Podcast appearances and mentions of chris bateman

Published 9 February 2025A very enjoyable conversation with a remarkable young sailor. Chris Bateman has just won the B14 Worlds with Lucy Loughton. Chris shares the incredible story of their win as only an Irishman can. You will love this episode and it may even change the way you approach sailing. Apologies, the audio isn't perfect, but it is a great story.#sailgp #b14sailingaustralia #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail #sea #offshore #sailors #sailingworld #extremesailing #foils #yacht #yachts #saillife #instayacht #sailingblog #instasail

Chris Bateman and Lucy Loughton won the B14 World Championship trophy. Cork and especially the Monkstown Bay Sailing Club are so proud of them and PJ chats to him about how he did it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A ransomware attack on South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is delaying the processing of millions of blood tests and imperiling the lives of an untold number of people. BizNews speaks to Chris Bateman, a former long-time News Editor of the South African Medical Journal - after he was contacted by the Eastern European-sounding middleman of the “Black Suit” hackers. The “middleman” made dire threats if the NHLS didn't enter into negotiation with the hackers. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old girl is dying in Groote Schuur Hospital because her illness can't be diagnosed without a blood test. There have been similar attacks in countries outside Russia…which leads to the suspicion that the hackers are Russian.

Chris Bateman is a Healthcare Writer and Former editor of the SA Medical Journal, he joins Africa to speak on the cyber-attack that is causing havoc for the NHLS and delaying the results of thousands of critical blood samplesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Lies flow like water but the Truth burns.”This is just one of many quotable lines from arguably one of the best adventure games ever made. And for this episode Seoirse was delighted to speak to the lead designer of that game, Chris Bateman. Chris spoek about his puzzle philosophy and it changed throughout the three Discworld games, how got invovled in leading the design of the game and just how involved was Terry Pratchett. He also spoke about his passion project Silk, a game literally like no other game out there. And he also teased what the future may hold for another Discworld game in future. All that and much more!Silk Steam PageSilk Home PageIhobo Official SiteAdventure Games Podcast Official SiteIf you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itunes and Spotify and all other major Podcast Platforms! You can also subscribe to our Youtube channel for extra video content such as video reviews, video interviews, trailers and gameplay.You can also support the podcast at our PatreonYou can review this podcast here:https://ratethispodcast.com/adventuregamespodcastYou can also find this podcast on our social media below:FacebookTwitterInstagramDiscordYou can also find the RSS feed here:http://www.adventuregamespodcast.com/podcast?format=rssLogo created by Siobhan. You can find her on Twitter and InstagramMusic is Speedy Delta (ID 917) by Lobo Loco and can be found here:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Welcome/Speedy_Delta_ID_917_1724

