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Tonight... On the North American Friends Movie Club.Colourful costumes.Magnificent makeup.And 174 musical numbers.We watched the 1990 American crime action film - Dick TracySo slip into your yellow-ist trench coat.And use your watch to call the coppers.Because we're the Dick Tracys of Podcasts.And this show is our police-issued tommy gun.[sound of a tommy gun]

John Maytham is joined by Veteran Broadcaster, Mike Wills, to trace back the World Cup’s chaotic, yet colourful history. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was passiert, wenn du dein ganzes Leben lang gelernt hast, dich klein zu machen… und dann plötzlich erkennst: Du bist für mehr gemacht? In dieser Killer Keynote erzählt Monika Kallausch ihre krasse Story: Von einem strengen Elternhaus, in dem „Buntsein" keinen Platz hatte… bis zu einem Moment zwischen Leben und Tod, der alles verändert hat.

(Still the Creative Reboot you know & love, but we're moving over here - read on for reasons!)Ta daaaaaaaah! Welcome back, or welcome if you're finding us for the first time!After five years and eight seasons of our beautiful little podcast, we've decided to move over to Substack, and figured an intro, or re-introduction, would probably be a good place to start.The PodcastCreative Reboot is all about creativity, whether it's your full time job, your side hustle, your hobby - wherever creative oomph fits into your life. It started when we (Carla & Sarah - more about us in a bit) were having late night conversations shortly after Sarah moved to Canada. First we thought other people might like to hear them, and then we realised other people might also like to join in with them. And somehow now we're here.We didn't have much of a plan, but we did have a founding principle of honesty, and honesty at the time the things were happening rather than ten years after they were fixed.And halfway through we both discovered we were neurodivergent, in some similar and some wildly different ways. Which has definitely had an influence on our podcast!It's sort of us working out and reworking our lives, figuring it out very publicly so you guys can follow along.Meet Carla WatkinsCarla is the UK half of Creative Reboot, based in Essex. She's a brand photographer / visual magic maker, fantasy photographer and semi professional mermaid. Alongside her photography businesses and the podcast she helps with her family's chocolate business TEMPRD, co-owns an online stationery boutique (Ink Drops), cofounded Cahoots Club for networking & connection, and quite possibly some other stuff she's forgotten to mention.She's been blogging since 2004, has her own Substack over at Colourful Magical Weirdo Life (& business) and is long form everything - photos and words in equal measure, but almost never short snippets. She's very definitely a multipod, and it will come as no surprise that her ND flavour is ADHD.And she lives by the river with two silly kittens, is single & childfree by choice, and forgot to mention these things in her intro!Find her on Substack: Carla Watkins, on Instagram @colourfulmagicalweirdo, and links to everything she does at carlawatkins.com/multipodMeet Sarah WayteSarah is the Canada-based half of Creative Reboot, living on the west coast just outside Vancouver. In the mountains. Which we're not AT ALL jealous of…She's also a multipod, with her business Sarah Wayte Creative encompassing copywriting, creative writing and brand photography. She's currently writing her first novel, and also writes lots of creative non-fiction, usually about her own experiences as a recovering paramedic, a neurodivergent person, a woman going through perimenopause, a migrant who has moved country multiple times.She is a certified word nerd who loves words with every atom of her being. And she's married and also a cat mum and childfree by choice!Find her on Substack: Sarah Wayte, on Instagram @sarahwaytecreative and on her website sarahwayte.comThings we both areIn no particular order: Childfree by choice. Cat mums. Photographers. Writers. Perimenopausal. Neurodivergent. Colourful hair. Glasses wearers. Gigglers.We met in Essex over a decade ago, have maintained a very close friendship throughout transatlantic moves and the pandemic and all sorts of other chaos, although we don't see each other as much as we'd like to. But we do chat on Whatsapp most days!Listen to our individual intro episodes from right at the beginning here:Sarah's intro episodeCarla's intro episodeYou'll note our slightly panicked realisation that five years is a long time and we've both built and burned things down in that time, so please forgive any inaccuracies!2026 for Creative RebootSo what's actually happening this year / season? Well, we decided we're not going to start a new season (and actually, we recorded this nearly two months before we managed to release it, so this was the correct decision for this insane year).It's been a busy year with Carla's 40th, a Scotland trip for Sarah and the usual mad life things happening - and when we got together to talk about season nine, we'd independently both come to the conclusion that we may not have time for a whole structured season this year.But we have both been writing our own Substacks in the meantime, and we both love how it feels over here - like the golden days of blogging & connection online - and when we checked our back catalogue we have 90 episodes. Eeeek!So while we may well record the odd episode during this year to keep you updated, mostly we are going to be polishing show notes over here and re-releasing all our previous episodes for you guys to catch up on. (well, almost all - there are some irrelevant archive bits like the prepping for the pandemic which probably don't need a re-listen!)Hopefully you'll be seamlessly listening to this on your usual platform, and our website is staying intact, but because there are so many episodes we're going to work through them a little bit at a time.We'll highlight them in order from season 1, with the small caveat that we were a bit more chaotic in the early days and we had no idea we'd still be going five years down the line!The practical infoIf you were already a subscriber to our newsletter, we are shortly moving you over and you don't need to do anything, you'll continue to get our emails when we send them out, just from Substack instead of from Mailerlite.If you've subscribed to us in Substack, you don't need to do anything and our posts will land in your app or inbox when we send them out.You can subscribe & listen directly on Substack, plus from all good podcast apps, and if there's one we're not on and you'd like us to be, just let us know!Our website is creativereboot.coYou can find us on socials, mainly on Instagram at @creativerebootcoAnd if you want to get in touch, drop us a comment here or an email hello@creativereboot.co!We're thrilled you're here for this next chapter!You've been listening to the Creative Reboot podcast. Thanks so much for listening. Do let us know your thoughts or anything you want to add to the conversation below (and don't forget to like, share and subscribe for more episodes!).In the meantime, if you want to get to know Carla or Sarah better, you can find us at the following links:Carla: Website | Instagram | SubstackSarah: Website | Instagram | Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit creativereboot.substack.com

