentle and flowing cadence and her soft Scottish accent to lull you into a deep state of rest...
2025-10-1219 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Joy & Positive Energy (Day 22) 30 Days of Yoga Nidra25 minute Yoga Nidra for Joy & Positive Energy. Join Ailsa for a 25 minute Yoga Nidra. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around cultivating joy and positive energy. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathing. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 25 minute Yoga Nidra with...
2025-09-2826 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Relaxation & Deep SleepIn this 20 minute soothing voice meditation to help you fall asleep, Ailsa guides you through a number of techniques to to help you relax the body, calm the mind and prepare for a deep, restful and enriching sleep. You can use this soothing sleep talk down at any point throughout the day and it will be particularly powerful before bed or in the middle of the night if you are experiencing insomnia and/or struggling to get to sleep. This video has a dark screen, which means that the light of the screen will not disturb you.☕ BU...
2025-09-1419 min
Golf Club Talk UKThe Evolution of Trump Turnberry's Ailsa Course, with Martin Ebert and Allan PattersonLeighton and Toby Ingleton of Golf Course Architecture Magazine join Martin and Allan to share their first-hand experience of playing the newly refurbished Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry, while also reflecting on the wider golf course. Widely regarded as one of the greatest courses in the world, the Ailsa has recently undergone significant changes — particularly to holes 7 and 8 — that further elevate its reputation. Recorded in the Champions Suite at Turnberry, this conversation explores: The more recent history of changes made since new ownership in 2016 The motivations behind the Trump Organisation's and Martin Ebert's redesi...
2025-09-1457 min
The GreenprintThe Evolution of Trump Turnberry's Ailsa Course, with Martin Ebert and Allan Patterson - The Greenprint Episode 13Leighton and Toby Ingleton of Golf Course Architecture Magazine join Martin and Allan to share their first-hand experience of playing the newly refurbished Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry, while also reflecting on the wider golf course. Widely regarded as one of the greatest courses in the world, the Ailsa has recently undergone significant changes — particularly to holes 7 and 8 — that further elevate its reputation. Recorded in the Champions Suite at Turnberry, this conversation explores: The more recent history of changes made since new ownership in 2016 The motivations behind the Trump Organisation's and Martin Ebert's rede...
2025-09-0657 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 21) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Mind Awake Body Asleep. Today’s 40 minute Yoga Nidra invites you to remain awake and aware whilst your body deeply rests. You aren’t practising Yoga Nidra in the wrong way if you fall asleep, sometimes your body needs that rest but there is fountain of experience and insight to gleaned when you try to remain awake and aware throughout the entire duration of the Yoga Nidra. Often during a Yoga Nidra you move between various states of consciousness hence that feeling of waking up that can happen. Yoga Nidra actually leads you to the hypnagogic state, the...
2025-08-3139 min
Food For KidsFFK24: When to start solid foods with a baby, with Ailsa McHardyIn today's episode I'm talking to Ailsa McHardy of Little Nutrition about the guidelines for when to wean your baby onto solid foods. There is a lot more understanding, flexibility and information out there now than when my kids were weaning and I wanted to ask Ailsa what the current best advice is for parents on how to know if their child is ready or not. We talk about why age is a guideline and not a hard and fast rule, and what developmental cues to look for in your own child to see if they are...
2025-08-1812 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Ease InsomniaThis 20 minute Yoga Nidra to Ease Insomnia uses Yoga Nidra meditation techniques to guide you into a deep state of sleep. This is a spoken meditation that is designed to help you fall asleep and ease insomnia. Today’s guided meditation is designed to improve the quality of your sleep and to help you fall asleep. You can also listen to this guided meditation if you have awoken in the middle of the night and you would like to fall back asleep. This voice only meditation is great for relaxation and stress management. Even if sleep does not come, th...
2025-08-1719 min
The Nancy Stevens Lifestyle ShowThe Nancy Stevens Lifestyle Show: Episode 30 | Ailsa PetcheyIn this milestone 30th episode of The Nancy Stevens Lifestyle Show, Nancy kicks things off with her signature mix of warmth, wit and wisdom. From a sparkly night out with Supersonic Queen at The Arches Theatre, to her latest yoga retreat adventures, supermarket fashion choices, and reflections on overcoming social anxiety, she shares her recent highs, lows and hilarious wardrobe mishaps.
Nancy also dives into her personal health journey—losing two stone naturally, overcoming pre-diabetes, and the transformative power of intermittent fasting, stress reduction and rethinking processed food. She chats about body image, the importance of a go...
2025-08-1051 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra: Soothe Your Nervous System (Day 20) 30 Days of Yoga Nidra20 minute Yoga Nidra to Reset the Nervous System. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to...
2025-08-0821 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraUnlock Your Inner Sanctuary (Day 19) 30 Days of Yoga NidraCultivate deep relaxation and inner peace. This guided Yoga Nidra meditation helps reduce stress, calm the mind and promote a sense of peace. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing vo...
2025-08-0125 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Meditation (Day 18) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for 20 minutes of Yoga Nidra to ignite your inner fire. This Yoga Nidra meditation will explore the Fire Element which in yoga philosophy is linked to your Solar Plexus Chakra. The Fire Element is related to our enthusiasm, motivation and self-confidence; it is the literal fire in our bellies. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help you explore the qualities of the Fire Element and the practice includes visualisation, body sensing, body awareness and breathing techniques (pranayama). Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mi...
