Podcast appearances and mentions of gavin pretor pinney

Whether it comes to facilitating workshops, designing learning experiences, or developing campaign assets, L&D practitioners are increasingly expected to bring creativity to their roles. But how do you do this if you don't have a creative background, or if you don't think of yourself as a 'creative person'? In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Gemma are joined by Kenny Temowo, Senior Director of Talent Acceleration at SharkNinja and host of the Inside the Art of Making podcast, to discuss: Kenny's career journey through the creative industries, into workplace learning, and back again; what it means to be 'creative', and how this applies in L&D; how to meet consumer-level creative expectations with L&D budgets; how to earn the permission to be creative at work.  You can listen to Kenny's podcast, Inside the Art of Making, on Spotify. (Or wherever you get your podcasts.) In 'What I Learned This Week', Gemma mentioned The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Ross D gave a lukewarm review of the movie Field of Dreams. For more from us, visit mindtools.com. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning Content Hub, our Manager Skills Assessment, our Manager Skill Builder and our custom work.  You can also subscribe to our newsletter. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: Ross Dickie Gemma Towersey Kenny Temowo

Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Author of Cloudspotting for Beginners

In this captivating episode of the "1000 Hours Outside Podcast," your host Ginny Yurich engages in an enlightening conversation with the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Together, they unravel the beauty and mystique of clouds, delving into the incredible world of cloud appreciation. From the inaugural lecture that sparked the society's creation to the whimsical yet informative nature of this global movement, Gavin shares his insights into the allure of clouds. With a staggering 62,000 members spanning across 120 countries, the Cloud Appreciation Society is a testament to the universal fascination with these ever-changing atmospheric wonders. Discover how clouds serve as a profound entryway into nature, a canvas of optical effects caused by ice crystals and droplets. Gavin illuminates the names and stories behind various cloud formations, emphasizing how naming them transforms our relationship with the sky and encourages us to pay closer attention to the subtle changes above. Join us as we journey through Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin's extreme cloud spotting adventure, and learn why looking up at the sky is a source of joy and wonder. Explore how the Cloud Appreciation Society unites people worldwide through shared appreciation for clouds, fostering creativity and mental well-being. Embrace the chaoses of life and find artistic inspiration in the ever-transforming canvas of the sky. Whether you're a seasoned cloud enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this episode will deepen your connection with the sky and invite you to become a member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Tune in and let the clouds inspire you on this cross-curricular exploration of nature's artistry. Check out the Cloud Appreciation Society website here >> https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/   Purchase your copy of The Cloudspotter's Guide here >> https://amzn.to/46GRAn2 Purchase your copy of A Cloud a Day here >> https://amzn.to/48I8Cmt Purchase your copy of The Cloud Collector's Handbook here >> https://amzn.to/3RQX62m  

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Helen Roberts and Jeff Norwood-Brown talk to Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society about a rare but increasing weather phenomenon known as the noctilucent cloud. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Maggie has a treat for you this week! In the Luke Howard episode (S5E3), she mentions an interview with the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. His name is Gavin Pretor-Pinney and he is an expert on clouds, to say the least. The conversation they had is so much fun and will have you wanting to see what the Cloud Appreciation Society is all about. Check out the link below! The Cloud Appreciation Society - Cloud Appreciation Society Originally released on Patreon 3/15/23 patreon.com/bainscience --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bainscience/support

