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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre48. Salem's Lot (Hooper, 1979) New England NosferatuCultists, continuing with the Sinners theme. Another one of the film's often cited influences was Stephen King's Salem's Lot. Adapted as a two part TV movie by Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, this Gothic Horror throwback scarred the Gen X kids that grew up with it on television, and gave us one of the '70s most iconic vampires the Nosferatu-esque Kurt Barlow. Please join us for the dissection. Dissection Topic https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079844/?ref_=ext_shr https://www.amazon.com/Salems-Lot-David-Soul/dp/B01LX8VB2T Unholy Sacrament P...
2025-08-151h 35
The Briefing RoomThe Trump hokey cokey is back - what happens to world trade now?The Trump hokey cokey is back. Tariffs on, tariffs reduced - now they’re heading back up again.
It really got going on April 2nd- President Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” - when he announced a swathe of punitive tariffs on trading partners across the world. The markets tanked and then there was a pause. Countries had 90 days to strike a trade deal - 90 deals in 90 days - we were told. But there weren’t. There were only 2. The deadline was this week but now it’s next month. But in the past few days the White House has been sending...
2025-07-1028 min
The Briefing RoomExplainer: Putin’s motivation for war with UkraineAs the Ukraine war grinds on with little sign of Russian president, Vladimir Putin agreeing to a ceasefire we trace the evolution of his attitude towards Ukraine. David Aaronovitch spoke to Vitaly Shevchenko who is Russia editor for BBC Monitoring and co-presenter of the BBC’s Ukrainecast.This is part of a new mini-series called the The Briefing Room Explainers. They’re short versions of previous episodes of the Briefing Room.Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producer: Caroline Bayley
Editor: Richard Vadon
2025-06-1207 minThe Briefing RoomExplainer: Rare earthsRare earths and critical minerals are precious resources everyone seems to want but what are they and what are they used for? David Aaronovitch speaks to Ellie Saklatvala, head of Nonferrous Metal Pricing at Argus – a provider of market intelligence for the global commodity markets.Guest
Ellie SaklatvalaThis is part of a new mini-series called the The Briefing Room Explainers. They’re short versions of previous episodes of the Briefing Room.Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producer: Caroline Bayley
Editor: Richard Vadon
2025-05-2907 min
Cross Question with Iain DaleDavid Aaronovitch, Lucy Frazer, Oli Dugmore & Emma SinclairJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are broadcaster David Aaronovitch, former Conservative culture secretary Lucy Frazer, journalist Oli Dugmore and entrepreneur Emma Sinclair.
2025-05-2754 minThe Briefing RoomWhat is ransomware and what can be done to stop it?In the past few weeks Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods have all been grappling with the effects of cyber attacks. The most profitable form of cyber attack at the moment is ransomware where criminals infiltrate computer systems, shut them down and then demand a ransom to restore services, or even to stop them publishing data they’ve stolen. This is now a global criminal industry which can affect the running of whole businesses. Marks & Spencer said this week that disruption to its online ordering service would continue throughout June and into July. David Aaronovitch asks his guests how ra...
2025-05-2228 min
Teorias da Conspiração56. A Teoria do Casal Serial Killer: a "Clinton Body Count"Apoia o podcast no Patreon em patreon.com/bruapodcasts
Nos últimos trinta anos, Bill e Hillary Clinton tornaram-se um dos grandes "power couples" da política mundial. Contudo, ainda nos anos 90, quando emergiram pela primeira vez das profundezas do Arkansas e chegaram à Casa Branca, muitos perguntaram-se como podiam ter conquistado tanto poder. Estavam com sorte: uma coligação de milionários, jornalistas, ideólogos e paranóicos dedicou esforços a descobrir a "verdade" sobre os Clinton. O segredo do casal maravilha era simples: sempre que enfrentavam um problema mandavam, assassinar alguém, d...
2025-05-1047 minThe Briefing RoomWhat are rare earths and why does everyone want them?President Trump has signed a minerals deal with Ukraine, which will give the US access to some of Ukraine’s natural resources. The US president also said he’d like to take over Greenland and even Canada. Why? Well one reason may well be the rare earths and critical minerals found there. Critical minerals are vital for almost every industry from the manufacturing of computers to fighter jets. But in recent years the rise of green technologies has been fuelling demand for minerals used to make batteries for electric cars and other renewable infrastructure. One country dominates the minerals mark...
2025-05-0828 minThe Briefing RoomAre India and Pakistan on the brink of war over Kashmir?Tension is high in Indian administered Kashmir following the killing on 22nd April of 26 civilians almost all of whom were Hindu tourists. They were visiting Pahalgam - an area often described as the “Switzerland of India”. Militants opened fire on them and in the days since relations between India and Pakistan, which both claim Kashmir in full but only administer it in part, have deteriorated. India accuses Pakistan of supporting the militants and Islamabad rejects the allegations. This is the latest attack in a decades-long dispute over the region. David Aaronovitch and guests ask what happens next and what sort...
2025-05-0129 min
Politics on the Couch'Post-Pandemic Politics' – Did Covid change everything? Did it change anything? A conversation between Rafael Behr and writer and broadcaster David Aaronovitch, about ripples from the pandemic that still shape politics, with a digression on the ways that Britain is not America and whether that makes 'Maga-populism' less contagious.LinksDavid Aaronovitch's substack - https://davidaaronovitch.substack.comBBC's Briefing Room presented by David Aaronovitch - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002bj77This is a Behr and Berman podcast production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-3055 minThe Briefing RoomCan the UK become an AI superpower?The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer wants the UK to become “one of the great AI superpowers”. Earlier this year the government published a plan to use artificial intelligence in the private and public sectors to boost growth and deliver services more efficiently. Once mainly the preserve of the tech community, AI really entered public awareness with the release of ChatGPT, a so-called “chatbot” founded by the US company OpenAI at the end of 2022. It can write essays, scripts, poems and even write computer code …and millions of people are using it. David Aaronovitch and guests discuss whether the UK could b...
