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Working Class HistoryE114: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – 2025 in reviewTeaser extract of our latest Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters in which we sit down for a bit of a chat about the year past, for WCH and the world, and plans we have for the year ahead.We discuss a year of the podcast, sick leave, full kit wankers, the rise of the far right and social democratic responses to it in the US, UK and elsewhere, and more. We also let listeners know about projects in the works for 2026.Listen to the complete episode here by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
2026-01-0711 min
周末变奏 Key Change给自己的摇篮曲在多事之春夏秋冬的多事之秋，为自己编织一辑摇篮曲。
This is my warm blanket.
曲目单：
(00:00) Nick Drake - Poor Boy
(05:54) Joe Harriott - Hum Dono
(12:42) MUCO - Mirie It Is
(15:58) Susannah Stark - Caochan
(18:41) Kelora - St Magdalene’s Wood
(22:34) Orbury Common - Golden Time
(24:57) Dando Shaft - September Wine
(28:29) Julianna Barwick - Flown
(32:55) Nicolas Fehr - Heute Hier, Morgen Vampir
(34:07) Psaradonis - Sose Me Giatre Mou
(37:17) Annelies Monsere - Dark Ages (Organ)
(42:53) Joe Harvey-Whyte, Bobby Lee - Into The Circle
(45:35) Linda Perhacs - Sandy Toes
(48:22) Wojciech Rusin - Origins of Pleasure
(51:24) Martha Argerich - Sonatine, M. 40: III. Animé
(54:56) Yara Asmar - i am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)
《周末变奏》...
2025-11-271h 00
Working Class HistoryE113: [TEASER] Radical Reads – Forces of LabourThis is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 67-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e113-radical-of-143322722In this episode, we discuss Beverly Silver's pioneering work, Forces of Labour: Workers' Movements and Globalisation Since 1870, a book which was hugely influential on many of us at Working Class History. The book is epic in its breadth (looking at labour unrest around the world and across a long period of time), but also firmly committed to...
2025-11-2618 min
Working Class HistoryE106: [TEASER] Radical Reads – China in Global CapitalismThis is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 122-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e106-radical-in-129688227In this episode, we speak to Eli Friedman and Kevin Lin about their new book, China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry. The book (co-written with Rosa Liu and Ashley Smith) does an excellent job of looking at the actions of the Chinese state from the perspective of workers and marginalised groups to produce...
2025-07-0228 min
Working Class HistoryE105: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Organising in the public sectorThis is a teaser preview of one of our Fireside Chat episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. You can listen to the full 104-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e105-fireside-in-127749416 In this episode, we spoke to one of our hosts, John, about his experiences organising at work in the public sector, first as an agency worker, then a permanent employee, and as a member and representative of Unison, the UK’s largest public sector union. In the full episode, we go into detail about some smal...
2025-06-0522 min
The Secret Life of PrisonsHow to run a festival in a prison | David Kendall and Jailhouse MooseTen years ago, David Kendall decided to put on an entire festival of arts and literature inside HMP Lewes. This was the birth of Penned Up, a unique annual event which is now in its tenth year, and which has found a home in HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire.Today we learn about how on Earth you go about organising a festival in a prison, and some of the guests who have taken part over the years, including Nick Cave, Tony Adams, Billy Bragg, Garry Younge, Courttia Newland, Max Porter, Dr Rache Clarke, John Niven, and even...
2025-05-2633 min
Working Class HistoryE102: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Luigi MangioneThis is a teaser preview of one of our Fireside Chat episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. You can listen to the full 65-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e102-fireside-124623473The date this episode aired, March 19, Luigi Mangione was scheduled to have his first court hearing on federal death penalty charges, accused of assassinating healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.So we sat down for a Fireside Chat about the case, about the US healthcare system, about Mangione and his past, about media and public reactions to the killing...
