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Patricia Forde, Laureate na nÓg, Irleland's Children's Literature Laureate, discusses the launch of The Children's Booker Prize for the best fiction written for young people between the ages of eight and twelve.

Mëtt November sinn déi Walfer Bicherdeeg. Den Optakt mécht dann traditionnel d'Verkënnegung vun de Laureate vum Lëtzebuerger Buchpräis, deen d'Bicherediteuren all Joer verginn. Elo ass déi enk Auswiel an den dräi Kategorien eraus. D'Valerija Berdi mécht de Point.

主播：Sofia（中国）+ Maelle（法国） 音乐：Thinking About You01. A Farewell to a Physics Legend 一位物理巨匠的谢幕2025年10月18日，BBC（英国广播公司）报道了物理学家杨振宁逝世的消息：Chinese Nobel laureate and physicist Chen Ning Yang dies aged 103中国诺贝尔奖得主、物理学家杨振宁去世，享年103岁Laureate /ˈlɔ:riət/ n. 荣誉获得者，获奖者Physicist /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ n. 物理学家That report marks the passing of a true titan (巨匠). 在物理学界，杨振宁教授是一个iconic figure。Iconic /aɪˈkɑ:nɪk/ adj. 标志性的、象征性的It means someone or something that is very famous and admired (令人钦佩的), representing a particular idea or era (时代). 他被广泛认为是可以和爱因斯坦和牛顿比肩的物理学家。“比肩”这个词可以有两种表达方式：1) In the same breath：两件事情一起说，一起做；在这里意思是“可以与……比肩”。Eg. He was often mentioned in the same breath as Newton and Einstein (牛顿和爱因斯坦). 2) The same caliber as...：与……齐名Eg. He is widely regarded as a physicist of the same caliber as Einstein and Newton.02. The Making of A Child Prodigy 天才少年的诞生让我们一起来了解一下，这位伟大科学家不平凡的一生里有哪些传奇色彩？我们都知道，杨振宁教授是一位杰出的物理学家（a distinguished physicist）。He demonstrated (展示) extraordinary talent (非凡的天赋) from a very young age.Distinguished /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ adj. 卓越的，杰出的它比excellent更正式庄重一些。��What kind of extraordinary signs did he demonstrate as a child?有一个流传很广的故事：杨振宁先生大概四岁的时候，他母亲开始教他认字，在短短一年多的时间里，他竟然就认识了三千多个汉字（three thousand Chinese characters）！更神奇的是他数学方面的天赋。他父亲的一位朋友，听说他是神童，就故意出了一道数学题想考考他。He solved it in what seemed like no time (一眨眼的功夫). 在场的大人们都惊呆了。It sounds like he was a true “child prodigy (天赋异禀的神童)”. Prodigy /ˈprɑdədʒi/ n. 天才“Child prodigy”就是指神童。后来在16岁——大多数孩子还在读高中的年纪，他直接考入了顶尖的National Southwestern Associated University（西南联合大学）。这也为他成为一代科学巨匠，埋下了最初的种子。中国当时正深处抗战和内战的动荡之中。It has been a time of great uncertainty (充满不确定性) during that period in China. 这对于一位有志于攀登科学巅峰的年轻人来说，前方的道路也充满了不确定性（uncertainty）。03. Journey Across the Ocean 赴美求学的黄金时代Where could a young scholar (年轻学者) find the environment to pursue pure science (追寻纯粹的科学研究)? 其实答案就在大洋彼岸——America。二战后的美国，不仅远离战火，而且政府和大学更是投入了空前的资源用于基础科学研究。那里汇聚了全球顶尖的头脑，拥有当时最先进的实验室和理论平台。That's why he went to the United States for his studies. For a talent like Chen Ning Yang, it was a golden opportunity (黄金机会) to pursue his scientific dreams.于是，就像当时许多有抱负的中国学者一样，杨振宁把握住了机会，踏上了赴美留学的旅程。He entered the top University of Chicago (芝加哥大学) to realize his scientific dream.Enrico Fermi (费米), the Nobel laureate (诺贝尔奖得主) who created the first nuclear reactor (核反应堆)，正是杨振宁在芝加哥的博士导师。他也被业界称为“原子弹之父”。而这也体现了美国当时无与伦比的（unparalleled）科研环境。It was like stepping into a whole new world of scientific possibilities. ��How did Chen Ning Yang's career progress (事业发展) in the United States?杨振宁的事业发展可以说是非常顺利。在费米以及后来另一位关键导师Edward Teller（泰勒）的亲自指导下，杨振宁打下了坚实的基础。Yang's move to the United States for education was clearly the correct path.而这也最终成功地吸引了另一位原子弹之父——奥本海默（Oppenheimer）的注意，并引领他进入了普林斯顿（Princeton）这座学术圣殿的大门。Oppenheimer (奥本海默) was so impressed by Yang's talent that he personally invited him to join Princeton (普林斯顿大学) in 1949. 对于任何物理学家来说，这都是一个“dreamy position（梦寐以求的职位）”。04. From Einstein to Eternity 与爱因斯坦的“跨时代对话”说到他在普林斯顿的时光，这里还有一个科学史上广为流传的佳话（a remarkable story）。当时年轻的杨振宁，竟然与科学巨匠爱因斯坦（Albert Einstein）有过直接的学术交流！It must have been such a “surreal” moment (难以置信的时刻) for a young physicist.Surreal /səˈriəl/ adj. 超现实的，难以置信的这个词用来形容当时杨振宁见到爱因斯坦的场景再合适不过了。他们的见面不是一次简单的问好（a quick hello），而是一次实质性的学术讨论。当时杨振宁和他的合作者正在研究“统计力学”，爱因斯坦对此很感兴趣，所以邀请他们到他的办公室深入交谈。What a historic dialogue (跨越时代的对话)! But even geniuses get nervous! 杨振宁后来坦诚地说，他当时非常紧张，而且爱因斯坦的德语口音很重，他其实没能完全听懂所有的讨论。彼时，年轻的杨振宁正站在那位定义了现代物理学（defined modern physics）的巨人的肩膀上（on the shoulders of the very giant），与之对话（engaged in a dialogue）。It's like a “passing of the torch (火炬的传递)”.这次对话更象征着理论物理学伟大思想的传承。而这位曾经与爱因斯坦对话的年轻人，最终也成为了书写历史的人（a figure who shaped history）。杨振宁的个人生活也伴随着他的学术生涯蒸蒸日上（academic growth）而开花结果（blossom）。他在普林斯顿与杜致礼女士重逢并步入婚姻。这位国民党著名将领杜聿明的长女，成为了他此后长达53年的人生伴侣。05. Revolutionary Contributions to Physics 颠覆物理界的科学贡献Chen Ning Yang was a theoretical physicist (理论物理学家). Why is he considered so great? Theoretical /ˌθiəˈretɪk(ə)l/ adj. 理论上的杨振宁在科学领域的伟大贡献之一就是“宇称不守恒定律”（Parity Nonconservation）。这个发现有多么颠覆呢？它直接引发了物理学界最根本的思维方式的改变，而这一理论也让他与李政道一起获得了诺贝尔奖（the Nobel Prize）。物理学界（physics community）普遍认为，杨振宁还有一个更伟大的贡献（greater contribution），叫做“杨-米尔斯理论”（Yang-Mills theory）。这也被认为是杨老最杰出的代表作。这也就是为什么国际物理学界有一个广泛的社会共识：那就是杨振宁是继牛顿和爱因斯坦之后（alongside Newton and Einstein），最伟大的物理学家之一。06. Rooting and Rebooting 归根与重启His personal journey later in life also captured the world's attention (吸引了全世界的注意). He chose to return to China in his old age. 他全职回到清华大学担任教授，这样一个决定也体现了我们中文里说的“落叶归根（leaf returning to the root）”。But it was more like rooting and rebooting (归根与重启). 他把他一生的智慧、经验和国际资源，都带回了祖国，为中国的科学事业“站台”和“引航”。所以杨老的回国绝非一次象征性的叶落归根（symbolic homecoming）。It was an active, purposeful decision to contribute (饱含深意的、为了奉献的主动抉择). 在某种意义上，他这是在solving his final equation（解答他人生中最后的方程式）——一道关乎祖国未来的方程式。BBC的公告宣告了一个时代的帷幕缓缓落下。但对华夏而言，他所留下的伟大传承，正悄然开启新的篇章。The BBC announcement marked the end of an era. But for China, his legacy is just the beginning. 杨振宁先生给我们留下了科学的瑰宝，更留下了关于家与国、个人与时代的最深沉的思考。

