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New Books in HistoryMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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New Books in Ukrainian StudiesMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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New Books with Miranda MelcherMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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New Books in Eastern European StudiesMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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2025-10-191h 03
New Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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2025-10-191h 03
New Books in Central Asian StudiesMartyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine" (Biteback, 2025)In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.
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2025-10-191h 03New Books in Eastern European StudiesThomas Mutch, "The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia's Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine's Iron Generation" (Biteback, 2025)In early 2022, as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, Tom Mutch, a freelance war reporter, took a trip to Mariupol to take the temperature of this (then) culturally vibrant port on the Sea of Azov.
What stayed with him was the sound of the stray dogs and their "rhythmic and frantic barking, as if they were shouting a warning in unison". Within weeks, the city began a three-month siege and eventual fall but – to the surprise of many including Western powers – not just Kyiv but Mykolaiv, and Odesa held. Over the following months, resistance turned into reconque...
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New Books in European PoliticsThomas Mutch, "The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia's Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine's Iron Generation" (Biteback, 2025)In early 2022, as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, Tom Mutch, a freelance war reporter, took a trip to Mariupol to take the temperature of this (then) culturally vibrant port on the Sea of Azov.
What stayed with him was the sound of the stray dogs and their "rhythmic and frantic barking, as if they were shouting a warning in unison". Within weeks, the city began a three-month siege and eventual fall but – to the surprise of many including Western powers – not just Kyiv but Mykolaiv, and Odesa held. Over the following months, resistance turned into reconque...
2025-05-2939 minNew Books in Ukrainian StudiesThomas Mutch, "The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia's Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine's Iron Generation" (Biteback, 2025)In early 2022, as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, Tom Mutch, a freelance war reporter, took a trip to Mariupol to take the temperature of this (then) culturally vibrant port on the Sea of Azov.
What stayed with him was the sound of the stray dogs and their "rhythmic and frantic barking, as if they were shouting a warning in unison". Within weeks, the city began a three-month siege and eventual fall but – to the surprise of many including Western powers – not just Kyiv but Mykolaiv, and Odesa held. Over the following months, resistance turned into reconque...
2025-05-2939 min
New Books in JournalismThomas Mutch, "The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia's Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine's Iron Generation" (Biteback, 2025)In early 2022, as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, Tom Mutch, a freelance war reporter, took a trip to Mariupol to take the temperature of this (then) culturally vibrant port on the Sea of Azov.
What stayed with him was the sound of the stray dogs and their "rhythmic and frantic barking, as if they were shouting a warning in unison". Within weeks, the city began a three-month siege and eventual fall but – to the surprise of many including Western powers – not just Kyiv but Mykolaiv, and Odesa held. Over the following months, resistance turned into reconque...
2025-05-2939 min
Digital Mental Health Musings4 tips to help you be more creative and flexible about tailoring digital mental health to suit your clients: On the Ground with Psychologist Dr Lyn O'Grady“So, I think that was something that added, added some weight to what I was talking about. And also in the session you’re trying to cover so many things, quite often in that 50 minute session, that to give that sort of idea to go away and look at that, to consolidate some of that, or to get a bit more information, or look at it in a different way, because you don’t quite know what people do take away from the conversation that you’re having.”In our first episode of the new season, respected child and...
2024-04-2942 min
Biteback Chats BooksPete Carvill on the psychology and passion of boxingPete Carvill is a reporter, writer, and editor for the UK’s trade press. He first put on boxing gloves twenty years ago and has only recently taken them off.
His book Death of a Boxer explores the psychology of those who choose to fight and what draws them towards this most dangerous of pursuits. It also delves into the lives of fighters, from amateurs to professionals. Death of a Boxer is a deep and powerful meditation on the nature of boxing, asking why people do it, what it does for them and, ultimately, what it does to...
2024-03-0422 minBiteback Chats BooksAlex Grant on John Vassall: the neglected 1960s spy scandalAlex Grant is a writer, researcher and lecturer specialising in politics, biography and modern history. Having been a journalist in Parliament and a Labour councillor in Greenwich for sixteen years, he writes with great insight into the British establishment.
He is the author of the new John Vassall biography, Sex, Spies and Scandal. Vassall’s story is one of intrigue: in the 1960s while working in Moscow, he was blackmailed into espionage after Soviet spies trapped him in compromising positions. For seven years, Vassall traded secrets. In 1962, he was arrested and imprisoned.
In this episode, we d...
2024-01-3126 minBiteback Chats BooksLinda McDougall on Marcia Williams: Challenging misconceptions and misalignmentsLinda McDougall is a journalist, television producer and author of Cherie: The Perfect Life of Mrs Blair and Westminster Women. She is also known as the wife of the late Austin Mitchell, who was a journalist and the Labour Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby from 1977 until 2015.
Linda’s latest book, Marcia Williams: The Life and Times
of Baroness Falkender, seeks to realign Marcia’s reputation away from previously dismissive and misogynistic verdicts. This pioneering biography of Harold Wilson’s political adviser puts forward a more nuanced understanding of Marcia, centred around her unbreakable partnership with Wilson – assertin...
2023-11-0125 minBiteback Chats BooksNigel Fletcher on the Leaders of the OppositionDr Nigel Fletcher is a political historian and has taught at
King’s College London since 2017. He is the co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies and has previously worked as a political adviser and a councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
His book, The Not Quite Prime Ministers: Leaders of the
Opposition 1783–2020 brings together profiles of the opposition leaders who didn’t quite make it to No. 10.
