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Novara Media PodcastsNovara Media PodcastsPakistan Threatens Retaliation Over India Missile StrikesWe spoke to Waqas Ahmed to make sense of India’s attacks on Pakistan; Jonathan Portes about the UK-India trade deal; Sir David King on new experimental geoengineering projects; and Jeanine Hourani on a new report investigating the UK sending arms to Israel. With Michael Walker, Waqas Ahmed, Jonathan Portes, David King and Jeanine Hourani. 2025-05-071h 02Novara LiveNovara LivePakistan Threatens Retaliation Over India Missile StrikesWe spoke to Waqas Ahmed to make sense of India’s attacks on Pakistan; Jonathan Portes about the UK-India trade deal; Sir David King on new experimental geoengineering projects; and Jeanine Hourani on a new report investigating the UK sending arms to Israel. With Michael Walker, Waqas Ahmed, Jonathan Portes, David King and Jeanine Hourani. 2025-05-071h 02Moneyweb@MiddayMoneyweb@MiddayEXCLUSIVE: ‘Drastic steps needed to save humanity’ - Sir David KingSir David King, head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, believes the US’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement allows the global South to lead climate change charge. Moneyweb2025-03-0631 minEnergy Futures PodcastEnergy Futures PodcastClimate Change Science Ep14: Sir David KingIn this special episode, recorded live at the Sustainable Energy Futures Annual Conference 2024, we feature Sir David King, Head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Sir David shares his expert insights during his closing remarks and a follow-up interview, discussing critical climate challenges, innovative interventions, and the urgent need for a global shift toward an "ecological civilisation."Highlights include:The history of climate science and its modern implicationsThe urgent need for climate interventions, including re-freezing the polesThe role of young professionals in the energy transitionInsights on global climate policy and the COP processLinks2024-12-2327 minSolving for ClimateSolving for ClimateProfessor Sir David King: What’s whale poo got to do with it all?How do we buy ourselves some time to save our planet? Humans are responsible for the immense damage inflicted on our planet since the Industrial Revolution, but now we have the chance to do some good and repair the climate. Hannah and Rob discuss the power of human ingenuity and ambition with Founder of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University, Professor Sir David King. His work finding ambitious solutions to the climate crisis can sound almost unreal. Making clouds brighter to reflect more sunlight? Refreezing the arctic? Using whale poo to regenerate the ocean’s biodiversity to st...2024-11-0725 minJohnny Has the KeysJohnny Has the KeysEp. 07-08: Excalibur (1981) & The Green Knight (2021)EXCALIBUR (1981), directed by John Boorman, is a visually stunning retelling of the Arthurian legend. The film chronicles the rise and fall of King Arthur, from his miraculous birth to his ascension as king, the formation of the Knights of the Round Table, and the quest for the Holy Grail. With the mystical sword Excalibur at its center, the film weaves themes of power, betrayal, and destiny in a dark, mythic landscape. https://johnnyhasthekeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/07-08-Excalibur-Green-Knight-FINAL.mp3 THE GREEN KNIGHT(2021), directed by David Lowery, is a haunting adaptation of the Arthurian legend. The film follows...2024-09-301h 33Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe King's Messenger by Susanna KearsleyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699081to listen full audiobooks. Title: The King's Messenger Author: Susanna Kearsley Narrator: Angus King, Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 2, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue…   1613:  King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son, Henry, has plunged the nation into mourning, as the rumours rise the prince was poisoned.   Andrew Logan’s heard the rumours, but he’s paid them l...2024-09-0211h 57Escape Reality, Immerse in Imagination With Full Audiobook WonderEscape Reality, Immerse in Imagination With Full Audiobook WonderKing's Messenger Audiobook by Susanna KearsleyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 699081 Title: King's Messenger Author: Susanna Kearsley Narrator: Angus King, Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Length: 11:57:07 Language: English Release date: 09-02-24 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Summary: For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue…   1613:  King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son, Henry, has plunged the nation into mourning, as the rumours rise the prince was poison...2024-09-0211h 57Talking PoliticsTalking PoliticsAfter 14 years of waiting what laws did Labour prioritise in the King's Speech?In today's epsiode of Talking Politics the team discuss Labour's plan for government, as laid out in the King's Speech.Our elections analyst Professor Jane Green tells us renationalising the railways no longer feels like a