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There Are No Girls on the InternetSignalGate Jeopardized Her Husband's Life - Her Viral Response Struck a ChordWhen news broke that Trump’s senior military leadership had used an unsecured group chat to share sensitive information, the consequences were more than political—they were personal. For Kendall Brown, content creator, digital strategist, and a military spouse, the scandal known as SignalGate hit home: her husband’s life was directly endangered by the breach in protocol. Outraged, Kendall recorded a video of herself calling her senator’s office and demanding accountability. The clip went viral, drawing major media attention—and a wave of backlash. But while the threats and hate came in fast, Kendall, known for her sh...2025-05-2159 min
ProfileLiz KendallWork and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has one the toughest tasks in Labour’s domestic programme: tackling the burgeoning welfare bill.Next week, the government is expected to announce reforms to the welfare system. There is unease over the plans within the party, with some Labour MPs saying they fear drastic cuts could push vulnerable people into poverty. The move could split the party and put Liz Kendall in a difficult position. A grammar school girl, Kendall went on to study history at Cambridge, where she liked to revise while sunbathing and listening to Wham. Sh...2025-03-1514 min
What a Great Punk[Unlocked] Episode 385: Bridget Discovers Oliver Has Been Tickling Her Feet While She Sleeps Which Is Why She's Been Pissing The BedWe're unlocking a recent bonus episode this week because our memory card corrupted and we lost the killer pod we did with Our Calrson on the weekend. We'll try to get him back ASAP! In the meantime, on this unlocked recent episode we dive into the origins of Things of Stone and Wood (best known for their hit song, Happy Birthday Helen), reflect on the brilliant and iconic Fungible Token music video, and use Chat GPT to help write some new scenes for Bridget Jones’s Diary, in which her new love interest won’t stop tickling her feet whil...2024-07-1553 minWhat a Great PunkEpisode 385: Bridget Discovers Oliver Has Been Tickling Her Feet While She Sleeps Which Is Why She's Been Pissing The Bed [Patreon Preview]On this week’s bonus episode we dive into the origins of Things of Stone and Wood (best known for their hit song, Happy Birthday Helen), reflect on the brilliant and iconic Fungible Token music video, and use Chat GPT to help write some new scenes for Bridget Jones’s Diary, in which her new love interest won’t stop tickling her feet while she’s asleep. To listen and watch the full episode and support the pod, head over to our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunkSign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each...2024-07-0913 min
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Title: Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethes
Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Jack Farthing, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Joel Maccormack, Ronald Pickup, Full Cast, David Suchet, Melvyn Bragg, Frances Jeater, Simon Callow, Anton Lesser
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Title: Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethes
Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Jack Farthing, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Joel Maccormack, Ronald Pickup, Full Cast, David Suchet, Melvyn Bragg, Frances Jeater, Simon Callow, Anton Lesser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
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Title: Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethes
Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Jack Farthing, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Joel Maccormack, Ronald Pickup, Full Cast, David Suchet, Melvyn Bragg, Frances Jeater, Simon Callow, Anton Lesser
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Title: Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethes
Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Jack Farthing, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Joel Maccormack, Ronald Pickup, Full Cast, David Suchet, Melvyn Bragg, Frances Jeater, Simon Callow, Anton Lesser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
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Title: Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethes
Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Jack Farthing, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Joel Maccormack, Ronald Pickup, Full Cast, David Suchet, Melvyn Bragg, Frances Jeater, Simon Callow, Anton Lesser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 5 minutes
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Freya's Fairy TalesBridget Van der Eyk, 10 Dates, and Hans Christian Andersen Part 2Today is part two of two where we are talking to Bridget Van der Eyk about her novels. After today you will have heard about starting to write just little bits and pieces, taking over a decade to finish your first novel, having people hype up the book before it released, taking inspiration for your characters from friends in real life, stepping out of your bubble to promote your book, accepting criticism even though you’re terrified, getting help to make sure your locations are accurate, and hiring out the things you need help with.Get 10 Dates...2023-08-2838 minFreya's Fairy TalesBridget Van der Eyk, 10 Dates, and Hans Christian AndersenToday is part one of two where we are talking to Bridget Van der Eyk about her novels. Over the next 2 weeks you will hear about starting to write just little bits and pieces, taking over a decade to finish your first novel, having people hype up the book before it released, taking inspiration for your characters from friends in real life, stepping out of your bubble to promote your book, accepting criticism even though you’re terrified, getting help to make sure your locations are accurate, and hiring out the things you need help with.Get 10 Da...2023-08-2138 min
Money Feels9: Misogyny in MoneyWe're your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast, where we talk through our money trauma and create a better understanding of building a healthy relationship with finance.In today's episode, we discuss the following:Internalized misogynyWealthy women + empathetic joyMale-dominated industriesWomen’s experience with moneyOur comment sections'Fighting the patriarchy'Book recommendations:Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PerezHood Feminism by Mikki KendallWhite Feminism by Koa BeckFollow us on Instagram @mixedupmoney, @bridgiecasey and @moneyfeelspodcast, and we’ll see you next time! 2022-12-1553 min
The ForumMaking scents: The story of perfumeThroughout history, fragrance has been used to scent both the body and our surroundings. With just one drop, perfume has the potential to stir memories, awaken the senses and even influence how we feel about ourselves. But what’s the story behind this liquid luxury in a bottle, now found on the shelves of bathrooms and department stores worldwide?In this programme, Bridget Kendall and guests explore the modern history of perfume, including its flowering in France and the explosive chemical discoveries that helped to make fine fragrance what it is today. They also explore perfume’s anci...2022-08-0439 min