2025-04-2428 minThe Briefing RoomWhat's happening in Turkey?Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Turkey in the past two weeks in protest at the arrest and jailing of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. He’s seen as one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's strongest political rivals and since his arrest he’s been voted as the opposition party’s presidential candidate in the next elections. He’s been accused of corruption, which he strongly denies and his supporters see his detainment as a political move by the Government. David Aaronovitch and guests discuss whether we’re witnessing the end of democracy in Turkey...
2025-04-0328 minThe Briefing RoomWhat is Putin's bottom line?Securing peace in Ukraine is proving harder than President Trump first thought. Separate talks between US officials and Ukrainian and Russian representatives were held in Saudi Arabia a few days ago. But the tentative ceasefire they reached just for shipping in the Black Sea has already hit problems with Moscow demanding certain sanctions are lifted if it’s to comply. And achieving a full ceasefire that Russia will accept still seems as elusive as ever. David Aaronovitch and guests ask what Putin’s bottom line on Ukraine really is? Have his long term aims changed and what might he acce...
2025-03-2728 minThe Briefing RoomIs chainsaw economics working in Argentina?In his election campaign President Milei set out his chainsaw approach to cutting spending and inflation. A year on, how has his presidency turned out? David Aaronovitch and guests explore - why was Argentina’s economy in such a bad state when Milei took office, what new measures has President Milei introduced, and how have things turned out so far?Guests:
Monica de Bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tyler Cowan, Professor of economics at George Mason University
Pablo Castro, Professor of micro and macro economics at Buenos Aires University...
2024-12-1928 min
The StoryWho should keep the Elgin Marbles? [Replay]This week, No 10 confirmed it wouldn’t stand in the way of a deal to return the Elgin Marbles to their original home in Athens. The comments came after a meeting between Keir Starmer and his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Our former host David Aaronovitch spoke to classicist and British Museum trustee Dame Mary Beard about how the Parthenon sculptures ended up in the UK 200 years ago.This episode was first broadcast on 5 December 2022.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: th...
2024-12-0837 minThe Briefing RoomHow do the Lebanon attacks alter the equation in the Middle East?David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the recent events in Lebanon. Israel has been widely blamed for a series of pager and walkie-talkie attacks targeting members of Hezbollah. Does this mark the invention of a new kind of warfare and what might the wider consequences be for the region?Guests:Shashank Joshi, The Economist's defence editor
Professor Lina Khatib, Director of the Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London
Ronen Bergman, Israeli investigative journalist for The New York TimesPresenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Natasha Fernandes and Ben Carter
Sound engineer: Neil Churchill
Editor...
2024-09-2328 min
Roger Bolton's Beeb WatchDavid Aaronovitch broadcaster and journalist on the Jewish Chronicle, The Asserson Report alleging BBC bias and media coverage of the Middle EastJournalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch worked for the BBC in a senior capacity before becoming a columnist for The Times and the presenter of numerous radio programs, including Radio 4’s The Briefing Room. He now publishes longer articles on Substack under Notes from the Underground and contributes to Tortoise Media. In this episode, we discuss the fallout from the Jewish Chronicle scandal, where fabricated articles led David and other prominent writers to resign. We also explore accusations of BBC bias in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war, and the broader challenges facing journalism today. “If you w...
2024-09-1933 minThe Briefing RoomIs Germany in trouble?David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the challenges facing Germany. Worries over the economy and immigration have seen the far right AfD party gain support in the former east Germany.Guests:Guy Chazan, Berlin bureau chief at the Financial Times
Dr Constanze Stelzenmuller, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings Institution
Marcel Fratzscher, President DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research and Professor at Humboldt University Berlin
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at Warwick and Bonn UniversitiesPresenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Caroline Bayley, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter
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2024-09-1228 minCross Question with Iain DaleDavid Aaronovitch, Nimco Ali, Sir Robert Buckland & John NicolsonSimon Marks sits in and is joined on Cross Question by broadcaster David Aaronovitch, political commentator and social activist Nimco Ali, former Conservative MP and justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland and John Nicolson, journalist and former SNP MP.
2024-09-1050 min
The Briefing RoomGlobal Tensions 3: Russia and the WestDavid Aaronovitch and guests discuss the risk of escalation on Russian borders and further afield and explore what form that might take if it were to happen.Guests:Natia Seskuria, founder and executive director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS), a Tbilisi-based think tank
Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute,
Michael Clarke, Professor of Defence studies and Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
Mark Galeotti, writer on Russian security affairs and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence ...
