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CrowdScienceWill the Earth ever lose its Moon?The Moon has always sparked human curiosity. It governs the tides and biological rhythms. It’s inspired myths and stories. It’s inspired us to reach out and explore it. And it's certainly inspired CrowdScience listeners, who have sent us a host of questions about it. And in a special lunar-themed episode we’ve brought together a panel of astronomers and planetary scientists to help answer them. What would life be like if there was no Moon? Would there even be life? Or what if we had two moons? Are the Moon and Earth equally battered by meteor...
2024-12-2026 min
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers' Advisory PodcastEpisode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-FictionThis episode we're discussing the topic of non-fiction Pop Culture books! We talk about cult classics, the Disney channel, the futch scale, and being Eldritch Millennials. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Join our Discord Server! Things We Read (or tried to…) Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography from NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie Quinn Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and In...
2024-06-041h 00
Talk to Touch - Open Conversation with Queer Artists & CreativesProudly Queer: A Conversation with Dr Harry Heuser: Part 3A three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on YouTubehttps://yo...
2023-08-1624 min
Talk To TouchProudly Queer: An Interview with Dr Harry HeuserA three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on YouTubehttps://yo...
2023-08-1624 min
Talk to Touch - Open Conversation with Queer Artists & CreativesProudly Queer: A Conversation with Dr Harry Heuser: Part 2The second episode in a three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on Yo...
2023-08-1635 minTalk To TouchProudly Queer: An Interview with Dr Harry HeuserThe second episode in a three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on Yo...
2023-08-1635 min
Talk to Touch - Open Conversation with Queer Artists & CreativesProudly Queer: A Conversation with Dr Harry Heuser: Part 1A three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on YouTubehttps://yo...
2023-08-1627 minTalk To TouchProudly Queer: An Interview with Dr Harry HeuserA three-part interview with Dr Harry Heuser, a senior lecturer at the Aberystwyth School of Art.Dr Heuser opens up about life as a young queer man in New York during the Aids crisis and takes us through a very personal trauma. This open conversation is both inspiring and moving.Thank you for listening.Denver Trigger Warning:Some listeners may find parts of this conversation distressing. Listener discretion is advised.You will find the video recording of this episode on YouTubehttps://yo...
2023-08-1627 min
Morning GloryThe West End?Conservative London Assembly Member Neil Garratt AM kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as fury grows at Khan's 'socialist tax' with tens of thousands now demanding an end to 'madness'. Former Conservative Health Minister Lord James Bethell joins shortly after to discuss why the Conservatives will miss their election pledge to build 40 hospitals by the end of the decade, government auditors have said, warning that the programme is “not good value for money” . Headteacher of the Sacred Heart School London Serge Cefai returns to The Independent Republic to discuss Rishi Sunak's warning as he unveils a cra...
2023-07-171h 17
Inside City HallULEZ scrappage musical chairs, Solar Together - same scheme new problems.Series 2 Episode 13 On Inside City Hall this episode, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: ULEZ - a "major" announcement. The Mayor makes a "major" announcement about ULEZ Scrappage, but it looks more like a rounding error that fails to solve the cost of living impact of the Mayor's charge and still leaves companies playing ULEZ Musical Chairs with too few compliant vans available to meet the demand. Solar Together. The contractor that caused so many problems with their Mayoral-approved solar panel programme has gone into liquidation, making a bad situation worse. A follow up to the s...
2023-06-0924 minInside City HallShawcross Prevent Review, ULEZ "computer says no", Wennington fire, and the Mayor's bad junk food science.Series 2 Episode 12 On Inside City Hall this episode, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: Shawcross review. The Police and Crime Committee looked at the major review of the Prevent anti-terrorism programme. ULEZ. Unusually, not the charge itself but TfL's "computer says no" approach to people trying to pay it. Wennington fire. The London Fire Brigade's review of last year's major blaze which highlights that the LFB faces some distinctly rural firefighting problems, as well as more familiar urban and high rise challenges. Mayor's Junk Food ad ban. Research widely quoted by the Mayor and his allies...
