Podcast appearances and mentions of ben craven

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 498. In this all request edition we heard music by Anubis, Phil Manzanera, Gandalf's Fist, Horslips, Pekka Pohjola, The Smiths, Robert Reed, Herb Alpert, Elbow, David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ben Craven, Marcelo Paganini, Pallas, Steve Hackett, T, Marco Machera, The Moody Blues, Tiger Moth Tales, Fleetwood Mac & Japan.

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho Ben Craven is a cinematic progressive-rock artist from Brisbane, Australia. He likes to make records. His 2016 album, Last Chance To Hear, was a stunning triumphant musical masterpiece of progressive rock. The grandness of the album suggested it was performed by a five or six-piece band. Craven explained, “In keeping with the idea of the album as an endangered species, the new album's title is Last Chance To Hear. It's another solo album in the true sense of the word where I play just about everything, like on Potions. The difference this time is a much greater portion has turned out to be instrumental. Not that I dislike vocals, but sometimes the music can be strong and emotional and moving enough to stand on its own without them.” There was also a special appearance on the album by legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner, providing spoken-word vocals for the track Spy In The Sky Part 3! Craven's most recent release, Monsters From The Id is the logical realization of Craven's musical trajectory thus far. It's an album of two halves, each containing a traditional progressive rock “epic” the length of a side of vinyl. The two pieces comprise flowing parts and movements with both rock and Hans Zimmer-esque orchestral arrangements, punctuated by Ben's distinctive lead guitar and vocals. Yet the album is predominantly instrumental. PLEASE WELCOME AUSSIE PROG ROCK SINGER/MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST/COMPOSER/PRODUCER… BEN CRAVEN TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS …   PURCHASE THE LATEST RELEASE BY BEN CRAVEN 'MONSTERS FROM THE ID' Available at https://bencraven.bandcamp.com/album/monsters-from-the-id and amazon.com   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BEN CRAVEN VISIT www.bencraven.com Official website www.facebook.com/BenCravenMusic Facebook www.facebook.com/BenCravenMusic Twitter www.instagram.com/bencravenmusic Instagram https://bencraven.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp www.patreon.com/bencraven Patreon www.freyjadean.com Freyja Dean website   BEN CRAVEN DISCOGRAPHY Two False Idols (2005) Under Deconstruction (EP) (2007) Great & Terrible Potions (2011) Last Chance to Hear (CD+DVD) (2016) First Chance to Hear (Blu-Ray) (2017) Monsters From The Id (CD+DVD) (2022)     Support us!

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 456. In this edition we heard music by Fools Garden, Anima Morte, Cydemind, Devin Townsend, Kush, Arena, Jean-Luc Ponty, Izzy Waan, Peter Gabriel, Adventure, Ben Craven, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Tea & Symphony, Space Druids, Dali's Car, New Musik, XTC, Vangelis, Uriah Heep & GoGo Penguin.

