Spare Ideas
On each episode, Spare Ideas invites a guest inventor to pitch their inventions. Serious, surreal or just silly, the resident judges judge them all.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2018
SI 10: ROWAN, Fresh Prints, Never Ending Floories
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Thu 14 Jun 2018
SI 9: Twit, Blow Safe, Bloom
This week’s inventor is journalist, multi-instrumentalist, and general force of nature, Andy Hill. (No, not that one. Or that one) As a writer, Andy is a seeker of experience and his inventions refle…
Thu 07 Jun 2018
SI 8: Doggr, Shockr, Germane Height
The theme this week is short. Short cuts, shortened words, and even shorter people. And one of those people is our guest; the remarkable Rose. If you’ve ever struggled with high shelves or craved wor…
Thu 31 May 2018
SI 7: Ban of Sleeves, Animalympics, Weekend Scrabble
This week’s guest is musician and teacher, Tess Alaina. When not crafting the creative minds of tomorrow, Tess keeps busy reshaping her own world in an effort to make it more fun. Though so far these…
Thu 17 May 2018
SI 6: Cat Nav, Jesus & Mary Choon, Empathy Twister
This weeks inventor is something of a legend. As founder of the Transition Town movement, Rob Hopkins had an idea that is now in 50 countries and thousands of communities. He’s also Rowan’s dad, whic…
Thu 10 May 2018
SI 5: Alistair’s Idea Cafe
This week’s guest presents a philosophical question: is an Idea Cafe, full of many ideas, a single idea? You’ll have to decide for yourself, because we’re still pondering. While your wondering, settl…
Thu 03 May 2018
SI 4: Wonderwall Vaporiser, Dog Immobiliser, Ikea Breakfast Broccoli Bar
Our guest this week is folkster and folk star, David Harbottle. As an inventor, David is spontaneous and nimble, able to adjust and redirect in a matter of seconds. As such, it might be hard to work …
Thu 26 Apr 2018
SI 3: Nissan Larynx, Hanus, Rent-an-Ape
This week’s guest is podcaster, musician, and actual ranger, Thomas Pinches. Old wisdom has it that a good inventor looks at a problem and tries to solve it. Tom looks at a solved thing and tries to …
Thu 19 Apr 2018
SPARE IDEAS 2: Vanity Mirror, Music for Cars, Gino’s Watch
Today our guest is musician, songwriter, and comic, Gino Bragagnolo. If you’ve never visited before, the land of Gino is a miraculous place, built of equal parts everyday and fantastic. Like that pho…
Thu 12 Apr 2018
SPARE IDEAS 1: Car Coffee, Nanny Glass, The Bictionary
Welcome to the first ever episode of Spare Ideas, a podcast about inventing inventions. Our guest today is Ben Burrell and he'll be pitching three of his spare ideas to resident judges Ben Addicott a…
Thu 05 Apr 2018
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