Hong Kong health expert Professor Malik Peiris relates the lessons from the devastation there earlier this year. UK virologist Dr Tom Peacock reveals the unusual origins and evolution of omicron, and explains the risks of dangerous new variants. New studies from China are revealing further SARS-like viruses in the wild; Professor Eddie Holmes says they underline the risk of further pandemics. What are the clouds like where you are? When you look upwards can you see great tufts of cotton wool, or do they stretch off into the distance, flat like sheets. Are they dark greys and purples, bringing the promise of rain or maybe there aren't any at all. For listener John from Lincolnshire in the UK clouds looking up at the clouds is a favourite pastime and he wants to know why they look the way they do and why they are so different from one day to the next. Join Presenter Marnie Chesterton as we turn our gaze skyward to discover what gives clouds their shape. Join us for a cloud spotting mission with Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the cloud appreciation society as he helps us de-code the shapes across the sky to reveal what they can tell us about our atmosphere. Dr Claire Vincent at the University of Melbourne introduces us to one of the superstars of the cloud world, Hector the Convector to explain where thunderstorms come from. And we learn how people like you can help NASA to understand the clouds better with Marilé Colón Robles project scientist at the GLOBE programme. (Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

What are the clouds like where you are? When you look upwards can you see great tufts of cotton wool, or do they stretch off into the distance, flat like sheets. Are they dark greys and purples, bringing the promise of rain or maybe there aren't any at all. For listener John from Lincolnshire in the UK clouds looking up at the clouds is a favourite pastime and he wants to know why they look the way they do and why they are so different from one day to the next. Join Presenter Marnie Chesterton as we turn our gaze skyward to discover what gives clouds their shape. Join us for a cloud spotting mission with Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the cloud appreciation society as he helps us de-code the shapes across the sky to reveal what they can tell us about our atmosphere. Dr Claire Vincent at the University of Melbourne introduces us to one of the superstars of the cloud world, Hector the Convector to explain where thunderstorms come from. And we learn how people like you can help NASA to understand the clouds better with Marilé Colón Robles project scientist at the GLOBE programme. Presented by Marnie Chesterton and Produced by Emily Bird [Image: Dramatic looking clouds. Credit: Getty Images]

Today Mary is talking to Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Gavin is founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has over 58,000 members in 120 countries. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Cloudspotter's Guide and Cloud Collector's Handbook as well as A Cloud A Day. Gavin is a winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. He is a TED Global speaker with over 1.3 million views. He has presented television documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and is a Visiting Fellow at the Meteorology Department of Reading University and winner of the Royal Meteorological Society's Michael Hunt award. Gavin co-founded the Idler, a magazine that argues for the importance of downtime in creative thinking.Join the Cloud Appreciation Societyhttps://cloudappreciationsociety.orgGet the bookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloud-Day-Gavin-Pretor-Pinney Contact Mary Bermingham atmary@burrennaturesanctuary.ieCheck out Burren Nature Sanctuary at www.burrennaturesanctuary.ieSupport the Nature Magic Podcast athttps://www.patreon.com/naturemagicShow websitewww.naturemagic.ie

« Nous croyons que les nuages sont les poèmes de la Nature… » stipule le manifeste de la Cloud Appreciation Society, une association qui rassemble des milliers de personnes amoureuses des nuages à travers le monde. À leur intention, son fondateur, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, a écrit « Le guide du chasseur de nuages » dont Gérard Maoui lit un extrait. Un ouvrage savoureux que tout aviateur devrait avoir dans sa poche !  Commander en ligne : Le guide du chasseur de nuagesHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Gavin Pretor-Pinney loved gazing at clouds as a child. As an adult, his fascination with clouds drew him from England to Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria to see the Morning Glory, the world's most spectacular cloud formation (R)

Gavin Pretor-Pinney loved gazing at clouds as a child. As an adult, his fascination with clouds drew him from England to Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria to see the Morning Glory, the world's most spectacular cloud formation (R)

How often do you look up? How often do you remember the true slowness and intentions of the life around you? In this episode Syd is joined with Gavin Pretor-Pinney  to talk about clouds and the importance of pausing. - - - Teen-y is produced, edited, and hosted by Syd Walter (@sydwalter / www.teenypod.com ). For this episodes guest  we feature a conversation with Gavin Pretor-Pinney (@cloudappsoc) and if you would like to learn more about Gavin's work please check out cloudappreciationsociety.org. Music in this episode is by Tasty Morsels bandcamp.com 

In this edition of our mini-podcast, we revisit an interview from earlier this season, where Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society successfully campaigned to have a new type of cloud classified by the World Meteorological Organization. It's a little nugget of cloud history!

