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All the BBC World Service music podcasts gathered into one place. New documentaries will be added intermittently. Only available in the UK.
Reporter for the BBC World Service & BBC Radio 4. Here are my stories - and some on the road stuff.
Every Thursday in Podland, James Cridland, the editor of Podnews and Sam Sethi, the editor of Sam Talks Technology, join forces to analyse the news from the world of podcasting and interview some of the biggest names making the news in Podland.
Keep up to date with sermons preached at Brackenhurst Baptist Church.
Global Perspective is an annual series in which documentary makers from around the world (including RTHK) bring together stories that offer unique perspectives and thoughts on a single theme. This year's theme is "Old School, New School".
Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues
Podcast from SLEEP RADIO in Te Aroha, New Zealand. Featuring tips and speakers to help you relax and get a good night's sleep.
The world's most valuable emerging tech podcast. Learn from the experts in conversational AI, voice and chat. Automation is the future of business, get the knowledge you need, right now. From www.syntheticagency.co - the conversational AI agency. We drive customer experience through emerging technologies like voice, chat, AI, messaging, AR and IoT. Web, app, chat and invisible interfaces can digitally transform your products and services. Make your business fit for the next decade, create co ...
To save the world we need to change the story. Nature and the climate are in crisis. To survive we must use our most powerful tool - communication. Telling these stories can be difficult and dangerous. But done right they can change the world. Join environmental journalist Lucy Siegle (The Guardian, The One Show) and wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill (Greta Thunberg/#NatureNow & BBC Natural History Unit) as they learn how to communicate better, from those who do it best. Legendary broadcaster S ...
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Clubcasting, TwitterSpaces, Dynamic Content Insertion and Interviews with, Buzzsprout, Adelicious.FM and BBC World Service.
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James and Sam talk about the possibility of using Clubhouse to conduct interviews with a live audience and record the room to use later for podcasting. Could "Clubcasting" be the future of podcasting? Sam talks with Wayne Cheong from PodFest Asia in Clubhouse, to workout how to record a room. (please note: recording a room without the participant's…
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BBC World Service English controller answers your questions - part two
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We are joined for round two of our specials with the controller of BBC World Service English Mary Hockaday as she answers listeners' complaints and embraces their enthusiasm. Topics this time include: budget cuts, how new shows are commissioned and why comedy is not always a laughing matter. Presenter: Rajan DatarProduced: Howard Shannon…
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Prepare for War (Numbers 1:1–54) - Numbers Exposition
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The opening chapters of Numbers record how Moses organised Israel for the march from Sinai to the Promised Land. The text makes it clear that this was a militant march. In the opening chapter, we consider the initial preparation for the march. Each...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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What Do You Want? (Ecclesiastes 5:8–20) - Ecclesiastes Exposition
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In Ecclesiastes 5:8–20, Solomon tackles the issue of wealth and its ability—or inability—to provide satisfaction. He highlights three basic realities we must consider: money’s inability; money’s ability; and money’s purpose.By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
Ageing gets a bad wrap in our youth obsessed society but Ashton Applewhite says we're saddled with outdated ideas. Our attitudes to growing older come from a time when lifespans were so much shorter. She promotes positive ageing and campaigns against age discrimination.
The partition of India, after the British left, in 1947, triggered a huge and violent mass migration. More than a million people died. The trauma and legacy of this event lives on today.
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Reporting on the invasion of the US Congress
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The deadly riots at the US Congress in Washington last week saw the BBC World Service replace regular programmes with extended news coverage. Listeners give us their reactions to it and the Newsroom’s editor and presenter give us their perspectivesPresenter: Rajan DatarProduced: Howard ShannonBy BBC World Service
Should we use pills and brain stimulation to solve social and moral challenges in the 21st century?
Are we losing our ability to write well and is it because we don’t follow the rules? Professor Steven Pinker says loosen up, rules are made to be broken. But he takes aim at writing which confuses rather than informs . Why is it so difficult to read the writing of lawyers, academics and bureaucrats? The techniques of classic style are a good start …
When you look in the mirror you might see your mothers eyes or your father’s chin. But have you inherited more than these physical characteristics? Beyond a genetic predisposition to illness , can you inherit a tendency to be religious or obese? Are the life experiences of previous generations shaping the way you behave now?…
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John Bell and a life performing Shakespeare
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Four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare’s plays are still being performed in every part of the world and his characters and plots are re-worked in movies and television. Shakespearean actor and theatre director John Bell describes his life-long dedication to the Bard.
Why did Australia reject conscription for WWI? And do the implications of this vote still affect our society today?