2024-08-2134 minThe Briefing RoomGlobal Tensions 2: China, Taiwan and the South China SeaDavid Aaronovitch and guests discuss China's desire for 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan. Can it really be done peacefully and what happens if it can't?Guests:Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC Asia correspondent based in Taipei
Amanda Hsiao, Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for China
Dr Lauren Dickey, Taiwan analyst at the China Power Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The EconomistPresenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight and Drew Hyndman
Researcher: Ben Morris
Sound engineers: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Richard Vadon
2024-08-1438 minThe Briefing RoomGlobal Tensions 1: The Middle EastIn the first of three programmes, David Aaronovitch explores the risk of escalation and wider conflict in the Middle East. What would all out war look like and how likely is it?Guests:Shashank Joshi, The Economist's defence editor
Professor Lina Khatib, Director of the Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London
Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Security within the International Security department at RUSI.Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight and Drew Hyndman
Sound engineers: Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon
2024-08-0828 minThe Briefing RoomCan planning reform really boost economic growth?David Aaronovitch and guests discuss Labour's plans for planning reform. This week the Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner announced a new National Planning Policy Framework. Will it boost economic growth?Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission
Catriona Riddell is an independent planning consultant and commentator who advises on planning policy
Anthony Breach, Associate Director at Centre for Cities Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Ben Carter and Kirsteen Knight
Sound engineers: Neil Churchill and Rod Farquhar
Editor: Penny Murphy
2024-08-0128 minThe Briefing RoomHealth 3: How far could artificial intelligence transform medicine?Machine learning has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. Bigger, more powerful computers can crunch ever more amounts of data, analysing complex information just as accurately, it’s claimed, as the best specialists and at speeds humans can never achieve. With the potential to make a significant difference to healthcare - helping to diagnose disease, summarise patients’ medical notes, even predict health conditions years before any symptoms appear. But how long before the potential benefits become a reality? And what are the possible pitfalls? Join David Aaronovitch and a panel of guests to find out. Gu...
2024-07-1136 minThe Briefing RoomHealth 2: Why is anxiety and depression increasing in the UK?Surveys suggest that at least one in four of us will suffer from anxiety and depression during our lifetimes. The prevalence of these conditions is one of the reasons given for poor school attendance. And it's estimated that these mental health disorders account for 12.5% of all sickness leave in the UK. So what’s caused such an explosion in mental distress and what, if anything, can be done to bring down the numbers? Join David Aaronovitch and a panel of guests to find out.Guests:
Professor Jennifer Wild, a consultant clinical psychologist and professor of experimental psychology at...
2024-07-1127 minThe Briefing RoomHealth 1: Advances in cancer research and treatmentHalf the UK population will get cancer during their lifetime - and rates are rising. Each year, around 385,000 people in the UK are diagnosed and around 167,00 lives are lost to the disease. But scientists are developing new therapies, including personalised vaccines and targeted drugs, that attack cancer cells directly and more effectively. It's hoped this pioneering work could lead to better survival rates.
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss promising developments in cancer care - to find out how significant they might be. Guests:
Professor Charles Swanton, chief clinician at Cancer Research UK and deputy clinical director at...
2024-07-1136 min
The News MeetingThe News Meeting: India’s election and why pupils in England are facing their worst exam results in decadesDavid Aaronovitch and the Tortoise team debate what should lead the news in front of an audience in the newsroom.They discuss the scale of India’s election, failures to tackle the academic and social legacies of school closures during Covid, and what was happening in Iran on the day it attacked Israel.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comGuests:David Aaronovitch, journalist, broadcaster and host of ‘Eight Year’s Hard Labour’Jess Winch, news editor at TortoiseStephen Armstrong, reporter at TortoiseHost: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Torto...
2024-04-2641 min
AI Article ReadingsLabour's Rochdale debacle - By David AaronovitchAI reading of Labour's Rochdale debacle - By David Aaronovitch. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
2024-02-1413 minThe Briefing RoomAliens: Are we closer to finding intelligent life beyond Earth?Aliens are back on the radar after a US Congressional hearing in the summer that featured former intelligence officer, David Grusch. The US Air Force veteran was once part of a task force created to look into what used to be called UFOs. Mr Grusch gave evidence that caused a sensation in America, claiming that the US military had, for decades, been in possession of crashed UFOs and 'non-human biologics'. His shocking claims were evidence that, whatever their accuracy, both created and reflected a growing and serious debate - from astrophysicists and astrobiologists to policymakers about what...
2023-12-2828 minRoger Bolton's Beeb WatchDavid Aaronovitch broadcaster and journalist on BBC coverage in the Middle East, BBC's role in public service media, cuts and journalism David Aaronovitch, worked for the BBC in a senior capacity before becoming a writer for the Independent and later a columnist on the Times. He's made numerous documentaries and currently presents BBC Radio 4’s The Briefing Room. He publishes longer articles on his substack 'Notes from the Underground' and contributes to Tortoise Media. We discussed the complexities and roots of the current conflict in Israel and Gaza, BBC coverage of the war, the BBC's role in public service media, potential cuts and his departure from the Times and current interests."One of the big problems that I...
2023-12-0743 min
The StoryWho should keep the Elgin Marbles?A diplomatic row has broken out between Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Elgin Marbles. Today, we’re revisiting an episode from last December, when David Aaronovitch spoke to classicist and British Museum trustee Dame Mary Beard about how the Parthenon sculptures ended up in the UK 200 years ago.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests:- Dame Mary Beard, classicist.- David Sanderson, Arts Correspondent, The Times.
2023-12-0237 min
The Prospect PodcastIs Britain run by an out of touch elite?Matthew Goodwin and David Aaronovitch debate whether Britain is run by an out of touch elite. Matthew Goodwin thinks that there's a new elite of radically progressive, morally righteous graduates who are dominating Britain's major institutions and imposing on the British public costly policies of hyper globalization and mass migration. David Aaronovitch thinks this as an absurd conspiracy theory that is only serving as a cover for a far-right political agenda. Who's right? Let’s join the debate with David, Matthew and Jo Coburn, who kindly moderated the event last week. Prospect brings rigorously fact-checked ana...
2023-10-251h 06The Prospect PodcastIs Britain run by an out of touch elite?Matthew Goodwin and David Aaronovitch debate whether Britain is run by an out of touch elite. Matthew Goodwin thinks that there's a new elite of radically progressive, morally righteous graduates who are dominating Britain's major institutions and imposing on the British public costly policies of hyper globalization and mass migration. David Aaronovitch thinks this as an absurd conspiracy theory that is only serving as a cover for a far-right political agenda. Who's right? Let’s join the debate with David, Matthew and Jo Coburn, who kindly moderated the event last week. Prospect brings rigorously fact-checked ana...
