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Australian Adoption Podcast - My Unknown TruthEpisode 34 - Barton's storyHi listeners, today I am speaking with Barton. A former Surf Life Saver, Australian barefoot water ski champion and an educator, Barton is also a published writer, an actor in film, tv, and theatre. He is also a Vietnamese war adoptee. In April 1975, President Ford initiated the largest-ever humanitarian child evacuation. Thousands of babies were "lifted" from war-torn Vietnam to Western countries to begin a new life. Barton C Williams (aka Huynh van Cuong) was one of these children. He was adopted and raised in Adelaide. 'FRAGILE' began as a children’s book...2025-02-2146 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastJuliana CapesWhat does a sunset mean to you?Sunset Reports, screening as part of the 2022 Hebridean Dark Skies Festival's opening night on Friday 11 February, is a 52-minute film in which artist Juliana Capes describes an entire sunset, moment by moment. In episode eight of our podcast, Juliana explains how the film was shaped by her work describing art for visually impaired people, but also by grief, her fascination with colour, and a career making work about brief moments in time. 2022-02-0443 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastRoberto Trotta and Laura Cameron-LewisIs it possible to explain the mysteries of the Universe using only the 1000 most commonly used words in English? Or Gaelic?The Edge of the Sky | Oir Nan Speur is a unique new theatre show, adapted from a book in which award-winning science communicator Roberto Trotta tries to explain some of the most complex ideas in astronomy using only the 1000 most commonly used words in the English language. For the stage version, Hebridean theatre director Laura Cameron-Lewis has added another challenge – what if you add the 1000 most commonly used words in Gaelic to that list? Epi...2022-01-211h 00
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastCatherine Heymans and Joe ZuntzCatherine Heymans is Scotland's Astronomer Royal and a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Edinburgh. Joe Zuntz is a Reader in Astrophysics at the University Of Edinburgh. Together they perform a comedy show called The Universe: Does Anything Matter?, which is coming to the Hebridean Dark Skies Festival in 2022. In episode six of our festival podcast they talk to festival director Andrew Eaton-Lewis about the evolution of the show, from an impromptu stand-up night at an astronomy conference to the Edinburgh Fringe. They also discuss dark matter maps, diversity in the astronomy world, and their favourite space jokes.2022-01-0740 min
HebCelt Survival Session Podcast SeriesHebCelt Survival Sessions Episode 7 - Alex MacdonaldIn this episode Shaun managed to catch up with Alex Macdonald from An Lanntair who is the mastermind behind the Between Islands project which explores the links between Scotland’s most northern islands - Shetland, Orkney and Outer Hebrides. Good yarns 2021-07-0734 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastBethany RigbyThe Outer Hebrides’ relationship with astronomy, Bethany Rigby says, “embodies humanity’s changing view of our place within the universe”. The designer, researcher and writer, above, is now the creator of Outer Hebrides // Outer Space, a new research project that explores our islands’ astronomical significance, from the Neolithic Age of celestial observation to present day plans for Spaceport 1, the UK’s first vertical satellite launch site. The project began during an Island Going residency in June 2019 and Bethany is set to exhibit her work at An Lanntair later in 2021. She also knows some fascinating facts about shooting stars and Scottish pla...2021-02-1238 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastSheona UrquhartAn astrophysicist who has lived and worked all over the world, Sheona Urquhart spent much of her childhood in the north of Scotland gazing at the stars, and is as fascinated by myths and legends, from the Hebrides to Hawaii, as she is by Extragalactic Astrophysics, the subject of her PHD from the University of Victoria in Canada. The episode is hosted by Hebridean Dark Skies Festival programmer Andrew Eaton-Lewis. The sound was mixed by Hamish Brown. Campfire Conversations is presented in association with The Scotsman. To find out more about the Hebridean Dark Skies Festival, visit www.lanntair.c...2021-02-0552 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastRenzo SpiteriA musician, composer and sound artist, Renzo Spiteri has performed at festivals across the world, working between England and Malta. He is now based in Shetland, whose landscape inspired his latest project, Stillness, described as “an immersive live performance that takes audiences on a journey through the different textures of darkness and light”. We talk to Renzo about how island life has inspired his work, and whether it has a new resonance since the lockdown. The episode is hosted by Hebridean Dark Skies Festival programmer Andrew Eaton-Lewis. The sound was mixed by Hamish Brown. Campfire Conversations is presented in assoc...2021-01-2948 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastKari LeibowitzHow come one of the coldest, darkest places in the world has relatively low rates of wintertime depression? Health psychologist Kari Leibowitz spent a year investigating this as a Fulbright Scholar in Tromsø, Norway, which is so far north that it experiences a “Polar Night,” the time from November to January when the sun never rises. Kari has gone on to develop ‘wintertime mindset’ strategies to help people get through the long dark months of winter, and has seen a new surge of interest in her work following the COVID-19 lockdown. As well as looking for a few wintertime mindset t...2021-01-2251 min
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival podcastKarine PolwartScottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart has long been fascinated by astronomy. At the 2020 Hebridean Dark Skies Festival she performed The Only Light Was Stars, a ‘work in progress’ version of a new show inspired by supernovas, in front of an audience for the first time. One year on, we catch up with Karine and talk astronomy, art, UFOs, drunken elks, nuclear power, jam cupboards, and staying creative in lockdown – among other things. The episode is hosted by Hebridean Dark Skies Festival programmer Andrew Eaton-Lewis. The sound was mixed by Hamish Brown. Campfire Conversations is presented in association with The Scotsman. To find...2021-01-1554 min
Photography Down The LinePhotography Down The Line with Mhairi Law (recorded: 27 May 2020)Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Mhairi Law.
Mhairi Law is an award winning photographer living and working on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Using medium-format analogue photography, her creative practice is focused primarily on landscapes, reflecting social and environmental themes. Previous projects have looked at rural environments and explored how the past and present impact of humans have visually made their mark, drawing out stories of human character and cultural history through landscapes, as well as touching on lasting effects of human intervention. Her work...2020-05-2935 min