About

Joe's desk: an open laptop, film camera, stacked books, records, headphones and a mug of coffee on a wooden table.

I'm Joe. I record short audio pieces at a wooden desk, usually early, usually about something small that turned out to be bigger than it looked — a camera, a record, a notebook I never finished.

There's no format and no schedule I'd defend in public. Episodes run between eight and twenty minutes. Each one comes with a short written intro and links to whatever I read, watched or argued about while making it.

No sponsors, no pre-roll, no branding beyond my name at the top of the page. If something here is useful to you, the best thing you can do is tell one person about it.

Say hello: joe@joesmokes.com

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