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A Mug of Insights036: Anyone Can Enjoy The Classics, Here's HowOn today's episode of Coffee Wednesday, we'll discuss why there's such an intimidating aura around books in the Classics section of a bookshop, why people have trouble understanding them and how to develop the reading skills to appreciate & fall in love with them. Companion article for this episode:https://www.amugofinsights.org/why-are-the-classics-so-hard-to-read/Join the latest members' workshop: A Complete Guide To Analytical Reading here: https://www.amugofinsights.org/session-2-a-complete-guide-to-analytical-reading/ Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter f...
2026-01-0730 min
A Mug of Insights035: On Setting Sustainable Reading/Life GoalsOn this episode, we'll discuss why most resolutions fail and why ambitious goals tend to crash & burn, alongside a mindset shift to help you set sustainable visions for 2026. Companion article for this episode:https://www.amugofinsights.org/the-missing-piece-in-your-new-years-resolutions/ Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Also, we've just launched our new series of members' workshops: The Sessions, featuring monthly tutorials & protocols to supercharge your lifelong le...
2025-12-3124 min
A Mug of Insights034: Why Mindless Entertainment Won't Replace ReadingIn this week's episode, let's talk about why reading will not and cannot be replaced by other forms of entertainment & why you should implement more reading in the new year. Companion article for this episode:https://www.amugofinsights.org/reading-cannot-be-replaced-heres-why/ Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Also, we've just launched our new series of members' workshops: The Sessions, featuring monthly tutorials & protocols to sup...
2025-12-1719 min
A Mug of Insights033: The Missing Piece In Your Lifelong Learning JourneyToday, we'll cover a foundational concept called mastery and tackle the 3 main problems that are stopping people from becoming lifelong students. Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for 1 big idea and two journal prompts to master your lifelong learning journey: https://www.amugofinsights.org/We've also launched our new series of workshops: The Sessions, and you can claim an early-bird entry here: https://www.amugofinsights.org/tag/sessions/ Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for th...
2025-12-1027 min
Afternoon Empire with Ian CollinsFarage Versus the BBCIan Collins delves into the controversy surrounding Nigel Farage’s accusation of BBC hypocrisy, after a presenter questioned Richard Tice MP about claims that Farage made racist and antisemitic remarks during his school days. At a press conference yesterday, Farage condemned the line of questioning as “despicable.” Ian is joined by Robin Aitken, former BBC journalist, to unpack the fallout and discuss whether the broadcaster has crossed a line.Later in the programme, Ian turns to Brexit and David Lammy’s refusal to rule out a future return to a customs union, a move seen by some as a soften...
2025-12-0531 min
A Mug of Insights032: How To Enjoy & Understand Poetry In this episode, we'll talk about how to start enjoying poetry with 3 simple steps. Also, there'll be a channel update for the first 7 minutes of the video to set the tune for our content heading into 2026 (see timestamps). Join the Analytical Reading Waitlist to receive an early bird offer: https://www.rcwaldun.com/arwlistWant more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Download the digital notebook I use...
2025-11-2620 min
A Mug of Insights031: A Two-Step Plan To Make A Reading Routine STICKMost people struggle to find time and stick to a daily reading routine. So, in this week's episode, we'll give you a 2-step practical plan for making time & sticking with a daily reading goal. Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for these episodes: https://www.rcwaldun.com/your-syntopicon My classes on rediscovering the joys of reading & writing: https://www...
2025-11-1917 min
A Mug of Insights030: Why Reading Intimidates Us, Fiction vs. Non-Fiction, and How To Start A Book ClubThank you for all your amazing questions! This week, I scoured the community post section and offered my advice on how to start a book club, how to stop feeling intimidated by books, battling reading fatigue and more. Sources mentioned in the video: Don't let your TBR hold you hostage: https://www.amugofinsights.org/do/The two building blocks of a daily reading routine: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-dont-put-your-life-on-hold-to-read/Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my...