De Jhemp Hoscheit ass de Laureat vum Nationale Literaturconcours 2025. Säi Roman „Den Impakt vu Klappentexter“ huet de Jury, dee vum Antoine Pohu presidéiert gouf, am beschten iwwerzeegt, All Joer organiséiert de Kulturministère e Concours, wou Autorinnen an Auteuren hir Texter anonym aschécken. All Joer ass och en anere Literaturgenre um Programm. Dëst Joer war de Roman gefrot. Den zweete Präis geet un d‘Cathy Clement an hire Roman „Neel mat Käpp“, den drëtte Präis un de Guy Helminger a säi Manuskript „Die Elefantenhaut“. De Präis „jeunes auteurs/autrices de 12 à 19 ans“ geet un „Silent Screams“ vun der Maude Blaschette. D‘Valerija Berdi huet mam Laureat vum 1. Präis, dem Jhemp Hoscheit iwwer säi Wierk an iwwer d‘Bedeitung vun esou engem Präis geschwat. D‘Präisiwwerreechung ass den 2. Dezember am Nationale Literaturarchv, wou dann och déi aner Laureatinnen a Laureate hir Präisser entgéint huelen.

The 2025 World Food Prize Laureate Mariangela Hungria talks about how soil science is shaping a more sustainable future.

In her first public event as the fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne discussed her writing career to date and her role as Laureate with Niall MacMonagle. This event was recorded at  the National Library of Ireland on 16 September 2025.

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Colm Tóibín is one of Ireland's most celebrated writers. He's the author of eleven novels, including Brooklyn, The Master, and The Magician. Known for his quiet emotion and vivid storytelling, Tóibín is also a playwright, essayist, and recent Laureate for Irish Fiction. His new release, Ship in Full Sail, a rich collection of essays and lectures, is available now.Brought to you by Ballymore.Follow the show:Instagram: @bookshelfpodcastTikTok: @bookshelfpodcastFollow Ryan:Instagram: @instatubridy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manon war beim HLF und berichtet, dass dort KI umfassend Thema war. Davon ausgehend werfen wir einen Blick auf die Auswirkungen von LLMs auf Forschung und Bildung.

From Stephen King to George Saunders ,there is no shortage of authors willing to put their insights on how the greats write and how you can do it betterBut, how does advising children on the topic of creative writing differ from dealing with more mature aspiring writers?Patricia Forde is Laureate na nÓg and author of ‘Making It Up As You Go Along: A Children's Guide to Writing Stories'. She joins Seán to discuss.

From Stephen King to George Saunders ,there is no shortage of authors willing to put their insights on how the greats write and how you can do it betterBut, how does advising children on the topic of creative writing differ from dealing with more mature aspiring writers?Patricia Forde is Laureate na nÓg and author of ‘Making It Up As You Go Along: A Children's Guide to Writing Stories'. She joins Seán to discuss.