2023-06-0248 min
Morning GloryProtestor PredicamentBaroness Claire Fox of Buckley kicks off today's show as we discuss the morning's top headlines and debate republicans right to protest during the King's coronation this weekend. Former Police officer and founder of Bluelight Police Recruitment Brendan O Brien returns to The Independent Republic to discuss why over 2,000 would-be police officers recruited to boost numbers left during probation. Shortly after we speak to the new leader of the City Hall Conservatives Neil Garratt AM as he sets out his plan to continue challenging Sadiq Khan on his plans to expand the Ultra low emission zone ULEZ, as well as oppos...
2023-05-081h 15Inside City HallEaling People's Question Time, the budget, road pricing, and tackling online fraud.Series 2 Episode 11 This week on Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: People's Question Time. The people want to talk about ULEZ, but the Mayor wants to smear critics as "holding hands with the far right". City Hall Budget. And the Conservative alternative to tackle dirty air and the cost of living. Road Pricing. The Mayor's post-ULEZ pay-per-mile plan to charge every vehicle in London every time it moves, which is starting to look increasingly like a plan to tax outer London to fund TfL services in central and inner London. Operation Elaborate. A...
2023-03-061h 01Inside City HallMayor's Cost of Living PR stunt brought down by reality, blue light collaboration, and missing children in LondonSeries 2 Episode 10 This week on Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: The Mayor's Cost of Living Summit with Martin Lewis the Money Saving Expert does not go as planned when the public bring up ULEZ and Martin thinks they have a point. Then undermines the Mayor's rent control obsession. Blue light shared working, eg police making use of space in fire stations. Missing children. Staggeringly, Police in London record 25,447 cases of missing children per year relating to 8,414 individuals. What have we been reading, watching, or listening to this week?
2023-02-2139 minInside City HallULEZ Scrappage announced, cleaning up the Met, future of Conservatives in London, and is the Night Czar worth a 40% pay rise? Series 2 Episode 9 This week on Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: - The new ULEZ Scrappage scheme, which launched on Monday, - How Sir Mark Rowley is cleaning up the Met, while the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime may not be helping, - Nick's article on the future of Conservatives in millennial London, - The Night Czar gets 40% pay rise, but what is there to show for her existence? What have we been reading, watching, or listening to this week?...
2023-02-0155 minInside City HallDid the Mayor's team fiddle the ULEZ consultation? And did they try to cover it up? Special guest Peter Fortune discusses this week's explosive revelations.Series 2, Episode 8. How the Mayor's ULEZ lines crumbled Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers are joined by fellow AM Peter Fortune in the aftermath of an explosive January Mayoral Question Time at which we confronted Mayor Khan with the paper trail showing the Mayor had made false and dishonest statements about his ULEZ consultation. It's been covered by the BBC, ITV, the Evening Standard but here we go behind the scenes to discuss what we actually knew, what the Mayor claimed, and how the Mayor's statements simply don't hold up. We also discuss The W...
2023-01-2351 minInside City HallSolar panels generating complaints, zero Croydon youth murders, ULEZ consultation results, and cargo bikes.Series 2, Episode 7. Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers review the latest news from London and City Hall, in this episode: - Mayor Sadiq Khan's Solar Together plan for home solar panels. Aiming to generate electricity, it's also generated huge numbers of complaints, even the Mayor publicly admitted it had gone wrong. Neil's Audit Panel has investigated and found serious problems with the process. - A year of zero youth murders in Croydon. A great news story and a big turnaround from 2021, what's beind it? - The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) consultation results are...
2023-01-0649 minInside City HallTransport Pubcast Special with Dr Tom Cohen from University of WestminsterSeries 2, Episode 6. Neil and Nick are joined in the Windsor Castle pub by special guest Dr Tom Cohen, a Senior Lecturer in transport at the University of Westminster. We discuss: - Childhood transport memories, - Active travel, cycling, e-bikes and e-scooters, - "shared mobility" such as dockless bikes, and why it's not really sharing if you charge rent, - How to run consultations with the public that don't look like a "fix" (one for the Mayor to tune in...) - The 1 hour transport "budget" and whether transport should try t...
