In My Own Time: Thoughts from Fort Buggeration - Introduction

Paul Bridle
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Welcome to In My Own Time: Thoughts from Fort Buggeration. I’m Paul, and this is my space to think out loud, reflect, wander through memories, comment on the world, and sometimes just sit with a cup of tea and the sound of my own thoughts. From this imagined outpost, 'll be sharing whatever’s on my mind: stories from my life, thoughts on the state of the world, and reflections on being human. No rush. No rules. Just… in my own time.

  1. Getting My Throat Cut — A Calm Thyroidectomy Tale: My experience with thyroid removal on the NHS

    08/02/2025

    Getting My Throat Cut — A Calm Thyroidectomy Tale: My experience with thyroid removal on the NHS

    In this episode, I recount my surprisingly serene experience of having both thyroid glands removed on the NHS — from diagnosis and hospital gown, to anaesthetic bliss and a quick recovery. A gentle reflection on healthcare, goitres, and gratitude.

    6 min
  2. Bums and Benefits: My Colonoscopy via the NHS (National Health Service UK)

    07/28/2025

    Bums and Benefits: My Colonoscopy via the NHS (National Health Service UK)

    In this episode, Paul shares a very personal tale from the far end of the body. At 73, he's no stranger to medical prodding—and in this frank, gently humorous account, he recalls his two NHS colonoscopies with curiosity, gratitude, and not a hint of embarrassment. With a nod to his father's experience with bowel cancer, Paul explains why this intimate procedure is worth facing head-on (or rather, bottom-up). Expect brown paper pants, some inner housekeeping, and a reminder of why the National Health Service remains one of Britain’s finest ideas.

    4 min
  3. We Are Never Fully Known; Do we know one another or even ourselves?

    07/21/2025

    We Are Never Fully Known; Do we know one another or even ourselves?

    The mystery we are to ourselves and others.1

    7 min
  4. Here's not looking at you: The Gen-Z stare

    07/18/2025

    Here's not looking at you: The Gen-Z stare

    The Gen-Z stare The cover art is an AI generated image

    6 min
  5. Bugs and me: Large insects and small

    07/18/2025

    Bugs and me: Large insects and small

    My encounters with a few noteworthy bugs

    4 min
  6. Bugs and me

    07/18/2025

    Bugs and me

    My encounters with a few bugs

    4 min
  7. Bugs and me.

    07/18/2025

    Bugs and me.

    A short podcast about a few bugs I've encountered.

    4 min
  8. George: My mentor and friend.

    07/17/2025

    George: My mentor and friend.

    This podcast is about someone very special to me, whom I met on my first day working at a Children's Home during my period as a Trainee Residential Social Worker in Hertfordshire in the mid 1970s.

    8 min
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Welcome to In My Own Time: Thoughts from Fort Buggeration. I’m Paul, and this is my space to think out loud, reflect, wander through memories, comment on the world, and sometimes just sit with a cup of tea and the sound of my own thoughts. From this imagined outpost, 'll be sharing whatever’s on my mind: stories from my life, thoughts on the state of the world, and reflections on being human. No rush. No rules. Just… in my own time.

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