In this episode, Nigel shares some of the outrageous stories
in the book, including a James Bond-esque tale about Hugh Gaitskell. He also reflects on parallels betwee...
2023-10-0336 minBiteback Chats BooksLord Ashcroft on what makes Rishi Sunak tickLord Ashcroft is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He is also the former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.
To date, Lord Ashcroft has written celebrated biographies of David Cameron, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Sir Keir Starmer. Last year he also published a biography of Boris Johnson's wife, Carrie, which provided a vivid account of how she influenced the government during their time in 10 Downing Street. His latest biography All to Play For: The Advance of Rishi Sunak charts the life and ambition of the current UK Prime Minister.
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2023-09-1911 minBiteback Chats BooksKathleen Wyatt on why lying is good for youKathleen Wyatt is a speechwriter, journalist and editor. She spent sixteen years as a columnist and reviewer at The Times and speaks six languages!
Her book, The Social Superpower: The Big Truth About Little Lies, includes interviews with spies, psychologists and a former al-Qaeda bombmaker in the hope of uncovering why it is that we lie, often innately.
In this episode, we discuss why Kathleen felt compelled to write a book about lies, her professional opinion on Boris Johnson’s lying to Parliament and which person she would like to perform a lie detector test on...
2023-06-2323 minBiteback Chats BooksJesse Norman on the political rivalry that shaped an eraJesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and the author of acclaimed biographies of Edmund Burke and Adam Smith.
His novel, The Winding Stair, is an epic tale of jealousy and intrigue in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, which holds a darkened mirror to our own contemporary politics. The Winding Stair whirls around two founders of our modern world – the scholar Francis Bacon and the attorney Edward Coke – and their struggle for power and the favour of the monarch.
In this episode, we chat about how Jesse navigated the historical fiction genre, and we u...
2023-05-3025 minBiteback Chats BooksAndy McSmith on the inner workings of governmentAndy McSmith is a lobby journalist who worked for many years for national newspapers including the Daily Mirror, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Independent and was political editor of the Independent on Sunday. He is also the author of three volumes of political biographies; a novel set in Parliament; a history of Britain in the 1980s; and a history of the great Russian artists who lived and worked during Stalin’s time.
His new book, Strange People I Have Known, is filled with vivid portraits of those at the heart of British politics over the past forty years: a...
2023-04-2427 minBiteback Chats BooksTom Clark on fixing Britain’s poverty crisisTom Clark is a journalist, a contributing editor at Prospect and a fellow at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and was previously a leading writer at The Guardian for ten years.
His new book, Broke, is a collection of essays from today’s masters of social reportage on Britain’s accelerating poverty crisis. Broke ventures deep into the communities so often ignored by politicians and introduces us to those at the hardest end of the breadline, combining human stories and analysis for a practical and hopeful solution.
On this episode, we discuss some of the sobering stor...
2023-03-2927 minBiteback Chats BooksSarah-Louise Miller on women in intelligence during WW2Dr Sarah-Louise Miller is an experienced historian, researcher, author, educator and media consultant, specialising in Second World War history.
Her book, The Women Behind the Few, explores the Second World War from the perspective of the WAAFs working behind the scenes to collect and disseminate vital intelligence – intelligence that resulted in Allied victory.
In this episode, Sarah shares the story of what first piqued her interest in this period and delves into a couple of the heroic tales featured in the book, ultimately picking one encounter she would’ve loved to have been a fly on t...
2023-03-0219 minBiteback Chats BooksDave Rich on the history and future of antisemitismDave Rich, one of the UK’s leading experts on antisemitism, joins us for a thorough discussion of the blatant, yet also implicit, antisemitism that is omnipresent in British society.
His book, Everyday Hate, is about how antisemitism is built into our world – and how you can change it. Sacha Baron Cohen has stressed that ‘everyone should read this book. And if you don’t think you need to, then you need to read it more than anyone.’
On this episode, Dave shares some of the key understandings necessary to combat the hurtful antisemitism that many Brito...
2023-01-3126 minBiteback Chats BooksAlex Deane on MORE colourful characters of the pastReturning to the Biteback podcast is Alex Deane, author of Lessons from History and the newly released MORE Lessons from History. Alex shares quirky tales of history to his 40,000 followers on Twitter and hosts the regular podcast Hidden History Happy Hour. On this episode, he shares some of the EXCLUSIVE new tales in this second volume, delving into the more serious lessons that we and our politicians can (and should!) take from history.
Interested? More Lessons from History is available to order here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/more-lessons-from-history
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2022-12-0826 minBiteback Chats BooksMark Easton on how islands can help us ask eternal questionsNo man is an island, wrote John Donne. BBC Home Editor Mark Easton argues the opposite: that we are all islands, and it is upon the contradictory shoreline where isolation meets connectedness, where ‘us’ meets ‘them’, that we find out who we truly are.
Mark’s new book Islands: Searching for truth on the shoreline reflects his lyrical but hard-hitting journalistic understanding of modern-day social structures. The result: a dreamy travel narrative with a labyrinth of historical facts and mythical tales, oozing with essence of escapism.
In this episode, discover why we are still so fascinated...
2022-11-0420 minBiteback Chats BooksWill Hayward on whether Wales should leave the UKIn a conversation that has – unfairly – been all but disregarded by many, including some of the Welsh themselves, Will Hayward reopens rational and thought-provoking debate. His new book, Independent Nation: Should Wales leave the UK?, brings nuance back to the arena for this crucial national conversation. Join us for a chat as we talk about the Welsh sense of worth, England’s flippant relationship with Wales and identity within the union.
