In this explosive premiere of season two of Joe Bates Explains It All, Joe explains why the Qatar world cup is good actually, having recently received a large gift from the Qatar government to talk positively about the event. Catch the series live at 10pm every Sunday on resonancefm.com.

Joe Bates Explains It All

Joe Bates Explains Football

Not practising self care is the number one cause of death in the world, because if people had been properly caring for themselves, they wouldn’t be dead. Avoid this fate by listening to this episode.

Joe Bates Explains Self Care

Hate to gossip but people are saying that robots are going to take your job and steal your wife and/or husband. Listen to this guide to find out how that's going to happen and what you can do about it.

Joe Bates Explains Robots - Resonance FM edition

I'm an expert in houses having been in and around them for most of my life. In part one of this guide to houses I'm talking you through how to achieve your dream of having your own rented room in a shared house.

Joe Bates Explains Houses (part 1/2)

Houseshares, landlords, asbestos: you may know them from The Sound Of Music song My Favourite Things but do you know anything else about them? Thought not, but don't worry, this guide will explain them all.

Joe Bates Explains Houses (part 2/2)

Following a new year's resolution to become more self-absorbed, Joe Bates devotes this entire guide to his own personal journey. It's his show he can do what he wants.

Joe Bates Explains Himself

Climate change has confirmed what many people have known for a long time: God is trying to kill us. But don't worry, in this series finale Joe Bates gives you all the information you need to save the planet by defeating the weather once and for all.

Joe Bates Explains The Weather

Love Brian Eno's ambient music, but hate the fact that it doesn't contain any interesting information about his life? Well this is the Brian Eno ambient documentary for you - 60 minutes of beautiful music punctuated with some lesser known facts about the man himself. Your thoughts will be provoked by the facts but immediately eased by the gentle ambient tones.



Before And After Music

Brian Eno: an ambient documentary

After numerous requests from friends and strangers for help finding romance, I've decided to upload my wisdom in mp3 format. This is the first part of a small series of guides to modern love, and it focuses on dating sites and apps.

You'll learn how to create the perfect profile, hear about dating site 'hacks' that help you cut through the chaff and get straight to the romance wheat, and most importantly of all, I reveal the best dating site/app currently on the market. I've registered on, and been on at least six dates through, every single one of them, so you can trust my advice! 

If you use this initial advice properly then you will have a date with an extremely suitable and appropriate person set up within 72 hours. So keep a look out for part 2 in a few days time, which will tell you exactly how to act on a date, from table manners to small talk, to turn a perfect stranger into a beloved spouse.

Modern love

Joe Bates Explains Where To Find Love

If you listened properly to my guide to dating apps and sites, you should have organised a hot date by now. and you're probably feeling pretty pleased with yourself. Well wipe that smug look off your face, because organising a date is only half the battle: you've still got to produce a masterful date performance in order to convince a person to be with you forever.

The stakes could not be higher, but don't worry! Part 2 is here to give you all you need and more to make sure it goes perfectly. You'll find out how to make a positive first impression, what to do if things start to go wrong, and how many times it's acceptable to go to the toilet during a date. There's also a lot of other stuff in there too.

I would wish you luck on your date, but you don't need it. Just listen to this through as many times as you need to, and you can thank me in the comments section for the best date of your life!

Modern Love

Joe Bates Explains How To Act On A Date

Since Modern Love 1 and 2 got uploaded, I've been receiving a huge amount of negative feedback: not about the impeccable dating advice of course, but because I didn't give enough advice on how to sustain a relationship after a successful date. Because of this many of you have been dumped or are at least teetering on the edge of the dump, and need help fast.

Well luckily part 3 is here to give you everything you need to prepare for and deal with a breakup! There's a lot of mutual wallowing which everyone enjoys, and you'll find out how to change yourself in order to stop someone leaving you, and if that doesn't work, hear lots of cool tips on how to deal with a break-up and bounce back onto the dating scene. 

Joe Bates Explains How To Deal With A Break-Up

The idea of the world ending terrifies us all massively, and brings up so many questions. How will it happen? When will it happen? Is it already happening, as in like literally right now? 

Following the latest scientific research, this vital guide is here to definitively answer all those questions, and about 4 or 5 more. We'll also look at a recent history of apocalypse anxiety, look the different ways the armageddon could affect us personally, and talk about whether there's really anything we can do about it.

The future of our planet is literally at stake: you cannot afford not to download this explosive Soundcloud guide!

Joe Bates Explains The End Of The World

Among the six groundbreaking* episodes of my Resonance Joe Bates Explains It All, four were based on previous podcasts (although with loads of new and important advice added in), but two consisted of *all new* advice, every piece of which was vital. These two episodes were 'Growing Older' and 'Politics', with the former being a guide to becoming older and the latter all about the current political situation.

If you want to check out the other four episodes, which have lots of new material in them, they're all still up on Resonance's Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/joe-bates-explains-it-all/

Joe Bates Explains Politics

Joe Bates Explains Getting Old

With the London marathon coming up, I've now fully learned how to run and feel  I've got to teach those who can't. Your legs will refuse to make a running motion unless you explain to them what the point of it all is: with that in mind, this first part of my guide is all about finding a reason to run!

Joe Bates Explains How To Run

Creating the perfect running playlist is a skill that only I currently have, but with this short guide, I give you all the tools you need to at least give it a go. Happy running!

Joe Bates Explains How To Create The Perfect Running Playlist

In the first of the new series of Joe Bates Explains It All, Joe Bates is explaining technology, something that many people find exciting and cool but should actually find terrifying. 

We start with data. In just 20 minutes, you'll learn what data is, why we should be worried about people taking our personal data, why we should just relax and let people take our personal data, and *6 more things*. With all the stuff about data in the news, can you afford not to know about data? The answer is 'definitely not', so download this now to protect yourself and your family from the dangers of data!

Joe Bates Explains Data

The first episode of my series of guides to the Edinburgh festival from me Joe Bates! Featuring brilliant performers Noam Osband, Chella Quint and Julian Lee.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 1

The second of my guides to the Edinburgh festival, featuring dancer Elsa Couvreur and comics Peter Marino and Charlie George!

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 2

The third part of my guide to the Edinburgh fringe, featuring Paul Wady and Sarah Saeed from Guerilla Aspies, Karen Houge who's brought her play The Last Hive to Edinburgh and Jon Flanagan, whose stand-up show Trigger Warning is here for the full run.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh Part 3

The final part of my guide to the Edinburgh fringe festival. Featuring interviews with performers Clay Nikiforuk, Mista Lorraine and Jonathan Martin, and a final update on my personal quest to perform at Edinburgh.

Joe Bates Explains Edinburgh - Part 4

Since the dawn of time, humans have wanted to make walking metal versions of themselves. Now, the wait is over and robots are about to enter all parts of our life, and Joe Bates Explains Robots is the podcast you need to make sense of it. 

How can I protect my job from a robot? What type of sex robot should I marry? How do I stop my robot from turning on me? The answer to all these questions is yes, but for more detailed answers, download Joe Bates Explains Robots, the first episode of series 3 of Joe Bates Explains It All.

Joe Bates Explains It All series 3

Joe Bates Explains Robots

It's coming up to Christmas, and that can only mean one thing: death. We spend the festive period gorging on the meat of thousands of species of animals. But should we? Find out whether you should be vegetarian or not in this special Joe Bates Explains It All Christmas special!

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