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Revenue Search: Inside BittensorSubnet Session with James Ross from Synth: Forecasting the Future of Finance (SN50)In this Subnet Session, we sit down with James from Synth (SN50) - a predictive modeling subnet that’s quietly becoming Bittensor’s financial backbone.Synth isn’t about calling prices - it’s about modeling volatility. James walks us through how hundreds of miners generate millions of synthetic price paths for BTC, ETH, and soon gold, and how that data is being used in DeFi protocols, hedge fund strategies, risk models, and trading agents.We cover:Why volatility matters more than priceHow Synth outperforms industry benchmarks by 30%The road...2025-07-1531 min
St’ Mark’s Park After DarkThe Warriors (Cult Classic)This episode Axl and I talk about the classic 1979 movie The Warriors. Staring Michael Beck (Swan), Davis Patrick Kelly (Luther), Deborah Valkerburgh (Mercy) and James Remar as (Ajax). It's a graphic depiction of New York City in the late 70's early 80"s. When the gangs ran the streets, and being part of a neighborhood really meant something to the.youth at that time. Follow us as we take you back to the epic cult classic The Warriors.2024-08-1030 min
Let‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyGetting to Know Dr. James KiddHost Liz Edwards introduces us to Dr. James Kidd, an allergist at our Louisiana offices who is Baton Rouge born and raised!
Learn how Dr. Kidd became interested in medicine at an early age, why he chose allergy as his specialty, and what to expect during a first visit as a new patient.
2024-06-2106 minLet‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyGetting to Know Dr. James KiddHost Liz Edwards introduces us to Dr. James Kidd, an allergist at our Louisiana offices who is Baton Rouge born and raised!
Learn how Dr. Kidd became interested in medicine at an early age, why he chose allergy as his specialty, and what to expect during a first visit as a new patient.
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Kidding#31 - Helping the Homeless, Heart burn and The Benefits Of Brain Damage (feat. Luke Hall and James Mileham)Reece Kidd is joined by comedians Luke Hall and James Mileham. The boys discuss the hostel gig Reece and Luke founded. They discuss James' good deed, and how he lost all his money going to Plymouth. How Reece has brain damage. Luke criticises their diets. And Reece and James make fun of look for wanting to be a basketball player. Follow Kidding on social media for clips, live event info and behind the scenesKidding Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiddingpodcast/Kidding Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kiddingpodcastKidding Youtube: https://ww...2023-11-1458 minSt’ Mark’s Park After DarkFull Metal Jacket (Break down)This right here this right here. Full Metal Jacket break down cray cray, Axl and I gets busy breaking down the "Jacket". The movies stars Vincent D' Onofrio as my favorite (Pvt) Pyle, Mathew Modine (Pvt) Joker, R.Lee Ermey (Gry Sgt) Hartman. A classic war movie Full Metal Jacket will have you on the edge of your seat. Listen to the break down y'all gone be laughing. Plus another bonus song called "Look At Me" featuring Axl, Tone Liv and myself J. Kidd (4th Soldier)2023-07-0246 min
The Kingdom Builders Podcast#50 - Christians in MLM: Called to a Higher Standard with Darin Kidd
Christians in MLM: Called to a Higher Standard with Darin Kidd
If anyone should be an example of success in this world in MLM, it should be the Christian. We’re called to be a “city on a hill” and that’s reflected in the fruit of our lives and work.
Darin Kidd is a Christian entrepreneur that knows what it takes to win in MLM and duplicate that success. He’s shared stages with gurus like Grant Cardone, John Maxwell, and Les Brown, and now brings his wisdom to help YOU.
If you’re a Christian in MLM, this is a MU...2023-06-2159 minSt’ Mark’s Park After DarkAbove the Rim 1994 (Break down)This episode Axl and I break down the movie Above the Rim. Different from the movie juice but still a cult slash hood classic. This movie stars 2pac (Birdie), Leon (Shep), Duane Martin (Kyle lee Watson), and Marlon Waynes (Bugaloo). This movie like juice take place in Harlem USA. The game they played were off the hook. The movie had you on a roller coaster ride all the way until the end. I also put one of my classic record from Back2theStreet on here. The song is called "Oceans 11" feature Axl, 7 Caliber, B Stilt, and myself 4th Soldier (J...2023-06-0545 minSt’ Mark’s Park After DarkAllow us to reintroduce ourselves (Pilot)J. Kidd and Axl J. Foley telling historic story about the neighborhood we grew up in. All the peers that help shape and teach us things we needed to know growing up here in NJ.2023-02-0829 min
Million Dollar Hustle Podcast with Billy Dha KiddHow to build a real estate portfolio to attain financial freedom while working a W2 with James SedamBOTW: “The Power of Being Uncomfortable” by Billy Dha Kidd.
