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DJ Jacob Ratcliffe#100 – Happy 100th Uplifting Trance – September 2025To celebrate my 100th Podcast, I have put together a special set featuring some of my favourite tracks from the start of 2023 to September 2025. I have calculated some stats on what my 100 podcasts actually looks like. I have played 1525 tracks, over 141 hours (5.8 days) of music. Additionally, in July 2025 I received an exciting email from MillionPodcasts announcing I was one of the Top 100 Trance Podcasts on the web, they even awarded me a badge I could include in my uploads going forward. Here is the link to their page:...
2025-11-113h 01
The Ben Joravsky ShowNatalie Hopkinson--The Criminal In ChiefThe Supremes say its okay to round up people for no crime other than the crime of being Hispanic, which is no crime at all. Ben riffs. Then Natalie Hopkinson connects the dots, so to speak. How Trump manipulates our stereotypes and prejudices to scare people into cheering or at least tolerating authoritarianism. And how the media helps him, frightening white America with sensational images of Black people. Also, the parallels between Smollettgate and Big Balls' story. Funny, Trump didn't send the guard to Chicago after Jussie said he was mugged by white guys in MAGA hats. A few...
2025-09-101h 01
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 340 - Slam Dunk Festival 2025 (A Day To Remember, Alkaline Trio, The Used, Neck Deep, Frank Zummo, As It Is, Greywind, Sweet Pill)SLAM DUNK DA FUNK! In what has become Sappenin' tradition, we begin our summer festival recordings with a trip to Slam Dunk 2025! In this special episode, we capture our chaotic adventures in Hatfield and Leeds, documenting the events nostalgic vibe, backstage gossip and latest stories from some old friends, scene starlights and ticking off a couple buck-list guests. Listen to exclusive conversations with A Day To Remember (Jeremy McKinnon and Neil Westfall), Alkaline Trio (Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano and Atom Willard), The Used (Bert McCracken and Jeph Howard), Frank Zummo (Sum 41 and Electric Callboy), Neck Deep (Ben Barlow and Matt...
2025-05-301h 46
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 324 - As It Is | 'Never Happy, Ever After' (Patty Walters & Benjamin Langford-Biss)Dial Tones. As It Is, is it? Patty Walters and Benjamin Langford-Biss have brought the bands inaugural breakthrough line-up back from the dead, so to celebrate the duo return to Episode 324 of Sappenin' Podcast, for an exclusive insight behind their surprise reunion, re-recording their debut album 'Never Happy, Ever After' and a very long awaited return to the stage at Slam Dunk Festival 2025. In this conversation, Patty and Ben open up on their own personal journeys within and outside the band, how it was completely finished, finding a new appreciation for music, other projects vs hiatus timings, never being...
2025-02-071h 12
The Love Of CinemaSeptember 5 with Tim Fehlbaum, John Magaro and Peter Sarsgaard | Picturehouse
Sam Clements and Hope Hopkinson and speak to director Tim Fehlbaum and actors Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro about their new film September 5.
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today.
Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Through this lens, "September 5" provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.
2025-02-0630 min
BrainstormFantomsmerter og kroniske smerter blev opfattet som ‘kvindagtige’ i begyndelsen af 1900-talletDen 12. august 1917 var en fatal dag for den unge Frank Hopkinson. Han var soldat for den engelske hær under Første Verdenskrig, og netop den dag blev han ramt af en bombe, der ændrede hans liv.
Bomben ødelagde Franks ben, så det måtte amputeres, og det blev starten på et liv med fantomsmerter: En type smerte, du kan opleve, når du har ondt i en legemsdel, du har mistet.
I denne fjerde og sidste episode i miniserien om smertens historie, rejser Anne Sophie og vikar-Benjamin op gennem 1900-tallet og ser på, hvordan opfattelsen af smerte...
2024-08-0225 min
Science Faction PodcastThe One Where Devon Talks A LotThis episode contains: The hosts are all here this week, and Steven and Ben met up with listener Hank and field-adjacent correspondent Matt to play Arcs. Spoiler alert: it was fun. Ben finally bought Super Mario Wonder and it is so much better than the "creatively bankrupt" New Super Mario Bros. series of games. "What do you have for me today?" or "Future or Now". I don't know/don't care anymore. Brain Matters: I think therefore I am. Devon reviews Consciousness Explained, a 1991 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett, in w...
2024-07-311h 26Science Faction PodcastThe Line is the RewardThis episode contains: Steven, Devon and Ben are all raring to go this episode. Steven talks about a power and internet outtage that almost kept our dear listeners from hearing his sweet, sweet voice. We end up chatting about house batteries, electric vehicles, generators, and how power flows through a power grid. Steven was also able to con his wife into playing Arcs, and she had some valid opinions. Ben says, "There are no good hands in Arcs" and he's not wrong. Ben's mom visited him for a few days (Hi Martha!) and he played tourist. They watched The...