2025-11-1244 min
A Mug of Insights029: Stop Wasting Time On Note-TakingWhat if taking fewer notes made you a better learner? In this special segment of Coffee Wednesday, we'll return to the basics and explore the Field Notes mindset — a practical approach to capturing ideas, not just information. Learn how to think more clearly by writing less.Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for these episodes: https://www.rcwaldun.com/your-syntopicon ...
2025-11-0511 min
A Mug of Insights028: The Power of A Digital DeclutterIn this episode, I traced my steps and came up with three steps that have allowed me to reclaim my life from social media & find deeper meaning in intentional hobbies. Books mentioned in this episode: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport Stolen Focus by Johann HariIf you're enjoying this show, consider signing up for a paid subscription to my newsletter and gain access to the three-part series on rescuing your attention span from my newsletter: Part 1: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-1-willpower-isnt-enough/Part 2: https...
2025-10-2928 min
A Mug of Insights027: How Great Readers See Books DifferentlyIn this week's episode, let's talk about the one trait and habit all exceptional readers share, and how to practise it in our lives. Sources mentioned in the video: Toward A Psychology of Being: https://archive.org/details/towardpsychology00maslWant more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips: https://www.amugofinsights.org/ Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for these episodes: https://www.rcwaldun.com/your-syntopicon ...
2025-10-2221 min
A Mug of Insights026: How To Stay Informed Without Going InsaneThis week, let's talk about how to keep tabs on the world without letting the news take over our lives. Read the latest 1-2-Read issue in my newsletter for free: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-how-to-stay-informed-without-going-insane/And if you're enjoying what you're reading/watching, consider taking out a paid subscription to the newsletter! This is a direct way to support the show so that we don't have to rely on sponsors to keep it going. Sources mentioned in the video: https://www.opensourceceo.com/p/strategism-nytimes-games
2025-10-1529 min
A Mug of Insights025: How To Read 6 Books A MonthIn this week's episode, I'll share 5 reading lessons that have allowed me to get through 6 books in the month of September, alongside some recommended practices for you to optimise your information consumption.Read the three-part series on rescuing your attention span from my newsletter: Part 1: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-1-willpower-isnt-enough/Part 2: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-2-reclaim-your-free-time/Part 3: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-3-join-the-attention-resistance/Companion article for this episode: https://www.amugofinsights.org/how-to-read-6-books-in-a-month/Want more food...
2025-10-0822 min
A Mug of Insights024: Do You Need An English Degree To Read Well?In this week's episode, let's talk about the value of an English Degree and whether you need one to become a better reader. On top of that, you'll also learn about the degree's unique history and how it still impacts our perception of literature today.Sources mentioned in the video:History of the English Degree from Peter Barry's book: Beginning Theory. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.28799978Professing Criticism by John Guillory https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo181442592.htmlCompanion article for this episode:
2025-10-0122 min
A Mug of Insights023: A Defence of Long-Form Reading In Our Distracted AgeThis week, let's get beyond the headline and examine how our relationship to long-form reading has changed, and what we can do to rescue our attention through a digital diet. Sources mentioned in the video: The 2017 estimate of how many words we read daily: https://askwonder.com/research/words-average-smartphone-user-reads-per-day-compared-users-vision-problems-adhd-ntzomu34lThe 2023 study on The Reverse Flynn Effect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289623000156?ref=amugofinsights.org'On Ultra-Processed Content' by Cal Newport: https://calnewport.com/on-ultra-processed-content/?ref=amugofinsights.org...
2025-09-2429 min
A Mug of Insights022: Reclaiming The Joy of Reading From Our Productivity CultureOn this episode, we'll address the problems with productivity systems and how they might be ruining the joy of reading, alongside a practical tip on how to slowly rebuild it in the age of content saturation. Sources mentioned in the video: Cal's newsletter on the power of email: https://calnewport.com/email-is-most-useful-when-improving-a-process-that-existed-before-email/?ref=amugofinsights.orgThe Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-rise-and-fall-of-getting-things-doneCompanion article for this episode: https://www.amugofinsights.org/dont-let-note-taking-get-in-the-way-of-enjoying-a-good-book/Want more food for...