2025-04-0913 min
Dragon FriendsDF2 #2.04. Scimotaur with Nick HarriottWading through the sewers is not a heroic feat, but it is neccessary for the Heroes of Yearth's dirty task. a small contingent of able bodies are trapped under a cathedral, and our heroes will have to rely on their strength, their cunning, and the power of their will to resist the incoming cultest force. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-3144 min
Dragon FriendsDF2 #2.03. TouilleCheck with Nick HarriottCultists roam the streets of Greennest. The Last Heroes on Yearth could never face them head on, and so face a choice: Do they take a morally dubious bargian with the owner of Greennest's keep, or put their skills, and the aid of an unlikely ally, to use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-1747 min
Blockblunders103: Looking for Alibrandi with Nick HarriottDiving into an Australian classic, returning special guest Nick Harriott guesses the plot of Looking for Alibrandi!It's always a delight to have Nick join the show, make sure you listen to We've Got Earworms, an outrageously funny improvised musical podcast, and follow their socials wherever you can. Thanks for listening!If you'd like to suggest a film, you can message our socials or email blockblunderspod@gmail.comJoin our DiscordBlockblunders BlockheadsFollow our socials@nickyharhar@wevegotearworms
2025-03-111h 11The Secret Life of PrisonsPrison in numbers | Dr. Kimmett EdgarIn November 2024, Janey Starling from the charity Level Up, called out the presenter of LBC's breakfast show Nick Ferrari live on air for his apparent ignorance of the facts around the imprisonment of women. In response to that interview, we invited friend of the podcast Dr. Kimmett Edgar to the studio to help us understand what the numbers can tell us about prisons and the people who live in them. Kimmett is a former Senior Research Officer at the Oxford Centre for Criminological Research and was Head of Research at the Prison Reform Trust.
2025-01-0649 min
Working Class HistoryE98: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Jews Don’t Count’ by David BaddielThis is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 85-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e97-radical-10-116392240In this episode, we talk to Michael Richmond, a Jewish communist author and anti-racist activist, about David Baddiel's ridiculous book, Jews Don't Count. In this book, Baddiel claims that the key thing about contemporary antisemitism is the left's confusion over it, and how this confusion means that Jews are uniquely excluded from left-wing political discourse and a...
2025-01-0120 min
Working Class HistoryE97: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 91-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e97-radical-10-116392240In this episode, we talk to Elia Ayoub, a Lebanese activist and scholar of Palestinian heritage, about his recent article, 'Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know'. In this article, Elia gives a fantastic insight into Hezbollah's origins and its position within the various conflicts and connections that make up politics in the Middle East....
2024-12-1119 min
Working Class HistoryE94: [TEASER] E94: Radical Reads w/ Jasper Bernes – ‘If We Burn’This is a teaser preview of our first Radical Read, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 68-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/posts/e94-radical-w-if-113750155First of our new series, Radical Reads, in which we team up with Jasper Bernes to discuss Vincent Bevins’ 2023 book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.Welcome to ‘Radical Reads’, the second of our two new series of Patreon-only content.In Radical Reads, we hope to discuss political texts – both old and new – that have either i...
2024-11-1316 min
Blockblunders77: Mary Poppins Returns with We've Got EarwormsShe's back and this time with special guests! Nick Harriott and Nat Jensen from We've Got Earworms guess the musical numbers of Mary Poppins Returns.Give a listen to We've Got Earworms, a podcast where Nick and Nat improvise an entirely new musical with a special guest from the Australian comedy scene. If you're a fan of our pod then definitely check it out, and of course follow their socials.Thanks for listening!If you'd like to suggest a film, you can message our socials or email blockblunderspod@gmail.com
2024-09-101h 21
Working Class HistoryE90: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - Q&APreview of our first Fireside chat. To celebrate our 10th birthday on 30 July 2024, we launched a new series of discussion podcast episodes exclusively for our supporters on patreon. For the time being, as a trial, we are going to be releasing at least one bonus episode for patreon supporters every month.By doing this, we hope to be able to grow our base of supporters on patreon. If we manage to grow our base of supporters, and increase the amount of support we get each month, then we will be able to devote more resources into producing and releasing...