Poesin är det som försvinner vid översättning, sägs det. Men översätter vi inte alla hela tiden? Jonas Rasmussen söker efter ett gemensamt modersmål. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Från radion i köket kommer dagligen nyheter om konflikter världen över. Och mitt i allt det här tänker jag på något så banalt som träd.När jag hör eller läser ordet ”träd” tänker jag på björken vid vägen utanför mitt barndomshem – hur vi klättrade i den; hur den svartvita barken kändes mot fingrarna; hur det svajade när man var 15 meter upp och kunde se vårt hustak uppifrån. En skogsbrukare gör sig säkert helt andra bilder i huvudet: för hen är ett träd kanske lika mycket en kapad stam redo att förädlas till virke. Och en arborist får säkert helt andra associationer.Jag arbetar som översättare och det brukar sägas att översättning handlar om att överbrygga språkliga, kulturella och nationella gränser, och det är förstås sant. Men kanske är översättning både någonting mycket mer personligt och komplext än så, och samtidigt något omedvetet som alla på jorden går runt och ägnar oss åt hela tiden. Och själva strävan efter att söka kunskap och försöka förstå andra än den egna gruppen verkar ligga inbäddat i människans DNA.Den danska poeten Inger Christensen lär ha sagt att översättning av en dikt är som att göra ett färgfoto till svart-vitt, och den amerikanske poeten Robert Frost har uttryckt det som att ”poesin är det som försvinner vid översättning”.Men även inom ett och samma språk finns en bedräglig mångtydighet och väldiga begränsningar i vad man faktiskt kan uttrycka. Ett av de allra första orden man lär sig som barn brukar vara ”lampa”. Men liksom med ordet ”träd” är jag ganska säker på att någon nu ser en kökslampa framför sig, någon annan läslampan vid sängkanten. Så vad är egentligen en ”lampa”, och förstår vi ens varandra, även om vi talar samma språk och använder så basala ord som ”lampa” och ”träd”?På ett seminarium på Köpenhamns universitet 2017 höll översättaren, skådespelaren och regissören Peter Eszterhás ett föredrag där han satte fingret på någonting som jag länge hade anat, men inte själv hade lyckats formulera. Vid flera tillfällen återkom han till meningen ”modersmålet heter översättning”. Ja, utsagan kräver lite eftertanke. Eszterhás föddes i Ungern och kom redan som barn till Danmark, men det här har inte med hans eget modersmål att göra, utan ska, som jag tolkar honom, förstås mer universellt. Som att modersmålet är ett språk som hela jordens alla nationaliteter använder, och det språket är en praktik som han alltså kallar översättning.Vi människor står inte ut med att något saknar mening. Visst har också du stått och sett ett moln på himlen bilda en kamel, ett ansikte eller något helt annat, fullt medveten om att det bara är slumpens och vindarnas lek med vattenånga, och dina egna fantasier, som skapar bilden. Det samma gäller när vi betraktar abstrakt konst. Om vi presenteras för en målning med ljusa prickar på en mörk bakgrund ser någon en stjärnhimmel, någon annan en blomsteräng på natten. Vi nöjer oss inte med att det är prickar på en mörk bakgrund, utan helt instinktivt omvandlar vi det tillsynes obegripliga till något begripligt genom att relatera det till våra egna, subjektiva erfarenheter.Och när vi ser en slumpmässigt genererad teckensallad av bokstäver, eller läser en dikt där nästan vartenda ord hade kunnat bytas ut mot något annat, då kan vi inte låta bli att ändå försöka uttolka ett meddelande, en mening, i texten – något som hakar in i våra egna liv och minnen.För att göra vår omvärld begriplig för oss själva använder vi våra sinnen. Det är tillexempel ren överlevnadsinstinkt att kunna bedöma en bils riktning och hastighet för att inte kliva ut i gatan vid fel ögonblick. Vi avläser också ständigt våra medmänniskors ansiktsuttryck och kroppsspråk. Och som de sociala varelser vi är så har det verbala språket här en särställning. När en vän ringer till dig och säger: ”Jag har det inte så bra just nu”, då betyder det förmodligen att hen skulle behöva prata med dig. Kanske är det tillochmed ett sätt att fråga om du har tid att ses snart för ett allvarligt snack, även om det inte är det som faktiskt uttalas. Vare sig vi vill eller ej måste vi alltså dagligen tolka en otrolig mängd intryck för att göra vår omvärld begriplig och meningsfull.Och om vi vänder 180 grader på perspektivet så måste vi själva också tolka vårt inre för att göra oss förstådda och för att själva kunna fungera i omvärlden. Det är livsavgörande att kunna förstå och reagera på signaler som tillexempel att kroppen fryser eller är hungrig. Och för att överhuvudtaget kunna interagera med våra medmänniskor måste vi ge uttryck för våra egna affekter, känslor, tankar och idéer. Och de här inre, subjektiva faktorerna är inte ursprungligen formulerade på ett begripligt språk, inte ens för oss själva. Vi måste därför översätta våra egna tankar och känslor till ett språk som är någorlunda begripligt för vänner, bekanta och dem vi älskar.När Tomas Tranströmer mottog Neustadt-priset 1990 sade han i sitt tacktal bland annat följande: ”En dikt är en representation av en annan, osynlig dikt, skriven på ett språk bortom det vanliga språket. Därmed är även originaldikten en översättning.” Här finns alltså en tydlig parallell till Eszterhás tanke om ”modersmålet”. Som jag förstår Tranströmer menar han att de känslor, idéer och tankar vi har inom oss finns i oss på ett allmänmänskligt språk – bortom geografiska, kulturella och nationella gränser. Och dessa tankar och idéerna översätts av poeten till ett språk som kan läsas av andra.Och det är på den arenan konsterna verkar. Hade det varit möjligt att, i en fullt begriplig och empiriskt verifierbar facktext, uttrycka tillexempel ångest; hur det känns att vara förälskad; eller bara upplevelsen av att klättra i en hög björk, då hade mänskligheten förmodligen aldrig utvecklat skönlitteraturen och poesin, eller de övriga konstformerna. Men unikt för just skönlitteraturen, och framförallt poesin, är att den använder just språket för att uttrycka sådant som inte kan uttryckas med språket.Jag tänker igen på ordet ”träd”, och på att arboristen förmodligen ser en levande organism framför sig, där det osynliga rotsystemet är lika betydelsefullt som stammen och kronan. Jag tänker på det som finns under, bortom språket och som behöver språket för att bli synligt och få människor att förstå varandra över tid och rum. Och det ger mig hopp, hopp om att någonting djupt inuti mig också resonerar i någonting djupt inuti alla andra, oavsett religiös, kulturell eller nationell tillhörighet. Om språket missbrukas kan det förstås också användas för att söndra och splittra och ställa folkgrupper mot varandra. Och delvis är det nog resultaten av det jag fortfarande hör när radion i köket rapporterar om alla konflikthärdar. Men språket som sådant, och översättningen av språk, kan också användas till att få oss att förstå och känna samhörighet med andra kulturer och individer, och dessutom, i förlängningen, ge oss en klarare blick på vår egen kultur och oss själva. För bortom det där vanliga språket som vi kommunicerar med, och som ni, just nu, hör mig tala, så delar vi ett gemensamt språk; ett modersmål som heter översättning.Jonas Rasmussenöversättare och författare Källor:Peter Eszterhás. Föredrag om översättning vid Köpenhamns universitet 6/10 2017Tomas Tranströmers tacktal vid utdelningen av Neustadtpriset. ”Laureate's Words of Acceptance” kan läsas här: https://www.neustadtprize.org/a–swedish–poet–in–oklahoma–remembering–tomas–transtromer/ (min översättning från eng.)

