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A show about - but not necessarily for - gentlemen. Featuring interviews with: the editor of Kentucky Gentlemen magazine; the headmistress of a gentlemen's school for boys; & the director of a gentlemen's gentlemen school (for butlers). Plus lots of songs about gentlemen. ... Read more

Happy day of April Fools. On Self Help Radio today, we spent an hour with April Fools songs, then we spent two more hours with songs entitled either "Fool" or "The Fool" - which is short set with songs entitled "Ship Of Fools." What? Is this not foolish enough for you? W... Read more

A radio show about silhouettes. Featuring an author, a director, an interruption, lots of songs, & even a story about the silhouette of a cat that accompanies this text. The last hour of the program is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featuring all new re... Read more

This show continues the celebration of my friend Russell, whom we lost almost two years ago. He appeared on Self Help Radio from 2014 to 2022 as "The Rev Dr Howard Gently" in improvised comedic interviews. Clips from the show from 2017 are featured here, paired with songs ... Read more

If you felt that Self Help Radio was reading your mind this morning, well. It wasn't. It's a radio show. It cannot read minds. What it can do is be a radio show about telepathy, which is what it was this morning. Lots of songs about telepathy plus guests: a telepath, a per... Read more

A radio show for the humble snail. Featuring too many songs about snails. Plus interviews with snail-related folks. Don't call them slugs! For they have shells. A radio show for the humble snail. P.S. The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featuring ... Read more

It's plain to most of us that things aren't getting better. It seems quite the opposite. Here's an attempt through a silly radio show to urge the universe - or at the very least the country I live in - to try to get better. There are lots of songs & ridiculous interviews. ... Read more

"Vacancy" is a word most associated with hotels but did you know if wasn't until the third decade of the 20th century that it was used to mean that? That's the sort of useless fact you'll hear on this week's episode of Self Help Radio, which had the theme "vacancy." But ... Read more

Every year Self Help Radio explores a different Valentine's Day related theme on the holiday. This year that theme is "affection." Enjoy lots of music about affection plus some callers call in to answer the question "Is affection important?" & our resident cinephile stops ... Read more

A radio show about nickels! Lots of songs about nickels! Interview with nickel-related guests! There's even a fable! & it won't cost you a nickel! (The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featuring musicians we lost in October + November 2024.) Read more