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More "rogue A I" crap on BBCRadioNews.
(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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More "rogue A I" crap on BBCRadioNews.
(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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More "rogue A I" crap on BBCRadioNews.
(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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More "rogue A I" crap on BBCRadioNews.
(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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More "rogue A I" crap on BBCRadioNews.
(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
(... fucking giant sized episodes ... what's wrong with a fun-size half-hour on human composting?)
Human Composting: A New Way to Deal with Death? (Kristoffer Hughes)
RadicalFormer mortuary technician Kristoffer Hughes wants to bring terramation - or human composting - to the UK. He believes it's a more natural and hopeful way for our bodies to be disposed of, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation.
Kristoffer tells Gabriel Gatehouse about the "epiphany" he had when he first witnessed the practice in the USA, his own experience of being 'buried alive' in a terramation facility, and what human compost can actually be used for.
The practice isn't legal in the UK yet - the Law Commission has suggested it could be explored as an option in England and Wales - but how much appeal would it really have, how much would it cost, and is it safe?
- WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
- Email: [email protected]Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday.
Series Producer: Simon Tulett
Producers: Bob Howard and Ivana Davidovic
Technical Producer: Ben Andrews
Digital Producer: Daniel Raza
Senior News Editor: Sam BonhamShow less
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Last onLast Thursday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(... fucking giant sized episodes ... what's wrong with a fun-size half-hour on human composting?)
Human Composting: A New Way to Deal with Death? (Kristoffer Hughes)
RadicalFormer mortuary technician Kristoffer Hughes wants to bring terramation - or human composting - to the UK. He believes it's a more natural and hopeful way for our bodies to be disposed of, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation.
Kristoffer tells Gabriel Gatehouse about the "epiphany" he had when he first witnessed the practice in the USA, his own experience of being 'buried alive' in a terramation facility, and what human compost can actually be used for.
The practice isn't legal in the UK yet - the Law Commission has suggested it could be explored as an option in England and Wales - but how much appeal would it really have, how much would it cost, and is it safe?
- WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
- Email: [email protected]Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday.
Series Producer: Simon Tulett
Producers: Bob Howard and Ivana Davidovic
Technical Producer: Ben Andrews
Digital Producer: Daniel Raza
Senior News Editor: Sam BonhamShow less
Download
Choose your file
Higher quality (128kbps)
Lower quality (64kbps)
Available now51 minutes
Last onLast Thursday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(... fucking giant sized episodes ... what's wrong with a fun-size half-hour on human composting?)
Human Composting: A New Way to Deal with Death? (Kristoffer Hughes)
RadicalFormer mortuary technician Kristoffer Hughes wants to bring terramation - or human composting - to the UK. He believes it's a more natural and hopeful way for our bodies to be disposed of, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation.
Kristoffer tells Gabriel Gatehouse about the "epiphany" he had when he first witnessed the practice in the USA, his own experience of being 'buried alive' in a terramation facility, and what human compost can actually be used for.
The practice isn't legal in the UK yet - the Law Commission has suggested it could be explored as an option in England and Wales - but how much appeal would it really have, how much would it cost, and is it safe?
- WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
- Email: [email protected]Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday.
Series Producer: Simon Tulett
Producers: Bob Howard and Ivana Davidovic
Technical Producer: Ben Andrews
Digital Producer: Daniel Raza
Senior News Editor: Sam BonhamShow less
Download
Choose your file
Higher quality (128kbps)
Lower quality (64kbps)
Available now51 minutes
Last onLast Thursday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(... fucking giant sized episodes ... what's wrong with a fun-size half-hour on human composting?)
Human Composting: A New Way to Deal with Death? (Kristoffer Hughes)
RadicalFormer mortuary technician Kristoffer Hughes wants to bring terramation - or human composting - to the UK. He believes it's a more natural and hopeful way for our bodies to be disposed of, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation.
Kristoffer tells Gabriel Gatehouse about the "epiphany" he had when he first witnessed the practice in the USA, his own experience of being 'buried alive' in a terramation facility, and what human compost can actually be used for.
The practice isn't legal in the UK yet - the Law Commission has suggested it could be explored as an option in England and Wales - but how much appeal would it really have, how much would it cost, and is it safe?
- WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
- Email: [email protected]Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday.
Series Producer: Simon Tulett
Producers: Bob Howard and Ivana Davidovic
Technical Producer: Ben Andrews
Digital Producer: Daniel Raza
Senior News Editor: Sam BonhamShow less
Download
Choose your file
Higher quality (128kbps)
Lower quality (64kbps)
Available now51 minutes
Last onLast Thursday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(... fucking giant sized episodes ... what's wrong with a fun-size half-hour on human composting?)
Human Composting: A New Way to Deal with Death? (Kristoffer Hughes)
RadicalFormer mortuary technician Kristoffer Hughes wants to bring terramation - or human composting - to the UK. He believes it's a more natural and hopeful way for our bodies to be disposed of, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation.
Kristoffer tells Gabriel Gatehouse about the "epiphany" he had when he first witnessed the practice in the USA, his own experience of being 'buried alive' in a terramation facility, and what human compost can actually be used for.
The practice isn't legal in the UK yet - the Law Commission has suggested it could be explored as an option in England and Wales - but how much appeal would it really have, how much would it cost, and is it safe?
- WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
- Email: [email protected]Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday.
Series Producer: Simon Tulett
Producers: Bob Howard and Ivana Davidovic
Technical Producer: Ben Andrews
Digital Producer: Daniel Raza
Senior News Editor: Sam BonhamShow less
Download
Choose your file
Higher quality (128kbps)
Lower quality (64kbps)
Available now51 minutes
Last onLast Thursday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(it's not a good documentary, it's more of a cover)
Teen Spirit: Nevermind
Archive on 4Celebrating the 1991 release of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, leading figures from music, literature, fashion, and activism reflect on the impact it had on their lives.
Presenter Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, explores how his own work is entwined with the album’s history. In the early 90s, Douglas Coupland, like Nirvana, was at the vanguard of a new movement that valued individualism and freedom.
In 1991, the music industry had modest ambitions for a second album from Seattle three-piece rock group Nirvana.
Little did they know. Opening with hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind was a politically radical, powerful package of pop and punk music that made the grunge genre world-famous. The album knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts, eventually selling 30 million copies. It made Kurt Cobain an icon. Though released on a major label, the record redefined the notion of independent spirit for a generation.
Musician Bat For Lashes talks about processing troubling teenage experiences through her Nirvana fandom. Actor Zawe Ashton reveals that grunge directly inspired her character of Vod in sitcom Fresh Meat. Transgender activist Daniella Carter reflects on the ways the band defined her politics. Novelist Aaron Hamburger remembers how Kurt Cobain helped him come out as gay. Nevermind producer Butch Vig recalls the release changing his life overnight.
Other contributors include poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Deborah Levy, and musician and fashion expert Brix Smith.
Meanwhile, a rare archive interview between Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage transports us back to the spirit of the time.
Finally, folk band The Unthanks perform an exclusive cover of Nevermind closer "Something In The Way".
Additional Production: Tess Davidson and Silvia Malnati
Sound Mix: Mike WoolleyProducer: Jack Howson
A Reduced Listening production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
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Available now57 minutes
On airToday
21:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(it's not a good documentary, it's more of a cover)
Teen Spirit: Nevermind
Archive on 4Celebrating the 1991 release of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, leading figures from music, literature, fashion, and activism reflect on the impact it had on their lives.
Presenter Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, explores how his own work is entwined with the album’s history. In the early 90s, Douglas Coupland, like Nirvana, was at the vanguard of a new movement that valued individualism and freedom.
In 1991, the music industry had modest ambitions for a second album from Seattle three-piece rock group Nirvana.
Little did they know. Opening with hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind was a politically radical, powerful package of pop and punk music that made the grunge genre world-famous. The album knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts, eventually selling 30 million copies. It made Kurt Cobain an icon. Though released on a major label, the record redefined the notion of independent spirit for a generation.
Musician Bat For Lashes talks about processing troubling teenage experiences through her Nirvana fandom. Actor Zawe Ashton reveals that grunge directly inspired her character of Vod in sitcom Fresh Meat. Transgender activist Daniella Carter reflects on the ways the band defined her politics. Novelist Aaron Hamburger remembers how Kurt Cobain helped him come out as gay. Nevermind producer Butch Vig recalls the release changing his life overnight.