Send us a textIn this episode we invite Colm Tóibín to the breakfast table to discuss his new book A Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. The book collects the blogs he wrote during his term as Laureate for Irish Fiction,  one written each month on topics as diverse as  Artificial Intelligence, reading Ulysses, the discomfort of Salman Rushdie in the wilds of County Dublin, Bob Dylan in concert, a life of Thom Gunn and the author's role in a campaign to save the House of The Dead. Also included are essays on abiding interests –  music and the visual arts. It's a wide-ranging collection full of fascinating insights into the mind of one of Ireland's beloved writers.This episode is supported by a Project Award from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry' from The Hare's Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it. Logo designed by Freya Sirr.Support the show

Internationally acclaimed architect, educator, and the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Francis Kéré is currently in the country delivering a series of public lectures in Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington as part of the 2025 Futuna Lecture Series Francis first gained international recognition with the very first building he designed - a primary school in his home village of Gando, Burkina Faso. Since then, he has gone on to design acclaimed buildings across the globe. He is known for involving community at the heart of his projects drawing inspiration from the natural landscape and using local materials in his projects Francis Kére spoke to Jesse.

Compassion & Empathy versus Heartless Fascism;  Our Resident Doctors Weigh in on Trump's Health…& the Public's We begin GREEP Zoom #237 with the latest heart-felt poem from our Laureate, MIMI GERMAN. With a clarion call for action activist/professor CHUCK PENACCIO warns us that “fascism is here” & demands our mass movement for democracy & peace. Radio broadcaster LYNNE FEINERMAN mourns the murder of Yitzhak Rabin & the rise of fascism in Israel. Co-Convenor MIKE HERSH updates us on the history of the West's mixed relationship with fascism, including the rise of Spain's dictator Franco. Diving deep into the horrors of “Christian Fascism” is ANDRA WATKINS, who grew up in an extreme right-wing anti-empathy home. From ALEX WILLIAMS we get a warning that the concept of “God” continues to be used to unite angry people around very “UnChristian” fascism. The State unifying with Religion is illustrated by DONALD SMITH is portrayed through the grim visage of Stephen Miller, a “fascist Jew.” Jesus was a man of empathy, says CARRIE LARSON, meaning the “Christian Nationalist” movement has little to do with Christ. From the great DR. NANCY NIPARKO we hear of the plethora of studies of vaccines & the realities of autistic studies & the root of empathy in understanding that nobody is all bad. From DR. RUTH STRAUSS we get a devastating description of what can happen to the human brain due to measles, a preventable disease. Our co-convenor MYLA RESON asks Dr. Ruth to comment on whether Trump is suffering from congestive heart failure…saying instead it's venus insufficiency. From HEIDI VERTHALLER  we get a request to reach out to Epstein survivors to join us at a future date. Our engineer STEVE CARUSO tells us that eating meat is worse than smoking cigarettes, even though the latter helped kill Franklin Roosevelt. Anti-nuclear super-hero KARL GROSSMAN tells us of the brilliant “Atomic Bill…” play, written by Libbe Halevy, now opening at Wilmington College in Ohio. KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA announces a great upcoming event in Santa Cruz with legendary visionaries we need to hear.  Next week we'll investigate the green energy movement in Ukraine and much much more.  See you then!!!  