Episode Notes We were so incredibly pleased to be joined by Gabrielle Kent and Rhianna Pratchett, the co-authors of this new book in the Discworld library. Tiffany's story is one of our favorites, and having both more Tiffany and more witch stuff is just the best. Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch would make a great holiday present! We're not sure yet of a US release date, so consider buying it directly from The Discworld Emporium or Discworld.com (and if other things just sort of happen to fall into your shopping basket... well, blame the Feegles). If you want to check out the Mythical Creatures series Rhianna mentioned, keep an eye on the BBC Radio Four site as well as BBC Sounds. It looks like it starts airing December 18! Gabrielle Kent is the author of the Alfie Bloom and Knights and Bikes series. She collaborated on the Rani Reports series with her husband as Gabrielle and Satish Shewhorak. Gabrielle lives in the North East of England. She grew up in the 1980's drawing castles and dragons, reading comics, and playing videogames. In the summers, she ran wild with her brothers and cousins on her Granny's farm in Galway. Her first job was as a video-game artist working on games for PC, Playstation and XBox. She spent sixteen years as a university lecturer teaching students how to make videogames, and ran and hosted various games and animation festivals along the way. She has always loved exploring castles and in 2006 she visited Castle Coch in Wales. As she looked at a carving of The Fates over one of the fireplaces, an idea for a story crept into her head. When she got home she started typing the story of Alfie Bloom, the boy who inherited a castle and has written many more books since. Rhianna Pratchett has been a professional writer for several years. Having written numerous features and columns on games, movies and books and originally cutting her journalistic teeth on PC Zone magazine and The Guardian newspaper, Rhianna moved into script writing and narrative design in 2002. In 2007 her work on Heavenly Sword was nominated for a BAFTA and a year later she won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain 'Best Videogame Script' award for Overlord. Alongside writing for videogames, she has also authored the Tomb Raider: The Beginning comics with Dark Horse and the 6-part Mirror's Edge miniseries with DC Comics and several of her own short stories. Rhianna has contributed to various books on games narrative including Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing (Edited by: Wendy Despain) and Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames (Edited by: Chris Bateman). She also works with the IGDA Writers' Special Interest Group, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and BAFTA Games to help improve games narrative and the lot of games writers everywhere. Rhianna currently lives in London, with a couple of neurotic tabbies. True to British form, she drinks a lot of tea. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod or Bluesky at @compleatdiscography.page Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon Follow individual hosts: Aaron is at @urizenxvii and @aaron@compleatdiscography.page, Ana is at @The_Miannai and @ana@babylonpod.page Justen is at @Justenwrites and @justen@babylonpod.page. We can also be found at www.okayso.page. Our art is by the indomitable Jess who can be found at @angryartist113. Music is by Incompetech and used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5044-fuzzball-parade License:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Bateman, manager of the plaques program at Heritage Toronto, an arms-length city agency and a registered charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos stops by for a cup of holiday cheer and some lively conversation. No matter how hard the bureaucratic grinches try to stir up panic, we're going to find reasons to celebrate instead. It's entirely possible that I'm missing something here but the fearful tone that politicians and the media are taking over the omicron variant of Covid seems disproportionate to the harm it is doing. Ron Paul says this wave of fear represents the lockdowners' last stand and their desperation to hang on to power. Not be be a damper on the festive spirit of the season but you probably know someone whose suffering is acute at this time of year. Maybe you're the one who's suffering. Annie Holmquist has an empowering essay on surviving suffering like a champ. Resisting the urge to give in to the official fear frenzy requires conscious effort. Dr. Mark Sircus advises that we focus on spreading love, not fear, during the holiday season. Heaven help the person who sneezes or coughs in public these days. Some folks will look at you like you're actively trying to murder the people around you. Chris Bateman poses the question: Is our duty to avoid harm unlimited? That's something that we need to answer before using force to mandate that others do something. It's been nearly 3 decades since Bill Clinton opined that, "You can't say you love your country and hate your government." During that time, the blinders have come off for many of who have learned for ourselves that, as J.B. Shurk says, America is much more than its government. www.thebryanhydeshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Elsabé Klinck, a former legal advisor to the SA Medical Association, picks up on a thorny issue for freedom-loving South Africans – the proposed (by business groupings) introduction of mandatory Covid-19 vaccination. The one-time senior lecturer in the Department of Constitutional Law at Free State University (and co-author of Employment Equity Law and International Human Rights Standards) spoke to veteran medical journalist Chris Bateman.

Dr Caroline Lee, a Gauteng anaesthetist, joined healthcare journalist Chris Bateman of BizNews to discuss burnout and the mental health issues faced by healthcare workers in South Africa. Dr Lee is the co-founder of the Healthcare Workers Care Network, an eight-year-old burnout and mental distress support group for medical professionals. She says that there was a great need for an organisation like this even before Covid hit, but the pandemic has aggravated the situation immensely because workers are exhausted and constantly exposed to death. "When you're feeling more tired or it's just too much - sometimes you see two patients, three patients in the same ICU dying at the same time, or somebody that you've really made an effort for, or somebody [who's family you've met] and you don't want them to die, for example - those ones trigger an overflow and all of a sudden [you] just break down," she explains. As medical professionals are already mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted, Dr Lee says they feel like giving up when they hear anti-vaccine arguments. "The healthcare workers that experience a lot of heartbreak, a lot of despair, were like, no, we need to give up now. We've been working so hard and this is what you give us. You know, after all we've done and after all the work with trying to save lives, what are you doing? Why are you causing more death, more suffering?" Her advice is to ask anti-vaxxers what they're afraid of.

