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Cinéclub PodcastEpisode #20 - A Ghost Story for Christmas B-sides w/ Ray NewmanThe BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series ran from 1971 to 1978, and there are just eight episodes. But there is also a whole constellation of other films that have a similar strange, unsettling atmosphere. This episode explores three such examples.My guest is Ray Newman, and our conversation was prompted by a blog post he wrote, listing a series of these A Ghost Story for Christmas-esque films. From this post we chose three films: 1979’s Casting the Runes, directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, the main man behind the BBC series; Baby, an episode of Nigel Kneale’s 1976...
2025-12-0851 min
Don't Lift Off#8 - Keith RobinsonKeith Robinson is a former car valeter, racing driver, current Mercedes Benz World instructor and Classic Supercar test driver. Over a 30 year period he has worked for and raced top sports marques including Ferrari, Morgan and Noble in British GT and he is a winner of the Britcar 24 Hour event at Silverstone. He is also a goddam Rock 'n' Roll star!
In this episode, Keith and Anthony talk about single seater motor racing in the 1990's, working together at Club Fiorano, Ferrari UK's official driving club run by Formula One legend, the late Peter Gethin - winner of what...
2025-02-062h 10
Never Mind The Bar ChartsThe surprising similarity between Tony Blair and Nigel Farage
The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts saw Paula Surridge return to the show, talking about the impact of political values and of perceived competence on recent general elections. We got into some surprising similarities between Tony Blair and Nigel Farage, as well as ways in which Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown were the same.
Take a listen to find out how on earth we ended up there.
Show notes
"Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election" by Paula Surridge. Also in blog...
2025-01-2051 min
HR Visionaries InternationalDedalus | From Typewriters to AI with Nigel Gordon-JohnsonNigel, with a career spanning nearly 30 years in technology and talent acquisition, shares his journey from the typewriter days of CVs to the digital age's forefront. This episode is a treasure trove for anyone fascinated by the transformation in recruiting, the impact of AI, and the personal touch that remains crucial in the hiring process. Nigel's insights into candidate and hiring manager experiences, coupled with his predictions for future trends in talent acquisition, make this a must-listen. Discover how Dedalus, where Nigel leads talent acquisition, is navigating these changes while making significant impacts on lives with life-giving software.
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2024-07-0838 min
The Daily TIt's war: Farage vs Johnson on UkraineNigel Farage claims Boris Johnson will go down in history as the “worst prime minister of modern times” after a public spat that saw the ex-PM attack the Reform leader for his comments on Ukraine and Putin where he claimed the West provoked the invasion. Camilla reacts to the backlash in the studio with Associate Editor Gordon Rayner who's standing in for Kamal for this episode.Plus, could the general election gambling controversy be the new 'Partygate' for the Tories? And can the real Kemi Badenoch please stand up? We do a deep dive...
2024-06-2441 min
Tonight with Andrew MarrNigel Farage Pledges to Be A "Bloody Nuisance"Andrew Marr speaks to Labour's Wes Streeting, the Conservatives' Chris Philp and former head of Channel 4 Dorothy Byrne about the head to head debate between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, as well as Nigel Farage's day in Clacton-On-Sea. He also speaks to former Director of Communications for Boris Johnson, Guto Harri and Theo Bertram, former advisor to Gordon Brown and Tony Blair about what they would do to prepare the Prime Ministers before television debates.
2024-06-0452 min
So Very Wrong About Games#297: Envelopes of CashLet us, following in Andy Schwarz's example, highlight the fine work of Nancy Skinner, a California state senator whose "Fair Pay to Play Act" granted college athletes in California the right to profit from their name, image, and likeness. This forced the NCAA to allow such changes more broadly.It hasn't been perfect, but let's acknowledge one thing: if someone's gonna be making millions off your name and face, maybe--just maybe!--you should be able to get a cut. Games Played Last Week:01:43 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad a...
2024-02-061h 11
Le pitch était presque parfait12 - LE COMPTOIR TIME MACHINE - DÉCEMBRE 2023Inscrivez-vous à la newsletter pour participer aux concours et recevoir des épisodes spéciaux : 👉 https://podcast.ausha.co/le-pitch-etait-presque-parfait?s=1 Bienvenue, Prends un tabouret et pose-toi ! Tu es au ciné du commerce.Un podcast où on parle de ciné au comptoir avec une suze qu'on a payé avec la petite monnaie.Xad et Quentin te proposent une nuit d'ivresse cinématographique. Si tu as écouté les premiers épisodes, tu connais LE COMPTOIR TIME MACHINE. Chaque mois, nous ferons un tou...