Gavin Pretor-Pinney is founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has over 55,000 members in 120 countries. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Cloudspotter's Guide and Cloud Collector's Handbook as well as A Cloud A Day. 

Somerset Stories gets our heads in the clouds... as we meet advocate and evangelist for one of nature's most transient and poetic displays. Gavin Pretor-Pinney founded the Cloud Appreciation Society around 15 years ago after a career in the creative industries. He has united tens of thousands of people around the world with a passion for clouds. Along with this global community, he has also written books on the subject, and spoken to a wide range of audiences, from literary festivals to ted talks. We met earlier this month at Gavin's home in Somerton, and started the podcast in a slightly unusual way – by doing a bit of cloudspotting ourselves. So why not take a moment while you listen to our conversation to look up and do your own daydreaming…

In 1959, Marine pilot William Rankin parachuted from a malfunctioning jet into a violent thunderstorm. The ordeal that followed is almost unique in human experience. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Rankin's harrowing adventure, which has been called "the most prolonged and fantastic parachute descent in history." We'll also hear your thoughts on pronunciation and puzzle over mice and rice. Intro: How do mirrors "know" to reverse writing? Artist Alex Queral carves portraits from telephone books. Sources for our feature on William Rankin: William H. Rankin, The Man Who Rode the Thunder, 1960. Andras Sóbester, Stratospheric Flight: Aeronautics at the Limit, 2011. Stefan Bechtel and Tim Samaras, Tornado Hunter: Getting Inside the Most Violent Storms on Earth, 2009. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds, 2007. Christopher C. Burt, Extreme Weather: A Guide & Record Book, 2007. Robert Jackson, Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying, 2006. David Fisher and William Garvey, eds., Wild Blue: Stories of Survival From Air and Space, 2000. Missy Allen and Michel Peissel, Dangerous Natural Phenomena, 1993. Sally Lee, Predicting Violent Storms, 1989. James Clark, "The Incredible Story of the Marine Who Rode Lightning," Task & Purpose, June 17, 2016. Burkhard Bilger, "Falling: Our Far-Flung Correspondents," New Yorker 83:23 (Aug. 13, 2007), 58. "The Nightmare Fall," Time, Aug. 17, 1959. Paul Simons, "Weather Eye," Times, Aug. 8, 2016. Paul Simons, "US Airman Survived a Thunder Tumble," Times, April 22, 2006. Paul Simons, "Weatherwatch," Guardian, Aug. 30, 2001. Brendan McWillams, "Jumping Into the Eye of a Thunderstorm," Irish Times, June 22, 2001. Harry Kursh, "Thunderstorm!" South Bend [Ind.] Tribune, May 26, 1963. "Marine Flier Bails Out, But It Takes Him 40 Minutes to Land," Indianapolis Star, Aug. 8, 1959. "Tossed by Elements Half-Hour," [Davenport, Iowa] Quad-City Times, Aug. 8, 1959. "Bails Out 9 Miles Up ... Into a Storm," Des Moines [Iowa] Tribune, Aug. 7, 1959. Listener mail: "Rhoticity in English," Wikipedia (accessed Aug. 7, 2021). "Mechelen," Wikipedia (accessed Aug. 7, 2021). Marieke Martin, "Where Did You Say You Were? The Perils of Place Name Pronunciation," BBC Blogs, Sept. 4, 2013. "History of Melbourne," Wikipedia (accessed Aug. 8, 2021). "Melbourne," Wikipedia (accessed Aug. 8, 2021). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Jon-Richard. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Rach takes her podcast for a walk because she doesn't have a dog. S15 reading list

Rach takes her podcast for a walk because she doesn't have a dog. S15 reading list