In this episode, Bill is joined by Katie Darcey from Katie Grooms Dogs for a colourful conversation about life as a dog groomer, building confidence in your pricing, setting boundaries, and finding your own path in the industry.Katie shares her journey from canine hydrotherapy into grooming, her experience in corporate salons, and how she built her own business after relocating to Devon. She talks openly about charging properly, choosing the right clients, protecting your body and your time, and why pricing your work well can give you more freedom in both business and life.The conversation also dives into Katie's world of creative grooming, including how her poodle Joey became known for his bold, colourful designs, what goes into planning creative grooms, and why safety, product knowledge, coat condition, and the dog's temperament all matter.Katie also shares tips for left-handed groomers, the importance of great prep work, handling dogs safely, and what groomers can expect from her one-to-one training and creative grooming workshops.A fun, honest and inspiring episode for groomers who want to grow their skills, charge with more confidence, and maybe even add a little colour along the way.Find Katie online here:https://www.facebook.com/p/Katie-Grooms-Dogs-Grooming-Education-by-Katie-100090731677949/https://www.instagram.com/katie.grooms.dogs/As always, I'd like to thank the podcast sponsor, Lopay, the low-cost payment platform that helps you keep more of the money you earn.You can find out more and sign up for Lopay here:https://merchant.lopay.app/ref/PETPASSION2500Listeners of this podcast get £2500 of fee-free transactions.And if you'd like support building a stronger, more profitable grooming business, visit:https://petpassiontoprofit.com/

In this episode, Bill is joined by Katie Darcey from Katie Grooms Dogs for a colourful conversation about life as a dog groomer, building confidence in your pricing, setting boundaries, and finding your own path in the industry.Katie shares her journey from canine hydrotherapy into grooming, her experience in corporate salons, and how she built her own business after relocating to Devon. She talks openly about charging properly, choosing the right clients, protecting your body and your time, and why pricing your work well can give you more freedom in both business and life.The conversation also dives into Katie's world of creative grooming, including how her poodle Joey became known for his bold, colourful designs, what goes into planning creative grooms, and why safety, product knowledge, coat condition, and the dog's temperament all matter.Katie also shares tips for left-handed groomers, the importance of great prep work, handling dogs safely, and what groomers can expect from her one-to-one training and creative grooming workshops.A fun, honest and inspiring episode for groomers who want to grow their skills, charge with more confidence, and maybe even add a little colour along the way.Find Katie online here:https://www.facebook.com/p/Katie-Grooms-Dogs-Grooming-Education-by-Katie-100090731677949/https://www.instagram.com/katie.grooms.dogs/As always, I'd like to thank the podcast sponsor, Lopay, the low-cost payment platform that helps you keep more of the money you earn.You can find out more and sign up for Lopay here:https://merchant.lopay.app/ref/PETPASSION2500Listeners of this podcast get £2500 of fee-free transactions.And if you'd like support building a stronger, more profitable grooming business, visit:https://petpassiontoprofit.com/

