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The Gullivers Travels rule applies once again as we talk about a boy turning into an Ant and how much it's like Dune.

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Veteran of the film industry Roger Hall joins us for a chat about his life in the movies. As a Production Designer he has a pretty incredible filmography starting back in the 1960's. His first feature film was multiple Oscar winner 'Chariots Of Fire', for which he received a BAFTA nomination, followed by 'White Mischief', 'Power of One', 'Dreamchild', and many others. He received an Emmy nomination for 'Alice In Wonderland', collected an Emmy award for 'Merlin' and received both BAFTA and Emmy awards for 'Gullivers Travels'. He even made the first Rolling Stones music video way back in the 60's. Roger eventually moved on to film and advertising and is now an architectural and garden designer. Check out his filmography here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356057/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1And check out his amazing architectural work at https://rogerhalldesigns.com/Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/misterkindness_pod and Mis ter Kindness on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/njohn.kindness.9on  https://www.misterkindness.com

We are back with this version of the first part of the epic that is Gulliver's Travels! Did you know that Gullivers Travels was written by an Irishman, and an Irish priest at that! Did you also know that it was first published all the way back in 1726?! That makes my head hurt! The story has been retold in various versions thousands upon thousands of times over the years, and remains a firm favourite with kids and adults alike.  It is a real favourite of mine because of the wonderous 6 inch high Lilliputians Gulliver encounters along with their teeny tiny cows- but you'll have to listen to the story to find out more!!Please Subscribe, rate and review!Bonus Material available weekly on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/landofnodlearning?fan_landing=trueJoin us on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/landofnodlearningJoin our Facebook page!https://www.facebook.com/landofnodlearningListen on Apple podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/land-of-nod-kids-stories/id1539956312Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/69uOzUlxEwNaoCnkMV92OUListen on Castboxhttps://castbox.fm/channel/Land-of-Nod-%7C-Kid's-stories-id3807844?country=ieSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/landofnodlearning?fan_landing=true) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Should I start playing Adventure Theater regularly?

The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater Anthology Radio Drama Series The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the CBS Radio Mystery Theater for the network, added this twice-weekly anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on CBS radio affiliates which carried it.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entertainment Radio Stations Live 24/7 Sherlock Holmes/CBS Radio Mystery Theater https://live365.com/station/Sherlock-Holmes-Classic-Radio--a91441 https://live365.com/station/CBS-Radio-Mystery-Theater-a57491 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

This particular film is this podcast's second Gulliver's Travels, the first animated telling of the story, and the second American feature-length animated film. It's also one of two feature films by the Fleischer Bros, better known for Betty Boop and Popeye. This movie begs direct comparison to Disney's Snow White, since it was made to directly compete within the market Disney's movie had just created. How does it compare? And how does it compare to the Gulliver's Travels from nearly 40 years later? Is this one worth a watch, or is it best left forgotten? Listen to find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/howsitholdup/support

Scott said that we should be more cultured and look at a Classic Comic, so Bill and Paul came along to look Marvel's adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. But that's not all! This is the first part of a grand project that Scott has envisioned, so you'll have to wait for the payoff!Feedback for this show can be sent to: bins@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

Scott said that we should be more cultured and look at a Classic Comic, so Bill and Paul came along to look Marvel's adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. But that's not all! This is the first part of a grand project that Scott has envisioned, so you'll have to wait for the payoff!Feedback for this show can be sent to: bins@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

A love of books, paper versus kindle, Gullivers Travels, The Famous Five and the  marvellous world of comics, musician, singer songwriter Jack Lukeman chats about all things books with Donal Mahon on The Big Drive Home

We've arrived at our first Gulliver's Travels movie, but it certainly won't be the last. This is a strange one from 1977 featuring Richard Harris and cartoon Lilliputians. The budget is clearly low, and the video quality on the Youtube copy we watch is poor, but... does the movie hold up anyway? Is this one of the better versions of this story, or is this one best left to obscurity? Listen to find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/howsitholdup/support

Time for a mid week Escape!

Adventure of Gulliver in Kingdom of Lilliput

Gullivers travels bedtime stories for kids --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/farhoodman/support

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Bernardine Evaristo on her Booker winning novel, John Burnside shares the power of poetry and Lauren Chater's Gulliver's Wife.

Bernardine Evaristo on her Booker winning novel, John Burnside shares the power of poetry and Lauren Chater's Gulliver's Wife.