2024-07-241h 27
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 293 - Black Stone Cherry (Chris Robertson & Ben Wells)The Human Condition. Kentucky spirit animals, rock 'n' roll runaways and Mary Jane enthusiasts, Black Stone Cherry, are our guests on Episode 293 of Sappenin' Podcast! Chris Robertson and Ben Wells blurt secrets on the bands brotherhood, longevity and wacky tour adventures. Recorded backstage at Download Festival, the guitar and vocal duo open up on their relationship with Donington Park, giggle worthy memories, measuring success vs industry respect, southern upbringings, first gateway records, blending their country and soulful blues roots, building a setlist of radio hit singalongs, vocal surgery, riff tricks, unique fan discoveries, that one WWE video game, experiencing...
2024-07-0539 min
Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE#301: Jonathan & Leigh Review 300 Guests! Part 2 1. **The Why Behind the Podcast:** Join us on the Inspiring Leadership Podcast as we celebrate our 5th year by revisiting the inception of this transformative journey.2. **MQ - Moral Quotient:** Explore the moral landscape of leadership with insightful discussions on integrity, values, and life plans from guests like General The Lord Dannatt and Daniel Bernard.3. **PQ - Purpose Quotient:** Discover the profound meaning and purpose driving the lives of inspiring leaders such as Nando Cesarone, Marc Allera, General Petraeus, and Colonel Stuart Tootal.4. **HQ - Health Quotient:** Uncover the health...
2024-02-061h 12
#Railnatter#RailNatter Episode 188: Why is UK infrastructure so slow and costly to build?In what will certainly not be the only episode we do on the title subject, I wanted to chew through the research done by Sam Dumitriu and Ben Hopkinson not too long ago... They looked at project costs, trying (and failing, in my view) to get to the bottom of why things cost so much more to deliver in the UK.
I'll pick through their report and explain why their suggestion that cost is why nothing gets done in the UK is pretty far off the mark, and is at minimum a case of the tail wagging...
2023-10-181h 26
A Small Voice: Conversations with photographers and filmmakers213 - Ian BerryIan Berry was born in 1934 in Lancashire, England. He made his reputation in South Africa, where he worked for the Daily Mail and later for Drum magazine. He was the only photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville in 1960, and his photographs were used in the trial to prove the victims' innocence.Henri Cartier-Bresson invited Ian to join Magnum in 1962, when he was based in Paris. He moved to London in 1964 to become the first contract photographer for the Observer Magazine. Since then assignments have taken him around the world: he has documented Russia's invasion of Czechoslovakia...
2023-09-131h 10
Let's Talk Club ManagementLet's Talk Club Management Ep 97 - All Things to All MembersWhat is on the minds of club leaders across North America? A Club Leader's Perspective explores the pressing trends and issues impacting the club industry in 2023. GGA Partners has released its emerging trends and challenges research in collaboration with CMAA. On this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Eric Brey and Ben Hopkinson of GGA Partners as we dive a bit deeper into the findings of the latest research and, more importantly, the important takeaways for our listeners wrangling with these issues.
You can learn more about the report here: https://ggapartners.com/2023/02/a-club-leaders-perspective-2022-2023/
As always, please remember, you ca...
2023-07-0637 min
Anarres ProjectThe Word for World is Forest Symposium: Ben NadlerHighlights from our symposium in October 2022, honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ursula K. Le Guin's anti-war novella, The Word for World is Forest.
In this episode, Ben Nadler discusses the possibility of dreaming as a radical and collective act of liberation. He says:
"I am interested in exploring the ways in which dreaming can be understood as a collective act, rather than an individual one. In these explorations, I will draw on Robin D.G. Kelley’s concept of “freedom dreaming,” Saidiya Hartman’s concept of “critical fabulation,” and Abraham J. He...
2022-12-1520 min
Let's Talk Club ManagementLet's Talk Club Management Ep. 78 - A Club Leader's PerspectiveWhat is on the minds of club leaders across North America? A Club Leader's Perspective explores the pressing trends and issues impacting the private club industry in 2022. GGA Partners has released its emerging trends and challenges research in collaboration with CMAA. We’re joined on this episode by GGA’s Dr. Eric Brey, Ph.D. and Ben Hopkinson to discuss the findings of this report and dive in a bit deeper on why this data is valuable to CMAA members.
Learn more about the report at https://ggapartners.com/2022/07/a-club-leaders-perspective/.
2022-08-2344 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeSchool Drama: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama by Andy MulliganPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547045to listen full audiobooks.