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Got Your Six - Lads' Advice Encounters, With Gav Topley & FriendsEpisode 9 - Russia Expert Bridget KendallWelcome back to #GotYourSix - Lads’ Advice Encounters, with Gav Topley and Friends. In this episode we're joined by Bridget Kendall. Bridget interviewed many world leaders whilst working as a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, including, on two occasions Vladimir Putin. She is the first female Master of Peterhouse, the oldest college within the University of Cambridge. Join Gav as he finds out more about Bridget’s BBC and academic career, her unique insight into how Putin may be thinking around the Russian invasion of Ukraine, how we can help, and her hopes for the future2022-03-131h 03The ForumLaskarina Bouboulina, the mother of modern GreeceThe 1821 Greek war for independence from the Ottoman empire became an inspiration for people all over Europe who wanted to dismantle the old multi-ethnic empires. But it is less well known that a number of women played key roles in the uprising. In this programme, Bridget Kendall and guests focus on Laskarina Bouboulina, perhaps the best known of Greek women freedom fighters. For the last two centuries, Bouboulina's deeds as as a brave sea captain and a generous financier of the uprising have enthralled people in Greece and elsewhere but how many of these stories are based in fact...2021-11-2539 min
Atypical TruthExpert Friend - Bridget RyanMeet Bridget Ryan, Erica's gal-pal, expert-friend, and touted sounding-board. They are both lovers of snail mail, handmade tokens of love, evenings spent outside with the company of quality conversations, and moody music. They differ in many ways which has made for a friendship that inspires growth from each other. They seek each other's knowledge and insight, and invite one another in without judgement.Bridget (@bridget.grows) has transformed her gorgeous property into a garden oasis where she has tediously been working the land through the practice of natural farming methods. She is always outside, tending her plants...2021-07-2747 minThe ForumRain or shine? A short history of the weather forecastHow did we get from not having any reliable way of predicting the weather just 150 years ago, to today's accurate, tailor-made forecasts for places as small as a village? Bridget Kendall and guests trace the history of meteorology, from its first steps as an aid to quicker trans-Atlantic shipping to the latest methods which can help anticipate weather events as short-lived as a tornado.Bridget is joined by Kristine Harper, a former US Navy forecaster and now a history professor at Florida State University; Peter Gibbs who started out as a meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey...2021-07-1539 minThe ForumFamous hats in historyThere have been so many, probably hundreds, different styles and types of hat in history that a question inevitably arises: why? Why did something that began as a simple protection against inclement weather take on such varied forms and social meanings? Bridget Kendall and guests explore not just how hats were made, and by whom, but also how their function has evolved over centuries and across cultures. By focusing on just five distinct hat types, they sketch out a brief social history of headwear. Bridget is joined by Dr. Drake Stutesman, an adjunct professor at New York...2020-12-3139 minThe ForumQueen Tamar: The myth of a perfect rulerQueen Tamar was one of Georgia’s most iconic and colourful rulers, a powerful medieval sovereign who controlled large parts of the Caucasus and the eastern side of the Black Sea and forged strong cultural links with both the Byzantine West and the Persian South. Her influence extended beyond the battlefield: she presided over the last phase of the Georgian ‘Golden Age’ which saw the building of classic Georgian churches and a flowering of the Arts that produced one of Georgia’s most important poets.
So who was Queen Tamar? How did she rise to power and outmanoeuvre her enemies...2020-09-1739 minThe ForumWho were the Huguenots?The Huguenots gave the word 'refugee' to the English language - they were French protestants escaping religious persecution, who fled from France to neighbouring states between the 16th and 18th centuries. Despite their early experience of violence and religious upheaval, they are widely celebrated for their contribution as migrants, famously as silk weavers and silversmiths, traders and teachers.Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the Huguenots and their global legacy are three experts: Owen Stanwood is Associate Professor of History at Boston College in the United States and is the author of 'The Global Refuge: Huguenots in an...2020-09-1040 minThe ForumSmallpox: The defeat of the speckled monsterAs scientists around the world look for ways to combat COVID-19, the only human disease ever to be eradicated by vaccination could provide us with some insights.Since 1979 the world has been free from smallpox. But before the WHO’s concerted effort to eradicate the disease, it claimed millions of victims every year. It’s estimated that 300 million people died from it in the 20th century alone, and those who survived were often left with disfiguring scars or sometimes blind. Such was its destructive power, some commentators have argued that smallpox changed the course of huma...2020-09-0340 minThe ForumTolstoy: War and Peace'War and Peace' by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy charts the story of Russia during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, covering the pandemonium and brutality of the battlefield, as well as the equally intense dramas and loves of several families. It is a monumental novel, tracking the fortunes of dozens of brilliantly drawn individuals, with a cast of more than six hundred characters, both historical and fictional. So why is 'War and Peace' still such a compelling masterpiece, and why did Tolstoy later disown it?Joining Bridget Kendall are Dr Galina Alexeeva, head of...2020-07-2340 minThe ForumChaucer, father of English poetryGeoffrey Chaucer has been called the father of English poetry and the greatest poet in English before Shakespeare. He is best known for The Canterbury Tales, stories told by a band of pilgrims on their way from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral two centuries before. Chaucer’s was an age of plague, war and revolt and his pilgrims bring insight into the life and values of those tumultuous times, from the bawdy Miller and the earthy Wife of Bath to the corrupt Pardoner and the Knight whose chivalry was increasingly out of...2020-07-1639 minThe ForumValkyries: Fierce women of warIn Norse mythology, Valkyries were women who went out into battles to choose the slain warriors who deserved to be in Valhalla, Odin’s place in Asgard, to carry on fighting in preparation for the final apocalyptic confrontation of Ragnarok, between gods and giants. Fighters would see the Valkyries flying through the air or riding on horses, with shields and helmets, some saving the lives and ships of those they favoured, some causing death to those they disliked. These stories of Valkyries and Valhalla offer insights into the lives and values of the people who told them, with the po...2020-07-0239 minThe ForumSilk routes: 2000 years of tradingChina, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Uzbekistan and India: if you went to any of these places a thousand years ago, you would find goods and produce from the others. But how did they get there and why? This week’s Forum explores the ancient pattern of trading networks which criss-crossed the plains, deserts and mountains of China, Central Asia and points further West, and which encouraged not just the exchange of commodities such as silk, paper and horses but ideas and people too.