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The 1970s and the making of modern Australia
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There used to be a strict dividing line between public and private lives in Australia. That was until the 1970s when the personal became political. Women’s liberation and the gay and lesbian movement moved the boundary line between private and public life. In the 1970s gender, sexuality, domestic violence and reproductive freedom became the subject…
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2020 Vision for 2021 (Numbers 1:1–3) - Numbers Exposition
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2020 was a year of numbers—significant numbers. Numbers are significant. Often, numbers represent people and therefore matter. They matter to God and should matter to us. Perhaps no other book of the Bible makes this point more clearly than one of...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
Listeners react to the emotionally-charged podcast series Goodbye to All This - the story of how a husband’s death from cancer devastated his family. We speak to the series’ commissioning editor.Plus it is a laughing matter! Following a recent series of negative reviews, a fan comes to the defence of Comedians vs The News.Presenter Rajan DatarProdu…
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Apple and Spotify privacy issues. Interview with Rob Greenlee about changes at The Podcast Academy.
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This is the first #Podland podcast for 2021. All Episodes: https://www.podland.news #podcast #interview #predictions Buzzsprout Podcast hosting and a whole lot moreBy Amazingly Brilliant Pty Ltd
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Poaching - the daily threat to park rangers
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In the war against poachers around the world, 1000 park rangers have been killed in ten years.
Internet algorithms are dividing us, not bringing us together. The assumptions, predictions, and generalisations they make about us are not value neutral or apolitical. Robert Elliott Smith talks to Paul Barclay about the inherent prejudice of algorithms.
Estonia is a digital pioneer offering e-identity and e-citizenships as well as a whole range of the digitalised government, education and public services.
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Stan Grant & Coronavirus at the end of history
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Journalist Stan Grant looks at the impact of the pandemic on international relations and democratic freedoms. The pandemic is increasing tension within and between nations . Will the repression of civil liberties and authoritarian governments be a lasting legacy and has the strategic rivalry between the USA and China reached a dangerous new phase ?…
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Are You Ready? (1 John 2:28–3:10) - 1 John Exposition
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The apostle John was concerned that his readers, if they bought into the lie of the Gnostics, would find themselves unprepared to face the Lord at the final judgement. Rather than facing him with confidence, they would face him with shame. To avoid...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
Skateboarding legend Russ Howell discusses the evolution of skateboarding and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the famed skate park, The Snake Run, in Albany, WA.
How to be creative in the digital age?Traditional models of distribution and creative production are falling apart.So can the creative industries evolve? And what does the old world still must offer to the new? Several creatives and artists discuss their tips and tricks and show the way forward.
A bit over one hundred years after the Irish Easter Rising, author Colm Toibin recounts the slow movements for independence that peaked in the rebellion in Dublin in 1916.It was the first armed action of the Irish revolutionary period. The British army suppressed the rebellion. But the high number of civilian casualties and the severe punishment of…
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Chernobyl and the fall of the Soviet Union
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A compelling account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident . Not only did the fallout contaminate half of Europe it changed the course of history. When the nuclear reactor exploded it set off another explosion that no-one had predicted -the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Podcast Predictions for 2021 with Steve Pratt, Partner at Pacific Content.
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This year's final #Podland is a predictions podcast. James Cridland will be talking with Steve Pratt, The VP of branded podcast company Pacific Content about what they think will happen in the podcast industry in 2021. All Episodes: https://www.podland.news #podcast #interview #predictions Buzzsprout Podcast hosting and a whole lot more…
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The Truth about Antichrist (1 John 2:18–27) - 1 John Exposition
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John’s readers anticipated the imminent arrival of an Antichrist figure. Rather than fuelling their speculation, John wrote to warn them of a far greater threat: an antichrist spirit. Even as they looked for the Antichrist to come, they missed the...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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BBC World Service English controller answers your questions - part one
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We are joined by the controller of BBC World Service English Mary Hockaday as she responds to listeners' comments, views and questions - both complimentary and critical. Topics include: combatting fake news, how programme topics are chosen, selecting panels, why are there so many trails and guarding the BBC’s independence. Presenter: Rajan DatarPro…
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The Night Before Christmas (Luke 1:67–79) - Christmas Services
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The night before the first Christmas was a long and dark one. For four hundred years, God had remained silent, seemingly abandoning his people. Israel was in a woeful spiritual condition. It seemed as if a spiritual eclipse had overtaken the nation....By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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The pros and cons of closed Spotify v open distributed podcasting. Interview with The Podfather Adam Curry & Dave Jones from podcastindex.org about Podcast 2.0
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James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk on this weeks show about the open independent podcast ecosystem versus the closed ecosystems. Will 2021 be a good year for podcasting or will we see the big players dominate such Amazon, Spotify and Apple by swallowing up all the independent podcast producers? We talk about whether Spotify is good or bad for the in…
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From COVID Crisis to Renaissance: BBC Reith Lecture 3
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nation states to confront how we value health, wealth, and opportunity, apparently forcing governments to choose between the life of its citizens, and the life blood of the economy. Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England, argues this is a false dichotomy, and that we should be moving beyond a narrow and…
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From Credit Crisis to Resilience: BBC Reith Lecture two
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In 2008, the world experienced the near total implosion of the banking system. According to 2020 BBC Reith lecturer, and former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, it was a deeper crisis in our values that underpinned that lurch towards the abyss.