2025-09-1722 min
A Mug of Insights021: Reading Advice For High School & College Students In this episode, we'll answer an email question from Kade, who brought up some excellent questions around how to be an effective reader in high school & college while still engaging with other aspects of campus life. If you want to send a question to the show, email support@amugofinsights.org, and we'll feature your question on a show! Links and goodies:Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips:https://www.amugofinsights.org/
2025-09-1722 min
Roger Bolton's Beeb WatchRobin Aitken, former BBC journalist on Impartiality, Internal Culture, and Trust in the BBCRobin Aitken is a former BBC journalist, author, and contributor to The Daily Telegraph. In this episode, he discusses his chapter in the book "The BBC: After the licence fee?"We discuss the BBC’s internal culture, its approach to impartiality, the representation of religious perspectives, its coverage of events such as Brexit, audience trust in the BBC and factors affecting licence fee payments.“There is an assumption in the BBC, broadly speaking, that public is always better than private; that a social democratic government anywhere in the world is always going to be p...
2025-09-1736 min
A Mug of Insights020: What Makes A Book Life-Changing?Welcome back to season 3 of our show, and we'll resurrect a long-lost segment called Coffee Wednesday. And as the pilot episode of the season, we'll kick it off with an important question that's usually overlooked: what makes a book life-changing? Nowadays, it's difficult to look beyond the hype of 'life-changing' promises and find information that will benefit us. So, how do we go about searching for these books in the age of information overload? Join us in this episode and find out!Links and goodies: Want more food for thought and deeper insights...
2025-09-1622 min
Uplifting Trance Sessions with DJ Phalanx (Trance Podcast)Uplifting Trance Sessions EP. 764 with DJ Phalanx 🙌 (Trance Podcast)👉 Follow me on Spotify: https://djphalanx.com/spotify
Hello my dear trance friends, welcome to Uplifting Trance Sessions 764! 💙I’m DJ Phalanx, and I’m really glad you’re here with me for another powerful journey through the finest trance sounds.
This week, you’ll hear brand-new tracks from Aimoon, Talla 2XLC & RMB, Rank 1, Daniel Kandi, Dan Cooper, Laucco, Peter Miethig, and many more.
We’re starting today’s session with Tjam – Sundown.
2025-09-071h 19
Recovery Matters! PodcastAdvocating for Recovery | Recovery Day at the Connecticut State CapitolHost TJ takes listeners live to the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut for Recovery Day. The event features an array of voices, including State Representative Robin Comey, Senator Saud Anwar, and Representatives Patrick Biggins and Devin Kearney, among others, who share their personal stories and legislative efforts to support individuals in recovery. Key discussions include the importance of removing the stigma associated with addiction, the potential benefits of Overdose Prevention Centers, and the need for robust community support and resources. The episode highlights the interconnected nature of recovery, community well-being, and legislative advocacy, emphasizing that recovery is a journey...
2025-05-2724 min
Stop! Let's Team-Up!Stop! Let's Team-Up! Episode 128 -- Showcase #100Ross, and Kirby are joined by Ted Kilvington, from Justice Trek Podcast, to talk about an well love comic Showcase #100. This comic is an important comic in many ways and a joy to take a deep dive into #DCComics #Showcase100 #Flash #GreenLantern #The Atom #SpaceRanger #LoisLane #Angeland theApe #ChallengersoftheUnknown #TeamUp #RipHunter #TimeMasters #SeaDevils #Dolphin #Aquaman #SugarandSpice #Antro #TeenTitans #Robin #WonderGirl #Aqualad #KidFlash #Manhunter2070 #Creeper #Spectre #PhantomStranger #BatLash #TommyTomorrow
2025-05-261h 45
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 97: 2025 Reading HorizonsTo kick off the new year, we discuss some of he 2025 new releases we’re most excited about. We also share our personal 5 in ‘25—five books (new or old) that we can’t wait to read this year.What are yours?ShownotesBooks* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee* On the Evolution of All Political Parties, by Simone Weil, translated by Simon Leys* Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderso...
