In my latest Youtube series Joe Bates Explains Every Single Item He Owns, I talk about my faithful friend of a guitar which I've decided to throw away due to it reminding me of my lingering anger problems: youtu.be/I6XUZsrHSS0 I mention in the video my past as an aspiring musician. I wrote one original song during that 10 year period of trying to make it, it was for a song competition against my friends Philpott and Salt in 2004 (note: these are very typical names in Middlesbrough) and it features shout-outs to my friends who were the ones who would decide who would win. It'll be utterly baffling for anyone who wasn't at sixth form in Macmillan College in 2004, but for those who were, enjoy! Philpott and Salt's great songs are also still online - worth a look! https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=204606

Joe Bates Explains It All

Joe Bates - Vote For Me

In my latest Youtube series Joe Bates Explains Every Single Item He Owns, I talk about my faithful friend of a guitar which I've decided to throw away due to it reminding me of my lingering anger problems: https://youtu.be/I6XUZsrHSS0 I mention in the video my Wuthering Heights cover which I did for a song competition against my friends Philpott and Salt in 2004 (note: these are very typical names in Middlesbrough). So here is a song released by a 17 year old Kate Bush, made arguably better by a then 18 year old Joe Bates!

Joe Bates - Wuthering Heights (2004 Kate Bush Cover)

It's coming up to Christmas, and that can only mean one thing: death. We spend the festive period gorging on the meat of thousands of species of animals. But should we? Find out whether you should be vegetarian or not in this special Joe Bates Explains It All Christmas special!

Joe Bates Explains The Planet: eating animals and drinking their milk - should we be doing it?

A clip from Joe Bates Explains Robot, all about how music's going to be so much better when it's made by robots.

Robot music

Since the dawn of time, humans have wanted to make walking metal versions of themselves. Now, the wait is over and robots are about to enter all parts of our life, and Joe Bates Explains Robots is the podcast you need to make sense of it. How can I protect my job from a robot? What type of sex robot should I marry? How do I stop my robot from turning on me? The answer to all these questions is yes, but for more detailed answers, download Joe Bates Explains Robots, the first episode of series 3 of Joe Bates Explains It All.

Joe Bates Explains Robots

The final part of my guide to the Edinburgh fringe festival. Featuring interviews with performers Clay Nikiforuk, Mista Lorraine and Jonathan Martin, and a final update on my personal quest to perform at Edinburgh.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh - Part 4

The third part of my guide to the Edinburgh fringe, featuring Paul Wady and Sarah Saeed from Guerilla Aspies, Karen Houge who's brought her play The Last Hive to Edinburgh and Jon Flanagan, whose stand-up show Trigger Warning is here for the full run.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 3

The second of my guides to the Edinburgh festival, featuring dancer Elsa Couvreur and comics Peter Marino and Charlie George!

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 2

The first episode of my series of guides to the Edinburgh festival from me Joe Bates! Featuring brilliant performers Noam Osband, Chella Quint and Julian Lee.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 1

In the first of the new series of Joe Bates Explains It All, Joe Bates is explaining technology, something that many people find exciting and cool but should actually find terrifying. We start with data. In just 20 minutes, you'll learn what data is, why we should be worried about people taking our personal data, why we should just relax and let people take our personal data, and *6 more things*. With all the stuff about data in the news, can you afford not to know about data? The answer is 'definitely not', so download this now to protect yourself and your family from the dangers of data!

Joe Bates Explains Data

Creating the perfect running playlist is a skill that only I currently have, but with this short guide, I give you all the tools you need to at least give it a go. Happy running!

Joe Bates Explains How To Create The Perfect Running Playlist

With the London marathon coming up, I've now fully learned how to run and feel I've got to teach those who can't. Your legs will refuse to make a running motion unless you explain to them what the point of it all is: with that in mind, this first part of my guide is all about finding a reason to run!

Joe Bates Explains How To Run

Among the six groundbreaking* episodes of my Resonance Joe Bates Explains It All, four were based on previous podcasts (although with loads of new and important advice added in), but two consisted of *all new* advice, every piece of which was vital. These two episodes were 'Growing Older' and 'Politics', with the former being a guide to becoming older and the latter all about the current political situation. If you want to check out the other four episodes, which have lots of new material in them, they're all still up on Resonance's Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/joe-bates-explains-it-all/

Joe Bates Explains Getting Old

Joe Bates Explains Politics

The idea of the world ending terrifies us all massively, and brings up so many questions. How will it happen? When will it happen? Is it already happening, as in like literally right now? Following the latest scientific research, this vital guide is here to definitively answer all those questions, and about 4 or 5 more. We'll also look at a recent history of apocalypse anxiety, look the different ways the armageddon could affect us personally, and talk about whether there's really anything we can do about it. The future of our planet is literally at stake: you cannot afford not to download this explosive Soundcloud guide!