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War & Peace Podnotes, A Study GuideCzar Alexandr: A BackgroundThis episode explores the background of the Czar reduced to tears after the Battle of Austerlitz. Many readers know little of the ruler Nicholas Rostov and countless officers were so devoted to.Over the last few years, you may have watched Ridley Scott’s film “Napoleon.” I argue that the casting of Alexandr embraces a view of the filmmaker that aligns with the perception the fictional Nicholas held. Edouard Philipponnat as Alexandr was the standout in the film and embraced a youthful exuberance. Handsome and dashing, Scott captured the energy that Tolstoy depicts. Should y...
2026-02-0808 min
Les Voix de la Photo#86 Sylvain Besson (musée Nicéphore Niépce) [REPOST]-> Il s'agit d'une rediffusion d'un épisode posté le 5 juillet 2023.Sylvain Besson est le directeur des collections du musée Nicéphore Niépce et dans cet épisode on a parlé de son arrivée à un moment décisif du musée et de ses vingt ans dans cette structure. Il nous a expliqué que l’on est actuellement dans une période charnière où il est particulièrement important d’être vigilant sur la sauvegarde de certains fonds de photographes du 20e siècle qui travaillaient à l’argentique. On a abordé les évolutions des métiers de la conservation et e...
2025-08-2753 min
History of EverythingPeter The Greats Journey To The WestA monarch travelling in disguise on a secret mission to build an alliance and discover technology to save his empire? What is this, a fantasy novel? No This is the Grand Embassy of Peter The Great. Having already sent some young nobles abroad to study nautical matters, Peter, in 1697, went with the so-called Grand Embassy to western Europe. The embassy comprised about 250 people, with the “grand ambassadors” Franz Lefort, Fyodor Alekseyevich Golovin, and Prokopy Voznitsyn at its head. Its chief purposes were to examine the international situation and to strengthen the anti-Turkish coalition, but it was also intended to gath...
2023-11-271h 07
Les Voix de la Photo#86 Sylvain Besson (musée Nicéphore Niépce)Sylvain Besson est le directeur des collections du musée Nicéphore Niépce et dans cet épisode on a parlé de son arrivée à un moment décisif du musée et de ses vingt ans dans cette structure. Il nous a expliqué que l’on est actuellement dans une période charnière où il est particulièrement important d’être vigilant sur la sauvegarde de certains fonds de photographes du 20e siècle qui travaillaient à l’argentique. On a abordé les évolutions des métiers de la conservation et en particulier la prise en compte des aspects écologiques dans la...
2023-07-0553 min
UnfurlingEconomics: Doughnuts and Doing things DifferentlyWe explore how the natural world can inform and inspire us on the topic of Economics. Guided by Peter Lefort, we look at one way to think differently about Economics in the 21st Century: Doughnut Economics. At the core of the approach is the ‘Doughnut’ consisting of two concentric rings: a social foundation, to ensure that no one is left falling short on life’s essentials, and an ecological ceiling, to ensure that humanity does not collectively overshoot planetary boundaries. Between these two sets of boundaries lies a doughnut-shaped space that is both ecologically safe and socia...
2021-11-061h 02
UCL MindsTogether Towards Net Zero - Graduating the ProgrammeIn this episode, we’ll be discussing how the partnerships are feeling about graduating the programme and the next steps for their projects.
As discussed in the last episode, with COP26 being hosted this year our partnerships have had to start thinking about the future of their projects and how their good work will be continued. We will also be catching up with one partner who moved roles during the programme, and what he is up to now.
Joining us are Alex Rainbow, Carbon Neutral Cornwall Assessment Specialist at Cornwall Council. Leanne Wilson, Policy and Economy Adviser at North of Ty...
2021-09-0729 min
Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable LifeClothing The SoloWant to dress better? In this episode, Peter McGraw has a far-ranging conversation about fashion with Rachel Lefort, a stylist with more than 20 years of fashion experience. In a previous episode, The Solo’s Promise, Peter explores an alternative story structure to the Hero’s journey. The Virgin’s Promise is a good metaphor for the single person resisting human domestication, embracing solo living, and flourishing—hence the name, A Solo’s Promise. An important part of this alternative structure is the protagonist begins to “dress the part” as he or she fulfill their promise. For example, Cinderella’s transformation be...
2020-09-031h 26
FKT PodcastHighlights from our first 6 months! - #66We created short selections from 7 of our best podcasts! Including our very first from September 2018. Each segment is only 3-11 minutes long.
Ep. 1 - Tony Krupicka - Longs Peak Duathlon - "Sometimes being successful means just getting back to the car. Alive."
Ep. 2 - Karel Sabbe - Appalachian Trail - "I start to hit my stride after 2,000 miles".
Ep. 7 - Christof Teuscher - R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R! - "If you're willing to put in the effort, what I thought was impossible is possible."
Ep. 10 - Heather Anderson - Calendar Triple Crown - "My mom still rememb...
2019-12-2755 min
2019-10-1625 min
?????????????????????Episode #11: Monica Minnegal and Victoria SteadWe’re back, live from Tim's lounge! Episode eleven see the podcast return to a roundtable format with two outstanding anthropologists who’ve both recently published books about land rights and development in Papua New Guinea: Monica Minnegal and Victoria Stead. Monica is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Melbourne many years working with Gubor and Bedamuní people in Papua New Guinea, studying the impacts of modernity on their understandings and practices. Most recently, Monica is the author, with Peter Dwyer, of Navigating the Future: An Ethnography of Change in Papua New Guinea (ANU Press, 2017). Victoria is DECRA Resea...
2018-05-1454 min
Conversations in AnthropologyEpisode #11: Monica Minnegal and Victoria SteadWe’re back, live from Tim's lounge! Episode eleven see the podcast return to a roundtable format with two outstanding anthropologists who’ve both recently published books about land rights and development in Papua New Guinea: Monica Minnegal and Victoria Stead. Monica is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Melbourne many years working with Gubor and Bedamuní people in Papua New Guinea, studying the impacts of modernity on their understandings and practices. Most recently, Monica is the author, with Peter Dwyer, of Navigating the Future: An Ethnography of Change in Papua New Guinea (ANU Press, 2017). Victoria is DECRA Resea...
2018-05-1454 min