2025-07-2918 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraNSDR Meditation (Day 17) 30 Days of Yoga Nidra15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR). Join Ailsa for a voice only NSDR designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A he...
2025-07-2816 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Breath Awareness (Day 16) 30 Days of Yoga Nidra10 minute NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) Yoga Nidra exploring Alternate Nostril Breath. This Yoga Nidra meditation offers you the invitation to explore and harness the potential of the breath to help to anchor you to presence. This short form of guided meditation taken lying down is designed to calm and soothe the nervous system. Throughout the practice, you are invited to utilise breath awareness techniques to help untangle stress from the body and reduce anxiety. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the re...
2025-07-2512 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Body Awareness (Day 15) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for a 15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra, or NSDR. This Earth Element themed Yoga Nidra is designed to be practised during the day, perhaps first thing in the morning or mid-afternoon. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent and Ailsa guides you through a nature visualisation, a grounding breath visualisation and body sensing techniques. Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your whole nervous system...
2025-07-2415 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Power Nap (Day 14) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Power Nap. Today’s 20 minute Yoga Nidra is designed for when you need to restore a sleep deficit. You might have awoken and need a wee bit more time to rest and restore, intentionally, or you might need a wee pick up me up mid-afternoon. Studies have shown that roughly 1 hour of Yoga Nidra is equal to four hours of sleep, so this Yoga Nidra is your space to inject more energy into your day whilst taking time for stillness and slowing down. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire ne...
2025-07-2320 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraBoost Motivation with Yoga Nidra (Day 13) 30 Days of Yoga NidraThis 15 minute Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Fire Element and is designed to help cultivate feelings of passion and purpose. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. Th...
2025-07-2217 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Compassion (Day 12) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra to cultivate compassion. This Yoga Nidra incorporates elements of the Metta Bhavana loving-kindness meditation. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day to cultivate a more compassionate approach to living your life. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day. This Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra is voice only, allowing you to fully immerse yourself into your Yoga Nidra practice. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent. Allow Ailsa to guide you through a Metta-Bhavana Loving-Kindness meditation that encourages you to fully...
2025-07-2114 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Meditation (Day 11) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for 10 minutes of Non Sleep Deep Rest (or NSDR) Yoga Nidra. During this Yoga Nidra practice, you are invited to work with an intention, or Sankalpa, that is personal to you. You can work with an existing intention or one of the intentions I offer during the Yoga Nidra practice or, if you have more time, you can create your own using the information presented in one of my videos 👉 https://youtu.be/6XVnvvy7AYc. As well as exploring your Sankalpa, this Yoga Nidra will invite you to use breath awareness and body sensing techniques to help you...
2025-07-2014 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraNervous System Healing Meditation (Day 10) 30 Days of Yoga NidraAilsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing, breathwork, joy and awareness. The Fire Element in yogic philosophy is linked to the Manipura Chakra. This element is associated with your confidence, enthusiasm for life, the ‘fire in your belly’, your passion, inner strength, heat, power and transformation. The Fire Element is also associated with digestion both physically but also how you process and digest your life. When this element is unbalanced, we can become depressed, lazy, withdrawn, lacking motivation, irritable, angry and aggressive. The Fire Element can be an energising and uplifting element to explore, and ther...
2025-07-1937 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraNervous System Regulation (Day 9) 30 Days of Yoga NidraNervous System Regulation Yoga Nidra. Join Ailsa for 15 minutes of grounding Yoga Nidra. This Yoga Nidra is designed for when you are feeling lost in thought and stuck in your head; let this passive form of meditation help you move out of your head and anchor to your body and your breath. Ailsa guides you through Sankalpa (or intention-setting), a body sensing technique, pranayama (or breathing technique) and a nature visualisation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous sy...
2025-07-1815 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 8) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...
2025-07-1719 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 7) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...
2025-07-1614 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraNon Sleep Deep Rest NSDR (Day 6) 30 Days of Yoga NidraNon-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR). Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...
2025-07-1513 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 5) 30 Days of Yoga NidraExplore the water element with Yoga Nidra. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Sc...
2025-07-1414 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Positivity (Day 4) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Positivity. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...
2025-07-1326 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraReset Your Nervous System with Yoga Nidra (Day 3) 30 Days of Yoga NidraReset your nervous system with Yoga Nidra. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Sc...
2025-07-1214 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraMorning Yoga Nidra (Day 2) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...
2025-07-1111 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 1) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish acce...
2025-07-1015 minAilsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra: Nervous System Reset20 minute Yoga Nidra to Reset the Nervous System. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to...
2025-07-0620 min
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 36: Prideful Play & Lesbian Liabilities“Back once again with the renegade (games-)master", it's a new episode of Til Dice Do Us Part for the first time in quite a while! Our Pride Month special starts with a section on Queer Themes In Roleplaying Games. We discuss how LGBTQIA+ history intersects with roleplaying games - setting the scene for how world history developed alongside gaming - and then explore how players and GMs can (and should!) include queer characters and topics in your sessions. A big inspiration for this section was They Came To Slay by Thom James Carter.After that...
2025-06-231h 53
Change your Relationship with FoodBreaking the Menopause Myths with Ailsa HichensIn this episode of Change Your Relationship With Food, join host Kyla Holley as she welcomes special guest Ailsa Hichens, a menopause nutritionist with over a decade of clinical experience. Ailsa unravels the science of menopause and nutrition, debunking common myths and misconceptions while highlighting the empowering role of diet and lifestyle in managing this life transition.