Rach takes her podcast for a walk because she doesn't have a dog. S15 reading list

What could be more gentle than a cloud?  A soft, puffy marshmallow world in the sky: gentle to the eye and gentle to the spirit. While so many of us feel out of sync with the fast-paced expectations of our society, sometimes it's hard to know how to slow down and just "be." Some of us may have the occasional idea there must be something out there that's more in tune with our own rhythm, something slower-paced.  Gavin Pretor-Pinney's advice? It's simple. LOOK. UP. The sky and it's visual landscape is ever-present in your life, always offering a new picture to spark your imagination. Gavin Pretor-Pinney's career has been dedicated to showing us the value in slowing down, dreaming, and giving our minds the space to imagine. Before founding The Cloud Appreciation Society, he co-founded The Idler magazine. The Idler Magazine's manifesto says,  "it is in our idleness that we become who we are....inaction is the well-spring of creation." On a trip to Rome, he realized he missed the visual variation of London's cloudy days. And from this realization, The Cloud Appreciation Society was born. He has since written several books about clouds, and has a way of bringing to our attention a part of our everyday lives, sitting there just waiting to be noticed for its awe-inspiring beauty and science. He reminds us to slow down, notice, appreciate, enjoy, and let our minds wander.  Gavin rightly points out that just because something is aimless does not make it pointless. There is value in considering clouds. Deciding to spend 5 minutes a day appreciating them is free and available to us all. This appreciation is a way to intentionally pull yourself out of the frenzy of modern life, a way to be gentle to your spirit, and make space for new kinds of thinking. Give it a try. As Gavin says, "allow your imagination to drift in the breeze."Connect with The Cloud Appreciation Society:Website ➡️ https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/----CONTENT ----------------------00:00 Introduction00:28 - The Cloud Appreciation Society Manifesto1:31 - Introducing Gavin Pretor-Pinney2:08 - Gavin's Magazine: The Idler4:15 - Blue skies in Rome12:55 - Clouds: the human experience17:32 - Cloudys: variety, wellbeing and imagination28:25 - The Cloud Appreciation Society37:35 - Cloudspotter the word40:12 - How to start cloudspotting43:13 - Has Gavin seen every type of cloud?44:56 - The Cloudspotter's Guide45:53 - Traveling across the world for a cloud50:04 - Become a member of The Cloud Appreciation Society_______________________________________________///Follow Gentle Finds

Dave chats to British Author, Gavin Pretor Pinney about finding beauty in the mundane, founding the cloud appreciation society and writing the bestselling book, 'The Cloudspotter's Guide!

Dave chats to British Author, Gavin Pretor Pinney about finding beauty in the mundane, founding the cloud appreciation society and writing the bestselling book, 'The Cloudspotter's Guide!

Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society and author of The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds  joins Raviv and Rabbi Matt to discuss the nature of clouds, their relationship to ancient biblical texts, and why we project our own narratives onto them.Check out The Cloud Appreciation Society at https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Vita, fluffiga och lätta. Men också mörka, täta och olycksbådande. Moln kan te sig på vitt skilda sätt. I alla tider har de laddats med människors fantasier och inspirerat såväl konst som mode. Formationer av vattendroppar och iskristaller som svävar ovan jord, det vill säga moln, har en tendens att locka människor att blicka upp mot himlen för att tolka vad de ser. Inte konstigt att just moln ständigt varit återkommande i såväl konst, musik, som i modet. Till exempel ett av Sveriges mest populära textiltryck vid namn just "Moln", och föreställande detsamma, designades 1966 av Gunilla Axén och är fortfarande i tryck. Inte undra på att molnen fått sitt alldeles egna sällskap. Medlemsklubben The Cloud Appreciation Society med ungefär 56 000 medlemmar världen över, har till och med fått en ny sorts moln godkänd och verkar för att höja molnets status. Vi ringer upp sällskapets grundare Gavin Pretor-Pinney.  Vi tittar även närmare på klädesbutiken Gröna Moln och blått gräs som under 1970-talet räknades som en av Sveriges mest trendsättande. Bakom butiken stod modeskaparen Inger Svenneke, som blivit mest känd för de scenkläder hon skapade åt Abbas Waterloo-framträdande, men som under sin långa karriär hann verka inom en rad stiluttryck. Moln används även som en symbol för något som är svårfångat och nära nog omöjligt att nå. Konstnären och forskaren Marie Luce Nadal, som länge fascinerats av just detta, bestämde sig för att försöka fånga moln. Vi ringer upp henne för att höra hon gick till väga för att hitta ett sätt att göra det omöjliga. Vi får även ta del av hur livet som flygvärdinna på 1970-talet kunde se ut och träffar dessutom en av Sveriges största molnentusiaster.