He joined the #GetUncomfortableMastermind in May of 2022. 2 months later in July, he enrolled in Billy’s 1-on-1 coaching / mentorship. Within 3-4 months of enrolling, he has added over $100,000 more in wealth to his overall, not counting other current unfinished projects he has going on. He is a great example of the Uncomfortable mentality. The important thing in James Sedam’s story is that he knows one thing trumps anything that you do in life: WORK. He was taught that since an early age and has done it throughout his life. Hard work pays...2022-12-261h 30
Crime in SportsWeaponized Cookies & Rollover Crashes - The Egocentricness of Jason KiddThis week, we look at hall of fame player, who was the best at what he did, from the second he stepped on to a basketball court. The world bent over backwards to show him love, and let him off the hook, at every turn. He had a very public marriage, even hosting a TV show, with his wife. But under the surface, there was allegations of a decade of abuse, with implements of violence ranging all the way from a baseball bat, to a large cookie. In addition, he is a TERRIBLE driver, especially when he's had "a...2022-07-193h 08
That's ClassThat's Class - Episode 24 - 7 More South Park Seasons & James Gunn's Suicide SquadThe very last episode of Season 1! And Kidd has to take an absence from recording again. Luckily however, you have Eddie and Duncan to take you through the weekly news of all things we find class one last time before we all go on some much needed summer holidays to recharge and think up some hilarious and CLASS content for Season 2!
We hop you enjoyed Season 1 and that you'll be right there waiting for us on our Season 2 return. Keep an eye on the socials to find out when that is!
Follow us on Twitter...2021-08-181h 05St’ Mark’s Park After DarkFallen Soldier (Bonus)J.Kidd and Axl J Foley.2021-07-1631 min
So True Bestie7. From the Location Manager That Brought You Billy Elliot (w/ James Kidd)Welcome to the So True Bestie podcast! Today we’re joined by one of our besties, James Kidd! Join us as we chat about our friendship and what James is up to. Sit down, grab a coffee and listen to us chat about everything and nothing! Starring legendary besties Joe Grundy and Jodie Carvell 👩🏻🤝👨🏼♥️ Keep up with us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sotruebestiepod & thanks for listening!2021-04-091h 46
The Daniel James Photography Podcast11: "Leading With Service" in Wedding Photography With Brandon KiddBrandon Kidd is a wedding photographer based out of Orange County California. You've seen his images on the covers of People Magazine, US Weekly, as well as countless wedding blogs such as the Knot and Green Wedding Shoes. Here, we answer the question "Is it too late to enter the Wedding Photography industry?" This question of market saturation has been a question for as long as I can remember but it appears that there are always new and very successful photographers always popping up! Brandon sheds some light on this topic as well as fills us in on his...2020-08-0638 min
Defend WarrenPhil Kidd - Founder of DEFEND YOUNGSTOWNPhil and I discuss various topics like how the birth of DEFEND YOUNGSTOWN came about. He shares is story of coming from Burgettstown, PA and how he came to Youngstown. He explains the value of the non profits like Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and Youngstown Neighborhood Developement Corporation in stablizing neighborhoods which will lead (hopefully) to reinvestment in the neighborhoods. He also shares how important the Youngstown 2010 plan was to Youngstown and indirectly Warren, thanks to the Wean Foundation. The influence that Phil has had over the years is hard to measure. We also discuss some of the issue...2020-08-031h 05
The All Things Mavs PodcastKristaps Porzingis, The Dallas Mavericks' Chemistry + Where Are Trey Burke & Michael Kidd-Gilchrist?The Dallas Mavericks are in the NBA bubble, but Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Trey Burke are nowhere to be found. Kidd-Gilchrist was signed by the Dallas Mavericks after being waived by the Charlotte Hornets, but he only played in nine games before the NBA's hiatus in March. Now he is nowhere to be found since the Dallas Mavericks have been in the bubble in Disney World, but the team is reportedly working on getting him there.
Do you LOVE the Dallas Mavericks? If you do and want to keep up with all the latest Dallas Mavericks’ news, rumors and...2020-07-1913 min
EduBletherEpisode 22 - Nurture and Inclusion - An EduBlether with James KiddOn this Episode of EduBlether we discuss the very large and complex issue of Nurture and Inclusion with James Kidd. Jame is passionate about Inclusion and Nurture, and his rich and varied experiences across different schools and local authorities make him a perfect person to have a discussion with about the vast themes explored in this episode.2020-05-1855 min
This Writing LifeThese Our Monsters LIVE: Sarah Moss reads from ’Breakynecky’On 11th March, Hatchards hosted a live event bringing together four of the authors who contributed stories to These Our Monsters : Sarah, Moss, Fiona Mozley, Edward Carey and Graeme Mcrae Burnet. I chaired the event, and recorded it for posterity. ----more----
Posterity has arrived now. The event began with readings by each writer. Here, Sarah Moss reads from her story, 'Breakyneck'. Having chosen Berwick Castle as her English Heritage location, Sarah tells a ghost story that excavates the site's violent past - above all, the pitiless exploitation of Irish workers drafted to build the 19th century railway li...2020-04-1304 minThis Writing LifeGraeme Macrae Burnet reads from ’The Dark Thread’ (These Our Monsters)Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales to be published by English Heritage. ----more----
The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.
I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The third is Graeme Macrae Burnet, whose brilliant His Bloody Project was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Graeme's 'The Dark Thread' tackled the most infamous, and perhaps the trickiest story in the book - Bram Stoker's visit to...2020-03-2804 minThis Writing LifeFiona Mozley reads from ’The Loathly Lady’ (These Our Monsters)Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales to be published by English Heritage. ----more----
The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.
I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The second is Fiona Mozley, whose debut novel Elmet was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Fiona's story in 'The Loathly Lady' was inspired by the Arthurian legend of Dame Ragnelle, supposedly the most hideous woman in the wor...2020-03-1802 minThis Writing LifeEdward Carey reads from ’These Our Monsters’Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales, myths and legends to be published by English Heritage. ----more----
The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.
I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The first is Edward Carey, the novelist and illustrator whose works include the 'Iremonger Trilogy' and his fabulous novel about Madame Tussaud, Little.
