Podcast appearances and mentions of Laura Freeman

Welcome to this highly-cultured, special, sponsored episode. Jane and Fi get to skip the hoi polloi and walk around Tate Britain before it opens, accompanied by The Times' chief art critic, Laura Freeman. They talk stockings, sculptures, and self-portraits. They also speak to Dr. Tony Woods to learn more about the health benefits of engaging with art. This episode is in partnership with National Art Pass. To find out more about the National Art Pass and gain access to hundreds of free and half price exhibitions & galleries visit www.artfund.org/OffAir If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfiPodcast Producer: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do politicians have to be outrageous to get attention? Why is the nation's birth rate plummeting? Plus, a lesson in how to carve turnip lanterns. Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with James Marriott and Laura Freeman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fifty Years ago Richard Nixon became the first, and so far only, sitting US President to resign. Ed looks back at how Watergate caused his demise, and asks whether a scandal could ever bring down another President.Plus: Columnists James Marriott and Laura Freeman discuss why it pays to be hated, why Bansky artwork is often stolen and what makes swearing in English so popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham discusses the brilliant new book, Ways of Art by the Sunday Times art critic, Laura Freeman. Ways of Art tells the story of art collecting legend Jim Ede, the creator of Kettle's Yard in Cambridge Charles reports on Bomb Squad's latest exhibition in York, Rise of the Vandals, which took place over three weekends at 2, Low Ouse Gate. The exhibition occupied three floors of the building and featured artists such as Inky, and DJ Soda.Graham reveals some positive news about this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival in August.Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car:X@2big_egosFacebook@twobigegos

Send us a Text Message.Step into the inspiring journey of Philip Freelon, the mastermind behind the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. On this episode of the Cultural Curriculum Chat podcast, we explore the poignant life story captured in "Dream Builder" by Kelly Starling Lyons, with illustrations by Laura Freeman and an afterword by Freelon himself. Despite grappling with reading difficulties in his youth, Freelon's determination and the support of his creative family led him to excel in math and sciences, honing his path to architectural brilliance. Learn how his upbringing amidst civil rights movements and creative exploration influenced his visionary work and cemented his legacy.Join me as we get into the multifaceted experiences that shaped Freelon's career. Discover the pivotal role of his artist grandfather, who nurtured Philip's artistic eye and hands-on skills from a young age. We discuss the importance of representing non-stereotypical roles within communities of color, providing a richer narrative of cultural identity. This heartfelt episode offers valuable takeaways for educators and students, emphasizing perseverance, creativity, and cultural resilience as cornerstones of success. Don't miss out on this enriching discussion of an architectural luminary whose work continues to inspire. COME SAY Hey!! Instagram: @cultrallyjebeh_ Facebook: @JebehCulturalConsulting Pinterest: @Jebeh Cultural Consulting LinkedIn: @Jebeh Edmunds Leave a Review on our Podcast! We value your feedback!Save time and effort with our informative newsletter that offers strategies, tools, resources, and playlists from the culturally competent and socially just educator and creator Jebeh Edmunds! https://jebehedmunds.com/digitalcourse/email-signup/

Laura Freeman profiles Helen Sutherland, an isolated, austere, and fastidious heiress who dedicated herself to art. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: Woman Playing a Piano, by Winifred Nicholson. Her work was championed by Helen Sutherland. Credit: Paul Quezada-Neiman / Alamy Stock Photo 

Designer Laura Freeman shares her unusual career path from illustrator to PR exec to interior designer.

Co-founder Kirsten Cappy introduces us to I'm Your Neighbor Books—which aims to build communities where immigrants are welcomed and feel a sense of belonging by sharing diverse immigration stories in children's literature—and explains the collaborative roots of the organization among leaders from immigrant communities, authors, illustrators, educators, and librarians.  She discusses the Welcoming Library project and how this traveling collection of children's books serves to introduce readers to the vast diversity of immigrant experiences and fosters dialogue within communities. She describes the careful curation process for the books included in the Welcoming Library and shares how they work with authors, illustrators, and community members to create engaging reading materials and discussion questions that accompany the books. And we talk about the expansion of I'm Your Neighbor Books from its origins in Portland, Maine, to states across the country. Cappy also reflects on the universal importance of storytelling in building communities and the unique ability of children's literature to serve as a bridge between cultures and generations, inspiring empathy and understanding in our communities. We'd love to know your thoughts—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov. And follow us on Apple Podcasts! BOOKS MENTIONED: Dreamers by Yuyi Morales https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/dreamers/ In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel and illustrated by Hatem Aly https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/in-my-mosque/ I'm an American by Darshana Khiani, and illustrated by Laura Freeman. https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/im-an-american/ Wherever I Go  by Mary Wagley Copp, and illustrated by Munir D. Mohammed https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/wherever-i-go/ Green Card Voices Bilingual Graphic Novel Flip Books https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/voice-for-refuge-2/

Co-founder Kirsten Cappy introduces us to I'm Your Neighbor Books—which aims to build communities where immigrants are welcomed and feel a sense of belonging by sharing diverse immigration stories in children's literature—and explains the collaborative roots of the organization among leaders from immigrant communities, authors, illustrators, educators, and librarians.  She discusses the Welcoming Library project and how this traveling collection of children's books serves to introduce readers to the vast diversity of immigrant experiences and fosters dialogue within communities. She describes the careful curation process for the books included in the Welcoming Library and shares how they work with authors, illustrators, and community members to create engaging reading materials and discussion questions that accompany the books. And we talk about the expansion of I'm Your Neighbor Books from its origins in Portland, Maine, to states across the country. Cappy also reflects on the universal importance of storytelling in building communities and the unique ability of children's literature to serve as a bridge between cultures and generations, inspiring empathy and understanding in our communities. We'd love to know your thoughts—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov. And follow us on Apple Podcasts! BOOKS MENTIONED: Dreamers by Yuyi Morales https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/dreamers/ In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel and illustrated by Hatem Aly https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/in-my-mosque/ I'm an American by Darshana Khiani, and illustrated by Laura Freeman. https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/im-an-american/ Wherever I Go  by Mary Wagley Copp, and illustrated by Munir D. Mohammed https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/wherever-i-go/ Green Card Voices Bilingual Graphic Novel Flip Books https://imyourneighborbooks.org/book/voice-for-refuge-2/

Laura Freeman, chief art critic at The Times and author of Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists, and Kettle's Yard Director Andrew Nairne take us back to Cambridge in this follow-up to Episode 30 of the Foxed pod. Jim Ede was a man for whom art, books, beauty, friendship and creativity were essential facets of a happy and fulfilled life and, in her acclaimed group biography of Jim and his artists, Laura casts new light on the men and women who gently shaped a new way of making, seeing and living with art for the twentieth century. Laura and Andrew join Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel at the kitchen table to draw us deeper into Jim and his wife Helen's way of life at Kettle's Yard: a domestic home-cum-gallery where pausing to sit is encouraged and artworks, furniture, ceramics, books and found objects from the natural world live side by side in delicious harmony. We follow Laura upstairs to Helen's sitting-room to meet Constanin Brâncuşi's cement-cast head of the boy Prometheus, we pause in the light-filled Dancer Room to take in Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's bronze ballerina and we pass Barbara Hepworth's strokable slate sculpture Three Personages on the landing before leafing through the bookshelves to discover hand-bound early editions of Virginia Woolf's Orlando and works by Henry James. We hear how Jim believed that art was for everyone and wasn't just for looking at but also for touching, hearing and engaging with: a belief so central to his ethos that he would lend pieces to Cambridge University students to place in their own living spaces.   Books mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine Laura Freeman, Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists (0:55) Virginia Woolf, Orlando (18:30) Henry James, ‘The Great Good Place' (19:46) Richard Cobb, A Classical Education (45:34) Adrian Bell, A Countryman's Summer Notebook (46:00) Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas (46:15) Lionel Davidson, The Rose of Tibet (46:29) Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights (46:32) Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (48:40) Ann Pratchett, The Dutch House (49:18) Osman Yousefzada, The Go-Between (50:59) Related Slightly Foxed articles & podcast episodes Episode 30 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Jim Ede's Way of Life Living Art, Mark Haworth-Booth on Jim Ede, A Way of Life: Kettle's Yard, Issue 42 The Pram in the Hall, Laura Freeman on Barbara Hepworth, A Pictorial Autobiography, Issue 69 Russian Roulette, Anne Boston on Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights, Issue 60 High Adventure, Derek Robinson on Lionel Davidson, The Rose of Tibet, Issue 32 Other links Kettle's Yard, Cambridge Jim Ede, A Way of Life: Kettle's Yard is available from the Kettle's Yard shop King Charles, the then Prince of Wales, on Kettle's Yard at their inaugural concert Kettle's Yard House Tour Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach   The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Laura Freeman, Chief Art Critic for The Times, talking about her book Ways of Life; Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists, which looks at […]

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the writer and critic Laura Freeman to talk about her book Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists. Laura's book is the portrait of one of those figures who, without ever quite taking the spotlight themselves, was nevertheless hugely influential in kindling the love and appreciation of art in others – a man who knew everyone from Picasso and Brancusi to David Jones and the Nicholsons, and whose home-cum-gallery in Cambridge has been a sanctuary and inspiration to generations of undergraduate pilgrims.  