Discover why the menopause journey doesn't have to be filled with restriction and how understanding hormones can lead to more vitality and freedom. Ailsa shares insights from her book "Everything They Told You About Menopause Weight Loss Is Wrong", infusing...
2025-04-0737 min
The Three Ravens PodcastLocal Legends #34: Ailsa Clarke and Bethan Briggs-MillerOn this week's episode of Local Legends, Martin is joined by the hosts of the Eerie Essex podcast, Ailsa Clarke and Bethan Briggs-Miller!Ailsa and Bethan have been at this here podcasting malarkey since the pandemic, and it’s highly likely that you are already familiar with Eerie Essex. If you’ve never had the pleasure to listening to them though, well, you’re in for a treat! In this episode Ailsa, Bethan and Martin talk about everything from lasagne to garden centres to demonic possession, getting lost in underground caves, and Matthew Hopkins, Witch Finder...
2025-04-051h 12
CEO School with Suneera Madhani345. From Garage Workouts to Fitness Empire: How Ailsa Navarro Built a Multi-Studio PowerhouseIn this episode, host Suneera Madhani chats with powerhouse entrepreneur Ailsa Navarro, the inspiring founder of HILI Studios. Starting with just one reformer in her garage during COVID, Ailsa scaled her Pilates empire to eight thriving studios across Central Florida. In this episode, Ailsa shares the mindset shifts, smart strategies, and unwavering commitment that made her rapid growth possible.In this episode, you’ll learn:💪 How Ailsa turned her garage workouts into an award-winning Pilates empire🌟 The power of building a strong community and loyal clientele🙌 Why giving your team t...
2025-03-1045 min
Eerie EssexYule wouldn't believe it!Send us a textSeason's Greetings!Join Ailsa for a spot of Yuletide shivers with a Colchester ghost story sure to make you watch the shadows.Bethan unfortunately couldn't record for this but will be back next month as usual.Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.comYou can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:https://ko-fi.com/eerieessexhttps://www.patreon.com...
2024-12-2122 min
The Readings PodcastAilsa Piper in conversationIn this episode, a conversation with Ailsa Piper, author of the memoir For Life.
When her husband doesn't answer his phone, Ailsa Piper knows something is wrong. She calls their neighbour, and minutes later, he rings back. 'Oh, Ailsa. I'm so sorry,' he says. Five words to change a life.
Wanting to flee her shattered world in Melbourne, Ailsa migrates north to Sydney. She makes a nest. She learns to swim. She walks the harbour cliffs to the lighthouse, meeting the locals: winter swimmers and shoreline philosophers. But we never leave our past behind. Ailsa is drawn back south...
2024-10-3125 min
The Purple PawedcastBuilding Community through Diversity with Ailsa BlairOn today's episode, I speak with Ailsa Blair about the drag community. Ailsa is a neurodiverse, nonbinary product designer and research leader who founded Drag Me, a company whose mobile app empowers drag artists to connect with their fans. Ailsa and I talk about topics as far afield as Tech Bros treating employees as tools, features of the Drag Me app, and invoking Rule 34 and Godwin's Law at the same time.REFERENCES:Ailsa Blair’s website: https://www.ailsamblair.com/Follow Ailsa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ailsamblair/Follow Ailsa...
2024-10-111h 00
Orkneyology PodcastAilsa Dixon ~ Scottish Storytelling Past, Present & FutureOn this full moon night we had a visit from a young Scottish-Dutch storytelling friend, who is also a great grandneice of Orkney's beloved poet, George Mackay Brown. Please enjoy our blether with stories.In this episode you'll hear about:Ailsa's experience of learning about her heritage from TomOrkney stories and their historiesletting folk stories continue to grow in our own timeencouraging new storytellersthe delights of spontaneity in storytellinga wee tale from Aberdeenshire - Fittie's Portion"young" storytellers, and how not to be defined by age or other labelsAilsa's School of Storycraft for...
2024-09-181h 29
Conversations: Health & ResilienceLove, death and walking : writer Ailsa PiperIn 2014, Ailsa Piper's husband's unexpected death cast her adrift in a sea of grief. Then bit by bit, life called her back. Ailsa Piper is a writer and a walker.She has used walking throughout her life as a meditative salve and a way to reflect on her life.In 2014 Ailsa's beloved husband Peter died suddenly, while she was interstate for work.His death cast her adrift in a sea of grief, but bit by bit life called her back.A few years ago Ailsa had her own life-threatening h...
2024-08-1553 min
ConversationsLove, death and walking : writer Ailsa PiperIn 2014, Ailsa Piper's husband's unexpected death cast her adrift in a sea of grief. Then bit by bit, life called her back. Ailsa Piper is a writer and a walker.She has used walking throughout her life as a meditative salve and a way to reflect on her life.In 2014 Ailsa's beloved husband Peter died suddenly, while she was interstate for work.His death cast her adrift in a sea of grief, but bit by bit life called her back.A few years ago Ailsa had her own life-threatening h...
2024-08-1553 min
Insert BuzzwordAilsa Campbell: Weaving a Legacy – From Graphic Designer to the Heart of Crieff's Community RevivalGuest ideas? Questions? Topics? Message us!Embark on an unforgettable journey with Ailsa Campbell, as she recounts her whimsical transition from Vancouver's laid-back charm to becoming the pulsating heart of the Crieff community's renaissance. As Ailsa invites us into her world, we're swept away by tales of her heartening education, gap year escapades, and the serendipitous discovery of her graphic design prowess—a skill that would later anchor her deeply in the fabric of local enterprise and motherhood. Her story isn't just a sequence of events; it's a mosaic of resilience, ingenuity, and the profound impact of co...