2022-12-3150 min
theHOUSEdimensiontheHOUSEdimension032TRACKLISTGusto Vs Wildchild - Disco's Revenge Vs Renegade Master (Stuart Ojelay Bootleg) Jaded - A Gentleman In Paris (Extended Mix) [Stress] Point85, Maex - Come Back to Me Electronic Youth x Offplan - Feel The Need (Extended Mix) Anthony Pears - Tetragrammaton (Extended Mix) [Drop Low Records] Chaney & GotSome - Midnight Hour (Extended Mix) Jack Garratt - Just How I like It (Extended Dance Mix) [Skint] Husko - SenÌorita (Extended Mix) Steve K...
2022-11-2659 min
theHOUSEdimensiontheHOUSEdimension028TRACKLISTPete Tong x Ultra Nate x LP Giobbi x Jules Buckley - Free (Do What U Want) (Orchestral Version) [MoS] Eliza Rose x Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) [Smith & Sorren Club Extended Edit] Jack Garratt - Just How I like It (Extended Mix) [Skint] Lou Casablanca - Yours Tonight (James Alexandr Remix) Friend Within - Bring It Down (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] Staxx - Joy (Dr Packer Extended Remix) [Champion Records] Sonny Fodera...
2022-10-291h 02Inside City HallMeeting the new Met Commissioner, Just Stop Oil, challenging the Mayor on ULEZThis week on Inside City Hall: - Neil and Nick give their first impressions of Sir Mark Rowley after his first appearance at the Police and Crime Committee, - What to do about Just Stop Oil? What did Sir Mark say when we asked him? - Neil laments attacks on art, will galleries just put everything behind glass like the Mona Lisa? - Sustained questioning of the Mayor about ULEZ, where he admitted it might be delayed because of the cost of living pressure, - and the Mayor's extraordinary...
2022-10-2646 minInside City HallFrom Conference in Birmingham, the Mayor's worst week, little boats, LGBT+ hate crime, and levelling up LondonFrom Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Neil Garratt AM and Nick Rogers AM look at the big City Hall and London news from the last week. - The Mayor legally summonsed to give evidence to the Assembly about the Tom Winsor report. - ULEZ consultation results were leaked, showing huge public opposition even while Mayor's attempts to hige negative responses - Could the medieval experience of crossing the Thames in London on little boats be making a comeback, as seen in Shardlake and Wolf Hall? - Nick's Conference fringe looking at r...
2022-10-0541 minInside City HallULEZ, Mayoral failure and false claims, and Met Police in special measuresLondon Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: - The Met Police being put in "special measures", - The Mayor's ULEZ consultation, - Car ownership patterns across London, including this fascinating map, - The emerging truth about the Mayor's City Hall move. Spoiler: it hasn't gone well, savings are already just half what he claimed, and the Mayor has asked staff to get back in the office even though his new smaller building means most staff don't have desks. You can enter the Mayor's ULEZ consultation most...
2022-07-0633 minInside City HallLondon-wide ULEZ, the unreal transport debate in City Hall, TfL bailouts, road pricing, and the importance of economic growthLondon Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss: - TfL fares freeze - Bus cuts consultation - TfL Bailout - Expanding ULEZ to the whole of London - The unreal transport debate in City Hall - The critical importance of economic growth Petition against ULEZ expansion The Mayor's ULEZ consultation Or (much easier) enter the Mayor's consultation by emailing your view to: cleanairyourview@tfl.gov.uk @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @CityHallPodcast
2022-06-2443 minInside City Hall"You give me £9.3 billion, and I'll show you a good time." Andrew Boff on London's Olympic legacyLondon Assembly Members Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers are joined by fellow AM Andrew Boff to discuss London's 2012 Olympic legacy, 10 years on. Also in the news this week: - Crossrail (finally!) opens on Monday - Why the Mayor's stats on road safety are bogus - Nick asked the Mayor how he'll rebuild trust with the Met Police - Andrew's questions to the Mayor on neurodiverse Londoners and trans healthcare - Neil and Nick's visit to the London Underground control room - Neil discovers that the...