Other contributors include poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Deborah Levy, and musician and fashion expert Brix Smith.
Meanwhile, a rare archive interview between Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage transports us back to the spirit of the time.
Finally, folk band The Unthanks perform an exclusive cover of Nevermind closer "Something In The Way".
Additional Production: Tess Davidson and Silvia Malnati
Sound Mix: Mike WoolleyProducer: Jack Howson
A Reduced Listening production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
Show less
Available now57 minutes
On airToday
21:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(it's not a good documentary, it's more of a cover)
Teen Spirit: Nevermind
Archive on 4Celebrating the 1991 release of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, leading figures from music, literature, fashion, and activism reflect on the impact it had on their lives.
Presenter Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, explores how his own work is entwined with the album’s history. In the early 90s, Douglas Coupland, like Nirvana, was at the vanguard of a new movement that valued individualism and freedom.
In 1991, the music industry had modest ambitions for a second album from Seattle three-piece rock group Nirvana.
Little did they know. Opening with hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind was a politically radical, powerful package of pop and punk music that made the grunge genre world-famous. The album knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts, eventually selling 30 million copies. It made Kurt Cobain an icon. Though released on a major label, the record redefined the notion of independent spirit for a generation.
Musician Bat For Lashes talks about processing troubling teenage experiences through her Nirvana fandom. Actor Zawe Ashton reveals that grunge directly inspired her character of Vod in sitcom Fresh Meat. Transgender activist Daniella Carter reflects on the ways the band defined her politics. Novelist Aaron Hamburger remembers how Kurt Cobain helped him come out as gay. Nevermind producer Butch Vig recalls the release changing his life overnight.
Other contributors include poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Deborah Levy, and musician and fashion expert Brix Smith.
Meanwhile, a rare archive interview between Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage transports us back to the spirit of the time.
Finally, folk band The Unthanks perform an exclusive cover of Nevermind closer "Something In The Way".
Additional Production: Tess Davidson and Silvia Malnati
Sound Mix: Mike WoolleyProducer: Jack Howson
A Reduced Listening production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
Show less
Available now57 minutes
On airToday
21:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(it's not a good documentary, it's more of a cover)
Teen Spirit: Nevermind
Archive on 4Celebrating the 1991 release of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, leading figures from music, literature, fashion, and activism reflect on the impact it had on their lives.
Presenter Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, explores how his own work is entwined with the album’s history. In the early 90s, Douglas Coupland, like Nirvana, was at the vanguard of a new movement that valued individualism and freedom.
In 1991, the music industry had modest ambitions for a second album from Seattle three-piece rock group Nirvana.
Little did they know. Opening with hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind was a politically radical, powerful package of pop and punk music that made the grunge genre world-famous. The album knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts, eventually selling 30 million copies. It made Kurt Cobain an icon. Though released on a major label, the record redefined the notion of independent spirit for a generation.
Musician Bat For Lashes talks about processing troubling teenage experiences through her Nirvana fandom. Actor Zawe Ashton reveals that grunge directly inspired her character of Vod in sitcom Fresh Meat. Transgender activist Daniella Carter reflects on the ways the band defined her politics. Novelist Aaron Hamburger remembers how Kurt Cobain helped him come out as gay. Nevermind producer Butch Vig recalls the release changing his life overnight.
Other contributors include poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Deborah Levy, and musician and fashion expert Brix Smith.
Meanwhile, a rare archive interview between Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage transports us back to the spirit of the time.
Finally, folk band The Unthanks perform an exclusive cover of Nevermind closer "Something In The Way".
Additional Production: Tess Davidson and Silvia Malnati
Sound Mix: Mike WoolleyProducer: Jack Howson
A Reduced Listening production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
Show less
Available now57 minutes
On airToday
21:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(it's not a good documentary, it's more of a cover)
Teen Spirit: Nevermind
Archive on 4Celebrating the 1991 release of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, leading figures from music, literature, fashion, and activism reflect on the impact it had on their lives.
