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Always Take Notes#203: Clare Alexander, literary agent, Aitken Alexander AssociatesRachel and Simon speak with the literary agent Clare Alexander. For the first portion of her career she worked in publishing, starting out in 1973 in the rights department at Penguin; after stints at Hamish Hamilton and Viking she became editor-in-chief of Macmillan and Picador. Clare published first novels by Helen Dunmore, Alex Garland, Amitav Ghosh, Haruki Murakami and Donna Tartt. In 1995, while at Viking, she was the editor of the winners of the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize) and the Whitbread Award (the erstwhile Costa Book Awards) - the first editor ever to achieve this h...2025-01-071h 02
SUNOH MERI JAAN WITH JOYZindagi Ka Suitcase- Perseverance | Helen Keller I Motivational Podcast I #53"The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better."
– Helen Keller
Doston, aaiye sunte hai us mahila ki kahani jinhone, apni aankhon ki roshni khone baad bhi poore vishv ko roshan kiya aur sunne ki khsamta khone ke baad bhi apne bhashano se apni kitabon se poore vishv ko prerit kiya!
Inspiration ke liye isse behtar kahani shayad ho nahi sakti hai! Aap ise miss nahi kijiyega!
Agar aapko yeh episode pasand aaye toh aap sabhi se main request karna chahunga ki aap is podcast ko lik...2024-05-1217 min
The Media ShowInside the mind of the tech broAs Sam Altman returns to run OpenAI after his sensational firing just days earlier, why is the idea of the charismatic founder so appealing in Silicon Valley? Why are they often men? And do some tech firms now look more like cults than companies?Guests: Walter Isaacson, who spent two years following Elon Musk for a new biography; Helen Lewis, staff writer, The Atlantic; Shona Ghosh, Deputy Executive Editor, Business Insider UKPresenter: Katie RazzallProducer: Simon Richardson2023-11-2227 min
Press Play On This Breakthrough Full Audiobook — Perfect This Weekend.At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies by Dougald HinePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653446to listen full audiobooks.
Title: At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies
Author: Dougald Hine
Narrator: Dougald Hine
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement Dougald Hine, author and social thinker, has spent most of his life talking...2023-02-097h 04Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureAt Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies by Dougald HinePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653446to listen full audiobooks.
Title: At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies
Author: Dougald Hine
Narrator: Dougald Hine
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement Dougald Hine, author and social thinker, has spent most of his life talking...2023-02-097h 04
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureAt Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies by Dougald HinePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the TIme of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All Other Emergencies Author: Dougald Hine Narrator: Dougald Hine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 9, 2023 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: 'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement Dougald Hine, author and social thinker, has spent most of his life...2023-02-0903 min
IMA InsightsIntegrating ESG with Helen Brand and Anirban GhoshMore than just a profit-or revenue-generating engine, the modern corporation is expected to be a sustainable organisation. Since the pandemic began, ESG investing has scaled new heights and regulators have sharpened their focus on the issue. However, the reasons for adopting ESG compliance go beyond regulatory compliance or the need for ‘looking good’. Proactively becoming ESG-compliant can enhance a company’s image, improve its access to capital and support growth. Developing an ESG strategy is hard owing to the sheer number of factors that need to be considered, but operationalising it is even harder.At a recent India CFO Fo...2023-01-1608 minThe Media ShowElon Frees the BirdDoes it matter that the world’s richest man now owns Twitter? Elon Musk is the latest American billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. How much will change? Also in the programme, how the BBC's Africa Eye team investigated a tragedy on the Moroccan – Spanish border.Guests: Peter Kafka, host of Recode Media, Danielle Citron, professor of law at University of Virginia and advisor to Twitter, Shona Ghosh, UK Deputy Editor at Insider, Benjamin Strick and Suzanne Vanhooymissen, journalists on BBC Africa Eye's Death on the Border investigation.Presenter: Kati...2022-11-0228 min
Two Book Nerds TalkingTBNT Minisode 25 | July 2022 Challenge Book RecommendationsGreetings booknerds! We're back with another 30 Dirty episode to give you some book recommendations for our July #tbntbookchallenge2022. July's prompt is to read a book from a country you want to visit OR by an indigenous author. We've come up with a list of books where the setting is of places we would love to visit and there are some trip-py reads. Cheers!Books Mentioned (in order):A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier (Swiss Alps)The Green-eyed Lama by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey Lester Falt (Mongolia)Kamusari Tales Told...2022-06-2935 min
Beyond BeliefFierce and Feminine: Kali and ShaktiShe wears a necklace of severed human heads with blood dripping from their necks. Her tongue is bright scarlet and sticking out. She carries a bloodied sword.Meet Kali, a Hindu goddess who is one embodiment of the Hindu principle called Shakti, meaning energy, power or force. Who is Kali and what does she represent?We’re embracing some of the ideas of shakti in the West. You can take kundalini yoga classes or meditation courses to access your divine feminine energy. What is the philosophy behind these practices?Join Ernie Rea as he...2022-05-0928 min
My TakeThe Kiss QuotientIn this episode, Maya compares The Kiss Quotient to Fifty Shades of Grey when explaining why she isn't the biggest fan of Helen Hoang's book.