left-wing policy, and Anushka explains why Sir Keir Starmer loves the idea of 'mission-led government'.Plus, with plans to kick hereditary peers out the Lords, Robert asks: what will happen to the Duke of Norfolk?2024-07-1720 minTable TalkTable TalkWith Sir David Hempleman-AdamsWhere to begin with Sir David! An English industrialist and explorer, he was the first person to complete the ‘Explorer’s Grand Slam’. This means he has completed both North and South Poles as well as traversing the seven highest peaks across the seven continents. He has received the Polar Medal twice, from Queen Elizabeth II and now King Charles, the first person to do so under two monarchs. This summer, he is attempting to cross the Atlantic by hydrogen balloon and break several more records in the meantime.  On the podcast he takes Lara and Liv through what he...2024-07-0226 minBest of the SpectatorBest of the SpectatorTable Talk: Sir David Hempleman-AdamsWhere to begin with Sir David! An English industrialist and explorer, he was the first person to complete the ‘Explorer’s Grand Slam’. This means he has completed both North and South Poles as well as traversing the seven highest peaks across the seven continents. He has received the Polar Medal twice, from Queen Elizabeth II and now King Charles, the first person to do so under two monarchs. This summer, he is attempting to cross the Atlantic by hydrogen balloon and break several more records in the meantime.  On the podcast he takes Lara and Liv through what he...2024-07-0226 minThe King\'s Church International Audio PodcastThe King's Church International Audio PodcastHow To Win Great Victories In Desperate Times Britain has become a great spiritual battleground where the Christian identity of this nation is under attack on many fronts. This is no time for churches across this land to be divided and distracted by worldly cares and ambitions. This is a time to fight the good fight of faith and love, and in Sir Winston Churchill’s words, to be determined that ‘we will never surrender’ our spiritual freedoms and Christian heritage.     For all the challenges we face, we should never be discouraged. For as both the Bible and revival history shows us, it is in times...2024-06-3017 minHits DifferentHits Different11. "I Really Don't Necessarily Know What to Think" Everybody is talking about the Mets! But it's not an "all publicity is good publicity" situation, necessarily. In the words of Pete Alonso, we really don't necessarily know what to think. This week on Hits Different, David and Kaitlyn apologize to their listeners for declaring Harrison Bader the King of New York. He actually isn't King of New York and he's unable to count. We also give our review of the rainbow cookie egg roll at Citi Field. I forgot to mention that immediately upon purchase, a drunk man will approach you and ask if he...2024-06-041h 08No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampNo Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampFor Your Consideration: The Gist Featuring Sir David KingToday, we’re sharing a special episode from The Gist—hosted by Mike Pesca. Sir David King, formerly the UK's Government Chief Scientific Adviser, is now the Founder and Chair at Cambridge's Center for Climate Repair. He advocates carbon capture technology as part of the mix of solutions to climate change. Many environmentalists are not sold. Mike Pesca has established a seven-year connection to his audience as host of The Gist. For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The...2024-05-0127 minHigh Net PurposeHigh Net PurposeSir David King, Cambridge University "The Climate Expert": High Net PurposeIn this remarkable episode, Joe McCarthy joins Sir David King at Cambridge University, and engages in a thought-provoking conversation. As the former Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK government and co-founder of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Sir David is renowned for his pivotal role in shaping climate policy. Join us as we uncover Sir David's remarkable journey, from merging academia and government to drive scientific policy integration, to navigating the complexities of international diplomacy in securing landmark agreements like the Paris Agreement.In this enlightening conversation, Joe and Sir David explore:Climate change policy...2024-03-041h 00Path Passion Purpose by DIONZPath Passion Purpose by DIONZSir David King on Climate Research & ActionSir David King was the permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017. Sir David was previously the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute. He also served as the Founding Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford; was Head of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University 1993-2000 and Master of Downing College at Cambridge 1995 -2000. Sir David has published over 500 papers on sc...2024-02-2621 minThe Great Simplification with Nate HagensThe Great Simplification with Nate HagensSir David King: "Global Heating: The Science and the Response”On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist and policy ambassador Sir David King to unpack the