Podcasts about Christ Church College

Sonya Walger is the author of the debut novel Lion, available from New York Review Books. Walger is a British-American actress, writer and podcaster. Walger began her career as a film and television actress in 1998 and is perhaps best known for her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC series Lost and later for starring as Molly Cobb in the Apple TV+ original For All Mankind. A student of English literature at Christ Church College at the University of Oxford and host of the literature podcast bookish, Walger is a long-time literary enthusiast whose debut novel Lion is a work of autofiction about her relationship with her father. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram  TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LEGENDARY TV ACTRESS STEFANI POWERS STEFANI POWERS BIO Biography Stefanie Powers began her career as a teenager dancing for the Michele Paniaff Ballet Company and Jerome Robbins. At 16 she was put under contract to Columbia Pictures in the twilight of the Hollywood Studio System where she made 15 motion pictures and was loaned to United Artists for the John Wayne production of [error]. MGM Television bought her contract from Columbia to present her as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966). Her television credits include over 200 guest appearances, 18 mini-series and 2 more weekly series, The Feather and Father Gang (1976) and the long-running Hart to Hart (1979). Her long career has included appearances on the stage beginning in 1964 with "Under the Yum Yum Tree" in San Francisco which ran for 12 years after its initial opening. She has appeared on and off Broadway in musical shows and tributes; in the West End in the musical, "Matador" and "Love Letters". Appearances on the British stage included "The King and I", "The Adjustment" and "84 Charing Cross Road." Her stage appearances in the United States include "Annie Get Your Gun", "Oliver", "Applause" (the revival), "Sunset Boulevard" and "Gotta Dance" directed by Jerry Mitchell. In 2018 she appeared in the film The Artist's Wife (2019) with Lena Olin and Bruce Dern and a revival in London of "84 Charing Cross Road." She has an active life in wildlife conservation and is the creator of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, formed after the death of her long-time life partner William Holden. In that vein she has received numerous fellowships and awards for her tireless field work in conservation and is a faculty member of the Oxford Literary Festival at Christ Church College at Oxford where she heads forums with authors of outstanding books dealing with the crucial environmental issues of our day. She's been on the boards of four zoos in North America and is an independent board member of a cluster of 3 mutual funds which are a part of the American Funds, one of the largest mutual funds families in the world. She presented the PBS 13 part series, "Funding Your Dreams" as a road map for women contemplating investment options. As a member of the Writers' Guild of America she was nominated for her script of "Family Secrets", received five Emmy nominations for acting roles and a People's Choice Award. She resides in Los Angeles, London and Kenya. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Stefanie Powers  

Adam Sáenz earned his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Texas A&M University with clinical training at Harvard Medical School. He completed his post-doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He also earned a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation with a residency at Christ Church College of Oxford University.He currently serves as the CEO of the Applied EQ Group, the counseling and assessment clinic he founded in 2003. He also serves as a consulting psychologist for the Texas A&M College of Medicine.Dr. Sáenz has authored multiple titles, including the best-selling “The Power of a Teacher” and “Relationships That Work.” His most recent release, “The EQ Intervention,” was an Amazon best-seller that won the Independent Publisher Association gold medal in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

¿Cuántas estrellas hay en la Vía Láctea? ¿Cuántas células tiene mi cuerpo? ¿Cuál es máximo de jugadas que se puede hacer en una partida de ajedrez? Este es el terreno de la matemática discreta, que estudia estructuras cuyos elementos pueden contarse uno por uno separadamente. Desde un mensaje codificado entre dos ladrones, que necesitan que sus conversaciones sean secretas, hasta sucesiones de tazas de té, tablas de multiplicar, números negativos y relojes que dicen el día, pero no la hora. Las matemáticas discretas han sido la premisa de obras literarias y artísticas, el origen de relatos en el que dos áreas aparentemente distintas se encuentran en mundos numéricos y secretos. En este episodio de Podcast Explora, oye una conversación entre dos matemáticos miembros de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales que van desde Alicia en El País de las Maravillas a Sherlock Holmes para buscar la matemática discreta. Además de inspiración literaria, hoy la matemática discreta está detrás del funcionamiento de equipos electrónicos e, incluso, de que nos sea posible entrar a internet. Lo discreto se refiere lo fraccionado, pero, en términos generales, la matemática discreta es una herramienta que aborda temas de lógica, razonamiento, combinatoria y criptografía. El mismo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, nombre verdadero del escritor británico Lewis Carroll, autor de Alicia en El País de las Maravillas, sabía de las intrigas de combinar la lógica matemática con la literatura. Era matemático y ejerció como profesor del Christ Church College de Oxford. El hilo de esta relación entre arte y matemática nos lleva a Miguel de Cervantes, con Sancho Panza y el Quijote, o a los cuentos de Ficciones de Borges, o a El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan y sus infinitas series de tiempos que abordan conceptos matemáticos como el paralelismo, la secuencia, la convergencia y el infinito. Invitados: Carlos Mejía, Ph.D. en Matemáticas y profesor titular UNALMed. Whady Flórez, Ph.D. en Matemáticas y profesor titular UPB.

A supermassive black hole is estimated to be a million or a billion times bigger than the Sun, but no one truly yet understands the origins of these massive phenomena. In this episode of Mind the Gap, Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist and research fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford University, describes how AI is helping to answer fundamental questions about the formation and evolution of black holes and their connection to the development of galaxies.