2024-04-161h 01
Run Canada PodcastEP 190. Ailsa MacDonaldAilsa MacDonald has already had an incredible athletic career, but in so many ways, she's just getting started. As someone who has been sporty since birth, Ailsa has done it all: cycling, road running, triathlon, Ironman, and now she focuses her talents on ultra distances and trail running. She has had such a myriad of accomplishments it was impossible to talk about all of them. But what makes Ailsa such a truly exceptional athlete? Her resilience, her mental strength and her ability to thrive in the unknown stood out to me. She grabs ambitious goals by the ears and...
2024-02-2451 min
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 35: Price Postulations & Taste TestingWe couldn't let 2023 end without giving you another episode - even if George has been haunted by some ill tidings of late - and so here we are with a rather chaotic episode we hope you'll still enjoy. First up is a Quiz, where George once again asks Ailsa to guess the prices of the random nerdy tat he has purchased. (With a slight twist, this time - only 6 items are actually purchased, the seventh is a sort of red herring!) Join in on our social media to see the pictures of the items and work out if...
2023-12-221h 14
Lessons I Learned in LawAilsa Longmuir on how lawyers are business enablers, not blockersIn this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Scott Brown speaks to Ailsa Zoya Longmuir, General Counsel for Centrica Energy Marketing & Trading and Centrica Business Solutions. Ailsa has been with Centica for 12 years and is responsible for all Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs matters for these business units globally. She is a leading Executive Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion and Charitable Initiatives and is also chairwoman of Centrica Energy Trading A/S’ board. Ailsa shares the three lessons she’s learned in law including:· Isolate the issue. Try to advise the business on what they need to kno...
2023-09-1425 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 34: Family Gaming & Faux Fairy TalesOur usual podcasting pair becomes a talking troika in this episode, as we are joined by education writer and RPG creator DC Bradshaw. With his help we aim to answer an Ask A GM in which the listener enquires about introducing roleplaying games to an audience of children and how you can tailor your rules and setting towards them. Since DC Bradshaw has written his very own D&D-for-kids version of 5E, "Little But Fierce", he's the perfect person to help us answer this question - even if he visits the podcast by a slightly unorthodox transport me...
2023-06-161h 19
The Defuse Podcast: Where Experts Defuse Real ThreatsHigh Profile Communication with Ailsa AndersonSend us a textAilsa Anderson is the person the most high profile in the world go to when they require the composite professional manage their communications.In this podcast Ailsa shared anecdotes from her time working the UK Government and Alistair Campbell, the Late Her Majesty the Queen and more recently the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Church.Ailsa talks about how decisions about when to respond or not were made and why, the changing landscape of communications and the importance of it being a team event involving security...
2023-01-1045 min
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 32: Vehicle Viewpoints & Theme-Park TraumaAfter slaving away at a hot laptop, George and Ailsa bring you a bumper episode out of Til Dice Towers just in time for Christmas. Why not download this while you are travelling home to see family or friends and hear us talking about... well, travelling, as we discuss World Building and how the differing methods of getting around your campaign world can have a whole lot of knock-on effects on the rest of your game. Such Christmas-y topics as Icelandic volcanoes, methods of transport the Simpsons ruined and rock songs about time dilation. Plus you can find...
2022-12-231h 43
KidLit ClassicsAilsa Wild talks The Dark is Rising, KidLit Classics Podcast Episode 6About this episode’s KidLit Classic:The Dark is Rising is the second book in Susan Cooper's classic British fantasy series known as The Dark is Rising sequence. Published in 1984, it was a Newberry Honour book and draws heavily on British and Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend.In this episode we discuss just what Will Stanton finds out about himself on one very wintry Midwinter's Eve, how it was the first book children's author Ailsa Wild totally immersed herself in, how it influenced her and children's literature in general, and the power and ma...
2022-12-1526 min
Scurvy Companions"Lord, what fools these mortals be": Ailsa Joy from Iris Theatre's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Today we'll be joined by London actor Ailsa Joy (she/her), who speaks with us about her role as Puck in Iris Theatre Company’s production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
Ailsa is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has previously appeared in "The Three Musketeers" with Iris Theatre. Her other notable credits include "Love and other Acts of Violence at Donmar Warehouse," the West End and UK tour of "Bad Jews," "Not Quite Jerusalem" at Finborough Theatre, and the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and another production of "Midsummer" with Guildford Shakespeare.
2022-08-0624 min
Eerie EssexThe Essexorcist: Part OneSend us a textWe thought we may struggle to find any stories on exorcisms in Essex. I mean have you ever heard of one?......oh how wrong we were!We have had to split this episode into two parts as there was so many and we still haven't covered them all. So pull the blanket tighter and maybe sleep with the light on tonight...True or False 90s Tv show link (Bill Ramsey):https://youtu.be/jLEh9LIkiG8*May is EDS awareness month (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and as it is...