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From Moral to Market Sentiments: BBC Reith Lecture 1
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Mark Carney’s Reith lectures chart how we have come to esteem financial value over human value and how we have gone from market economies to market societies. He argues this has contributed to a trio of crises: of credit, Covid and climate.
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Where is Your Love? (1 John 2:15–17) - 1 John Exposition
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The living can’t feast on death things. Only the dead can feast on the dead. The lives of those who are in the world will be destroyed while the lives of those who are in God will abide forever.By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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Moving personal stories of life in the pandemic
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Presenter Alan Dein and producer Laurence Grissell explain how they found the inspirational personal stories in the documentary Don't Log Off. Plus, what programmes stood out for listeners in 2020?By BBC World Service
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Podcast Misinformation, Podcast Taxonomy, Interview with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO Lately.AI about atomizing your podcast into hundreds of mini-movie trailers.
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James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk about the report in the Guardian by the journalist Ariel Bogle. She's also an analyst at the Australian strategic policy Institute and she researches online disinformation. She was questioning whether podcasts are becoming. The new dangerous content space and should be regulated or fined like social networks. James…
Has Covid 19 created a new world order? At the beginning of the pandemic China took a step back but is now on the front foot. America , meanwhile , is still deep in Covid hell. Can a vaccine and a new president restore America’s place in the world? CNN foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria looks at the future balance of power.…
Political protest is a form of free speech and is seen as fundamental to democracy. In a time of COVID, however, large public gatherings are considered potentially hazardous. And governments have banned certain forms of protest. Is the right to protest being undermined?
International cooperation is critical as the world wrestles with the impact of COVID 19. It’s just as important when tackling climate change or security threats by terrorists or cyberattacks. A panel of European Ambassadors reflects on the state of global affairs and international cooperation. Can multilateralism survive emerging regional tensions?…
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Fighting bushfires with indigenous knowledge
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No-one wants a repeat of last summer’s devastating bushfires but the risks are increasing due to climate change. So we need to use all the tools at our disposal to manage the size and scale of the fires. An indigenous geographer says we should tap into 60,000 years of indigenous knowledge which uses fire to shape landscapes and other practices to p…
Having given the general mark of a Christian, someone who walks as Christ walked, John now expands on that principle with an old commandment, which takes on a new significance with the coming of the Holy Spirit. In addition, he lays down some...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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Good News in a Bad News World (Luke 2:10) - Christmas Services
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The true meaning of Christmas is the good news that the Saviour was born. The good news that amid a world of bad news, God is with us, the world has not been abandoned, sinners will be saved, the King has come, and therefore his kingdom has come.By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
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Asking questions of the Climate Question series
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What exactly is The Climate Question, the new BBC World Service podcast and weekly programme, asking? We quiz its presenters how they handle the politics of this topic - and how rigorous the show is in presenting contrasting schools of thought? Plus, what has happened to The Why Factor? We find out. Presenter Rajan DatarProducer: Howard Shannon…
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New podcast:location tag, interview with Sam Liang, CEO of Otter.AI, about live notes.
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James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk about the new Podcast 2.0 location tag which James has been working on. They also talk about PodLP providing podcast translations and Audible offering $10k for new podcast ideas. Then they are joined by Sam Liang, the CEO of Otter.ai who tells us about how Otter Live Notes & Captions can be used on Zoom calls. He a…
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Our future shaped and changed by Covid 19
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Roll on the end of 2020. Next year has to be better! With three Covid vaccines in the starting gate, life can begin to be normal again. But we can’t avoid the legacy of the pandemic. How will it shape our future and the way we respond to the next emergency? Can we make up for lost time in universities, the arts and the economy?…
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Mother of Lion, Sue Brierley, tells her story
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Sue Brierley is the adoptive mother of Saroo, the Indian boy whose remarkable story of finding his Indian birth mother is told in the film “Lion”. Sue has now written her side of the story, and she talks to Paul Barclay about her book, "Lioness".
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2020 Henry Parkes Oration: A museum for reconciliation
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A permanent monument to Indigenous peoples should be built in recognition of their contribution to the modern Australian nation, says Mark Kenny. It’s to complete the symbolic axis in Canberra from War Memorial to Old and New Parliament House. A nation is unable to move purposefully forward, when people, institutions and politicians are not willing…
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Will a Biden presidency revitalize America at home and abroad?
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A month after the presidential election and Donald Trump won’t admit defeat. He says he’ll fight on in the courts. So how can America move forward? Political scientist Francis Fukuyama looks at the legacy of the Trump years , the prospects for Joe Biden and the strength of liberal democracy. Can Biden revitalize America's role in the international …
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An Old Commandment Made New (1 John 2:7–11) - 1 John Exposition
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Having given the general mark of a Christian, someone who walks as Christ walked, John now expands on that principle with an old commandment, which takes on a new significance with the coming of the Holy Spirit. In addition, he lays down some...By Brackenhurst Baptist Church