Sinfonautas 36 Bubblemath, Arthur Brown, Enneade, Impossible Gentlemen, Von Hertzen Brothers, Kokoroko, Ben Craven, Taker 51, Dry River, Productos de la Tierra 11 ¡Se acaban de abrir las votaciones para los #PremiosiVoox2022! ¿A qué esperas? ¡Vota por los Sinfonautas y agradece tantas horas de buen humor y entretenimiento, tanto en este como en otros proyectos anteriores! VOTA aquí! ➡ https://bit.ly/3RwWfA3 Tienes tiempo hasta el 24/10/2022 ¡Importante! Suscríbete pulsando el botón naranja de la página de Ivoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-sinfonautas_sq_f11317188_1.html y no te pierdas ninguno de sus capítulos. Elige reproductor en el siguiente enlace: https://linktr.ee/sinfonautas Introducción al capítulo: Los Sinfonautas no pueden pilotear la Sinfoprise, ya que ésta está en plena reparación. Aún en esta extraña situación el equipo escucha temas de los siguientes artistas: Bubblemath, Arthur Brown, Enneade, The Impossible Gentlemen, Von Hertzen Brothers, Kokoroko, Ben Craven, Taker 51 y un tema presentado en especial para Sinfonautas por Ángel Belinchón de la banda Dry River. Sinopsis: Una vez asentados en el planeta los ingenieros y miembros de la tripulación de la Sinfoprise se ponen manos a la obra procediendo a las reparaciones de la nave en tiempo record, a pesar de los extraños ruidos, visiones de niños correteando por los alrededores de la nave (en las visiones de la tripulación aparecían como platos de comida ambulante) y la repentina aparición de un apetitoso restaurante de comida colombiana que se empeñó en no darnos de comer por no pertenecer a ese universo apalancado en una realidad alternativa, hacen que al menos nuestra estancia estos días en el planeta Pa'bernos Matao sea agradable. Al mismo tiempo el abogado de la Federación Musical Intergaláctica (FMI) se empeña en denunciar a diestro y siniestro, ocultando de manera sibilina un doble fondo en su gastado y misterioso maletín. No te puedes perder este trepidante episodio. Terrícola, sigue nuestro Segundo Año Luz. Los tripulantes de la Sinfoprise nos guían en sus travesías hacia mundos musicales eclécticos, antiguos, raros o nuevos. Etiquetas: #Bubblemath #Arthur Brown #Enneade #ImpossibleGentlemen #VonHertzenBrothers #Kokoroko #BenCraven #Taker51 #DryRiver #Sinfonautas #Sinfonautaspodcast #LosSinfonautas #SinfonautasIvoox

Arranca la temporada 12 de Subterranea a lo grande, con novedades, sorpresas y una selección de discos impresionante. Lo único que no cambia con respecto a temporadas anteriores, son las voces extrañas habituales del estudio, las cada vez más frecuentes batallas metalingo/moñista/charlines y, el buen humor, marca absoluta de la casa. Arranca la 12 con recomendaciones, crónicas de conciertos y las críticas de los nuevos trabajos de The Tangent, Kalle Wallner, Joe Satriani, Crystal Palace, Ben Craven, Birth y Porcupine Tree. No te lo pierdas, dale a play y disfruta. Edición: Jordi Via www.subterranea.eu https://www.facebook.com/subterranearadio

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of Epix! But this time around I've done something a little different. The songs are all still 10 plus minutes in length, but this time there is more emphasis on the contemporary. Only one track comes from the 70s...the rest are from this century, with one from 2001, one from 2018, and two from this year. Tune in to hear great progressive sounds from Yes, The Watch, Ben Craven, All Traps on Earth, and Athak!

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature, which will have lots of great stuff---new and old---for your listening pleasure! For my part I'll be spinning fabulous music from Green Asphalt, 3.2, and Ben Craven! I'll also be mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Andrew Dickey of Plainfield, Indiana, USA! Andrew has selected some fantastic stuff from Galahad, Lucifer Was, RPWL, Rush, Rocket Scientists, and King Crimson! Come along for a fun ride!

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Luca Di Gennaro, Tiger Moth Tales, Checking For Echo Project, SomeWhereOut, Kaprekar's Constant, Twelfth Night, Yes, The Flower Kings, Christopher Libertino, Ben Craven, and The ESP Project! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

Several large companies recently received hefty government handouts to install new boilers and heaters. This was all under the guise of decarbonisation, using money earmarked for the country's Covid recovery. Oliver Hartwich speaks to Ben Craven about this blatant corporate welfare and BusinessNZ's poor response.

Putin's influence has helped the rise of Marine Le Pen. But his political vehicles are not limited to the Far Right. Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the recent French election, Putin's wide-ranging meddling in Europe, and what the West should do to counter foreign influence in domestic politics.

Ben Craven interviews Dr Michael Johnston about his recent presentation at The New Zealand Initiative Members' Retreat. The pair discuss the disturbing trends of cancel culture and the erosion of academic freedom. They also touch on the troubling mental health issues that are increasingly common among university students.