Will’s book is available here from the Biteback website: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/independent-nation
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2022-09-1525 minBiteback Chats BooksSamir Puri on the cumulative indications of bloodshed in UkraineFor Dr Samir Puri, the warning signs of the bloodshed and slaughter that Russia would one day impose upon Ukraine had been there for years. Samir’s new book, Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine, traces the relationship between the two countries from the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 to Putin’s invasion in 2022. Join us for a chat in which we ask who he would give the book to (and, crucially, when!), what the future of the conflict is with winter fast approaching and whether there are any parallels with the relationship between China and Taiwan.
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2022-08-3123 min
Biteback Chats BooksTom Quinn on the scandals of the royal familyFrom Harry and Meghan all the way to Princess Margaret, the royal family has certainly seen its fair share of scandals- and Tom Quinn's new book Scandals of the Royal Palaces is a deep-dive into some of the most shocking and least known. Join us for a chat that goes everywhere from the Queen's love of her Labradors to Edward VIII's love of cutting Wallis's toenails...
Tom's book is available here from the Biteback website: bitebackpublishing.com/books/scandals-of-the-royal-palaces
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-11-2327 minBiteback Chats BooksIain Donnelly on the state of British policingToday on Biteback Chats Books we're chatting to former policeman Iain Donnelly about his experience of a life in blue and the problems that are currently plaguing policing.
Get your copy of Tango Juliet Foxtrot here: bitebackpublishing.com/books/tango-juliet-foxtrot
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-11-0932 minBiteback Chats BooksMichael Cockerell on a career spent interviewing prime ministersToday we’re ditching the microphone for the camera and putting BBC documentary maker Michael Cockerell under the spotlight. Cockerell has spent his entire career getting politicians to open up on the small screen, and now his memoirs, Unmasking Our Leaders, reveals exactly how he did it- alongside plenty of anecdotes...
Get your copy of Unmasking Our Leaders here.
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-09-2933 minBiteback Chats BooksDavid Clegg and Kieran Andrews on Scotland's #MeToo momentWhat made Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's partnership so successful- and what tore it apart?
Discover the true story of a jaw-dropping moment in Scottish politics with Biteback authors and political journalists David Clegg and Kieran Andrews.
David and Kieran's book, Break-Up, is available here: bitebackpublishing.com/books/break-up
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-09-0730 minBiteback Chats BooksAlex Deane on history's forgotten storiesTaking the mic today on the Biteback podcast is author Alex Deane! Alex's new book Lessons from History started as a Twitter project, collecting and celebrating history's forgotten heroes and villains via tweet threads. Now, he joins us to explain the importance of humour in telling stories, his favourite tales from the book and why you should always be grateful that you're not a Russian trapped in a snowstorm in need of major surgery...
Want to find out more? Lessons from History is available to order here: bitebackpublishing.com/books/lessons-from-history
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2021-08-3129 minBiteback Chats BooksOliver Letwin on China and the WestSeasoned politician Oliver Letwin takes the mic this week to talk about the rising influence of China, it's relationship with the West and our need for a new way in which to work with this powerful new player on the world stage.
Find Oliver's book China vs America on the Biteback website: bitebackpublishing.com/books/china-vs-america
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
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2021-08-2431 minBiteback Chats BooksKatharine Campbell on her war hero father Sholto DouglasThis week, we’re heading back in time to discover the story of one of the Second World War’s most overlooked commanders: Sholto Douglas. Sholto suffered from PTSD in later life but it is only now with the publication of his daughter Katharine's book Behold the Dark Gray Man that we can appreciate the shadow that war cast on his extraordinary life.
Behold the Dark Gray Man is out now: bitebackpublishing.com/books/behold-the-dark-gray-man
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-07-2834 minBiteback Chats BooksBrian Brivati on the fall of AbraajThis week, author and professor Brian Brivati joins the Biteback podcast to talk about Arif Naqvi and the private equity firm he founded, Abraaj. Navqi's reign as one of the financial sector's brightest lights came to a sudden end in 2019 when he was arrested for fraud, but how much of the story is true?
Brian's book, Icarus, is out now and available to order here: bitebackpublishing.com/books/icarus
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
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2021-07-2135 minBiteback Chats BooksMark Pack and Ed Maxfield on winning political electionsIn politics, there are no prizes for second place.
Luckily, seasoned campaign professionals Mark Pack and Edward Maxfield know how to make elections work for you. Their new book contains 101 bite-sized lessons to help steer you on the course to power- and they're here to tell you what they've learned.
Buy 101 Ways to Win An Election at bitebackpublishing.com/books/101-ways-to-win-an-election.
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
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2021-07-1431 minBiteback Chats BooksDavid Skelton on The New SnobberyAn insidious snobbery has taken root in parts of progressive Britain. Working-class voters have flexed their political muscles and helped to change the direction of the country, but in doing so they have been met with disdain and even abuse from elites in politics, culture and business.
Why do we think like this, and what harm are these culture wars doing to the working classes? Mostly importantly, how can we change it? Author David Skelton joins us to shed some light on this little-discussed topic.
David's book The New Snobbery is out now and can...