Bridget Kendall talks to Valerie Hansen, professor of history at Yale University who has a particular interest in...2020-06-2539 minThe ForumBertha von Suttner: A champion of peaceBertha von Suttner’s path to becoming a leading 19th-century pacifist and the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was far from straightforward. The product of the aristocratic and militaristic world of 19th century Bohemia, as a young woman von Suttner eloped to the Caucasus and turned her hand to writing for a living. On her return to Europe she published an acclaimed anti-war novel, Lay Down Your Arms, a work that marked the start of her quest for disarmament. Her long friendship with Alfred Nobel finally bore fruit in the Swedish industrialist’s last will which incl...2020-06-1839 minThe ForumJoan of Arc: Making a martyrBorn more than six hundred years ago, Joan of Arc is regarded as a French national heroine – a peasant girl who, inspired by saintly visions, battled to break the Siege of Orléans and see Charles VII finally crowned King of France in a grand cathedral. But in 1431, she was burned at the stake.Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the life and death of this medieval teenage celebrity who helped to shape the course of the Hundred Years War with England. They also reflect on her status as an enduring symbol in popular culture through the ages, inc...2020-06-1139 minThe ForumBabylon, city of wondersWith its Hanging Gardens and huge walls, Babylon was celebrated as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world; to the Israelites enslaved there under Nebuchadnezzar, it was a lasting emblem of oppression and depravity, where they wept as they remembered Zion. It is only in the last two hundred years that Babylon's fuller history has been unearthed, both the remains of its buildings and a huge number of clay tablets covered in writing, revealing a complex world that created epic stories, powerful people and an understanding of science and the stars, and it was their 60 based numbering...2020-06-0439 minThe ForumAesop and the FablesAesop, with his tales of tortoises and hares, foxes and grapes, and wolves in sheep's clothing has been a part of world literature for over two thousand years. Since the time of the Ancient Greeks successive generations have drawn moral lessons from his fables, and over history his animals' exploits have been used to support differing ideals. Malcolm X was a fan, as was Imperial Britain, the Nazis had their version and the Trade Union movement published the fables too. There are over 700 fables, and they are supposedly written by a black slave far clever than his philosopher master. 2020-05-2839 minThe ForumGoethe: The story of colourThe German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe considered his monumental book known in English as The Theory of Colours to be his greatest achievement. The book is a record of hundreds of Goethe’s observations about the way colour affects our mood, as well as a long and heated polemic with Isaac Newton’s colour theory. Goethe’s understanding of light and colour was scientifically flawed yet his book had a surprisingly strong influence on the fine and applied arts. To find out why, Bridget Kendall talks to art historian Alexandra Loske, colour writer Victoria Finlay and designer Odette Steele...2020-05-2139 minThe ForumThe California Gold RushFrom 1849, hundreds of thousands of prospectors from across the USA headed for California in the hope of finding gold. Some made great fortunes, and there was a new Californian dream for these 49ers, willing to risk everything and, if they failed, to try again. California was to become the engine house of the US economy, while expanding so rapidly that it unbalanced the free and slave-owning states and hastened the USA towards civil war. Yet the new arrivals also drove out competing miners from around the Pacific who had reached the goldfields first, and destroyed the lives of Native...2020-05-1439 minThe ForumThe 1918 Spanish Flu: The mother of all pandemicsA century ago a deadly flu virus swept the planet, uniting the world in a disaster on a par with World War One. Over 50 million people died. Social distancing was put in place but drugs were ineffective, there was no vaccine, and in many places medicine could not cope. The world recovered but was never the same again. What can the last great pandemic teach us about how to combat Covid-19 today? Three world experts join Bridget Kendall: Laura Spinney, science journalist and author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed...2020-04-3039 min
Wellbeing RadioDrive Home with Bridget Ep7Drive Home with Bridget Episode 7LET’S TALK TO SIMON NEWTONThis week on Drive Home With Bridget, Bridget talks with the very inspiring Simon Newton! The very entertaining conversation covers all sorts including how Simon manages to make split-second (and potentially life and death decisions) to how he keeps motivated along with a simple and genius way of looking at decision-making processes. This is definitely worth listening to!Simon is an actor, entrepreneur, men’s fitness & fashion ambassador and a bodyguard for royal families and celebrities like Michael Jackson, Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner. Simon’s earl...2020-04-1438 minThe ForumNatsume Soseki: Japan’s great novelistNatsume Soseki is one of the greatest writers in the history of Japan. The backdrop to his work is the disorientation and social anxiety of the early 20th Century as Japan undertook rapid modernization after centuries of being closed to the world. Soseki has had a huge influence on generations of Japanese authors and has obsessed some international artists. His work is taught to generations of school children in Japan and greatly admired by scholars but remains obscure to much of the rest of the world. Why?
Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the life and work of Japanese writer...2020-04-0939 minThe ForumIn search of the good life: Epicurus and his philosophyThe popular view of an Epicurean is that of somebody who focuses on pleasure as our guiding principle, indulging in the finer things of life to achieve happiness. And yet what the Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus understood by pleasure was far more nuanced. In fact, Epicurus and his followers advocated a simple lifestyle, withdrawn from society, where we are content with little.
What is perhaps less known is how Epicurean writings on physics foreshadowed some of the most significant developments in early modern science – including Darwin’s theory of evolution and even Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Joining Bridget Kendall is Cat...2020-04-0239 minThe ForumArtemisia Gentileschi: The painter who took on the menOne of the most celebrated female painters of the 17th century, Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the Academy of the Arts of Drawing in Florence. Through her talent and determination - and despite massive obstacles - she forged a 40-year career, and was collected by the likes of Charles I of England and Philip IV of Spain. But after her death, it wasn’t until the 20th century that people began to reinterpret her work in the light of her remarkable life story, including the well-documented fact that she was raped at the ag...2020-03-2639 minThe ForumGuide dogs for the blind: A historyWe are now familiar with dogs helping people with sight loss but where did the idea come from? And how have the ways of selecting, training and using guide dogs changed over time? Bridget Kendall explores the history of guide dogs with Pieter van Niekerk, Head of Public Relations for the South African Guide-Dogs Association and with Karin Floesser, one of the guide dog leaders of the German Federation for the Blind and Partially Sighted. Bridget is also joined by journalist and educator Miriam Ascarelli, biographer of Dorothy Harrison Eustis, the philanthropist who in the 1920s co-founded...2020-03-1939 minThe ForumHaile Selassie: the last emperor of EthiopiaEmperor Haile Selassie was the last in the line of Ethiopia’s ancient
monarchy. During his long rule he was revered as an international
statesman and reformer, demonised as a dictator, and even
worshipped as a God incarnate by the Rastafarians of Jamaica.
He was without doubt a controversial figure, but achieved a status in the global arena previously unheard of for an African ruler.Bridget Kendall discusses Haile Selassie’s life and legacy with Prince
Asfa-Wossen Asserate, political analyst and author of ‘King of Kings:
The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia’,
who is a...2020-03-0539 minThe ForumEmilie du Chatelet: a free-spirited physicistEmilie du Chatelet was esteemed in 18th-century France as a brilliant physicist, mathematician, thinker and linguist whose pioneering ideas and formidable translations were known all across Europe. And yet, after her death in childbirth in her mid-40s she was nearly forgotten, and if she was remembered at all, then as a companion and collaborator of the famous writer Voltaire. Du Chatelet’s insights into kinetic energy foreshadowed Einstein’s famous equation and her suggestions for experiments with the different colours of light would only be carried out half-a-century after she’d written about them. Plus she was a...2020-02-2739 minThe ForumMan v mosquitoMosquitos are a fast-adapting, elusive enemy which humans have been trying to combat for thousands of years. As vectors of dangerous diseases, these tiny insects have killed more people in human history than any other animal. So what impact has the mosquito had on our lives? How have humans tried to halt its spread? And who is winning the battle?Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the history of man and the mosquito are Dr. Erica McAlister, Senior Curator of Diptera - Flies - at the Natural History Museum in London; Dr. Timothy Winegard, historian and author of...2020-02-2039 minThe ForumThe magic of bronzeFrom Cellini's magnificent Perseus statue to the humblest of tools, people have been using bronze for at least five thousand years. So what makes bronze such a versatile material, how did we first discover it and why have so many precious bronze art works failed to survive? Bridget Kendall is joined by Carol Mattusch, Professor Emerita of Art History at George Mason University; Professor Jianjun Mei, from the University of Science and Technology, Beijing and Director of the Needham Institute in Cambridge who specialises in ancient metallurgy; and David Ekserdjian, Professor of Art and Film History at...2020-02-1339 minThe ForumLi Bai: The revered Chinese poetA nomadic wanderer and free-spirited romantic, Li Bai 李白, also known as Li Po, lived some 1300 years ago and yet his poems are still cherished for their wild imagination and effortless artistry. There are many colourful stories about his life but how much can we really know about someone who not only lived so long ago but was also very good at projecting an image of himself as a rebel? And how much of Li Bai's intricate, allusion-rich poetry can be translated successfully into other languages? These are some of the issues that Bridget Kendall discusses with Li Bai scholars Paul...2020-02-0641 minThe ForumNefertiti: The beguiling Egyptian QueenA mysterious Egyptian Queen who lived more than 3,000 years ago, Nefertiti still dazzles the modern imagination. Once the wife of a Pharaoh, she might have faded into obscurity, but for the 1912 discovery of an extraordinary bust of her wearing a distinctive flat-topped crown, which captured her very modern beauty and made her into a global celebrity.Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the story of Queen Nefertiti are Tarek Tawfik, Associate Professor of Egyptology at Cairo University and former Director General of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project; Christian Loeben, curator of the Egyptian and Islamic Collections at the...2020-01-3038 minThe ForumA history of the restaurantThe practice of having your food prepared by strangers in a public place goes back millennia but what makes a restaurant different from the many other dining options is that you can choose from a list of dishes, you can eat at a time of your rather than the cook’s choosing and are usually served by a professional waiter in pleasant surroundings. There were fully-fledged restaurants in 12th-century China catering to a wide range of tastes and budgets. Six centuries later, the first European restaurants in Paris advertised themselves as places that offered good health, rather than just go...2019-12-2639 minThe ForumEleanor Roosevelt: Redefining the First LadyA First Lady who broke the mould: Eleanor Roosevelt was not just a hostess at her husband’s side, but a spokeswoman for the disadvantaged, a journalist, and an early civil rights campaigner, who placed herself at the heart of American politics, acting as a prominent adviser and representative for her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, the