IMMERSIVE - The Soundscapes of Oaxaca, Mexico - Colourful Streets, The Zocalo, Busy Markets + A Local Food TourOaxaca, Mexico, had been on my travel list for years, and in 2024, I finally got the chance to experience it for myself. In this immersive soundscape episode of the Winging It Travel Podcast, I take you with me through the colourful streets, lively markets, rooftop cafés and buzzing Zócalo of one of the most atmospheric cities I've ever visited.This episode is all about slowing down and soaking in the vibe of Oaxaca through sound, food and real-time reactions. You'll hear church bells echo through courtyards, market vendors shouting across packed stalls, sizzling street food being cooked fresh in front of me and the energy of locals and travellers filling the city streets from morning until night.I wander through the historic centre trying incredible coffee, exploring famous landmarks like the Oaxaca Cathedral and Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, before diving headfirst into Oaxaca's legendary food scene. From tlayudas and mole to mezcal tastings and local market snacks, this city absolutely lived up to every bit of hype I had built up in my head over the years.Honestly, this became one of my favourite cities I visited during my Central America and Mexico trip. The colours felt brighter, the food tasted richer and the atmosphere was unlike anywhere else I've travelled before. Oaxaca gave me that rare feeling where a destination genuinely exceeds your expectations.So put your headphones in and come walk the streets of Oaxaca with me.

Bunt und lustig geht es durch den Frühling 2026! Heute, am 15. April, sind wir bereits auf einem guten Weg durch die beliebte Jahreszeit! Episode 459 von "XtraChill" legt den Fokus diesmal auf entspannt-anregende Chillout-Musik, getoppt von Drum & Bass und ein bisschen Dub Techno. Als besonderes Highlight exhumiert der liebe Andreas die Rubrik "XtraChill Classix" für ein (leider!) eingestelltes Musikprojekt. Welches? Hört rein und erfahrt mehr! Colourful and light-hearted, we're moving through spring 2026! Today, on April 15th, we're already well on our way through this much-loved season. Episode 459 of "XtraChill" turns its focus this time to relaxed yet stimulating chillout music, topped off with drum & bass and a touch of dub techno. As a special highlight, dear Andreas revives the “XtraChill Classix” segment for a (sadly!) discontinued music project. Which one? Tune in and find out!

At the Deutsche Schule Melbourne (DSM), in-language literature in German is an important part of every day school life. We paid a visit to DSM and had German teacher Elisabeth Höbartner tell us about the range of books that the school's own library has to offer. - Bei der Deutschen Schule Melbourne (DSM) ist deutschsprachige Literatur ein fester Bestandteil des Stundenplans. Wir haben der DSM einen Besuch abgestattet und haben uns von Deutschlehrerin Elisabeth Hoebartner erzählen lassen, welche Bandbreite an Büchern die schuleigene Bibliothek zu bieten hat.

All the Colourblocks come together for a big song. Learn different colours and colour mixes.

In Pacific Waves today: Colourful start to ASB Polyfest 2026; Social media a double-edged sword in disasters; Paper stands by article blaming lesbianism for poor performance; Big aviation developments in Pacific Business Update. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

How many times have you thought about closing down your business this month? This week? Today?Every single hand went up when I asked four female ADHD founders that question. Because here's what nobody posts on Instagram: running a business with ADHD is the quickest way to figure out how your ADHD shows up as both a struggle AND a strength.In this raw, honest, and hilarious live panel, I sat down with Jess (Sacred and Wild), Cat (Yogi Bare), Katie France (Love Bomb Bags), and Natt (Waking Dreams) to talk about the reality of being a female founder with ADHD.We talk about people-pleasing that nearly cost Cat her entire business, Katie's struggle with posting out the right bags to the right people (executive function is REAL), why having two ADHD brains in business together means you might "accidentally commit fraud," and how Jess's perfectionism has kept years of work hidden from the world.But we also talk about why none of us go back. Why the 9-5 isn't an option for brains wired like ours. Why freedom matters more than money. And why, despite everything, we keep showing up.Natt drops the mic with: "Your ADHD would not even be a talking point without capitalism."And Jess reminds us all: "I see the work people put out into the world and I just think, bloody well done. I don't judge it. I just really respect people trying and just being out there doing it."This one's for every woman who's ever felt like giving up but keeps showing up anyway.IN THIS EPISODE:✨ Why we all threaten to quit (regularly)✨ How people-pleasing can cost you everything✨ Executive function struggles are not stupidity✨ The reality of working with other ADHDers✨ How perfectionism keeps you stuck✨ Why we can't go back to corporate burnout✨ The real reason we keep going (it's not money)✨ Why capitalism makes ADHD "problematic"✨ Taking a day off is productive, actually✨ Giving yourself the same grace you give other womenFour incredible women. Four thriving businesses. Four ADHD brains refusing to dim down.Generator. Alive. Colourful. Chaotic.Not broken. Not struggling. Not failing.Bloody well done for just doing it.