current situation regarding Earth’s climate system and human response (or lack thereof) to the accelerating heating of the atmosphere. While there are many uncertainties this field still grapples with, the fundamentals of the rising average global temperature as a response to increasing man-made greenhouse emissions are widely recognized by the global scientific community. Yet - especially in the United States - climate change remains a contentious issue, making it an even tougher political topic with no easy solutions. What is th...2023-10-251h 50The Great Simplification with Nate HagensThe Great Simplification with Nate HagensSir David King: "Global Heating: The Science and the Response”On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist and policy ambassador Sir David King to unpack the current situation regarding Earth’s climate system and human response (or lack thereof) to the accelerating heating of the atmosphere. While there are many uncertainties this field still grapples with, the fundamentals of the rising average global temperature as a response to increasing man-made greenhouse emissions are widely recognized by the global scientific community. Yet - especially in the United States - climate change remains a contentious issue, making it an even tougher political topic with no easy solutions. What is th...2023-10-251h 50360Timmy360TimmyE9 Dominic King talks about his career in journalism, radio presentation and virtual worldsWith over 30 years of experience interviewing high-profile figures Dominic King is well known in Kent as a presenter of various BBC Radio Kent shows. Dom started his career in journalism at the Early Times whilst still at school, getting to travel the world covering stories. Meeting and interviewing Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn at the United Nations in New York was an early high-profile interview, one of her last as UNICEF ambassador. His impressive track record of interviewing some of the biggest names in literature, including Sir David Frost, Philip Pullman CBE, Martina Cole, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Antony Horowitz, Lynda...2023-09-2845 minThe King\'s Thought of the DayThe King's Thought of the DayThe King's Thought of the Day " Very Uncensored " Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 11The King's Thought of the Day " Very Uncensored " Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 11 - Featuring T-Swin with Special in studio guest Marq Moody. aka Marconious Neumannous aka Sir Marques his Moodiness aka Marq MFN Moody. 2023-09-211h 40Following Jesus TodayFollowing Jesus TodayScriptural Prayers - Elisha’s Eye-Opening PrayerScriptural Prayers - Elisha’s Eye-Opening Prayer David W Palmer (2 Kings 6:17 NKJV) And Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. In his prayer to God, the prophet Elisha asked God to “open his eyes.” Elisha prayed this for his servant, because he was only seeing with his natural eyes; he was only aware of w...2023-08-2308 minDaDivine One (King David)DaDivine One (King David)DaDivine One - Mr. SirThe album 'HUMAN POWER' is here. Produced and performed by DaDivine One ENJOY2023-05-1002 minThe Black Spy PodcastThe Black Spy PodcastThe Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police (Part2)The Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police (Part2)   The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0006 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses a worrying trend of the seemingly incessant drip feeding of negative stories by all forms of the established media against the police.  These stories are so biased that many capable individuals are put off from pursuing a career in the police. Consequently, recruitment is extremely difficult with the consequences for British society being grave. One should remember th...2023-03-0653 minThe Black Spy PodcastThe Black Spy PodcastThe Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the PoliceThe Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police   The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0005 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses a worrying trend of the seemingly incessant drip feeding of negative stories by all forms of the established media against the police.  These stories are so biased that many capable individuals are put off from pursuing a career in the police. Consequently, recruitment is extremely difficult with the consequences for British society being grave. One should remember that th...2023-02-271h 00Cities 1.5Cities 1.5Keeping 1.5 Degrees Alive1.5 degrees Celsius is a vitally important figure. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, global leaders set a target to limit global warming and hold the overall global  average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. Ever since, city leaders in the C40 network have helped the world recognize that this target is not only essential, but possible—as long as we act quickly. C40 cities are demonstrating what ambitious action looks like and what a future looks like where everyone can thrive. In this episode, we will hear about the latest climate science, the most ambitious city-led climate action, and one of the youth voi...2023-01-2443 minCollecting COVID: Oral HistoriesCollecting COVID: Oral HistoriesProfessor David StuartGeorgina Ferry interviews Sir David Stuart, Professor of Structural Biology, 10 June 2022. Topics discussed include (00:01:33) early interest in biological sciences and education at King's College London and University of Bristol looking at crystallography and structure of proteins, work in China supported by Dorothy Hodgkin and David Phillips, work with Louise Johnson at Oxford and lectureship working on structural virology; (00:06:21) importance of knowing about the three-dimensional structure of a virus or protein; (00:09:13) small molecule therapeutics and drug design; (00:14:25) tools used to see these molecules, including x-ray crystallography and electron microscopy, modern crystallography; (00:18:52) synchotrons and their development, particularly in the U.K., Diamond...2023-01-0455 minDavid Feldman ShowDavid Feldman ShowTommy Tuberville Proves Coaching Football Also Causes Brain Damage, Episode 1377Topics: Tommy Tuberville's racist speech; Columbus Day; War in Ukraine gets even worse; Don Jr.  Special Guest: Lunar Module Pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission Rusty Schweickart talks about his work with DART to protect the Earth from being destroyed by an asteroid. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:01 David does The News 01:01:27 "I'm On My Way" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel 01:03:16  Jose Arroyo, Emmy award winning comedy writer and cartoonist for The New Yorker 01:20:45  Royal Watcher Sir Arthur Greeb Streebling, childhood friend of King Charles 01:28:36 Colleen Werthmann, Emmy award winning comedy writer from The Daily Show, The Academy Awards, The Mark Twain Prize, Com...2022-10-116h 08David Feldman ShowDavid Feldman ShowWho Killed The Russian Ukranian Peace Deal? Episode 1376Today's guest Professor Ivan Katchanovski, one of the world's leading experts on Ukraine, says Ukraine and Russia struck a deal to stop the fighting, but Britain's Boris Johnson killed it. Why? Topics: Biden pardons some marijuana crimes; Herschel Walker; Ukraine; Baldwin's "Rust" back in production; Midterms; King Charles' coronation 00:02:33 Joe Biden decriminalizes weed, sort of, but not really 00:05:09 The Federal Reserve is making it worse for renters by raising interest rates 00:08:56 Alex Jones "boycotts" his own trial 00:10:26 Apple CEO Tim Cook meet the Pope 00:12:28 King Charles' coronation scheduled, and why it's another two years before his face is on bank...2022-10-075h 04David Feldman ShowDavid Feldman ShowMarjorie Taylor Greene's Husband Comes To His Senses & Files For Divorce, Episode 1374Topics: Marjorie Taylor Green's husband files for divorce; Ron DeSantis learns it's not the flood of migrants he has to worry about; Bernie might run again; Joe Biden is looking for dead people; Virginia Thomas testifies Guests/Topics with time stamps: 00:04:22 Latest on Ian 00:06:38 The sharks start swimming through the streets of Fort Myers, Florida 00:07:25 Ron DeSantis appointee caught wearing a KKK outfit 00:09:21 Oil and gas companies are to blame for Ian 00:10:50 Jamie Dimon's JP Morgan Chase is the single largest investor in fossil fuel 00:12:01 Ron DeSantis made it illegal for towns in Florida to switch from natural gas to...2022-09-306h 17David Feldman ShowDavid Feldman ShowNASA Can Save Planet From Asteroid But Not From Exxon, Episode 1373PLEASE NOTE: Release was delayed 12 hours due to technical issues. Thanks for your patience. Topics: NASA’s DART mission crashes into an asteroid to defend the Earth; Republicans celebrate Fascist Giorgia Meloni's victory in Italy; Alec Baldwin sells $29 million home as lawyer bills mount; Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden; Adam Levine's flirty texts; King Charles has more power than you think Guests/Topics With Time Stamps: 00:02:06 David hates the mice in his apartment 00:04:12 J.R. Majewsky says he saw combat in Afghanistan, but it's "classified" 00:09:44 Rudy Giuliani is an inspiration to us all 00:14:35 Adam Levine's flirty texts 00:17:22 Brett Fa...2022-09-277h 05David Feldman ShowDavid Feldman ShowWhat's The Royal Family's Net Worth? Episode 1371David crunches the numbers to determine whether it's worth it for the Royal Family or Great Britain to have a Royal Family.  Topics: Trump's embrace of QAnon; King Charles' net worth; Rod's Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster is a cop; The Queen is buried; Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake are almost as stupid as Ohio candidate for Congress J.R. Majewski; Joe talks Hunter, Covid and Taiwan 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:47 Hurricane hits Puerto Rico, typhoon hits Japan 00:10:02 Pakistan's flooding devastates the nation's economy 00:12:44 E.U. cracks down on Hungarian Prime Minister Vicktor Orban 00:21:39 Bill Clinton responds to death of Ken Starr and w...2022-09-205h 25The Carl King ShowThe Carl King ShowForbidden Zone, A Dangerous Method, Songwriting Vs. Film Scoring, 5 Favorite Female Musicians, Scarecrow Video, Lux Part III, Steve Vai’s Passion & WarfareSupport this Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carlking In this episode, Carl King reviews TWO films: Richard Elfman’s Forbidden Zone and Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method. He answers some musical questions: Songwriting vs. Film Scoring and names his 5 Favorite Female Musicians. Then he visits Scarecrow Video in Seattle, gives us Lux Part III by Chewbode, and names Steve Vai’s Passion and Warfare as The Album of the Week.  