It is official! This is the first official episode of Season Four: Dead Academy.In this episode, Elizabeth joins in the on the phone tag of ghosts stories spread across these three campuses about a haunted hall in Michigan State University, a royal who still lurks Christ Church College, and a slew of sighting at jesuit university.Find the podcast: https://linktr.ee/thedarktruthpodcastReferences for this episode: Hauntings of Oxford from oxfordsummercourses.com  Mary Mayo Hauntings | MSU hauntings 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 466, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Fish 1: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source. cod. 2: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown. king salmon. 3: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish. a muskellunge. 4: This largest species of salmon, Oregon's state fish, shares its name with an Indian tribe and may grow to 3 feet. the chinook salmon. 5: South Dakota chose the walleye, while North Dakota chose the northern type of this fish. a pike. Round 2. Category: The Bells 1: This city's second-most famous bell was cast in 1926 for Wanamaker's Department Store. Philadelphia. 2: The bells in this 12th century Italian tower are no longer rung; we just hope they don't fall out. Leaning Tower of Pisa. 3: The world's largest bell, which has never rung, is in this walled area of Moscow. The Kremlin. 4: Big Ben hangs over Parliament and a rival, Great Tom, hangs over Christ Church College at this university. Oxford. 5: One of this city's Temple Bells, which Kipling heard calling him back, weighs 90 tons. Mandalay. Round 3. Category: Get Your Literary Facts Straight 1: "Three Junes" is a novel by Julia Glass; this Chekhov play centers on the Prozorov family. Three Sisters. 2: Agatha Christie: "Death On The Nile";Thomas Mann:"Death In" this city. Venice. 3: "Brick House" is by the Commodores; this Dickens novel tells of the interminable suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Bleak House. 4: "A Room of One's Own" is a feminist essay by Virginia Woolf; this E.M. Forster work tells of Lucy, on vacation in Italy. A Room With a View. 5: Ivan Turgenev wrote "A Month in the Country"; Alan Paton wrote this story of a South African pastor and his son. Cry, the Beloved Country. Round 4. Category: '90s Sitcoms 1: The pals in this sitcom hang out and down a few brews at Cleveland's Warsaw Tavern. The Drew Carey Show. 2: Roz Doyle is his producer and call-screener at Seattle's KACL Radio. Frasier Crane. 3: Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode. Home Improvement. 4: MIchelangelo is the middle name of Lewis Kiniski, Ryan Stiles' character on this sitcom. The Drew Carey Show. 5: This sitcom was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning columns by humorist Dave Barry. Dave's World. Round 5. Category: Crazy Talk 1: Crazy like a Christmas loaf. nutty as a fruitcake. 2: Nocturnal flying mammals enclosed by a church tower. bats in the belfry. 3: Enunciation of a Black Forest clock bird. cuckoo, cuckoo. 4: Hauling 999 baked and molded blocks of clay when you should have 1000. not carrying a full load. 5: The penthouse is unserviced by the lift. the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

What a school year this has been. Educators across the country (and the world) have navigated yet another year of teaching under COVID. Worse still, many American teachers, administrators, and district staff have found themselves in the crosshairs of culture warriors and political opportunists. There have, and continue to be baseless book bans, draconian policy proposals, and astroturfed conspiracies about nefarious and ideologically charged curricula. Amidst the chaos, it's not exactly a secret many teachers are not well and are leaving the profession in unprecedented numbers. Though there have been well-intentioned gestures at promoting well-being in many districts—solving our current raft of problems will take more than breathwork and yoga mats. It will require systemic change, of course, and we've spoken a lot about that on Conceptually Speaking but our guest this week, Dr. Adam Saenz is here to discuss the messy individual journey of self-actualization. Adam earned his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Texas A&M University with clinical training at Harvard Medical School. He completed his post-doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He also earned a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation with residency at Christ Church College of Oxford University. He is currently the CEO of Applied EQ Group.AppliedEQ GroupTwitter

Lewis Carroll in Oxford. The illustrator and political cartoonist Chris Riddell wanders the streams and streets of Oxford with Henry, visiting the locations that inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. They meet Sophie Hiscock at the Story Museum and visit Christ Church College. Penguin Classics editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carrollhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60348/alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass/9780141439761.htmlhttps://apple.co/34adQe5 Penguin audiobook of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, read by Katie Leunghttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1060348/alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass/9780241442425.htmlhttps://apple.co/3r1h1gQ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lewis-carroll/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/9781529002461 Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lewis-carroll/through-the-lookingglass-and-what-alice-found-there/9781529007503 The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/chris-riddell/the-hunting-of-the-snark/9781529006957 Chris Riddellhttps://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com/https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50 The Story Museumhttps://www.storymuseum.org.uk/ Alice's Shophttps://aliceinwonderlandshop.com/ Christ Church Collegehttps://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Yayoi Kusamahttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/181654/lewis-carroll-s-alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland--with-artwork-b/9780141197302.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Marc LiVecche, executive editor of Providence and author of a new book The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury and we talk about the morality of war.Meet Dr. LiVecche: Marc LiVecche serves as the just war and global statecraft scholar with the Institute on Religion and Democracy along with his duties at Providence. He also serves as the McDonald Visiting Scholar at the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at Christ Church College and is a Leadership Research Fellow at the United States Naval Academy. His first book, The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury, was published in the summer of 2021 with Oxford University Press.Resources:The Good Kill by Marc LiVeccheAchilles in Vietnam by Jonathan ShayOdysseus in America by Jonathan ShayIn Defence of War by Nigel BiggarWhat It Is Like To Go Into War by Karl MarlantesMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes

Author Ed Linz stopped by the LiveLifeBig Podcast Studio to chat with Ben about his new book: They Never Threw Anything Away, his career path, his research for his many projects, Ben and Ed's friendship through their church, and his upcoming book projects. If you're interested in impressive life stories and American history, you will definitely want to check out this episode! Ed encourages you to contact him via: Email: edlinz@edlinz.com Facebook: Ed Linz Twitter: @edlinz65 Website: http://www.edlinz.com Amazon book link: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Anything-Memories-Depression-Americans/dp/1736734806/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ed+linz&qid=1626105668&sr=8-1 About Ed Linz: Ed Linz grew up on a small farm in Kentucky. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1965. His subsequent 20-year career in submarines included an assignment as Commanding Officer, USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN642), a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. Following retirement from the Navy, he taught Physics and coached cross country in public schools in Virginia for over 25 years. His education includes Master's degrees from Christ Church College, Oxford University in Economics, and George Mason University in Secondary Education. Ed continues to teach Physics to home-schooled students in Virginia and lectures on the intersection of science and special education. He also gives presentations on organ donation based on being the benefactor of a life-saving heart transplant in 1994. They Never Threw Anything Away is his fourth book. His earlier works include Life Row, A Case Study in How a Family Can Survive a Medical Crisis; Team Teaching Science, Success for All Learners, and a novel, Hurtling to the Edge. His interests include hiking (he recently "made it" to 15,000 feet on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania) and kayaking. He is currently working on two non-fiction books, Heart Transplant Hiker and Electrical Sudoku.

Growing up in Liverpool, Harry drove his artist mother mad playing The Beatles and took to the piano, but thought of it as more of a hobby than anything else. However, the world had other plans, and with an academic scholarship to Radley College, Harry began playing the chapel organ, and met a teacher who, through his work and his introductions, would change the course of his career. Harry went from the Royal College of Music to organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor and to Christ Church College, Oxford where he was also an organ scholar, and to on to Westminster Abbey. However, the lonely nature of the job forced him to re-think his options, and on the brink of quitting music for business, his neighbour introduced him to Mark Elder, Music Director of English National Opera at the time. Having barely seen an opera, or indeed heard of a repetiteur, after some impressive sight-reading Harry was on the music staff, where he arrived on his first day only to be shouted at by Charles Mackerras for fumbling the offstage banda in The Makropulos Case. Harry shares his journey from his early years through to his successful international career, including his work as the Artistic Director of the English Concert and as Music Director of Santa Fe Opera. Read more about Harry on his agent's website here Read more about The English Concert and their recent Rodelinda recording here Read about Santa Fe Opera here

Ruth 1. Gareth Maggs did a talk at Christ Church College on Ruth Chapter 1. Saying "I love You" are words often said in movies, but what do the characters mean when they say them? Is it just a response to emotion, or do they mean something more? In Ruth 1 we see real love, and it's not just emotion, it is a love that is far greater. Watch this video to find out more.