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the writer and critic Laura Freeman to talk about her book Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists. Laura's book is the portrait of one of those figures who, without ever quite taking the spotlight themselves, was nevertheless hugely influential in kindling the love and appreciation of art in others – a man who knew everyone from Picasso and Brancusi to David Jones and the Nicholsons, and whose home-cum-gallery in Cambridge has been a sanctuary and inspiration to generations of undergraduate pilgrims.  

Darshana Khiani shares I'm an American, a beautifully depicted, thought-provoking look at the many ways we define what it means to be an American. BOOK DESCRIPTION: I'm an American by Darshana Khiani; illustrated by Laura Freeman Page Length: 48 pages Ages 4to 8, Grades P to 3   I'm an American by Darshana Khiani; illustrated by Laura Freeman   What does it mean to be American?   A classroom of children across many races, cultures, and origins explores the concept of Americanness as they each share bits of their family history and how their past has shaped their own personal American experience. Whether as new immigrants, or those whose family came to this country generations ago, or other scenarios, these children's stories show some of the broad range of cultures and values that form the history and identity of our nation.   A beautifully depicted, thought-provoking look at the vast expanse of cultures that exists in America, the values that bring us together as one people despite our differences, and the many ways we define what it means to be an American. NOTABLE QUOTES:   (7:01) “This book, honestly, I think it's for ages eight to a hundred. I think it's a conversation starter. What does it mean to be an American?”   (8:32) “There's a term that I learned and I hope we hear it more in the media. It's called “representational belonging”. And it's about when you see yourself in history, it makes you feel that, “Oh my God, I'm an American, too. I belong here.” Right? “I'm not just that immigrant or part of that immigrant family that came post 1965.”   (8:59) “I'm hoping it can open up discussion about what are the challenges we have of living up to our American values, cause we certainly have plenty. And where have we succeeded as a nation and where do we still have work to do?”  (11:23) “And I also wonder if it's the fear of the unknown, right? Because we understand ourselves and so if we see people talking and we don't understand what they're saying, then, you know, we might worry, “Oh, are they talking about us? What do they think about?” You know, it's just that fear of the unknown.” (12:29) “Being in the writing world has allowed me to diversify and to learn. I've learned about so much about other cultures by being a writer because I just have the ability to come into contact with more people. So, I personally am grateful of how it has changed my life by being a writer. (13:27) “I'm hoping now we're at a time where we can really broaden our definition of American. Obviously, we can't get away from the colonial history and our foundings, but I think as we talk about the other groups  and their achievements during those times, which were, you know, in the 1800s or in the early 1900s where there's just so much focus on white history. And if we talk about the accomplishments and the contributions of these other people, I think that will then help ingrain into kids from an early time that America was diverse from the beginning.” (22:01) “No group of people, you know, ethnicity or religion or class, is a monolith. And to truly learn about anyone, you have to dig deeper. So like, if you see something that's interesting, don't assume that that represents the kid next to you that might be from that culture, because it may, but most likely it may not.  So it's always best to go into a conversation about something with an open mind and rather than assumption.”  (21:08) “No matter your skin color, religion, ethnicity, or even your citizenship, if you feel America is your home, then you are American. And for those of you who have a stronger connection to another country and don't consider yourself American, that's okay too. You still belong and are welcome here.” ADDITIONAL LINKS: Darshana Khiani Website - darshanakhiani.com South Asian Kidlit Newsletter - darshanakhiani.com/southasiankidlit Purchase the Book - I'm an American TALK ABOUT THE EPISODE: Who do you consider an American? What qualities, characteristics, or qualifications do you think one must possess in order to be considered an American? What is a part of your identity for which you feel pride? This could be literally anything from the place where you live to a skill you have or an identifying feature. Anything at all. What makes you proud about this part of yourself? Is it something you've shared with others? What does it feel like to share something about your identity with someone who is different from you? Have you ever felt like a part of your identity has kept you out of being included? If so, in what way? Have you ever felt like a part of your identity was the very reason for being included? If so, what was that experience like for you? Name three ways that our differences can actually make us stronger together.  CREDITS:   This podcast episode of The Children's Book Podcast was written, edited, and produced by Matthew Winner. For a full transcript of this episode, visit matthewcwinner.com.    Write to me or send me a message at matthewmakespods@gmail.com.    Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/).    Our music is by Podington Bear.    Podcast hosting by Libsyn.    You can support the show and buy me a coffee at www.matthewcwinner.com.   We are a proud member of Kids Listen, the best place to discover the best in kids podcasts. Learn more at kidslisten.org.   Fellow teachers and librarians, want a way to explore building a stronger culture of reading in our communities? In The Reading Culture podcast, Beanstack co-founder Jordan Bookey hosts conversations that dive into beloved authors' personal journeys and insights into motivating young people to read. And I am a big fan! Check out the Reading Culture Podcast with Jordan Bookey, from Beanstack. Available wherever podcasts are found. DISCLAIMER: Bookshop.org affiliate links provided for any book titles mentioned in the episode. Bookshop.org support independent bookstores and also shares a small percentage of any sales made through this podcast back to me, which helps to fund production of this show.  

This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the civil rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal.Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed-bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked.Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from "nowhere" to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond. It also includes one of her delicious recipes for kids to try with the help of their parents! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

Matt Chorley and Patrick Maguire reflect on the Times Radio leadership hustings hosted by John Pienaar.PLUS Robert Crampton and Laura Freeman discuss the Finnish Prime Minister's partying antics and Autumn in August. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Joining us on the PBN Podcast is not one but two really exciting guests – plant-based nutrition specialists and co-founders of Plant Based Health Online Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Laura Freeman. Dr Shireen Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College Hospital, London with a specialist interest in the treatment of lymphoma. Shireen is passionate about promoting plant-based nutrition for the prevention and reversal of chronic disease and for maintaining optimal health after treatment for cancer. In 2018, she founded Plant-Based Health Professionals UK, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide evidence-based education on plant-based nutrition. Dr Laura Freeman is a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Medical Director of Plant Based Health Online. She obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2006 and completed her vocational training in General Practice in 2011. Both within and outside of her General Practice, Dr Freeman has developed a strong interest for plant based nutrition and optimising health through lifestyle choices. Get Dr Shireen Kassam's book 'Eating Plant-Based' here - https://www.hammersmithbooks.co.uk/product/eating-plant-based/ Find out more about Plant Based Health Professionals here - https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/ The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, Edited by Phil Marriott. 00:00:00 An introduction to Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Laura Freeman 00:03:25 The start of Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Laura Freeman's plant-based journeys 00:06:28 Cancer prevention 00:12:15 Busting the misconceptions of a vegan diet 00:15:48 Why are so many people still reluctant about adopting the vegan lifestyle? 00:17:53 Plant Based Health Online - the online lifestyle medicine healthcare service 00:20:20 Plant Based Health Online & Plant Based Health Professionals 00:23:20 The role of nutrition and lifestyle in the process of prevention and longterm management of health conditions 00:26:00 The benefits of a plant-based diet and the process of overcoming illness 00:28:30 Balancing diet with the other factors of improving our well being 00:29:30 Eating Plant-Based: Scientific Answers To Your Nutrition Questions: the book by Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Zara Kassam 00:31:52 Is there such a thing as a “perfect diet”? 00:33:12 Recommended supplements to accompany a plant-based diet 00:38:00 What is lacking with access to information with plant-based nutrition? 00:39:15 Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Laura Freemans's favourite plant-based resources 00:41:15 Advice for hesitant people 00:43:19 Stranded on a desert island

This week, "Sam Sloane in: Triple Indemnity, Part II." Private eye Sam Sloane tries to get some answers out of Chris Cross, the famous Christian musician who wrote the song, "Lord, Feed Me Some of That Sweet, Sweet Heaven Fish (That You Do So Well.)" Meanwhile, Nick and Amore try to figure out what is going on with the fake fingerprints by going down to the Nail Salon to ask some questions. As things between Sam and Vivian heat up, will he be able to keep his head in the case? Podcast Noir is written by Bo Segrest. Starring Bo Segrest, Stevan Marcus, Laura Freeman, Rob Freeman, Eric Sommer, Caroline Sommer, Madison Boboltz (stunt double). and Kevin Towers as Dr. Eyepatch.

Matt Chorley speaks to the former prime minister of New Zealand, former head of the United Nations Development Programme and now President of Chatham House, about a new commission looking at how to prepare every country for the health threats of the future.COLUMNISTS: Patrick Kidd and Laura Freeman on the commonwealth, GCSE poetry and top gun. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Sam Sloane in: Triple Indemnity." Private eye Sam Sloane investigates a missing person and tries to figure out a beautiful dame. Meanwhile, Sam's partner Nick discovers the beginning of a beautiful friendship with a bug-eyed freak named Peter Amore. Podcast Noir is written by Bo Segrest. Starring Bo Segrest, Stevan Marcus, Laura Freeman, Rob Freeman, Eric Sommer, and featuring Madison Boboltz as Sam's secretary Rita (uncredited.) Originally published on the Premise Podcast.