Don't forget to follow My Take on Instagram where a new series has launched: The Bottom Shelf, featuring shorter reviews of other things!
My Take also has a Patreon, where every month there will be fun bonus content, including a book club, so it would mean the world if you could support us there!
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_mytake/?h...2022-02-1424 min
The Lifted Podcast#63: Emily Ghosh Harris - Leaving Corporate America, Integrating The Masculine + Feminine, Business In The Spiritual WorldEmily is an intuitive business mentor and host of the Soul Collective Show (which ya girl was just on!). Emily believes the path of entrepreneurship is a spiritual journey and that the more we bring conscious awareness, authenticity, and our intuitive gifts to the work we're doing in the world — the more expansive our journey will be! Her passion and goal here is to enable women to fully utilize their gifts so that they can make a meaningful and purpose-driven impact on the world.
Her work involves a holistic and intuitive approach to helping identify and move be...2021-08-1150 min
The Soul CollectiveHow to Raise Your Vibration and Increase your Self Worth with Helen DenhamIn this soul share, I connect with Helen Denham, podcast host, certified Behavior Change Specialist and women’s empowerment coach about how to raise your personal vibration, cultivate confidence, and share your authentic truth. About Helen Denham Helen Denham is a women’s empowerment coach, writer, and singer. As a certified Behavior Change Specialist and Reiki II healer, her mission now is to embolden her community to design the lives they truly desire through mindfulness, energetic healing, and clear intention. Connect with Helen Denham: Website | https://www.helendenham.com/ Instagram | https...2021-08-0935 min
Leading QuestionsUnderstanding what’s expected of you in government: a conversation with Dame Helen Ghosh“I have used the term over the years of ‘having running away money’. That doesn’t mean having a stash of savings, but it does mean all the time thinking to yourself, ‘If this job doesn’t work, if I can’t stand this a moment longer… what would I do?’” Dame Helen Ghosh enjoyed a long career in the civil service, becoming permanent secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2004 and then the Home Office in 2011. She then led the National Trust before becoming master of Balliol College, Oxford in 2018. In this episode Hele...2021-04-1240 min
Self Centred with Roann021 Matt Hawkins: Putting compassion into politicsCampaigner and co-founder at Compassion in Politics
Matt Hawkins is a social and environmental justice campaigner and the co-director of Compassion in Politics - a cross-party organisation working to put compassion, inclusion, and cooperation at the heart of politics.
Set up in 2018, the organisation has the support of 50 Uk parliamentarians from six parties and academics and activists including Noam Chomsky Charisse Matthews Helen Pankhurst and Ruby Wax. The Guardian described them as ‘the movement to be hopeful about’.
In a political climate as charged as the one we’re seeing now - from Trump’...2021-01-1950 min
Desert Island DiscsHilary McGrady, Director General of the National TrustHilary McGrady is Director General of the National Trust.She was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1966, where her father was a builder while her mother looked after Hilary and her two older siblings. She spent her childhood roaming the fields near her home, 20 miles outside Belfast. She went to art college after school where she met her husband, Frank. Their relationship initially caused difficulty for her family who were staunch Protestants and unionists, while Frank’s came from a Catholic, nationalist area.After finishing her degree in Graphic Design, Hilary worked as a designer be...2020-11-0134 min
KPFA - APEX ExpressAPEX Express -10.29.20- We are the Leaders 5 – Missing in History
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.