BizNews — It’s easy to pick holes in a strategy which affects nearly 60 million lives – it’s entirely another thing to take full responsibility for your part in it and to own up when things don’t work. In this exclusive story, Professor Salim Karim, the man leading the way on scientific coronavirus advice to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mhkize, gives us unique insight into just how far his reach goes, what he can advise on, and what he has no control over. - Chris Bateman

BizNews — It’s easy to pick holes in a strategy which affects nearly 60 million lives – it’s entirely another thing to take full responsibility for your part in it and to own up when things don’t work. In this exclusive story, Professor Salim Karim, the man leading the way on scientific coronavirus advice to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mhkize, gives us unique insight into just how far his reach goes, what he can advise on, and what he has no control over. - Chris Bateman

BizNews — They say the political is always personal, here Biznews team member, Chris Bateman, shares his knowledge of South Africa’s healthcare landscape and the Covid-19 coordinated response from his perspective as a 63-year-old highly immune-compromised cancer survivor and veteran healthcare journalist.

BizNews — They say the political is always personal, here Biznews team member, Chris Bateman, shares his knowledge of South Africa’s healthcare landscape and the Covid-19 coordinated response from his perspective as a 63-year-old highly immune-compromised cancer survivor and veteran healthcare journalist.

BizNews — In this third podcast about his cancer journey, one of our team, Chris Bateman, shares the insights and awakenings his recent diagnosis and treatment have evoked in him after nearly 20 years as a healthcare journalist.

BizNews — In this third podcast about his cancer journey, one of our team, Chris Bateman, shares the insights and awakenings his recent diagnosis and treatment have evoked in him after nearly 20 years as a healthcare journalist.

BizNews — In episode 43 of Inside Covid-19, some practical do’s and don’ts for families whose children are returning to school next week; the High Court judgement forcing Government to recant on many lockdown regulations; we eavesdrop on SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago talking to a foreign audience; the Cape’s Tygerberg hospital is bracing for a fresh spike; and part two of our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman’s tale of living with cancer during the age of Covid-19. The pic is from Sweden where the no-lockdown approach continues, but with rising concerns that it might not have been the right way. - Alec Hogg

In episode 43 of Inside Covid-19, some practical do's and don'ts for families whose children are returning to school next week; the High Court judgement forcing Government to recant on many lockdown regulations; we eavesdrop on SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago talking to a foreign audience; the Cape's Tygerberg hospital is bracing for a fresh spike; and part two of our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman's tale of living with cancer during the age of Covid-19. - Alec Hogg

BizNews — In episode 43 of Inside Covid-19, some practical do’s and don’ts for families whose children are returning to school next week; the High Court judgement forcing Government to recant on many lockdown regulations; we eavesdrop on SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago talking to a foreign audience; the Cape’s Tygerberg hospital is bracing for a fresh spike; and part two of our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman’s tale of living with cancer during the age of Covid-19. The pic is from Sweden where the no-lockdown approach continues, but with rising concerns that it might not have been the right way. - Alec Hogg

In episode 43 of Inside Covid-19, some practical do's and don'ts for families whose children are returning to school next week; the High Court judgement forcing Government to recant on many lockdown regulations; we eavesdrop on SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago talking to a foreign audience; the Cape's Tygerberg hospital is bracing for a fresh spike; and part two of our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman's tale of living with cancer during the age of Covid-19. - Alec Hogg

BizNews — In this first of four podcasts, Biznews writer and news curator, healthcare journalist Chris Bateman, shares his recently-begun cancer survivor’s journey as his contribution to destigmatizing the disease, giving us an intimate insight into the challenges and gifts it offers. The series was first published by HASA.