2025-01-091h 34
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 88: Women in TranslationTo close out Women In Translatjon month, we’re thrilled to be joined by poet and translator Robin Myers. We chat about the art of translation and the importance of providing access to and for wide a range of voices. And we each share three translated books written by women that we think you should know about. What did you read this year during #WITMonth?ShownotesBooks* The Brush, by Eliana Hernández-Pachón, translated by Robin Myers* The Forgery, by Ave Barrera, translated by Robin Myers and Ellen Jones...
2024-09-051h 41
Talk BreakfastHuw Dunnit?The BBC is on the ropes with Huw Edwards' guilty plea. BBC whistleblower Robin Aitken explains all as Peter Hitchens and John Rentoul react to Huw's horror and the riots across the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-0133 min
British Thought LeadersRobin Aitken: The BBC Has Groomed the Nation to Accept Things It Ought Not AcceptNTD’s Lee Hall sits down with journalist and author Robin Aitken MBE.
After 25 years at the BBC, Robin says Britain’s national broadcaster needs to be reformed – or defunded. He discusses the state of modern media, and why it’s important to talk about the Divine.
2024-03-2158 min
The Ongoing TransformationArtificial Intelligence and the Moral ImaginationArtificial intelligence’s remarkable advances, along with the risks and opportunities the technology presents, have recently become a topic of feverish discussion. Along with contemplating the dangers AI poses to employment and information ecosystems, there are those who claim it endangers humanity as a whole. These concerns are in line with a long tradition of cautionary tales about human creations escaping their bounds to wreak havoc.
But several recent novels pose a more subtle, and in some ways more interesting, question: What does our interaction with artificial intelligence reveal about us and our society? In thi...
2023-06-0635 min
Work CheckIs it time to get rid of annual planning?A lot of people think of annual planning as a necessary evil – but after the past few years of unpredictability and torn-up plans...is it still serving its purpose? Alternative planning methods are out there, but are they really any better? Join host Christine Dela Rosa and debaters Dominique Ward and Kelvin Yap, as they determine the best ways to forecast for the future. In this episode, you'll also hear from Daydream's founder Nels Gilbreth on how annual planning provides alignment and purpose, and strategic advisor Lauren Bourke shares the cultural advantages annual planning provides. Fina...
2021-11-3020 min
New Culture ForumBBC's Shameless Double Standards In Coverage Of Trump Versus Biden - Sarah ElliottSarah Elliott is Chairwoman of Republicans Overseas UK, the official body representing the US Republican Party in the UK. In this interview with former BBC journalist Robin Aitken (author of "Can We Trust the BBC?"), Mrs. Elliott discusses her first-hand experiences of BBC attitudes towards Trump and the Republicans.
Mrs. Elliott states that the BBC were lazy in their coverage of Trump, simply following the New York Times and Washington Post talking points. Mainstream media wanted Trump ("the big, bad orange man") to be a racist from the start, choosing to infer this from his immigration and border policies whilst...
2021-09-2727 min
New Culture ForumCharles Moore On BBC Bias - 'BBC Assumes White People Are Bad & Black Or Brown Are Good'Former BBC journalist Robin Aitken (author of "Can We Trust the BBC?") interviews Lord (Charles) Moore, former editor of The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph & The Spectator and official biographer of Margaret Thatcher.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Lord Moore discusses Mrs. Thatcher's attitude towards -- and attempts to reform -- the BBC, the BBC's failure to understand how or why the public could vote for Thatcher, Brexit or Donald Trump and the *British* Broadcasting Corporation's sneering & snobbish attitude towards patriotism.
He also discusses the BBC's uncritical obsession with BLM as well as Islam, towards which it is very protective whilst being...
2021-08-2345 min
New Culture ForumRod Liddle On BBC Bias & His Time As Editor Of Radio 4's Flagship Today ProgrammeFormer BBC journalist Robin Aitken (author of "Can We Trust the BBC?") interviews Rod Liddle, his former boss on BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme, about BBC bias and the left's gradual takeover of the national broadcaster -- once a conservative institution -- over several decades.
In a wide-ranging discussion covering their experiences at the institution, the gradual erosion of BBC impartiality and the decline of trust in the organisation, Rod Liddle and Robin Aitken also consider whether reform is desirable and achievable or whether the institution should be scrapped completely.
