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Library of Mistakes
EP 36: Shelf Life #2

Library of Mistakes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 57:11


Leila Johnston and Fraser Allen are back to take you behind the scenes at the Library of Mistakes. And in this packed episode we...•Hear from theatre director and actor Liam Rees about his show The Land That Never Was. It's based on the adventures of 19th century Scottish conman Gregor MacGregor, who sold bonds on behalf of a South American country that was a figment of his imagination!•Explore what happened at the Weekend of Mistakes in Hay-on-Wye (including clips from speakers).•Chat to the team behind Leavers' Money Skills, helping Scottish school-leavers to cope with the life of finance ahead of them.•And our Librarian Helen Williams discusses our books on Russia, Putin and Trump!If you have any feedback, ideas or can name the song briefly alluded to at the end of this episode (and the band that originally sung it) – you could win a Library of Mistakes mug! – simply email fraser@libraryofmistakes.com or leila@libraryofmistakes.com

Library of Mistakes
EP 34: Shelf Life #1

Library of Mistakes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 64:08


In the first of a new thread of monthly episodes, we take you behind the scenes at the Library of Mistakes. Join us as we turn the tables on our resident interrogator Professor Russell Napier by putting the questions to him. We also interview David Clarke of Didasko, Helen Bradley of Future Asset and our librarian Helen Williams. And fear not, Russell's regular interviews with financial historians will also continue here as normal.Shelf Life is presented by Leila Johnston & Fraser Allen – please do contact us with any feedback, ideas or questions at fraser@libraryofmistakes.com or leila@libraryofmistakes.com.

Byte High no Limit
Joe Banks - Disinformation, Poet of Noise

Byte High no Limit

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 83:36


Joe Banks, producer of the art project Disinformation, has been working with Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio since the mid nineteen-nineties. His installations have been exhibited and performed worldwide and been shown on national TV & radio stations including Sky TV and BBC Radio Four. His challenging investigations into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) demonstrate the mind's conscious and unconscious working in a conflicting synergy. In this episode Joe speaks to me and my excellent co-host and inspiration, Leila Johnston about how early experiences propelled him towards the sonic voyage of the Disinformation project, his family and future projects.   Warning- this show does contain some loud noises, headphone users beware! This show contains the following extracts, in appearance order: 0'50: “National Grid” by Disinformation 1996 to 1999 1'20: Hari Kunzru on Sky TV 1999 5'24: “Electric Skies” Channel 4 “Equinox” 1994 6'50: “Stargate” by Disinformation 1996 13'00: “National Grid” by Disinformation, live in Moscow 28 Sept 2000 * 20'34: “Kwaidan, Part 3” by Disinformation 2002 (from the “Sense & Data Perception” CD 2005) 30'41: “Sine Wave Speech - Psychoacoustics Demonstration” by Disinformation 19 July 2014 42'50: “Martelsham Heath” by Disinformation, exhibited at Domo Baal gallery Nov 2017 50'33: “Language [as] Meta Technology” by Disinformation Nov 2018, remixed July 2021 1'10'50: “Sound Mirrors” aka “Blackout” soundtrack by Disinformation 1997 * “National Grid - Live in Moscow” features saxophonists Mike Walter and Andy Knight on YouTube @C4eye   theme Byte High no Limit - Mr Niceness bandcamp.com/mrnissness or YouTube @MrNissness   Join the Discord Contact me @teletextR on X Buy me a Ko-Fi   Leila's Hack Circus Podcast is definitely worth a listen  

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
Newcastle‘s Christmas Launch: Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO!