Presenter Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, explores how his own work is entwined with the album’s history. In the early 90s, Douglas Coupland, like Nirvana, was at the vanguard of a new movement that valued individualism and freedom.
In 1991, the music industry had modest ambitions for a second album from Seattle three-piece rock group Nirvana.
Little did they know. Opening with hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind was a politically radical, powerful package of pop and punk music that made the grunge genre world-famous. The album knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the US charts, eventually selling 30 million copies. It made Kurt Cobain an icon. Though released on a major label, the record redefined the notion of independent spirit for a generation.
Musician Bat For Lashes talks about processing troubling teenage experiences through her Nirvana fandom. Actor Zawe Ashton reveals that grunge directly inspired her character of Vod in sitcom Fresh Meat. Transgender activist Daniella Carter reflects on the ways the band defined her politics. Novelist Aaron Hamburger remembers how Kurt Cobain helped him come out as gay. Nevermind producer Butch Vig recalls the release changing his life overnight.
Other contributors include poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Deborah Levy, and musician and fashion expert Brix Smith.
Meanwhile, a rare archive interview between Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage transports us back to the spirit of the time.
Finally, folk band The Unthanks perform an exclusive cover of Nevermind closer "Something In The Way".
Additional Production: Tess Davidson and Silvia Malnati
Sound Mix: Mike WoolleyProducer: Jack Howson
A Reduced Listening production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
Show less
Available now57 minutes
On airToday
21:00
BBC Radio 4 -
Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 4 & Vatican Radio (September 17, 2026)
#AIArtificialIntelligence #BBCRadio4 #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio
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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 4 & Vatican Radio (September 17, 2026)
#AIArtificialIntelligence #BBCRadio4 #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio
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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 4 & Vatican Radio (September 17, 2026)
#AIArtificialIntelligence #BBCRadio4 #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio
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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 4 & Vatican Radio (September 17, 2026)
#AIArtificialIntelligence #BBCRadio4 #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio
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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 4 & Vatican Radio (September 17, 2026)
#AIArtificialIntelligence #BBCRadio4 #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio
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(male characters on the run written in that thriller novel style)
A Good Read
feat Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray
The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.
The books are:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea
Join us over on instagram @ agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster
#Fahrenheit451 by #RayBradbury
#Daisy Dunn#RogueMale by #GeoffreyHousehold
#AndrewHunterMurray#ALifesMusic by #AndreiMakine
#HarriettGilbertmention of #TheThirtyNineSteps by #JohnBuchan
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(male characters on the run written in that thriller novel style)
A Good Read
feat Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray
The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.
The books are:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea
Join us over on instagram @ agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster
#Fahrenheit451 by #RayBradbury
#Daisy Dunn#RogueMale by #GeoffreyHousehold
#AndrewHunterMurray#ALifesMusic by #AndreiMakine
#HarriettGilbertmention of #TheThirtyNineSteps by #JohnBuchan
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(male characters on the run written in that thriller novel style)
A Good Read
feat Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray
The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.
The books are:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea
Join us over on instagram @ agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster
#Fahrenheit451 by #RayBradbury
#Daisy Dunn#RogueMale by #GeoffreyHousehold
#AndrewHunterMurray#ALifesMusic by #AndreiMakine
#HarriettGilbertmention of #TheThirtyNineSteps by #JohnBuchan
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(male characters on the run written in that thriller novel style)
A Good Read
feat Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray
The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.
The books are:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea
Join us over on instagram @ agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster
#Fahrenheit451 by #RayBradbury
#Daisy Dunn#RogueMale by #GeoffreyHousehold
#AndrewHunterMurray#ALifesMusic by #AndreiMakine
#HarriettGilbertmention of #TheThirtyNineSteps by #JohnBuchan
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(male characters on the run written in that thriller novel style)
A Good Read
feat Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray
The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.
The books are:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea
Join us over on instagram @ agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster
#Fahrenheit451 by #RayBradbury
#Daisy Dunn#RogueMale by #GeoffreyHousehold
#AndrewHunterMurray#ALifesMusic by #AndreiMakine
#HarriettGilbertmention of #TheThirtyNineSteps by #JohnBuchan
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