Are the days of large news outlets now in the past? If so, what does that mean for our shared experiences and understanding of what is and isn't news? And how does news become news anyway? Sean Plunket from The Platform and Dr Catherine Strong from Massey University presented their views of the media at The New Zealand Initiative Members' Retreat. Ben Craven sat down with both Sean and Catherine at the Retreat to talk about the current state of New Zealand's media and what they see happening in the future.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss Germany's response to the war in Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently threw out three decades' worth of German foreign policy dogmas. His “Zeitenwende” (turning of the times) proposed a large increase in military spending, provision of military arms to Ukraine, and a phasing out of Russian energy imports. But have the new Social Democrat Chancellor's actions matched his rhetoric?

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 424. In this edition we heard music by Focus, A Formal Horse, Kaprekar's Constant, Tomorrow, Ben Craven, Foo Fighters, Dirt Poor Robins, Disturbed, Cosmo Sheldrake, Jeff Beck, Robert Fripp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, JPL, Twelfth Night, Checking For Echo Project, The Legendary Pink Dots, Jack O' The Clock, Salva, The Dear Hunter, Eyesberg & Eloy.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven on the podcast to reflect on ten years of The New Zealand Initiative. The pair discuss the highlights over the years, the Initiative's influence on policy debates, and share with listeners a few hard-case stories along the way.

Is New Zealand's Net Zero carbon emissions target of 2050 likely or achievable? Will electric vehicle subsidies and similar policies help us get there? Matt Burgess joins Ben Craven to talk through the findings of his latest research report, Pretence of Necessity: Why further climate change action isn't needed and won't help. Read Matt's report on the NZ Initiative website, www.nzinitiative.org.nz

Life has become grotesquely unaffordable for many Kiwis, so who is to blame? Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to explain why prices are so high, how politicians will try to take advantage of the cost-of-living crisis, and why we can soon expect to lose more Kiwis to Australia.

There is never a shortage of economic opinions among commentators – but what is the expert consensus among economists? Eric Crampton talks to Ben Craven about the new Economic Experts Survey, what the discipline agrees on, and the danger of faddish economic beliefs in the public sector.

Two weeks on from our last International Outlook podcast on the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss what has happened since. Were the meetings between Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin constructive? And is Joe Biden right to warn of an imminent invasion?

The controversial Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act came into force from 1 December 2021. It has significantly changed how Kiwis gain access to credit. Ben Craven and Oliver Hartwich discuss the effects of the CCCFA with Lyn McMorran, executive director of the Financial Services Federation, a non-profit organisation representing New Zealand's responsible non-bank financial institutions.

The European Union has recently labelled nuclear energy and natural gas as environmentally sustainable energy sources. What has led to this labelling and what does it mean for Europe's energy future? Oliver Hartwich discusses the issue with Ben Craven.

BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope joins Oliver Hartwich and Ben Craven on the podcast to discuss the Government's proposed unemployment insurance scheme. What will it mean for employers and employees? And is there any real need for it in New Zealand?

The early 90s was the last time New Zealand's Reserve Bank had to get high inflation under control. Does the agency have the will and determination for the fight three decades later? Matt Burgess speaks to Ben Craven about his latest NZ Herald column, "Why inflation looks here to stay".

2022 will be an important year for the Government as it decides upon energy and emissions policies. Matt Burgess joins Ben Craven to talk about three of the important developments we can expect to see: • The effects of a $75 ETS price; • The Government's Emissions Reduction Plan; and • The business case for the proposed Lake Onslow Battery scheme.

On our latest episode of International Outlook, Ben Craven talks to Oliver Hartwich about the tumultuous leadership of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Oliver recounts his own interactions with the larger-than-life politician and explains what impact the latest lockdown party scandal will have on Boris's leadership and the UK's place on the global stage.

Inflation is now higher than it has been in more than three decades. Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich join Ben Craven to discuss the latest inflation figures. What is responsible, and what needs to be done to get it back under control?

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Is invasion inevitable, or does Putin have other goals in mind?

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven for the final NZ Initiative podcast of 2021. The pair recap the highlights of the past twelve months, look at how the Initiative has influenced policy, and outline plans for 2022.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the government's proposal for social unemployment insurance, and the lessons New Zealand should heed from Germany's experience with social security.