longest-serving president of the United States. But she was also in office in ‘no ordinary time’ as she put it – a period which encompassed the challenges of the Great Depression and World War Two. So who was Eleanor Roosevelt? What shaped her? How transformative was she...2019-12-1940 minThe ForumCyrano de Bergerac: Big-nosed heroAlthough the name conjures up the image of a swashbuckling poet with an enormous nose, little is known about the life of the maverick 17th-century writer and philosopher Cyrano de Bergerac. Born four centuries ago, he left behind a play, love letters and a handful of strange travelogues that imagine a journey to the moon.The sketchy details of his past were a blank canvas for the late 19th-century French playwright Edmond Rostand, who mythologised aspects of Cyrano’s life for his own ends. Immortalising Cyrano on stage, Rostand created a character whose heroism and generosity have re...2019-12-0539 minThe ForumThe Scythians: Masters of the steppeThey were the ancient horse lords of the Eurasian steppe, nomadic warriors whose influence extended over thousands of kilometres from Mongolia to the Ukraine. The spectacular gold jewellery and mummified remains preserved in their ancient burial mounds, some the size of a football pitch, tell us they loved colour and precious metal. But what else do we know about the enigmatic Scythians? They left us no written records so we have to rely on testimonies of their neighbours and new archaeological and genetic techniques. One thing seems sure, they knew how to party. Not only do Greek sources repeatedly...2019-11-2839 minThe ForumThe Russian civil war: How the Soviets rose to powerThe Russian Civil war was a struggle for power at every level – from the villages to the imperial centre, with more than 11 foreign powers involved as well as nationalists, from Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states, fighting for independence. This conflict, which took place a hundred years ago, between a small group of revolutionaries known as the Bolsheviks and their enemies was one of the most brutal and tragic periods in Russian history, but it was also to shape the new Soviet state that was founded in 1922, and still characterises Russia today. But why did events of th...2019-11-2139 minThe ForumRudolf Nureyev: Superstar Russian dancerFrom the moment the seven-year-old Rudolf Nureyev saw a ballet on stage in his local theatre, he lived and breathed dance. That overwhelming desire to be on stage carried him throughout his life – from his student days in Leningrad to his defection to the West in a blaze of publicity, from theatres around the world to his final curtain in 1992 when his gaunt body was ravaged by Aids. He made good on his promise: “the main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.”In a...2019-11-0739 minThe ForumManuela Sáenz: South America’s revolutionary heroineManuela Sáenz was an Ecuadorian revolutionary who for many years was most famous for her role as the lover of Simón Bolívar - the Venezuelan military leader who secured independence from Spain for a number of countries in South America between 1819-1830. Sáenz left her British husband for Bolívar, or 'The Liberator' as he was known, and famously saved the leader from an assassination attempt, earning her the name 'Libertadora'. But Sáenz was a political force in her own right, receiving various honours for her work for the revolutionary cause. She continued her involv...2019-10-1039 min
Cold War ConversationsBridget Kendall - BBC Moscow Correspondent 1989 - 1995 (79)Today we have James taking the helm again with a fascinating chat with Bridget Kendall, the BBC's Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995 when she was witness to the power struggles in the Soviet Communist party as Mikhail Gorbachev tried to introduce reform.However…before we start I have to thank our fans who are helping the podcast financially.So how do you join this select band? Well sign up to Patreon for the price of a couple of coffees a month you help to cover the show’s increasing costs and keep us on the air, plus...2019-09-071h 21The ForumChess: a chequered historyIt’s been called the 'gymnasium of the mind', both mental exercise and a way to build self-esteem. Born some 1,500 years ago, the game of chess was one of the world’s first strategy board games, though little is still known about its origins. Was it first conceived to teach Indian army generals? Or devised to turn a tyrannical King into a virtuous ruler? Or was it a meditative diversion for Japanese monks? It’s easy to forget that the modern game of chess is only 500 years old – and that other ancient forms of Chess, like Xiangqi in China and Shog...2019-04-1140 min
LSE PodcastsLSE Festival 2019 | Putin's Russia and its Challenge to the Postwar Liberal Order [Audio]Speaker(s): Bridget Kendall | Former BBC Correspondent, Bridget Kendall was appointed the first female Master of Peterhouse, the University of Cambridge's oldest College, in 2016. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, she joined the BBC World Service in 1983 and became the BBC's Moscow correspondent in 1989, covering the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as Boris Yeltsin's rise to power. She was then appointed Washington Correspondent before moving to the senior role of BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, reporting on major conflicts such as those in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Ukraine. Her interviews with global leaders include Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail...2019-03-011h 06The ForumThe talking drums of West AfricaThe Talking Drum is one of the most sacred instruments of West Africa. Shaped like an hourglass, the drum has a unique melodic sound which means it can imitate the tones of language and in this way speak words. Along with its spiritual power and healing properties, the talking drum is also a source of history, poetry and proverbs.Bridget Kendall traces the story of the talking drum to the present day with Mohamed Gueye from Senegal, who descends from a hereditary drummer family, Richard Olatunde Baker who specialises in the talking drum of the Yoruba of...2019-02-0740 minThe ForumThe Emergence of Modern Turkey100 years ago, Turkish defeat in World War One signalled the end of the once great Ottoman Empire. What emerged was a European orientated secular republic led by a man who used social engineering to shape Turkey in his own image – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Bridget Kendall examines this key period of Turkish history and asks whether modernisation could have been brought in less forcefully, and why the women who were helping bring about similarly progressive ideas were eventually side-lined. And what impact did Ataturk’s social revolution have on the arts and literature? Joining Bridget is Recep Boztemur, Professor of Hi...2018-12-2040 min
Embrace Your Day With A Breakthrough Full Audiobook.Cold War: Series 1 and 2: Stories from the Big Freeze by Bridget KendallPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346280to listen full audiobooks.
