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GP MediaImproving SimpleX“Improving SimpleX w/ Evgeny from SimpleX and Daniel Keller from Flux” from Opt Out. Released: 0. Genre: Podcast.
2025-01-251h 07GP MediaThe Patch – Gairloch – BBCR4“Gairloch” from The Patch by BBCR4. Released: 2015. Genre: Spoken Word.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00268lk
2025-01-2541 minGP MediaHow is life becoming “enshitified”?There’s no sharper way to assess the state of life in the early 21st century than through a lens of “enshitification,” a term this week’s guest coined.
It’s described as the slow and steady worsening of each and every bit of our daily existence, and as Cory Doctorow has argued, particularly as it pertains to the work of technology companies that have captured our attention, our dollars, or both.
But some people have it worse than others. For instance, the incarcerated, on whom – as this week’s guest explores in his new novel – companies t...
2024-05-3049 minGP MediaHow is life becoming “enshitified”?There’s no sharper way to assess the state of life in the early 21st century than through a lens of “enshitification,” a term this week’s guest coined.
It’s described as the slow and steady worsening of each and every bit of our daily existence, and as Cory Doctorow has argued, particularly as it pertains to the work of technology companies that have captured our attention, our dollars, or both.
But some people have it worse than others. For instance, the incarcerated, on whom – as this week’s guest explores in his new novel – companies t...
2024-05-3049 min2024-05-0735 min2024-05-0735 minGP MediaAlice at Crackpot HallReleased On: 07 Nov 2015
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Newcastle writer David Almond investigates the story of a wild child who was said to roam the Yorkshire Dales near Crackpot Hall in the 1930s – and makes a surprising discovery. Crackpot Hall is an ancient, ruined farmhouse near the village of Keld, which lies on the crossroads of the Pennine Way and the Coast to Coast Path in Swaledale. In its time, it has been a hunting lodge, an office for the local lead-mining industry and a family farm. The acclaimed children’s writer David Almond has long been intrigued by Crac...
2024-04-1827 minGP MediaAlice at Crackpot HallReleased On: 07 Nov 2015
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Newcastle writer David Almond investigates the story of a wild child who was said to roam the Yorkshire Dales near Crackpot Hall in the 1930s – and makes a surprising discovery. Crackpot Hall is an ancient, ruined farmhouse near the village of Keld, which lies on the crossroads of the Pennine Way and the Coast to Coast Path in Swaledale. In its time, it has been a hunting lodge, an office for the local lead-mining industry and a family farm. The acclaimed children’s writer David Almond has long been intrigued by Crac...
2024-04-1827 minGP MediaDouglas AdamsReleased On: 02 Jan 2000
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In a special edition of the programme, James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to author Douglas Adams about his classic world-wide bestseller The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00fpvbm
2024-03-1658 minGP MediaDouglas AdamsReleased On: 02 Jan 2000
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In a special edition of the programme, James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to author Douglas Adams about his classic world-wide bestseller The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00fpvbm
2024-03-1658 minGP MediaDon’t Panic! It’s The Douglas Adams PapersReleased On: 03 Mar 2018
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John Lloyd unearths the private papers of his friend and colleague Douglas Adams, and discovers more about the agonies he went through to write The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The papers, donated to St John’s College, Cambridge University, include note books, ramblings, rants about how hard it is to write, unfinished scenes and passages never included in Douglas Adams’ books. John Lloyd co-wrote the first series of Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, which started on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. He reveals that he and Douglas Adams had been commissi...
2024-03-1656 minGP MediaDon’t Panic! It’s The Douglas Adams PapersReleased On: 03 Mar 2018
Available for over a year
John Lloyd unearths the private papers of his friend and colleague Douglas Adams, and discovers more about the agonies he went through to write The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The papers, donated to St John’s College, Cambridge University, include note books, ramblings, rants about how hard it is to write, unfinished scenes and passages never included in Douglas Adams’ books. John Lloyd co-wrote the first series of Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, which started on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. He reveals that he and Douglas Adams had been commissi...