Preparations are underway in West Clare for the annual Doonbeg St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will take place on Sunday March 15th at 3.30pm. This year's celebrations promise a colourful and family-friendly event for the community, with marching bands, a vintage tractor and car rally, and plenty of entertainment for all ages. The theme for 2026 is “Legends”, encouraging groups and participants to celebrate local heroes, sporting greats and figures from folklore. To tell us more, Alan Morrissey spoke with Rita McInerney, councillor and PRO of the Doonbeg St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, and this year's Grand Marshal, Joe Russell, General Manager of Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg. Photo (c) Doonbeg Community Development Post

In today's episode, Dave and Tyler dive into the bizarre world of celebrity lookalikes and cinematic secrets. The guys discuss the uncanny "body doubling" phenomenon, including a deep dive into the search for the perfect Jim Carrey double. Things take a linguistic turn in "Wait, What" as they explore the surprising translations behind the Lion King, proving that some things definitely get lost in Simba's journey. The diary is packed as Tyler's Cheese Tour officially kicks off tonight—expect plenty of dairy-based puns and sharp insights. Plus, the duo tackles the annual frustration of Daylight Savings as B.C. officially decides to "stop the clock," leaving the rest of us wondering if we'll ever stop feeling tired. From "Spicy Memes" to the latest on the Super Mario Galaxy movie, it's a packed show that's more "Brie-lliant" than your average morning.

Liberal MPs from this province explain why they voted down a Conservative bill to extend the recreational food fishery + Robert Butler is keeping nautical history alive by decking out his shed with the names of boats and ships that have made Baine Harbour home.

Guest artist CARRIE MOYER joins JILLIAN KNIPE to discuss her work via 'Cassandra at the Wedding' by Dorothy Baker. Published in 1962 by Houghton Mifflin (US) and Victor Gollancz (UK), most recently Daunt Books, with sympathetic tenderness and acerbic wit, it follows twin sisters Cassandra and Judith as they navigate Judith's wedding to a very pleasant and capable young doctor. The other key characters are their father, a retired philosophy professor who fancies a Brandy soda tipple, the ghost of their dead mother and their maternal grandmother. Get in touch with us via artfictionspodcast@gmail.com Buy us a coffee! Support us on Patreon!   "it feels like all of the interesting innovations have been done by women painters in terms of abstraction" Carrie and Jillian's conversation encompasses activism, wit, abandonment, confusion, family, ambivalence, agitpop, snarkiness, ambiguity, galaxy, queer, optical bliss, transitional places, menacing edge, geological time, mental illness, burying identity, utter distaste, ominous vibe and deadpan humour. They also talk about family as a cult, female body parts, destabilised vibration of colours, digging under conventions, being a lesbian in public, hard edge abstraction, vicious in a great beautiful smart way, wholesome hetro homemakers, abstract expressionism as a language and what the future is supposed to hold for you as a young woman. CARRIE MOYER 'Always Venus, Never Mars' Pilar Corrias 23 Jan - 7 Mar 2026 carriemoyer.com @carrie.moyer.studio 'Queer Abstraction' Des Moines Art Center by Curator Jared Ledesma 1 Jun - 8 Sep 2019 'Cave Dwellers who Paint Abstraction' 2025 'Radiant Granularity' 2025 'Art Glass' 2016 ARTISTS + CURATORS Amy Sillman Anish Kapoor Béla Bartók David Getsy Dona Nelson Elizabeth Murray Frank Stella Helen Frankenthaler Jack Whitten '9.11.01' 2006 after Sep 11 2001 Judy Chicago Laura Owens Louise Fishman Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley 'Best Femmes Forever' Morris Louis Pat Steir Rebecca Byrne Rochelle Feinstein Sabine Moritz Stephen Meuller William Butler Yeats BOOKS + AUTHORS + FILM Anna Burns 'The Milkman' narrator Brid Brennan Arundhati Roy 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' Audible 'Carrie Moyer' 2021 with contributions by Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Katy Siegel, Joanna Dinah Fateman by Rizzoli Electa Flann O'Brien 'The Third Policeman' narrator Jim Norton J D Salinger 'Catcher in the Rye' John Gray 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' 'The Ice Tower' Travis Jeppesen 'Queer Abstraction (Or How to Be a Pervert with No Body) Some Notes Toward a Probability' Mousse magazine 2019 'Young Man with a Horn' 1950 UNIVERSITIES + ORGANISATIONS Boston University Daunt Books Hunter College, New York London Film Festivals MoMA, New York 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger' 2025 Pratt Institute

Spike Island, or "Ireland's Alcatraz", is a small coastal enclave off the coast of Cobh in Co Cork. But while most of us associate its colourful history as one of a battle-hardened prison, its story begins much earlier, centuries earlier in fact. Today on the Indo Daily, Ellen Coyne is joined by John Crotty, former general manager of Spike Island and author of the book Spike Island: The Rebels, Residents and Crafty Criminals of Ireland's Historic Island, to discuss the island's past and the potential histories yet to be unfurled Host: Ellen Coyne Guest: John Crotty *This podcast was first released in May, 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes' sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's ‘yellow journalism' battles to the ‘sex and sleaze' Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colourful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life. From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches and bribery. In the digital era, popular journalism succumbed to ‘churnalism' while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today. Terry Kirby is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of The Trials of the Baroness (1991). He has been a journalist for more than four decades and was a founder member of staff at The Independent, where he worked for more than twenty years in a number of roles, including crime correspondent, night editor and chief reporter Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

The Colourblocks are getting festive as they celebrate the colours of Christmas.