Pam Matthews is a proven industry leader with four decades of experience in the entertainment business. She began her career at age fifteen as a runner for Mid South Concerts in Memphis. Today, she serves the live entertainment industry as Executive Director of one of its most influential trade organizations. Matthews toured as an accountant for KISS and Ozzy Osbourne in the early 80s and was part of the Pace Concerts (now Live Nation) team that designed, constructed, and managed Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville. In 1988, after three seasons at 18,000+ capacity concert venue, Matthews accepted a marketing/accounting position with The Judds’ in-house booking agency and production company Pro Tours, Inc. In 1991 Pro Tours promoted 110 of the 128 sold-out concerts on The Judds Farewell Tour, which was second to the Grateful Dead as the highest grossing North American tour that year. As Wynonna began her solo career and restructured her business, Matthews joined the management side of the organization and eventually became Vice President & Treasurer of Wynonna, Inc. and J2K, Inc. As an officer of J2K, Inc., Matthews headed the multi-company team that produced The Judds’ sold-out New Year’s Eve 1999 concert and the 2000 reunion tour that followed. In 2000, Gaylord Entertainment selected Pam Matthews to be General Manager of Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. During her tenure, the Ryman became one of the top-grossing theaters in North America and received its National Historic Landmark status and numerous awards including its first-ever Pollstar Theatre of the Year, Academy of Country Music Venue of the Year, and IEBA Venue of the Year honors. In 2008, Matthews resigned her position at the Ryman to be with her husband, a decorated Special Operations Team Leader in the U.S. Army, while he was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey, California. Matthews and her husband, who is now a legislative attorney with the Tennessee General Assembly, settled back home in Nashville in 2012. Matthews joined IEBA as its Executive Director in 2013. Since then, the 50-year-old organization has tripled its membership and attendance at its annual conference continues to sell-out year after year. In 2017, IEBA established its Educational Outreach Fund, a 501(c)(3) charity that has endowed over $1M in scholarships at universities across the country and awards $75k annually to students seeking a career in the entertainment industry.Matthews attended Christ Church College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1989, she passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. During her career, Pam Matthews has been featured in numerous publications including Billboard, Pollstar, Better Homes & Gardens, and The Tennessean. In 2006, Billboard magazine ranked Matthews on its first “Women in Music” list. Recent honors include Nashville Business Journal “Women in Music City” and VenuesNow “Women of Influence.” Matthews has served on the Board of Directors of the Opry Trust Fund, Nashville Downtown Partnership, Leadership Music, and Americana Music Association, and currently serves on the Music City Music Council’s Leadership Forum and Leadership Music’s program committee. She is a frequent speaker and moderator at conferences and universities worldwide.https://ieba.org/Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9JCBNUCRNRVKY&source=url)