2024-03-1656 minGeneralThe Theory of the Leisure ClassMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen … Continue reading →
2023-11-1755 minGP MediaThe Theory of the Leisure ClassMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899, during America’s Gilded Age, Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class as a reminder that all that glisters is not gold. He picked on traits of the waning landed class of Americans and showed how the new moneyed class was adopting these in ways that led to greater waste throughout society. He called these conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption and he developed a critique of a system that favoured profits for owners without regard to social good. The Theory of the Leisure Class wa...
2023-11-1755 minGP MediaThe Theory of the Leisure ClassMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899, during America’s Gilded Age, Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class as a reminder that all that glisters is not gold. He picked on traits of the waning landed class of Americans and showed how the new moneyed class was adopting these in ways that led to greater waste throughout society. He called these conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption and he developed a critique of a system that favoured profits for owners without regard to social good. The Theory of the Leisure Class wa...
2023-11-1755 minGP MediaThe Hundred Year Ego – Archive on 4It’s 100 years since Sigmund Freud wrote The Ego and the Id, a book that reshaped the way we think about ourselves and the workings of our minds.
David Baker explores the ego’s journey over the past century – from the inflated egos of dictators and the music of Hollywood films, to the mind-expanding love-ins of the hippy era and the greed is good ethos of neoliberalism.
And, he asks, what can we make of claims that artificial intelligence is developing an ego of its own?
Producer: Neil George
Executive Producer: David Prest
A Whis...
2023-09-1756 minGP MediaThe Hundred Year Ego – Archive on 4It’s 100 years since Sigmund Freud wrote The Ego and the Id, a book that reshaped the way we think about ourselves and the workings of our minds.
David Baker explores the ego’s journey over the past century – from the inflated egos of dictators and the music of Hollywood films, to the mind-expanding love-ins of the hippy era and the greed is good ethos of neoliberalism.
And, he asks, what can we make of claims that artificial intelligence is developing an ego of its own?
Producer: Neil George
Executive Producer: David Prest
A Whis...
2023-09-1756 minGeneralThe Hundred Year Ego – Archive on 4It’s 100 years since Sigmund Freud wrote The Ego and the Id, … Continue reading →
2023-09-1756 minGP MediaDemocratic capitalism – marriage on the rocksIt’s Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism is the title of the new book by the US politician Bernie Sanders. In it he castigates a system that he argues is fuelled by uncontrolled greed and rigged against ordinary people. He tells Tom Sutcliffe it’s time to reject an economic order and a political system that continues to benefit the super-rich, and fight for a democracy that recognises that economic rights are human rights.
The Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf looks more closely at how and why the relationship between capitalism and demo...
2023-03-1042 minGeneralDemocratic capitalism – marriage on the rocksIt’s Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism is the title of the … Continue reading →
2023-03-1042 minGP MediaDemocratic capitalism – marriage on the rocksIt’s Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism is the title of the new book by the US politician Bernie Sanders. In it he castigates a system that he argues is fuelled by uncontrolled greed and rigged against ordinary people. He tells Tom Sutcliffe it’s time to reject an economic order and a political system that continues to benefit the super-rich, and fight for a democracy that recognises that economic rights are human rights.
The Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf looks more closely at how and why the relationship between capitalism and demo...
2023-03-1042 minGP MediaSideways – 42. The Big RewardWhen Kevin Burkart dove into a murky lake to find a lost wedding ring, he did it for nothing. But did he really gain something much more?
In this episode of Sideways, Matthew Syed explores our preoccupation with rewards and their impacts.
With author and lecturer Alfie Kohn, Headteacher of Barrowford Primary Rachel Tomlinson, Felicia Schaefer and Kevin Burkart.