Edward's story 'These Our Monsters', which gives the book its title, is in...2020-03-1202 min
Duncan James - Keep the Faith!(Manchester Sessions # 8) - Fri Jan 17th 2020 - DJ Duncan James presents Keep the Faith!Hi Everyone! Next up is a session I recorded while covering for DJ Moses last Friday night on Pressure Radio. 2 hours of Soulful Vibes. Hope you Enjoy!Tracklisting: Arnold Jarvis, Armandø, Reelsoul - Want To Have Your Love (Reelsoul Vocal) Astre - Classic Traxx (Original Mix) DJ Romain - It Goes On And On (Original Mix) Souled, Ashley Thomas, Groove Delivers - Cultureless (Groove Delivers Vocal Mix) Kathy Brown, Micky More & Andy Tee - Last Time (Micky More & Andy Tee Vocal Mix) Sean McCabe, Dannis Winston, Lem Springsteen - Rocket Love (S...2020-01-182h 09
Duncan James - Keep the Faith!(Manchester Sessions # 6) - Sat Jan 11 2020 - DJ Duncan James presents Keep the Faith!New time same channel, Keep the Faith! continues every Saturday morning 8-10am GMT / 3-5am EST. Thanks for listening everyone! xoxTrack Listing:Dana Weaver, DjPope - I Will Arise (Album Version) Panevino, O-Jam, Alix Alvarez - Contigo O Sin Ti (Alix Alvarez Remix) Luther Vandross, Louie Vega- My Body (Louie Vega Soul House Solo Mix) Dana Weaver, DjPope - A Drive (Funkhut Vocal Mix) Dave Anthony, Michelle Weeks - In The Morning (Classic Mix) Chris Forman, Steal Vybe, Joi Cardwell, Chris Forman - Wanderlust (Chris Forman's Retouched Soul Revision) 2020-01-111h 45This Writing LifeSimon Barnes Reading: on closely-observed gannetsReading from the blog on his own website, Simon Barnes describes the close attention required and inspired by bird-watching, and the almost poetic empathy that can result. ----more----
Part two of our interview with Simon will follow.
Read more about 2020’s Keats-Shelley Prizes here.
For 2020’s Keats-Shelley Prize, click here.
For information on 2020’s Young Romantics Prize click here.
The music on the podcast is Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie.
2019-12-2102 minThis Writing LifeA Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 2Part two of our conversation with Simon Barnes, the award-winning sportswriter, revered birdlover and Chair of 2020's Keats-Shelley Prizes.
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Our annual theme is 'Songbirds', to mark the composition 200 years ago of PB Shelley’s To a Skylark and the publication in book form of John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale, which made Simon the perfect choice as Chair.
In which Simon discusses the repertory singers that are skylarks and nightingales, how and why they sing (and does this make them sexy), whether Keats' nightingale could sing and fly - and does that spoil t...2019-12-2129 minThis Writing LifeA Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 1In this first of two episodes, I talk to Simon Barnes, the award-winning sportswriter, revered birdlover and Chair of 2020's Keats-Shelley Prizes.
Our annual theme is 'Songbirds', to mark the composition 200 years ago of PB Shelley’s To a Skylark and the publication in book form of John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale, which made Simon the perfect choice as Chair.
We talked, among other things, about his own changing relationship with nature, how he fell in love with birds and birding, what birding means in the 21st century and its relationship with writing in general...2019-12-1424 minThis Writing LifeSimon Barnes reads from The Meaning of BirdsSimon Barnes is unique in the world of literature. How many revered sports writers are also revered nature writers too? Off the top of my head I can think of one: Simon Barnes himself. ----more----
For many years the chief sports of the Times, he covered seven Olympics, five World Cups, a Superbowl and the World Chess Championship. His profiles included everyone from David Beckham to Red Rum, his publications range from novels about Hong Kong to a biography about England off-spinner Phil Edmunds.
What elevated Barnes above his peers was prose that could pithily en...2019-12-1402 min
Thriving EntrepreneurMaximize Today with Nakia Boglin and James PurpuraToday is your day to maximize today! Many things have happened in your past, both good and bad. Many exciting things will happen in your future. But you can't do anything about yesterday or tomorrow. All you can do is make the most out of this 24 hours that we call TODAY. When we learn to learn from events good and bad from our past and plan for an amazing future there is one most key element that must happen. We have to take those lessons, take those plans and we must maximize all we can do to make today the...2019-10-0859 min
DMs of VancouverEpisode 59 - James Kidd: Creating a Dynamic World & NPCsToday we talk to James Kidd about creating a Dynamic World and NPCs.You can find James on twitter.If you've got questions you'd like us to dive into, get in touch on Facebook or Twitter.We are part of the Cave Goblin Network, you can support the network on Patreon or visit their Website for more great shows.Our theme music is Overworld by Kevin MacLeod, and our artwork is done by Haley Boros.2019-08-1953 min
Duncan James - Keep the Faith!(Session # 283) - Sun July 21 2019 - DJ Duncan James presents Keep the Faith!Hi Everyone! This week's Keep the Faith! radio show is quite the musical journey, showcasing some brand new and EXCLUSIVE Deep and Soulful House Music, and a few classic gems for good measure! Thanks again for your support and for all the positive feedback I have been getting, it means a lot to me, so I thank you for spending some time with me and enjoying some great music! :) Strap yourself in, let's do this!*Download Links Available Below.... Tracklisting:Dirtytwo, Teologen - Somethings You (Original Mix)Hardage, Jocelyn Brown, Luyo...2019-07-232h 56This Writing LifeEpisode 142 - Amanda Coe: Part 1Amanda Coe is an English novelist and screenwriter, whose credits include the BAFTA-winning adaptation of John Braine's Room at the Top, and her highly-praised thrillers What They Do in the Dark and Getting Colder. This Writing Life met her at Waterstones Piccadilly to talk about everything from her excellent new novel Everything You Do is Wrong to her childhood in Canada and Doncaster, her student days at Oxford, her formative love of George Eliot and PG Wodehouse and the challenge of being busy.
