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He's been away doing some things he can't talk about, while thinking about bean soup, dead friends, and how we can all make a little difference to the world by realising that it's not all about us.

Oh, and here is a video of a bean soup recipe: https://tinyurl.com/436caywb

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They share a drink whilst talking about craft, struggles, magic and the joys of working at Blockbuster Video.

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And he's been thinking about stuff.

In the first episode of a new season, Will talks about stupidity. He considers the best way to gain a following and build an audience, and whether it's really worth it to lean to one side or be controversial for the sake of it.

How do we get from the place we are at now, to the place that we really want to be?

And why are smart people are so annoyingly stupid?

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This episode, thoughts turn towards political correctness and context. Who are the guardians of morality? When is the right time to discuss tough subjects? How can we use comedy to make a serious point? And why is there not a wanky writers' association?

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Lot's of topics are covered in this episode after having a short break: The 1995 Rugby World Cup, the Suffragette movement, civil rights and the joys of attending an all-boys school.

Take a trip through time as we discover why the first picture of lightning tells us just how grateful we all should be and why we should try to do a little more than we do.

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It's time to talk about nothing important.

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He also shares the opening chapter to a half-novel he wrote years ago about a boy who dies for one day every year on his birthday.

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Add in some Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King and the John Birch Society, and you get the usual mess of topics that eventually come around to the simple fact that what the world needs, now, is love, sweet love.

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Part 2 - in Shocking 2-D.

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There's talk of mental health and art and resilience and adapting ourselves to the world.

If you find certain subjects triggering, this isn't the podcast for you.

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A'ja Wilson - basketball superstar - was caught on video saying that one of her opponents made it as a professional due to her privilege. Will dives into the different ways in which human beings can consider their privileges and the privileges of others. How hard work and luck can play a part in success. And how A'ja should not have said what she said but that she probably had no choice but to think it.

This episode lays the groundwork for the subject of mental fragility that will be explored in the second part.

Get this in first. As always, the discussion is not going to go where you think it will.....

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This started as an episode about money and ended as an episode about patience and the true meaning of wealth.

(Some of these ideas were inspired by The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, which is highly recommended, and not just for those interested in investing.)

There's also some talk of Vonnegut, Heller and the usual dash of publishing hell. (All with a tongue firmly in the cheek.)

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Mind control.

Dementia.

Memory is so malleable.

This week, Will, once again, considers the delicacy of the human mind. And Charles Manson. And posting pictures of your perfect life. And the CIA.

And he asks whether there is a way to document our lives that is true. So that we may look back on what we have done and know that it is real.

Or is it okay to create a life that isn't our own?

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When should we surrender?

Will ponders this while talking about his latest book, the religious leaflets that keep dropping through his letterbox and the awards that Megan Fox has won for being a terrible actress...

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Is it possible to live until we are 150?

Can we be immortalised through our work.

And how can we help our kids understand that it's not going to hurt them to read a book, once in a while?

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Will delves into creating art for the counter culture. He talks about Bob Dylan and Eminem and Chas n Dave and Ed Sheeran's dad.

And here's the link to the song that he promised: https://tinyurl.com/wr2prpyh

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Spreadsheets and saving stray dogs. Summer holidays and the great English novel. Will, once again talks about everything and nothing.

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You can't just jump onto a hashtag or a trend without thinking about it, without looking into what it means and what it stands for. There is always some context.

There's a story behind that hashtag. There's a book or a song or a scientific study.

What does it mean to be intelligent? And should we all live of grid in a cabin like Ted Kaczynski?

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How everyone has a voice but nobody seems to be listening, and nothing we say seems to be right, anyway.

Oh, and how Donald Trump has, actually, done something interesting.

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With a tongue firmly in his cheek but his fist clenched, Will Carver takes another stab at the unimportant things in life.

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Houdini, Ibsen and Agatha Christie get a mention, along with a story about the late Alan Rickman.

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There's also a Charles Bukowski reading and an idea for a new short story, there's almost not enough time to squeeze in a curse of Harry Potter.

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He looks into the idea of 'manifesting' before reading the prologue of a novel he wrote last year that led him to an epiphany about his writing career.

So, join Will on Nothing Important Happened Today, the podcast that tries to make sense of an ever-changing world one insignificant matter at a time.

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