This interview was recorded for episode 5 of the New Culture...
2021-08-2337 min
TPA Talks - The TaxPayers' Alliance PodcastRobin Aitken - TPA Talks Episode 11Former BBC journalist and executive Robin Aitken joins us for this episode of TPA Talks. Drawing upon his 25 year tenure, Robin discusses political biases, out-of-touch attitudes and waste of licence fee payers' money at the Beeb, and explains why he thinks now is the time to axe the TV tax for good!
2021-07-0734 min
New Culture ForumWhat's The Future For Conservatism? Do Small Right Wing Parties Have A Future?Many would argue that the Conservative Party hasn't been truly conservative for quite some time. Where can these socially conservative voters turn? In the face of Tory electoral dominance, do smaller right-wing parties have any future in the UK? What should their role & purpose be? What issues should they focus on? Does splitting the right-wing vote pose any potential dangers? What is the future for conservatism in the UK?
These are the issues for this episode of #NCFCounterCulture. Our panel:
* Patrick O'Flynn, former Political Editor of the Daily Express, sometime UKIP Economic Spokesman, and Member of the European Parliament from 2014...
2021-05-2341 min
Blues Moose Radio (Blues music)Bluesmoosenonstop 1651-17-2021Connor Selby - I Can't Let You Go
Dewolff - Bona Fide (Radio Edit)
8 Ball Aitken - Peace, Love And Understanding
Bob Malone - Tangled Up In Blue
Joe Bonamassa - High Class Girl (Live)
Tony Joe White - Smoke From The Chimney
Tom Craig – Working too hard - Good Man Gone Bad – 2021
Paul Oscher – Robin Lee (rough) - Bet on the Blues Limited Edition - 2010
Albert King - This Morning
Pontus Snibb - Walk A Mile (Feat. Wreck Of Blues & Papa Dee)
Walter Broes & The Mercenaries - smoker - 2021
Will Johns – Everyday I have the blues - Bluesdaddy - 2021
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2021-05-0259 minThree From LeithShow 299 – The Year of Missing Out
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Here we are again, with the second of an extremely irregular series of 2 podcasts for 2020! What a year it’s been (or, in reality, hasn’t been – since we’ve been in lockdown or restricted for pretty much all of it). Missing family, missing out on a holiday in a warm country, missing being in the office and seeing my workmates, missing the distinction between a home and a workplace or indeed regretting the blurring between work and a personal life. And as if...
2020-12-2200 min
2old2dieYoungDie Männer... kind of...WIr sprechen in dieser Folge über Männer, die wir lieben, über Pete Burns, Robin Williams und Alfred Biolek. Also... das war der Plan. Und dann kommen wir gehörig vom Thema ab. Aber das ist tatsächlich sehr, sehr spannend.Am Ende sprechen wir darüber, was Kunst heute noch darf, was eine Kunstfigur sagen darf, wie politisch unkorrekt Comedy noch sein kann. Eine schwierige, aber sauspannende Unterhaltung.Männer und MännlichkeitUgly Naked Guy:https://youtu.be/H0gPlQP63VQ
2020-08-211h 05
New Culture ForumDo The Left-Leaning Arts Deserve A £1.5 Billion Bailout? Who Gets It? A Right - Wing Opportunity?Britain's arts, theatrical & creative industries have faced unprecedented pressure during the Covid-19 lockdown, with most of them facing oblivion. As a result, to the consternation of free marketeers, the Government has announced a bailout of £1.57 billion. Meanwhile, the Black Lives Matter cultural crisis has materialised. What effect will these developments have on the future of the arts and, indeed, on our attitude towards the arts?
Our panel:
* Robin Aitken MBE: former BBC journalist & author of "Can We Trust the BBC?" and "The Noble Liar: How and why the BBC Distorts the News to Promote a Liberal Agenda."
* William Cook: Arts j...