2024-08-3013 min
Blockblunders28: (Part 1) 28 Days Later with Nick and TomIt's another double feature this week for our double guests Nick Harriott and Tom Waddel! One has never seen 28 Days Later, and the other didn't go to the sequel 28 Week Later; both try to guess the plot with your regular hosts, Barry Walsh and Patrick Sunderland.Writer-performers Nick and Tom aren't just funny, they're also funny. And if you're in Sydney, you can see them live as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival at Berliners, 12 - 16 September. Use code Blockblunders for 28% off! Thanks for listening!If you'd like to...
2023-08-291h 00
Blockblunders28: (Part 2) 28 Weeks Later with Tom and NickIt's part two of our double feature with double guests, Nick Harriott and Tom Waddel! Listening to this part first would be as foolish as making out with a rage virus zombie. One has never seen 28 Days Later, and the other didn't go to the sequel 28 Week Later, both try to guess the plot with your regular hosts, Barry Walsh and Patrick Sunderland.Writer-performers Nick and Tom aren't just funny, they're also funny. And if you're in Sydney, you can see them live as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival at Berliners, 12 - 16 September. Use code ...
2023-08-291h 02
The Famous Sloping Pitch (or Is Football F**ked?)Ep. 27 - Lloyd Griffith - A plate of chickenNick Hancock and Chris England discuss how the Ukraine crisis could affect football, historical moments when politics and sport have collided, some Tomelu Tukachel news, more woe at Man United and the renewed possibility of a title battle.Nick and Chris are also joined by comedian, actor, presenter, and Grimsby Town fan, Lloyd Griffith. Nick, Chris and Lloyd chat about when he first started supporting Grimsby, coverage of the 'lower leagues', borrowing football shirts, regional accents and Ted Lasso. Lloyd Griffith and Darren Harriott's Peaky Blinders podcast is available on B...
2022-02-2558 min
A BJJ Marriage044 - Expanding Our Horizons Through BJJ CampsWhat a wild couple of weeks for us! We went to the Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire and Water camps hosted by Josh Janis at Neutral Ground Bayview. The camp was all weekend long and we ingested as much BJJ as possible in two days. There was lots of learning, laughs, new experiences, and all-around great people. Then we started gearing up for the holidays and had a holiday sweater open mat! Tune in to our latest episode, and happy holidays to you and your family!
Show Notes:
- A busy couple of weeks!
- Josh...
2021-12-2059 min
Trusty HogsEp7. DARREN HARRIOTT / Fruit, Fashion & FrubingDarren Harriott joins the Trusty Hogs for a lovely conversation about fashion in comedy, creepily over-detailed Wikipedia pages, and the true crime genre renaissance. The chat was so fun that it actually spilled over into the extras, so if you'd like to hear more of Catherine & Helen's chat with Darren, go to patreon.com/TrustyHogs and join the Uber Hogs today!Thank you so much for listening! Support us at https://www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more! Trust us with your own problems and questions... TrustyHogs@gmail.com Please give us...
2021-11-111h 14
Hoovering with Jessica FostekewHoovering - Episode 188: Nick HelmWelcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with incredible stand up, musician and actor and food knower abouter, Nick Helm. He’d never had a Taco Bell and I’d not had one since I was a kid on holiday in America visiting my Uncle Bob (pronounced Uncle Baaaab) - so we got one from a central London takeaway hole and took it to beau...
2021-09-241h 03
That Stagey BlogShow Down: Ep 3 - A Killer Party UK#AKillerPartyUK #AKillerParty #Review
Welcome to That Stagey Blog podcast. This is an audio version of Episode 3 of Show Down which is also available as a video on 📺 YouTube https://youtu.be/7KWFl0jXrHU
This contains some music and video clips.
