So here's the thing, there’s this podcast called Club Eclectica, hosted by Michael Hallinger (known to his friends as @tintinfellow on Instagram), it’s great if you like variety in your podcast listening. Each episode’s completely different, one week it might be about art or music, the next it’s about subcultures, fashion, or something really unexpected. Michael brings on guests who actually live what they’re talking about people who are experts, artists, collectors, or just fascinating and interesting people.
The tagline pretty much sums it up Michael says it’s “an eclectic mix of everything from style to art to films to comics to music and everything in between.” And that’s exactly what it is. There is a RSS feed* so there is no need to check if there are new posts.
It’s made through Acast and it’s already got a couple of seasons out. What I really like is that it doesn’t try to fit into one box it’s relaxed, chatty, and you always end up learning something random but interesting. If you enjoy hearing unusual stories and meeting people with creative or interesting lives, it’s definitely worth a listen. Now in its second series the podcast goes from strength to strength and the latest episodes from series two can be found here. The most recent airing is Episode 6 “The Stylish Stylist” (Mon 20 Oct 2025) which features one of my favourite people the inimitable Paul Stafford (@paulstafford1 on Instagram). All episodes avaialble on Apple podcast, Spotify and via the Acast website.
Ep 1 – “The Shipwrecker” (Sun 6 Jul 2025)
Guest: Swedish artist Nils Lagergren, who makes detailed miniature ships and then sinks them in the Baltic Sea. Also touches on his love of Citroën cars. @NilsLagergrenart
Ep 2 – “The Garden Tree Master” (Mon 14 Jul 2025)
Guest: Jake Hobson, founder of the Japanese gardening tool company Niwaki. Discussion touches Japan, gardening, tools, workwear, Damascus steel. @niwaki.hq
Ep 3 – “The Ukraine Volunteer” (Sat 19 Jul 2025)
Guest: Eddy Scott, a young British man who volunteered in Ukraine in 2022; in Jan 2025 he was severely injured by a Russian drone. @ukrn_eddy
Ep 4 – “The ‘Troubled’ Artist” (Tue 12 Aug 2025)
Guest: Dameon Priestly. Talks about his art, and growing up during “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland in the 1960s-80s. @dameon_priestly_artist
Ep 5 – “The Dancing Skinhead” (Thu 25 Sep 2025)
Guest: Finlay McDermott (aka @True-Grit-Vintage). Discussion revolves around the history of the skinhead sub-culture, Dr Martens boots, Northern Soul, and collecting/selling vintage clothing.
Ep 6 – “The Stylish Stylist” (Mon 20 Oct 2025)
A chat with Paul Stafford (@paulstafford1) about being a top hair stylist, sub-cultures, and fashion.
*RSS is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator, which constantly monitors sites for new content, removing the need for the user to manually check them, Something like the app Feedly.
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