Part 2 to follow.
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Why We ArgueEpistemic Vice with Ian James KiddIan James Kidd is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Nottingham with research interests in epistemology, vices, epistemic justice, and illness. He is a co-author of the recently published The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Justice.The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2018-05-2425 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 141 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 4The final part of This Writing Life podcast's chat with Leila Slimani begins with a question about racisial abuse of Muslims in France. From here we discuss her relationship with Morrocco, with sexual politics in that country, between her fiction and her activism, and finally about the future: movie adaptations of her global smash-hit Lullaby and that next novel.
2018-03-1811 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 140 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 3Part three of This Writing Life's podcast with Leila Slimani, author of global smash-hit Lullaby, moves towards more personal territory. We talk about her family, her background and her views on everything from the French language to women wearing the veil.
Along the way, Leila discusses her role for President Macron promoting the French language and ponders whether whether it is courageous to speak out on issues like Islamic fundamentalism that might put her in danger. During this, I accidentally stumble into terrain explored by her current work-in-progress.
The final part to follow.
2018-03-1313 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 139 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 2Part two of Leila Slimani's conversation with This Writing Life podcast about her new novel Lullaby begins with a discussion of objectification: in this case, of the nanny who cares for the children of the Masse family. Slimani talks about her own vexed relationship with the woman who cares for her own children, about the power struggles in that interaction and finally about the idea of tragedy in the novel. We talk Mary Poppins, Mrs Doubtfire, and why Lullaby refuses both visions of modern childcare.
Part three to follow.
2018-02-2312 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 138 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 1Leila Slimani's second novel Lullaby is a phenomenon. Having sold over 600,000 copies and won the Prix Goncourt in her adopted homeland of France, the book is now spreading around the world in various translations. A movie has begun filming in France and there are rumours of a Hollywood adaptation as well. The reason for the fuss is a plot that grips like a thriller and prose that dissects contemporary life like the most acute literary novel. The nanny of the well-to-do Masse family murders the two children in her care. From this terse, shocking opening, Slimani rewinds to examine...2018-02-1512 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 137 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 4Lynn Shepherd was the first ever This Writing Life recorded. The final part of our conversation begins with a discussion of social media and publicity, and the part both play in her writing life. From here we zoom through the joys and trials of writing novels: bad days, bad reviews, and how her close friends and confidents help her through. We end by looking to the future, and by asking: what has Lynn learned from her writing life so far.
Lynn's website can be found: here.
2018-02-0722 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 136 - Lynn Shepherd's Advice to Budding WritersAs a trailer ahead of part four of This Writing Life podcast's conversation with novelist Lynn Shepherd, she offers some advice to budding writers...
2018-02-0302 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 135 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 3Part three of Lynn Shepherd's This Writing Life podcast mixes business and pleasure: how did a successful city worker become a successful writer? Doctorates on Samuel Richardson, freelance copywriting, and publishing novels all flash past in quick succession. We talk unpublished novels, the challenges of finishing a book and writing for writing's sake. Lynn discusses where her own voice lies in the novels she produces, discusses how to information dump, and how much license to take with historical fact. We end by discussing the complex subject of her latest historical book, A Treacherous Likeness, the Romantic poet Percy Shelley. 2018-01-3028 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 134 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 2Part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Oxford-based novelist Lynn Shepherd begins with some chat about her love of 'clever crime', and how it shapes her novels like Murder in Mansfield Park and Tom All-Alones. We end this edition by discussing the other prime influence on these early historical novels: her love of classic literature, above all Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. But where does Dickens end and Lynn Shepherd begin?
In between we talk novel endings, books series, Shepherd's student days (and those of Percy Shelley), and that old work-life balance.
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Thriving EntrepreneurHow to Assign Tasks, Ask for Help & Manage People with Grace with Michael JamesManaging people can be a difficult task. Doing it gracefully can seem nearly impossible some days. Surprising though, even worse than the difficulty of managing people is the trap of doing it all ourselves. We need to remember the importance of letting go. As an entrepreneur, it is so easy to always see every task as being something we have to do. The truth though is much different. All distractions are equal, and in your business, the distraction of busyness can be the worst. We need to learn how to identify not only our strengths but also our weaknesses. Then as we ha...2017-11-2859 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 133 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 1The latest episode of This Writing Life podcast is particularly special in that it was the first ever recorded. The subject is Lynn Shepherd, a crime writer, critic, journalist, and copy writer who lives and works in Oxford. Her speciality is literary mystery fiction: each of her novels, Murder in Mansfield Park, Tom All-Alone's, A Treacherous and The Pierced Heart insert an ingenious crime into a well-known story or writer's life. Before we talk about re-mixing Austen, Dickens, Shelley and Bram Stoker, we discuss her life, career, day jobs and love of literature. We even intrigue a little, in...2017-11-2830 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 132 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 3In the final part of This Writing Life podcast's conversation with Neel Mukherjee, we begin with Donald Trump before floating in a liberal bubble towards Neel's decision to stop listening to the news. We talk about the novel might cope with a 24 hour news cycle and Neel's own creative method - taking in his daily grind and his experience of studying creative writing courses.