Welcome to the TeachStrong Podcast. Today, I'm delighted to be joined by Dr Laura Freeman. Laura is a GP, a board certified lifestyle medicine physician and the medical director of Plant-Based Health Online. If you have a quick look at the amazing work that Laura does, you quickly see how passionate about helping people thrive. This conversation is all about learning as much as we can from Laura about what approaches she has seen from her experience and her research really do work to improve people's mental and physical wellbeing. I talk to Laura about lifestyle medicine, what inspired her to rethink her role as a doctor, and what approaches she recommends that could help us on our journey to health and happiness. Enjoy the conversation! Connect with Laura: https://www.instagram.com/drlaurafreeman/ https://www.instagram.com/plantbased_healthonline/ Connect with me: www.twitter.com/teachstrong_ www.facebook.com/teachstrong www.instagram.com/teachstrong_ Find out more about my online courses to boost staff well-being here: https://www.teachstrong.co.uk/school-staff-support-wellbeing-courses/

On this week's episode, Jonathan Miller says that whoever wins France's election on Sunday, the country is going to the dogs. (01:00) After, Cindy Yu says that China's online censors are struggling to suppress critics of the Shanghai lockdown. (07:47) And, to finish, Laura Freeman reviews a Walt Disney exhibition at the Wallace Collection. (12:06) Entries for this year's Innovator Awards, sponsored by Investec, are now open. To apply, go to: www.spectator.co.uk/innovator

In this week's episode: Is Putin guilty of war crimes? For this week's cover piece, The Spectator's Editor Fraser Nelson looks at the risks and rewards of labelling Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers war criminals. He joins the podcast, followed by Michael Bryant, the author of A World History of War Crimes, who writes in the Spectator this week about what the limits put on acts of war in the past can teach us about atrocities committed today. (00:52) Also this week: Is Europe facing a political stand-off between progressives and populists?  This week Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was elected for a fourth term in office with a large majority. While in France, Emmanuel Macron faces a much harder fight from Marine Le Pen than many expected. Paris-based author, Gavin Mortimer analyses the changing faultline in European politics in this week's Spectator and joins the podcast along with journalist and author Tibor Fischer. (19:44) And finally: Why are overpriced English kitchens so hot right now? How much would you be willing to spend on your kitchen? The answer for some seems to be a lot. And the fashionable choice at the moment is faux traditional English. Writer and art critic, Laura Freeman explores this phenomenon in this week's Spectator and she joins the podcast along with Stacey Sheppard, creator of the design blog The Design Sheppard. (32:25) Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore Produced by Sam Holmes Subscribe to The Spectator today and get a £20 Amazon gift voucher:www.spectator.co.uk/voucher Listen to Lara's food podcast Table Talk: https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/table-talk

In this week's episode: Is Putin guilty of war crimes? For this week's cover piece, The Spectator's Editor Fraser Nelson looks at the risks and rewards of labelling Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers war criminals. He joins the podcast, followed by Michael Bryant, the author of A World History of War Crimes, who writes in the Spectator this week about what the limits put on acts of war in the past can teach us about atrocities committed today. (00:52) Also this week: Is Europe facing a political stand-off between progressives and populists?  This week Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was elected for a fourth term in office with a large majority. While in France, Emmanuel Macron faces a much harder fight from Marine Le Pen than many expected. Paris-based author, Gavin Mortimer analyses the changing faultline in European politics in this week's Spectator and joins the podcast along with journalist and author Tibor Fischer. (19:44) And finally: Why are overpriced English kitchens so hot right now? How much would you be willing to spend on your kitchen? The answer for some seems to be a lot. And the fashionable choice at the moment is faux traditional English. Writer and art critic, Laura Freeman explores this phenomenon in this week's Spectator and she joins the podcast along with Stacey Sheppard, creator of the design blog The Design Sheppard. (32:25) Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore Produced by Sam Holmes Subscribe to The Spectator today and get a £20 Amazon gift voucher:www.spectator.co.uk/voucher Listen to Lara's food podcast Table Talk: https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/table-talk

Schnucks Markets' Chief People Officer, Laura Freeman,  joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. She shares her growth as a HR Executive, from taking on any opportunities to pursuing continual learning, regardless of where it took her.

Today we're reviewing lunchbox cookies from Snackzilla, an exciting cauliflower hybrid from CauliShoots, and brand new dishes (including a vegan calzone!) from White Rabbit. We also have Doctor Laura Freeman from Plant Based Health Professionals answering questions on peri-menopause and diet, and Holly and Molly discuss how to chat to non-vegan friends. Should we try to convert them? If so, how? Send your own questions to us at simplyvegan@anthem.co.uk. This episode is sponsored by California Walnuts which, like all walnuts, are the only tree nut to contain a significant amount of omega-3 ALA, which is good for your heart and overall wellness.  The taste and texture of California Walnuts makes them a versatile ingredient for all kinds of plant-based dishes. California Walnuts absorb the flavours of other ingredients and give your dish a healthy crunch. 30g of California Walnuts* offers 4.4 g of protein and 1.4 g of fibre. For great tasting walnuts, keep them in the fridge. For longer storage, place them in the freezer for up to 12 months.So why not grab a bag of California Walnuts next time you are shopping? Make sure you check the pack for Produce of California or Produce of USA.  To find out more visit californiawalnuts.co.uk.Music by Purple Planet 

Had an awesome conversation for another Energy Crüe Episode with Laura Freeman (Managing Director - Highpoint Global Capital) that lasted over 2 hours!!! We took a break from the usual podcast venues and headed to a Houston staple: The Shiloh Club.We started out with her background and how she got into the oil and gas industry with a physics major. We discussed her first role at OXY in California and how she crushed her first assignment. We discussed her pursuit of higher education as well as her thoughts on if an MBA is right for everyone. We chatted about traveling around the world and some interesting motorcycle trips/stories from Vietnam. We talked about everything from where we are at in our industry, the old ivory tower mentality, and what's shifts she is seeing.

On this week's episode Will talks with therapist Laura Freeman about mental health challenges facing adolescents.

Monica is passionately in love with stories–the stories that connect us across culture, race, and age.  She believes that the right story, at the right time, can change a child's life. Monica is most interested in bringing forward stories that are being forgotten or misremembered.  She writes picture books, contemporary middle grade fiction, and YA fiction. Her debut picture book, LET THE CHILDREN MARCH, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in January 2018. Her next book, STANDING ON HER SHOULDERS, was released from Orchard Press (Scholastic) in February 2021, with the amazing Laura Freeman illustrating. Monica is also a professional actor, and this is how she and I met. She was my understudy in Les Mis while doing the production in Arkansas. She is also a former children's librarian, and voice-over artist, and lives in the coolest dwelling ever...a yurt in the country with one husband, too many cats, and just the right amount of daughters.   I love Monica. I am so proud to call her friend. Enjoy! This will be a treat, and then some.   Find out more about Monica on her website.  Monica Clark - Robinson.com

On this week's episode, Katy Balls warns Boris what a pattern of delay could mean for his Premiership. (01:08) After, Laura Freeman takes us on a guided tour of politicians' chosen paintings (07:05) and finally Adam Sisman lays out the landscape of Berlin directly following the end of world war two. (15:13)

Jill Bennett explores eating a plant-based wholefoods diet, what it is and why it is so good for us. Should you be eating a plant-based wholefoods diet? Jill's guests are: Dr Laura Freeman a medical doctor and founder of Plant-based Health Online: www.plantbasedhealthonline.com, Callum Weir founder of Yumfu, a certified plant-based nutritionist, CMA approved (complementary medical association) and educational speaker: www.yumfu.life and Ellie Busby Founder of Vojo Health and Registered Nutritionist: www.vojo.health/vojo-pro

Why is the National Trust in crisis, and can it be fixed? (00:55) Plus, is there going to be a ‘fake meat’ revolution? (14:15) And finally, should wedding readings stick to the classics or is it acceptable to go for something a bit more out there? (24:25) With Spectator columnist and former editor Charles Moore; Simon Jenkins, chair of National Trust between 2008 and 2014; Anthony Browne, a Conservative MP and chair of the Environment APPG; Olivia Potts, The Spectator’s vintage chef and co-host of our Table Talk podcast; writer Laura Freeman; and Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, rector of St Bride's church in London.Presented by Lara Prendergast.Produced by Sam Holmes, Cindy Yu and Max Jeffery.

Why is the National Trust in crisis, and can it be fixed? (00:55) Plus, is there going to be a ‘fake meat' revolution? (14:15) And finally, should wedding readings stick to the classics or is it acceptable to go for something a bit more out there? (24:25) With Spectator columnist and former editor Charles Moore; Simon Jenkins, chair of National Trust between 2008 and 2014; Anthony Browne, a Conservative MP and chair of the Environment APPG; Olivia Potts, The Spectator's vintage chef and co-host of our Table Talk podcast; writer Laura Freeman; and Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, rector of St Bride's church in London.Presented by Lara Prendergast.Produced by Sam Holmes, Cindy Yu and Max Jeffery.