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-carl-king-podcast/id1202709564 Subscribe on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlLUSeRUrDzF1Omtu9rd...2022-09-0648 minPant vera blár!Pant vera blár!34. Spil Hins Heilaga KaleiksKonungur Njarðvíkur kallar spila-riddara sína saman við Hringborðið í Nexushöllinni til að leita að spil hins heilaga Kaleiks. Sir Davíð the Brave, Sir Valdi the Pure og Sir Kristleifur not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Davíð, halda í ferðalag ásamt King Styrmir í leit að Kaleikaspilum. 2022-06-051h 28ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSir David King on Heatwaves, Action, and Activism: "No one will escape.."The current heatwave in India and Pakistan sets the scene for this ClimateGenn episode, speaking with Climate Crisis Advisory Group Chair, Professor Sir David King about their new report on what we must do to have the best chance of averting climate and ecological collapse. [Support this work and listen/watch episodes early by backing on Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc Sir David makes it very clear that nobody will escape these impacts as the climate emergency worsens and what we are seeing in India continues to spread around the world. Sir David...2022-05-2225 minInstant TriviaInstant TriviaEpisode 465 - Yes Sir, That's My Scientist - Tasmanian Tidbits - Lousy Scrabble Words - That's My Royal Nickname - Dr. No...guchiWelcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 465, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yes Sir, That's My Scientist 1: Sir Alexander Fleming took a shot in the dark and discovered this in 1928. Penicillin. 2: The special interest of Nobel Prize laureate Sir Cyril Hinshelwood was how oxygen and hydrogen combine to form this. Water. 3: Sir David Brewster invented the Dioptic system of illumination for these on the seaside. Lighthouses. 4: In a fly-by-night operation in Africa, Sir David Bruce found that sleeping sickness was spread by this. Tsetse fly. 5: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield helped develop this...2022-05-2107 minFiduciary Investors SeriesFiduciary Investors SeriesSpecial guest speaker: Professor Sir David KingAbout Professor Sir David KingProfessor Sir David King is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Founder and Chair of the Centre for ClimateRepairin the University; Chair of the Climate Crisis advisory Group; an Affiliate Partner of SYSTEMIQ  Limited;  Senior Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda and founder member of the Clean Growth Leadership Network, CGLN. He served as Founding Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University, 2008-2012, Head of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University, 1993-2000, and Master of Downing College Cambridge 1995 - 2000.He was th...2022-05-1354 minChallenging ClimateChallenging Climate9. Sir David King on science advice, climate politics, and climate repairSir David King is the founder and chair of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Previously he held the positions of the UK's permanent Special Representative for Climate Change. He was also the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute.We speak with Sir David about science advice for the government and communication with the public, foresight, the domestic and international politics of climate change...2022-05-031h 10Planet in CrisisPlanet in CrisisClimate Leadership, COP26, and 20 Degrees of Warming?Sir David King, chairman of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, offers his analysis of COP26 and whether it delivered in its aim to prevent the climate crisis unfolding. This is an interview conducted by Scientists Warning Europe Managing Director Ed Gemmell following COP26 in November of 2021. No punches are pulled as David King gives his COP26 overview and provides blunt warnings on methane and its potential disastrous effect on accelerating global warming and the ravages of climate change. Sir David states that even if we have deep and rapid carbon emission reductions tomorrow to achieve...2022-03-1023 minThe Hot ButtonThe Hot ButtonTHB #76: 9 Weeks To OscarOy.I can’t find anyone who really wants to talk about the Oscar movies or the Oscar season and we are still 9 weeks away from the show.There are 11 Oscar-hopeful movies still at the box office… but the highest grossing last weekend was West Side Story with $715,559. That’s fewer than 100,000 people in attendance. The total for the 11 films is just under $2.5 million. That’s fewer than 250,000 people going to see Oscar movies in theaters last weekend.Can you feel