Today we celebrate the writer inspired by the Oxford Botanic Garden - a place he saw every day. We'll also learn about medicine with roots in the soil in Indiana. We’ll hear a lovely excerpt about a harbinger of spring: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fantastic book about botanical baking with a master baker. And then we’ll wrap things up with the story of a surprise found in a botanist’s garden.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News Predicting the New Year's 2021 Garden Trends | Ag Week | Don Kinzler   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events January 27, 1832  Today is the birthday of the English mathematician and writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - also known as Lewis Carroll. Lewis had worked as a librarian at Christ Church College in Oxford. His office window had a view of the Dean's Garden. Lewis wrote in his diary on the 25th of April in 1856 that he had visited the Deanery Garden, where he was planning to take pictures of the cathedral. Instead, he ended up taking pictures of children in the garden. The children were allowed in the Deanery Garden, but not in the Cathedral Garden, which was connected to the Deanery Garden by a little door. And so, it was the Oxford Botanic Garden that inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice in Wonderland. The same garden also inspired the authors, JRR Tolkien and Philip Pullman. In Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking-Glass is this favorite passage among gardeners: “In most gardens," the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.”   January 27, 1950 On this day, Science Magazine announced a brand new antibiotic made by Charles Pfizer & Company, and it was called Terramycin. Last year, when I shared this item, I don't think many of us were as familiar with the word Pfizer as we are today - living through the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 1950s, Pfizer was a small chemical company based in Brooklyn, New York. And it turns out that Pfizer had developed an expertise in fermentation with citric acid, and this process allowed them to mass-produce drugs. When Pfizer scientists discovered an antibiotic in a soil sample from Indiana, their deep-tank fermentation method allowed them to mass-produce Terramycin. Now, Pfizer had been searching through soil samples from around the world - isolating bacteria-fighting organisms when they stumbled on Terramycin. Effective against pneumonia, dysentery, and other infections, Terramycin was approved by the USDA. And the word Terramycin is created from the two Latin words: terra for earth and mycin, which means fungus - thus, earth fungus. And Terramycin made history: Terramycin was the very first mass-marketed product by a pharmaceutical company. Pfizer spent twice as much marketing Terramycin as it did on R&D for Terramycin. The gamble paid off; Terramycin, earth fungus, is what made Pfizer a pharmaceutical powerhouse. And so, there's a throughline from the vaccine we are using today, all the way back to that bacteria found in the soil in Indiana that ultimately became Terramycin.   Unearthed Words In much of North America, skunk cabbage has earned the widespread reputation as the first flower of spring. It might be more accurate, however, to call it the first flower of winter. “The skunk cabbage may be found with its round green spear-point an inch or two above the mold in December,” reported naturalist John Burroughs. “It is ready to welcome and make the most of the first fitful March warmth.” Henry David Thoreau observed that new buds begin pushing upward almost as soon as the leaves wither and die in the fall. In fact, he counseled those afflicted with the melancholy of late autumn to go to the swamps “and see the brave spears of skunk cabbage buds already advanced toward the new year.” People living in colder parts of North America have long watched for skunk cabbage as a sign of spring. The tip of the plant’s spathe or sheath begins to push through the still-frosty earth and to stand tall when the first faint breaths of warmer air begin blowing. This process can occur in January with an unusually long January thaw—a “goose haw,” as some New Englanders call it—or it can happen as late as March. — Jack Sanders, Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles, The First Flower of Winter   Grow That Garden Library Botanical Baking by Juliet Sear This book came out in 2019, and the subtitle is Contemporary baking and cake decorating with edible flowers and herbs. In this book, celebrity baker Julia teaches how to make and decorate the most beautiful botanical cakes – using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes. After working in the baking industry for two decades, Julia knows what flowers are edible and what flowers have great flavor. She also shares everything you need to do to work with edible flowers: “how to use, preserve, store and apply them, including pressing, drying and crystallizing flowers and petals.” Julia shares 20 botanical cakes that feature edible flowers and herbs. Her creations include a confetti cake, a wreath cake, a gin and tonic cake, floral chocolate bark, a naked cake, a jelly cake, a letter cake, and more. Known in the U.K. for her beautiful bloom-covered cakes, Julia counts royalty and celebrities among her many clients. This book is 144 pages of botanical baking with edible flowers and herbs. You can get a copy of Botanical Baking by Juliet Sear and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $13   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart January 27, 1994 On this day, The South Bend Tribune out of South Bend, Indiana, shared an article by Doug Glass called, “Botanist Finds Endangered Plant in His Garden.” “For someone who makes his living studying plants, George Yatskievych is an indifferent gardener. It took [him] several months to notice that a load of topsoil delivered to his home in St. Louis was sprouting several clusters of trifolium stoloniferum, also known as Running Buffalo Clover. This native plant had all but vanished in Missouri. “I was out weeding a flower bed near this topsoil, down on my knees, when I sort of came nose to nose with these things,” said George, who works at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. "You spend all this time and effort looking for this in nature. . . . (The discovery) was so unexpected."  Yatskievych and other botanists took the six clovers found in his topsoil and began a project to reintroduce the plant to Missouri. Now, some five years after his discovery, the Missouri Department of Conservation oversees some 700 seedlings in 25 experimental plots statewide.”   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Rob Garland & Andy Aledort talk about their guitar lessons available on TrueFire, perform, and answer questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Rob:Growing up in England I worked in a diverse array of bands and performed on the London college circuit. Later I played hundreds of gigs at numerous festivals (The Big Muddy Blues Festival, Blues In The District, Washington Blues, etc). and at clubs around the U.S. with my group, Rob Garland & The Blue Monks, opening for artists such as B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Booker T. The band attained airplay on international radio and T.V. stations.I graduated from Christ Church College in the U.K. with a Bachelors degree in Music/Radio Film & Television. After moving to the U.S. I studied with jazz great Jimmy Bruno.Since being featured in guitar magazines, (Guitarist, Guitar One, Premier Guitar, etc), my first instructional book was published by Cherry Lane in 2007 which led to a wonderful relationship with TrueFire where currently I run an artist channel (Babylon), write articles for RIFF Journal, host live YouTube sessions and create instructional courses, such as the best selling Chord Navigator: CAGED series. You can check out my courses and watch video introductions on the Guitar Lessons & TrueFire Courses page of my website.I've been a guitar teacher for over 25 years and am very proud to be part of the faculty at Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, CA. I also teach private lessons from my home in L.A. via Zoom/Skype.Currently I play gigs with jazz/funk band Catatonic and my fusion power trio Rob Garland's Eclectic Trio at venues such as The Baked Potato, Vitello's, Alva's Showroom and The Mint. I've performed sessions at Los Angeles studios such as Revolver and The Village Recorder and co-written music for Bad Robot.I love writing, recording and releasing my original music ranging in genre from jazz/rock instrumental to acoustic vocal folk, which can be streamed on Spotify or downloaded on iTunes as well as numerous other digital platforms. Check out the Music page on my website for more information and links.In September 2018 I was honoured to perform and jam with legendary guitarist Steve Vai at the 'Big Mama-Jama Jamathon' in Hollywood, CA.Some of the amazing musicians I've worked with include Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets), Andy Sanesi (Scott Henderson), Tony Newton (Gary Moore), Mick Stevens (Brand X) and Gus Thornton (Albert King).Endorsements include the wonderful folks at Bogner amplification, Xotic guitars, Curt Mangan strings, Chicken Picks and Moody Leather Straps.I love all different genres of music and am influenced by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Frank Zappa, via Prince and Black Sabbath!About Andy:Only a handful of people on the planet can deliver the instructional goods on guitar as well as Andy Aledort. Andy has served as senior editor for several top guitar magazines, has authored over 200 guitar instruction books, and has studied the styles and techniques of virtually every major electric blues and rock guitar artist in history. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone better qualified to present a more thorough guitar lesson curriculum than Andy Aledort.Over the last 10 years, Andy Aledort has sold over one million instructional DVDs, and continues to produce new DVD products for Guitar World and TrueFire. There are many additional Aledort products on the market available from other companies such as Hal Leonard and Alfred Music PubAledort has also been featured nationally on Comcast Music On Demand every day, seven days a week. All of the many different products he’s created for GW are featured, including excerpts from his Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland instructional DVDs.Aledort has been touring for the last eight years with Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers and plays slide guitar in the band. Additionally, he appears on the new “Dickey Betts & Great Southern: 30 Years Of Southern Rock” 2 Disc DVD and the double live CD, “The Official Bootleg”.Aledort regularly participates in the Jimi Hendrix Tribute Tours of the last nine years and is featured on the live Experience Hendrix DVD available from jimihendrix.com appearing with Paul Rodgers, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Mick Taylor, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Robert Randolph and others. He’s also performed and recorded many times with Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section of Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton. They appear with Aledort on a cut from his upcoming studio album.Andy Aledort performs regularly in the tri-state area with his band, the Groove Kings, and are looking to expand their touring parameters. They released an acclaimed studio album, Put A Sock In It, a few years ago, and released a equally highly-regarded live album, Live at North Star, in 2009.