2021-07-0828 minNew Books in European PoliticsChristopher Grey, "Brexit Unfolded: How No One Got What They Wanted (and Why They Were Never Going To)" (Biteback, 2021)In 2020-21, the UK left first the EU and then the 30-nation European Economic Area. Much of the impact has been masked by the coronavirus pandemic but, as that lifts, there will be profound effects on patterns of employment, national strategic positioning, political cleavages and even on the continued cohesion of the kingdom itself.This did not have to be the case. Short of never leaving the EU, there were less disruptive exit models available. Why weren’t they taken and why did the Brexit process radicalise between 2016 and 2019?These are the questions Christopher Grey ex...
2021-06-3048 min
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryChristopher Grey, "Brexit Unfolded: How No One Got What They Wanted (and Why They Were Never Going To)" (Biteback, 2021)In 2020-21, the UK left first the EU and then the 30-nation European Economic Area. Much of the impact has been masked by the coronavirus pandemic but, as that lifts, there will be profound effects on patterns of employment, national strategic positioning, political cleavages and even on the continued cohesion of the kingdom itself.This did not have to be the case. Short of never leaving the EU, there were less disruptive exit models available. Why weren’t they taken and why did the Brexit process radicalise between 2016 and 2019?These are the questions Christopher Grey ex...
2021-06-3049 minBiteback Chats BooksChris Grey on the reason nobody got the Brexit they wanted (and why they were never going to)This week we're discussing the ins and outs of that most controversial and complex of subjects: Brexit. It's been five years since the referendum and yet since it happened almost nobody is happy with the way Brexit unfolded. Why is that? Here to offer his insights is Brexitologist Chris Grey...
Brexit Unfolded is available to order now: bitebackpublishing.com/books/brexit-unfolded
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-06-2334 minBiteback Chats BooksLord David Young on running Margaret Thatcher's last electionThis week we’re jumping in our time machines and heading back to a time where politics was very different- and Margaret Thatcher was still prime minister. The year is 1987, and she’s about to fight her third election. With her is David Young, drafted in to help run it- and who decided to keep an audio diary during the months he spent doing so, which has now been published. Tune in to listen to him chat about politics today, the dangers of social media and how to get a seat in the cabinet without signing up to a poli...
2021-06-1033 minBiteback Chats BooksKevin Meagher on Northern Ireland's centenaryOne hundred years have passed since the creation of Northern Ireland, but what have today's politicians learned from it? To mark the centenary, we’re speaking to Biteback author Kevin Marr, whose book What A Bloody Awful country is out now and looks back at a bloody history...
Find his book here.
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-05-0437 minBiteback Chats BooksTony Insall on wartime subterfugeHistorian Tony Insall takes the mic this week to talk about Norwegian-British alliances during the Second World War and the incredible things their secret forces did to sabotage German occupiers.
Secret Alliances is out now and available to order on www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/secret-alliances
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-04-2134 minBiteback Chats BooksSimon Dolan on Donald Trump's legacyDonald Trump: reckless? Genius? Dangerous?
Businessman Simon Dolan makes the case for a reassessment of this controversial president's time in office in the latest episode of the Biteback podcast.
Trump: The Hidden Halo is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/trump-the-hidden-halo
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
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2021-04-0926 minBiteback Chats BooksRoger Hermiston on the Cold WarIt's 1953 and the Doomsday Clock has just been moved to two minutes to midnight. Join Biteback author Roger Hermiston as he discusses the trials and tribulations of a fascinating year for the latest episode of the podcast!
You can buy Roger's book Two Minutes to Midnight here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/two-minutes-to-midnight
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-03-3039 minBiteback Chats BooksAlastair Campbell on the Olympic spiritThe period of 2010-2015 was a turbulent time in British politics, and Alastair Campbell was there for it all. The latest instalment of his diaries covers the rise of David Cameron, Ed Miliband's tenure as leader of the Labour party, two inquiries and the spectacle that was the Olympics: sit back and listen to us discuss most of it!
The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 8: Rise and Fall of the Olympic Spirit is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/alastair-campbell-diaries-volume-8
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-03-2538 minBiteback Chats BooksJohn Quin on working in the NHSWhat does a physician do?
John Quin spent his career in the NHS working with unruly patients, navigating hospital cliques and learning just what it was an endocrinologist does. In this chat we learn more about his career: the dark humour, the reality of working in Glasgow and how Nabokov got him through it all.
John's book, Dr Quin Medicine Man, is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/dr-quin-medicine-man
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-03-0529 minBiteback Chats BooksElisabeth Spencer on new beginningsA few days after Elisabeth Spencer's daughter Milly came out as trans, her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Spencer's moving memoir of what followed, The Road to My Daughter, is an illuminating account of what it means to be the mother of a trans daughter, and in this podcast we chat about everything from the prejudice trans people face in the healthcare system, to the ways in which their relationship has changed.
The Road to My Daughter is now available to buy on the Biteback website or wherever you get your books: https...
2021-02-2429 minBiteback Chats BooksAnnie Bracken on life in the White HouseFor this week's podcast we're travelling all the way to America! Our guest and Biteback author Annie Bracken worked for George HW Bush during his presidency and is full of stories about life in the White House, from awkward dates to going running with the secret service.
Her book, How to Break Into the White House, is also out now: check it out here! How to Break Into the White House | Biteback Publishing
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Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-01-2828 minBiteback Chats BooksLiam Halligan on the reality of the housing crisisEconomist and author Liam Halligan joins us for the first Biteback podcast of 2021 to chat about all things housing! We discuss the impact of big developers in the market, the reason house prices are so high and what politicians are doing to fix things...