Neel's excellent new novel A State of Freedom is out now.
2017-11-2718 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 131 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 2In the second part of Neel Mukherjee's chat with This Writing Life podcast, he talks the influence of ghost stories on his excellent new novel A State of Freedom, about returning to India (as a visitor and writer), about the short story-novel, about surviving the Man Booker Prize shortlist for The Lives of Others, about the international trends of English literature, and finally about researching and writing about Indian bear-dancing.
Part 3 to follow.
2017-11-1117 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 130 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 1In the opening instalment of This Writing Life podcast's interview with Neel Mukherjee, Man Booker shortlisted author of The Lives of Others, we discuss his excellent new novel A State of Freedom. After admitting a little pre-publication anxiety, Mukherjee moves onto his new book and its various debts to VS Naipaul's In a Free State and Jawaharlal Nehru's 'Tryst with Destiny' speech, not to mention the parallels with recent interlinked narratives by Davids Mitchell and Szalay. Having slalomed around Mukherjee's relationship with Modernism and his portrait of Indian inequality, we end by discussing food and whether A State of...2017-11-0518 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 129 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 4 (Writing Life Revisited)In the final part of This Writing Life podcast's conversation with Meena Kandasamy, she discusses India as a modern superpower, the place of violence in the lives of women, the poor and everyday society, shifts smartly to talk about her first (and possibly only) venture into acting, before turning to the future. We end by wondering whether the appaling events depicted in her debut novel, The Gipsy Goddess, could ever happen again.
2017-11-0223 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 128 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 3 (Writing Life Revisited)In the third part of This Writing Life podcast's chat with the Indian poet, novelist and activist Meena Kandasamy, we begin with some chatter about the title of her debut novel, The Gipsy Goddess, before exploring her fraught relationship with social media - its pros and cons for political engagement, literary creativity, feminism and all-round mental health.
Part four to follow.
2017-10-3018 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 127 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 2 (This Writing Life Revisited)In the second part of This Writing Life podcast's interview with Meena Kandasamy, we discuss how fiction mixes with historical truth, women in The Gipsy Goddess, language to shock and illuminate. And more on Nicki Minaj of course.
Part three to follow.
2017-10-2325 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 126 - Meena Kandasamy reads from The Gipsy GoddessIn this new mini-podlet, Meena Kandasamy reads from chapter 4 of her first novel, The Gipsy Goddess. For those of a nervous disposition, the passage does contain a little strong language, and a reference to Nicki Minaj. But surely those are good things?
2017-10-1702 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 125 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 1 (This Writing Life Revisited)This Writing Life podcast extracts an interview from its vaults. Back when we had the energy to attempt an actual introduction, even when we mispronounce the author's name, we talked to the extraordinary Meena Kandasamy about her extraordinary debut novel, The Gypsy Goddess.
Part 2 to follow.
2017-08-3128 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 124 - Rick Bass: Part 5 - For a Little WhileThe final part of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass, award winning writer and respected environmental activist, begins where the last podlet ended. 'Obey little, resist much.' From there, we consider time and how art can help breed a sense of empathy. Bass bashes the de-humanising effects of corporate existence, the apathy and 'altered truths' that make up contemporary life. The pod ends with more Trump, some lighter discussion of Bass's writing day, his family, and finally - with one eye on the audio-audience, so to speak - some chat about Montana.
For a little...2017-08-0416 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 123 - Rick Bass: How do we protest Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt and the rest?In this short but inspiring podlet, This Writing Life attempts its best impersonation of Pod Save America and asks: what can we do to organise resistance against Donald Trump, destroyer of worlds, ruiner of all things good and wholesome and green and free? Where does Bass draw the line when resisting: the picket line, the jail cell? What would he say to anyone tempted to welcome the frackers?
Part five of five to follow.
2017-08-0106 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 122 - Rick Bass: Part 4 - For a Little WhileIn part four of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass, whose new book For a Little While (Pushkin) on 2017's Story Prize, we talk about his love of the short story, and why it is the most human of literary forms. We return to the relationship between Bass's environmentalism and his writing, before skipping off again onto nature writing and finally the difference between optimism and hope in Bass's conception of humankind. Buried somewhere in all this, Bass refuses to talk about his new novel. 'It's an old writer's taboo...'
The fifth and final...2017-07-2814 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 121 - Rick Bass: are you optimisitic about human nature?A short trailer for part 4 of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass. In which Rick answers the question: are you optimisitic about human nature?
2017-07-2701 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 120 - Rick Bass: Part 3 - For a Little WhilePart three of This Writing Life's transatlantic chat with a Montana-bound Rick Bass takes in the material in Episode 119: in which Rick reviews his short story career in For a Little While (Pushkin), and attempting to describe what it feels like to be lost in a story.
In between he discusses the connections between writing and geology, about following his imaginative nose through a story. To finish, we talk about his story 'Elk', which first appeared in the New Yorker, images of substrata and blue in his work, and the mysteriousness of his own characters.