Rob Garland talks about his guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Rob:Growing up in England I worked in a diverse array of bands and performed on the London college circuit. Later I played hundreds of gigs at numerous festivals (The Big Muddy Blues Festival, Blues In The District, Washington Blues, etc). and at clubs around the U.S. with my group, Rob Garland & The Blue Monks, opening for artists such as B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Booker T. The band attained airplay on international radio and T.V. stations.I graduated from Christ Church College in the U.K. with a Bachelors degree in Music/Radio Film & Television. After moving to the U.S. I studied with jazz great Jimmy Bruno.Since being featured in guitar magazines, (Guitarist, Guitar One, Premier Guitar, etc), my first instructional book was published by Cherry Lane in 2007 which led to a wonderful relationship with TrueFire where currently I run an artist channel (Babylon), write articles for RIFF Journal, host live YouTube sessions and create instructional courses, such as the best selling Chord Navigator: CAGED series. You can check out my courses and watch video introductions on the Guitar Lessons & TrueFire Courses page of my website.I've been a guitar teacher for over 25 years and am very proud to be part of the faculty at Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, CA. I also teach private lessons from my home in L.A. via Zoom/Skype.Currently I play gigs with jazz/funk band Catatonic and my fusion power trio Rob Garland's Eclectic Trio at venues such as The Baked Potato, Vitello's, Alva's Showroom and The Mint. I've performed sessions at Los Angeles studios such as Revolver and The Village Recorder and co-written music for Bad Robot.I love writing, recording and releasing my original music ranging in genre from jazz/rock instrumental to acoustic vocal folk, which can be streamed on Spotify or downloaded on iTunes as well as numerous other digital platforms. Check out the Music page on my website for more information and links.In September 2018 I was honoured to perform and jam with legendary guitarist Steve Vai at the 'Big Mama-Jama Jamathon' in Hollywood, CA.Some of the amazing musicians I've worked with include Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets), Andy Sanesi (Scott Henderson), Tony Newton (Gary Moore), Mick Stevens (Brand X) and Gus Thornton (Albert King).Endorsements include the wonderful folks at Bogner amplification, Xotic guitars, Curt Mangan strings, Chicken Picks and Moody Leather Straps.I love all different genres of music and am influenced by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Frank Zappa, via Prince and Black Sabbath!

Pam Matthews is a proven industry leader with four decades of experience in the entertainment business. She began her career at age fifteen as a runner for Mid South Concerts in Memphis. Today, she serves the live entertainment industry as Executive Director of one of its most influential trade organizations. Matthews toured as an accountant for KISS and Ozzy Osbourne in the early 80s and was part of the Pace Concerts team that designed, constructed, and managed Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville. In 1988, after three seasons at 18,000+ capacity concert venue, Matthews accepted a marketing/accounting position with The Judds' om-house booking agency production company Pro Tours, INC. In 1991 Pro Tours promoted 110 of the 128 sold-out concerts on The Judds Farewell Tour, which was second only to the Grateful Dead as the highest-grossing North American Tour that year. Matthews attended Christ Church College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1989, she passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toby-usnik/support

Pam Matthews is a proven leader with four decades in the entertainment business. She began her career at age fifteen as a runner for Mid South Concerts in Memphis. Today, she serves the industry as executive director of one of its most influential trade organizations. Matthews toured internationally in the early 80s as an accountant for KISS and Ozzy Osbourne. She was part of the team that constructed and managed Starwood Amphitheater, the first venue owned & operated by Live Nation (then Pace Concerts). In 1988, Matthews began her twelve-year tenure with The Judds. Matthews was named General Manager of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in 2000. During her eight years managing the historic venue, the Ryman rose to prominence as one of the top-grossing theaters in the world. IEBA chose Matthews to be its Executive Director in 2013. Since then, the 50-year old organization has tripled its membership and attendance at its annual conference continues to break records year-after-year. In 2017, IEBA established its Educational Outreach Fund, a 501(c)(3) charity, that has endowed over $1 million in scholarships and awards more than $60k annually to students across the U.S. Matthews attended Christ Church College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1989, she passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. In 2006, Billboard magazine ranked Matthews on its first “Women in Music” list. Recent honors include Nashville Business Journal “Women in Music City” and VenuesNow “Women of Influence.” Matthews has served on the Board of Directors of the Opry Trust Fund, Nashville Downtown Partnership, Leadership Music, Americana Music Association, and Music City Music Council's Leadership Forum.

Lord Dalhousie (1848-56) Lord Dalhousie was born James Andrew Broun-Ramsay to George Ramsay (9th Earl of Dalhousie) and his wife. The family was of Scottish origin. He studied at Harrow School and Christ Church College, Oxford. He entered active politics in 1837 when he was elected to the House of Commons. He was appointed the Governor-General of India and Governor of Bengal on 12th January 1848. Dalhousie regarded his chief aim in India as the consolidation of British power. He was known to be a hard worker but was also authoritarian and tough. His estimate is something of a controversy. He was responsible for introducing a variety of modern reforms such as the railways, telegraph and postal networks, and public works in India. The Ganga Canal was completed during his tenure. But, he is most remembered for the Doctrine of Lapse policy which many hold directly responsible for the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Despite the Doctrine, many regard Lord Dalhousie as the ‘Maker of modern India'. Lord Dalhousie also started many Anglo-vernacular schools in India. He also brought about social reforms such as banning the practice of female infanticide. He firmly believed that western administrative reforms were necessary and far superior to Indian systems. He also started engineering colleges to provide resources for the newly-established public works department in each presidency. He also reformed the military. He prohibited the practice of branding criminals. He also expanded the Legislative Council of India. He also reformed the civil services by starting a system of open competition for recruitment. Dalhousie attempted to change the land revenue system. In the process, many landlords had portions of their estates taken away, and many landholders were deprived of their entire landholding. This was significant as many of the sepoys were taken from this socio-economic class. His annexation of states through the Doctrine of Lapse, like Satara, Oudh and Jhansi caused a lot of Indian soldiers to be disgruntled with the company rule. Dalhousie also oversaw the annexation of Punjab and parts of Burma through wars with the local rulers. The Second Anglo-Sikh War was fought during his term. He returned to Britain in March 1856 after almost 8 years in India as the Governor-General. The Indian Mutiny broke out a year later and Dalhousie was criticized for his policies in India. The hill station of Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh was named after him. It was established in 1854 as a summer retreat for English civil and military officials. Lord Dalhousie died on 19 December 1860 aged 48 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Oxford lockdown sound reimagined by Ruth Knight.  "My Piece "Great Tom' features the bell 'Great Tom' in Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford. The recording was taken just 30 minutes after Boris Johnson announced the lockdown of the UK. "The recording influenced me massively, it runs the whole way through the piece and acts as the skeleton on which everything is built. I tried to bring out the things I could hear in the recording and elaborate on them to create a new, calm and meditative world.  "The lockdown has been a strange time for everyone, but for me, a mix of rest, frustration, worry, laughter and reflection. My lifestyle has changed, I've enjoyed running and spending time cooking nice food, I've been reading and spending more time on the phone to my loved ones - all things that I would like to take with me once the lockdown has lifted. The recording was captured at a time of great worry for a lot of people, but from that I have tried to build upon the beautiful elements and create a new and calm world. I similarly hope that we can build upon the good things that have happened within the lockdown and take them forward into whatever 'normal life' looks like afterwards." Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds

Oxford lockdown sound recorded by Cities and Memory. "The bells of Great Tom ring 101 times at 9.05pm every night in central Oxford - a tradition going back centuries. "We recorded this sound on the night a lockdown across the UK was announced, and we could still hear kebab vans, taxis, buses and plenty of passers-by.  "As a comparative recording, we returned to Christ Church College to record them once again in May 2020 (albeit at the quieter rear entrance to avoid the occasional bus still in service), and the bells can be heard loudly, clearly and beautifully. We live perhaps half a kilometre from Christ Church, and each evening now we can hear the bells from home if we open our window - one of the most calming sounds of the lockdown, as you can almost imagine life in Oxford 200 years ago." Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds

In the coastal town of Folkestone, historians and archaeologists are celebrating a remarkable find. It dates from 7th Century and is thought to be the earliest verified remains of the English Saint Eanswythe – one of the first converts to Christianity in England. The BBC's Religion Editor, Martin Bashir, reports from Folkestone. Andrew Billen from The Times unpacks the dispute between the Dean of Christ Church College and the some of the academic staff that has cost over £2.5 million in legal fees and created damaging divisions. Italy is in lock-down as the entire nation has been quarantined to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Rome is a place of pilgrimage for millions of people but the Vatican and St Peters Square is closed to the public. Emily talks to Christopher Lamb, Tablet’s Rome correspondent, about the latest news and how coronavirus might impact Easter celebrations. Producers: Carmel Lonergan David Cook Editor Amanda Hancox

Today we celebrate the King whose dream castle incorporated 1,200 varieties of tulips and the man who is regarded as the greatest channeler of the English rural landscape. We'll learn about the mathematician who wrote a book inspired by the Oxford Botanic Garden and the relatively young Botanic Garden that was started in the 90s for the Northern California region. Today’s Unearthed Words feature a beloved American poet who wrote a poem about Flowers in Winter. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that dives deep into the behind-the-scenes of Sissinghurst - sharing all of Vita’s plant choices and how she created her masterpiece. I'll talk about a garden item that can help you keep your phone clean and useable during the garden season - no more dirty or smudged screens! And then we’ll wrap things up with the anniversary of an important antibiotic discovery from a soil sample taken in the great state of Indiana. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Curated Articles Moths And Butterflies Shift Their Symmetry To Improve Camouflage - Discover Wildlife Using predation experiments and image analysis, this new study provides insights into how camouflaged prey have evolved. A symmetrical midline makes the animal more noticeable to predators who can compare closer symmetrical patterns more easily.   For The Love Of Peat - By John Walker Peat-free compost for carnivorous plants..."David Morris now grows his cobra lilies and sarracenias successfully in a basic mix of equal parts of Melcourt Growbark Pine, perlite and lime-free grit." (from John's article).   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1679 Today is the birthday of German King Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach. In 1715, Karl founded the city Karl’s Ruhe or Charles’ Repose after he actually had a dream about building the city. At Karl’s castle in Durlach, there was a large flower garden with nearly 1,200 varieties of tulips. He also had over 7,000 orange trees. In 1738, Karl  died while he was working in his tulip bed. After his death, The Karlsruhe Pyramid was installed between 1823–1825 over his grave.   1805 Today is the birthday of the English painter, etcher, and printmaker Samuel Palmer. Samuel Palmer is regarded as the greatest artist of the English rural landscape. Palmer’s landscapes exude a strong connection with the land and nature. Samuel was one of the lead members of an artist group called The Ancients who followed the visionary artist William Blake in the final years before his death in 1827. The Ancients often expressed their work with a mystical view of nature. For instance, Palmer painted trees with as if they had individual personalities. It was Samuel Palmer who said, “The visions of the soul, being perfect, are the only true standard by which nature must be tried.” With regard to the garden, Palmer built a studio in for himself in his garden. He would access it by exiting the house through a secret door that looked like a bookcase.   1832 Today is the birthday of the English mathematician and writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson also known as Lewis Carroll. Lewis had worked as a librarian at Christ Church College in Oxford. His office window had a view of the Dean's Garden. Lewis wrote in his diary on the 25th of April in 1856 that he had visited the Deanery Garden, where he was planning to take pictures of the cathedral. Instead, he ended up taking pictures of children in the garden. The children were allowed in the Deanery Garden But not in the Cathedral Garden, which was connected to the Deanery Garden by a door. The Oxford Botanic Garden inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice in Wonderland. The same garden also inspired the authors JRR Tolkien and Philip Pullman. In Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking-Glass is this favorite passage among gardeners: “In most gardens," the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.”   1888 Today the National Geographic Society was officially incorporated. The National Geographic Society was founded by a group of elite scholars, explorers, and scientists. National Geographic celebrates the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling. It was founded to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources." “Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.” –Jane Goodall   1992 The Humboldt Botanical Garden was incorporated in the State of California. Organized by a small group of volunteers, the goal was to create an educational botanical garden for the Northern California region. The Gardens are constructed on a 44.5 -acre site south of Eureka near the Humboldt Bay adjacent to the College of the Redwoods.   Unearthed Words Here’s a poem from the American poet John Greenleaf Whittier called Flowers in Winter. Whittier was a Quaker. He was a staunch abolitionist and a great lover of nature.   How strange to greet, this frosty morn, In graceful counterfeit of flowers,         These children of the meadows, born Of sunshine and of showers!         — A wizard of the Merrimac,         So old ancestral legends say,         Could call green leaf and blossom back         To frosted stem and spray. —         The settler saw his oaken flail Take bud, and bloom before his eyes; From frozen pools, he saw the pale,         Sweet summer lilies rise.         The beechen platter sprouted wild,         The pipkin wore its old-time green         The cradle o’er the sleeping child Became a leafy screen.          — And, while the dew on leaf and flower         Glistened in moonlight clear and still, Learned the dusk wizard’s spell of power,         And caught his trick of skill. — The one, with bridal blush of rose,         And sweetest breath of woodland balm,         And one whose matron lips unclose In smiles of saintly calm.         Fill soft and deep, O winter snow!         The sweet azalea’s oaken dells, And hide the bank where roses blow, And swing the azure bells! Overlay the amber violet’s leaves,         The purple aster’s brookside home,         Guard all the flowers her pencil gives A life beyond their bloom.         And she, when spring comes round again By greening slope and singing flood         Shall wander, seeking, not in vain,         Her darlings of the wood. — John Greenleaf Whittier, Flowers in Winter   Grow That Garden Library Sissinghurst by Vita Sackville-West and Sarah Raven The subtitle to this book is Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden. The British poet and writer Vita Sackville-West wrote a weekly column in The Observer, where she shared her life at Sissinghurst. Who better than Sarah Raven,  who happens to be married to Vita's grandson Adam Nicholson,  to write this extraordinary book and to share with us Vitas love of flowers and gardening. Every year, gardeners and non-gardeners alike visit Sissinghurst for inspiration and enjoyment. In fact, Sissinghurst remains one of the most visited gardens in the world. Sarah's book is loaded with beautiful photographs and drawings that help convey the triumph of this special place for gardeners and lovers of beauty. Gardeners will especially appreciate the level of detail regarding almost every plant in the garden - why they were chosen and Vita’s personal take on each plant. Vita’s plant lists are part of her legacy and gift to gardeners who want to model her gorgeous plant combinations. You can get a used copy of Sissinghurst by Vita Sackville-West and Sarah Raven and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $12 . Great Gifts for Gardeners LIBERRWAY Stylus Pen 10 Pack of Pink Purple Black Green Silver Stylus Universal Touch Screen Capacitive Stylus for Kindle Touch iPad iPhone 6/6s 6Plus 6s Plus Samsung S5 S6 S7 Edge S8 Plus Note $6.98   Here’s a great little item for your garden tote - it’s a ten pack of stylus pens. Slip them into your garden apron, put them in your shed or garage. Keep one in your purse, pocket, or in your truck. Now when you need to use your phone and your working in the garden, you won’t need to remove your gloves to use your phone. NO MORE BIG FINGERS - A stylus has a better touchpoint than the tip of your finger, giving better accuracy to little touch focuses like keys on the console. No more big finger troubles. ANTI-SCRATCH TIP - The stylus tip is made of soft, and scratch-resistant rubber. Fingerprint resistant and anti-stick screen tip, great for drawing writing, etc. EASY TO CARRY - It is very light and compact. The clip design is great for clipping in your pocket, iPad, diary, etc. SHARE THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS - Get 10 of the stylus with an unbeatable price instead of a high-priced apple pencil or Samsung pencil. You can share a stylus pen with your friends or family and still have plenty left for you. 1 YEAR WARRANTY! - This stylus fits for all kinds of touch screens, like iPhone 4S 5S 6/6s 6Plus 6s Plus/ iPad Samsung S7 S7 Edge S6 Edge Plus S5 Note 2 3 4 5/ Kindle 2/3/4/ Kindle Fire.   Today’s Botanic Spark 1950 Science magazine announced a brand new antibiotic made by Charles Pfizer & Company, and it was called Terramycin. Pfizer & Co. Was a small chemical company that was based in Brooklyn, New York. The company developed an expertise in fermentation with citric acid. The method allowed them to mass-produce drugs. When Pfizer scientists discovered an antibiotic in a soil sample from Indiana, their deep-tank fermentation method allowed them to mass-produce Terramycin. Pfizer had been searching through soil samples from around the world - isolating bacteria-fighting organisms when they stumbled on Terramycin - found to be effective against pneumonia, dysentery, and other infections. Later in 1950, it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The name Terramycin is created from the two Latin words: terra for earth and mycin, which means fungus. - thus earth fungus. Terramycin was the first mass-marketed product by a pharmaceutical company. Pfizer spent twice as much marketing Terramycin as it did on R&D for Terramycin. The gamble paid off; Terramycin, earth fungus, made Pfizer a pharmaceutical powerhouse.