Liam's book Home Truths is out in paperback on the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/home-truths
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2021-01-1437 minBiteback Chats BooksHenry Milner on a life spent defending criminalsOn this week's episode of the Biteback podcast we chat to Henry Milner, a criminal defence solicitor who has represented criminals in the UK for over fifty years. He talks about the dangers of defending a client in the seventies, some of his favourite cases and why professional criminals are always easier to represent than newbies.
Henry's book, No Lawyers in Heaven, is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/no-lawyers-in-heaven
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeo
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons...
2020-11-1227 minBiteback Chats BooksClive Irving on the royal family's scandalsSeasoned journalist Clive Irving pops into the virtual studios to chat about the royal family's relationship with the media, his time working on Fleet Street and what he thinks about the future of the crown...
Clive's book, The Last Queen, is now available from the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-last-queen
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-11-0532 minBiteback Chats BooksPeter Cardwell on a life in governmentFormer Special Adviser Peter Cardwell has worked under four government ministers in his time, weathering gaffes, media storms and prime ministers. But what is it actually like to be a SpAd? In the latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat about meeting Kevin Spacey in airports, getting your inside leg measured in a government office and the surprising ways you can use gaffer tape...
The Secret Life of Special Advisers is available on the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-secret-life-of-special-advisers
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
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2020-10-2728 minBiteback Chats BooksJonny Oates on trying to change the worldHow would you go about changing the world?
For fifteen-year-old Jonny Oates, the answer was simple: he boarded a plane to Addis Ababa with the intention of tackling the Ethiopian famine. The thirty years that followed taught him that creating change wasn't that easy...
Listen to him talk about his mental health, his time in the coalition government and his love of Africa in this week's edition of the Biteback podcast!
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
2020-10-1537 minBiteback Chats BooksGiles Edwards on the afterlives of political leadersJournalist Giles Edwards joins us to discuss what presidents and prime ministers do once they retire. From rubbing shoulders with Nelson Mandela to getting involved in the charity sector, the answer is quite a lot...
Pre-order Giles' book here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ex-men
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-10-0833 minBiteback Chats BooksDeborah Mattinson on the crumbling Red WallWe talk to Labour pollster Deborah Mattinson about the 2019 general election, the abandoned towns that switched from voting Labour to voting Conservative, and why Boris Johnson is enjoying a reputation as a modern-day James Bond.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-09-1829 minBiteback Chats BooksYasmin Alibhai-Brown on groundbreaking womenJournalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown joins us in the virtual Biteback studio to talk about her new book, Ladies Who Punch, incredible women who have shaped today's society and her past as a (literal) bra-burning feminist...
Ladies Who Punch is out now! Take a look at it here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/ladies-who-punch
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-09-0330 minBiteback Chats BooksNorman Baker on the royal family's financesTake a journey behind the doors of Buckingham Palace as former MP and cabinet minister Norman Baker discusses where the royal family's finances come from, the method behind the honours system and the fate of a certain Prince Andrew...
Norman's book, ...And What Do You Do? is out in paperback on 8 September. Take a look at https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/and-what-do-you-do!
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-08-2736 min
MacBitesMacBites - Episode 0132In this episode, we’re gazumping and gazundering with mask wearing chicken McNuggets
BackBites
Definition of Gazunder
Gazunder on Wiktionary
Definition of Gazump
MacBites 0131 - An Unexpected Resurrection on Apple’s Stairway to Heaven
MacBites.fm
McDonald’s: ‘Face mask’ found inside Aldershot store’s chicken nugget
ChatBites
Apple vs. Fortnite: Tech battle means old iPhones are valuable on eBay
Flappy Bird clones flood App Store, now with in-app purchases
PlayStation with P.T. Installed on eBay
What’s going on between Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple?
Microsoft backs Fortnite developer Epic Games in legal battle w...
2020-08-261h 15Biteback Chats BooksAlan Feuer on the life of El ChapoHow do you catch a drug smuggler who's famous for escaping captivity?
New York Times journalist Alan Feuer dives into the murky world of El Chapo in this chat about his upcoming book, El Jefe, featuring wiretapping, corruption, and a fair amount of double-crossing...
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-08-2035 minBiteback Chats BooksJack Straw on IranFormer Foreign Secretary Jack Straw talks about his time in office, getting the timing right during a Commons debate, and the idiosyncrasies of Iran in this week's Biteback podcast.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-08-1137 minBiteback Chats BooksEliane Glaser on why elitism needs defendingJournalist and author Eliane Glaser talks to us about defending the idea of liberalism, the defunding of the arts and the 'real elites' who are behind it.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-08-0629 minBiteback Chats BooksInigo Bing on the dangers of populismFormer barrister and judge Inigo Bing joins us to talk about the relationship between the government and the law, how the public's trust in our judiciary is failing, and the astonishing fact that the UK doesn't have a written constitution...
Inigo's book, Populism on Trial, is out on 20th August. Pre-order it on bitebackpublishing.com!
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-07-3031 minBiteback Chats BooksKurt Barling on race and racismProfessor of Journalism and former BBC journalist Kurt Barling takes the mic to chat about his book The R Word, his experiences of racism and the ways in which the UK should confront its history.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-07-2343 minBiteback Chats BooksChristopher Othen on wartime ParisSit down for a tale of deceit, ruthlessness and greed...