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Bridget Kendall presents an oral history tracing decisive moments of the Cold War. The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries...2018-09-067h 00
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The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations...2018-09-067h 00The ForumThe piano: Hitting the right keysWhat’s the secret to the 300 year-old success of the piano, an instrument that was hardly a huge hit when it was invented around the turn of the 18th century?Perhaps it’s the ability of the instrument to convey a vast range of styles from singing melodies to percussive rhythms, and from classical music to jazz, rock and pop. With the help of musical examples, Bridget Kendall and guests will explore how the piano has inspired music from composers on every continent.Joining Bridget will be the historic keyboard specialist Dr Elena Vorotko from the...2018-06-0239 minThe ForumMaterial World: Making the Modern FactoryBridget Kendall and guests discuss the key components of the global story of the factory, tracing its development from eighteenth century Britain to twenty-first century China and beyond. Exploring how the factory came to shape not just the material world but entire social worlds too, they share their expert knowledge on topics such as the lives of factory workers, the capitalist and communist factory, and the changing face of manufacturing in an age of robots and smart technology.Bridget is joined by Joshua B. Freeman, Martin Krzywdzinski, Alessandra Mezzadri and Nina Rappaport. The sociologist Ching Kwan Lee...2018-05-1239 min
Saturday ReviewMenashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh, Marvelous Mrs MaiselMenashe is a new film set in the Hasidic Jewish community in New York with almost the dialogue in Yiddish. It's a story about a hapless father trying to bond with his son and also conform to religious expectations
Parliament Square is the 2017 Bruntwood Prize winning play at London's Bush Theatre about a woman on a mission
Her Body and Other Parties is a collection of short stories by American author Carmen Maria Machado
The story of the creative minds behind Winnie The Pooh - AA Milne and EH Shepard - are the subject of a new exhibition at...2017-12-0948 min
Birds In A TreeMark - "Husbands Are Fully Capable. You Can Leave The Kids With Us For Days On End, They Will Still Get Bathed, Fed, Go To Bed At A Reasonable Hour"Mark is the other half of the parenting/business/success team of our last guest, Kendall. When Kendall brought Mark the idea of moving back to his rural hometown, it took a minute to believe she was serious. He had a full-time job in the city, they had friends and social obligations, but he had always longed for his daughters to have a connection to his hometown the way he did. There was one small catch - Mark needed to convince his job that it was feasible. He did, and he spent the first six months commuting back to...2017-11-2836 minThe ForumNikola Tesla’s electric dreamsThe extraordinary life and prophetic inventions of the Serbian-American engineer Nikola Tesla. Bridget Kendall and guests discuss not just Tesla's key contributions to the design of modern electrical appliances and systems but also his dream of a worldwide system of free wireless electricity, his ambitious scheme to build huge towers to make it happen and why in 1917 his plans and the first tower at Wardenclyffe near New York City came crashing down.Bridget is joined by Jasmina Vujic, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Berkeley, University of California, and a Vice President of the Tesla Memorial Society of...2017-11-2539 min
Birds In A TreeKendall - "When I Started My Company I Thought 'Well, It'll Work Or It'll Be A Colossal Failure, And That Wouldn't Be The End Of The World'"Kendall is the mother of two girls, and is one of the bravest boss women I know. Before becoming a mother, Kendall decided that instead of working for a company, she wanted to start her own graphic design business. So she took business classes, got mentors, networked, and taught herself how to become an entrepreneur. Ten years later, she and her husband run an incredibly successful graphic design company. Kendall admits that after the birth of her second daughter, she had a lot of mommy guilt about not being able to do it all, and after the sale of th...2017-11-1439 minThe ForumRain or shine? A short history of the weather forecastHow did we get from not having any reliable way of predicting the weather just 150 years ago, to today's accurate, tailor-made forecasts for places as small as a village? Bridget Kendall and guests trace the history of meteorology, from its first steps as an aid to quicker trans-Atlantic shipping to the latest methods which can help anticipate weather events as short-lived as a tornado. Bridget is joined by Kristine Harper, a former US Navy forecaster and now a history professor at Florida State University; Peter Gibbs who started out as a meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey...2017-11-0639 minThe ForumDetroit: Migration Motors & MusicBridget Kendall and guests examine the story of Detroit. Founded in 1701 by a French man named Cadillac, this American city became famous in the twentieth century for its automobile industry, the music of Motown, and the great unrest seen on the city’s streets in the summer of 1967. In this programme, Bridget and guests discuss the city’s changing fortunes and its fascinating history, from the role played by some residents in the ‘Underground Railroad’ of the nineteenth century, to its recent experience of bankruptcy. Bridget is joined by Herb Boyd, Stephen Henderson, Thomas Sugrue and Anna Clark. Also featurin...2017-10-2140 minThe ForumThe rise and fall of Julius CaesarBridget Kendall and guests examine the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, the Roman politician and general, who conquered vast areas of Europe, defied his political peers, and acquired great levels of power, becoming ‘dictator’ in Rome. His behaviour, battling and bold reforms