Welcome to the first edition of our new podcast, this episode features the Chill Out Tent's Chris Coco talking to Dave Howell from Music for Beaches, Gavin Pretor Pinney talking about his Cloud Appreciation Society and Maxi Jazz from Faithless talking about his love of music love of music with Chris from Vi4YL  

In this episode, I begin with an update on my health journey. I then go into the episode  by me telling you about a podcast called The Daily Podcast with the title of The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled The Scientific Community. The story is of Gavin Pretor-Pinney,  his Cloud Appreciation Society and the part he would end up playing in influencing the science community and the 2014 Atlas regarding the clouds.I then share a list of Fifty Ways to Add Joy to your Day on Psychology Today's website written by Carolyn Rubenstein, PH. D.  She says she does this to shift her mindset for the day by committing to doing one joyful thing on the list each day.  I think it is such a great idea and give a few ideas of my own.!*The Daily Podcast:  The Sunday Read: ‘The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community'*Psychology Today: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Day by Carolyn Rubenstein, Ph. D.If you are joining me on the Health Journey, please let me know what you are doing and how it is going so we can support each other! You can email me or DM me on any of my platforms below:Find Coffee, Wine, & Chocolate:Website; Instagram; TikTok; Blog; TwitterEmail:coffeewineandchocolate1@gmail.comwonderingbelles@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cultural history of clouds seemed to be shaped by amateurs — the likes of Luke Howard and the Honorable Ralph Abercromby — each of whom projected the ethos of his particular era onto those billowing blank slates in the troposphere. Gavin Pretor-Pinney was our era’s.On today’s Sunday Read, the story of the Cloud Appreciation Society and how Mr. Pretor-Pinney, backed by good will, challenged the cloud authorities.This story was written by Jon Mooallem and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane explores how the landscape of the Somerset levels has inspired some of her music, from clouds to curlew, bitterns to eels. Kitty meets Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society at Burrow Mump to talk about the importance of looking up, and to Steart Marshes to speak to Mary Colwell author of 'Curlew Moon' about the importance of wetland habitats to the local birdlife. She speaks to Andrew Kerr, Chairman of the Eel Sustainable Group about her work surveying eels and their extraordinary life-cycle, and in RSPB Ham Wall she reflects on the plight of the bittern and the meeting of mankind and nature. Plus there are exclusive live versions of Kitty's tracks 'Starling Song', 'Lamb' and 'Glass Eel'. Producer: Toby Field