We chat to Christopher Othen, the author of The King of Nazi Paris. Chris's book is about one of the most notorious gangs in French history, and we talk about its charismatic leader, Henri Lafont, the realities of wartime Paris and just what it took to blackmail a Nazi.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-07-1528 minBiteback Chats BooksAndrew Adonis on Labour's ChurchillOn the Biteback podcast today is Labour peer, author and academic Andrew Adonis! We chat about his new book Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill, that historic 1945 election and who today's Bevin might be...
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-07-0832 minBiteback Chats BooksSarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley on assisted dyingThis week we welcome the authors of Last Rights, Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley, to talk about assisted dying, hospice care and why getting a bill through Parliament is a lot more difficult than you might expect...
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-07-0330 minBiteback Chats BooksColin Yeo on immigrationThis week, we're chatting to barrister and blogger Colin Yeo about the UK immigration system! Find out more about the gaping flaws in how we welcome people to the UK, why we don't see immigration as much in the news anymore and what the government can do to fix things.
Colin Yeo's book Welcome to Britain is out on 29 June: find out more by clicking the link below.
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/welcome-to-britain
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic...
2020-06-2422 minBiteback Chats BooksLord Michael Ashcroft on the lion tradeOn the day of publication for his new book Unfair Game, Lord Ashcroft talks to Biteback Chats Books about South Africa's illegal lion trade, his undercover operations and what governments around the world can do stop the exploitation of lions.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-06-1613 minBiteback Chats BooksMatt Spiro on French footballFootball journalist Matt Spiro joins us in the virtual Biteback studio to talk about the rise and fall of the French national team, Les Bleus, to celebrate the release of his new book, Sacré Bleu.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-05-2824 minBiteback Chats BooksMartyn Whittock: Trump and the CoronavirusAlongside his colleague James Roberts, Martyn Whittock is the author of Trump and the Puritans, which examined America's puritanical legacy and that legacy's role in the rise of Donald Trump. Here, Martyn examines Trump's Presidency in the age of coronavirus and investigates just how much his policy is influenced by the evangelical right.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-05-2116 minBiteback Chats BooksTom Quinn on the secrets of the royal familySit down with the author of our latest book, Kensington Palace, and listen to Tom Quinn talk about everything from sweet-talking ex-servants to the more eccentric inhabitants of this iconic building...
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-05-1412 min
The Nutritank Podcast3. Public Health and Obesity conversations Part 1: with Nutritionist, Jenny Rosborough & Biteback 2030**DISCLAIMER: Please note that the views of our podcast guests may not always align with the views of Nutritank**
We are excited to announce that the next few episodes will be part of a sequence: Public Health and Obesity conversations. Ally will talk to experts in this field from varying disciplines over the coming weeks.
This week, we bring you Part 1 of the sequence with 3 very special guests: Jenny Rosborough (Head of Nutrition at Jamie Oliver), Nicki Whiteman (Director of Communications at Biteback 2030) and Tasha Mhakayakora (Bite Back Youth Board member and youth activist).
They discuss many topics including energy...
2020-05-011h 15Biteback Chats BooksIain Anderson for the Biteback Book FestivalAs the Biteback Book Festival gets political, we ask political expert and lobbyist Iain Anderson his opinion on Brexit, the coronavirus and the government's response to both.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-04-2618 minBiteback Chats BooksJacqui SmithWe interview former MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for the Biteback Book Festival! Discover what Jacqui's been doing in isolation, what inspired her to become involved in politics and who her inspiration is...
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-04-2214 minBiteback Chats BooksJacqui Smith reads for the Biteback Book FestivalJacqui Smith gives a reading of one of her favourite biographies from her and Iain Dale's book The Honourable Ladies: Volume One: that of Betty Boothroyd, written by Nus Ghani. Sit back and relax!
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-04-2217 minBiteback Chats BooksRobert O' Connor for the Biteback Book FestivalSit back and travel to Eastern Europe from the comfort of your chair as author Robert O'Connor talks about football and ex-Soviet breakaway states for the Biteback pod. Robert's book, Blood and Circuses, is out from Biteback Publishing on 28th April.
Music
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-04-2022 minBiteback Chats BooksSeb Whale on the life of John BercowIn this latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat to journalist Seb Whale about his new book, John Bercow: Call to Order, a biography of the most divisive Speaker in a generation...
Music:
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-03-2623 minBiteback Chats BooksNight and Day: Extract Four from John Bercow: Call to OrderListen to this exclusive extract from Seb Whale's brand new book John Bercow: Call to Order, read by Seb himself...
2020-03-2406 minBiteback Chats BooksElection Night: Extract Three from John Bercow: Call to OrderListen to the third extract from Seb Whale's new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
2020-03-2401 minBiteback Chats BooksRottweiler: Extract Two from John Bercow: Call to OrderListen to the second extract from Seb Whale's brand new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
2020-03-2403 minBiteback Chats BooksExtract One from John Bercow: Call to OrderListen to author Seb Whale read the first extract from his brand-new book, John Bercow: Call to Order.
2020-03-2404 min
Never Mind The Bar ChartsHow you can figure out which news stories to trust: the story behind Bad NewsBefore the coronavirus crisis hit, I recorded a podcast with my published, Biteback Books, about my new book, Bad News.
Listen to find out how you can make sense of the news all around us, the problem with news coverage on gun control, the (lack of a problem) with news echo chambers and filter bubbles, why I look back on my daily commute in years past with amazement and how I came to write Bad News.
Show notes
Biteback Chats Books podcast.