Our Chairman and Senior Fellow Roger Partridge joins Ben Craven to discuss the Initiative's latest education research and what can be done to reverse Kiwi students' poor literacy results.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the new German coalition of the centre-left Social Democrats, the free market Free Democrats, and the Greens. What does the new government believe in, and what can we learn from their huge 177-page coalition document?

Matt Burgess talks to Ben Craven about his latest NZ Herald column and submission on the Government's Emissions Reduction Plan. Matt explains why most government policy interventions in the name of climate change cannot reduce emissions as they are already under New Zealand's emissions cap.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss the effects of the Reserve Bank's Long-term Asset Purchase Scheme that has so far cost taxpayers $6 billion – and counting.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is channelling Middle Eastern migrants and refugees towards Poland in a bid to destabilise the European Union. People are now camped between the Polish and Belarusian border with nowhere to go. Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to talk about his latest column on this subject and the implications for European unity and security.

The Government has announced they will confiscate councils' three water assets, despite widespread opposition from mayors, councillors, and ratepayers. Ben Craven sits down with Oliver Hartwich, Matt Burgess and Eric Crampton to discuss what the proposals will mean for councils; the winners and losers; and why centralised control of water assets is not the answer to local water issues.

Oliver Hartwich joins Ben Craven to discuss his latest Newsroom column on a media funding scandal that has led to the resignation of centre-right Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The investigation has highlighted the dependency of Austrian media on government advertising, and the influence that funding can exert.

Dr Bryce Wilkinson and Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke join Ben Craven to discuss Bryce's latest report, The Illusions of History: How misunderstanding the past jeopardises our future. The trio look at some of the prevailing myths of New Zealand's economic history, and explain the risks of basing contemporary public policy on inaccurate stories of our past.

How can New Zealand improve its Covid response? Dr Eric Crampton joins Ben Craven to talk about his latest research note Safer Arrivals and the Path to 2022. The pair discuss the report's findings; why Covid restrictions should not be compared to the nanny state; and the policies New Zealand could introduce now to prevent even greater outbreaks.

Matt Burgess joins host Ben Craven to discuss the government's feebate policy which launches in April 2022. The policy is egregiously regressive. Buyers of new EVs including the Tesla Model 3 will receive $8,625, paid for by people who buy more affordable petrol and diesel vehicles. Feebate taxes three times more imported vehicles than it subsidises, and could add thousands of dollars to the cost of secondhand cars. The scheme will not reduce emissions by a single tonne since transport is already covered by the ETS emissions cap. Those cheques to high-income households, paid for in part by low-income households, will do nothing to lower emissions.

Germans went to the polls on Sunday to elect the first post-Angela Merkel government. Ben Craven talks to Oliver Hartwich about the results, who the winners and losers are, and what the next government could look like.

In 2016, Australia agreed to purchase 12 conventionally powered Attack Class submarines from France. The deal cost AU$50 billion. Last week, Australia tore up the deal and instead agreed to purchase nuclear submarines from the USA. At the same time, Australia, the UK, and USA announced the formation of the AUKUS defence alliance. Dr Oliver Hartwich's latest Newsroom column, A torpedo to European security, analyses the fallout and the implications for European security. He joins Ben Craven on the podcast to discuss the subject in further detail.

Dr David Law joins Ben Craven to discuss what we know about the Government's plans for unemployment insurance, and what such a scheme could look like for New Zealanders.

This week the price of a New Zealand Unit of carbon credit passed $50 for the first time. Ben Craven spoke to Matt Burgess about why this happened, and what the increase in price will mean for consumers, emitters, and New Zealand's environmental commitments.

Ben Craven talks to New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow Dr David Law about the implications of rising inflation, and how a different type of mortgage could make it more affordable to get on the housing ladder.

Bonus episode time! Andrew & Pete sit down with Ben Craven of Upsize Fun (Website), creator of Hydro Soakers and more! Andrew & Pete might enjoy poking around the brain of a board game designer a bit too much...