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 32:54


It's Christmas! (Well not now, it's Sept 2021 as I write/record this, but it was Christmas, in 1922.) Time for a 4th BBC station... the first to be constructed from scratch under the BBC banner. Hear the voices and the troubled tale of Newcastle 5NO's shaky start, on the back of a lorry in a stableyard. Plus we'll see what 5IT Birmingham and 2ZY Manchester looked like six weeks into the BBC's being. So we'll hear from original BBC pioneers like Percy Edgar, Victor Smythe and Tom Payne as they tell us all about it. We've also got an Airwave Memory from Leila Johnston, aka The Punk Hotelier. New this time, below, a transcript. Of sorts...   SHOWNOTES: We mention Paul Hayes' marvellous documentary on BBC Radio Norfolk, on Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station. Dead Girls Tell No Tales is the dramatisation of ITV's launch night vs The Archers special. The full Amateur Wireless article from Dec 30th 1922, on the Manchester Broadcasting Station in all its technical geekery, is here on our Facebook group. Do join it and join us! Join us on Patreon for extras, behind-the-scenes things, bonus video and audio, and the British Broadcasting Century Book Club, where I'm currently reading at you Broadcasting From Within by C.A. Lewis. And thanks to all who support us there, keeping us ticking over. For a one-off contribution, buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/paulkerensa? Thanks! It all helps keep us (me) in books and caffeine. This podcast is NOTHING to do with the present-day BBC - it's entirely run, researched, presented and corralled by Paul Kerensa, who you can email if you want to add something to the show on radio history. Your contributions are welcome. The British Broadcasting Century Facebook page is here. Do like. I post things there. The British Broadcasting Century Facebook group is here. Do join. You post things there. The British Broadcasting Century Twitter profile is here. Do follow. My other podcast of interviews is A Paul Kerensa Podcast. Have a listen! My mailing list is here - sign up for updates on all I do, writing, teaching writing, stand-up, radio etc. My books are available here or orderable from bookshops, inc Hark! The Biography of Christmas. Ho ho ho. Archive clips are either public domain or used with kind permission from the BBC, copyright content reproduced courtesy of the British Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved. Alright? Sreserved. Please rate and review this podcast where you found it... and keep liking/sharing/commenting on what we do online. It all helps others find us.  Next time: Reith begins!   =======   Now, we've never done a transcript before. But then I just thought... I have oodles of notes each episode, so why not just post that? It's 80% of the podcast right here. So transcript fans, read on for essentially the podcast in text form (without the articles and guest bits)   LOOSE TRANSCRIPT (it's loose, so excuse spelling errors or weird word clangs): Previously on the podcast... Christmas 1922, and the BBC has been on the air for 6 weeks, in London, Birmingham and Manchester. But when the govt agreed this BBCo could exist, the deal wasn't for 3 stations that already existed, but for 8! All across Blighty. So where the blazes are they? Isn't it time for a new pop-up radio station to, well, pop up? Wouldn't that be the best Christmas present a Geordie radio listener could ask for?   This time... Let it 5NO, let it 5NO, let it 5NO! Newcastle 5NO joins the airwaves, in time for Christmas? Just. Maybe. Plus behind-the-scenes at 5IT Birmingham and 2ZY Manchester as we tune into Christmas 1922 – AND hear the voices of the three wise station directors of the BBC's 2nd, 3rd and 4th stations. Christmas Eve 1922 is where we find ourselves this episode, which is why we've broken out the jingling bells in our backing music! So whether it's Christmas or not, hop on our time-sleigh set for 99 years ago – Christmas in Newcastle! On the British Broadcasting Century...   TITLES   Hullo hullo, PK calling. Are we coming through clearly? That's how they'd start their test transmissions in 1922, and over the past 33 episodes we've seen how those early voices and wireless manufacturers all brought together science, art and a bit of magic to make British broadcasting a thing.  