In this week’s podcast, we talk to the author of our cover story, eminent author, historian and broadcaster Niall Ferguson, who says that the West and China are in the throes of a new cold war. Joining the debate is Chatham House's Dr Leslie Vinjamuri. (01:05) Next up, Laura Freeman writes in the magazine this week about the fake facades she has been increasingly noticing whilst out and about in London. She discusses the topic with architectural expert Samuel Hughes, a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange think tank. (10:20) Finally, as the Prime Minister considers how he’ll stump up the cash to pay for little Wilfred’s babysitter, Isabel Oakeshott writes in the magazine this week about the struggle many working parents have in affording childcare. Isabel is joined by the Labour MP Stella Creasy as they debate what needs to be done so working parents can ensure their children get the care they need. (15:35)Presented by Lara Prendergast.  Produced by Arsalan Mohammad.

In this week's podcast, we talk to the author of our cover story, eminent author, historian and broadcaster Niall Ferguson, who says that the West and China are in the throes of a new cold war. Joining the debate is Chatham House's Dr Leslie Vinjamuri. (01:05) Next up, Laura Freeman writes in the magazine this week about the fake facades she has been increasingly noticing whilst out and about in London. She discusses the topic with architectural expert Samuel Hughes, a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange think tank. (10:20) Finally, as the Prime Minister considers how he'll stump up the cash to pay for little Wilfred's babysitter, Isabel Oakeshott writes in the magazine this week about the struggle many working parents have in affording childcare. Isabel is joined by the Labour MP Stella Creasy as they debate what needs to be done so working parents can ensure their children get the care they need. (15:35)Presented by Lara Prendergast.  Produced by Arsalan Mohammad.

In this twentieth-century story of a quest for beauty, the writer Laura Freeman introduces us to Jim Ede, a man who, in creating Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, changed the way we look at art. We follow Jim from the trenches of the First World War to Lady Ottoline Morrell’s literary parties in Bloomsbury and a curating job at the Tate. He collected artworks by his friends Ben Nicholson and David Jones, acquired the estate of the sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and designed a house in Tangiers that became a sanctuary for soldiers. These were stepping stones towards Jim turning derelict slum cottages into a home and gallery, a space for both tea and tours. And, as ever, we share recommendations for reading off the beaten track.Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 45 minutes; 18 seconds)Books MentionedWe may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Jim Ede is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale, Miranda Seymour is published in a Faber Finds edition. Second-hand copies are available. (12:59) Savage Messiah: A Biography of the Sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, H. S. (Jim) Ede is out of print (14:55) David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet, Thomas Dilworth (19:40) Three Tales, Gustave Flaubert (37:55) Lady into Fox, David Garnett (38:53)  Indelicacy, Amina Cain (40:26) Transient Desires, Donna Leon (42:15) Related Slightly Foxed Articles Living Art, Mark Haworth-Booth on A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Jim Ede, Issue 42 (28:00)Other Links Kettle’s Yard House and Galleries, Cambridge Tangier Days: the Edes in Morocco, 1936-52 (22.29) Bookshop.org (2:16) Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge (33:50) With thanks to Kettle’s Yard and Paul Allitt for the photo used for this episode’s cover artwork. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Janice and I sat down with Laura Freeman for this YT Live interview.  In the past, Laura created and ran "Laura's Lean Beef," a company that raises and sells antibiotic-free beef. First, we cover the fascinating story of how she changed a tough, backward food market, bringing new considerations for health.Now, she's in a new market: the CBD industry. As before, she's focused on health, quality, and measurable outcomes.There is no question that CBD oil will continue to grow dramatically as an important supplement.  There are many known effects, which we discuss in this video. But, as much as we know about the science of CBD, many questions remain. The science on the topic is emerging. In this video, we discuss Laura's story and a bit of CBD science. We'll cover more CBD science in future videos.Laura's Mercantile's web site is below:  https://www.laurasmercantile.com/For more information, contact us at 859-721-1414 or myhealth@prevmedheartrisk.com. Also, check out the following resources:  ·PrevMed's website·PrevMed's YouTube channel·PrevMed's Facebook page

On this episode, writer and physicist Carlo Rovelli, ponder time and space in a world were the meaning of both has shifted. (01:00) Then, David Abulafia talks about the need for conservatives at universities. (07:29) Finally, Laura Freeman gets us ready for easter with the stories and the art depicting St Veronica. (15:27)

In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I have a conversation with Dr. Laura Freeman about her journey into plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine.    About featured guest: Dr. Laura Freeman obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. She completed her vocational training in General Practice in Manchester in 2011. Between May 2012 and May 2019, after attaining full accreditation from the Medical Council of Canada, Dr. Freeman ran her own Family Medicine practice in midtown Toronto, taught medical students at the University of Toronto and worked with the MedicalCouncil of Canada as an examiner for International Medical Graduates.   Both within and outside of her General Practice, Dr. Freeman has developed a strong interest for plant based nutrition and optimising health through lifestyle choices. In 2019, Dr. Freeman became a diplomat of the International Board for Lifestyle Medicine. In her position as Medical Director for Plant-Based Health Online, she leads a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals in a first of its kind, online plant-based healthcare service.   Her focus is putting her passion in Lifestyle Medicine into practice for her patients and watching the incredible success of their lifestyle interventions.  Dr. Freeman has been commended by her colleagues and patients alike for her unwavering calm and kind demeanour, her compassion and care for her patients as well as her sound clinical knowledge, skill and judgment. Her patients have endorsed her input for optimising their diet, prescribing individualised exercise prescriptions, stress management and improving sleep habits.   Dr. Laura Freeman also certified as a CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program) Practitioner. She is also on the advisory board for Plant Based Health Professionals UK and is a course tutor for the UK’s first ever online plant based nutrition course at Winchester University. She runs regular health workshops and ‘Walk with a Doc’ walking groups in her community.    DR. LAURA FREEMAM https://plantbasedhealthonline.com https://instagram.com/plantbased_healthonline/ https://instagram.com/drlaurafreeman/         Disclaimer: The information on this blog, website and podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to replace careful evaluation and treatment. If you have concerns about your or your child’s eating, nutrition or growth, consult a doctor.     I have an affiliate partnership with Splendid Spoon where you can get $25 off your first order if you want to give it a try! Splendid spoon offers pre-made smoothies, juice shots and delicious bowls that require no preparation besides heating up!  https://splendidspoon.z724.net/c/2360827/774963/9621    Shop my favorite things doctoryami.com/shop   Please support my work, become a Patreon https://patreon.com/thedoctoryami   Mentions: Plant Based Health Online: https://plantbasedhealthonline.com A Parent’s Guide to Intuitive Eating: How to Raise Kids Who Love to Eat Healthy by Dr. Yami   Leave an 'Amazon Review'   MORE LISTENING OPTIONS Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/vdritunes Spotify: http://bit.ly/vdrspotify   NEWSLETTER SIGN UP https://doctoryami.com/signup OR Text 'FIBER' to 668-66     FIND ME AT Doctoryami.com Instagram.com/thedoctoryami Facebook.com/thedoctoryami Veggiefitkids.com         * * * * MORE FROM ME Read - http://veggiefitkids.com/blog Listen: http://bit.ly/vdrpodcast Watch - http://bit.ly/vfkvideos TEDx Talk - http://bit.ly/DOCTORYAMITEDX   * * * *   Questions? Email me: Yami@doctoryami.com

Dr Laura Freeman's growing interest in plant based lifestyles and health solutions has led to her and a few other medical doctors setting up www.plantbasedhealthonline.com. Today she talks to Jill Bennett about her passion for Lifestyle Medicine; how this service works and how it fits with conventional medicine.

News and reviews: Holly and Gabriella taste test ALDI's Valentine's Day meal deal, Chicago Town's new stuffed crust pizza and Sainsbury's groundbreaking vegan camembert.The interview: Meet Laura Freeman – lifestyle doctor, cancer survivor and all-round expert on plant-based health. She tells us why she encourages all her patients to switch their diet, discusses  the evidence behind it, and explains why she's launching a petition for Boris Johnson to go vegan for the sake of the nation's health, the NHS and the planet. Music by Purple Planet. 