2022-05-011h 02
Inspired Soles81. From Boston to Western States to UTMB | Ailsa MacDonaldGot feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a textAilsa MacDonald is a 41 year old ultrarunner who was born in Great Britain and raised in Nova Scotia. She currently resides in Cochrane, AB and splits her time between Cochrane and Phoenix, AZ when she is not working two week shift rotations in northern Alberta as an Imperial Oil Plant Operator. You first heard about Ailsa on this podcast when we interviewed her mother Morag in episode 72. Ailsa has been an athlete all her life, competing at a high level in marathons, Ironman triathlons, and ultramarathon trail races. As a...
2022-04-1953 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 28: Guessing Licenses & Generating KnightsThis episode it's sequel central at Til Dice Towers - both our sections are flashbacks of sorts to topics we have addressed before. First off it's a Quiz about licensed role-playing games: ten true-or-false suggestions, just like Episode 4. This time it's a whole new mix of properties for Ailsa to guess if they really got a tabletop RPG release or if it's absolute nonsense. It's all brought to us by George's... OK, "George's friend" might be a bit much, but certainly someone he's done a lot of business with and who knows this part of the hobby ver...
2022-02-181h 36Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 27: Primetime Television & Prominent GamersGet yourself some popcorn, sit yourself down on your couch, and turn on the television - it's time for an Elevator Pitch that introduces Primetime Adventures. This is a game we've mentioned a few times before in the podcast but not gone into any detail about until now. We'll explain how the system works, how the unusual series planning operates, and hopefully not get lost backstage as Ailsa takes us on a scene-setting journey to start with.We've also got a Quiz for you, in which we discuss celebrities with a connection to ro...
2022-02-041h 25Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 26: Evil Bloodsuckers & Edition WarsThe new year is well and truly underway now, so it's time for Til Dice Do Us Part to resume new episodes. First up it's an Elevator Pitch in which we discuss one of the most gothic of games: Vampire the Requiem, the 21st century reboot by White Wolf of their Vampire RPG. We hope to help you decide whether this is for you by discussing our experiences reading and playing this game, and along the way, we name check almost every Vampire movie we can think of, talk about our angsty teenage years, and try to fin...
2022-01-211h 14
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 25: Festive Fun & Christmas CrittersIt's Christmas time! Join the Til Dice Do Us Part team for a party.... er, I mean avery sensible team meeting in this special podcast episode! First up, we've got some inspiration as George & Ailsa share their experiences at advent-themed adentures when they talk about Christmas In Gaming. They'll tell you about some Christmas-y themed adventures they have played in a few different games, including D&D, and give some suggestions for how you can come up with your own holiday special. Then pull on your biggest boots as we go trudging through the snow to...
2021-12-241h 03Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 24: Conjuring Contemplations & Class QuizzesThere has now been a whole year of the Til Dice Do Us Part podcast. Truly, that's a magical milestone.... and we've got a magical World Building discussion to start things off. Join us as we discuss things to consider with your game world involving magic-users, psychics, super-powered individuals and the like. How common are they? How are they trained? How are they legally controlled? Along the way we'll touch on a mixture of topics and reference points including 90s fantasy novels, 90s sci-fi TV shows and 90s Mel Gibson rom-coms. Obviously.After that we can get...
2021-12-101h 06Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 23: Challenge Ratings & CliffhangersHonestly - we were only away for a week and it's absolute chaos here at Til Dice Do Us Part studios! We can still knock together an episode however, and in amongst the pandemonium we've got another Quiz for you. This time it's Play Your Monsters Right: a format inspired by the old British quiz show Play Your Cards Right (or Card Sharks if you want to get North American about this) in which Ailsa has to try and guess if a given monster from the 3rd Ed D&D Monster Manual is stronger or weaker than the...
2021-11-261h 01
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 22: Partnership Presents & Camp CarnageThe secret is out - Ailsa and George got a Civil Partnership! This special episode of Til Dice Do Us Part takes you right into the thick of the geek social event of the decade, where the great and the good are all in attendance. We're going to take you to our hotel room right after the ceremony for a little Quiz where we'll be guessing the prices of some high quality, much desired items.... OK, no, actually it's more tat from Wish.Com, but hey - it's the thought that counts! (Also the beep-boops, and everyone's fav...
2021-11-121h 08Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 21: Nostalgic Ghosts & Nasty VideosWe're back! We've rested our bodies and minds and healed any alligator inflicted injuries, so it's time for Til Dice Do Us Part to resume! Our first episode back is also our Halloween special, and we start proceedings with a bloodcurdlingly brilliant Elevator Pitch. The game we are talking about this time is Spooktacular by Yaruki Zero Games, a retro-clone that recreates the long out-of-print Ghostbusters RPG. Ailsa and George will give you a guide to this rules package which gets the mechanics of this game in your hand for a reasonable sum, just as soon as they...
2021-10-291h 10
Hidden HeritageLady Ailsa of Stonor ParkEpisode Description: In this week’s episode, the Duchess speaks to Lady Ailsa of the historic Stonor Park. In the episode, Lady Ailsa tells the Duchess about the mysterious story of Hollywood’s lost aviator, we get the backstory on Stonor Park’s mystical foundations, and the ladies discuss the estate’s fascinating history of Catholic martyrdom. Top Quotes:"When living in these homes you do really reflect on how extraordinary it is to have this great tapestry of hundreds of years surrounding you." - Duchess"These homes aren't built for five people t...