2023-12-2811 min
ProfileCharlotte OwenThe youngest person ever to receive a life peerage, Charlotte Owen’s elevation to the House of Lords, after less than six years in Westminster - some of it working as an intern - has made newspaper headlines. She’s had a remarkably quick rise through the Conservative party, starting as an intern and ending up a special advisor to then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson - the man who recommended her peerage when he resigned.Charlotte Owen has faced much scrutiny since her peerage was announced but those close to her say she has youth and...
2023-06-2414 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryWhat the Hell is Going on in UK Politics? (with British Pollster Keiran Pedley)Send us a textKeiran Pedley is a veteran pollster, the Director of Politics for Ipsos/UK, and a regular presence in UK media offering analysis on the latest political data and developments. In this conversation, we set the table as to how the UK system is both similar and different than the US, cover the last few Brexit-fueled chaotic years in British politics, the current state of the Labour opposition, and turn to the rise of new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her tumultous first few weeks in office and implications for UK politics moving forward...
2022-10-0454 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsA SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: IMPRINT FILMS - The Harry Palmer CollectionImprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is episode is all about the pick of the October British Batch, The Harry Palmer Collection. FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THREE ORIGINAL 1960S FILMS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE COLLECTION, WITH BONUS FEATURES WORTHY OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION.The I...
2021-11-2631 min
Imprint CompanionOCTOBER 2021: The Harry Palmer CollectionImprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is episode is all about the pick of the October British Batch, The Harry Palmer Collection. FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THREE ORIGINAL 1960S FILMS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE COLLECTION, WITH BONUS FEATURES WORTHY OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION.The Ipcress File (1965) – Imprint...
2021-11-2631 min
The NigelGJ ShowHow To Know What Your Interviewer Is Really Thinking - The Body Language MasterclassDo you know how to tell what the person sat opposite you is thinking when you go to your job interview?
In this podcast, I am talking with Maartje Wissink who is a behavioral therapist and body language expert.
Maartje is based in the Netherlands and has many years experience coaching and training organisations to better understand non verbal communication that helps for better decision making and greater success at sales, business and job interviewing.
This was one of the most fascinating discussions that I have had recently during the Body...
2021-03-071h 08The NigelGJ ShowThe Human Lie Detector - Darren Stanton - The Body Language MasterclassCan you tell when someone is being deceptive? When someone is lying to you? This week my guest on The Body Language Masterclass Series is Darren Stanton, The Human Lie Detector.
Darren is one of the world's top body language experts. Darren began his UK Television and Media career back in 2010, when he was asked to assess the politicians during the TV Live debate for the General Election.
Prior to this Darren spent his days investigating and dealing with liars, cheats and criminals as a Police Officer.
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2021-02-221h 18The NigelGJ ShowUltra Marathons with Mimi Anderson - The Inspirational Fitness ShowThis week on the Inspirational Fitness Show, I am in conversation with Mimi Anderson.
Mimi is one of the world’s most inspirational distance runners, having made an incredible journey from stay-at-home mum of three to multiple Guinness World Record Holder. The list of achievements that Mimi has accomplished is endless but here is a taste of some of the incredible races and running challenges that she has completed.
353 miles non stop across the Arctic for the 6633 ultra where she was the overall winner and course record holder.
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2021-02-1351 minThe NigelGJ ShowThe Falklands Ultra Marathon with Andy Hodgson - The Inspirational Fitness ShowThis week on the Inspirational Fitness Show, I am in conversation with Andy Hodgson.
Andy is the Co-founder and Director of the Falklands Ultra Marathon. Now for those of you watching or listening to the show who are British will immediately know where the Falkland Islands are and their significance to every single British citizen.
For those of you a little farther afield that don’t know, the Falkland Islands are in the South Atlantic near the bottom of South America that if you get in a boat and head south the ne...