In episode 42 of Inside Covid-19, with schools set to re-open on Monday, there's professional advice on how families can minimize virus-related risks this will introduce; actuarial body PANDA wants Government's official coronavirus mortality modellers to share their assumptions after their projections have proved consistently inflated; we share the intensely personal experience of living with cancer during Covid-19 with our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman; and hear from New York University professor Scott Galloway who is proposing a Corona Corps of young Americans wanting to help fight the virus in Africa. - Alec Hogg

BizNews — In episode 42 of Inside Covid-19, with schools set to re-open on Monday, there’s professional advice on how families can minimize virus-related risks this will introduce; actuarial body PANDA wants Government’s official coronavirus mortality modellers to share their assumptions after their projections have proved consistently inflated; we share the intensely personal experience of living with cancer during Covid-19 with our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman; and hear from New York University professor Scott Galloway who is proposing a Corona Corps of young Americans wanting to help fight the virus in Africa. - Alec Hogg

BizNews — In this first of four podcasts, Biznews writer and news curator, healthcare journalist Chris Bateman, shares his recently-begun cancer survivor’s journey as his contribution to destigmatizing the disease, giving us an intimate insight into the challenges and gifts it offers. The series was first published by HASA.

BizNews — In episode 42 of Inside Covid-19, with schools set to re-open on Monday, there’s professional advice on how families can minimize virus-related risks this will introduce; actuarial body PANDA wants Government’s official coronavirus mortality modellers to share their assumptions after their projections have proved consistently inflated; we share the intensely personal experience of living with cancer during Covid-19 with our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman; and hear from New York University professor Scott Galloway who is proposing a Corona Corps of young Americans wanting to help fight the virus in Africa. - Alec Hogg

In episode 42 of Inside Covid-19, with schools set to re-open on Monday, there's professional advice on how families can minimize virus-related risks this will introduce; actuarial body PANDA wants Government's official coronavirus mortality modellers to share their assumptions after their projections have proved consistently inflated; we share the intensely personal experience of living with cancer during Covid-19 with our Biznews colleague Chris Bateman; and hear from New York University professor Scott Galloway who is proposing a Corona Corps of young Americans wanting to help fight the virus in Africa. - Alec Hogg

BizNews — The deadly threat of Covid-19 multiples when one's immune system is compromised, such as the three million HIV infected individuals not on ARV’s. But a double whammy is in store for those cancer patients who are undergoing chemo-therapy. Not only does chemo kill the white blood cells, whose job it is to keep our immune system working but in addition to this threat lies in the increased potential of contracting the virus. Cancer patients on chemo have no option but to make weekly trips to the hospital, a place where the severely infected need to be. How does someone on chemo right now keep themselves safe? Chris Bateman, a well-known journalist and contributor to Biznews has first hand knowledge on this. Himself a cancer victim currently undergoing chemotherapy Chris tells us how he anticipates a 12-month lockdown, and the extra measures he is taking to keep Covid-19 away from his door. - Vanessa Marks

BizNews — The deadly threat of Covid-19 multiples when one's immune system is compromised, such as the three million HIV infected individuals not on ARV’s. But a double whammy is in store for those cancer patients who are undergoing chemo-therapy. Not only does chemo kill the white blood cells, whose job it is to keep our immune system working but in addition to this threat lies in the increased potential of contracting the virus. Cancer patients on chemo have no option but to make weekly trips to the hospital, a place where the severely infected need to be. How does someone on chemo right now keep themselves safe? Chris Bateman, a well-known journalist and contributor to Biznews has first hand knowledge on this. Himself a cancer victim currently undergoing chemotherapy Chris tells us how he anticipates a 12-month lockdown, and the extra measures he is taking to keep Covid-19 away from his door. - Vanessa Marks

BizNews — Episode 25 of Inside Covid-19 is dominated by the easing of lockdown restrictions dominates; we have a moving discussion from Biznews colleague Chris Bateman who explains why being infected with Covid-19 is a likely death sentence for himself and other immune suppressed people; also the HSRC report on what the lockdown has done to SA; UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his nation’s fight against the invisible mugger; and why it takes so long to recover after being forced onto a ventilator.

BizNews — Episode 25 of Inside Covid-19 is dominated by the easing of lockdown restrictions dominates; we have a moving discussion from Biznews colleague Chris Bateman who explains why being infected with Covid-19 is a likely death sentence for himself and other immune suppressed people; also the HSRC report on what the lockdown has done to SA; UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his nation’s fight against the invisible mugger; and why it takes so long to recover after being forced onto a ventilator.