Show Down: Ep 3 - A Killer Party UK. Discussed by Fiona Scott. Paul Vale. Scott Matthewman.
Welcome to Show Down.
A series where I bring together a panel of reviewers to discuss a show.
In this episode, I’m joined by
Fiona Scott, Arts journalist. Broadway World UK.
Twitter- @Fi0naSc0tt
Instagram- @fi0n0
Paul Vale, theatre critic. The Stage...
2021-05-141h 02
BackchatQuarantine Crissy, New Year Bummer, #STOPTHEKILLINGSPH + more! (1 HOUR SUMMER BANGER)On the last episode of the year, Chantelle Al-Khouri and Vanessa Lim reflect on Christmas and upcoming New Years celebrations. First up, they chat with Danni Petkovic about how the police stopped Sydney Street Kitchen from delivering meals to the homeless on Boxing Day. Then, Chantelle sat down with journalist Jan Fran about having to isolate over Christmas after ending up in the same venue as a positive case recently. After, ABC journalist Alison Xiao goes over what New Years will look like given the Northern Beaches cluster, before Macquarie Uni lecturer on terrorism studies Lise Waldek explains...
2020-12-2759 min
LUKI MUSIKALuki Musika #38 (Oso) Lasai hartzeko Unea 4soft, chill, dub, pop, blues & rithm ... easy listening soft music
1. Yo La Tengo - Driving Home
2. Nick Drake - The Throughts of Mary Jane
3. Cat Stevens - Lady D´Arbanville
4. Brant Bjork - Love is Revolution
5. The James Hunter Six - Take It As You Find It
6. J. J. Cale - Crazy Mama
7. Ella Fitzerald e Louis Amstrong - A Foggy Day
8. Derrick Harriott - Love Version
9. Roland Alphonso - Never to Be Mine
10. Oreka TX -
11. Mayra Andrade - Seu
12. Eugene McDaniels - Cherrystones
13. Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe
2020-08-1848 min
Susan Calman's - Mrs BrightsideWelcome back to Susan Calman's Mrs Brightside, Series 2Susan's back with another series of the chart topping Susan Calman's Mrs. Brightside. This series we're speaking to more amazing people about their tricksy mental health. This series features Catherine Bohart, Scottee, Sofie Hagen, Darren Harriott, Isabel Hardman, Nick Helm, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Marcus Brigstocke.
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2020-01-1700 min
GrownUpLand49. RejectionBeing rejected isn't a nice feeling, but it shapes who we become. Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are joined by comedian Darren Harriott to share painful tales of rejection and to discuss the best ways to bounce back. Sophie reveals how to avoid feeling stung if someone doesn't want to kiss you, Ned has a go at stand-up, Heidi describes how years of rejection led to a career in comedy and Steve tells us why it was love at first sight when he came to the UK as a refugee. Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for...
2019-08-2943 min
Post Punk BritainPost Punk Britain 'Jumping Someone Else's Train'A small taste of what the post-punk generation were listening to in the early 80s:
1. Cure - Jumping Someone Else’s Train (1979)
2. Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye (1981)
3. Magazine - Give Me Everything (1978)
4. Sly Dunbar - Unmetered Taxi (1982)
5. Gas - Ignore Me (1981)
6. pragVEC - Bits (1978)
7. Slits - Vindictive (PEEL, 1977)
8. Mick Farren - Let’s Loot The Supermarket (1977)
9. Derrick Harriott - Do I Worry
10. Wreckless Eric - Pop Song (1980)
11. Nick Lowe - Heart of the City (1976)
12. Moondogs - Schoolgirl Crush (PEEL, 1980)
13. Decorators - Twilight View (1980)
14. Tapper Zukie - M.P.L.A.
15. Gang of Four - Love Like Anthrax (1978)
16. Blue Orchids - A...
2015-03-211h 00