Powerleegirl Hosts Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee present the final episode of our series “We Are the Leaders”. which has been focusing on our AAPI history of resistance and change from our ancestors to the leaders on the ground today. Using the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism we seek to politically activate our community and amplify ways we can suppo...2020-10-2959 min
Oxford Policy PodThe politics of policymaking with Dame Helen GhoshOn this episode of A Look at the Issues engages with Dame Helen Ghosh who is currently Master of Balliol College, Oxford, former Permanent Secretary at the UK’s Departments for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and the Home Office about how government’s respond to and design policy. Dame Helen reflects on her time as a senior civil servant and offers insights into how to manage a crisis similar to what we are facing. Also joining to discuss the politics of policymaking in their countries, are two public policy students at the Blavatnik School of Government. Felipe Saav...2020-06-0234 min
The Rhodes Trust PodcastRhodes Ahead Series: Dame Helen Ghosh on Public LeadershipDame Helen Ghosh, Master Balliol College, University of Oxford; Trustee, Rhodes Trust; former Director General of the National Trust joins The Rhodes Ahead: Public Leadership Series to reflect upon public leadership in the 21st century. In particular, this series looks at the challenges of ethical leadership, cultural understanding, and communication in today's fast-moving inter-connected world.2019-01-1611 min
Oxford TodayS3E3- National Trust & Balliol: Dame Helen GhoshIn this episode, we talk to Dame Helen Ghosh about the challenges of running a government department, why the National Trust is one of the most important institutions in the UK, and her first impressions upon becoming Master of Balliol College, Oxford.2018-05-0938 min
Europe CallingThe Problems PersistA terrorist suspect has been shot and arrested in connection
with this morning's attack in Paris, which saw six soldiers
injured when a BMW mowed down their patrol. The 37-year-old
was 'seriously wounded' in a fierce gunfight close to the
northern port town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, after he was
intercepted driving towards Calais.
Dozens of flights in and out of Madeira were cancelled on
Monday, stranding thousands of passengers. In Spain a
looming airport strike over pay could run from September to
December.
The tourism law reform approved by the Balearic Government,
in force since Tuesday, has put a stop to...2017-08-0900 min
St Anne's CollegeOur built heritage: a gem or a millstone? What's worth keeping and why? - St Anne's Gaudy Seminar 2016The 2016 St Anne's Gaudy Seminar. With Helen Ghosh (Director-General of the National Trust), Caroline Stanford (Historian and Head of Engagement at The Landmark Trust), Liane Hartley (Co-Founder of Mend) and Dr Michael Fradley (Research Assistant on ‘Endangered Archaeology’ project).2016-11-151h 03
The Bookrageous PodcastBookrageous Episode 84: HistoricalsBookrageous Episode 84; HistoricalsWhat We’re ReadingJenn[0:45] Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra[1:51] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016)[3:05] Pandemic board game[3:55] Getting Things Done, David AllenJosh[4:30] Judge This, Chip Kidd[6:30] American Housewife, Helen Ellis[7:55] Eating the Cheshire Cat, Helen Ellis[8:15] The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead[8:25] On the Books, Greg Farrell[10:20] Plotted: A Literary Atlas, Andrew DegraffPreeti[13:00] Knulp, Herman Hesse[14:40] Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier, Ales Kott, Marco Rudy2015-11-2500 min
Great LivesDame Helen Ghosh on James Lees-Milne2015-04-2900 min
Great LivesDame Helen Ghosh on James Lees-MilneMatthew Parris's guest is Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General of the National Trust, who chooses as her Great Life James Lees-Milne who worked for the Trust between 1936 and 1966. He was responsible for acquiring many of the Trust's most iconic properties and his particular talent was his ability to persuade the aristocratic owners of the houses into handing them over to the Trust for protection. His other talent was in writing, and it is his deliciously indiscreet diaries for which many people know him.Merlin Waterson, who was a friend of Lees-Milne's, is the expert witness....2015-04-2827 min
Private PassionsHelen GhoshNational Trust Director General Helen Ghosh takes Michael Berkeley on a tour of Leith Hill Place, now a National Trust property but once the childhood home of Ralph Vaughan Williams.She chooses his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, as well as music by Britten, Mozart and Schubert. And her choice of Ravel reveals the alternative career she almost had - as a ballet dancer.2014-08-2433 min
ProfileDame Helen GhoshThe most senior official at the Home Office is resigning after a 33-year civil service career.
Dame Helen Ghosh - who has led the department since January 2011 - will take up the role of director general of the National Trust.
She is one of a number of permanent secretaries who have left the civil service this year. She said she was "torn about leaving" but the chance to work for the National Trust was "a rare opportunity".
Dame Helen Ghosh has worked in Government since 1979 for both Conservative and Labour Ministers. Her tenure included controversy at Defra over the...2012-08-1814 min