https://youtu.be/IpnlbNiChfw Streamed live on Dec 4, 2019. Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )Special Guest: Tonight we air Fraser's pre-recorded interview with Dr. Becky Smethurst from Tuesday, November 26th. Dr. Smethurst is a research fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford University who is researching how galaxies and their central supermassive black holes evolve together. Becky enlists help from the public to classify galaxy shapes through GalaxyZoo, and is currently using data from the SDSS-IV: MaNGA survey to determine if a Supermassive Black Hole can prevent star formation in a galaxy. Becky is also a renowned science communicator with her own YouTube channel, Dr. Becky (https://www.youtube.com/drbecky) , where she posts weekly videos about unsolved mysteries and weird space objects, as well as a monthly space news roundup. Becky also has published a new book, ""Space: 10 Things You Should Know"" which is now available on Amazon: In the States here: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Things-Y... In the UK here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Things... You can learn more about Dr. Becky by visiting her website (https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk/) and her academic webpage (https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contact... ). And don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/drbecky) Regular Guests: Dr. Brian Koberlein ( https://briankoberlein.com/ & @BrianKoberlein ) Alessondra Springmann ( http://www.sondy.com/ & @sondy ) Michael Rodruck ( https://sites.psu.edu/mrodruck/ / @MichaelRodruck ) This week's stories: - Heaviest ever BH! 70SM! - Heaviest ever SMBH! 40 billion SM! - Crater counting on Ryugu! 77 big ones! - The "Big Science" sizzle reel!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Aymar Bisoka from the Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During his fellowship at Oxford, he was based at the African Studies Centre. His research interests include the Great Lakes Africa in terms of post-conflict development and political ecology, peasantry, armed groups and politics, as well as rural public policy guidelines in Africa more generally. He is also interested in power relations, resistance and emancipation.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Aymar Bisoka from the Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During his fellowship at Oxford, he was based at the African Studies Centre. His research interests include the Great Lakes Africa in terms of post-conflict development and political ecology, peasantry, armed groups and politics, as well as rural public policy guidelines in Africa more generally. He is also interested in power relations, resistance and emancipation.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Rebecca Asare from the Nature Conservation Research Centre delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she was based at the School of Geography and the Environment. Her research is focused on understanding the relationships between social and ecological systems, and exploring the question—why do people do the things they do? By understanding what drives peoples', communities', and governments' decision making regarding natural resource management, and assessing the impacts, we are better placed to pursue ecological and social outcomes that are sustainable and equitable.

AfOx Visiting Fellow Professor Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she worked with the REACH programme on water security at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Generally, her research interests include understanding local contexts and social and behavioural aspects of development. Specifically, her research has been focused on infectious diseases, gender issues and community engagement.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Rebecca Asare from the Nature Conservation Research Centre delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she was based at the School of Geography and the Environment. Her research is focused on understanding the relationships between social and ecological systems, and exploring the question—why do people do the things they do? By understanding what drives peoples', communities’, and governments' decision making regarding natural resource management, and assessing the impacts, we are better placed to pursue ecological and social outcomes that are sustainable and equitable.

AfOx Visiting Fellow Professor Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she worked with the REACH programme on water security at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Generally, her research interests include understanding local contexts and social and behavioural aspects of development. Specifically, her research has been focused on infectious diseases, gender issues and community engagement.