...2017-07-1818 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 119 - Rick Bass on his collection For a Little While (and getting lost in writing)'You are a stranger inhabiting this blazing dream and you barely get out with your life...yeah, and then you go to the bar for a drink.'
A Writing Life podlet, in which Rick Bass recalls what's like to review your career (to date) in his superb collection of stories, For a Little While (Pushkin Press), which won 2017's Story Prize. From here Bass tries to explain what it feels like when inspiration strikes and fades.
2017-07-1506 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 118 - Rick Bass: Part 2 - For a Little WhilePart two of This Writing Life's transatlantic conversation with Rick Bass, novelist, activist, award-winning short story writer, begins with a question referencing Philip Larkin, Romanticism and Transcendentalism and continues with an answer discussing fiction, geology, humans and time: 'We are new to this world. We don't know how to be in this old world.' ----more----From here we moved towards some if not all the following:
Bass, religion and nature
'fostered alike by beauty and by fear': nature as teacher?
autobiography, family and discovering nature
nature as idea or reality?
Annie Gillard, Peter Matheson, Edward Abbey: Bass and...2017-07-1216 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 117 - Rick Bass: Part 1 - For a Little While'I am working on a new novel...and an op-ed for the Los Angeles paper about Trump and his reign of terror.' Here in one line is This Writing Life's lengthy podcast conversation with Rick Bass - novelist, award-winning short story writer, and environmental activist. In future episodes we discuss For a Little While, a collection of his best short fiction, which a week after we spoke won the prestigious Story Prize.
We began however with Rick Bass the Environmental Activist - in his home state of Montana and elsewhere across the United States and disunited...2017-07-0317 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 116 - Gary Younge: Part 4'I quite liked it.' So says Gary Younge about America in the final part of This Writing Life podcast's conversation about his wonderful new book, Another Day in the Death of America. We began by asking asking Younge about his decision to leave the country and return to his home in Hackney, east London. A description of his feelings on departing the United States leads into a meditation on his Barbadian family background, and what it means to grow up black in Britain. 'There is an element of outsiderness here that I carry with me.'
...2017-06-2618 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 115 - Gary Younge: Part 3In part three of Gary Younge's conversation with This Writing Life podcast, we continue our discussion of his extraordinary book A Day in the Death of America. We begin by discussing the idea of choice in the lives of the teenagers Younge writes about - all of whom are either the victims of gun violence, or the perpetrator. Younge weighs up role of personal responsibility against a culture and society in which gun violence is simply more likely. He recalls the tragic example of Justin, who was shot in a case of mistaken identity whilst driving on the streets...2017-06-2211 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 114 - Gary Younge: Part 2In part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Gary Younge about his powerful book Another Day in the Death of America, we begin by discussing the place of guns in the stories he tells: the deaths by gun-shots on one random day of teenagers across the United States. What makes America different with regards gun-crime? Do guns kill people, or is it the people themselves? ----more----Having addressed this, we moved onto:
Younge's own encounters with guns living in Chicago
'Why would I want a gun?': what Younge learned when covering NRA conventions
why your wife is...2017-06-1516 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 113 - Gary Younge: Part 1Gary Younge is an acclaimed writer and journalist, best known for his reporting on the United States for the Guardian in the United Kingdom. The author of several books, he spoke to This Writing Life podcast about his most recent: Another Day in the Death in America (Faber & Faber). As he explains in the introduction, its premise is tragically simple: every day on average seven children and teens are shot dead by guns in America. Younge decided to tell the story of one day, 23rd November 2013, selected at random, on which 10 young people were killed.
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2017-05-3016 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 112 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 5The final part of Kevin Sullivan's conversation with This Writing Life podcast arrives after a slight delay for a summer holiday. We begin by asking whether Kevin has a typical writing day - a pressing matter given his long career as a foreign correspondent. From here we move through his creative process as a novelist (editing and re-writing) to the challenges of writing from the middle of a war zone. We also discuss his human rights work with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), above all in identifying those murdered at Srebrenica.
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The WORLD FAMOUS DJ KIDD's (Thedjkidd604) PodcastDJ KIDD "30 MINUTE TWERKOUT" VOL. 177 (MAY 2017 EDITION)DJ KIDD "30 MINUTE TWERKOUT" VOL. 177 (MAY 2017 EDITION)1. SO INTO YOU (DJ KIDD REFIX) - TAMIA2. FUCK WITH U - KID INK FEAT. TY DOLLA SIGN3. BAE - DONELL LEWIS & KENNYON BROWN FEAT. BINA BUTTA4. THEY DONT KNOW - TINIE TEMPAH FEAT. KID INK, STEFFLON DON & AOD5. BODY WORK - VOLUME 46. UH OH - ANJALI WORLD FEAT. CASEY VEGGIES7. WAY YOU TOUCH ME - ABRINA FEAT. PLAY-N-SKILLZ8. WHINE 4 ME - DONELL LEWIS & KENNYON BROWN FEAT. KAYE STYLES9. BDY ON ME - OMARION10. I LIKE - RAY LAVENDER FEAT. TEDDY...2017-05-2058 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 111 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 4In the fourth part of This Writing Life's conversation with journalist and novelist Kevin Sullivan, we move away from his experiences reporting on the siege of Sarajevo to his writing career more generally.
Sullivan discussed his formative literary loves, his romantic ideas of the foreign correspondent, before delving into the reality of writing about conflict from across the world. He recalls riots in Korea and finding himself in the middle of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Part 5 of 5 to follow.