2023-10-251h 06Cross Question with Iain DaleEmily Thornberry, Jonathan Gullis, David Aaronovitch & Zoe StrimpelJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch and Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel.
2023-09-1151 minThe Briefing RoomNo concrete plans?Some school buildings in England have been forced to close or do urgent repairs because they’re built with a potentially crumbling material, reinforced autoclave aerated concrete, known as RAAC. Lightweight and cheap, RAAC was widely used during the post-war building boom of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. But it has a limited shelf-life, which experts have been aware of for the last 30 years. And poor maintenance of buildings has added to the risks of sudden and catastrophic collapse.But are schools just the tip of the iceberg? David Aaronovitch asks how widespread is the risk – and what...
2023-09-0728 min
The Prospect PodcastDavid Aaronovitch: The future of ConservatismFor Prospect's brand new cover story—out today—journalist and author David Aaronovitch reports back from the National Conservatism Conference to Prospect editor Alan Rusbridger. They discuss how the conference exposes a dark undercurrent to the modern right, and ask an important question: are these so-called patriots the future—or an embarrassing sideshow?If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/viewMusic Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor ...
2023-06-1433 minThe Prospect PodcastDavid Aaronovitch: The future of ConservatismFor Prospect's brand new cover story—out today—journalist and author David Aaronovitch reports back from the National Conservatism Conference to Prospect editor Alan Rusbridger. They discuss how the conference exposes a dark undercurrent to the modern right, and ask an important question: are these so-called patriots the future—or an embarrassing sideshow?If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/viewMusic Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor ...
2023-06-1433 min
The Media ShowHow to interview Andrew TateLast week the BBC's Lucy Williamson conducted an interview with Andrew Tate, his first with a major TV broadcaster since being released into house arrest from police custody in Romania in April. She describes how she approached it and what has happened since it aired. Also in the programme, the boss of CNN is reported to have been ousted, and David Aaronovitch on life after The Times.Guests: Lucy Williamson, BBC reporter; David Aaronovitch, journalist; Brian Stelter, former CNN host; Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC’s On the MediaPresenter: Ros AtkinsProducer: Si...
2023-06-0728 min
Matt Forde's Political PartyShow 314 - David AaronovitchOne of the most exciting writers in the country delivers a fascinating mix of political observations and personal career reflections. From his time at The Guardian during the Iraq War, his documentary series about Tony Blair and his take on where Labour is now, this is quality time in the company of a gifted thinker and communicator. Subscribe to David's Substack here: https://davidaaronovitch.substack.com/ Buy tickets to The Political Party, live at The Duchess Theatre here: https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/Forthcoming guests include:22 May: David Bl...
2023-05-041h 14
The Future of Media, Explained - from Press GazetteLife after The Times for David Aaronovitch: Going solo on SubstackDavid Aaronovitch left The Times in March after 18 years as a columnist with the paper. But he quickly got underway with his solo venture: Notes from the Underground, hosted on Substack.In this week's Future of Media Explained podcast, Aaronovitch discusses his departure from The Times, why he decided to write for Substack, and shared his views on how newspaper comment sections have changed in recent years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-04-2745 minThe Briefing RoomWho's Afraid of The Wagner Group?The Briefing Room's David Aaronovitch is joined by a team of experts to find out more about the Wagner group, the mysterious private organisation, that's acknowledged by the Russian government to have been supplying soldiers to fight its war in Ukraine. Wagner's leader, Yevgheny Prigozhin, was once known as Vladimir Putin's 'chef'. Soldiers fighting for him won the battle for Soledar - one of few military successes for Russia in Ukraine in recent months. Has his prowess on the battlefield re-invigorated Russia's army - or turned Prigozhin into a potential rival to Putin?Joining David Aaronovitch in...
2023-02-2329 minThe Briefing RoomWhy was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?The WHO have described last week's Turkey-Syria earthquake as one of Europe's worst natural disasters in the last 100 years. David Aaronovitch finds out why it was so deadly.Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Stephen Hicks, Seismologist at University College London
Professor Dina D’Ayala, Co-Director of the Earthquake and People Interaction Centre at UCL, and UNESCO Chair on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering.
Firdevs Robinson, London-based journalist, broadcaster and commentator specializing on Turkey, the Middle East, Caucasus and Freedom of the Media.
Dr Lina Khatib, Director of the Middle East and No...
2023-02-1629 minThe Briefing RoomUkraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts evaluate the current situation in Ukraine and explore how the war might evolve in the remaining winter months and into the Spring. Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Michael Clarke, Professor of Defence studies and Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London
Samantha de Bendern, Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor of The EconomistProducers: Ben Carter, Dan Gordon...
2023-01-0529 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe News Quiz: Another Classic Collection: Highlights from the topical Radio 4 comedy panel show by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593053 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The News Quiz: Another Classic Collection: Highlights from the topical Radio 4 comedy panel show Series: Part of The News Quiz Author: Tba Narrator: Angela Barnes, Andy Zaltzman, Nish Kumar, Sandi Toksvig, Miles Jupp, Barry Took, Barry Norman, Simon Hoggart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Proving that yesterday's news is every bit as entertaining as today's, these 14 archive episodes of the long-running BBC Radio 4 panel show are chaired by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart and Sandi Toksvig. Spanning the years from 1979 t...
2022-08-1805 min
The Spurs ShowTop Ten Tottenham S2 E8 - David AaronovitchThe Times Columnist David Aaronovitch discusses his Spurs supporting life and his favourite Top Ten Tottenham.For exclusive Spurs Show merchandise including new Sonny, Conte and new beautiful retro designs go to https://the-spurs-show-store.creator-spring.com Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow spursshow.net @spursshow Support us at season.spursshow.net Pr...