In this episode we talk with Dr Laura Freeman, Medical Director & Co Founder of Plant Based Health Online. A team of leading experts have come together to deliver healthcare in a way that puts their patients and families first. Dr Laura Freeman is extremely passionate about what she does – not just because of the science – but because she has seen that it has helped her patients' lives as well as her own. Having been a GP now for about 15 years and following her own life changing health issue, she realised that she could help her patients improve their Diabetes, come off their blood pressure medication and reduce their cholesterol medication using the same methods she used for her own recovery by changing their lifestyle and following a plant based diet. We take the opportunity to speak about COVID 19 and Zoonotic diseases and the importance of supplementing with Vitamin D especially in the winter months. https://plantbasedhealthonline.com/ https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/ References Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, Kelly A. Turner Ph.D. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radical-Remission-Surviving-Cancer-Against/dp/0062268740 The Alzheimer's Solution: A revolutionary guide to how you can prevent and reverse memory loss, Dean Sherzai & Ayesha Sherzai https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alzheimers-Solution-revolutionary-prevent-reverse/dp/1471162788 Blue Zones https://www.bluezones.com/services/speaking/blue-zones-speakers-2/nick_buettner/ How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, Dr Michael Greger https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Not-Die-Discover-scientifically/dp/1509852506 About PLANT CEO More people are choosing to follow plant-based diets. Exciting new startups are disrupting this space by creating innovation in food, direct to consumer food delivery services, clothing, health care products and restaurants. We will be interviewing plant-based CEO's and established leaders in their own fields. Hear what drives these entrepreneurs, why they became vegan and learn more about their companies. https://www.plantceo.com/

Joe Biden won the US election, but is Big Tech really in power? (00:45) Churches are allowed to open during lockdown, but should they? (13:20) And can comfort eating and cosy socks replace human connections? (25:50) With historian Niall Ferguson; New York Times editorial board member Greg Bensinger; Father Jonathan Beswick; The Very Reverend Peter Howell-Jones; journalist Laura Freeman and psychology professor Dr Shira Gabriel. Presented by Lara Prendergast. Produced by Max Jeffery, Sam Russell and Matt Taylor.

Joe Biden won the US election, but is Big Tech really in power? (00:45) Churches are allowed to open during lockdown, but should they? (13:20) And can comfort eating and cosy socks replace human connections? (25:50) With historian Niall Ferguson; New York Times editorial board member Greg Bensinger; Father Jonathan Beswick; The Very Reverend Peter Howell-Jones; journalist Laura Freeman and psychology professor Dr Shira Gabriel. Presented by Lara Prendergast. Produced by Max Jeffery, Sam Russell and Matt Taylor.

In this seasonal episode, the Slightly Foxed team are guided through a snowstorm of winter writing over twelve centuries by the literary critic and author of Weatherland, Alexandra Harris. The tour takes us from Anglo-Saxon mead halls and monsters to Renaissance bodily humours, then on through cool, translucent Enlightenment weather into the dark cloud of the nineteenth century and beyond. We visit frost-fair carnivals on the frozen Thames with Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, brave the Brontës’ wild moorland, stay steamed up indoors with Jane Austen, sink into Dickens’s pea-soupers and see in the ‘year’s midnight’ with John Donne as we listen to a winter’s tale through literature. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 43 minutes; 19 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com) with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Weatherland (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alexandra-harris-weatherland/) and Romantic Moderns (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alexandra-harris-romantic-moderns/) , Alexandra Harris (4:22) ‘A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day’ (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/a-nocturnal-upon-st-lucys-day) , John Donne (5:02)  Orlando (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/virginia-woolf-orlando/) , Virginia Woolf (6:15) ‘The Wanderer’, an Elegy in the Exeter Book (8:50) Beowulf (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/seamus-heaney-beowulf/) , translated by Seamus Heaney (12:07) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/simon-armitage-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/) , Simon Armitage’s revised edition (13:54) The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare (17:08) The Great Frost: Cold Doings in London, Thomas Dekker is out of print (19:36) The Diary of John Evelyn (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-diary-of-john-evelyn/) (20:41) The Seasons (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45406/the-seasons-winter) , James Thomson (22:00) The Task, William Cowper is out of print. Read an extract from Book I: The Sofa (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44035/the-task-book-i-the-sofa) (22:52) ‘Ode to the West Wind’ (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/ode-to-the-west-wind) , Percy Bysshe Shelley (26:16) Wuthering Heights (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/emily-bronte-wuthering-heights/) , Emily Brontë (27:48) Sense and Sensibility (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-austen-sense-and-sensibility/) , Northanger Abbey (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-austen-northanger-abbey/) , Pride and Prejudice (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-austen-pride-and-prejudice/) , Jane Austen (29:27) Bleak House (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/charles-dickens-bleak-house/) , Charles Dickens (33:14) ‘In Memorium’ in Selected Poems (https://poets.org/poem/memoriam-h-h) , Alfred, Lord Tennyson (34:31) Letters from Iceland (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/w-h-auden-louis-macneice-letters-from-iceland/) , W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice (36:53) Winter (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ali-smith-winter/) , Ali Smith (38:20) 9780241973332 Cider with Rosie (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laurie-lee-cider-with-rosie/) , Laurie Lee, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 53 (41:19) Related Slightly Foxed Articles Cain’s Clan (https://foxedquarterly.com/john-harrison-beowulf-literary-review/) , John Harrison on Beowulf, Issue 13 (12:07) Keeping Ahead of the Game (https://foxedquarterly.com/gawain-christopher-rush-literary-review/) , Christopher Rush on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Issue 60 (13:54) The Abyss Beyond the Orchard (https://foxedquarterly.com/alexandra-harris-william-cowper-letters-literary-review/) , Alexandra Harris on William Cowper, The Centenary Letters, Issue 53 (22:50) No Coward Soul (https://foxedquarterly.com/emily-bronte-wuthering-heights-literary-review/) , Christopher Rush on Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Issue 56 (27:48) A Dickens of a Project (https://foxedquarterly.com/laura-freeman-charles-dickens-literary-review/) , Laura Freeman on the works of Charles Dickens, Issue 41 (39:13) Other Links The London Library (https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/) (2:18)  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

Olly Mann and The Week’s Holden Frith are joined by writer and critic Laura Freeman. This week: a look through the literary highs and lows of 2020 and our predictions for the year ahead

Caroline and Jen each review one of their recent intriguing reads—but they follow it up with sharing titles from their ever-growing “To-Read’ pile. Make sure to place these titles on hold! Books discussed: “The Black God’s Drums” by P. Djèlí Clark, “The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s” by Andy Greene, “Stories from Suffragette City,” “Horrorstör” by Grady Hendrix, “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and “The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite” by Laura Freeman.

A dark short story that has been told for centuries, “The Black Velvet Ribbon,” is a tale of love, obsession, deceit, and mystery. This Halloween, gather around the campfire to hear Assistant Producer Declan Rohrs’ dramatic reading of Laura Freeman’s “The Black Velvet Ribbon.”

Local business owner, Laura Freeman, joins the podcast to talk about how her various businesses, from her online mercantile to the recently opened Farm to Table restaurant and distillery, have had to rethink how they serve the community. Their innovative solutions have allowed the community to eat and shop locally, with food sourced from only a few miles away. Shop Laura's Mercantile at this link https://www.laurasmercantile.com/ Check out Wildcat Willy's Distillery on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WildcatWillysDistillery/

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What a strange and unsettling time we find ourselves in. So strange that I didn't think I could post a regular episode - so instead, here is the first Sunday Salon isolation special, one of several dedicated #togetherapart episodes I will be bringing you to - I hope - offer a balm for the soul over the coming weeks. I'm so grateful to the authors Holly Bourne and Laura Freeman for coming on the podcast (remotely) at short notice to offer their advice on coping with anxiety and our new way of living. Both have written extensively about mental health before - and their contributions were super-helpful, taking in everything from the power of having a "worry window" (a sanctioned time to worry about everything you're anxious about), to why now is probably NOT the moment to embark upon a massive, ambitious work or self improvement project (whatever Instagram is leading you to believe) and how it is totally ok to feel down and to allow yourself to wallow at times. They also have some fabulous, uplifting reading recommendations. Holly is the author of the best-selling How Do You Like Me Now, as well as the brilliant new novel Pretending which has been described by none other than Marian Keyes as "magnificent". She started her writing career as a news journalist, where she was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year. She then spent six years working as an editor, a relationship advisor, and general 'agony aunt' for a youth charity - helping young people with their relationships and mental health. Inspired by what she saw, she started writing teen fiction, including the best-selling, award-winning 'Spinster Club' series which helps educate teenagers about feminism. When she turned thirty, Holly wrote her first adult novel, How Do You Like Me Now, examining the intensified pressures on women once they hit that landmark. Alongside her writing, Holly has a keen interest in women's rights and is an advocate for reducing the stigma of mental health problems. She's helped create online apps that teach young people about sexual consent and is an ambassador for Women's Aid. You can buy her new book, Pretending, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-What-You-Want/dp/1473668131/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585388974&sr=1-1 Laura is an author, freelance writer and art critic. Her first book The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite, detailed how books helped her in her recovery from anorexia. Published in 2018, it was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and for First Book and Food Book at the Guild of Food Writers Awards. The Reading Cure was a Times, Daily Telegraph and Spectator Book of the Year 2018. She is currently writing a biography Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists to be published by Jonathan Cape. You can buy the Reading Cure here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reading-Cure-Books-Restored-Appetite/dp/1474604641 Twitter: @aliceazania / @holly_bourneYA Instagram: @aliceazania/ @ hollybourneya / @laurasophiafreeman Edited by Chelsey Moore

As the coronavirus sweeps across the globe, it's causing businesses, consumers, and governments to rethink their globalised lives. Is this a tipping point for hyper-globalisation (1:00)? Plus, is the government slimming down its Budget plans (13:40)? And last, is it harder to be eco-friendly if you are a woman (26:35)? With Kate Andrews, Gideon Rachman, James Forsyth, Sarah Longlands, Laura Freeman and Sian Sutherland. Presented by Cindy Yu and Katy Balls. Produced by Cindy Yu and Gus Carter.