Buy Bad News from Waterstones, Amazon, Biteback or Hive.
Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod...
2020-03-2023 minBiteback Chats BooksMark Pack on navigating the mediaThis week, we talk to interim co-leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Pack, about the ups and downs of the news cycle, the leadership contest and why you should always read the last paragraph in a Daily Mail story...
Music:
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-03-1922 minBiteback Chats BooksKenny MacAskill MPWe sit down with new MP and long-time MSP Kenny MacAskill to chat about Scotland's hidden radical history, life as an MP and why Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting isn't all it's cracked up to be...
Music:
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-02-2723 min
Big Feed up HQChanges in Food Policies / Reformulation Of Foods And Drinks / With Jenny RosboroughJenny Rosborough is a Registered Nutritionist, media spokesperson for a healthier food environment and head of nutrition at Jamie Oliver Ltd.
In this episode we cover:
- Is the food and drink industry telling us what to do
- Changing policies in food production
- Biteback 2030 - Charity
- Creating consumer demand for a healthier food environment
- Kcal labelling on menus
- Price promotions on whole foods
- Banning energy drink purchases for under 16’s
- Ethical belief on food and science to support those ethical belief
Keep up with Jenny:
Instagram - https://instagram.com/hellohealthyyou_?igshid=4igz3gx...
2019-11-0927 min
DMA Politics PodcastDMA Politics Podcast: Episode 11 - The Conservative Conference Special with Iain AndersonAre you bewildered by Brexit? Boris got you blindsided? Does parliament seem pearshaped?
Politics can indeed be a bit nuts. That's why the DMA has made the DMA Politics Podcast! Every week, Public Affairs Manager, Michael Sturrock, guides you through what has been happening in the realms of politics and policy.
With close ties to Brussels, Westminster and Holyrood, the DMA is well-placed to tackle the vibrant political scene and its impacts for UK marketers. By the end, you'll be more in the loop than half the cabinet.
Episode 11: The Conservative Party Conference S...
2019-09-3028 min
Faces Of FoodReplacing Palm Oil - with bio Economist Mush'ab Nursantio24-year old Mush'ab Nursantio is the co-founder of Biteback, an insect bio-refinery company aimed to meet the increased global demand for palm oil by creating a healthier and more sustainable alternative. After growing up in Indonesia and witnessing the destruction of natural resources, he hopes to inspire other developments in innovation around conservation and sustainability in his country.About season 3:Who are taking action to fix our broken food system? From Trinidad and Tobago via Nigeria and Myanmar, to China and Australia, we meet the Faces of Food: 12 inspiring people driving action that is...
2019-09-1217 min
Mens Rea: A true crime podcast39 - Terrorism at Lockerbie - The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103In 1988, a routine flight took off from London Heathrow. It was the second leg of a transatlantic flight that would stop in JFK, before heading even further west, to Detroit. In fact, Flight 103 had started off in Frankfurt. But something got on the flight in the German airport that shouldn't have.
It was a brown samsonite suitcase, filled with clothing and a Toshiba cassette tape player. Inside the electronics was a pound of semtex and a timer. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the Scottish countryside, killing everyone aboard, 11 people on the ground, and scattering debris for miles around the countryside...
2019-04-141h 00
The Dog News ShowTyson and dog lawThe Dog News Show brings an alarming special report of a dog set on fire by police when being seized from his home. The #tysonslaw campaign by Rockys Army seeks to stop this ever happening again.
Tyson was seized by police from his home with only the minor daughter present. Tyson became agitated, was put in the garden, got back in and police used an electric shield on him after spraying him with "biteback" deterrent. The spark ignited the dog's head and ear and chaos ensued as water was thrown at the flames and police tried to...
2019-03-1900 min
Just a GPPost Traumatic Growth With Dr Genevieve YatesCharlotte, Bek and Ashlea talk with Dr Genevieve Yates about her story of loss, how this affected her work as a GP and what strategies she found useful for herself as well as tips for others when dealing with people experiencing grief.
You can find Genevieve's work here: https://genevieveyates.com/
A book she recommended here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/man-s-search-for-meaning-frankl-viktor-e/prod9781846041242.html?source=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxeilkaeo3gIVlRaPCh1grwzkEAQYASABEgL4zvD_BwE
Resources:
Smokerlyzer - https://www.bedfont.com/shop/smokerlyzer/pico
Medical Mums and Mums to be Facebook about - http://vigeo.health.qld.gov.au/services/medical-mums-and-mums-be-mmamtb-facebook-page
Bite...
2018-10-2853 min
Why We ArgueBrexit, Trump, & Democracy with Thom BrooksThom Brooks is Dean of Durham Law School, Professor of Law and Government, and Associate in the Department of Philosophy in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. His academic work focuses on issues in Ethics, Criminal Law, and Public Policy. But he is widely known as an outspoken critic of the UK Citizenship Test. His most recent book is Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined (Biteback Publishing 2016).The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project.
2017-07-1338 min
MidweekTom Mangold, Nick Yarris, Catie Munnings, Vanessa Toulmin.Television reporter and writer Tom Mangold; death row survivor Nick Yarris; rally car driver Catie Munnings and Professor Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive join Libby Purves.Catie Munnings is an 18-year-old rally car driver. She won the FIA European Rally Championships Ladies' trophy 2016 after only her first season in the sport. At 13 she could execute a perfect handbrake turn and then followed her father Chris, a former rally driver who ran the London Rally School at Brands Hatch, into the sport. When she isn't training in the gym or on the track, Catie has been...