2017-05-0118 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 110 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 3'It was the loudest explosion I’ve ever heard.' Kevin Sullivan begins part three of his conversation with This Writing Life podcast by remembering the landmine explosion that almost killed him while he was reporting in Gornji Vakuf, in the early days of the Bosnian war.
Having described his dramatic rescue, Sullivan recalls the revelation that occurred as he lay in a nearby basement with two broken legs: 'I was very conscious then that however dramatic this experience is for me these [Bosnian] people lying on the same concrete floor are not going to get taken aw...2017-04-2116 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 109 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 2In part two of This Writing Life's conversation with the journalist and novelist Kevin Sullivan, we begin by asking why he travelled from Tokyo to Sarajevo in 1991 on the brink of the Bosnian War.
Sullivan offers his first impressions and a brief comparison of the city before the siege began, 25 years ago. 'It was such a great place to live.'
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From here, we moved to:
'It is a little bit like a drug': the attraction and terror of war reporting
the landmine explosion that almost killed Sullivan
'Whatever my experience...2017-04-1722 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 108 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 1Our next guest on This Writing Life podcast is the journalist and novelist Kevin Sullivan. His latest novel, The Longest Winter, is set during the siege of Sarajevo, which began almost twenty-five-years ago to the day in April 1992. Sullivan covered the conflict as a journalist, and almost lost his life in the nearby town of Gornji Vakuf, when the Land Rover he was travelling in hit a landmine. Sullivan began The Longest Winter shortly after, whilst recuperating in Glasgow, but it would take many more years for the final story to be completed. ----more----In Part 1 of our conversation, Sullivan...2017-04-0622 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 107 - LS Hilton: Part 2There's only so much a nice podcast can take. In part two of This Writing Life's chat with LS Hilton, we dive into Maestra, the global blockbuster that made its author's name (albeit with initials replacing Lisa). We begin by asking how much of a departure its compostion was for LSH, as are calling her these days.
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the reaction (or not) of her agent
Maestra's pitch and publication
some more 50 Shades criticism
reading the naughty bits
LSH on Maestra: reviews, jokes, meritocracy...2017-03-2721 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 106 - LS Hilton: Part 1In a new two-part episode, This Writing Life meets Lisa Hilton: journalist, historian and novelist. Her 15 year-career has produced five works of non-fiction, and three of fiction. Yet it took just one book to make her name, albeit under the thin veil of LS Hilton.
Published in 2016, Maestra was a marmite erotic thriller, that provoked controversy, accalaim and headlines across the world. Rejected by Hilton's own agent who found it 'disgusting', and then by almost every English publisher, it found a home first with a film agent, and then with the up and coming Zaffre Press. 50 Shades...2017-03-1627 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 105 - Richard Russo: Part 5The final part of our epic chat with Richard Russo asks an epic question: what has it been like to write novels for 30 years? Having chewed over that question we move onto some other big topics, including posterity, death and what comes next (not the afterlife, just what is Russo's next project).
Finally, we ask: will there be another chapter to Donald Sullivan's adventures? Everybody's Fool is available everywhere right now. We urge you to read it at once.
2017-03-1017 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 104 - Richard Russo: Part 4'This is not an attempt on my part to portray myself as anything like a prophet. I simply was born somewhere...I got to bear witness to something that was tremendously important to me and my family.'
In this fourth and penultimate This Writing Life interview with Richard Russo, we begin with the fictional small-town of Bath that is found in both Nobody's Fool and its sequel Everybody's Fool. Russo discusses his own personal and artistic relationship with small-town life, taking in his childhood in Gloversville and how it has informed much of his work. From...2017-03-0515 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 103 - Richard Russo: Part 3'I have always been a meanderer. I have always loved digression.'
So says Richard Russo in part three of This Writing Life's conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist. We approach the subject of comic meandering, initially as a way to explore through narrative ideas of luck, fate and free will. We digress through a peroration about self-made men, including President Donald Trump, and Brexit towards a deeper consideration of digression in Russo's new novel, Everybody's Fool, and his work as a whole. (A small warning: the final four minutes of this interview contain a spoiler...2017-02-2623 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 102 - Richard Russo: Part 2Part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo begins with the idea of sequels: his new novel, Everybody's Fool is a follow-up to Russo's masterpiece, Nobody's Fool. What are the risks of continuing a story that is not just admired but loved? Did Russo intend to write a sequel to Donald 'Sully' Sullivan's adventures. What made him return in the first place? What was it like to revisit characters who were created over 20 years before?
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From here we moved onto:
Russo's relationship with his father: 'It shouldn't have...2017-02-1320 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 101 - Richard Russo: Part 1Part 1 of This Writing Life's interview with the great American comic writer begins in media res. Russo is telling me about signing 9000 copies of his new novel, Everybody's Fool, in a warehouse in Maryland. Russo has recovered enough to discuss the idea of signed copies and what to do with his own personal archive. ----more----This idea of looking back leads us, neatly enough to, Everbody's Fool and the challenge of sequels: the book continues the story of Russo's masterpiece (to my mind) Nobody's Fool from 1993. From here we talked:
what had Russo forgotten about his charaters, and what...2017-02-0724 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 100 - Richard Russo reads from Everybody's FoolFor the 100th episode of This Writing Life, we celebrate with a very special instalment. Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Russo reads from his wonderful, warm, funny and mordant new book Everybody's Fool. A sequel to one of our favourite novels - 1993's Nobody's Fool - it returns the reader to the life, opinions and travails of Donald 'Sully' Sullivan in the small upstate New York town of North Bath.