2021-10-1436 min
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE EMOTIONALAilsa, a Western woman, faces the joys and challenges of submerging herself into IslamAilsa (Ale-Sah) seeks an adventurous life. She enters the Islamic religion after being drawn to a man who appeared to be a knight in shining armor. Falling in love came quickly along with shifting into wearing the full Hijab as Ailsa chose to move forward fully into the Islamic religion and culture. Ailsa shares how she becomes a part of the sisterhood of Islam, the beauty of the religion, becoming a mother, living in Morocco, and how she navigated the challenges after a celebratory time ended, then reality set in. This podcast highlights the immersion into a new culture...
2021-09-0654 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 20: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure & Carbon-Copy CharactersGeorge might be a little.... blood-lossy, but he's still going to try and run Ailsa through a Quiz segment. We are talking about the choose-your-own-adventure style adventure gamebooks that so many of us grew up with - whether it was Fighting Fantasy books or more Famous Five. It seems everything had game books made of it in the 80s and 90s... or did it? With our true or false quiz we're going to see if we can spot the accurate adventures from the lying librums - will you be able to keep up with Ailsa?The...
2021-08-201h 00Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 19: Gaming Inspiration & Gig EconomiesSometimes this podcast brings you carefully planned items with meticulously honed scripts.... and sometimes we just wing it, as we do in this episode's X Meets Y segment. Once again George and Ailsa have a list of 20 books, films, TV shows and games and they're going to try and randomly combine some pairs together to come up with some gaming inspiration. Hear us combine Netflix shows with Bill Murray vehicles! Wonder how we'll fuse respected English books with well-known manga series! Even if our ideas aren't to your liking, hopefully the process will still be interesting as we br...
2021-08-0657 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 18: Responsible Consent & Ribald DarknessContent Warning: This episode contains brief references to sexual assault, violence, racism, torture, starvation, child death, mental health, panic attacks and drug use. There is no detail to these mentions and no explicit language is used. Get your children out of the room, switch off Granny's hearing aid, and make sure that your boss can't hear what's on your headphones as we have some more risqué content for our 18th episode! That's not to say there isn't practical chat though, as Ailsa and George have a very long discussion on Consent In RPGs. How do you...
2021-07-231h 08Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 17: Appetising Adventures & Chipper ChumsSummer is here, and maybe you're out and about enjoying some barbeque foodstuffs or picnics, so we've got a food themed episode to get your geek taste buds going. First up is a World Building segment in which we discuss how to incorporate food into your settings when you are designing cities, countries, cultures and planets. What sort of food are your players likely to find in a local tavern or restaurant? How can you encode little bits of game data in the food that they are served and how it is served? And what setting did Geor...
2021-07-0950 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 16: Differing Investment & Dear EditorAnother fortnight has passed and once again the Til Dice Do Us Part gang are here! Let's open up proceedings with an Ask A GM and get the mailbag open - if Ailsa can arrive on time - and find out how to deal with a group where not everyone has the same level of investment in your setting. What do you do when one person knows everything about Marvel superheroes and another person can't remember which one is the big green one? How can you keep everyone in the group happy and avoid anyone complaining or swi...
2021-06-2556 min
Motherhood Meets MedicineAsk the Midwife Q&A with Ailsa EmmelWhen you are expecting a baby, there are so many decisions to make before, during, and after labor. Having a midwife can be a true source of comfort throughout this time. What exactly is a midwife though? How does it differ from an OB or doula? My friend Ailsa is on the show to shed some light on what exactly a midwife does. I know you will feel Ailsa’s passion for helping women feel comfortable and stay safe during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Ailsa Emmel is a certified nurse midwife and a huge advocate for wo...
2021-06-161h 18
Career Stewardship with Michael MelcherThe Person You Cannot Disappoint Is Yourself: Talking Career Transition with Ailsa ChangIn this week's episode, we have a special guest, NPR host Ailsa Chang, who shares her own career story. Ailsa grew up as a high achiever, which led to a career in corporate law that she discovered she had no interest in. In her 30s, she enrolled in a Master's program in journalism and decided to pursue the much rockier road of radio journalism. And look at her now! Ailsa shares how likely success seemed when she started (spoiler alert: not very), why the radio is a more visual medium than television, and what it's been like being an Asi...
2021-06-1634 min
The Good Girl Confessional#37 Ailsa Wild | The Covid Front Line Heroes | Author - The Care FactorToday in the Confessional, Sandy is joined by Ailsa Wild! Ailsa is an author, performer and community artist with a history of deep collaboration who writes for children, young adults and Adults. Ailsa’s most recent book, ‘The Care Factor: a story of nursing and connection in the time of social distancing’, is a snapshot biography of her dear friend Simone Sheridan, who worked as a nurse during the 2020 coronavirus waves in Melbourne. Ailsa has written two junior fiction series: ‘Squishy Taylor’ and ‘The Naughtiest Pixie’ – both full of cheekiness and adventure. She is the lead writer of Small...
2021-06-131h 04Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 15: Bestiaries Quintupled & Bait and Switch GamesMaybe your brain is struggling in the summer heat, but we hope you can still give our latest Quiz a go. This time round, George has prepared a list of monsters where some but not all first originated in Monster Manual V - yes, third edition got up as far as a fifth Monster Manual! Ailsa is going to have to rack her brains to deduce which of these bizarre creatures are just bizarre enough to have been invented in the dying days of an edition when you've got to somehow fill out one more book.