In Job 12 we have a continuation of his response to Zophar. This chapter tells us Job accepts that all that has happened to him is from the Almighty (Shaddai - a Hebrew word which expresses two different aspects of God's character - it means "the destroyers" and also, "the nourishers"). In chapter 42verses11 we are told that Job's suffering was from God. Job starts chapter 12 with supreme sarcasm, "No doubt you (my 3 friends) are the people, and wisdom will die with you" ESV verse 1; i.e. you're know-alls so why should I, Job, bother talking to you. Can't you see the wicked also prospering, he contends. In verse 10 we have another Hebrew parallelism i.e. the first expression meaningfully correlates to the second - the life of the beasts equates to the breath of humanity (Ecclesiastes 3verses19).Nahum was an Elkoshite from the southern kingdom of Judah. His name means "comfort" (a similar idea to the "parakletos" - Comforter of the New Testament). Jesus made Capernaum (city of comfort, or consolation) his base of operations in Galilee. The comfort of the prophecy of Nahum was that Judah's oppressor would be dealt with by the Almighty. The book was written between 624 AD and612 AD when Nineveh was overthrown by Babylon. As Egyptian power declined from the middle of the 7th century BC Assyria rose to prominence. Firstly, Nineveh and then Babylon assumed the dominant position in the threatening Assyrian development. Then in 612 BC Babylon conquered Nineveh and she no longer had a rival. Judah rejoiced for although the Babylonians, who God would bring against them in His chastisement, were exceedingly cruel they were more humane than their Ninevite brothers. Chapter 1 of Nahum deals with the Almighty's wrath against Nineveh. Verse 2 describes God's jealousy - Nineveh had been the nation who had brought the LORD's punishment upon God's guilty people. But the Assyrians had delighted in the cruelty meted out on Israel. Israel's Sovereign demonstrated His power over nature. When Yahweh is aroused to judge who can withstand His might. But after chastisement has been given our Potentate will compassionately pardon His people and destroy their oppressors. Chapter 2 details the destruction of Nineveh. All of Nineveh's powerful defenders and defences would be useless against the coming Babylonian onslaught. The panic within Nineveh is graphically portrayed. Colourful and emotional language describes the chaos experienced by the Ninevites. The den of the former ravening lion has itself become plundered.