In the final episode of the 2025 season, Mike talks with 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction recipient Anne Enright about J.G. Farrell's 1970 novel, Troubles. Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published three collections of stories, collected as Yesterday's Weather, one book of non-fiction, Making Babies, and eight novels, including The Gathering, which was the Irish Novel of the Year and won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, The Forgotten Waltz, which was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and The Green Road, which won the Irish Novel of the year and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Her work has been nominated for the Women's Prize five times. From 2015 to 2018 she was the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her latest, The Wren, The Wren is the winner of the 2024 Writer's Prize for Fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, shares his guide to hope and happiness during troubling times in the world and after his battle against Covid-19 during the pandemic - plus he reveals the joy of returning to work with "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" illustrator, Helen Oxenbury, for the first time in more than 30 years with "Oh Dear, Look What I Got!".Kristie De Garis is a writer, photographer and one of the few female dry stone wallers in the UK. Based in Perthshire, she fixes the cracks in both the countryside and at home, as she lives with her two children and two ex-husbands.Journalist and professional ghost-writer, Zoë Apostolides, creates memoirs for those who are old or dying to pass down to their family - but it was the creation of her own grandmothers memoirs during lockdown that revealed more than she thought.All that, plus former Strictly star Oti Mabuse shares her Inheritance Tracks.Presenter: Adrian Chiles Producer: Ben Mitchell

Welcome to Pleasure of Poetry with Jay Featherstone and Heidi Wakeman. Join the Co-poets Laureate of Gloucester, Massachusetts for an inter-generational conversation on poetry, place and pleasure. Regular guests will include local poets and personalities sharing their own poetry.

In 2023, UCAN developed a relationship with the amazing Children's Laureate of Wales for 2023-25, poet and writer Alex Wharton. The Children's Laureate Wales is a national ambassadorial role, created by Literature Wales, which aims to inspire and empower children and young people across Wales through literature. Alex met a range of our amazing young people, and inspired and facilitated them in writing their own poems through a series of fun and creative workshops over the last 2 years. At UCAN we love sound and recording, so we thought it would be ideal to use this opportunity to create the very first Audiobook of Poetry for blind and vision impaired young people, while sprinkling in some of our trademark sound wizardry! So here it is - we want everyone to hear and share this collection of funny, inspiring, moving and creative spoken word poetry. We are forever grateful to Alex Wharton, Literature Wales and to our funders Children in Need for making this possible. CONTENTS 01 Alex Wharton - Introduction 02 Who Are We? 03 Friendship 04 A Limerick 05 Another Limerick 06 My Kind of Sunday 07 Lizard Poem 08 Ghost Poem 09 Sunday Strange Sounds 10 Where Am I? 11 The DFN Project 12 How Far Can You See?

Labhraíonn Éilis Ní Dhuibhne le Seán faoina ról nua mar Laureate don Fhicsean, béaloideas, a saothar scríbhneoireachta agus an méid atá bainte amach aici go dtí seo.

How do you get kids to love reading in a world of screens and short attention spans? In this warm and practical conversation, Dr Justin Coulson sits down with one of Australia’s most beloved authors — and current Children’s Laureate — Sally Rippin. Together they explore why connection matters more than comprehension, how to support struggling readers, and the simple, joyful ways families can bring books back to life at home. You’ll hear:– Why “all kids can be readers” (even reluctant ones)– How neuroscience is changing the way we teach reading– The role of modelling and family rituals in raising readers– Why choice and curiosity keep kids engaged– The surprising power of reading together — at any age QUOTE OF THE EPISODE“There’s no better way to help kids fall in love with reading than for them to fall in love with you while you read together.” – Dr Justin Coulson RESOURCES– Sally Rippin, Australian Children’s Laureate: https://www.childrenslaureate.org.au– Sally’s books: School of Monsters, Billy B. Brown, and more– Happy Families: https://www.happyfamilies.com.au ACTION STEPS FOR PARENTS Read together — bedtime, car rides, or even audiobooks count. Model reading — let kids see you enjoying books. Offer choice — let them pick their own books, then choose one to share. Make it fun — voices, suspense, and laughter bring stories alive. Stay curious — use books as a doorway into your child’s world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, recorded in conjunction with Hay Festival, Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist Jacqueline Wilson. Born in 1945, Jacqueline wrote her first (unpublished) novel, "Meet the Maggots", when she was nine and has since gone on to write more than 100 books; her novels have been translated into 34 languages and have sold more than 40m copies in Britain alone. Jacqueline started her career as a journalist for DC Thomson in Dundee—the bestselling teen magazine Jackie was reportedly named after her—and she published her first story for children, "Ricky's Birthday", in 1973. She is the author of several bestselling children's titles, including "The Story of Tracy Beaker", "Double Act", "Vicky Angel", and several popular series, such as "Girls", "Hetty Feather" and "Sleepovers". Jacqueline has won many literary prizes and was the British Children's Laureate from 2005-07. In the 2025 New Year Honours List she was awarded the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. We spoke to Jacqueline about starting out in magazines while in her teens, breaking out in children's books in 1991 with "Tracy Beaker" and writing for adults, most recently in "Think Again".We've made another update for those ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠who support the podcast on the crowdfunding site Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We've added 40 pages of new material to the package of successful article pitches that goes to anyone who supports the show with $5 per month or more, including new pitches to the New York Times, the Washington Post and the BBC. The whole compendium now runs to a whopping 160 pages. For Patreons who contribute $10/month we're now also releasing bonus mini-episodes. Thanks to our sponsor, Scrivener, the first ten new signs-ups at $10/month will receive a lifelong license to Scrivener worth £55/$59.99 (seven are left). This specialist word-processing software helps you organise long writing projects such as novels, academic papers and even scripts. Other Patreon rewards include signed copies of the podcast book and the opportunity to take part in a monthly call with Simon and Rachel.A new edition of “Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World's Greatest Writers” - a book drawing on our podcast interviews - is available now. The updated version now includes insights from over 100 past guests on the podcast, with new contributions from Harlan Coben, Victoria Hislop, Lee Child, Megan Nolan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Philippa Gregory, Jo Nesbø, Paul Theroux, Hisham Matar and Bettany Hughes. You can order it via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waterstones⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can find us online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠alwaystakenotes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Designer Lee Felsenstein is legendary. He's one of the Electronic Frontier Foundations' "Pioneers of the Electronic Frontier"; a Laureate of The Tech Museum in San Jose; and a Fellow of the Computer History Museum. His new autobiography is "Me and My Big Ideas: Counterculture, Social Media, and the Future."