2021-06-1151 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 14: Animated Amalgams & Golem GamingIt's been a while since we did one of our X Meets Y Mashups so lets get our D20 table of random TV shows, books, films and other media to see what we can do! George and Ailsa will try, with no preparation, to combine two franchises together for inspiration in creating RPG characters, adventures and campaigns. This time round we've got two Anime staples, a French comic book classic, and a film that almost killed the main star. Expect some odd ideas ahead!Then it's time to cue the Imagination sound effect as Ailsa lea...
2021-05-281h 01Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 13: Wacky Fiascos & Wish.Com GuessingSome of you may have superstitions about the number 13, but we hope this vaguely luck themed episode isn't an ill omen for you! It commences with a little intro to the show for anyone who is new before we leap into another Elevator Pitch. This time we're discussing the game Fiasco - the game of crazy schemes, plots gone wrong and screwball comedy in the vein of a Coen Brothers movie. Ailsa and George will try and talk you through the games and what they think are its strengths and weaknesses - though Ailsa thinks she might nee...
2021-05-141h 02Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 12: Mental Health & Mischievous MonstersContent Warning: This episode contains discussion of mental illness, eating disorders, and self-harm. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed and are struggling, please contact The Samaritans, Mind, or Breathing Space for support.We get things going this week - with a brief interruption involving Tuppy name-dropping - with a serious discussions about Mental Health in Role-playing Games. Most gamers have at least dabbled in a game that has rules for sanity loss, acquiring mental illnesses or battled against a foe whose justification was "ThEy'Re CrAzY!", but how do you deal with a...
2021-04-3049 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 11: GMing For Beginners & Gothic GamingIt's time to crack open the mailbag again as the Mailer Daemon brings us another letter for Ask A GM. This one is from Jon from Yorkshire, who is taking their first steps into running games but is having some issues preparing to play and assembling a group. Some of this is general advice and some is more Covid-specific problems - how do you assemble a group in a era when you can't go to your local gaming group? Hopefully Jon and others will find value in this, and maybe you'll have your own suggestions to offer.
2021-04-1649 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 10: Gallifreyan Gaming & Active AlliterationThere's a heavy concentration of Arton energy, temporal phenomenon and wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey nonsense going on at Til Dice Do Us Part HQ. Hop into George's rather, erm, unique time machine and join us on an Elevator Pitch for Doctor Who by Cubicle 7. Learn how you can battle a Dalek with only six-sided dice, marvel at how useful running away can be as a life skill and discover just how different things are in the year 3021. After that we'll leap into the past for another Quiz, where the theme is games with alliterating titles. Ther...
2021-04-0259 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 9: Warrens & Word UseThings are a bit manic here at Til Dice Do Us Part Headquarters so we don't have time for much prep - we just have to leap straight into our next Elevator Pitch, even if Ailsa's introduction is.... a bit suspect. But don't let that put you off - we've got a lot to say about The Warren, a game which lets you roleplay out the life of rabbits with a heavy dose of Watership Down. Find out what we make of it, how the rules handle lagomorph adventures, and what noise George makes when a Python re...
2021-03-191h 04
Be There in FiveUnder The Microinfluencer (with Ailsa Emmel)This week, Kate has the pleasure of being joined by one of her favorite microinfluencers and women's health advocates, Ailsa Emmel from @_happygocurly_. Ailsa and Kate talk about so many topics, from the ups and downs of instagram, to how she got started, to women's health Wednesday, cancel culture, Kate's fears about childbirth, sex ed, and more. Since Ailsa is a Certified Nurse Midwife, a large majority of this conversation is dedicated to discussing women's health, being open about our bodies, and learning more about Ailsa's experience spending her days with different women in some of their most vulnerable...
2021-03-192h 01Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 8: Real Adventures & Rules LawyersOnce again it's a battle of wills as George runs Ailsa through another Quiz of a tabletop persuasion. This time it's a True or False on a list of ten module titles, some of which are genuine pre-packaged adventures available for sale for a variety of high profile systems and others are terrible puns, rephrased titles and just terrible word vomit from George's imagination. Can Ailsa puzzle out the answers correctly, and will you take her side when she reveals the shameful opinion George holds, beyond even the purest imagination?After that (and a small sc...
2021-03-0555 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 7: Hockeysticks & Her Majesty's ServiceNo content warning required for this episode as we go back to basics - or is that back to school? Find out in our Elevator Pitch in which we discuss Hellcats & Hockeysticks, a roleplaying game of anarchic schoolgirls in a decidedly British vein. We discuss our experiences of this game - George in running it, Ailsa in playing it - and why we think you should give it a spinThen we go back to a section from Episode 3 as we run another X Meets Y style mashup. It's our special method of get...
2021-02-1949 min
Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 6: Romantic Worldbuilding & Raunchy QuizzingContent Warning: Sex, Relationships, Sex Work, Pregnancy, Homophobia & Transphobia. No explicit language is used in this episode.Valentine's Day sees us do a slightly more risqué episode of the podcast, such as a section on World Building where we focus on how to be inspired in creating your characters and game worlds by questions of sex, sexuality, relationships and the like. So much of human history and our media is dependent on our understanding of these topics but all too often they get skimmed at the table. How can you design interesting cultures and species that...
2021-02-051h 02Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 5: Core Rules Quiz & Clashing CharactersAnother Ask a GM question has come to us - from a different source than usual - and it asks us about playing in a game where one character just doesn't gel with the rest. You know the type: the Paladin in a party full of rogues, the loner superhero in the middle of a focused team or the Inch-High Incel in the cast of a socially liberal podcast. How do you deal with a game group that's pulling in two different directions? Is it better to stop it happening in the first place?...