shook the late Roman Republic to its very core.From Caesar’s early steps on the political career ladder in ancient Rome, to his affair with Egypt’s Cleopatra and his assassination by his colleagues, Bridget and guests discuss the action-packed life of this leader and writer whose legacy lives on, more than 2,000 years after hi...2017-09-2539 minThe ForumMaking Scents: The story of perfumeThroughout history, fragrance has been used to scent both the body and our surroundings. With just one drop, perfume has the potential to stir memories, awaken the senses and even influence how we feel about ourselves. But what’s the story behind this liquid luxury in a bottle, now found on the shelves of bathrooms and department stores worldwide?In this programme, Bridget Kendall and guests explore the modern history of perfume, including its flowering in France and the explosive chemical discoveries that helped to make fine fragrance what it is today. They also explore perfume’s anci...2017-08-1439 minThe ForumJoan of Arc: Making a martyrBorn six centuries ago, Joan of Arc is regarded as a French national heroine: a peasant girl who, inspired by saintly visions, battled to break the Siege of Orléans and see Charles VII finally crowned King of France in a grand cathedral. But in 1431, she was burned at the stake.In this programme, Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the life and death of this medieval teenage celebrity who helped to shape the course of the Hundred Years War with England. They also reflect on her status as an enduring symbol in popular culture through the ages, i...2017-07-2438 min
BFBS Radio SitrepSitrep July 6th 2017 SITREP TRAIL THURS, 6th July (KATE PRESENTS TODAY) One year after publishing his report Sir John Chilcot finally speaks out but why did it take so long? Why NATO’s ready for business on the front line. How should the international community respond to North Korea? And, the people's storybook of the Cold War. TOPICS CHILCOT INTERVIEW Former BBC Diplomatic Correspondent and now Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Bridget Kendall and BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee. NATO Brigadier Commander Mike E...2017-07-0730 min
Cambridge MindsCambridge Minds: Bridget KendallTrevor Dann meets the BBC’s former diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall who’s now the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge University’s oldest college. One of the UK’s most distinguished reporters talks about reporting […]2017-03-2628 minCambridge MindsCambridge Minds: Bridget KendallTrevor Dann meets the BBC's former diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall who’s now the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge University’s oldest college. One of the UK’s most distinguished reporters talks about reporting from Moscow, interviewing Putin, fake news, social networks and the future of journalism.2017-03-2628 min
iPM: We Start With Your StoriesTo Russia with loveLearning Russian with Bridget Kendall and the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners. Email ipm@bbc.co.uk. Twitter: @BBCiPM. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair. Produced by Emma Close.2017-03-2416 minBFBS Radio SitrepSitrep 19th January 2017Tomorrow Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States of America. In a special edition of Sitrep, Kate Gerbeau will ask “Should we be frightened?” A panel of experts are going to look at what Trump’s time as President & Commander in Chief of the American Armed Forces could mean for the rest of the world. Will he forge closer ties with Russia? What will he do about NATO? What about Syria? And why is he so against China? Find out the answers to those que...2017-01-1929 minThe ForumUnpicking the UNWhat is the United Nations for, what brought it about, and has it lived up to expectations? As a new Secretary-General takes over, Bridget Kendall and guests give all you need to know about the world’s most ambitious public body. Joining Bridget Kendall are Jussi M. Hanhimäki, professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva; Heidi Tworek, fellow at the Transatlantic Academy and assistant professor of International History at the University of British Columbia; Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo, head of the Education Unit at Unesco’s Southern Africa regional office in Zimbabwe; Lord...2016-11-2139 minThe ForumDNA: The code for making lifeBridget Kendall and guests explore the current understanding of how DNA works, why it needs constant repair in every living organism and how new DNA-altering techniques can help cure some medical conditions. Joining Bridget are Swedish Nobel Laureate and Francis Crick Institute Emeritus Group Leader Tomas Lindahl who pioneered DNA repair studies, medical researcher Niels Geijsen from the Hubrecht Institute who works on curing diseases caused by faulty inherited genes, evolutionary biologist T Ryan Gregory from Guelph University who asks why an onion has 5 times as much DNA as a human, and Oxford University’s bio-archaeologist Greger Larson whose re...2016-11-0745 min
Saturday ClassicsBridget KendallAs Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall prepares to leave the BBC after more than three decades she looks back at her global postings and presents the music that accompanied her through them.From Shostakovich, Gershwin and Shchedrin in Moscow, where she reported on the fall of the Soviet Union, to Bernstein, Villa Lobos and the Appalachian folk music she experienced for the first time whilst Washington Correspondent in the mid-nineties. Plus music from Cambridge, where she grew up and is now returning to as the first female master of Peterhouse College.2016-06-2528 minThe ForumLiving at the Edge: Life in Extreme EnvironmentsBridget Kendall explores extreme living and what it tells us, from human exploration to deep sea fish and synthetic biology. Bridget and her guests explore hot dry deserts and sub-zero polar ice, deep sea vents, salt heavy lakes, acid hot springs and outer space. NASA scientist Lynn Rothschild is a pioneer in the field of astrobiology, interested in probing the limits of life on earth, to better understand where we might find life signs elsewhere in the universe. Oliver Crimmen is the Fish Curator at the Natural History Museum in London. He’s an expert on how some sea cr...2016-04-0640 miniPM: We Start With Your StoriesParting with my prostateA listener's experience of curing his prostate cancer. Bridget Kendall reads Your News.2016-02-0615 min