Episode 25 of Inside Covid-19 is dominated by the easing of lockdown restrictions dominates; we have a moving discussion from Biznews colleague Chris Bateman who explains why being infected with Covid-19 is a likely death sentence for himself and other immune suppressed people; also the HSRC report on what the lockdown has done to SA; UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his nation's fight against the invisible mugger; and why it takes so long to recover after being forced onto a ventilator. - Alec Hogg

Episode 25 of Inside Covid-19 is dominated by the easing of lockdown restrictions dominates; we have a moving discussion from Biznews colleague Chris Bateman who explains why being infected with Covid-19 is a likely death sentence for himself and other immune suppressed people; also the HSRC report on what the lockdown has done to SA; UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his nation's fight against the invisible mugger; and why it takes so long to recover after being forced onto a ventilator. - Alec Hogg

CAPE TOWN — When vested-interests close ranks and reassure the public that all is well, that’s often exactly the signal for just how wrong things may have gone. A case in point is Boeing admitting that a software fault was responsible for both 737 Max crashes that took 346 lives - after the entire US aviation industry closed ranks to say it was safe to fly the plane. The US was the last nation to ground the 737 Max as most other countries opted for this guaranteed, no-risk approach - long before the Ethiopian black box revealed its feared confirmation. The Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, hardly covered itself in glory. The cause of the Lion Air tragedy five months earlier, was (also) the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System, known as MCAS, “activating in response to erroneous angle of attack information.” Boeing techno-speak for the pilot, despite following override protocols, being unable to pull out of a fatal nose dive automatically induced by the software mis-diagnosing the plane as stalling. Boeing quotes its pilots as saying MCAS dysfunction “can add to what is already a high workload environment”, opening the door for a legal argument that a pilot may have been able to over-ride the system. It’s all about reducing culpability while showing maximum contrition and restoring profitability (aka plane safety). Meanwhile budgets are surely being quietly adjusted for pre-emptive offers to victim’s relatives. - Chris Bateman

LONDON — South Africa has a serious problem in literacy rates among Grade 4 pupils. It ended at the bottom of a list of 50 countries in the Progress in International Literacy Study known as PIRLS conducted in 2016. It is estimated that 78% of Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning. Compare this figure to 3% in England, 4% to the United States,13% in Chile and 35% in Iran, where gender discrimination takes place. The most common cause of difficulties in reading, writing and spelling is dyslexia, which account for 5-10% of the world’s population. It is estimated that 70-80% of people who have reading difficulties, are dyslexic. A Cape town speech language therapist Elizabeth Nadler-Nir has come up with a computer programme, Virtual Reading Gym to help delayed older readers and it has been recognised at the London Book Fair where she won the Educational Learning Resources Award and came second in the Education Initiatives category. Elizabeth who is none other than the sister of colleague Chris Bateman spoke to Biznews in London and said that dyslexia is largely undiagnosed in South Africa. - Linda van Tilburg

Chris Bateman is a game designer with a storied history. From helping to develop the Discworld game series to his newest endeavor, Silk, he has been blazing trails in game design for years. Joerg talks to him about his history and about his newest project, the unique sandbox RPG and adventure game, "Silk", that is on Kickstarter right now! (Interview starts at 11:33)

Bob talks with game designer Chris Bateman about his new historical video game, Silk, set on the Silk Road in 200 CE You can learn more about Silk and its Kickstarter by going to https://blog.ihobo.com/silk.html Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyrespawned Music is Symphony 40 in G minor by texasradiofish (c) 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)license.dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasr…iofish/49560 Ft: W. A. Mozart, Big Bonobo Combo

CAPE TOWN — Unless Eskom gets the tariff hike they’re asking for, the power utility will have to ask government for another R83bn in three to five years’ time, says its new CFO, Calib Cassim. In the most revealing interview yet, Cassim admits to Chris Yelland, one of the country’s top energy journalists, that Eskom is currently “using one credit card to pay off another –unsustainable under any circumstances.” Municipal arrear debt amounts to R18bn, growing at about R450m per month, while Soweto arrear debt adds a further R17bn, growing at about R50m per month. In total, arrear debt is growing by R500m per month. From the horse’s mouth, these numbers. Here’s a Cassim quote that could either have you fast-tracking or cancelling your immigration plans, depending on the lenses you wear. “If we go down, we bring down the sovereign and the economy. For me, the best thing that has ever happened is the presidential task team, and the fact that we have the ear of the president who understands the urgency. He used the words “financial crisis” in his state-of-the-nation address, and this is the best way to describe where we are, hand-in-hand with our operational challenges.” - Chris Bateman