Taking a few minutes away from recording Page One In Review episodes, Charles Adrian talks about a particular kind of convalescent literature.   More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.   “Unlike wizards, who like nothing better than a complicated hierarchy, witches don’t go in much for the structured approach to career progression. It’s up to each individual witch to take on a girl to hand the area over to when she dies. Witches are not by nature gregarious, at least with other witches, and they certainly don’t have leaders./Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have.” from Weird Sisters by Terry Pratchett.   You can read about Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Series on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld   The first Page One In Review episode, which is Page One 157, was recorded on the 18th of March, 2020.   Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith is discussed in Page One 76 and Page One 175, Germany by Neil MacGregor is discussed in Page One 177, The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is discussed in Page One 27 and Page One 163, and Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary by M. R. James is discussed in Page One 36 and Page One 165.   Also mentioned in this episode is London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd. Another book by Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor, is discussed in Page One 121.   And there are mentions of books by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and P. D. James, The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks and the Xenogenesis trilogy by Octavia E. Butler (of which Imago is the third book).   Other books by Terry Pratchett mentioned in this episode are The Colour Of Magic, Equal Rites, Mort, Reaper Man and Weird Sisters.   Episode image is a detail from the cover of Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, published in 1993 by Corgi Books; cover illustration by Josh Kirby.   Episode recorded: 9th September, 2020.     Book listing:   Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

During a very hot spell in West London, with a glass of water at his side and a towel draped over his shoulder, Charles Adrian revisits the last three books given to him by guests during the second season of the podcast.   More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.   Books discussed here were previously discussed in Page One 87 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/87-alan-cunningham/), Page One 88 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/88-susannah-hewlett/) and Page One 89 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/89-nick-field/).   The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, mentioned briefly here, is discussed more fully in Page One 27 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/27-anna-sulan-masing/) and Page One 163 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/163-poir-7/).   Also mentioned in this episode is Les Caves Du Vatican by André Gide.   The Guardian has a nicely out-dated article from 2014 about subtweeting and vaguebooking that entirely backs up Charles Adrian’s understanding of those terms: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/jul/23/subtweeting-what-is-it-and-how-to-do-it-well   Episode image is a detail from a photo by Charles Adrian.   Episode recorded: 11th August, 2020.     Book listing:   Journals 1889-1949 – André Gide (trans. Justin O’Brien) (Page One 87) Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (Page One 88) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Page One 89)

Author of A Cloud A Day and Founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor- Pinney to talk about his latest book.

On today's show Ray chats to John Walkin about Jack Charlton's love for fishing, Sarah Rowe talks about 21 days to form a habit, Conor Pope does pricewatch and Gavin Pretor Pinney tell us about his latest book, A Cloud A Day.

Standing at his bookshelf beneath a large, grey, spreading Nimbostratus cloud, Charles Adrian talks about two books from one guest on the podcast and one from another.   The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is discussed in Page One 27 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/27-anna-sulan-masing/) and Page One 163.   Books discussed in this episode were previous discussed in Page One 34 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/34-sarah-le-fevre/) and Page One 36 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/36-tim-wells/.   Sum by David Eagleman is also discussed in Page One 113 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/113-donna-butlin/).   Charles Adrian forgot to mention that his conversation with Sarah Le Fevre (the one that survives, at least) was recorded at the British Museum in London.   You can buy the Apollo typeface at fontshop.com here: https://www.fontshop.com/families/monotype-apollo   You can read about the island of Sark on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sark   Episode image is a detail of a photo by Charles Adrian   Episode recorded: 28th April, 2020.   More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/   Book listing: Sum by David Eagleman (Page One 34) Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake (Page One 34) Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary by M. R. James (Page One 36)

Talking of pink blossom, black shorts with turn-up and things that aren’t exactly books, Charles Adrian revisits the Nutcracker, the Altocumulus lenticularis and the oldest living woman in the universe.   Books (etc) discussed in this episode are featured in Page One 27 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/27-anna-sulan-masing/) and Page One 29 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/29-uwern-jong/).   Gavin Pretor-Pinney also founded the Cloud Appreciation Society, which you can find out about here: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/   Episode image is a detail of a photograph taken by Charles Adrian.   Episode recorded: 11th April, 2020.   More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/   Book listing: The Nutcracker and The Strange Child by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. Anthea Bell) (Page One 27) The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney (Page One 27) OutThere Magazine: The Style Issue ed. Martin Perry and Uwern Jong (Page One 29)