2022-05-2040 minInside City HallSeason 1 finale: we are in New City Hall! With guests Peter Fortune and Emma Best we discuss ULEZ, car ownership, stop & search, junk food ad ban, plus Assembly work on apprentices, the gig economy, SW London transport, and the many irons in the fire.Neil Garratt AM and Nick Rogers AM are joined by our colleagues Peter Fortune AM and Emma Best AM for our end of season special. Inside City Hall will return for the next civic year in May. In this episode: - We are finally in the new City Hall! But it's still not quite right... - Neil's Economy Ctte reports on Apprenticeships and the gig economy - Nick's report on SW London transport, fabulously entitled Spagetti South-Western: untangling transport in south west London. - Peter's attempts to get straight...
2022-03-251h 15Inside City HallProtesters glued to shops, tube strikes, missing tourists, quizzing the TfL Commissioner, and policing fraud.Neil Garratt AM and Nick Rogers AM look at this week's news from London City Hall: - We visit the Met Police Public Order team and learn abour protesters glued to shops, - Nick tries in vain to find out from the Deputy Mayor for Business how tube strikes are affecting business in London, - Neil's Economy Committee report on Tourism in London: something the Mayor doesn't seem focussed on, - Quizzing the TfL Commissioner Andy Byford, about Crossrail and bus safety. - Policing fraud and cyber crime, which...
2022-03-1533 minInside City HallMet Commissioner resigns, Crossrail nearly open, TfL fares, plus guest Allen Simpson on banking, commerce, and London's professional servicesNeil Garratt and Nick Rogers look at this week's City Hall news, then talk to Allen Simpson from London & Partners about the capital's financial and professional services economy - what are the risks and opportunities it faces? - The Met Police Commissioner resigns - TfL Fares rise 4.8%, shutting the door on the Mayor's fares freeze - Behind the scenes trip on Crossrail, now known as the Elizabeth Line - New City Hall. During the episode we thought this would be our last week in our temporary offices. Nick was rightly wary...
2022-02-1854 minInside City HallPolicing Special plus guest Nickie Aiken MPNeil Garratt and Nick Rogers look at the many problems currently facing the Met Police, and Nick speaks to Nickie Aiken MP, Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminister. - Child Sexual Exploitation and treating children as victims, - The IOPC report into shocking "banter" messages, - The Stephen Port murders, - and "putting the Commissioner on notice", as the Mayor claimed to have done this week. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @twocitiesnickie
2022-02-0348 minInside City HallFinal Mayor's Question Time of 2021Neil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers are joined by special guest Emma Best AM to talk about the final Mayor's Question Time of 2021, the latest from TfL bailout talks, bus safety, imaginary police officers, domestic violence, London's fraud epidemic, and our plans for 2022. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @EmmaBest22
2021-12-1943 minInside City HallPolicing, TfL bailouts, and People's Question TimeNeil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers talk about the Mayor's policing priorities, Transport for London's finances and their first People's Question Time. Special guest Shaun Bailey AM joins the podcast to talk about the Mayor's Police and Crime plan. Have your say on the Metropolitan Police's priorities by responding to the consultation by 21 January 2022: https://www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/mayors-police-and-crime-plan-consultation Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-12-0326 minInside City HallLeaving City Hall, Air Ambulance, Night Tube, gig economy, and Jewish life in London.Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers are joined by special guest Daniel Kosky from the London Jewish Forum about Hanukkah and Jewish life in London. Also this episode: Leaving City Hall – the last Inside City Hall from inside city hall. Visiting London air ambulance and fire stations. Remembrance weekend. Night Tube reopening. ULEZ expansion. London’s gig economy. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @DanielKosky
2021-11-2255 minInside City HallAre you ready for ULEZ expansion?Join Neil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers for a special episode of Inside City Hall looking at the Mayor's plan to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone up to the North and South Circulars on Monday (25th October 2021). Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-10-2317 minInside City HallFireworks, the Night Tube, and global citiesNeil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers talk about the Mayor's decision to cancel London's fireworks, why the Night Tube must reopen in full, and Croydon's vote for a directly-elected Mayor. Special guest Greg Hands MP joins the podcast to talk about global cities and international trade, lessons from Rudy Giuliani, and the Conservative Party in London. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-10-2145 minInside City HallHolding Sadiq Khan's feet to the fireNeil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers talk to GLA Conservative Leader Susan Hall about holding the Mayor to account, tackling anti-Semitism and making London safe. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-10-0137 minInside City HallWhy Sadiq Khan wants to rewrite British historyNeil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers talk to Gareth Bacon MP about the Mayor's statue-toppling commission, boundary charge proposal and bonkers plan to move City Hall. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-08-1335 minInside City HallWhy the Croydon tram crash inquest raises more questions than answersNeil Garratt and Nicholas Rogers discuss the verdict from the Croydon tram crash inquest and Mortlake residents' victory over controversial development plans. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-07-2923 minInside City HallEURO 2020, face coverings, and questioning the MayorIn this episode of Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt, Nick Rogers and special guest Emma Best talk about the lessons from EURO 2020 and the Mayor's decision to make face coverings compulsory on Transport for London services as other restrictions end. They also discuss their latest questions to the Mayor on changes to London's pedestrian crossings, ULEZ enforcement and LGBT issues in the London Fire Brigade. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @emmabest22
2021-07-1729 minInside City HallWhat's next for Shaun Bailey AM?In this episode of Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers talk about Sadiq Khan's unhelpful ULEZ advice and when coronavirus restrictions should end. They are joined by special guest Shaun Bailey AM, the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in May 2021, to discuss his new roles as Chairman of the London Assembly's Police and Crime and Economy Committees. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-07-0328 minInside City HallLondon's e-scooter trialIn this episode of Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers talk about the latest news on ULEZ, tackling anti-Semitism, the Mayor's press office bill and the vaccine rollout. They are joined by special guest Cllr Paul Hodgins, who is CEO of Ginger a shared transport service, to talk about the e-scooter trial in London. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline
2021-06-1933 minInside City HallTfL bailouts, tower blocks, and expanding LondonIn this episode of Inside City Hall, Neil Garratt and Nick Rogers look at the TfL bailout and discuss their first Mayor’s Question Time. They are joined by special guest Andrew Boff AM, who talks about his new role as Chair of the London Assembly as well as discussing housing, planning, and the expansion of London’s boundaries. Follow us on Twitter: @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @AndrewBoff
2021-06-0436 minInside City HallWelcome to the London AssemblyNeil Garratt and Nick Rogers discuss their first two weeks as newly-elected London Assembly Members, finding their way around City Hall and preparing for their first Mayor's Question Time.
2021-05-1913 min
Can I ask you a personal question?6. Yo! Sushi entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe on Neil Diamond, mortality, fish, fashion and his Bahamian islandIn the sixth episode of 'Can I ask you a personal question?', Dan and Will speak to Simon Woodroffe, the entrepreneur best known as the founder of restaurant chain Yo! Sushi and hotel business Yotel. Simon left his public school aged 16, and went on to work with some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll as a stage designer. He launched Yo! Sushi in his 40s, and – after selling down his stake in the raw fish business – Simon has since become a serial entrepreneur, also setting up Yotel and Yo! Home. In this episod...
2020-08-0629 min
Rock's BackpagesE78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the StreetsIn this week's episode, we welcome former Face editor Sheryl Garratt into RBP's Zoomworld to ask her about rave and club culture – and how we got from disco to acid house to 2020's quarantine raves. Sheryl discusses her newly-reissued/revised 1999 classic Adventures in Wonderland and looks back on her journey from the NME to The Observer. Mark, Barney & Jasper ask her about her seminal 1986 Face piece on Chicago's House scene – and about Ecstasy and 1988's "second summer of love". Clips from the week's new audio interview, a 2005 conversation between DJ History's Bill & Frank and Shoom/Boy's Own legen...
2020-07-061h 06
Tilting at WindmillsMike is Wrong about BrexitMike’s eighth-favorite Englishman, Neil Garratt, returns to tell Mike exactly why he’s wrong about Brexit.
2019-03-131h 27Tilting at WindmillsMike is Wrong about Donald Trump (Neil Garratt)Neil swims across the pond to tell Mike how wrong he is about Trump. He’s wrong.
This is the slimmed down version – if you want to hear the full discussion, it is here: MP3
2018-09-1554 min