Crispian Mills knew he'd be onstage as he's from a “family of professional show-offs” but they begged him not to be an actor. He talks here about his extraordinary showbusiness childhood and the band that emerged from it full of psychedelia, echoes of the East and warm invitations to join the First Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs. Along with … … his mother Hayley Mills playing him Tubular Bells to get him to sleep - “profoundly scary” … Roman Polanski's ‘special' Marlboro cigarettes when filming Tess in Brittany … grandfather John Mills being “discovered” by Noel Coward in Singapore and memories of him playing Gershwin and Cole Porter on the piano … “you need talent and hard work but nobody makes it without luck” … what the record store hippie told him when he bought Deep Purple In Rock aged 12 … leather jacket, polka dot shirt, Brian Jones bowl haircut, My Bloody Valentine gig – “I'd found my tribe!” … supporting Oasis at Knebworth – “I couldn't see how they were going to cut it” … Adam and the Ants, Rock Me Amadeus and playing Ramones songs in the school band … returning from Rishikesh in 1995 and watching the Beatles' Super-8 clips: “as if we'd been on the same holiday” … nostalgia for the big TV and radio events of the ‘90s … Shirley Manson's speech about the “tragedy” of the 21st C music business … and Kula Shaker's Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show – “oil slides, pure analogue!” Tickets for their 2026 tour here: https://kulashaker.co.uk/pages/liveHelp us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crispian Mills knew he'd be onstage as he's from a “family of professional show-offs” but they begged him not to be an actor. He talks here about his extraordinary showbusiness childhood and the band that emerged from it full of psychedelia, echoes of the East and warm invitations to join the First Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs. Along with … … his mother Hayley Mills playing him Tubular Bells to get him to sleep - “profoundly scary” … Roman Polanski's ‘special' Marlboro cigarettes when filming Tess in Brittany … grandfather John Mills being “discovered” by Noel Coward in Singapore and memories of him playing Gershwin and Cole Porter on the piano … “you need talent and hard work but nobody makes it without luck” … what the record store hippie told him when he bought Deep Purple In Rock aged 12 … leather jacket, polka dot shirt, Brian Jones bowl haircut, My Bloody Valentine gig – “I'd found my tribe!” … supporting Oasis at Knebworth – “I couldn't see how they were going to cut it” … Adam and the Ants, Rock Me Amadeus and playing Ramones songs in the school band … returning from Rishikesh in 1995 and watching the Beatles' Super-8 clips: “as if we'd been on the same holiday” … nostalgia for the big TV and radio events of the ‘90s … Shirley Manson's speech about the “tragedy” of the 21st C music business … and Kula Shaker's Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show – “oil slides, pure analogue!” Tickets for their 2026 tour here: https://kulashaker.co.uk/pages/liveHelp us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crispian Mills knew he'd be onstage as he's from a “family of professional show-offs” but they begged him not to be an actor. He talks here about his extraordinary showbusiness childhood and the band that emerged from it full of psychedelia, echoes of the East and warm invitations to join the First Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs. Along with … … his mother Hayley Mills playing him Tubular Bells to get him to sleep - “profoundly scary” … Roman Polanski's ‘special' Marlboro cigarettes when filming Tess in Brittany … grandfather John Mills being “discovered” by Noel Coward in Singapore and memories of him playing Gershwin and Cole Porter on the piano … “you need talent and hard work but nobody makes it without luck” … what the record store hippie told him when he bought Deep Purple In Rock aged 12 … leather jacket, polka dot shirt, Brian Jones bowl haircut, My Bloody Valentine gig – “I'd found my tribe!” … supporting Oasis at Knebworth – “I couldn't see how they were going to cut it” … Adam and the Ants, Rock Me Amadeus and playing Ramones songs in the school band … returning from Rishikesh in 1995 and watching the Beatles' Super-8 clips: “as if we'd been on the same holiday” … nostalgia for the big TV and radio events of the ‘90s … Shirley Manson's speech about the “tragedy” of the 21st C music business … and Kula Shaker's Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show – “oil slides, pure analogue!” Tickets for their 2026 tour here: https://kulashaker.co.uk/pages/liveHelp us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson--2903992/support.Let us help you find YOUR home in Portugal...Whether you are looking to BUY, RENT or SCOUT, reach out to Carl Munson and connect with the biggest and best network of professionals that have come together through Good Morning Portugal! over the last five years that have seen Portugal's meteoric rise in popularity.Simply contact Carl by phone/WhatsApp on (00 351) 913 590 303, email carl@carlmunson.com or enter your details at www.goodmorningportugal.com And join The Portugal Club FREE here - www.theportugalclub.com

Der Oktober endete mit stürmischen Tagen und passend zum heutigen (partiellen) Feiertag kehrt langsam wieder Ruhe ein. Trotzdem bleibt es nicht still am heutigen 01. November - dafür sorgt die neue, 448. Episode von "XtraChill"! Im Mittelpunkt stehen heute zwei der beliebten "Songpärchen Plus", bei denen der liebe Andreas zwischen zwei Tracks eines Musikstils eine kleine "Irritation" dazwischen geschoben hat. Außerdem kehren einige bekannte Namen in diesen Podcast zurück, die mit drei Neuvorstellungen kombiniert werden. Herbstbunte Unterhaltung aus der freien Electronica-Szene des Internet. Viel Vergnügen! October ended with stormy days, and in keeping with today's (partial) holiday, calm is slowly returning. Nevertheless, it won't be quiet today, on November, 1st – thanks to the new, 448th episode of "XtraChill"! Today's focus is on two of the popular "Songpärchen Plus" (song pairs plus), in which dear Andreas has inserted a little "irritation" between two tracks of one musical style. In addition, some familiar names return to this podcast, combined with three new introductions. Colourful autumn entertainment from the free electronica scene on the internet. Enjoy!

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This time of the year a wonderful Pohutukawa “shrub” is flowering its little heads off: Metrosideros carminia known as the crimson rata; a Native in the North Island all the way down to Taranaki and Hawkes Bay. It comes as a shrub when you get them from cuttings, but they'll move up like tree climbers when they emerge from seeds. Pollinators love them – and so do I. Favourite food of tui and bellbirds, as well as silvereyes and wood pigeons (kereru). Kowhai come in many different species and heights; there are fabulous, gnarled forms which, in themselves, are beautifully sculptured. Divaricating shrubs!! Muehlenbeckia astonii. A Native plant that could be your new hedge, or your sculpted shrub, or even a suitable nesting site for native birds. It's all about elegant little leaves, hanging from a zig-zagging system of branches that you will only find in Aotearoa. In winter the whole shrub will change colours to a Dark-Orange that will stand out, no matter what the weather is like. White flowers – and all this is endemic. May I introduce you to the Corokia - another yellow Native of our country. It's full of flowers at this time of the year; also with zig-zag twigs and Endemic distribution – we know how to grow weird and wonderful natives! Often on these flowering shrubs you will find native bees sucking nectar for their off-spring, pollinating the flowers and creating large amounts of seeds for our landscapes Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) is another one of those shrubs that stands out in its colour – It's native to New Zealand, and our local “garden fiddlers” have managed to breed a range of varieties in all sorts of colours. If you want to see them spectacularly bunched together in our native habitat, go to the Catlins: you'll fall in love with them! Oh – and the leaves are edible… lovely and hot. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The home of a former Tasmania Premier, and a Melbourne Cup winning horse, and the location of an international movie gives this historic property near Oatlands a rich history of stories.