Gavin founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004 to fight 'blue-sky thinking'.He feels that clouds are one of the most beautiful and varied of nature's displays and that it is high time people stopped complaining about them. The society now has over 25,000 members from all around the world.Gavin's book, The Cloudspotter's Guide came out in 2006, it immediately became an international bestseller, and has been published in fifteen different languages.—Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2008.Watch Gavin's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/gavin-pretor-pinney-the-beauty-of-clouds

Ian Urbina of the New York Times reveals the dangers of the outlaw ocean. Brent Landau of the University of Texas at Austin translated an apocryphal account of the Three Wise Men. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Cloud Appreciation Society, wants you to slow down and look up. BYU's Rachel Wadham reviews great reads from 2019 and looks ahead to 2020.

Gavin Pretor-Pinney is a writer and cloud-watcher. In 1993, he co-founded The Idler magazine, described by Time Out as 'the world's finest periodical'. In 2004 he founded the Cloud Appreciation Society, and wrote its inaugural publication The Cloudspotter's Guide (2006), which went on to become an international bestseller. His book on the waves that we experience in our everyday lives through the body, through music, colour and those of nature, The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010), was the winner of the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Writing. famous for cloud watching takes us through the story of waves. Waves surround us and the visible are heavily outnumbered by the invisible. We all know about some types of waves- the waves crashing on the beach or ripples on a pond; Pretor-Pinney looks at tidal waves and Mexican waves but he also manages to bring in microwaves, the beating heart, electromagnetic waves, shock waves and a multitude of surprising and wonderful ideas. Recorded live at Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire August 2019. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: www.5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Hello! This week we're chatting about the sky! The sky itself and why it is blue, clouds that float through it and birds that fly through it. Our first question comes from Sophia she would like to know why the sky is blue? We find out all about how sunlight is filled with all the colours of the rainbow and how it moves in waves, some short and some long and how the shorter blue light gets through the blanket around earth to make the sky look blue. But did you know, scientifically the sky is actually violet! Next up we have three questions about things that floud throught the sky – clouds! The question come from Benjamin, Alice and Matilda, they are:Where do clouds come from? Why do they float over the sky? How do Clouds make rain? To answer their questions I have Gavin Pretor Pinney who is the Founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and has also written books about clouds too! He really knows all about them so I thought he would be perfect to answer these questions. Have a listen to find out everything about clouds. Our last question comes from Ned. He would like to know something about a creature that flies through the sky, what could it be? It's about birds! Ned wants to know why bird poo is white! Find out how birds wee and poo and why it all looks white, plus find out how bird poo used to be really expensive and valuable as it made good stuff to help grow crops as well as what colour car birds are most and least likely to poop on. Plus find out what the moon smells like and who won tickets to do family yoga underneath Museum of the Moon at the Natural History Museum this summer. If you have a question you would like answered on the show or in the Everything Under The Sun BOOK all you have to do is ask an adult to record you asking it and ask them to send it into me at molly@everythingunderthesun.co.ukYou better hurry up if you want to be in the book as I only have space for 40 more questions! A huge thank you to Gavin PP for telling us all about clouds, do have a look at his Cloud Appreciation Society to find out more about clouds, to The Natural History Museum in London for tickets to family yoga at the moon and of course to Sophia, Ned, Benjamin, Matilda and Alice for this week's lovely questions! If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help! I hope you have a lovely week and do some cloud spotting under blue skies, but watch out for bird poo! Thank you, and GOODBYE! XTwitter: @mollyoldfieldInstagram: @mollyoldfieldwritesFacebook: Molly Oldfield WriterGavin Pretor Pinney: gavin cloud appreciation societyMuseum of the Moon: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/museum-of-the-moon.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I always felt that clouds are a beautiful part of nature that we can become blind to." - Gavin Pretor-Pinney "The Get-Together" is a podcast about the nuts and bolts of community building. Hosts Bailey Richardson and Kevin Huynh of People & Company ask organizers who have built exceptional communities about just how they did it. How did they get the first people to show up? How did they grow to thousands more members? Today we'll talk to Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society. In 2004, a friend invited Gavin Pretor-Pinney, a graphic designer, to speak at a literary festival in Cornwall. In hopes of drawing a crowd, Gavin dreamt up an enticing title for his talk, “The Inaugural Lecture of the Cloud Appreciation Society.” The title worked. Gavin’s talk was chock full of attendees. When he invited audience members to claim an official society pin, Gavin was bombarded. People asked him for more information about the Cloud Appreciation Society, and Gavin had to tell them the society didn’t exist… yet. He went home and set up a simple website. After just a few months, 2,000 people had joined the society. Today, there are over 45,000 paying members around the world. How did Gavin build something so special? We called him at his home in Somerset, England, to find out.