In this episode, we discuss the coronavirus/covid-19 pandemic and the impacts it has had on not only Gopher football, specifically the cancellation of spring practices across all of college football. We then dive into Minnesota's first opponent in the 2020 season, Florida Atlantic, hot off an 11 win season, a Conference-USA championship and an impressive bowl win over SMU.  We interview Khobi Price from the South Florida Sun-Suntinel newspaper (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fau-owls/) to dive deeper into the program and the expectations for the 2020 season.  This starts at around the 16:30 mark of the podcast Lastly, we chat with Ben Craven from the Cookesville Herald-Citizen newspaper (http://herald-citizen.com/category/sports/browse.html) to learn more about Minnesota's second opponent of the season Tennessee Tech from the FCS.  Tech enters 2020 with its first 6 win season since 2011 and is looking to establish itself as a factor in the Ohio Valley Conference.  You can scroll to the 1 hour 08 minute mark of the podcast for our interview with Ben.

This week's Prog-Watch is another fabulous variety program with mostly new(er) music! We'll hear from Wobbler, David Cross and David Jackson, Ben Craven, Spock's Beard, Stratospheerius and The Bedlam Furnaces! Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher provides an insightful Progressive Discoveries segment on the new album 'La Muerta' from Subsignal! 

Variety is on tap for this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Uriah Heep, Ben Craven, Dreadnaught, Foreigner, Syncage, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, Snarky Puppy, IO Earth, Anekdoten & Rocket Scientists! We'll also hear from our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher who will be enlightening us on the great new album by The Mute Gods!Website: Progwatch.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/Twitter: @ProgSquatchEmail: progsquatch@gmail.com

On this week's show we continue with the Gaillion contest and hear music from a new release by US band Ghost Medicine! The main part of the episode, however, is devoted to a feature on Australian Cinematic Prog Rocker Ben Craven! We chat about the Aussie Prog scene, working with Roger Dean and William Shatner, and various other topics! And we play a whole lot of Ben's music along the way! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!)

Another great variety show this week with a lot of great new music from Nine Stones Close, Konchordat, Headspace, Francis Dunnery, Ben Craven and Jump! Plus Subsignal, and a classic from Mike Oldfield!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. And don't forget about the website...Progwatch.com! There's a whole lotta great Progressive Rock music there for your listening enjoyment!

Yes Magazine scan from Carl and Drama Tour Programme from Bob The one hundred and seventy-second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring two blasts from the past - a scan from Carl Coppage of a Yes Magazine and a Drama tour programme from Bob Burns. What can we learn from old issues of magazines? With hindsight, how do these old items read? Whatever happened to Yes Magazine? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Inside front cover showing ticket and play lists - click to enlarge Show links and notes Preston Frazier on Yesterday and Today Preston Frazier on Ben Craven's Revenge of Dr. Komodo Mark Anthony K's latest Yes compilation Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Mabel Greer's Toyshop - new album The one hundred and fifty ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring a first listen to Electric Funeral, co-written by Chris Squire and Clive Bailey. Does Mabel Greer's Toyshop sound like early - or any kind - of Yes music? Does Tony Kaye make his presence felt on Hammond organ - or Billy Sherwood? What is the new album going to be like after 45 years apart? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   The boys in the band! Show links and notes Fred Lunjevich's Yes haul: Ben Craven's Tune Leaks website Prog Magazine Chris Squire article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1PkE5Fk5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAp93sJSFA Mabel Greer's Toyshop website Electric Funeral 2014 version - Mabel Greer's Toyshop   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

The Google Hangout On Air (Click to enlarge) The eighty-seventh episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring a fantastic live session from Aussie Prog Rock heroes, Ben Craven and the Section. Multi-instrumentalist, Ben Craven This is the audio from our recent Google Hangout On Air experiment which has been properly mixed and edited by Ben himself. Some listeners managed to catch the video live but this sounds so much better. Ben's done a fantastic job and the band played brilliantly despite the late hour! Many thanks to them for this great session! Look out for more live events and also keep tuned for a rather more elaborate project soon! I hope everyone can be involved in the future... Our ultimate aim is to set up and run a full, progressive rock virtual festival with bands from across the globe. Watch this space! Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates or via www.stitcher.com. Show links Ben Craven's website Yesworld.com Where are they now? Yes member site The Yescography Yes Museum Yes Bootleg site - Songs of the Earth Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp with Yes Sign the e-petition to release the lost Yes tapes! Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org