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Best-selling historical novelist Lauren Chater speaks with Kathryn Ryan about re-imagining Gulliver's long-suffering wife, Mary, who made her own luck while he was in Lilliput. In what could be described as a sequel to Swift's classic Gulliver's Travels, Lauren brings to life the experiences of 18th century women whose husbands were prone to taking off on years' long fantastic journeys overseas. In Lauren's version Gulliver is presumed dead but returns full of tales of being tied down by little people. Worse, his reappearance threatens Mary's newly-found independence.

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BackTrekking returns again to look back at the real-world inspirations of classic Trek episodes!It's the eternal debate, the championship bout for all the credits. . . Star Wars vs. Star Trek: which is better? One seems more suited to conflict; it's literally got "war" in its title. The other's name suggests perhaps a performance fleece and one of those water things you carry on your back with the straw that runs up your sleeve. Assuming you're not mispronouncing it as "track", that is. One conjures images of screaming fans under a sea of waving, day-glo lightsabers, the other a vision of William Shatner yelling at an assemblage of sad men in pointed ears. Put all my money on the 'wars, please.The reality is somewhat more complicated. Trek incontrovertibly arrived first, beaming onto American TV screens on September 8th, 1966 (September 6th, if you were lucky enough to be Canadian). Star Wars premiered on May 25, 1977, fizzling out of some theaters completely before returning several weeks later on a wave of word-of-mouth positivity. Both franchises are clearly indebted to earlier properties. Star Wars famously began life as George Lucas's desire to do a Flash Gordon-esque space adventure after he lost out on directing the genuine article. Star Trek was preceded by space travel shows and even genre-themed social commentary series, but draws most of its inspiration from Horatio Hornblower novels and Gulliver's Travels (weirdly). Star Trek influenced Star Wars, full stop. George Lucas has said as much, although it was probably within earshot of Gene Roddenberry and its greatest influence may have been Lucas saying "Well, I don't want to do *that*." Star Wars, in turn, influenced Star Trek by making $220 million in its initial box office run (almost $900 million in 2020 bucks). Screw Star Trek: Phase II; Trek was going back to theaters with the entire original cast intact and it was going to be gritty this time! Colors would be drab, the technology more crunchy, two people would be melted by the friendly transporter. Star Trek: The Motion Picture would go on to make $139 million after spending 5 times the budget of Star Wars, which would effectively end Roddenberry's involvement with the franchise until the development of The Next Generation 8 years later. He'd still hang around but be mostly ignored as Trek cinema continued to chase Star Wars and its ever-increasing returns. It wasn't until 1986, when Star Wars had left the cinematic field, that Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home would earn $133 million, 6 times its budget, proving definitively that a Star Trek film can be a runaway success as long as George Lucas is counting money instead of making movies. So who wins? Which is superior: Star Wars or Star Trek? Well, the show isn't called BackWarsing . . . you figure it out.On this episode, we talk about the Star Wars and Star Trek and what defines them, the surprising artistry of the original trilogy, the perfect casting of Star Wars, the series's light-touch spirituality, the magnetic momentum of the narrative, how TMP served as a template for future Trek films, the breathtaking mise-en-scene of V'ger, the film's theme of self-examination, and staying close to your roots. We also discuss the bone-headed changes of the Special Editions, whether or not we live on a TOS planet-of-the-week, how George Lucas is the biggest Star Wars fan, having too many chores to Antifa, laser sword-fighting a space wizard, editing Wookiepedia, vibe check on Vader, googling "the motion picture", turning Spock off and on again, neck pinch acting, V'ger's info was boring, and the etiquette of starship interaction.Who's behind this Maclunkey?Get Star Wars and Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Blu-ray!https://amzn.to/3cUod4Chttps://amzn.to/2yc39bcJoin us in the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/EAx5VGXTweet at the show or your hosts with your suggestions for future episodes!http://www.twitter.com/backtrekkinghttp://www.twitter.com/ka1ibanhttp://www.twitter.com/gooeyfameCheck out the other shows on the Just Enough Trope network!http://www.justenoughtrope.comTheme: Disco Medusae Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week Bill and Daniel decide to talk about what other animated films were doing in the wake of Snow White! Can one Rotoscoped man save a film? What's wrong with with Princess's face? Did they really think Gabby was going to be their next big star? Where did Gulliver take poop while on the island? Find out on this week's Tardy to the Party!

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Ten general knowledge pub quiz questions broadcasting to you daily. Today we have questions on - amongst others - Europe's most southernly capital city, the Irish writer who wrote Gulliver's Travels and the largest tower in the UK outside of London.

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White Ash Flies presents Episode 1 of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, read by Colin Mahoney.

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Wicket gets "Gulliver's Travels"-ed, and we meet a former pupil of Logray's until he turned to evil.