Presenter: Matthew Syed
Producer: Leigh Meyer
Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey
Sound Design and Mix by Naomi Clarke
A Novel production for BBC Radio 4
2023-03-0829 minGeneralSideways – 42. The Big RewardWhen Kevin Burkart dove into a murky lake to find a lost … Continue reading →
2023-03-0829 minGP Media“The Partys Over” from Britains Communist Thread.“The Partys Over” from Britains Communist Thread.
2022-12-1027 minGeneral“The Partys Over” from Britains Communist Thread.“The Partys Over” from Britains Communist Thread.
2022-12-1027 minGP MediaBritain’s Communist Thread – Mistakes Were Made“Britains Communist Thread – Mistakes Were Made” by BBCR4.
2022-11-2827 minGeneralBritain’s Communist Thread – Mistakes Were Made“Britains Communist Thread – Mistakes Were Made” by BBCR4.
2022-11-2827 minGP MediaBritain’s Communist Thread – Little Moscow“Britains Communist Thread – Little Moscow” by BBCR4.
2022-11-2827 minGeneralBritain’s Communist Thread – Little Moscow“Britains Communist Thread – Little Moscow” by BBCR4.
2022-11-2827 minGeneralSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 5/5 Listen to your bodyReleased On: 15 Oct 2022 Available for 23 days Get comfortable, let … Continue reading →
2022-11-0113 minGP MediaSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 5/5 Listen to your bodyReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 23 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms. The light of the morning can be a powerful ally when it comes to the evening and falling asleep. Also, special eye sensors that have nothing to do with vision, a master timekeeper in the brain that’s smaller than a grain of ri...
2022-11-0113 minGP MediaSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 4/5 Warm up to cool downReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 23 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms. The light of the morning can be a powerful ally when it comes to the evening and falling asleep. Also, special eye sensors that have nothing to do with vision, a master timekeeper in the brain that’s smaller than a grain of rice, an...
2022-11-0113 minGeneralSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 4/5 Warm up to cool downReleased On: 15 Oct 2022 Available for 23 days Get comfortable, let … Continue reading →
2022-11-0113 minGP MediaSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 3/5 Enjoy your bedReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 23 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms. The light of the morning can be a powerful ally when it comes to the evening and falling asleep. Also, special eye sensors that have nothing to do with vision, a master timekeeper in the brain that’s smaller than a grain of rice, an...
2022-11-0113 minGeneralSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 3/5 Enjoy your bedReleased On: 15 Oct 2022 Available for 23 days Get comfortable, let … Continue reading →
2022-11-0113 minGP MediaSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 2/5 Use the morning lightReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 23 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms. The light of the morning can be a powerful ally when it comes to the evening and falling asleep. Also, special eye sensors that have nothing to do with vision, a master timekeeper in the brain that’s smaller than a grain of rice, an...
2022-11-0113 minGeneralSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 2/5 Use the morning lightReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 23 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms. The light of the morning can be a powerful ally when it comes to the evening and falling asleep. Also, special eye sensors that have nothing to do with vision, a master timekeeper in the brain that’s smaller than a grain of rice, an...
2022-11-0113 minGP MediaSleep Well with Michael Mosley – 1/5 BreatheReleased On: 15 Oct 2022
Available for 22 days
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms.
It’s something that the great teachers of meditation and yoga have known about and used for millennia, but science has only really just caught up with: slowing the breath. Via a tiny cluster of cells in the brain, this simple act can send us...
2022-11-0113 min2022-10-2114 minGP MediaIncome Sharing Across The PondGPaul, communard of Acorn, instigating organizer of Point A DC, reports on his travels through Europe and the many wonderous urban income sharing egalitarian communes he found there. The talk begins with an introduction to and brief overview of the communes of the US based Federation of Egalitarian Communities and ends with a few questions to ponder.
Useful links:
FEC: thefec.org/
Svanholm: www.svanholm.dk
Kommuja: www.kommuja.de/
Las Indias: english.lasindias.com/
Cheatsheet for this talk: tinyurl.com/mbva2we
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