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This podcast is only temporary

by Andy White
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  • Rave on - Reality Row

    October 19, 2026 · 23 min

    The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White, released on 10 October 1986. Episode 4 is all about Reality Row. Andy is brainstorming how it came together and this…

  • Rave on - Vision of You

    October 12, 2026 · 26 min

    The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White, released on 10 October 1986. In the third episode Andy tells the story of what he calls "sort of love songs that might not…

  • Rave on - Things start to unwind

    October 5, 2026 · 23 min

    The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White, released on 10 October 1986. "The stream of consciousness continues, starting off on Great Victoria Street again and this…

  • Rave on - The Soldier's Sash

    September 28, 2026 · 21 min

    The new series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of Rave on Andy White, released on 10 October 1986. "Early this year I was asked to come in to the BBC in Belfast to record an interview about…

  • This trailer is only temporary - Series 6

    September 27, 2026 · 2 min

    Andy White is back to tell us the story of the writing and recording of his debut album Rave on. 40 years since its first release and the songs still smash their way out of the speakers in as unavoidable a manner as possible. This was the…

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  • Poetry moments

    April 17, 2026 · 25 min

    In Episode 7 Andy starts off by talking about connections between his poems and songs and how (and why) the lyrics of some songs start off as poems, or lines or sections from poems. His first book of poetry The Music of What Happens was…

  • Love changes everything

    April 6, 2026 · 19 min

    Episode 6 of the new series of This podcast is only temporary and Andy finally gets round to keeping his promise to describe the writing and recording of more than one song from his 1994 album Destination Beautiful, recently release on…

  • Punks outside the secret police

    March 27, 2026 · 16 min

    Episode 5 of the new series of This podcast is only temporary and Andy has reached the writing and recording of Punks Outside the Secret Police. It is just after the fall of the Wall, and involves adventures in Berlin and Czechoslovakia…

  • Many's the time

    March 20, 2026 · 18 min

    In Episode 4 of the new series of This podcast is only temporary Andy tells us the story of the writing and recording of Many's the Time from Destination Beautiful, his classic 1994 album.  It all starts with a knock on the door in Dún…

  • John

    March 9, 2026 · 15 min

    It's the third episode of the new series of This podcast is only temporary and Andy tries again to take us through the writing and recording of more than one song from Destination Beautiful, his classic 1994 album. However, The Beatles and…

  • Thinking of change

    March 4, 2026 · 16 min

    In the second episode of the new series of This podcast is only temporary Andy sets out with the best of intentions and then goes down a few meandering paths talking about the second track of Destination Beautiful, his classic 1994 album…

  • If my heart is a city

    February 23, 2026 · 16 min

    Andy's back with a new series of This podcast is only temporary. This time he's telling the story of Destination Beautiful, his classic 1994 album. Originally released on CD and cassette, Glasgow company LNFG have pressed up the first  LP…

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About the show

Irish songwriter and producer Andy White’s fourth series of This podcast is only temporary tells the story of the writing and recording of his live album 'The night is approaching through some would say it was morning', recorded at Abbey Road with producer John Leckie. Progressing through the day from morning to night, Andy tells the stories of the songs along the way - as in previous Series 3 in which he looked at his spoken word album 'Good Luck I Hope You Make It', and the first two series which go track by track through solo album ‘This garden is only temporary’ and the 'AT' album co-written with Tim Finn.