2022-07-021h 11
My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson28. David AaronovitchHave you ever considered a pick-up truck as something wondrous? Today award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster David Aaronovitch explains why it is just that after a pick-up truck twice saved him in his most desperate hour of need.Join Clive in learning about David’s fascinating and varied life, from growing up a communist to working in Iraq during the war.**If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and wi...
2022-04-2757 min
A Load of BS: The Behavioural Science PodcastDavid Aaronovitch on conspiracy theoriesFriends,A very happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a restful, reflective holiday period and feel energised by the coming of 2022. There is no dry January on A Load of BS. It’s time for much needed refreshment.Vodkast & Soda In my 2021: My Year of Total BS essay, I shared with you some personal ruminations on BS and this publication’s motivation. Put simply, the raison d’être of A Load of BS is to try to explain why we do the things we do. I invit...
2022-01-0656 min
A LOAD OF BS ON SPORT024: David Aaronovitch on conspiracy theories, truth, QAnon & social mediaFriends,There is no dry January on A Load of BS. It’s time for much needed refreshment.Vodkast & Soda In my 2021: My Year of Total BS essay, I shared with you some personal ruminations on BS and this publication’s motivation. Put simply, the raison d’être of A Load of BS is to try to explain why we do the things we do. Furthermore, I’d like to include your questions in my podcasts. My next two conversations are with Melissa Hogenboom and Dave Tr...
2022-01-0556 min
Seriously...The Delirium WardsTen years ago, in 2011, David Aaronovitch felt like he was losing his grip on reality. He'd been placed in a coma, after a surgery gone wrong. Now he was awake and in Intensive Care.Every time he closed his eyes the inside of his eyelids would display a kaleidoscope of red, black and yellow violent cartoon images. Faces appeared before him like odd animation of computer game avatars. That was just the beginning. For the next four days and night David experienced what he describes as a "waking nightmare".These types of hallucinations are called...
2021-09-2428 minThe Briefing RoomCOP26: Floods, Fire, and the FutureRight across the world unpredictable and extreme weather has led to devastating consequences: homes washed away by floods in Europe and China with hundreds dead; extreme heat and giant wildfires in North America and in Siberia, and we now hear that the Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it is soaking up. Scientists are clear that man-made climate change is playing a significant role in all this. In November senior representatives from 197 countries plus the European Union are supposed to be gathering for COP26 in Glasgow. Can this gathering - and the pronouncements...
2021-07-2228 min
Philosophy For Our TimesReaching for Truth | David Aaronovitch, Asa Wikforss, Santiago ZabalaIs it possible to tell the truth? Or is it time to accept that lying has a central role in all social discourse? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOn today’s episode The Times journalist David Aaronovitch, author of Freedom In the Age of Alternative Facts Santiago Zabala, and philosophy of the mind specialist Åsa Wikforss lock horns over whether telling the truth still matters at all.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore...
2021-05-0441 minPhilosophy For Our TimesReaching for Truth | David Aaronovitch, Asa Wikforss, Santiago ZabalaIs it possible to tell the truth? Or is it time to accept that lying has a central role in all social discourse? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOn today’s episode The Times journalist David Aaronovitch, author of Freedom In the Age of Alternative Facts Santiago Zabala, and philosophy of the mind specialist Åsa Wikforss lock horns over whether telling the truth still matters at all.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore...
2021-05-0441 min
What I BelieveEP 19 – David AaronovitchIn this episode, Andrew speaks to award-winning journalist, David Aaronovitch about what he believes, from the value of freedom of expression, an obsession with truth, a hatred of scapegoating, and giving up the Marxist-Leninist worldview he was raised in.
2021-01-2844 min
Life Goals with Theo DelaneyLife Goals with Theo Delaney - David AaronovitchTheo Delaney is joined by award winning Times newspaper columnist David Aaronovitch who is also an author, programme maker and broadcaster. His own excellent Radio 4 show 'The Briefing Room' is also available as a podcast. A Tottenham Hotspur fan, David's chosen scorers include Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and Glenn Hoddle.@davidaaronovitch @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaneyhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goalsMerch: https://www.11-29media.com/life-goals
2020-11-1653 min
Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current AffairsS5: Pandemic and Anti Vaccination Conspiracy Theories with Debra WinterPandemic and Anti Vaccination Conspiracy Theories with Debra WinterOn today's “Secrets and Spies” podcast I am joined by Debra Winter. Debra is a professor of Literature and Critical Thinking at New York University and she is the author of the up and coming book “Global Catastrophe and Literature: Writing the sublime”.We discuss her excellent article that was published in The Guardian titled “Meet the white, middle-class Pinterest moms who believe “Plandemic”. Which looks at the rise in conspiratorial thinking towards vaccinations and the dangers that presents in todays world. You can read the article here: https://www.theguardian.co...
2020-08-1459 min
The Antler RambleIn Conversation With David AaronovitchA conversation with The Times journalist and author David Aaronovitch
2020-07-011h 05
Critical Care PractitionerCCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David AaronovitchThe post CCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David Aaronovitch appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.
2020-06-0352 min
The Critical Care PractitionerCCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David AaronovitchThe post CCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David Aaronovitch appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.
2020-06-0352 min
Critical Care PractitionerCCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David AaronovitchDavid Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) is a journalist, author and regular reporter with The Times. He was also an intensive care patient and suffered with a frightening delirium. We discuss this along with Dr Julie Highfield (@DrJulie_H) to see how we as intensive care practitioners can help.