Allison chats to award-winning author Gabrielle Wang about her magical latest novel ‘The Silken Thread', listening to the ghosts, and writing again after her term as the Australian Children's Laureate. Read the show notes for all book references at yourkidsnextread.com.au Connect with Allison, Megan and the Your Kid's Next Read Community on Facebook Visit allisontait.com | megandaley.com.au

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Laureate for Irish Fiction

Marcin Kazmierczak is Co-Founder of RedStone Oracles, the fastest-growing blockchain oracle, backed by Arrington Capital. In crypto since 2017, Marcin has played a key role in developing several innovative DeFi prototypes, previously a Google Cloud PM with a background in quantitative methods in economics. He is also the Co-founder of ETHWarsaw and a Laureate of Forbes 30 under 30 Poland. With a deep understanding of cross-chain infrastructure, Marcin's expertise spans from DeFi applications to oracles and blockchain data solutions.In this conversation, we discuss:- The infrastructure powering the future of finance- What is an blockchain oracle?- Price still trumps everything in the oracle game- The surge for trad-fi data coming on-chain- Oracles beyond price feeds- The identity bottleneck in DeFi- Decentralized identity and AI- Real-world use cases for institutional RWAs- The $20B signal- Composability meets compliance- Tokenizing private credit and the future of private credit- On-chain loopingRedStoneWebsite: www.redstone.financeX: @redstone_defiTelegram: t.me/redstonefinanceMarcin KazmierczakX: @MarcinRedStoneLinkedIn: Marcin Kaźmierczak ⛓️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Pablo Picasso once said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when he grows up." Three women in Ohio are working to solve Picasso's dilemma and we will meet them today for Fascinating Ohio.

Pablo Picasso once said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when he grows up." Three women in Ohio are working to solve Picasso's dilemma and we will meet them today for Fascinating Ohio.

We sat down with our beloved Waterstones Children's Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce to discuss the magic of movie sets, the power of Shakespeare, the importance of reading for children and much more as we celebrate his brand new middle grade adventure The Blockbusters! A hilarious, globetrotting adventure, in which a boy bearing a striking resemblance to a huge movie star joins a film crew on location in hope of tracking down his runaway brother....

The state sees another drop in the number of people killed on Kentucky highways, an American is elected as the new pope, Kentucky's Congressman discusses what's next for Medicaid, a special graduation ceremony for some UK students, and a new youth Poet Laureate in Lexington.

Company Life Host: Anna HarshGuest: Alex HlavatyThis episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at company life after nearly a decade with Eisenhower Dance Detroit. Tune in as he shares real-world insights, choreography tips, and advice for the next generation of dancers ready to take center stage.Alex Hlavaty graduated with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University in May, 2015. He studied in New York City with Gibney Dance and in Montréal with O Vertigo and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal before joining Eisenhower Dance Detroit. He is currently in his tenth season dancing with EDD, where he has performed and taught master classes nationally and internationally. He has set excerpts of EDD repertory on high school and university students at summer intensives, workshops, and master classes. Mr. Hlavaty is also an avid choreographer and writer. His choreography has been performed in festivals, intensives, and competitions. He has also created two works on EDD's professional company. His poetry has been published in the literary journal The Laureate, 14th Edition, and he has written for DancePlug online as a resource for dance students, professionals, and educators. He is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Junior, Senior, and Advanced program, and strives to bring elements of various cross-training techniques to his performing and teaching philosophy.Eisenhower Dance Detroit https://eisenhowerdance.org/https://eisenhowerdance.org/Anna Harsh www.AnnaHarsh.comAllegro Dance Company www.AllegroDanceCompany.net

Andria Chatmon, a community organizer from Empower DC, and East Peterson-Trujillo, campaign director at the Green New Deal for DC, discuss strategies to address DC's affordable housing crisis. We discuss the severe underfunding of DC's affordable housing programs and the need for a new approach. Despite the creation of new housing units, the specific goal for affordable housing has not been met. Social housing may be the alternative solution that includes mixed-income government-owned properties with a focus on environmental sustainability and tenant empowerment. Also discussed was successful models like the The Laureate in Montgomery County, MD. The challenges and benefits of public-private partnerships in housing, the necessity of tenant involvement in management, and the legal obstructions faced in DC are also examined. The conversation ends on a personal note, discussing the speakers' backgrounds, motivations, and the impact of the new federal administration on their work.Andria Chatmon is a Community Organizer at Empower DC, a grassroots organization committed to building the organized political power of black, brown, and low-income District residents to fight displacement and expand affordable housing in the District.​East Peterson-Trujillo is a climate justice advocate and campaign strategist dedicated to advancing environmental equity and sustainable transportation. They currently serve as the Campaign Director for the Green New Deal for DC (GND4DC), a coalition focused on racial justice, climate resilience, and economic equity in Washington, D.C.As discussed on the Podcast links:D.C. meets goal to add 36,000 housing units ahead of schedule Empower DC Social Housing Info Session and Talk Back