2021-01-2200 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 4: Licensed Lies & Rocking RoleplayThings might be a bit dark right now but the first show of 2021 opens with a bit of a laugh as we do our first Quiz section. This episode's theme for the quiz is Licensed RPGs - George has got a list that includes some genuine games and some balderdash books, but can Ailsa tell them apart? Feel free to play along, and possibly bemoan the games that shouldn't exist but do and vice versa.After that frivolity it's time for another Elevator Pitch, with small press game Umläut: Game of Metal tha...
2021-01-0852 minTil Dice Do Us PartEpisode 2: Warriors of Britain & Wheelchair UsersThis time round we bring you another Elevator Pitch - if Ailsa can stop making Python references long enough - and introduce you to King Arthur Pendragon, the Arthurian adventure game by the late Greg Stafford. We give you some pointers as to whether or not this game would be your cup of tea, both from Ailsa's perspective playing it and George's recollections of running it.There's also a chat on the topic of Disability in Role-playing Games, inspired by Sara Thompson, the Combat Wheelchair rules she released for D&D and the Twi...
2020-12-111h 01
Tough Girl PodcastAilsa MacDonald - Ultra Runner and Distance Triathlete, Canadian National Champion for 100 miles & Ironman Canada 2018 winner.Ailsa, 39, is an ultra endurance athlete who has a passion for long distances races and triathlons! Ailsa holds six course records and two overall wins at the ultra-running distance. In 2017 she won the 50K and 100 mile Canadian National Champion title. In 2018 she won Ironman Canada. As well as training for her races, Ailsa also balances a full time job in an oil field in Northern Alberta. During this podcast Ailsa shares more about her passion for running, how she got into cycling and swimming, how she coaches and trains herself, as well as sharing more about mental resilience and how sh...
2020-08-1333 min
The Ash Taba ShowHow Amazing Film & TV Costumes Are Made | Ailsa WindsorOn this episode I'm joined by Costume Designer Ailsa Windsor. Ailsa works across film and TV and has been involved on projects such as Harlots (Hulu), The Infiltrator and the upcoming feature film 355. She has a First Class Degree in Costume with Textiles and an MA in Costume with Professional Engagement. She shares some really fascinating insights into how Film & TV costumes are made and the immense scale of the entire process. We talk about:The collaborative process between costume and the rest of the crew on a film or show. Where inspiration for a costume ca...
2020-08-021h 08
In the Dugout With...MEET THE ATHLETE - AILSA WYLIEMHS PE meet Ailsa Wylie. Ailsa began her hockey career representing her school, club and country from U16 level all the way through to the Senior Women's team and has now achieved 145 caps for Scotland. She has also achieved a top 6 finish in the European Championships in 2013 and competed at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Ailsa is a hugely talented athlete with a successful career in hockey and also in her current role as a manager at Sport Scotland.
We discuss the mental, emotional, social and physical factors that impact her performance and find out the...
2020-06-121h 00
Fizzy Dr Lizzie FactsBuy clothes, not chocolateSome healthy tips from Dr Liz this week and a little from Ailsa on the impact on the Fashion industry
2020-05-0219 min
The Helpers53 Interview with Ailsa RobsonThis week I get to chat with Ailsa Robson. Grab a cuppa as its a bit lengthy but you will enjoy it. We talk about what kind of helper she is, her book "Perfectly Imperfect and also we chat in length about "Health at every size". Instagram @tamsroche & @helperspodcast Www.TammyRoche.com/podcast/53 Connect with Ailsa Instagram @ailsa_robson Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ailsacounsellingandpsychotherapy/ Website https://ailsarobson.com/
2019-12-041h 01
The Next StageEpisode 20: Divorce, 'Accentism', and Law... An Interview with AilsaEpisode 20 of TNS! Time flies when you're having fun and we hope the listeners have enjoyed the journey thus far. Today, we are joined by Ailsa to discuss her personal journey after her parents' divorce at age 13 and why talking about our issues with friends is so important. After our legendary Pointless Fact of the Day, we then move on to discuss Ailsa's professional life in the world of law, managing to overcome earlier adversity. In our humble opinion, the most poignant aspect of this section is when Ailsa reveals how at times she has felt underestimated as a...
2019-10-0835 min
The Like Her Podcast6: Ep.6 "I wanna be like" AILSA BURNS YOGA TEACHERHave you ever tried yoga? If not, why? In this episode I discuss the perceptions of yoga with Ailsa Burns, a restorative + vinyasa flow yoga teacher in Bristol.
Ailsa explains the physical & mental benefits of practising yoga and her experience of being a yoga teacher.
You can find Ailsa here:
https://www.frostedfeather.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ailsaburns/
If you'd like to try Ailsa's yoga videos, this is the one Roseanna mentioned in the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1io0zeTpo
2019-06-011h 14
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast#9 Eat To Beat Cancer - with Dr Ailsa LumsdenI invite fellow doctor and friend Dr Ailsa Lumsden - a training oncologist in London - onto the podcast. I met Ailsa a couple of years ago at a lifestyle medicine conference and since then we’ve become really good friends.On this episode, we discussWhat is Cancer?The evidence on how lifestyle factors can help prevent and manage cancers of various types.An insight into the duty of a cancer doctor and the importance of maintaining a patient centered approachThe importance of normalising the conversation around cancer and treatment optionsSugar and cancerWho’s faul...
2018-07-0244 min