2020-06-0352 min
The Times Tech PodcastSpecial Episode: Stories of our times - could tech giants get us out of lockdown?Today an edition of our new daily podcast - Stories of our times. Our new free daily news podcast takes you to the heart of the stories that matter, with exclusive access and reporting. Published for the start of your day, it is hosted by Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.Technology might be the answer to our problems - but could we be giving up our privacy in return for our liberty? Guest: Danny Fortson, The Sunday Times West Coast correspondent Host: David AaronovitchIf you want to h...
2020-04-2327 min
Philosophy For Our TimesThe End of the West | Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, David AaronovitchLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce, Britain was the dominant power, then the US. Now, with the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, it seems China's turn has come. Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West? Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, and David Aaronovitch explore whether it is the end of the West.There are thousands o...
2019-12-1741 minPhilosophy For Our TimesThe End of the West | Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, David AaronovitchLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce, Britain was the dominant power, then the US. Now, with the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, it seems China's turn has come. Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West? Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, and David Aaronovitch explore whether it is the end of the West.There are thousands o...
2019-12-1741 min
Philosophy For Our TimesThe Right To Offend | David Aaronovitch, Joanna Williams, Yasmin Alibhai-BrownLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesShould we seek to eradicate offence? Last year Ireland voted to get rid of its blasphemy laws, and most applauded the new right to offend the Catholic Church. Yet to avoid giving offence, student campuses are introducing no-platforming and safe spaces. Should we seek to eradicate offence to create a more tolerant and equal society? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, David Aaronovitch and Joanna Williams pull no punches. Please be aware that, due to the nature of this debate, this p...
2019-09-2437 minPhilosophy For Our TimesThe Right To Offend | David Aaronovitch, Joanna Williams, Yasmin Alibhai-BrownLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesShould we seek to eradicate offence? Last year Ireland voted to get rid of its blasphemy laws, and most applauded the new right to offend the Catholic Church. Yet to avoid giving offence, student campuses are introducing no-platforming and safe spaces. Should we seek to eradicate offence to create a more tolerant and equal society? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, David Aaronovitch and Joanna Williams pull no punches. Please be aware that, due to the nature of this debate, this p...
2019-09-2437 minThe Briefing RoomThe United Kingdom, Brexit and its HistoryIn a momentous week for British politics, David Aaronovitch presents a special hour-long edition of The Briefing Room in which he asks whether the United Kingdom's history might help us to understand better the political storms buffeting the country. What has the debate over Brexit done to Britain’s political parties and its parliamentary system, what does Brexit mean for the future of the union, what does it tell us about Britain’s place in the world and what has it revealed about the state of the country and the public’s faith in government as its provider and protec...
2019-09-0557 min
The Metebelis Two - a Doctor Who podcast#114 - Aaronovitch's ScabbardThere will be no podcast today! Heh, hardly! This week the Metebelis Two review Battlefield, the season opener in the last season of classic Who. Once again Ben Aaronovitch does as pastiche of the Pertwee era inspired by Camelot 3000. He introduces as mysterious scabbard that, unlike Chekhov's gun, never returns after the first part. This is the story where the Brig was supposed to die. Instead, director Michael Kerrigan nearly kills Sophie Aldred (and the production crew) instead! Somehow everyone manages to survive, including the Brig, who by doing so undoes much of the point of having Nick Courtney return...
2019-05-0549 min
Arts & IdeasThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingHow self-revealing and frank should a writer be? Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn and Xiaolu Guo join Matthew Sweet to look at the life of Doris Lessing and her 1962 novel in which she explores difficult love, life, war, politics and dreams.Inspired by her re-reading of Doris Lessing, Lara Feigel has written a revealing book which is part memoir part biography called "Free Woman: Life, Liberation and Doris Lessing". It is out in paperback.
Melissa Benn's books include Mother and Child, One of Us and School Wars
David Aaronovitch is the author of Party Animals: My...
2019-03-0645 min
PodCapersEp 95: Water Weed with Ben AaronovitchThere's murder, mystery and magic afoot on Podcapers, as Scott and Jillian Diblasio are joined by author Ben Aaronovitch to talk about the new entry into his Peter Grant series, the graphic novel Water Weed! They discuss the differences between writing for books and comics, magic mixed with modern police work, and urban fantasy in a post Harry Potter world. Also Doctor Who, because every conversation between anyone should have at least one reference to Doctor Who. It's the law!Listen & Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | PodBean | Podchaser | Podparadise | Listen Notes | Player.FM | RSSFollow us on:Twitter...
2019-01-091h 05
Philosophy For Our TimesInnocence and Punishment | Ritula Shah, Emma Sulkowicz, David Aaronovitch, Sarah LangfordLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes'Innocent until proven guilty' is a core principle of democracy. Yet from the BBC's coverage of the Cliff Richard raid to the social media storms around MeToo, it seems we are increasingly happy to destroy reputations and careers before the proof is in. Can trial by media be more effective than the legal system? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Times columnist David Aaronovitch, performance artist dubbed as 'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz and criminal barrister and author of In Your Defence Sarah Langford d...
2019-01-0841 minPhilosophy For Our TimesInnocence and Punishment | Ritula Shah, Emma Sulkowicz, David Aaronovitch, Sarah LangfordLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes'Innocent until proven guilty' is a core principle of democracy. Yet from the BBC's coverage of the Cliff Richard raid to the social media storms around MeToo, it seems we are increasingly happy to destroy reputations and careers before the proof is in. Can trial by media be more effective than the legal system? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Times columnist David Aaronovitch, performance artist dubbed as 'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz and criminal barrister and author of In Your Defence Sarah Langford d...
