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Radio SohemiaA Walk Through the Russian WildernessForeign correspondent Tom Parfitt, who has worked for The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, discusses his debut travel book with Paul Willetts. Entitled High Caucasus, it was hailed by The Spectator as “a work of extraordinary imaginative empathy and power.”
2026-01-0432 min
OppositionCast71 - Thatcher at 100 - with David Willetts, Dr Emily Hickey and Sir Adam RidleyThis week marks the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's birth, and her legacy was much in evidence at last week's Conservative Party Conference, with Kemi Badenoch's speech taking place 50 years after the Iron Lady's own first speech to the conference as leader.
In this special episode, we delve back into our own archives to revisit an interview with Dr Emily Hickey, whose PhD thesis focused on Mrs Thatcher's time in Opposition, and with Sir Adam Ridley, who was an adviser to the future Prime Minister and helped draft that first party conference speech.
We also hear extracts from a discussion...
2025-10-1600 min
Inside Your EdAre universities still worth it?Those who work in and around the Higher Education, or HE sector, have been having a rough time if recent media headlines are anything to go by.Since the turn of the year, there has been what’s felt like a constant stream of stories about universities making redundancies, cutting costs and scaling back their operations in an attempt to make themselves more financially sustainable.But despite all the gloom, one person is certainly not giving up on the HE sector. David Willetts was minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014 and is now President of...
2025-03-2642 min
Severn SportButtee's For Breakfast - Saturday 22 MarchListen back to this week's Buttee's For Breakfast, previewing this weekend's grassroots football in Gloucestershire. Guests: Ollie Long, James Mortimer-Jones and Tom Willetts
2025-03-2244 min
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast109: An Epic 4WD Summer Road Trip at the Top of the South with Brad Willetts
Brad Willetts grew up as a BMX kid in Western Australia. After a trip to Canada, he got a desire to be closer to the mountains and ended up in Wānaka. One of Brad's most memorable road trips was a summer trip with friends around Nelson and Marlborough at the top of the South Island. As a photographer, Brad loves the diversity of landscapes in such a small space in NZ. He shares about some of the mishaps his mate Tom has with his Defender during this trip as well as what's coming up next for him. Brad h...
2024-10-1137 min
Arts & IdeasLife expectations, philosophy in the world, protestCan we still expect a meaningful job, stable income, a chance of owning property? How have expectations changed and what is the place of protest? Matthew Sweet's guests this week are:
David Willetts is a former Universities Minister and now a life peer. The Rt Hon Lord Willetts FRS is also current President of the Resolution Foundation, Chair of the UK Space Agency and a visiting Professor at King’s College London. His books include The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future – And Why They Should Give It Back
Dr Tiffany Watt Smith is Director for the...
2024-05-1056 min
Bizarro DiscordiaEl enigma del número 23¿Qué secretos esconde el número 23? ¿Por qué es el número sagrado de los adoradores de la diosa del Caos? Desde William Burroughs hasta Robert Anton Wilson pasando por el discordianismo, William Shakespeare, tus cromosomas, Aleister Crowley o el mismísimo Julio César, todos tienen algo que reportar sobre las coincidencias y sincronicidades alrededor del número 23.No podía dejar de hacer un programa sobre este número en 2023, año de Eris.Contenidos exclusivos y acceso anticipado en: Patreon: https://patreon.com/orcinypressRedes de Bizarro Discordia: https://linktr.ee/bizarrodisco...
2023-12-2937 min
How I Built This with Guy RazMaking garbage useful with Tom Szaky of TerraCycleTom Szaky runs a recycling company, but he’d rather live in a world where recycling was obsolete... Today, his company recycles everything from shampoo bottles and makeup containers to snack wrappers and cigarette butts. And through their recent Loop initiative, TerraCycle works with consumer brands to develop packaging that is actually reusable -- an even more effective waste-reduction tactic than recyclable packaging. This week on How I Built This Lab, Tom recounts his entrepreneurial journey launching a worm poop fertilizer company from his college dorm room, then transforming that company into a multimillion dollar recy...
2023-08-1743 min
Listen to Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense[Dutch] - Slaapdood by Mark BillinghamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Dutch] - Slaapdood Series: #1 of [Dutch Edition] Tom Thorne Author: Mark Billingham Narrator: Ad Knippels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 24, 2021 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Tom Thorne, inspecteur bij de afdeling Ernstige Delicten, wordt onverwacht geconfronteerd met een Londense seriemoordenaar die bij zijn slachtoffers een beroerte veroorzaakt. Opvallend is dat de daders de slachtoffers eerst verdooft en dan - ja, wat dan? Wat gebeurt er voorafgaand aan het ogenblik van hun dood? De rechercherende politiemannen en het ondersteunende team van wetenschappers staan voor een raadsel. E...
2021-03-2403 min
The Mental BlokEpisode 7 - Tom Willetts (Let's Get Talking)On this episode i speak to Tom from the Let's Get Talking Podcast. We talk about his anxiety through younger life and University, Jobs and now his career. Tom opened up about things he hasn't spoken about in a while in this conversation and i really enjoyed speaking with him. Tom is such a great guy and he has helped me massively throughout my Podcast. Keep up the good work mate!
2021-03-1553 min
Let’s Get TalkingThe TrailerLet's Get Talking aims to open the conversation on mental health, provide an outlet of support & share inspiring stories from people all over the world. In this short trailer, Tom Willetts introduces himself & gives you an insight of what to expect from the podcast.
2021-01-1801 min
The Prospect PodcastUtopiaIn the first episode of this new monthly series, Prospect editor Tom Clark is joined by three contributors to discuss the ideas gracing the October edition of the magazine.We hear from Joanne Paul on what Thomas More's "Utopia" can tell us about politics some 500 years after it was first published. Rachel Holmes applauds the rise of women to positions of political power—but are they radical enough? Plus, former Conservative minister David Willetts tells us why Thatcher's industrial policy needs updating.Produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. To download the next episode automatically, you can subscribe to this se...
2016-09-1228 minThe Prospect PodcastUtopiaIn the first episode of this new monthly series, Prospect editor Tom Clark is joined by three contributors to discuss the ideas gracing the October edition of the magazine.We hear from Joanne Paul on what Thomas More's "Utopia" can tell us about politics some 500 years after it was first published. Rachel Holmes applauds the rise of women to positions of political power—but are they radical enough? Plus, former Conservative minister David Willetts tells us why Thatcher's industrial policy needs updating.Produced by Matt Hill at Rethink Audio. To download the next episode automatically, you can subscribe to this se...
2016-09-1228 min
Start the WeekEmbracing Failure and UncertaintyOn Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe discusses the importance of uncertainty and failure. The former head of the European Research Council Helga Nowotny argues research is fed by uncertainty and that any form of scientific inquiry may produce results that are ambiguous. She criticises policy makers for focusing on easy short-term solutions, but the former conservative MP and Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, understands the difficulty for governments in dealing with uncertainty. In his role at the think tank Resolution Foundation he's attempting to use analytical research to improve policy on living standards. Matthew Syed examines how...
2015-11-0241 min