Today on the radio show. 1 - Smoko chat. 6 - Show Boss tiegs from Bathurst. 11 - Dude caused a flood so he could keep partying. 14 - Colourful excuses you’ve used. 17 - Anti-motivational. 21 - Black Himalayan rock salt review. 26 - Must listen. https://shorturl.at/vSSQc 30 - Must watch. 34 - Caleb Cooper’s new show. 37 - Longest name in the world NZ world record. 41 - Late mail. 43 - Last drinks. Get in touch with us: https://linktr.ee/therockdrive

My next guest has appointed herself a "scholar of joy". Jen Sievers is a renowned Auckland-based artist who has decided to dive head-first into the literary world. The book is 'The Art of Joy: A Creative Guide to Living a Colourful, Juicy Life'. She chats to Jesse.

Skwigly are proud to present the second panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries more diverse and inclusive through honest, open conversation. In this episode, Tanya speaks with Chitra Soundar and Nandita Jain about their work creating the Colourful Connections, a network designed to empower PoC to make a difference in UK Children's Media. They'll chat about their groundbreaking CBEEBIES show Nikhil and Jay (Created by Chitra and Directed by Nandita) and how the Colourful Connections network offers much needed representation and support for people both on and off the screen in kids tv. Colourful Connections website: https://www.c3muk.com/ Colourful Connections Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12898204/

This week Vicky & Ray head to Margate to step inside the bold, technicolour world of upholsterer and interior designer Jesse Du Preez (@jessedupreezdesign). From training at some of the UK's top upholstery schools to appearing on BBC's Interior Design Masters, Jesse's journey has been anything but beige. We talk craft, colour, and what it really takes to make it as an upholsterer.Our profound thanks go out to all our Sponsors⁠⁠Martins Upholstery Supplies⁠⁠⁠⁠BeA Group ⁠Follow Sit on This! for monthly chats from the workbench - stories from inside the upholstery world, with makers, fixers, and fabric lovers.

Get an extra four months of ExpressVPN for free: go to https://www.expressvpn.com/official Get additional episodes and bonus content with early access (try now with 7 DAYS FREE): go to https://www.OFFICIAL.men Three close man friends gather around to talk about colourful swimmers. This is the Official Podcast. Every Sunday. Links Below. THE OFFICIAL NETWORK CHANNEL (SUBSCRIBE NOW): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHYe-Qw7qUN5gFWMdj9nNw Episode 454: Recorded 03/09/25 --- Get additional episodes and bonus content with early access: go to https://www.OFFICIAL.men or https://www.PATREON.com/THEOFFICIALPODCAST --- Audio Platforms (Spotify, Apple, Amazon & Castbox): https://linktr.ee/theofficialpodcast Other Shows: https://linktr.ee/theofficialnetwork --- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:45 People Keep Dying Because AI is Telling Them To 06:43 Colourful, Glow in the Dark Cum (idk how we got here already) 12:06 Vaginas and Penises 20:32 Women's Names Are Trendy, But Men's Names Are Forever 29:36 Public Pools Are Gross 35:22 Trying Not to Wash Your Hands Too Often 52:53 Turkey Is All Street Food 55:28 Cumming in Swimming Pools & Coffee 1:19:02 Back to the AI Suicides 1:08:18 The Loneliness Economy 1:15:53 Wrap --- Hosts: Jackson: https://twitter.com/zealotonpc Andrew: https://twitter.com/huggbeestv Kaya: https://twitter.com/kayaorsan --- Additional Links: Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHYe-Qw7qUN5gFWMdj9nNw SubReddit: https://reddit.com/r/theofficialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theofficialpodcast Intro by: https://www.youtube.com/c/Derpmii Music by: https://soundcloud.com/inst1nctive & https://linktr.ee/zayaLT Art by: https://www.instagram.com/nook_eilyk/ & https://www.instagram.com/vaux.z Edited by: https://linktr.ee/zayaLT Designer: http://www.jr-design-co.com/ Produced by Jackson Clarke for The Official Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Colourful Life | S.B. Keshava Swami at Accenture | March 2024 by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

Your Life Is Going To Be Colourful | നിങ്ങളുടെ ജീവിതം വര്‍ണപ്പകിട്ടുള്ളതായി മാറുന്നു | Malayalam Christian Messages | Br. Damien Antony | Morning Glory Podcast - 1690 | 21 Aug 2025