2019-01-0841 min
Embrace This Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.Party Animals by David AaronovitchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/223822to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Party Animals
Author: David Aaronovitch
Narrator: David Aaronovitch
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
Release date: 06-27-17
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2017-06-2710h 47The Briefing RoomTrump, Russia and the FBIThere's a compelling story unfolding in Washington. Last week, President Trump fired the director of the FBI, James Comey. It was a contentious move: Comey was investigating ties between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia. Some are now asking whether the President's job could be at risk.On this week's Briefing Room, David Aaronovitch unpicks the relationship between Trump and the FBI, and asks where the investigation goes from here. If Trump is determined to make the investigation disappear, could he?With the help of a former FBI Special Agent and expert on national security...
2017-05-1828 min
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2017-03-1325 min
LBI LondonMein Kampf Today: Ideology, Memory and the Question of Censorship – Panel DiscussionThursday, December 1, 2016 - 18:45
Panellists are Prof Neil Gregor, David Aaronovitch, and Prof Maiken Umbach, and the panel will be chaired by Dr Daniel Wildmann and Prof David Feldman.
In Germany, until this year, it was illegal to print copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. The State of Bavaria held the copyright and banned publication of the book. In January 2016 the copyright expired and the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich published a scholarly edition which runs to two enormous volumes, complete with a lengthy introduction and copious annotation. The first print run was sold out before...
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David Aaronovitch’s family were atheists and their faith was Marxism. At the same time, he knew he was “half Jewish”, but he didn’t know what this meant. All in all, he imagined his Jewishness to be like his Irishness – a story of the past, exotic but irrelevant. But in fact, it hasn’t been irrelevant, […]
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2016-11-0300 minThe Briefing RoomTrump and PutinIt's one of the strangest developments in a very strange election campaign. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, says Donald Trump is "colourful and talented". For his part, the Republican nominee says Putin "is very much a leader ... far more than our president has been a leader." More than flattering words, on specific policy points - such as the civil war in Syria, the influence of NATO in Eastern Europe, and sanctions against Russia imposed over the conflict in Ukraine - Trump and his advisors seem sympathetic if not outright supportive of Putin's foreign policy objectives.
2016-09-1529 minThe Briefing RoomMilo Yiannopoulos and the Alt-RightDavid Aaronovitch speaks to Milo Yiannopoulos about Donald Trump's new political base - the 'alt-right'.It's a mostly young, disparate movement which organises and congregates online, which has little in common with traditional Republicans. However, it's thanks to this new political base that Donald Trump clinched the Republican Party nomination, despite angering a long list of key groups of American voters - but what does the Alt-Right stand for?Its members are tribal and mostly sceptical about religion. They yearn for a strong leader and they loathe political correctness with a passion.
2016-08-2528 minThe Briefing RoomThe Chilcot Report: The Source Who LiedThe Chilcot Report revealed that a key source of flawed intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war was a man known as Curveball. How did this obscure figure come to influence Britain's decision to go to war? David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the story of Curveball and what it tells us about why intelligence sometimes fails.Presenter: David AaronovitchGuests:
Peter Taylor, BBC reporter and presenter of "Panorama: The Spies Who Fooled the World";
Stephen Grey, author of The New Spymasters;
Valerie Plame, former CIA officer and author of "Fair Game"Producer...
2016-07-0728 min
Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2016: Party Animals: growing up communistContributor(s): David Aaronovitch | David Aaronovitch talks to Charlie Beckett about his new book Party Animals: My Family and Other Communists. A memoir of early life among communists, Party Animals first took David Aaronovitch back through his own memories of belief and action. But there was much more to it. He found himself studying the old secret service files, uncovering the unspoken shame and fears that provided the unconscious background to his own existence as a party animal. Only then did he begin to understand what had come before – both the obstinate heroism and the monstrous cowardice. And the elements th...
2016-02-2756 minSpring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2016: Party Animals: growing up communistContributor(s): David Aaronovitch | David Aaronovitch talks to Charlie Beckett about his new book Party Animals: My Family and Other Communists. A memoir of early life among communists, Party Animals first took David Aaronovitch back through his own memories of belief and action. But there was much more to it. He found himself studying the old secret service files, uncovering the unspoken shame and fears that provided the unconscious background to his own existence as a party animal. Only then did he begin to understand what had come before – both the obstinate heroism and the monstrous cowardice. And the elements th...
2016-02-2756 min
AnalysisRitual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic (Part 2)David Aaronovitch of The Times traces the powerful intellectual influences behind what he sees as one of the most important cultural shifts of the past 40 years: from a society in which accusations of sexual abuse were wrongly ignored to one in which the falsely accused were crushed by a system where the mantra was "victims must be believed".In the second of two programmes, Aaronovitch re-examines the role played by unproven psychoanalytic theories which, from the 1980s, spread from the world of therapists in Canada and the USA to social work, medicine and then to law enforcement...
2015-06-0128 min
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Jon Ronson is a journalist, broadcaster and writer. His latest book, So You Have Been Pub...
2015-03-0532 min
The Infinite Monkey CageDeceptionBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by author and journalist David Aaronovitch, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott as they tackle the science of deception. They'll be asking why we seem to be so good at telling lies, but not very good at spotting them, and why being good liars could be the secret to our success as a social animal. They will also be carrying out their own act of deception on the monkey cage audience. They reveal the results of an experiment to test the idea of subliminal advertising, carried out...
2015-01-1943 min
Conspiracy and DemocracyDavid Aaronovitch - 14 October 2014 - Stolen Votes, Secret spooks and the hidden oil: Conspiracy theories in an age of transparencyStolen Votes, Secret spooks and the hidden oil: Conspiracy theories in an age of transparency
A public talk by the journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch (The Times).
2014-10-1742 minConspiracy and DemocracyDavid Aaronovitch - 14 October 2014 - Stolen Votes, Secret spooks and the hidden oil: Conspiracy theories in an age of transparencyStolen Votes, Secret spooks and the hidden oil: Conspiracy theories in an age of transparency
A public talk by the journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch (The Times).