Title: School Drama: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama
Author: Andy Mulligan
Narrator: Sian Gibson, Tony Gardner, Tom Hollander, Full Cast
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Release date: October 21, 2021
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Tom Hollander stars as a washed-up TV actor brought in to turn around a failing academy by staging a school play Newly rebranded Deer Park Academy is struggling to turn itself around after being placed in special measures. Hoping to inspire the students (and tick the 'creative learning' box for the next Ofsted inspection...
2021-10-223h 08Press Play On The Sensational Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!School Drama: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama by Andy MulliganPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547045to listen full audiobooks.
Title: School Drama: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama
Author: Andy Mulligan
Narrator: Sian Gibson, Tony Gardner, Tom Hollander, Full Cast
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Release date: October 21, 2021
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Tom Hollander stars as a washed-up TV actor brought in to turn around a failing academy by staging a school play Newly rebranded Deer Park Academy is struggling to turn itself around after being placed in special measures. Hoping to inspire the students (and tick the 'creative learning' box for the next Ofsted inspection...
2021-10-213h 08
Fly on the Wallin with Amber and BenCrushing over Comic Books with Nalo Hopkinson | Episode 47Nalo Hopkinson is a visual artist, and an award-winning author. She is the winner of the John W. Campbell Award, the Sunburst Award, and the World Fantasy award (among others), and lauded as one of our "most inventive and brilliant writers." We are ecstatic and privileged to have her on the show to discuss her work on continuing the Sandman Universe in the amazing ‘House of Whispers,’ a self-contained 3-volume tale. ________________________Wild, Wild Love YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GIA4uF409uBzC-YXf-RQw________________________Support Nalo...
2021-08-101h 05
Shelf Aware PodcastStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're taking a look at a classic example of a military sci-fi book, Starship Troopers. How will the book compare to the cult classic film? And is there anything Anna can find redeeming about this genre? (Spoiler alert: no.)
Join us next week for another Morph Monday!
Recommended reading:
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Sources:
https://www.worldswithoutend.com/MilitaryScienceFiction.asp
http://www.castaliahouse.com/a-very-brief-history-of-military-science-fiction/
Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder
May the Armed Forces...
2021-02-151h 08
Promote The Hell Out Of It!Ben Hopkinson (Hop King) - The Worlds First Beer & Skateboarding Brand!This week on the podcast I chat to Ben Hopkinson, Co-Founder of Hop King, the worlds first beer & skateboarding brand! Not only do they make beer that's simple and easy drinking, they also make merch & release great content, as well as have a UK skate team and an indoor skatepark/bar in London called Hop Kingdom. I was obviously stoked to chat to Ben about what he's been up!We talk about keeping things simple, learning from your mistakes, opening an indoor bar & skatepark, having a DIY ethos and lots, lots more! Definitely a brand to...
2021-02-011h 01
Class Clowns presented by The Glee ClubEp #6: Carl Donnelly, Evelyn Mok & Charlie HopkinsonThis week, Carl Donnelly's been suspended, Evelyn Mok won't stop bringing up 9/11, and Charlie Hopkinson's school has a goose bell. Plus we get visits from David Attenborough, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman & Tommy Shelby.Class Clowns is the podcast that takes comedians back to school and through familiar subjects to play games, tell tales, and learn, well, probably nothing. Presented by Ben Kane. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-01-1459 min
Chinese Medicine PodcastStop Inflammation with foods - Talking nutrition & Chinese medicine with Dr Ben Latto O'Brien (TCM doctor)Talking inflammation and pain, eye health and Dr Ben's amazing journey into becoming a Chinese Medicine practitioner after a life changing surgery gone wrong.
In today's episode we discuss inflammation, Pain, Turmeric & Eye Health are key topics we talk about with Dr Ben who also studied a degree in Nutrition. Tumeric - how much, how often and how to make it's active ingredients more available in the body. We also talk about Dr Ben's special interest in eye health and keeping your eyes healthier Chinese Medicine About Dr Ben Latto O'Brien (Acupuncturist & Herbalist) Benjamin O’Brien comes from a long...
2019-10-2543 min
Slightly FoxedKindred SpiritsIn the first episode of The Slightly Foxed Podcast, SF founders Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood and Steph Allen meet author Jim Ring round the kitchen table at No. 53 to remember how it all began, and Veronika Hyks gives voice to Liz Robinson’s article on Anne Fadiman’s well-loved Ex Libris.
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Books Mentioned
Erskine Childers by Jim Ring is available directly from publishers Faber & Faber
Second-hand copies of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader are available. Please get in touch for details
Jean...
