Actually, We Care What Kirk Thinks

For the first time in Nobody Cares What You Think history, there is a guest. His name is Kirk. He runs Trendng, an independent culture and music platform covering Derby and beyond, and unlike most people Jamie and Richard talk about, they genuinely wanted to hear what he had to say.

The conversation covers how Trendng started, what it actually takes to run independent cultural coverage, and why the stories coming out of smaller cities and smaller venues matter more than anyone with a national platform seems to notice. What's old is new again — grassroots culture is having a moment and Kirk is one of the people paying attention to it.

Kirk's hill to die on: it is perfectly fine to film at a gig on your phone. Just don't spend the whole night looking through it. Jamie and Richard have thoughts.

Richard also unveils his latest Nerds Den purchase — a purpose built case specifically designed to organise batteries. Jamie is not having it. A zip lock bag does the same job. Richard disagrees. This is who these people are.

A brilliant first guest episode. More where this came from.