2014-10-1742 min
Pod AcademyThe Iraq War – was it worth it?This is a podcast of the debate held at Goldsmiths, University of London to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The debate was organised by the Huffington Post.
The war was highly controversial from the start, with over a million people in the UK marching to try to stay the government’s hand. And it continues to polarise opinion as this debate demonstrates.
Speakers who felt the war had been worth it were:
Bernard Jenkin MP, Conservative Shadow Defence Minister at the time of the invasion
Ali Latif, Iraqi Pros...
2013-03-0500 minHumanities and Social Sciences – Pod AcademyThe Iraq War – was it worth it?This is a podcast of the debate held at Goldsmiths, University of London to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The debate was organised by the Huffington Post.
The war was highly controversial from the start, with over a million people in the UK marching to try to stay the government’s hand. And it continues to polarise opinion as this debate demonstrates.
Speakers who felt the war had been worth it were:
Bernard Jenkin MP, Conservative Shadow Defence Minister at the time of the invasion
Ali Latif, Iraqi Pros...
2013-03-0500 minAutumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Right to OffendContributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Mehdi Hasan | What right is there under freedom of speech to cause offence? How can we balance ideals of free expression with respect for other faiths and beliefs? The sometimes violent reaction to the American-made film about the Prophet has polarised opinion within and between different countries and communities. We bring together David Aaronovitch, Times columnist and author of Voodoo Histories with Mehdi Hasan, Political Director of The Huffington Post UK and co-author of ED: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader to debate what is at stake.
2012-10-111h 37Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfPhone-hacking: is it time to get tough on the press?Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Charlotte Harris, Martin Moore, Paul Staines | The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues around the regulation and standards of British newspaper journalism. Is it time for the authorities to get tough on the press or would that threaten freedom of expression and the media's ability to hold power to account? David Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on culture, international affairs, politics and the media. A former television researcher, producer and programme editor, he has previously written for The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer, winning...
2011-07-131h 27Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfPhone-hacking: is it time to get tough on the press?Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Charlotte Harris, Martin Moore, Paul Staines | The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues around the regulation and standards of British newspaper journalism. Is it time for the authorities to get tough on the press or would that threaten freedom of expression and the media's ability to hold power to account? David Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on culture, international affairs, politics and the media. A former television researcher, producer and programme editor, he has previously written for The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer, winning...
2011-07-131h 27Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoPhone-hacking: is it time to get tough on the press?Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Charlotte Harris, Martin Moore, Paul Staines | The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues around the regulation and standards of British newspaper journalism. Is it time for the authorities to get tough on the press or would that threaten freedom of expression and the media's ability to hold power to account? David Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on culture, international affairs, politics and the media. A former television researcher, producer and programme editor, he has previously written for The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer, winning...
2011-07-131h 27Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoPhone-hacking: is it time to get tough on the press?Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Charlotte Harris, Martin Moore, Paul Staines | The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues around the regulation and standards of British newspaper journalism. Is it time for the authorities to get tough on the press or would that threaten freedom of expression and the media's ability to hold power to account? David Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on culture, international affairs, politics and the media. A former television researcher, producer and programme editor, he has previously written for The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer, winning...
2011-07-131h 27
Blackwell Online PodcastsDavid AaronovitchDavid Aaronovitch is an author, journalist and broadcaster. His latest book, 'Voodoo Histories', focuses squarely on the modern obsession with the conspiracy theory, revealing why so many are willing to subscribe to them, and the dangers that this brings. From Kennedy's assassination and the moon landings, to Princess Diana's death and the 9/11 Truth Movement, Aaronovitch debunks with arguments born from meticulous research and logical reasoning.
2010-05-0700 min
Big Picture ScienceSkeptic Check: Conspiracy!The Apollo moon landing is a hoax! 9-11 was an inside job! Our government keeps alien bodies racked and stacked in an underground bunker! And as for the evidence … well … put on your tin hats, folks, we’re going deep, deep, deep into conspiracy with journalist David Aaronovitch.Also – the truth is out there, but it’s ignored. Jonah Lehrer on why scientists can overlook evidence.Plus, money for meters and your spooks for free: ghost detectors hit the market.And Hollywood Reality Check and Phil Plait on bogus bomb detectors.It’s Skept...
2010-04-0552 min
Don’t Miss The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!Voodoo Histories by David AaronovitchPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/132661to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Voodoo Histories
Author: David Aaronovitch
Narrator: James Langton
Format: mp3
Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
Release date: 02-26-10
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 98 ratings
Genres: Civilization
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2010-02-262h 25
The Digested Read podcastDigested Read: Voodoo Histories by David AaronovitchJohn Crace digests David Aaronovitch's book about significant conspiracy theories, from the death of Diana to the moon landings
2009-05-2005 minSummer 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfVoodoo Histories: from the Protocols to 9-11Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch | Why are people attracted to conspiracy theories and why are those theories are so damaging? David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the UK since the early 1980s. This event marks the launch of his new book 'Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History'.
2009-05-071h 27Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoVoodoo Histories: from the Protocols to 9-11Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch | Why are people attracted to conspiracy theories and why are those theories are so damaging? David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the UK since the early 1980s. This event marks the launch of his new book 'Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History'.
2009-05-071h 27Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoVoodoo Histories: from the Protocols to 9-11Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch | Why are people attracted to conspiracy theories and why are those theories are so damaging? David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the UK since the early 1980s. This event marks the launch of his new book 'Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History'.
2009-05-071h 27
Hay FestivalMargaret Atwood talks to David AaronovitchThe great Canadian novelist and poet discusses her ingenious and savage biotech fantasy Oryx and Crake with David Aaronvitch
2003-05-2400 min