As the coronavirus sweeps across the globe, it's causing businesses, consumers, and governments to rethink their globalised lives. Is this a tipping point for hyper-globalisation? Plus, is the government slimming down its Budget plans? And last, is it harder to be eco-friendly if you are a woman?With Kate Andrews, Gideon Rachman, James Forsyth, Sarah Longlands, Laura Freeman and Sian Sutherland.Presented by Cindy Yu and Katy Balls.Produced by Cindy Yu and Gus Carter.

Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati is guest host who speaks to children's book illustrator Laura Freeman who will be featured at the 2020 African American Children's Book Fair and middle grade author Torrey Maldanado. Vanesse also interviews Joan Myers Brown, founder of Philadanco for the feature “What is Philadelphia Reading.” Myers Brown also talks about the upcoming conference of the International association of Blacks in Dance. https://www.iabdassociation.org/

This week Nick welcomes his friend Laura Freeman to the show to discuss Dogs!  Laura gives her thoughts on finding the right dog for your lifestyle, her opinions on feeding, the differences between a legitimate breeder and a puppy mill, and her thoughts on the best process to getting a dog! Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Geeky Nerd Theme Music credit: "The Misadventure Begins" by Ozzed from the album Cor Metallicum, under a Creative Commons license. More from Ozzed can be found at ozzed.net, Apple Music, and Spotify Album Art, and Geeky Nerd Logo: Eugene Conniff Host: Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

This week, our writers tell us about their favourite British beaches, from Cornwall to Northern Ireland (24:15). But before then, there's of course some Brexit chat as we ask whether parliament can stop a no deal Brexit in the autumn (00:25), and – has Desert Island Discs lost the plot (15:05)?With James Forsyth, Catherine Haddon, Katy Balls, Michael Heath, Kate Chisholm, Douglas Murray, Laura Freeman, and Tanya Gold.Presented by Lara Prendergast.Produced by Cindy Yu and Gabriel Radonich.

This week, our writers tell us about their favourite British beaches, from Cornwall to Northern Ireland (24:15). But before then, there’s of course some Brexit chat as we ask whether parliament can stop a no deal Brexit in the autumn (00:25), and – has Desert Island Discs lost the plot (15:05)? With James Forsyth, Catherine Haddon, Katy Balls, Michael Heath, Kate Chisholm, Douglas Murray, Laura Freeman, and Tanya Gold. Presented by Lara Prendergast. Produced by Cindy Yu and Gabriel Radonich.

A "new" ending to a Nabokov novel and the unregarded first volume of Vasily Grossman's epic, the "Soviet War and Peace"; Rebecca Reich guides us through these and the question of whether the West is paranoid about Russia or vice versa; Laura Freeman joins us to talk about dinner with the Durrells and pond life sandwiches.BooksStalingrad: A novel by Vasily GrossmanVasily Grossman and the Soviet Century by Alexandra PopoffPlots against Russia by Eliot BorensteinThe Russia Anxiety by Mark B. SmithDining with the Durrells by David Shimwell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us today as we discuss perceptions non-educators have with the "summers off" teachers have... because we are all sitting on a beach enjoying a cold beverage right now. *insert eye roll here* Special guests include JoAnna Mounger, Hope Foster, David Hochreiter, Nicki Thompson, and Laura Freeman. Don't forget to subscribe!  Check out more from Tough Talk with Teachers by connecting with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

Memoir Of War,based on Marguerite Duras's book “La Douleur” is set in Occupied France. Critical opinion has varied widely from 'dreadful' and 'empty' to 'masterpiece'. What will our reviewers make of it? King Hedley II starring Lenny Henry, has opened at the Theatre Royal Stratford East Gerald Murnane's novel A Season On Earth tells the tale of a lustful teenager in Melbourne in the 1950s. It was originally published in 1976 and is now reissued as was originally intended; with two previously unseen new chapters Marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham palace brings together more than 200 of his drawings from the Royal Collection, forming the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in over 65 years. When They See Us is a new series beginning on Netflix. Directed by Ava DuVernay which tells the true story of the 1989 Central Park Jogger case in which five juvenile males – four African-American and one Hispanic – were convicted of the crimes. They spent time in jail and were eventually cleared 25 years later Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Laura Freeman, Jim White and Lynn Shepherd. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra recommendations: Jim: Free Solo and Dawn Wall Laura: Barbara Hepworth/Ben Nicholson at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Gallery Lynn: Don Giovanni at Garsington Opera Tom: BBC podcast Shreds

Sex, booze, and fake IDs! It’s the teen sex comedy episode of Film Loop! Victor and Darian are headed back to high school with returning guest and resident rom-com expert, Laura Freeman! With prom season in full swing, the gang gives their best advice to eager teens looking forward to the big night. Afterwards, we flash back to Victor’s pick, 1982’s “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” jet set through Laura’s choice in 1995’s “Clueless,” and end with Darian’s selection in 2007’s “Superbad.. Awkward conversations and Amy Heckerling are tonight’s table stakes. Tune in!   ANNOUNCEMENTS Film Loop: Season 2 Spotify Playlist Picks   Darian’s Pick “Bustin’ Out (On Funk)” by Rick James Victor’s Pick “Moving in Stereo” by The Cars Laura’s Pick “All By Myself” by Jewel     Listen here: https://spoti.fi/2LSrw3t REFERENCES AND LINKS Sex, Censorship and ‘Ridgemont High’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIxys_gUP4k   Clueless: The Movie Cast Reunion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lIS4IcpGiY   “Superbad” Bloopers reel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOKevPzEiU0 Film Loop is a movie podcast hosted by Victor De Anda (a GenXer) and Darian Davis (a Millennial). Every episode, each host picks one movie from their past to share with the other, and together they debate and ruminate over their favorite moments as the generations collide! To stay in the loop, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @filmloopshow, show your love by rating and reviewing us on iTunes here: https://apple.co/2M1jQuR, and visit us at www.filmloopshow.com!

My guest this week is Laura Freeman, author of The Reading Cure - an incredibly moving but also totally life-affirming memoir about how reading helped her enjoy food again after suffering anorexia. Last year the book saw her shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and it was named one of books of the year by the Times, the Telegraph and the Spectator – and it has just been released in paperback. As well as being an author, Laura is also a successful journalist and arts critic - and one of my best friends! In this episode, we talk about the dangers of the clean eating movement, the emotional challenge of writing (and talking) about mental health and anorexia, and why on earth she tried to real ALL of Charles Dickens' work in 2012. She's amazing. Totally amazing. Buy The Reading Cure here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-reading-cure/laura-freeman/9781474604659 Twitter: @aliceazania @LauraSFreeman Instagram: @aliceazania @laurasophiafreeman Edited by Chelsey Moore

Eighteen months after Emmanuel Macron rode a wave of optimism to the Élysée Palace, the French are rioting and the President's approval ratings are desperately low – Sudhir Hazareesingh tells us what went wrong; James O'Brien reflects on another week of Brexit bafflement; Laura Freeman introduces the "Hungry Novel", a sub-genre of the post-war British novel in which writers, subsisting on meagre rations of stodge and tinned goods, channelled their appetites into their prose See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Sunday Salon is a podcast celebrating brilliant books and the women who write them, hosted by journalist Alice-Azania Jarvis. Each week she chats to an inspiring female author about her work, her career, how she writes, what she reads and everything in between. This is not some academic textual analysis – it's about finding the stories behind the stories, and celebrating the joy that books bring, no matter what genre, or style. Tune in each Sunday to hear from guests including How Do You Like Me Now author Holly Bourne, Ordinary People's Diana Evans, The Reading Cure's Laura Freeman, and Nell Stevens, author of Mrs Gaskell and Me. Edited by Chelsey Moore

Andrew Marr starts the year in search of happiness with the behavioural scientist and happiness professor Paul Dolan. Dolan has advised the government on how to measure wellbeing, and in his latest book Happy Ever After argues that we’ve been sold a lie about the sources of happiness. The route to fulfilment may be far more unexpected that we thought. The writer Laura Freeman deplores what she calls the current Pollyana tendencies to ‘keep smiling’ via the mood-tracker apps on your phone. Freeman recounts how she herself found an appetite for life, after years of suffering with anorexia, through her love of reading. The science journalist Linda Geddes explores the impact of sunlight on our minds and bodies. In Chasing the Sun she looks at its significance in improving our health, sleep, productivity and mood. But what if our mood is really affected not by our mind, but our bodies? Professor Edward Bullmore has studied the link between mental health and physical inflammation, and argues that we need to look more closely at our immune system in the treatment of depression. Producer: Katy Hickman

The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick, rewards the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author aged between 18 and 35. The British Council is delighted, through our partnership with the prize, to be supporting young writers in exploring international opportunities that will inspire them for the rest of their careers. In this podcast, Georgina Godwin meets the four shortlisted authors for 2018: Laura Freeman, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Fiona Mozley and Adam Weymouth.