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There once was a podcast on history. And why they still did it's a mystery. This week's about verse, so Sam's picked the worst. And Tom's done Catullus for his story. Yes, it's poetry week! Tom kicks us off with a look at the absolutely filthy mind of the famed Roman poet Catullus. Telling your rival to quite literally suck your d**k has never sounded so beautiful. Next, Sam takes us on a tour of the poets and poems widely believed to be the worst in the English language: The Tay Bridge Disaster by William McGonagall, A Tragedy by Theophile Marzials, and On Visiting Westminster Abbey by Amanda McKittrick Ros. Three terrible poems, topped by a very funny, very rude one from Gulliver's Travels author, Jonathan Swift. Subscribe and listen to us! Apple Music // Podbean // Overcast // Stitcher // TuneIn // Spotify Welcome to That Was Genius: Two blokes. A 12-hour time difference. An immature sense of humour. And 10,000 years of human civilisation. A weekly podcast looking at the weirder side of history. Join Sam Datta-Paulin (he likes history and lives in Britain) and Tom Berry (he also likes history but lives in New Zealand), for a weekly reflection on the bold, the brilliant... And the downright strange. From bizarre events and stories to equally odd inventions, barely a day goes by without something incredible (or incredibly stupid) happening around the world. We upload new episodes every Wednesday night/Thursday morning (UK time). Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and via our website, and please do subscribe to us and leave us a review if you like what you hear! That Was Genius is produced by Glorious Republic Broadcasting.

Topics covered: Freyja's meows; feline separation anxiety; Czech cinema; Case For A Rookie Hangman; Gulliver's Travels; all the good satire has been taken; Have I Got News For You.