2020-07-1934 min
Enjoy This Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook — Perfect At Home.The Noble Liar by Robin AitkenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411779to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Noble Liar
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How and why the BBC distorts the news to promote a liberal agenda. To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of an ideology that prevents it reporting fairly on the world. Robin Aitken, who spent twenty-five years working for the BBC as a reporter and executive, argues...
2020-03-267h 24Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Noble Liar by Robin AitkenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411779to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Noble Liar
Author: Robin Aitken
Narrator: Robin Aitken
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Release date: March 26, 2020
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
How and why the BBC distorts the news to promote a liberal agenda. To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of an ideology that prevents it reporting fairly on the world. Robin Aitken, who spent twenty-five years working for the BBC as a reporter and executive, argues...
2020-03-267h 24
New Culture Forum2.18 Robin Aitken: BBC Bias - Distorting the truthOur guest this week on #SWYSI is long-standing BBC Journalist Robin Aitken MBE. Robin is the author of "Can We Trust the BBC?" And "The Noble Liar", in which he examines why and how the BBC is biased against conservatism. Robin was the first guest on #SWYSI in January 2019 and so it is a great pleasure to welcome him back just over a year later to reflect on the scenario we now face: a conservative government with a strong majority unwilling to play the BBC game and a clear desire to shake up the institution.
2020-03-0240 min
Moral MazeThe Moral Purpose of the BBCHer 98th year has not started well for Auntie BBC. The Government is consulting on decriminalising the licence fee; 450 jobs are being cut from BBC News to help meet a huge savings target; gender pay disputes are never far from the headlines; and audience figures reveal that the Corporation is struggling to connect with many British people – especially the under-35s and those from poorer socio-economic backgrounds. Meanwhile, the Director-General, Tony Hall, will step down in the summer after seven years in the job. If this is a crossroads, what should be the future direction of the BBC? There ar...
2020-02-1342 min
DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers'DTD: 315 Its all about money, Roifield is righter than right!Listen to the Dumteedum podcast here https://dumteedum.com/Join us on Twitter https://twitter.com/dumteedumJoin us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thearcherstw...Join us on the Flick App https://flick.group/dumteedumWe would like to thank the following for their support on Patreon.Alasdair KingAlison FaheyAlison KirbyAllison HartleyAmanda HartAmy NorrisAndrew HornAndy BentAngelaAnn CharlesAnna...
2020-02-121h 37
The Authentic ProfessionalThe Authentic Professional Ep. 2: ParentingJacinta discusses parenting and lawyering with Robin Aitken, partner at Cox & Palmer, and Sean Corcoran, associate at McInnes Cooper, both located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
2019-10-2432 min
TRIGGERnometryRobin Aitken on BBC Bias, Diversity and Social LiberalismWe sat with Robin Aitken to discuss:
- Is the BBC Biased?
- Social Liberalism and the Diversity Agenda
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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the hel...
2019-07-151h 08
Futility ClosetThe Porthole Murder In 1947 actress Gay Gibson disappeared from her cabin on an ocean liner off the coast of West Africa. The deck steward, James Camb, admitted to pushing her body out a porthole, but insisted she had died of natural causes and not in a sexual assault. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review the curious case of the porthole murder, which is still raising doubts today. We'll also explore another fraudulent utopia and puzzle over a pedestrian's victory. Intro: Soldiers in World War I described "shell sense"...
2019-06-2432 min
Motorsport101Episode #190: Fin Of The CastleDre, RJ and King are back with a deep dive on Valtteri Bottas' Baku victory, a chaotic wet race in Formula E, the first of its kind, and we break into hysterics over NASCAR and what gets left at a race track. We also start solemnly over the 25th anniversary of the tragic weekend of Imola 94'. Here's the full list:
SAN MARINO 1994, 25 YEARS LATER
FORMULA 1: AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX - https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html
- FP1 is #CANCELLED! Weld done Baku!
- BOT takes pole in qualifying, but LEC...
2019-05-071h 43
New Culture Forum1. How BBC Bias WorksNew Culture Forum director, Peter Whittle, sits down with journalist Robin Aitken to discuss his new book: The Noble Liar: How and Why the BBC Distorts the News to Promote a Liberal Agenda.