When Toronto attorney Charles Vance Millar died in 1926, he left behind a mischievous will that promised a fortune to the woman who gave birth to the most children in the next 10 years. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow the Great Stork Derby and the hope and controversy it brought to Toronto's largest families during the Great Depression. We'll also visit some Portuguese bats and puzzle over a suspicious work crew. Intro: The programming language Shakespeare produces code that reads like a stage play. In a qualification round for the 1994 Caribbean Cup, Barbados and Grenada seemed to switch sides. Sources for our feature on the Great Stork Derby: Mark M. Orkin, The Great Stork Derby, 1982. In Re Estate of Charles Millar (1937), [1938] 1 D.L.R. 65 (Supreme Court of Canada). Chris Bateman, "Historicist: The Great Stork Derby," Torontoist, Oct. 29, 2016. David Goldenberg, "How a Dead Millionaire Convinced Dozens of Women to Have as Many Babies as Possible," Five Thirty Eight, Dec. 11, 2015. Adam Bunch, "The Great Toronto Stork Derby — Why the City Went Baby Crazy During the Great Depression," Spacing Magazine, July 23, 2013. Steuart Henderson Britt, "The Significance of the Last Will and Testament," Journal of Social Psychology 8:3 (August 1937), 347-353. Peter Edwards, "1926 Will Sparked Toronto's Great 'Stork Derby,'" Toronto Star, Sept. 9, 2006. "Big Family, Big Prize," Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 17, 2002. Douglas J. Johnston, "Will Power," The Beaver 81:4 (August/September 2001), 37-39. Marty Gervais, "Stork Derby of '26 Meant to Tweak Beaks of Clergy," Windsor Star, June 23, 2000. Craig Zawada, "Dumb Moments in Legal History," Saskatchewan Business 20:6 (Nov. 1, 1999), 7. Pat MacAdam, "The Mischievous Will: Toronto the Good Left Shaken by Staid Lawyer's Quirky Last Wishes," Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 2, 1999. John Picton, "Lawyer's Will Started Baby Boom," Toronto Star, Feb. 26, 1989. Kathleen Walker, "Stork Derby Strangest of Lawyer's Bequests," Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 14, 1981. Susan Schwartz, "Prim Toronto Was Site of Baby Race," Montreal Gazette, Dec. 9, 1981. "Mrs. Annie Smith," New York Times, Jan. 21, 1948. "Toronto Bequest Provides for Second 'Stork Derby,'" New York Times, March 12, 1946. "Stork Derby Victors Lonely for Children," New York Times, July 6, 1938. "Topics of the Times," New York Times, June 1, 1938. "Last of 'Stork Derby'?", Ottawa Evening Citizen, May 31, 1938. "'Stork Derby' Winners Paid," New York Times, May 30, 1938. "Stork Derby' Prize Awarded 4 Women," New York Times, March 20, 1938. "Justice 'Troubled' in Baby Derby Plea," New York Times, Feb. 27, 1938. "Four Mothers of Nine Win Shares in $500,000 Stork Derby Cash," New York Times, Feb. 13, 1938. "Has Her 12th Baby," New York Times, Jan. 6, 1938. "Stork Derby' Will Upheld on Appeal," New York Times, Dec. 23, 1937. "Toronto Baby Race Upheld on Appeal," New York Times, Feb. 24, 1937. "Lady Astor Declares Stork Derby 'Horror,'" New York Times, Nov. 29, 1936. "Stork Derby Will Upheld by Court," New York Times, Nov. 21, 1936. "'Baby Clause' Held Valid in Millar Will," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 19, 1936. "Ruling on Stork Promised in Week," New York Times, Nov. 17, 1936. "Dr. Hayne Thinks Toronto Mothers in 'Piker' Class," [Spartanburg, S.C.] Herald-Journal, Nov. 4, 1936. "Stork Derby 'Winner' Offers to Split Prize," New York Times, Nov. 2, 1936. "Birth Derby Ends; 6 Mothers in 'Tie,'" New York Times, Nov. 1, 1936. "Reaper at Finish Line in Baby Race," [Washington, D.C.] Evening