I pigged out this evening with my dinner. I had pizza to start with, a meat feast variety, and followed with a tub of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream. Totally yum, of course, and very indulgent ( Read more... )

I have been listening to the podcast Things Fall Apart from Jon Ronson. He has done two seasons of this series about how people can be trapped by untruths and conspiracy theories and all about the culture wars. There is a lot of rage around cultural issues. It seems that discourse has turned into social media haranguing ( Read more... )

Putin Doesn't Read Philosophy, and Russia Is Not Mordor" - We Need To Talk About Putin

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Chapter 5
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- Best listened to as a podcast available here: https://anchor.fm/iearlgrey and on Google Podcasts.

'Ukraine's guerrilla warfare could topple Putin' - Mark Galeotti on Russia's invasion

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When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 the West had a historic opportunity to form a close and friendly relationship with Russia. As Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, the question becomes: what went wrong? To discuss the history behind the current invasion Steven ( Read more... )

A couple of podcasts I recommend -

Best PickJohn Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky are film fans and Oscar fans. At the beginning of 2018, they set themselves a task. Put the names of all the Academy Award Best Picture winners in a hat. Draw them out in a random order. Research, watch and then discuss each one in turn. And because it was 2018 ( Read more... )

More podcast recommendations -

Classical Fix

Classical Fix is a podcast aimed at opening up the world of classical music to anyone who fancies giving it a go

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lv98

The Town That Didn't Stare7 episodes ( Read more... )

Recent podcasts that I have enjoyed and would like to recommend -

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of SilenceWashing her wigs and singing the traditional songs of her ancestors in a basement in Birmingham… that’s where we find opera singer Abigail Kelly during her lockdown ( Read more... )

A Radiolab radio prog on BBC Radio 4 -

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/211119-colorsOur world is saturated in colour, from soft hues to violent stains. How does something so intangible pack such a visceral punch? This hour, in the name of science and poetry, Jad and Robert tear the rainbow to pieces ( Read more... )

The New Scientist interview with Greta Thunberg --

https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/?utm_source=NSSUB&utm_campaign=92573fcb76-nssub_email_300320_big_interview_promo&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6466804636-92573fcb76-375988731

If anyone deserves a Nobel prize she does.

I have downloaded the maps I need for my Bloomsbury visit on Monday around UCL. That is University College London to the uninitiated, and I will be having two visits in a couple of coffee shops, and thirdly, a pizza place attached to the university buildings. I will be topping off the day with a sushi visit up the Edgeware Road and a charity shop ( Read more... )