Welcome back to another fun filled episode from those irascible Nerds we all look forward to each week. Oh, and what a show we have for you all, let me tell you. What, hurry up you say, well then. First up we have DJ giving us an update on the Marvel movies failing to impress and the arguments have continued. This week we have some delusional moron, believe me you will agree that they are a moron when you hear what they have done. Oh right, well this delusional moron says what has got to be the dumbest thing and the biggest lie in history. It sets Buck off like all the fireworks for New Year’s Eve in one go. My goodness, he really tears into this one like nothing before. If you listen in just to hear him rant about some misguided fool then you will love this one, plus you might learn a few new insults. Next up, after he catches his breathe Buck tells us about how some scientists believe they have figured out how to identify the existence of Wormholes. That’s right we said Wormholes. Those supposed mythical sci-fi tunnels through time and space purportedly linking us to the farthest reaches of the universe? Multiverse? Dimensional gateways? Well who knows, the gravity is more then we can fathom at this time. But it is something to do with that….Ahh, almost had me there. You will have to listen in to hear what and how the physicists think they can determine whether or not a wormhole exists. Then we move to a legendary tale for inspiration in what we have crappily dubbed “A Tale of Two Shitties!” Sorry, couldn’t resist the sloppy pun, messy though it is, haha, that just plopped out. Anyway, we look at two epically bad mistakes from two different games studios and have a laugh and cry at the stupidity and hubris involved. These tales of woe and calamity are similar but different, and for one we will cheer and hope. The other we will jeer and poke, fun of naturally. Now, since we have you so excited to know this tale of misfortune we invite ye to listen further to the tale in yonder episode. Finishing off as always with the regular shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and special events of interest. We also wish to invite you all to come join us at Supanova in Brisbane on Saturday 9th November. We do not have the faintest idea of which table we will be at, other than it is the TNC productions booth. So come along and say hi, join us in our game and meet the goofballs that are the Nerds. As always take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.EPISODE NOTES:Scorsese update and The Mandalorian details - https://collider.com/martin-scorsese-marvel-movies-theyre-a-new-art-form/ - https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/10/24/jon-favreau-on-star-wars-and-the-mandalorian-through-stories-we-express-our-values-to-the-next-generation/How to find a wormhole- https://www.technology.org/2019/10/28/how-to-spot-a-wormhole-if-they-exist/- https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083513A Tale of Two Shitties- https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-28-the-fall-of-swedish-game-wonder-starbreeze- https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/10/24/fallout-76s-premium-private-servers-are-not-private-its-scrap-box-is-deleting-scrap/#4999a5257386Games currently playingProfessor – Call of Duty: WWII - https://store.steampowered.com/app/476600/Call_of_Duty_WWII/Rating – 7/10Buck – Call of Duty: WWII - https://store.steampowered.com/app/476600/Call_of_Duty_WWII/Rating – 8/10DJ- Warframe - https://www.warframe.com/landingRating - 3.5/5Other topics discussedDisney CEO Bob Iger responds to Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola’s comments- https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/10/disney-ceo-bob-iger-response-scorsese-coppola-marvel-commentsDisney buys Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion- https://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/Pirate of the Caribbean (Disneyland tourist attraction)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_(attraction)Game of Thrones directing duo David Benioff and Dan Weiss leave Star Wars for a $250 million Netflix deal- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-star-wars-didnt-work-game-thrones-duo-1250798Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990 TV series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_PlaneteersRadio signals from Jupiter could aid in the search for extraterrestrial life- https://scitechdaily.com/radio-signals-jupiter-aid-search-extraterrestrial-life-moon/Speed of radio waves traveling through space- http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Communications/2-why-does-it-take-so-long.htmlDistance from Earth to Jupiter through Light or Radio- https://pages.uoregon.edu/jimbrau/astr121/Notes/Jupiter/jupiterradio.htmlWormholes in relation to Time Travel- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole#Time_travelFacts about Black Holes- https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/bh_whatare.htmBobby Vinton – Mr Lonely- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djU4Lq_5EaMStarbreeze Studios (Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbreeze_StudiosThe Walking Dead (episodic, graphic adventure video game series developed and published by Telltale Games and Skybound Games, based on The Walking Dead comic book series.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(video_game_series)Death & Revival of Telltale Games- https://au.ign.com/articles/2019/08/28/telltale-games-shut-down-and-revival-explainedThe Saboteur (Playstation Game)- https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/the-saboteur-ps3/WARSAW (PC Game)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026420/WARSAW/Heston Blumenthal’s rocket explosion- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/05/heston-blumenthal-chef-cooks-astronaut-tim-peakeShoutouts27 Oct 1962 - Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov saved the world, the Russian naval officer who, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo at an American aircraft carrier, thus averting the probability of a third world war and thermo-nuclear destruction across the planet. The confrontation was part of the Cuban missile crisis that had the world holding its breath for nearly two weeks. - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/the-man-who-saved-the-world27 Oct 2019 – League of legends turn 10 years old. Its launch on Oct 27, 2009 was just one memorable moment in Riot Game’s 10-year journey down a road punctuated by terror, wild leaps of faith, and powered by an army of interns and a lot of luck. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/10/27/league-legends-is-now-years-old-this-is-story-its-birth/28 Oct 1726 - The novel Gulliver's Travels or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a prose satire was published. It satirises both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels28 Oct 1965 - Gateway Arch construction completed, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, and officially dedicated to "the American people," the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West" is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination. It is located at the site of St. Louis's founding on the west bank of the Mississippi River. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gateway-arch-completed29 Oct 2019 – Shigeru Miyamoto is being awarded the Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government on November 3, which is recognized nationally as Culture Day in Japan. The award is the highest honour a person in a creative field can receive in Japan, and Miyamoto is the first person in the video game industry to receive the honour. - https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/tech/shigeru-miyamoto-nintendo-trnd/index.htmlRemembrances21 Oct 2019 - Josip Elic, American character actor. He was best known for his role as Bancini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Despite having few lines in the film, his major scene came in the form of an improvisation by Jack Nicholson for the patient's basketball game. He later became more nationally recognized after two appearances on The Twilight Zone, including in "The Obsolete Man" with Burgess Meredith. He died from complications off a fall at the age of 98 in River Edge, New Jersey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Elic28 Oct 1703 - John Wallis, English clergyman and mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 he served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He is credited with introducing the symbol∞ to represent the concept of infinity. He similarly used 1/∞ for an infinitesimal. John Wallis was a contemporary of Newton and one of the greatest intellectuals of the early renaissance of mathematics. He died at the age of 86 in Oxford, Oxfordshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wallis28 Oct 2005 - Richard Smalley, the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, also known as buckyballs. He was an advocate of nanotechnology and its applications. He is credited as the “Father of Nanotechnology”. He died from leukemia at the age of 62 in University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_SmalleyFamous Birthdays28 Oct 1982 - Matt Smith, English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who and Prince Philip in the Netflix series The Crown, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the latter. Smith's first television role came in 2006 as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, while his first major role in television came as Danny in the 2007 BBC series Party Animals. Smith, who was announced as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in January 2009, is the youngest person ever to play the character. He left the series at the end of the 2013 Christmas Day special, ‘The Time of the Doctor’. In film, he starred in Womb (2010) and portrayed the physical embodiment of Skynet in Terminator Genisys (2015). He was born in Northhampton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Smith_(actor)28 Oct 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress and producer. She established herself as a leading lady in Hollywood after headlining the romantic comedy film Pretty Woman, which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards, from eight nominations, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her film acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich. Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was US$300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). As of 2017, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $170 million. People magazine has named her the most beautiful woman in the world a record five times. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts28 Oct 1955 - William Henry Gates III also known as Bill Gates, American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He is best known as the pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, and the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman,CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He has been criticized for his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive. This opinion has been upheld by numerous court rulings. Later in his career and since leaving Microsoft, Gates pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors. He donated large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reported to be the world's largest private charity. In 2009, Gates and Warren Buffett founded The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. The foundation works to save lives and improve global health, and is working with Rotary International to eliminate polio. He was born in Seattle,Washington - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_GatesEvents of Interest28 Oct 1971 – Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. It was designed to undertake a series of experiments to study the effects of space environment on communications satellites and remained operational until 1973, after which it was contacted annually for over 25 years. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_(satellite)28 Oct 1994 - Stargate was first aired, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise. The plot centers on the premise of a "Stargate", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization. - https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Stargate_(film)28 Oct 2014 – A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. This flight, which would have been its fourth to the International Space Station and the fifth of an Antares launch vehicle, resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_CRS_Orb-3IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