2021-02-0438 minThe NigelGJ ShowThe Leadership Zone - Talking Covid, Brexit, Recruiting & Leadership with Matthew JaquissWelcome to The Leadership Zone. The weekly show where we discuss the challenges and opportunities of leadership across industry. Today we are are in discussion with Matthew Jaquiss, Global Head of Search and Research at AMS. Matthew has spent over twenty years in the Executive Search, recruitment, RPO and Executive Talent Acquisition sectors.
Combining vast experience of managing best practice across global teams delivering exceptional results, often in very challenging environments. He has owned, started, built up, ran and eventually sold not just one but two Executive search and selection businesses specialising in...
2021-01-2644 minThe NigelGJ ShowNew Years Resolutions Are Alive And Well for 2021In normal years we tend to all make resolutions for the New Year but with the Coronavirus Pandemic and lockdowns aplenty, it's tempting to not even bother trying this year. Most us give up any resolution by the third week of January so why bother?
This year, more than any other, it's more crucial than ever to get into new habits, new fitness goals, healthy eating, personal improvement.
We talk about running goals, what's working and what isnt and how to make 2021 the best comeback year of all time!
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2021-01-0516 minThe NigelGJ Show10 Things You Should Never Do At Your Job InterviewWe get bombarded with advice and tips of what we should be doing at our job interview but do we know what we shouldn't be doing? In today's episode Nigel breaks down the top 10 things you should never do at your job interview. The things that will get you immediately rejected.
More hilarious anecdotes of real life interviews that have gone wrong and what you can learn from them!
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2020-12-3045 minThe NigelGJ ShowFinding A Job for 2021As we come back from the Christmas break, full of festive cheer and festive food, we talk about what it's like for people looking for a new job in the New Year. What are the strategies and tactics that will help you secure interviews and job offers for 2021? How do you compete in one of the most competitive job markets there has been for over a generation?
Nigel talks about his own experiences and how he came to develop his career strategies that have helped thousands of people through the job search minefield and secure job offers...
2020-12-2820 min
Chris Simms UnbuttonedTraining Camp Battles & AJ Dillon's LegsChris talks about being starstruck by Martha Stewart before the guys get into Training Camp Battles and a big weekend for Legs & Ass.(6:15) Alex Smith: He's back after almost losing his life to football, a story Chris can relate to. Can he beat out Dwayne Haskins and where does he rank in the Simms Top 40 QB list?(18:00) Training Camp Battles, Patriots QB: Cam Newton vs Jarrett Stidham(25:15) Dolphins QB: Tua Tagovailoa vs Ryan Fitzpatrick(27:30) Bears QB: Mitchell Trubisky vs Nick Foles(30:00) Raiders QB: Derek Carr vs Marcus Mariota
2020-08-171h 20
ReReading WolfeBONUS: Joan Gordon talks about Gene Wolfe, and 1.6 "The Master of the Curators" from The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New SunJoan Gordon, Gene Wolfe scholar, talks about Gene Wolfe's career and works, the Library of Nessus, and Master Ultan
Also, appended to the end of this episode (1:04 mark) is a hidden track where James shares a comprehensive theory of "The Fifth Head of Cerberus."
People and Things discussed in this episode:
Joan Gordon: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24015
Books by Robert Borski: Solar Labyrinth, The Long and the Short of It, and multiple chapbooks from Sirius Fiction
Peter Wright: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24015
Brian Attebury: http://www.isfdb.org/c...
2019-10-141h 56
CartogramasCartogramas - Con sordina y sordera - 17/04/18“Cançó amb sordina” Gina Ercole, L. Thaler, comps.; Hermanas Serrano, Latin Combo (02:40) – “Romanza para violín con sordina, soprano, piano, luces” Earl Kim, comp. (frag. fondo) – “En Sourdine” Claude Debussy, comp.; Paul Verlaine, Texto; Anne-Marie Rodde, soprano; Noël Lee, piano (02:51) – “En sourdine” de 5 melodies de Venise op. 58, Gabriel Fauré, comp.; Paul Verlaine, texto; Hakan Hagegard, barítono; Warren Jones, piano (02:50) – “Sonata for six mute swans” (nº3 Lament of the swans) Gordon Mizzi, comp.; Carlos Bonell, guitarra (02:52) – ...
2018-04-1700 min