Though Angel Island began with Del Sol Quartet's collaboration with composer Huang Ruo, poet Genny Lim and arts educator Andi Wong are essential to everything the project has become and continues to be.  We are thrilled to share that since the time of this podcast, Genny has been inaugurated as San Francisco poet Laureate. She's the first Chinese American to hold this position. In this bonus conversation with Genny and Andi, we tease our upcoming collaboration, Songs of the Diaspora, a multimedia performance that will premiere late 2025 with poetry by Genny Lim, and new music by Chinese diaspora composers in the United States Theresa Wong, Vivian Fung, and Meilina Tsui. Together we discuss the components of successful collaboration, the necessity of holding each other's stories to discover truth, and the beauty of checking your ego at the door. Mentioned in the Episode Songs of the Diaspora Genny Lim Theresa Wong Vivian Fung Meilina Tsui  Andi Wong Connect with Del Sol Quartet DelSolQuartet.com Del Sol Quartet on Spotify Facebook Instagram YouTube This episode is a bonus from the "Angel Island" season of Sounds Current. If you haven't already, we encourage you to go back to "Part 1: A Haunting History" and listen to the full 4-part story. Sounds Current is produced and edited by The Creative Impostor Studios and hosted by Charlton Lee.

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development – over the past 30 to 50 years – of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totally successful in convincing opponents, while maintaining that liberalism's ideas and language are still worth saving. From campus wars over academic freedom to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the murder of Samuel Paty, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the why, what and how of the post-liberal world. Russell Blackford is a philosopher, legal scholar, literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012), Humanity Enhanced (2014), The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016), and Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017). In 2014, he was inducted as a Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Let's face it, most of the popular podcasts out there are dumb. NBN features scholars (like you!), providing an enriching alternative to students. We partner with presses like Oxford, Princeton, and Cambridge to make academic research accessible to all. Please consider sharing the New Books Network with your students. Download this poster here to spread the word. Please share this interview on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack here to receive our weekly newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

McConnell talks Trump's tariff policy, what's being learned at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, state lawmakers discuss the future of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force, and we hear from Kentucky's new Poet Laureate.

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development – over the past 30 to 50 years – of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totally successful in convincing opponents, while maintaining that liberalism's ideas and language are still worth saving. From campus wars over academic freedom to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the murder of Samuel Paty, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the why, what and how of the post-liberal world. Russell Blackford is a philosopher, legal scholar, literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012), Humanity Enhanced (2014), The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016), and Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017). In 2014, he was inducted as a Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Let's face it, most of the popular podcasts out there are dumb. NBN features scholars (like you!), providing an enriching alternative to students. We partner with presses like Oxford, Princeton, and Cambridge to make academic research accessible to all. Please consider sharing the New Books Network with your students. Download this poster here to spread the word. Please share this interview on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack here to receive our weekly newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development – over the past 30 to 50 years – of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totally successful in convincing opponents, while maintaining that liberalism's ideas and language are still worth saving. From campus wars over academic freedom to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the murder of Samuel Paty, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the why, what and how of the post-liberal world. Russell Blackford is a philosopher, legal scholar, literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012), Humanity Enhanced (2014), The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016), and Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017). In 2014, he was inducted as a Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Let's face it, most of the popular podcasts out there are dumb. NBN features scholars (like you!), providing an enriching alternative to students. We partner with presses like Oxford, Princeton, and Cambridge to make academic research accessible to all. Please consider sharing the New Books Network with your students. Download this poster here to spread the word. Please share this interview on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack here to receive our weekly newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development – over the past 30 to 50 years – of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totally successful in convincing opponents, while maintaining that liberalism's ideas and language are still worth saving. From campus wars over academic freedom to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the murder of Samuel Paty, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the why, what and how of the post-liberal world. Russell Blackford is a philosopher, legal scholar, literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012), Humanity Enhanced (2014), The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016), and Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017). In 2014, he was inducted as a Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Let's face it, most of the popular podcasts out there are dumb. NBN features scholars (like you!), providing an enriching alternative to students. We partner with presses like Oxford, Princeton, and Cambridge to make academic research accessible to all. Please consider sharing the New Books Network with your students. Download this poster here to spread the word. Please share this interview on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack here to receive our weekly newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Liberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over. How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development – over the past 30 to 50 years – of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totally successful in convincing opponents, while maintaining that liberalism's ideas and language are still worth saving. From campus wars over academic freedom to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the murder of Samuel Paty, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the why, what and how of the post-liberal world. Russell Blackford is a philosopher, legal scholar, literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012), Humanity Enhanced (2014), The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016), and Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017). In 2014, he was inducted as a Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Let's face it, most of the popular podcasts out there are dumb. NBN features scholars (like you!), providing an enriching alternative to students. We partner with presses like Oxford, Princeton, and Cambridge to make academic research accessible to all. Please consider sharing the New Books Network with your students. Download this poster here to spread the word. Please share this interview on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack here to receive our weekly newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susanna Mattiangeli"La Costituzione nelle parole"La storia di come è stata scritta la Costituzione italianaIllustrazioni di Giovanni GastaldiEdizioni Lapiswww.edizionilapis.itLa nostra Costituzione è uno dei testi giuridici più belli del mondo. Non è frutto di una sola mente geniale: è un gigantesco esempio di scrittura collettiva.  Ma la Costituzione italiana chi l'ha scritta? Come è stata scritta? Da quante persone? La pensavano tutti allo stesso modo? No? Come hanno fatto a mettersi d'accordo? Chi ha scelto le parole esatte? C'erano anche delle donne? Quanti tentativi ci sono voluti prima di arrivare alla stesura definitiva?Per arrivare a un testo condiviso così preciso e limpido è stato necessario un processo complesso: 556 menti hanno collaborato affinché i 12 principi fondamentali della Costituzione diventassero le colonne portanti della neonata Repubblica. Un compito che ha portato a discussioni appassionanti, spesso accese, in cui si sono confrontati modi diversi di vedere il mondo.Questo libro, che nasce da un attento studio degli atti parlamentari del tempo, non vuole limitarsi a riassumere il significato dei 12 principi fondamentali della Costituzione. In maniera agile e coinvolgente, ci fa scoprire il dibattito dell'Assemblea Costituente «in presa diretta», permettendoci di vedere e sentire i volti e le voci della Costituente. Un taglio innovativo, che ci restituisce il racconto live dell'esperienza della scrittura di quei principi da parte dell'Assemblea e il contributo dei Costituenti.  La struttura grafica e le illustrazioni partecipano a costruire il senso del discorso e lo ampliano. Rendono possibile comprendere le ragioni dell'una o dell'altra componente politica, anche per chi non ha ancora studiato il periodo storico del dopoguerra.Susanna MattiangeliÈ nata e vive a Roma. Scrive e traduce storie brevi e lunghe per molte case editrici. I suoi libri sono stati tradotti in una ventina di Paesi. Oltre a questo, compone cruciverba, gioca con le parole e organizza laboratori collaborando con scuole, biblioteche e librerie. Nel 2018 ha vinto il Premio Andersen come Miglior scrittrice. È stata nominata Italian Children's Laureate per il biennio 2023/2024.Giovanni GastaldiÈ un giovane illustratore, grafico e fumettista piemontese. Laureato allo IED di Torino nel 2017, alumnus Mimaster 2021, vive tra le Alpi Marittime e le Langhe piemontesi nella sua Mondovì (CN). Lavora nell'illustrazione editoriale e nella grafica pubblicitaria collaborando con importanti riviste come The Economist, L'Espresso, La Stampa e Il Sole 24 Ore.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Auditor Allison Ball launches an investigation into the state's medical cannabis program, Gov. Beshear talks about the flood response, an increase in calls to the state's gambling hotline, helping low-income Kentuckians go on to college, and Kentucky has a new poet laureate. 