Colson Whitehead talks about his novel The Underground Railroad with James Naughtie and readers The novel is a devastating and imaginative account of a young slave's bid for freedom from a brutal Georgian plantation in the American South. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast among the slaves and as she approaches womanhood is at greater risk of abuse from the owners. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to escape to the North Colson Whitehead explains how the history of the Underground Railroad is taught in American schools, although it's a metaphor for the escape networks that ran in the antebellum South, as a child he understood it was real. so in the novel the idea assumes a physical form: a dilapidated boxcar pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world, where she must overcome obstacles as she makes her way to true freedom; reflecting, Colson says, the epic journeys from Homer and also Gulliver's Travels. And as Colson Whitehead recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, the novel weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day The Underground Railroad won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a place on Obama’s summer reading list, and was included in Oprah's book club. To take part in future Bookclubs email bookclub@bbc.co.uk Presenter : James Naughtie Producer : Dymphna Flynn November's Bookclub Choice : Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (1996)

This week we review - Brian Gulliver's Travels (Series 2, Episode 2)A BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series about a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, Brian Gulliver, who finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. Originally broadcast 21 February 2011 - 28 March 2011.Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new adventure story from Bill Dare (producer of Spitting Image, Dead Ringers and I've Never Seen Star Wars). The series has attracted an excellent cast led by Neil Pearson (Drop The Dead Donkey, Bridget Jones's Diary) and award winning star Mariah Gale (Ophelia in BBC TV's 2009 production of Hamlet).We hear about Brian's travels in Gelbetia, a country run by doctors; Juradia, where every other person is a lawyer; Osminia, a land where marriage is outlawed; Sham, a country where alternative therapies abound; Erosia, which has a very different view of sexual politics; and Jampoa, where fame definitely equals fortune.In addition to Neil Pearson and Mariah Gale, the cast also includes Tamsin Greig, Paul Bhattacharjee, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil Cornwell and Katherine Jakeways.Written by Bill DareProduced by Steven CannyA BBC ProductionBrian Gulliver's Travels is available to buy here: https://adbl.co/2m501HSThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Monday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.

Gulliver’s Travels (1726) may indeed be the “goofiest book that was ever written,” which is why it’s so fun to talk about! We get into all the nitty-gritty of Jonathan Swift’s scathing, sprawling, scatalogical satire -- its historical contexts, its politics that range from pretty good (empire is bad!) to terrible (it thinks women’s bodies are gross), and how its horses seem like they’re probably murderous eugenicists. Also, just FYI for a certain kind of tankie -- satire need not be some self-indulgent bourgeois form of nonpolitics. We read the Oxford edition edited by Claude Rawson with explanatory notes by Ian Higgins. For a transhistorical study that situates the concepts Gulliver is working through in the long history of European empire, we recommend Rawson’s God, Gulliver, and Genocide: Barbarism and the European Imagination, 1492-1945. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Mikey reveals all about killer seagulls, Ben turns up the heat on Not The Onion, and Peter maroons us on a desert island Donate to help keep Vidiots alive! - https://streamlabs.com/vidiotsofficial New merch: http://smarturl.it/Podiots Twitch: Twitch.tv/vidiotsofficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vidiotsofficialTwitter: https://twitter.com/VidiotsOfficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/vidiotsofficialDiscord:  http://bit.ly/VidiotsDiscordBen and Peter's channel 'TripleJump': https://www.youtube.com/teamtriplejump Follow the gang on Twitter:Ben: @Confused_DudePeter: @ThatPeterAustinMichael: @ParrotBoy