the excitement? It’s unfair to compare the Oscar show to NFL foo...2022-01-2609 minA History of EnglandA History of England71. The calm and madness before the stormThe mid-1780s were a good time for Pitt. He’d mastered the nation’s finances and cleverly manoeuvred government spending not just into balance, but into surplus, despite spending more on the navy than before. Even the Opposition had to congratulate him. He was facing down the French and he was bringing the possessions in India more firmly under Britain’s control. Even after the king went mad, he called on his remarkable skill as a politician to make sure that, when his extraordinary luck came to his assistance once more, he could take full advantage of it. ...2022-01-0114 minOur Weekly BreadOur Weekly BreadWeek 39: How Can We Use Our Talents?The Parable of the Talents and how people tend to live their lives, and what we can do to maximize what God has given us.  Luke 19:12-2812 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.[a] ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’15 ...2021-12-2612 minClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOP26 Wrap Up | Is the process for purpose? Sir David King & Professor Kevin AndersonIn this special podcast edition, I have combined the two interviews with Sir David King and Professor Kevin Anderson to create a wrap-up commentary on the COP that I think is insightful and multifaceted. https://patreon.com/genncc | https://genn.cc | genn.cc/yt Both interviewees come with a wealth of insight and experience and whether you agree or disagree with what they say, there is no doubt that both scientists force us to think deeply about the way forward from this crisis point in the human journey. Both speakers also touch on...2021-11-2226 minClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOP26 Notes: Adaptation Panel with F4F Jakapita Kandanga, Prof Alice Hill, Prof Kevin Anderson, Prof Sir Kavid KingWelcome to the shortened edit of the Adaptation panel that I moderated during COP26 in Glasgow with Pooran Desai. Main links: gene.cc + patron.com/genncc + https://www.youtube.com/c/NickBreeze/videos On the panel we had Professor Alice Hill and Professor Sir David King, as well Namibian ‘Fridays 4 Future’ Activist Jakapita Kandanga, as well as Professor Kevin Anderson. In this session we are focussed largely on the UK, USA and Namibia and delve into the complexity of social change, education, building resilience in our cities and how the global middle classes have...2021-11-211h 21Learning Bayesian StatisticsLearning Bayesian StatisticsTa(l)king Risks & Embracing Uncertainty, with David SpiegelhalterFolks, this is the 50th episode of LBS — 50th! I never would have thought that there were so many Bayesian nerds in the world when I first interviewed Osvaldo Martin more than 2 years ago. To celebrate that random, crazy adventure, I wanted to do a special episode at any random point, and so it looks like it’s gonna be #50! This episode is special by its guest, not its number — although my guest knows a thing or two about numbers. Most recently, he wrote the book Covid by Numbers.A mathematical statistician dedicated to helping the gen...2021-11-061h 04Learning Bayesian StatisticsLearning Bayesian StatisticsTa(l)king Risks & Embracing Uncertainty, with David SpiegelhalterFolks, this is the 50th episode of LBS — 50th! I never would have thought that there were so many Bayesian nerds in the world when I first interviewed Osvaldo Martin more than 2 years ago. To celebrate that random, crazy adventure, I wanted to do a special episode at any random point, and so it looks like it’s gonna be #50! This episode is special by its guest, not its number — although my guest knows a thing or two about numbers. Most recently, he wrote the book Covid by Numbers.A mathematical statistician dedicated to helping the gen...2021-11-061h 04I See NewsI See NewsSeason 5 Episode 11: RIP Sir David AmessAnother British MP is killed by a fanatic while serving their constituents, it turns out that Boris Johnson's administration might have been a bit rubbish at the whole Covid response thing, Lord Frost attempts to lay down the law despite agreeing to it being the responsibility of the European Court of Justice, and the British Medical Association warns that the UK is staring down the barrel of a bleak winter.In this episode Sam reflects on the brutal murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, Tom King looks at the scathing cross-party report into the government's handling...2021-10-1725 minWelcome to Dave\'s Music RoomWelcome to Dave's Music RoomA grand mysterious harmonyEpisode #26: A grand mysterious harmony Uploaded: August 21, 2021 George Butterworth: Bredon Hill and other songs I.  Bredon Hill [4:44] II.  Oh fair enough are sky and plain [3:17] III.  When the lad for longing sighs [1:44] IV.  On the idle hill of summer [3:08] V.  With rue my heart is laden [1:54] Bryn Terfel, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 946-2 George Butterworth:  A Shropshire Lad [10:19] Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Sir Neville Marriner, conductor LONDON 421 391-2 Geor...2021-08-202h 54