2018-11-1530 min
Rabbitt Stew ComicsEpisode 160Top 10, House of Whispers, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Criminy OGN, Zootopia, Cemetery Beach, MCMLXXV, Champions 24, Iceman, Infinity Wars 3, Journey Into Mystery: The Birth of Krakoa, Vamplets: Undead Pet Society, Moth and Whisper, Wrong Earth, Exilium, Blood Realm, Archie 1941, Low Road West. Welcome to Wanderland, Newbury & Hobbes Reviews: Disenchantment, Dragon Prince s1, American Vandal s2, Velvet, 1st wave of Wal-Mart, Black, Keystone Comic Con year one recap, I Hate Fairyland News: Ben Percy off of Nightwing, Flash Wal-Mart, Kit Harrington in Batman cast?, Cavill out, X-Force and Freedom Fighters series announced, Sabrina trailer...
2018-09-232h 50
The Writers PanelBONUS! DC/Vertigo and The Sandman UniverseIn honor of the relaunch of Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking SANDMAN series, Ben Blacker talks about the history of DC's Vertigo imprint, its influence on the rise of graphic novels, and gives a sneak peek at two of the new Sandman titles, "The Dreaming" and "House of Whispers."CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW SANDMAN TITLES:"The Sandman Universe #1" by Neil Gaiman AVAILABLE NOW"The Dreaming #1" by Simon Spurrier AVAILABLE NOW"House of Whispers #1" by Nalo Hopkinson AVAILABLE NOW"Lucifer #1" by Dan Watters AVAILABLE 10/17"Books of Magic #1" by Kat...
2018-09-2113 min
The Writers PanelBONUS! DC Vertigo Relaunch (SDCC 2018)Meet the new voices behind DC Vertigo comics relaunch. Moderated by DC Vertigo Executive Editor Mark Doyle. Panelists include the creative team from Sandman Universes HOUSE OF WHISPERS, Nalo Hopkinson and Dominike Domo Stanton; BORDER TOWNs Eric M. Esquivel and Ramon Villalobos; HEX WIVES Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo; AMERICAN CARNAGE writer Bryan Edward Hill; GODDESS MODEs Zo Quinn and Robbi Rodriguez; HIGH LEVELs Rob Sheridan; and writer Mark Russell of SECOND COMING.Recorded July 20, 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con International.Ben's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by calling...
2018-08-0946 min
The Dioniso PodcastHolly Goof - Bossy Ft. Ben Hopkinson ( Dioniso Edit )Holly Goof - Bossy Ft. Ben Hopkinson ( Dioniso Edit ) by
2018-06-2101 min
Book Lounge by LibbyEp. #192 -- Read Harder 2018 Challenge Part 1Our friends over at Book Riot have put out their annual Read Harder Challenge and we're going to help you find some books! In this episode we offer some recommendations for the following challenge items: A book published posthumously True Crime A book set in or about a BRICS country Science fiction with a female protagonist written by a female author Books Mentioned In This Episode Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Trial by Franz Kafka The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy To...
2018-01-1838 min
SFF Yeah!SFF Yeah Ep. #8: Cat Assassins and Fan FeelingsSharifah and Jenn discuss news including casting choices for Good Omens and Hellboy, mega-bucks book deals, and assassin stories. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron and The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein. News: Casting for Good Omens Voldemort prequel fan-movie got approved by Warner Bros Ed Skrein vacates the role of Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot VE Schwab book deal Scalzi’s deal from a couple years back 'Brown Girl Begins,' based on afrofuturist novel 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson, sets premiere Books Mort(e) by Robert Repino Young Eli...
2017-09-1345 min
Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your JobHow to Answer the “Desired Salary” Question, with Jim HopkinsonHave you ever had a prospective employer ask about your desired salary? Or inquire about your salary history? Companies ask these questions to weed out applicants and (sometimes) get the upper-hand in pay negotiations. This week’s guest, Jim Hopkinson, argues that your response to salary questions can be the difference in whether or not you get an offer and how much leverage you have in future pay discussions. The employer does not necessarily hold all the cards when it comes to negotiating salaries. Jim recommends finding out all the facts about the job before yo...
2017-02-1543 min
The Three HoarsemenAnthologies Old & NewAs spring emerges, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson shed their well-worn thermals and discuss the vast and treacherous landscape of anthologies.
It is a subject that encompasses themed volumes, shared worlds, and literary approaches, from the experimental volumes of the 1970s, through the subject-specific collections of Ace and Daw, to the copious riches that have become available readers in the past decade. What makes an anthology work? Which ones hold special places? And have they stood the test of time?
The discussion then turns, as always, to culture consumed.
2015-03-261h 18
Three HoarsemenAnthologies Old & NewAs spring emerges, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson shed their well-worn thermals and discuss the vast and treacherous landscape of anthologies.
It is a subject that encompasses themed volumes, shared worlds, and literary approaches, from the experimental volumes of the 1970s, through the subject-specific collections of Ace and Daw, to the copious riches that have become available readers in the past decade. What makes an anthology work? Which ones hold special places? And have they stood the test of time?
The discussion then turns, as always, to culture consumed.
2015-03-261h 18