2016-12-0741 min
American History Too!Episode 31 - Gang of Weirdos: The Roots of CIA Covert Operations
World War II is over, the Cold War is just beginning, and the United States is set on winning hearts and minds - and foreign elections - by any means necessary. On episode 31 of American History Too! we travel back to the mid-1940s and tell the story behind the creation of the CIA's covert operations programme. From tales of Jesus to a disaster in Bogota, the programme's birth was an interesting one to say the least.
Thanks again for listening and we'll be back next month to discuss the experience of American and British soldiers during Wor...
2016-11-2657 minMidweekNicholas Parsons, Jacqueline Wilson, Ken Hom, Scott GibsonBroadcaster Nicholas Parsons; chef and writer Ken Hom; author Jacqueline Wilson and comic Scott Gibson join Libby PurvesComedian Scott Gibson swapped his job in a call centre for the stand-up stage after surviving a brain aneurysm at the age of 24. Winner of the best newcomer award at the lastminute.com Comedy Awards in 2016, his show Life After Death explores his illness and recovery. Scott Gibson is appearing at the Fringe Comedy Awards Shows at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.Nicholas Parsons OBE is a broadcaster who has chaired BBC Radio 4's comedy panel...
2016-10-0541 minMacBitesMacBites - Episode 0106In this episode, an alarmingly early start, fried liver and a very drab Blab gab
BackBites
Minster’s Safe Listening
Graham’s Beef Burgers!
BetterTouchTool
ChatBites
What Apple Should Tell You When You Lose Your iPhone
A Very Drab Blab
Blab is Dead … Long Live Blab
Learning from Apple’s Failures
Norman Collier’s Microphone
Norman Collier’s Broken Microphone
Focus
CloudMounter
FUSE Knowledge Base Article
ExpanDrive
Panic’s Transmit Disk
Box WebDAV Support
App Review
Dropshare
Dropshare for iOS
CloudApp
CloudApp for iOS
Droplr
Droplr for iOS
Dropshare Activations
StackSocial Droplr Deal
MI...
2016-08-161h 21MacBitesMacBites - Episode 0105In this episode, mismatched orifices, entertaining eateries and tears before bedtime
BackBites
Dropbox Productivity Updates
ChatBites
Evernote’s Current Pricing
Phil Libin Interview 2014
Evernote 2015 Price Increases
Exporting Evernote Notes to an ENEX File
Exporting Evernote Notes with Attachments
Microsoft OneNote Importer
DropCopy
DropCopy Pro
Dropzone 3
Dropzone 3 - Mac App Store
Bartender
Alfred
BusyCal for iOS
BusyCal for Mac
iPad Pro Advert - What’s a Computer
Elaine’s Tweet to Staples 1
Elaine’s Tweet to Staples 2
Staples Reply 1
Elaine’s Reply 1
Staple’s Reply 2
App Review: Microsoft Flow
Microsoft Flow Website
Microsoft Flow on iOS
IFTTT...
2016-08-031h 40MidweekSir Roger Bannister, Prof Kevin Warwick, Rachael Stirling, Diana DarkeLibby Purves meets former athlete Sir Roger Bannister; professor of cybernetics Kevin Warwick; actor Rachael Stirling and writer Diana Darke.Kevin Warwick is a professor of cybernetics and deputy vice-chancellor for research at the University of Coventry. Since 1998 he has been implanting computer chips into his body, some directly communicating with his nervous system. He was dubbed the world's first cyborg when he had a silicon chip implanted in his arm and is currently attempting to get ethical approval to have a chip implanted into his brain.Sir Roger Bannister CBE is a former Olympic...
2014-04-1641 minMidweekLilla Rowcliffe, Philip Mould, Peter Hain, Susie BoytLibby Purves meets Peter Hain MP; art dealer Philip Mould; author Susie Boyt and fly fisherwoman Lilla Rowcliffe.Philip Mould is a gallery owner, international art dealer and writer who has been dealing in antiques from an early age. He started by collecting and selling 18th Century shoe buckles as a boy and moved on to deal in artwork worth tens of thousands of pounds. He co-presents BBC1's Fake or Fortune with Fiona Bruce and is a regular expert on the Antiques Roadshow.Lilla Rowcliffe is a fly fisher. Now in her eighties, she...
2014-01-1542 minMidweekCourtney Pine, Rula Lenska, Andrew Davidson, Amrik SinghLibby Purves meets journalist Andrew Davidson; jazz musician Courtney Pine; actor Rula Lenska and Sikh chaplain Amrik Singh.Andrew Davidson's grandfather Fred was a doctor who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. Posted to the Western Front with the 1st Battalion Cameronians, he packed his folding camera alongside his medical equipment and began to secretly document life in the trenches. Andrew's book, Fred's War, gives a rare insight into life on the front line during the early stages of the Great War. Fred Davidson was one of the first medics to...
2013-11-0642 minMidweek05/10/2011This week Libby Purves is joined by Peter Brookes, Alexandra Fuller, Albie Sachs and Niamh Cusack.Peter Brookes is the political cartoonist for The Times newspaper and the current British Cartoonist of the Year. His book, 'Hard Times' is his latest collection of outrageous sketches of contemporary and political life. 'Hard Times' is published by Biteback Publishing.Alexandra Fuller is a writer. Her new book 'Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness' is an exploration of her family; at its heart is the story of her mother, Nicola. Born on the Isle of Skye and...
2011-10-0541 min