When Stig Abell was in his mid-twenties he went through a period where he would wake up in the middle of the night uncontrollably anxious and found reading, especially the novels of PG Wodehouse, provided respite. In this special programme on World Mental Health Day, Stig goes on a journey to try and understand what it is about reading which can improve mental well-being, and talks to writers Marian Keyes and Laura Freeman, and comedian Russell Kane about the role reading has played in helping their own. He visits Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to talk to Dr Pravir Sharma about the efficacy of reading as a treatment for mental health conditions and peer support worker Eugene Egan, a former service user, whose involvement in the Trust's Reading Well group has contributed to his recovery amid other positive outcomes.Marian Keyes suffered a period of debilitating, clinical depression. As she recovered she turned to writers such as Margery Allingham and Agatha Christie, finding the gentle worlds they recreated, in which there was always a resolution, made her feel the world could be a safe place again.Russell Kane stood out as an avid reader growing up in a working class family where reading – especially for boys - was frowned upon. Now a highly successful comedian, reading a wide range of fiction is an essential part of his daily life and helps with the stresses of performing.Eugene Egan is a former inpatient with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust whom he now works for the as a peer support worker and as a facilitator for the Recovery College Reading for Wellbeing groups. It was while on a mental health ward that he started reading Homer's Odyssey. Odysseus's travels related to his own periods of homelessness - and started a passion for reading which he continues to maintain his recovery.Dr Pravir Sharma is a consultant psychiatrist at the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust which supported the creation of Reading Well groups.Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Hilary Dunn

In the week Rowan Atkinson returns to the big screen as the hapless spy in Johnny English Strikes Again, which sees him batter innocent bystanders and himself in a series of pratfalls, we look at the art of physical comedy. Jonathan Sayer of Mischief Theatre, classicist and stand-up Natalie Haynes and Dr Oliver Double of the University of Kent attempt to answer an eternal question: why is the unfortunate mishap hilarious - so long as someone else is falling off the ladder?Damien Hirst has just announced that he is scaling back business activities, including laying off 50 staff, to focus on making art. This news coincided with a recent report into the value of Hirst's work, which found that the artworks he sold at auction in 2008, had plummeted in value when resold. Art market journalist Georgina Adam explains what this all might mean for the artist. Andre Aciman, whose first novel Call Me By Your Name, was turned into an Oscar winning film, discusses his latest novel Enigma Variations, which charts the life and loves of one man from adolescence through adulthood.In the first in an occasional series looking at the way the way in which the arts can positively impact on people's mental well being, Stig Abell talks to Laura Freeman about her book The Reading Cure in which she describes “the chaos, misery and misrule of an anorexic's thinking”, and how she overcame it. Aged 24 she read Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol and describes how continuing to read about food in fiction gave her the inspiration to start enjoying food again and became the pathway to a fuller and richer life. Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Edwina Pitman

My  guest today is Laura Freeman. Laura is an art critic, a writer and an author. Her book which came out earlier this year called The Reading Cure is a very brave and thoughtful memoir about how reading about food helped her on her road to recovery from anorexia. Laura is a truly excellent writer – having gained a double first from Cambridge and her book has had an amazing reaction. A review in the independent said of her book : “The Reading Cure is the work of a true-blue bibliophile, and it's impossible not to be seduced by Freeman's love of prose. It's essential reading not just for those who love food, but words.” This was a different kind of chat in many ways – but one that I think it really important and really interesting. We do all have different relationships with food and I think its important to explore them and to talk about them and I learnt a lot from Laura plus there are some delicious goodies in here too. Food is so much more than just the food itself – which is what this podcast talks about a lot -  I for one - remember my life through the meals I’ve eaten and the best moments with friends, or celebrating happy occasions or holidays are often centred around meals, around food and it’s such a central character in the story of so many of our lives. However, it’s wrong to think that everyone’s relationship with food is straight forwards and obviously everyone is different – there is no completely shared experience.  Laura has struggled with her appetite for food but her appetite for reading never went away and ultimately it was this that saved her and that makes for an incredibly interesting read and a very different outlook on food which I hope you will enjoy!

Viv Groskop in her luminous The Anna Karenina Fix, finds the answers to life’s burning questions in the great Russian novels. Not sure what to do with your love life? Turn to Tolstoy. Suffering from unrequited love? Turgenev can help. Are you socially awkward? Chekhov has the answers. Laura Freeman reveals how reading saved her life as she battled with anorexia, learning to embrace life once more through literature. Book by book and meal by meal, Laura acquired an entire library of reasons to live.

In today's episode, we discuss that jacket worn by Melania Trump whilst visiting an immigrant children's camp in Texas; Lionel Shriver's follow-up to her anti-diversity rant; Johnny Depp's bonkers Rolling Stone interview; Dolly's new favourite podcast Dear Joan and Jericha; and why mindfulness should be less about emptying your mind - than filling it.Also today, we host the Oscar-nominated actor, producer and now memoirist, Gabourey Sidibe. Her book, This Is Just My Face, Try Not To Stare is a hilarious and brutally honest account of her life, from working as a phone-sex operator, to her breakout role in Precious, via fat-shaming in Hollywood.You can e-mail The High Low thehighlowshow@gmail.com and tweet us, @thehighlowshow.LinksThis Is Just My Face, Try Not To Stare, by Gabourey Sidibehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Just-My-Face-Stare/dp/1784708445/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530130400&sr=1-1&keywords=gabourey+sidibeThe Economist Radiohttp://radio.economist.com/On mindFULLness over mindfullness, by Laura Freeman for The Timeshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-meditation-mania-makes-me-anxious-l6fggsm9pThe Pisces, by Melissa Broderhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Pisces-Melissa-Broder/dp/1408890984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530130384&sr=8-1&keywords=the+pisces+melissa+broderAre plus-size clothes really making us put on weight? By Victoria Moss for The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/news/plus-size-clothes-really-making-us-put-weight-simply-alternative/The diversity trap, by Lionel Shriver for The Spectatorhttps://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/the-diversity-trap/On The (Nearly Lethal) Comforts Of A Luxury Cruise by David Foster Wallace: https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf Dear Joan and Jericha: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916?mt=2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lars Freeman used to be known as Laura Freeman. He’s never been happier now that he’s the Freeman he always wanted to be. Lars graciously shares details about his transition from female to male and the life he’s building with his wife, in one of the most conservative cities in Colorado. Lars lets us in on what it’s like to live as a regular beard-growing dude who loves his lady, his animals, and being sober, after so many years of self-medicating.

Today on Tea & Tattle, I’m in conversation with the author and art critic, Laura Freeman, who recently published the incredible bibliomemoir, The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite. In her book, Laura describes her diagnosis of anorexia as a teenager, and how her insatiable hunger for books gradually helped restore her to health and happiness. In today's interview, Laura explains how Dickens's novels awakened her to the pleasures of eating and the associative powers of food. Emboldened by a A Christmas Carol, one December she tasted her first spoonful of Christmas pudding since her diagnosis.  It was the travel memoirs of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Laurie Lee that encouraged Laura to be braver when traveling and opened her up to the excitements of tasting local cuisines.  Some of my favourite passages from the book were Laura's descriptions of discovering the food writer M.F.K. Fisher, who wrote so memorably about her adventures as an American woman in France, and I was delighted when Laura chose a section about Fisher to read aloud during our interview.  I'm sure Laura's book will be one of my top 5 favourites from 2018, not only because it speaks so eloquently and honestly on a subject that affects so many women, but also because it whetted my own appetite for so many of the novels that Laura credits on her road to recovery. I nodded along in agreement over her appreciation for Little Women and Cider With Rosie, but Laura's pages on Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, A Month in the Country, and so many others, had me rushing to Daunt Books to purchase my own copies. I so enjoyed my conversation with Laura, and I know this episode will be a brilliant listen for anyone who has ever experienced the restorative power of great literature. Listen to learn more about Laura's book, The Reading Cure. Read the show notes and get all the links: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/71 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: Find Miranda at @mirandasnotebook and @mirandasbookcase If you enjoy the show, please do leave a rating and review in iTunes, as good ratings really help other people to find the podcast. Thank you!