2019-02-2735 min
The Lit Fantastic PodcastS1 Ep 10: Lee Herrick (Institutions, JFK, & Social Justice)Lee Herrick is the author of Gardening Secrets of the Dead (WordTech Editions, 2012) and This Many Miles from Desire (WordTech Editions, 2007) and a Fresno Poet Laureate emeritus (2017-2017). His poems have been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies. He is the founding editor of In the Grove and has guest edited various projects, including The Rio Grande Review and New Truths: Writing in the 21st Century by Korean Adoptees. He served for seven years on the Board of Directors of the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges and currently serves on the leadership team of The Adoption Museum Project. Le...
2017-06-1628 minThe Lit Fantastic PodcastS1 Ep 05: Jessica Piazza (Obsession)Jessica Piazza is the author of three poetry collections: Interrobang (Red Hen Press, 2013), the chapbook This is not a sky (Black Lawrence Press, 2014) and Obliterations (with Heather Aimee O'Neill (Red Hen Press, 2016). Interrobang won the 2011 To the Lighthouse Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation and the 2013 Balcones Prize from the Balcones Poetry Center in Austin, TX. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jessica now lives in Los Angeles where she teaches Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Southern California and poetry in the online MFA program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, as well as mo...
2017-06-1624 min
AnalysisMarxism TodayJournalist Robin Aitken comes from a conservative political viewpoint to a man who has inspired mass movements on the left: Karl Marx. Robin who was a BBC reporter for 25 years thinks Marx was always in the background discourse of politics, an influence he partly feared and didn't fully understand. He takes a walk through central London in the footsteps of the great revolutionary. And in conversation with the likes of Paul Mason, Judith Orr, Marc Stears and Peter Hitchens he tries to find out what political and economic influence Marx retains today.
Producer: Nina Robinson.
2016-06-2028 min
Empress Skortcher Podcast -globallinkzradio.comAnsel Collins "The Magnificent" Story Part 1Ansel Collins is a Jamaican keyboardist, producer and vocalist born in Kingston, Jamaica. As a producer, Collins released solo records, including single sides "Cock Robin", "Atlantic One", "Stalag" and "Nuclear Weapon" between 1969 and 1971, as well as a handful of later albums. Collins' magical fingers would add signature sounds to Jamaica's Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, and Dancehall music from the 60's to present.
He continued to record during the 1980s, right up until 2013.
In September 2015 Ansel Collins re-emerged with a stellar 14 tracked instrumental album titled, "The Magnificent" which includes harmonies and versions of previously released songs by various artist with whom...
2015-10-142h 19
Movie Heaven Movie HellJohn IrvinIn this week's episode Simon and Keith talk about the British filmmaker John Irvin. There is very little they known about this director, yet he has been making films for 4 decades. Films that both hosts had seen at the video shop, like ROBIN HOOD (not the Kevin Costner one), NEXT OF KIN and SHINER, but didn't realise they were made by the same man. The films under discussion is GHOST STORY, RAW DEAL, HAMBURGER HILL and FREEFALL.
Movie Heaven Movie Hell is a show where filmmakers Simon Aitken (BLOOD + ROSES, POST-ITS, MODERN LOVE) and Keith Eyles (FEAR VIEW, DRIVEN INSANE...
2015-08-0600 min
The ReportTrouble at the TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph's political commentator Peter Oborne resigned in February 2015, accusing the paper of shying away from stories that might upset its advertisers. Reporter Robin Aitken asks whether the accusation is fair and traces the Telegraph's evolution from a broadsheet newspaper designed to appeal to middle England to a multimedia "news content provider".Reporter: Robin Aitken
Producer: Tom Randall.
2015-03-1928 minAnalysisTories: Nasty or Nice?Why have the Tories attracted the label 'the nasty party'? Tory supporter Robin Aitken explores why the phrase took hold, and why it matters in key national debates today. Senior and influential figures in the Tory party's recent history offer revealing personal accounts of what they believe and how the party is perceived by the outside world.
Producer: Chris Bowlby
Editor: Hugh Levinson.
2014-06-3027 min