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In Fort Pierce in the 1950s, an artistic collective would grow along the Atlantic Coast, lead by Florida artist Beanie Backus. Beanie was an inspiration to many - and his influence would lead to an entire new artistic movement. Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here! Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!   Thank you to all the writers doing incredible journalism about Backus. Read more in the links below. Southern Geniuses: A.E. Backus, Zora Neale Hurston and the Florida Highwaymen - Flamingo Mag THE FINE ART OF FRIENDSHIP - Indian River Magazine A.E. Backus - A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery   I do now own the rights to the Backus clips used in this episode. Watch it here: A. E. Backus Interview (June 2, 1979)   All of the music was originally composed.

Patricia Forde, Scríbhneoir & Laureate na nÓg Foilsíodh Treoirleabhar Léitheoireachta 2025 le gairid.

Lindsey Burrow who inspired the nation caring for her late husband, the rugby league legend Rob Burrow, as he lived with MND, shares her story of love, loss, resilience and advocacy. At the age of sixteen, Connor Allen attacked his own mum and she reported him to police, but his life turned around thanks to support from his teachers at trial to become the Welsh Children's Laureate and multi-disciplinary artist. Multi-disciplinary is something I could add to John McFall's description too; former Paralympian, surgeon, and now the first person with a physical disability to be cleared to take part in a mission to the International Space Station. All that plus the Inheritance Tracks of The Crown and Chernobyl actor Jared Harris. Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Jon Kay Producer: Ben Mitchell

This week's arts and culture show takes us to an event celebrating Black women who are paving the way in San Diego and across the country. Plus, a sit-down with San Diego's new poet Laureate. Then, our Midday Movies critics share their hottest Oscar takes and more.

In this final episode of the three-part series with Doug and Stacee, Stacee continues sharing about her in-patient eating disorder treatment. She emphasizes how important it was for her to make the choice to stay when many in the program left, and how she didn't want to leave a legacy of not fighting. Stacee talks about the importance of moment-by-moment surrender.  Doug and Stacee also reveal that when Stacee was at Laureate (https://www.saintfrancis.com/laureate), she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). While they were devastated by this additional diagnosis, they understand how Stacee's childhood trauma was a significant factor in her developing BPD. While in patient, Stacee started writing blog posts, which eventually became part of her first book, You Are Worth Saving (https://www.amazon.com/You-Worth-Saving-Stacee-Goetzinger/dp/1641142758). Stacee also founded Speak Out Loud, a non-profit organization created to bring hope and encouragement into the silence, isolation, and despair created by mental illness. Doug and Stacee also host a podcast by the same name ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-out-loud/id1544996161) on which I have been a guest (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-out-loud/id1544996161?i=1000589034457; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-out-loud/id1544996161?i=1000644620409). Throughout all of our conversations, Doug and Stacee both emphasize the importance of their faith in Jesus during their entire journey.Stacee has recently released her second book, The Boat That Wouldn't Sink (https://www.amazon.com/Boat-That-Wouldnt-Sink-Memoir/dp/B0DFC6VTNC).

The world's first Drag Laureate, appointed by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, talks about drag culture and onslaught of persecution in the U.S. and around the world. Included are excerpts from Drollinger's stand-up routine at his trans-friendly nightspot Oasis, and inspirational words from “Sexitude,” the self-affirming dance class he leads. Interviewed by Eric Jansen of “Out in the Bay” (outinthebay.org). NewsWrap returns next week. All this on the January 6, 2025 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/ NOTE TO RADIO STATIONS: The weekly program uploaded to SoundCloud will soon include a pitch for This Way Out/Overnight Productions (Inc.). Stations can download a pitch-free version from radio4all.net or Pacifica's AudioPort.Org. For more information, contact Brian@ThisWayOut.org.

Nick Jarin joins Luke and Andrew to introduce his list of movies to play in the background at your holiday party. They also debate -- old school AM radio-style -- the best time for a server to take your plate at a restaurant.