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The Health Foundation podcastAbolishing NHS England: a chat with outgoing chair Richard Meddings
‘Today we are abolishing the biggest quango in the world,’ – Wes Streeting, 13 March 2025
Many people were surprised by the government’s decision to abolish NHS England and fold its functions into the Department of Health and Social Care. Not least Richard Meddings, Chair of NHS England since 2022. Having formally completed his term in March, Richard joins our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon to discuss.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Richard reflects on his time at NHS England and how the organisation has changed. With the NHS facing growing demand for care, and continuing to top the public’s list of prio...2025-05-0636 min
I'm On the Phone with Kacey K85: 20 YEARS OF EDWARD & BELLAEver wanted to see a Twilight themed concert? Well now you can because they (a band) is going on tour soon. They are celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the book being released. Jennifer Lopez has announced a summer tour that will be in various cities throughout Spain. She has also been hired to host the upcoming American Music Awards. Micheal Cera, Scarlett Johanson and Tom Hanks are all starring in the upcoming Wes Anderson movie, The Phoenician Scheme. We talk about the upcoming Met and the theme of this years star studded event. Tana Mongeau has released a limited...2025-04-1458 min
Shane Hewitt and The NightshiftSH&TNS - Throwback Thursday 1989 - Intel Ships the 486 Chip🎙 Welcome to Shane Hewitt & the Nightshift 🎙 Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift crew "Throwback Thursday" focuses on the year 1989. The crew reminisced about their own experiences in 1989, and listeners are encouraged to share their personal stories from 1989 via text message! We also highlight significant Canadian events of that year, and a bit of pop culture from 1989, including music and movies. Shane Hewitt and the "NightShift” Throwback Thursday continues with Technology journalist Carmi Levy focusing on the Intel 486 chip released in 1989. Carmi discusses the chip's significance, highlighting its role in the transition from text-based to graphic computing...2025-04-1137 min
Optimism VaccineKevin Williamson's American Giallo (I Know What You Did Last Summer Trilogy)THIS WEEK: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)In the late 90s, Kevin Williamson was the hottest name in horror after penning Scream for Wes Craven. Just a year later, he capitalized on his newfound fame with a script about small town teens getting their comeuppance after (maybe) committing a lil bit of manslaughter and covering it up. The resulting film is a fun giallo-inspired teen slasher featuring some of the era's biggest up-and-coming stars, including Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Sarah Michelle...2024-08-151h 08
Long Covid Podcast131 - Dr Wes Ely - What is Immuno-modulation & how could it help with Long Covid?Episode 131 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the wonderful Dr Wes Ely, internist & pulmonologist, clinical triallist & also author & Long Covid advocate. We chat through some of his experiences with Long Covid patients as well as the clinical trial of baricitinib for Long Covid which is enrolling very soon.ICUdelirium.org Stat News - "Don't give longhaulers the silent treatment"RVLC - Reverse Long Covid trial on Clinicaltrials.gov RVLC Trial websiteEvery Deep Drawn Breath book...2024-05-1640 min
The Empire Film Podcast585 — David Gordon Green, Chloe Domont, Wes AndersonAnother hat-trick of directors on this week's beautifully-designed, utterly symmetrical Empire Podcast, folks. First, Ben Travis says what a marvellous day for a chat with David Gordon Green, director of The Exorcist: Believer. Then, Beth Webb (yes, actual Beth Webb, back on the podcast!) chats with Chloe Domont, the writer/director of the savage relationship drama, Fair Play. And then John Nugent travels to Venice to have a chat with the one and only Wes Anderson — who was wearing pyjamas monogrammed with his own initials — about his Roald Dahl short films, currently streaming on Netflix. John didn't have any pod...2023-10-061h 57The Empire Film Podcast#570 — Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan CranstonWes Anderson's new film, Asteroid City, has so many incredible actors in it that we were able to send John Nugent to the Cannes Film Festival recently, steal three of them away for interview purposes, and put them back before anyone even noticed. So, in this week's episode of the (soon to be award-losing once again) Empire Podcast, you can hear that fun interview with old hands Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston and Jeffrey Wright. Then, in the podbooth, Chris Hewitt is joined by James Dyer and Amon Warmann to finally drive a stake through the heart of the 'which director...2023-06-231h 37
CHAD: A Fallout 76 StoryS2E14: A Fallout Christmas Story LIVE - Aired Dec. 16th, 2022 (with Wes Johnson, Pete Hines and some of the voice actors of Fallout 3, 4 and 76!)The holidays have returned to Appalachia and with it, a dusty band of wandering performers led by the enigmatic, yet haunted Lord Alastair Olivier (Wes Johnson). Still changed in spirit since performing, "A Christmas Carol" last year, a heart once cold has begun to thaw and with it comes the terrible yearning to recapture a lost memory. A rare collaboration from the factions in the region has resulted in the rebuilding of WSAZ-TV, West Virginia's first television. A lost holiday classic is about to be recreated and broadcast...but sometimes nostalgia can be a trap. Staged as p...2022-12-232h 36
The ATP Tennis Radio PodcastPODCAST - 2022 Nitto ATP Finals PreviewRAFAEL NADAL ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR - ‘Overall it has been an amazing year, achieving important tournaments, being in a privileged position of the ranking, I have been a father a few weeks ago, so overall an amazing year, but at the same time it has been a tough year with a lot of issues with the body, but overall, I take it’.NOVAK DJOKOVIC ON PLAYING THE NITTO ATP FINALS AS A LOWER SEED - ’This is going to be the first time that I’m going to play the number one or number two...2022-11-1348 min