After many bouts of lightning round, we finally got our lightning questions answered by Eric Brunning (@deeplycloudy). Eric is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas Tech University specializing in storm electrification and lightning . You can hear some of Eric’s field adventures by listening to his episode of the Don’t Panic Geocast show. The Wikipedia page for lightning will lead you down many strange pathways. Though the Wikipedia Lightning Energy Harvesting page may convince you that it isn’t feasible (though some math might as well, as discussed on this show). For more about lightning interferometry, check out Michael Stock’s in-depth site. You can hear lightning on Jupiter if you listen to the right bands. Neat video of the Milky Way in radio waves reflecting off the moon Elecia really enjoyed The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney.

Original broadcast date: November 21, 2014. In this episode, we explore ways to find quiet in our busy lives. How can we step back and make time to reflect in an increasingly distracted and hurried world? Guests include environmentalist John Francis, authors Susan Cain and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, musician Megan Washington, and writer Pico Iyer.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with violinist Nigel Kennedy, Lindsey Davis' Inheritance Tracks, cloud spotter Gavin Pretor-Pinney, beatboxer Shlomo and mouth-painter Barry West. Adrenalin junky pensioners Sylvia and Dennis Bloor on their love of rollercoasters and a mum who turned to the Beano to help her daughter's dyslexia.Producer: Debbie Sheringham.

As a nation, we are obsessed with the weather. Studies have shown that over half of us talk about the weather at least once day and check the forecast regularly before making plans and heading out. We despair when it rains, we swoon in the sun, we can't bear the sight of clouds in the sky, yet we hate the thought of hosepipe bans and appear to be spectacularly unprepared for extreme weather events, even when expected or forecast. The weather certainly seems to matter to most of us, but is extremely important to some those whose livelihoods and way of life can depend on the forecast. And for centuries, we've tried to predict the weather by looking at the sky above us and the landscape around us - the different ways in which plants, animals and the countryside around us can give us clues about what is coming and reflects what has been. For this week's Open Country, Helen Mark is in Wiltshire to find out about the ways in which the weather gets under our skin and impacts on our lives and on the landscape around us. Helen hears from meteorologist, Liz Bentley, about how her own obsession with the weather led to her setting up the Weather Club, an organisation for like minded souls who appreciate the weather for all its wonders. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society explains how our lives would be immeasurably poorer without the clouds in the sky above us. Wiltshire farmer, Stephen Horton, has been collecting rainfall data for the last 25 years, having taken over from his father who did the same for 25 years before him and Helen also hears from National Trust Conservation Advisor about how Wiltshire has coped with the extreme weather conditions seen earlier this winter and how traditional seasons can actually help our flora and fauna. Helen is joined by Ruth Binney, author of Wise Words and Country Ways to put to the test some of those centuries old countryside theories and sayings that we have used to predict the weather we get. Finally astrologer, David Rowan, explains how how astrology and the ancient wonder of Stonehenge have been used to predict the weather and the changing seasons. Producer: Helen Chetwynd.