Star, Oct. 30, 1936. "'Stork Derby' Will Is Attacked by Kin," New York Times, Oct. 29, 1936. "Foul Is Claimed in Baby Derby," [Washington, D.C.] Evening Star, Oct. 27, 1936. "Stork Derby Rule Taken by Premier," New York Times, Oct. 24, 1936. "To Fight Baby Derby Fund," New York Times, Oct. 16, 1936. "Threats in 'Baby Derby,'" New York Times, Aug. 30, 1936. "Another Baby Enters $500,000 Stork Derby," New York Times, Aug. 18, 1936. "12 in Toronto Stork Race, Parents of 89, Join Party," New York Times, Aug. 1, 1936. "Mrs. Kenny Leads in Stork Derby," Nashua [N.H.] Telegraph, Feb. 6, 1936. "'Dark Horse' in 'Stork Derby' Now Believes in Birth Control," Milwaukee Journal, Nov. 29, 1935. Phillis Griffiths, "Stork Derby Field Scorns Split Prize," New York Times, Sept. 15, 1935. "$500,000 Carried by Toronto Stork," New York Times, Sept. 8, 1935. "Toronto 'Baby' Will Safe," New York Times, Sept. 7, 1935. "12 in Toronto Stork Race, Parents of 89, Join Party," New York Times, Aug. 1, 1936. "The Commonwealth: Birth Race," Time, Dec. 20, 1926. Listener mail: "I Met a Celebrity at the London Openhouse!! Lord Palmerston, The Fuzzy," Reddit London, Sept. 24, 2018. Rachel Nuwer, "Bats Act As Pest Control at Two Old Portuguese Libraries," Smithsonian.com, Sept. 19, 2013. Julie H. Case, "These Portuguese Libraries Are Infested With Bats -- and They Like It That Way," Smithsonian.com, June 7, 2018. Patricia Kowsmann, "The Bats Help Preserve Old Books But They Drive Librarians, Well, Batty," Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2018. Universidade de Coimbra Library. Christina Caron, "Zanesville Animal Massacre Included 18 Rare Bengal Tigers," ABC News, Oct. 19, 2011. Kathy Thompson, "Ohio Exotic Animal Owner Speaks Out 1st Time Since Ordeal," [Zanesville, Ohio] Times Recorder, Oct. 18, 2012. "William Walker: Diver Who Saved Winchester Cathedral Remembered," BBC News, Oct. 6, 2018. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listeners Wil, Cassidy, and Sydney, inspired by an item on 99 Percent Invisible (warning -- this link spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. 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Chris Bateman and I tackle the Northwest Division - Denver - Minnesota - Oklahoma City - Portland - Utah

Chris Bateman and I tackle the Northwest Division - Denver - Minnesota - Oklahoma City - Portland - Utah

Chris Bateman and I begin the Western Conference with the Southwest Division: - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - New Orleans - San Antonio

Chris Bateman and I begin the Western Conference with the Southwest Division: - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - New Orleans - San Antonio

Chris Bateman joins me to wrap up the East - Atlanta - Charlotte - Miami - Orlando - Washington

Chris Bateman joins me to wrap up the East - Atlanta - Charlotte - Miami - Orlando - Washington

Chris Bateman joins the show to preview the Central Division: Chicago Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee Indiana

Chris Bateman joins the show to preview the Central Division: Chicago Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee Indiana

Chris Bateman joins the show to preview the Atlantic Division: Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto

Chris Bateman joins the show to preview the Atlantic Division: Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto

Chris Bateman, co-founder of Bare Bros joins the show to talk all things sport. Visit barebrosco.com and buy a candle today!

Chris Bateman, co-founder of Bare Bros joins the show to talk all things sport. Visit barebrosco.com and buy a candle today!