In this scene from the distant past (the character Wirf Saks has died by Everybody's Fool), Sully and Wirf settle down in the local bar to discuss...2017-01-3103 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 99 - Matt Haig: Part 4The final part of This Writing Life's interview with Matt Haig (about Christmas, mental health, the internet) begins with Magic Tweets (about Rupert Murdoch), Tweeting addiction and the inveterate competitiveness of writers. ----more----From here we drifted towards:
internet joy and internet anxiety
experiencing and surviving anxiety
Bret Easton Ellis' master Tweeter
Matt Haig's Twitter etiquette
Holly Herndon, children and technological ambivalence
Sylvia Plath, John Clare and the link between creativity and mental illness
reading and Matt Haig's recovery from depression
which books and writers helped Matt
the importance and salvation of poetry
2017-01-2916 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 98 - Matt Haig: Part 3Part 3 of This Writing Life's interview with Matt Haig changes tack from memories of Christmas past to consider Matt's experience of depression that inspired his non-fiction memoir Reasons to Stay Alive. We begin by discussing general attitudes towards mental health, not least among politicians, before exploring the effect that Reasons to Stay Alive has had on Matt and his readers. ----more----From there we talked about:
the internet and mental illness
Matt and Twitter
The Trump-Farage Effect: 'We are not in an age of consensus anymore. We are in an age of strong opinions'
Haig reviews his literary career
...2017-01-2315 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 97 - Matt Haig Trailer: On Reading vs DepressionA very happy new year to all! We open 2017 by returning back to 2016. This Writing Life's interview with Matt Haig was a game of two halves. For the first 45 minutes, we discussed Christmas, inspired by his excellent festive children's story, A Boy Called Christmas. In the second half, we turned our attention to depression inspired by Matt's excellent memoir about depression, anxiety and his own experience of mental illness, Reasons to Stay Alive. In this short taster, Matt recalls how reading helped him in the early days of recovery: what he read and what he found he could not...2017-01-1703 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 96 - Matt Haig: Part 2 - It's a Writing Life Christmas SpecialPart two of This Writing Life’s special Christmas interview with Matt Haig (for his Christmas fable A Boy Called Christmas) starts with the magic of stockings at the end of the bed, continues as a litmus test of Haig’s childhood happiness and heads towards the Haig family rituals. There are memories of teenage bad behavior before a return to Christmas as seen through the eyes of Haig’s own children. Haig talks films (above all, It’s a Wonderful Life) and books, before we explore the ‘Father’ of ‘Father Christmas’. There are discussions about festivity and feeling good, commerce a...2016-12-3022 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 95 - Matt Haig: Part 1 - It's a Wonderful Writing Life Christmas SpecialMatt Haig has many and diverse talents. Children's author, Young Adult novelist, non-fiction bestseller, for his extraordinary book on depression, Reasons to Stay Alive. Over the past two years, he has added Christmas storyteller to his CV. First with A Boy Called Christmas (2015), and now a sequel: The Girl Who Saved Christmas. ----more----
I talked to Matt about A Boy Called Christmas at the end of last year. In the first of three parts we discuss the origins of the novel, about optimistic fiction, recollections of Christmases past, what Santa Claus means to Matt, mid-life crises, superheroes, t...2016-12-2218 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 94 - Rebecca Thornton's Writing LifeIn a postscript to This Writing Life's interview chat with Rebecca Thornton, about her debut novel The Exclusives, we talk about her writing life: loneliness, drawing the curtains during the day, chatting at the school dates, disconnecting from Facebook, procrastination, Massive Attack, writing with two young sons desperate to bthe laptop. Most importantly she answers the question: do you like writing?
2016-12-2104 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 93 - Rebecca Thornton: Part 3Part 3 of Rebecca Thornton's interview with This Writing Life begins with a discussion of the Faber Academy writing course, which kickstarted the composition of her debut novel, The Exclusives. After some kind words about Esther Freud and Tim Lott (see part one for more about Tim), Rebecca talks about how the course works, including the terror of reading her romantic comedy in front of her class. ----more----From here we moved to:
what kept her writing when she was most discouraged?
hearing the 'voice' of the novel
was writing cathartic?
Rebecca's writing routine
curtains and night writing
what was...2016-12-1917 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 92 - Rebecca Thornton: Part 2Part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Rebecca Thornton, about her debut novel The Exclusives, begins with a discussion of what perfection means to her characters. This is not something we know much about at This Writing Life. But anyway. Rebecca compares her feelings as a teenager to what perfection means to her today as a writer and mother. ----more----From here we reverse towards the evolution of The Exclusives itself, from romantic comedy to dark-hearted thriller. We plunge on to:
writing as a form of therapy
withholding in narrative and content
fronts, repression and fear - at...2016-12-1516 minThis Writing LifeEpisode 91 - Rebecca Thornton: Part 1Rebecca Thornton's The Exclusives is a debut novel: a thriller about friendship, paranoia, success and secrets set in an all-girls boarding school. This Writing Life didn't need a second invitation to talk to Rebecca at her publishers in central London. ----more----The setting was a glass meeting room, which later inspired a lesson in how Thornton's mind works like her fiction. But after a little to and fro about swearing, we began by discussing the intensity of writing the novel itself. This had something to do with readers' fascination with the possible autobiographical elements of the story: Thornton like her...2016-12-1221 min