AnalysisCorrespondents' Look Ahead: 2016Who and what will be making the global headlines in 2016? Owen Bennett-Jones and leading BBC correspondents discuss and give their predictions about what will shape the world in the year ahead and assess its likely impact on the United Kingdom. Owen is joined by Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet who has spent the year reporting from across the globe. North America Editor Jon Sopel looks ahead to next year's US Presidential election. Who does he think will win the race for the White House? Joining them are the BBC's most experienced diplomatic correspondents, James Robbins and Bridget...2016-01-0147 minAnalysisCorrespondents Look AheadMark Mardell forecasts how the world could change in 2015, aided by top BBC journalists Lyse Doucet, Carrie Gracie, Kamal Ahmed and Bridget Kendall.2015-01-0246 min
2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRussia, Ukraine and UsContributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Ben Judah, Olexiy Solohubenko | It was meant to be a moment of glory for Vladimir Putin, basking in the glow from a successful winter Olympics. Instead the world's attention was drawn away from the ski slopes of Sochi and towards the barricades of central Kyiv. The violence on the streets was the latest chapter in the long and unpredictable aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. For the Kremlin, the Ukrainian revolution was a takeover by fascist elements of a nation which lies at the core of Russian history, with Kyiv the...2014-03-071h 382014 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoRussia, Ukraine and UsContributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Ben Judah, Olexiy Solohubenko | It was meant to be a moment of glory for Vladimir Putin, basking in the glow from a successful winter Olympics. Instead the world's attention was drawn away from the ski slopes of Sochi and towards the barricades of central Kyiv. The violence on the streets was the latest chapter in the long and unpredictable aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. For the Kremlin, the Ukrainian revolution was a takeover by fascist elements of a nation which lies at the core of Russian history, with Kyiv the...2014-03-071h 38Spring 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRussia, Ukraine and UsContributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Ben Judah, Olexiy Solohubenko | It was meant to be a moment of glory for Vladimir Putin, basking in the glow from a successful winter Olympics. Instead the world's attention was drawn away from the ski slopes of Sochi and towards the barricades of central Kyiv. The violence on the streets was the latest chapter in the long and unpredictable aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. For the Kremlin, the Ukrainian revolution was a takeover by fascist elements of a nation which lies at the core of Russian history, with Kyiv the...2014-03-071h 38Spring 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoRussia, Ukraine and UsContributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Ben Judah, Olexiy Solohubenko | It was meant to be a moment of glory for Vladimir Putin, basking in the glow from a successful winter Olympics. Instead the world's attention was drawn away from the ski slopes of Sochi and towards the barricades of central Kyiv. The violence on the streets was the latest chapter in the long and unpredictable aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. For the Kremlin, the Ukrainian revolution was a takeover by fascist elements of a nation which lies at the core of Russian history, with Kyiv the...2014-03-071h 38
Front Row: Archive 2013New Le Carré reviewed; The Politician's Husband; In the FogWith Mark Lawson.David Tennant and Emily Watson star in a new three part TV drama, The Politician's Husband. Written by Paula Milne, it centres on the family life, and career prospects of husband and wife MPs. As his fortunes wane, hers rise, with considerable repercussions. Baroness Virginia and Sir Peter Bottomley discuss whether it's a realistic depiction of a power couple.More from the Cultural Exchange project, in which 75 leading creative minds share their passion for a book, film, poem, piece of music or other work of art. Tonight actor Adrian Lester contributes Bob...2013-04-2528 min
One to OneBridget Kendall with Prof Dianna BowlesBridget Kendall has never liked to pigeon hole people and in her series of One to One she talks to those who are known in one particular field but have a second string to their bow, an expertise in a very different field. As a special treat, for today's programme Bridget's out in the Yorkshire Dales near Middlesmoor to meet Prof Dianna Bowles, an eminent plant biochemist who's spent much of her career investigating how biology can benefit society. She's also an enthusiastic owner of an expanding flock of Herdwick sheep and when Foot and Mouth struck in 2001, her...2012-02-1413 minOne to OneBridget Kendall with Alexander McCall SmithBridget Kendall talks to those who are well known in one field but are experts in another. She talks to the prolific author Alexander McCall Smith, best known for The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency who's also an Emeritus Professor of Medical Law . They discuss how his academic interest in the legal and philosophical aspects of responsibility feed into his work as a novelist.
Producer: Lucy Lunt.2012-02-0713 min
Reuters Institute for the Study of JournalismThe Challenges of Reporting Foreign PolicyBridget Kendall, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute Seminar Series.2012-02-0637 min