An explosive Quincy Jones interview via Vulture; an even more explosive Sex and The City row via Kim Cattrall (just try and get Dolly to shut up about it); and some fun Valentine's Day facts for you: did you know that 5% more babies are conceived during Valentines week than any other time (Christmas comes second); and that 52% of people are choosing to stay at home for Valentine's - or Galentines - this year? Also, old people are having more sex than ever and Dolly's very happy about it.Much has been happening in the world of celebrity, but we've also been reading some great new books (Pandora recommends Zadie Smith's short story anthology, Feel Free; whilst Dolly's pick for this week is Bad Romance, by Emily Hill) and The Reading Cure, by journalist Laura Freeman, who is also our guest today. A lyrical book from a former anorexia sufferer, on how books restored her appetite, Laura compares a disordered mind to that of a disordered library: where the books have flown off the shelves, the pages are ripped and the windows are smashed. We discuss the increase in eating disorders - according to a report by The Guardian this week, they have doubled in women - and why Laura sees the term ‘eating disorder' as an insufficient descriptor of this obsessive mental illness.LinksFeel Free, by Zadie Smith https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Free-Essays-Zadie-Smith/dp/0241146895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518639110&sr=8-1&keywords=zadie+smith+feel+freeThe Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite, by Laura Freeman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reading-Cure-Books-Restored-Appetite/dp/1474604641Bad Romance, by Emily Hill https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Romance-Emily-Hill/dp/1783524960/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518639876&sr=1-1&keywords=bad+romance+emily+hillSix Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain, by James Bloodworth https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hired-Months-Undercover-Low-Wage-Britain/dp/1786490145In Conversation: Quincy Jones, by David Marchese for Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quincy-jones-in-conversation.htmlYou don't have to be a CEO to be a superwoman, by India Knight for The Sunday Times magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/india-knight-you-don-t-have-to-be-a-city-ceo-with-nine-kids-to-be-a-superwoman-ordinary-women-perform-miracles-every-day-nnkbw2r72Carey Mulligan and David Hare interview, by Louis Wise for The Sunday Times Culture magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-carey-mulligan-david-hare-bbc-drama-tv-show-collateral-3w5dj7308Inside The Mean-Girls Culture That Destroyed Sex And The City for the New York Post:

Doctors, dates, and diaries! Valentine’s Day is upon us! Darian and Victor invite their good friend (and official rom-com expert) Laura Freeman to join them as they break down THREE favorite films from the romance genre. Snuggle up with your S.O. and listen as Victor breaks the ice with 1960’s Academy Award winning “The Apartment,” Laura takes us on a stroll with 2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and Darian invites us in for coffee with 2005’s “Hitch.”   ANNOUNCEMENTS Follow Us! Find us on Facebook Twitter and Instagram @filmloopshow! We’ve got a lot of great surprises and exclusive special content coming up on our social media feeds you won’t want to miss!   Film Loop Office Oscar Pool 2018 The 90th Annual Academy Awards are upon us, and we’re hosting the first annual Film Loop Office Oscar Pool! That’s right, we’re challenging you, our listeners, to make predictions for winners in each category of the 2018 Oscar awards and compete for the top prize, including the chance to pick a film that we will review in our penultimate episode this season! Enter your submissions now! Contest ends February 26th, 2018. Go to http://filmloopshow.com/about for more details!   REFERENCES AND LINKS The Apartment trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNV3gpQ1brA “A Look Back: Billy Wilder’s The Apartment” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYsZ0u2XCRk Bridget Jones’ Diary trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvfWAxvGs54 Author Helen Fielding talks about Bridget Jones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GFGmT1AWlU Hitch trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEcHRAiEnt0 Will Smith “Miami” video featuring Eva Mendes! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBS6QGsH_4 FLUBS from Episode #11 Can it be!? No flubs last episode! (that we know of…) Film Loop is a movie podcast hosted by GenXer, Victor De Anda and Millennial, Darian Davis. Every episode, each host picks one movie from their past to share with the other, and together they debate and ruminate over their favorite moments as the generations collide! To stay in the loop, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @filmloopshow, show your love by rating and reviewing us on iTunes, and visit us at filmloopshow.com!

Thank you to everyone who enjoyed our special episode with Tina Brown last week - we had a huge response. We miss her already

With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – Would you take fashion advice from Beckett? Was John Updike an early advocate of "norm-core"? We're joined in the studio by Laura Freeman to discuss a new book, Legendary Authors and the Clothes they Wore; addiction represents the height of paradox: the quest for fulfilment of individual desire that embraces the destruction of the individual self. Eric Iannelli considers a clutch of studies and memoirs that seek to describe the causes and consequences of the addict's “self-perpetuating vortex”; Charlottesville, the college city in Virginia, has impinged on the global consciousness in recent weeks, since a rash of neo-Nazi-instigated violence spread from the University of Virginia's campus into the streets. Krishan Kumar, a sociology professor at UVA, reflects on the institution's legacy, and that of its founder Thomas Jefferson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Half a Sixpence has been criticised for casting all-white actors. Julian Fellowes wrote the book and addresses this on tonight's Front Row. Then to discuss the issue of diverse casting in historical drama, Samira is joined by Talawa Theatre Company producer, Gail Babb, and writer and critic Ekow Eshun.It's nearly 40 years since the TV mini-series Roots shook America with its portrayal of slavery and the brutal civil war. Now a new series has been made. Writer and critic Ekow Eshun explores whether this version can have the same impact on audiences today.The picture that Beyoncé released announcing that she's pregnant with twins has become an internet sensation. As the numbers of views and likes continues to rise, art critic Laura Freeman discusses the long history of images that Beyoncé's photograph draws upon.John Burnside is a prolific award-winning poet and novelist. As his new novel, Ashland & Vine, and new collection of poems, Still Life with Feeding Snake, are published, he talks to Samira Ahmed about these stories, and his different approaches to telling them.

Gary and Roscoe are pleased and excited to welcome cabaret artist Beckie Menzie to Booth One this week. Beckie is an award-winning performer, teacher, song writer, musical director and vocal coach, a staple of the Windy City music scene, and nationally recognized as one of the country's finest cabaret entertainers. Along with her musical partner Tom Michael, they have been called, "Sizzling...immensely appealing...one of the most compelling duos in cabaret today!" Beckie is from Pierceton, IN, but a Chicago girl through and through. She learned piano at an early age and fell in love with music and the performing arts while hanging around the Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw, IN. She has performed at some of the nation's top clubs, theaters, concert halls, outdoor venues, and cabaret rooms. She most recently appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Auditorium Theatre. We play a few song excerpts throughout the podcast to give you a taste of her talent, style and singular musical gifts. Beckie and the boys chat about cabaret performers Michael Feinstein, Barbara Cook, Karen Mason, Sally Mayes, Julie Wilson, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Marilyn Maye and Barbra Streisand. (Just to drop a few names!) We discuss Laura Benanti's latest show at the Cafe Carlyle in New York and the stellar reviews she received. Gary gives a shout out to the Therapy Players, Chicago's premier all-psychotherapist comedy improvisation troupe! Seems they're holding auditions looking for a few new recruits. If you or someone you love is mental health professional, check them out at www.therapyplayers.com. In addition to performing steadily with Tom, Beckie is also a vocal coach and teacher, has recently become engaged, and sings with Laura Freeman & Marianne Murphy Orland in a group called Girls Like Us. They'll be performing their new show Barbra, Bette and Bernadette at Chicago's famed Davenport's nightclub on November 19 & 20. Go here for more info and tickets. Beckie's various musical ventures are part of her BeMe Music empire. If you like The Golden Girls like we do, you'll LOVE the new action figures from Funko. Retirees Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia are posable vinyl figures 3.75 inches tall and ready for action! The four-figure set costs $25 and is only available from participating Target stores and New York Comic Con. Run, don't walk, to your nearest Target for holiday shopping magic. There's nothing like a country and western song title to bring a smile - and an occasional grimace - to your face. Gary cycles through the Best of the Worst Country-Western Song Titles of all time. Here's one - She Got the Gold Mine and I Got the Shaft. Beckie tells us about the country song she once wrote and one that she intends to. Roscoe inquires whether anyone can be taught how to sing, in an apparent attempt to jump start a cabaret career of his own. Beckie responds as only a true vocal/performance coach can. Don't worry, folks. Roscoe and I are probably not leaving the Booth One podcast for vocalist fame and fortune anytime soon! Chat Pack, anyone? We play a few rounds of our favorite conversational party game with Beckie. Kiss of Death: Jean Shepard, Female Country Voice with Muscle and Ambition. A mainstay of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 60 years, Ms. Shepard blazed the Country Music trail for other female singers like Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette. She brought a freewheeling, cheeky style to the eternal themes of heartache, cheating and marital discord, planting the flag for independent women. In the early 1950's, Ms. Shepard had hits with "The Root of All Evil (Is a Man)", "Many Happy Hangovers to You" and "Twice the Lovin' (in Half the Time)". She was small but her voice was powerful, pure and penetrating. She was also an expert yodeler. Ms. Shepard was an ardent champion of traditional country music throughout her lifetime. She was 82. Read Obit.            

With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – Marcia Zug on marriage in America (plus the pros and cons of mail-order brides); Laura Freeman on Beatrix Potter's naughty charm; Paul Duguid considers the implications of unrestrained information for all – is more necessarily better?; and finally, Robert Potts reads "Gift", a poem by the concrete poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, first published in the TLS in 1960. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ENGLISH, Karen. Substitute Trouble. illus. Laura Freeman. Clarion. 2013. ISBN 9780547615653. JLG Level: CE : City Elementary (Grades 2–6). Nikki and Deja don’t like their new substitute teacher. He doesn’t follow Ms. Shelby-Ortiz’s rules. He doesn’t follow the plan. He has no control over the class. Writing an anonymous letter to Mr. Willow with some tips about how to handle the misbehavior in their class seems like a good idea. In a misunderstanding, Deja is blamed for a disrespectful action, and she’s sent to the principal’s office. Her explanation and the letter brings consequences that she never expected. Following the rules gets hard, even for Deja and Nikki. New readers will identify with the class, but hope they never have substitute trouble like the girls do.