On 10th August 1925 the Farne Islands came into the care of the National Trust. A hundred years on and this wildlife haven off the coast of Northumberland is home to a breeding colony of 23 different species of seabirds.   But perhaps its most colourful characters, in looks as well as behaviour, are the 15,000 pairs of puffins that return to the Farne Islands to breed in the spring and summer months each year. Join Rosie and Rangers Dan Iceton and Tom Hendry on a unique quest to uncover the secret lives of the Farne Islands' feisty puffin population.  [Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.  Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.  Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor. https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/   Production: Hosts: Rosie Holdsworth and Dan Iceton Producer: Katy Kelly Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez    Contributor: Tom Hendry  Discover More:  Find out more about The Farne Islands: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/farne-islands/our-work-on-the-farne-islands  Follow us @wildtales Instagram account  If you'd like to get in touch with feedback or a story idea you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk   

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with David Walsh from Sarto Advisory Pty Ltd about the day's share market action as it hits another record and to find out more about an ASX mix-up which incorrectly saw it attach a market announcement to TPG Telecom forcing it to cancel millions of dollars worth of trades. Plus, hear from News Corp CEO Robert Thomson as he delivers an AI warning at the company's results announcement.

The roots of Elverys and its elephant logo lie in a remarkable 19th-century shop on Sackville Street.

Richard Sorge is one of history's most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of the Second World War. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge's spy ring was just one chapter in a much longer history of Russian and Soviet espionage in and against Japan. Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge (Hurst, 2025) by Dr. James D Brown tells the extraordinary full story of Russian intrigue targeting Japan, from first encounters in the eighteenth century to the Soviet declaration of war in August 1945. Colourful episodes include Gojong, King of Korea, being smuggled into the Russian legation dressed as a woman in 1896; the 1927 ‘Tanaka Memorial', an infamous forgery purporting to be Japan's hidden plan for world domination; and the secret intelligence of ‘Nero', a Soviet agent supplying invaluable insight into Japanese strategy during the Second World War. From Russians murdered in broad daylight in Meiji Tokyo to Soviet honey traps and ‘white magic' at the Battle of Nomonhan, this is a landmark history of the covert struggle between two great powers of the modern age. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Richard Sorge is one of history's most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of the Second World War. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge's spy ring was just one chapter in a much longer history of Russian and Soviet espionage in and against Japan. Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge (Hurst, 2025) by Dr. James D Brown tells the extraordinary full story of Russian intrigue targeting Japan, from first encounters in the eighteenth century to the Soviet declaration of war in August 1945. Colourful episodes include Gojong, King of Korea, being smuggled into the Russian legation dressed as a woman in 1896; the 1927 ‘Tanaka Memorial', an infamous forgery purporting to be Japan's hidden plan for world domination; and the secret intelligence of ‘Nero', a Soviet agent supplying invaluable insight into Japanese strategy during the Second World War. From Russians murdered in broad daylight in Meiji Tokyo to Soviet honey traps and ‘white magic' at the Battle of Nomonhan, this is a landmark history of the covert struggle between two great powers of the modern age. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Richard Sorge is one of history's most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of the Second World War. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge's spy ring was just one chapter in a much longer history of Russian and Soviet espionage in and against Japan. Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge (Hurst, 2025) by Dr. James D Brown tells the extraordinary full story of Russian intrigue targeting Japan, from first encounters in the eighteenth century to the Soviet declaration of war in August 1945. Colourful episodes include Gojong, King of Korea, being smuggled into the Russian legation dressed as a woman in 1896; the 1927 ‘Tanaka Memorial', an infamous forgery purporting to be Japan's hidden plan for world domination; and the secret intelligence of ‘Nero', a Soviet agent supplying invaluable insight into Japanese strategy during the Second World War. From Russians murdered in broad daylight in Meiji Tokyo to Soviet honey traps and ‘white magic' at the Battle of Nomonhan, this is a landmark history of the covert struggle between two great powers of the modern age. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Day geckos and certain plants share a long evolutionary history, with day geckos feasting on nectar and in return pollinating plants. A study from back in the mid 2000s proved this neatly, and we delve into it this episode. After that, we have a snake eating somebody's underwear, and a very novel new method for controlling invasive cane toads in Australia. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Hansen DM, Beer K, Müller CB. 2006. Mauritian coloured nectar no longer a mystery: a visual signal for lizard pollinators. Biology Letters 2:165–168. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0458. Other Links/Mentions: Brann M. 2025. Woman finds python eating her bra and shirt for breakfast. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-25/cattle-producer-finds-python-eating-bra-and-shirt/104976022 de Kruijff P. 2025. Cannibal cane toad tadpoles that never grow up could help toad control. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-08/cane-toad-created-that-never-grows-up-and-eats-its-siblings/105100286 Editing and Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com Intro visuals – Paul Snelling

Leo stands in on this weeks Prog Mill with a journey through the COLOURFUL side of prog!