A new job is giving Catherine Mary a pain in the brain in this week's episode of Smooth Style No Bits as she ventures into the world of lingerie. You can hear her tips for saying" good morning" to people you pass when out walking the dog, including recommended age ranges. This week's interview is with artist Steve White who talks frankly about his difficult childhood, how alcoholism took a hold on him & how an early talent for drawing eventually proved to be the doorway to a new life.

Smooth Style No Bits

Steve White - Never a Good Time for a Mullet Ep 007

The side gate has still not been reattached after the storm, Catherine Mary has been sopending far too much time in the back garden in the dark in her jammies & school have decided daughter's shoes ARE illegal after all - but nothing can stop Catherine Mary bringing you another episode of SMOOTH STYLE NO BITS for your infotainment. This week's guest is Songwriter, singer, session musician, gigger, guitar/bass tutor Nick Tann who has been doing his own podcast since 1865 Well - 2008 actually, but that's about the same thing in internet terms. Nick brought his very pretty Taylor guitar to the Catherine Mary sofa and sang two lovely songs just for you and me/her. There is lots of Nick's music on Youtube so if you like what you hear then do go a googling. Let's Pod.

Nick Tann - Third Curtain, Fourth Wall Ep006

Blessings be upon you, gentle reader as the Christmas season fades into memory and Smooth Style No Bits looks 2014 square in the face. This weeks interview is with Writer, Director, Performer Anna Carr whom Catherine Mary lured into the Pod before she moves her creative Tardis life to Manchester next week where she believes "possibility can flower". Catherine Mary also appeals to listeners for telly recommendations following the end of every TV show she ever loved, offers a peek at her parenting skills honed over two decades, passes judgment on the new family to arrive in Albert Square & reflects on the nonsense of school uniform. Let's Pod.

Anna Carr - Where Possibility Can Flower

This week Catherine Mary chats with Katherine Anteney & her daughter Maisie Anteney Tipper. T'is a powerful & strange business, m'lady.

Katherine & Maisie Anteney Tipper: not being a proper feminist Ep 004

In a pre Christmas chinwag Catherine Mary talks to Renaissance woman Vix Hobbs about "Coping": how we know we are not & what we do to get ourselves back. Includes chocolate & pets.

Vix Hobbs: Nothing is Funny Ep 003

This week's chinwag is with Actor/Musician/Honest Man Colin McAllister, with tales of how he has failed at every attempt to live & work in his native Scotland but is making a jolly good go of having a nice life on the south coast of the UK. Find out if Colin ever kissed Eva, dig into the radical community theatre movement of the 80s, discover how life after babies brings new opportunities & how it all flows seamlessly into the formation of one of the first (and some say best) UK ukulele jams. All that plus find out what Catherine thought of the pantomime she went to see this week & which special Christmas decoration makes her heart sing. Contains minor swears.

Colin McAllister: "Honest Men & Bonnie Lasses" Ep002

Entertaining weekly chat from Catherine Mary & guests - real conversations with real people who aren't trying to sell you things.