Rob Garland discusses his guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Rob Garland: Rob Garland graduated from Christ Church College in the U.-with a Bachelors degree in Music/Radio Film & Television. After moving to the U.-in 1999 he studied with jazz great Jimmy Bruno. Growing up in England Rob worked in a diverse array of bands, performed on the London college circuit and later played hundreds of gigs at festivals and clubs in the U.-with his group, Rob Garland & The Blue Monks. The band attained airplay on international radio and T.-stations.In 2018 Rob joined the faculty at Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA as a guitar instructor.After being featured in numerous guitar magazines, Robs first instructional book was published by Cherry Lane in 2007 which led to him working for TrueFire where he has released full length instructional courses on topics such as CAGED chords, the pentatonic/major scale, songwriting and chord tones. Rob teaches private lessons via the TrueFire platform, runs an artist channel (Babylon), writes articles for RIFF Journal, hosts live YouTube sessions and creates instructional courses for TrueFire. He also teaches via Skype and at his studio in Los Angeles, C-He currently plays with his fusion power trio (Rob Garlands Eclectic Tri-and jazz band (Catatonic). He has performed sessions at Los Angeles studios such as Revolver and The Village Recorder and co-writes music for Bad Robot. He continues to write, record and release his original music ranging in genre from jazz/rock instrumental to acoustic vocal folk.Musicians Rob has worked with include Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets), Andy Sanesi (Scott Henderson), Tony Newton (Gary Moore), Mick Stevens (Brand X) and Gus Thornton (Albert King). He is endorsed by Bogner, Xotic, D'Addario, Hell Picks, Moody Straps and is influenced by "everyone from Joni Mitchell to Frank Zappa."Visit him at http://www.robgarland.net

Even though UN Security Council resolutions may have major consequences for the disputes and states concerned, some of the resolutions are ambiguous in their meaning. This raises questions about the appropriate means of interpreting Security Council resolutions. In the process of interpreting Security Council resolutions, explanation of votes may have a role. Explanation of votes are not provided for in Security Council Provisional Rules of Procedure. However, members of the Security Council may make statements in connection with their votes. These remarks are in the Council called "statements before the vote" or "statements after the vote". Dr. Klamberg will discuss the phenomena of explanation of votes and their status, including an analysis of explanation of votes made in relation to selected examples of controversial Security Council resolutions. Dr Mark Klamberg is a research fellow during 2018/2019 at the Institute of European and Comparative Law (IECL) and affiliated with Christ Church College, Oxford. He is an Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at Stockholm University and a visiting lecturer at Edinburgh University. He is currently the principal investigator of the project "Does International Law Matter? The UN Security Council and State Actions" funded by the Swedish Research Council 2018-2021. He has previously been an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at Uppsala University. He is the author of several publications on international criminal law, surveillance, privacy and other fields of international law, including 'Evidence in International Criminal Trials: Confronting Legal Gaps and the Reconstruction of Disputed Events' (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013) and 'Power and Law in the International Society - International Relations as the Sociology of International Law' (Routledge, 2015). He is the chief editor of the 'Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court' (TOAEP, 2017). He has also published articles in International Criminal Law Review, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Nordic Journal of International Law, Georgetown Journal of International Law and book sections published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and Oxford University.

June 20, 2018 | 2018 Annual Karl Barth Conference “Liberation Theology: Does Karl Barth Have Anything to Offer Here?” Speaker: Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at Christ Church College, University of Oxford

With Professor Ben Morgan (Professor of German) and Peter Hill (Junior Research Fellow in Arabic Literature, Christ Church College), chaired by Karoline Watroba (DPhil candidate in German and Comparative Criticism).

Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016.

Find out more about the Tower Poetry Summer School - 2012 tutor, Alan Gillis, talks to participant, Camille Ralphs about the value of the summer school and how approachable it is.

Winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Ashani Lewis, reads her poem 'Flowers From The Dark'

Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Grace Fraser, reads her poem 'UFO Beach Abduction'.

Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Sophia West, reads her poem 'The Awakening'.

Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Natasha Blinder, reads her poem 'Nine Days'

Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Ed Pryor, reads his poem 'Driving Lesson'.

Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016.

Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016.

Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how it feels to have won first prize.

A podcast only show featuring the full debate on "Does God Exist?" held at Christ Church College, Oxford between Christian undergraduate Calum Miller and Atheist academic Peter Atkins. Calum Miller presents philosophical evidence for the existence of God and Peter Atkins responds. Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIr9OQBst0 Calum Miller's post debate reflections http://dovetheology.com/apologetics/atkins/ Calum is a founder of the Christian Apologetics UK website http://apologeticsuk.blogspot.co.uk/ For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Podcast special - William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins - Manchester debate - Unbelievable? 17 May 2012 Unbelievable? 16 Jan 2010 - "Expelled" The Movie - Stephen C Meyer vs. Peter Atkins Join the conversation at http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Second Prize winner of the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Sam Buckton, reads his poem 'Hell-of-an Island'.

Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Alexander Shaw, reads his poem, 'How to Prepare for Bad News'.

Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Phoebe Stuckes, reads her poem, 'Schiamachy'.

Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Jessica Matthews, reads her poem 'Current Affairs'.

Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Charlie Holmes, 'Voyager'.

Third Prize winner of the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Masha Voyles, reads her poem, 'Bat Child Found!'

Mark Edwards, Christ Church College, Oxford, discusses religion in the age of Marcus Aurelius as part of the series "Marcus Aurelius: Philosophical, Historical, and Literary Perspectives".

Michael Moritz talks about his and Harriet Heyman's gift to Christ Church College and asset management at Oxford.

Michael Moritz talks about his and Harriet Heyman's gift to Christ Church College and asset management at Oxford.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the Tudor State. In 1485 Henry Tudor slew Richard III and routed his army at The Battle of Bosworth Field. It was a decisive victory which founded a bold new dynasty; and this date like 1789 and 1066 has been taken by historians to be one of the great ‘year zeros' of history: Suddenly the muddled Medieval World with its robber barons, feudal barbarism and bloody Wars of the Roses was banished, and the modern age of centralised government and King's Justice was ushered in. But were the Tudors as instrumental in reshaping the British state as historians have liked to make out, and did their reign throughout the 16th century really lay the political foundations of our own age? With John Guy, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews; Christopher Haigh, Tutor of Modern History at Christ Church College, Cambridge; Christine Carpenter, Fellow in History at New Hall, Cambridge.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the Tudor State. In 1485 Henry Tudor slew Richard III and routed his army at The Battle of Bosworth Field. It was a decisive victory which founded a bold new dynasty; and this date like 1789 and 1066 has been taken by historians to be one of the great ‘year zeros’ of history: Suddenly the muddled Medieval World with its robber barons, feudal barbarism and bloody Wars of the Roses was banished, and the modern age of centralised government and King’s Justice was ushered in. But were the Tudors as instrumental in reshaping the British state as historians have liked to make out, and did their reign throughout the 16th century really lay the political foundations of our own age? With John Guy, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews; Christopher Haigh, Tutor of Modern History at Christ Church College, Cambridge; Christine Carpenter, Fellow in History at New Hall, Cambridge.