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Episode summary: It’s our fifth birthday, Citizens and we’re excited to celebrate with all of you. Birthday donuts, anyone? This month, we asked the Radiotopians about what they would do for their dream birthday celebrations. You’ll hear: Nate DiMeo, Nikki Silva, Ian Chillag, Helen Zaltzman, Benjame...
Episode summary: This is a rebroadcast of Chris’ guest appearance on CodePen Radio #215 with host Marie Mosley talking about how CodePen uses their podcast for marketing and brand support.
Episode summary: In 2009, an old man died in a California nursing home. His obituary included not just his given name, but a long list of the pseudonyms he’d been known to use. In this episode, we trace the life of Riley Shepard, a hillbilly musician, writer, small-time con man and, perhaps, a geniu...
Episode summary: The story behind two sneaky forces that drive us to buy more products, more often: Planned obsolescence and psychological obsolescence.
Interesting enough episode, but for some reason I found the mix annoying. Too much of it, and too far forward.
Episode summary: As parliament finally gets the chance to indicate its Brexit preferences - if it has any - we discuss the real choices now facing MPs and government. What is the sequence of events that would actually prevent a no-deal Brexit? Can the Withdrawal Agreement be separated from the Polit...
Episode summary: Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the work of the Oulipo, a loose collective of writers and mathematicians who use playful constraints in their work to spark new ideas. The Oulipo’s name - Ouvroir de littérature potentielle - roughl...
Episode summary: Most people are in bed at night and then get up during the day. But journalist Katie Nelson felt the need to sleep all the time.
Episode summary: David talks to David Wallace-Wells about his bestselling - and terrifying - new book on the coming hellscape of climate change. When will it arrive? When will we face up to it? And what can we do about it now? ’ We don’t have time for a revolution.’ https://www.londonreviewbookshop...
Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Hopkins (1844-89), a Jesuit priest who at times burned his poems and at others insisted they should not be published. His main themes are how he, nature and God relate to each other. His friend Robert Bridges preserved Hopkins’ p...