Thanks for your lovely feedback on last couple of eps, btw. We got very geeky about the studio design of Marconi House, ...thanks to Andrew Barker our Newspaper Detective, article after article has been available to us of when the printed press were invited in in late Dec '22, so we had a lot to get across. And we've got a bit more along those lines this episode, but further north. Before we get to Newcastle and the launch of their new station, there was more than just London on the dial... This episode we'll tour the other BBC stations, and hear rare clips of each of their station directors: the 2nd BBC station in Brum, the 3rd in Manc and the 4th in Newcastle, which has yet to begin...   STING   But we'll begin then in Birmingham – it'll help us appreciate their civilised environs, when you see the ramshackle joint Newcastle have to deal with.   In December 1922, Birmingham is a primitive setup... I don't mind the whole city, but er, well, see Peaky Blinders for details.   The Birmingham 5IT station, out in Witton, was just a month or so into its life, as its first station boss Percy Edgar later recalled from a comfier space...   CLIP: EDGAR: modern studio vs old   Back then, the station director did most things – announce, book the acts, sing, play... and Percy Edgar found it a real song and dance hiring performers who loved a song, and a dance...   CLIP: EDGAR: 5IT studio: player-piano, platform - soubrette up and down   Well the listeners couldn't tell – and in fact those who switch between London and Birmingham stations often find that Brum had the edge. The stations, all part of one BBC, are slightly in competition with each other at this stage. No bad thing if it encourages a boost in quality....   Boston Guardian, 16th December 1922     ...Praise indeed for the Birmingham's announcer, who likely by this point, is Percy Edgar.   CLIP: Edgar: “Within a few weeks, Harold Casey joined me as Assistant Station Director...”   So while Percy edgar is adding to his Birmingham team with a loyal Ass St Dir, up in Manchester, another of the first 3 BBC stations, the team is expanding too.   On Dec 19th, that's the same Tuesday when the London squad find their new home of Savoy Hill. the Manchester station also gains a new employee: Victor Smythe... He'd been interested from the start a month earlier...   VICTOR SMYTHE CLIP   Victor Smythe catches the bug in late Nov, by mid-Dec he's applying for a job at 2ZY Manchester. On Dec 19th he starts work. In one show, he'd read the news, do a funny story, do a talk as Mr X... And when they started doing full days, he was known to be announcer from 9:30am to midnight!   Now I said earlier we'd have the voices of 3 station directors. So, alright, Victor Smythe became deputy station dir at 2ZY Manchester. The station dir Kenneth Wright, we've had on here before – go back to our 2ZY episode for his voice. But as deputy, Victor Smythe was a Manchester stalwart for 3 decades. So this episode, you're getting him.   So what was 2ZY Manch like at the month-old BBC? Well just as the London station invited the press into the studio, likewise in mid-December...   Now, the long article they published was very technical. Too technical for me. Too technical for you? Difficult to say. I don't know the threshold of our listeners. So if you want to read the full article, join our Facebook group – I'll post a link to the article in the shownotes – join our group for more like that, and thanks Andrew Barker for sharing these articles with us.   So that's Birmingham and Manchester that first BBC Christmas, with London, making the first 3 stations.   But the summer before, the Post-Gen in the H of C said the BBC would consist of 8 stations across the country. It was to be a broadcasting service for everyone – or at least most, though the first Chief Engineer Peter Eckersley would have plans soon enough to reach even the furthest farmer – but the tale of relay stations, and longwave, and Daventry... is all a few years away yet.   Here's an even later Chief Engineer of the BBC, Harold Bishop – who back in 1922 was an engineer at the London studio:   CLIP: Harold Bishop Dec 24th 1922 on 5NO, then Cardiff, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Bournemouth   So yes it's about time they built that 4th studio – the first to start life under the BBC! The first of a new plan to build stations in city centres, unlike Birmingham and Manchester, which were out in industrial works far from travel hubs, and needing artistes to travel after dark to the middle of nowhere.   You want a nearby railway station, a hotel, the bustle of a city – or at least near as 1920s cities got to a bustle – to welcome a regular turnover of guest performers. For that, Newcastle 5NO turned to W.P. Crosse's Concert Agency, and a separate local agency to receive and transcribe the news from Reuters.   So far so good. But you also need a high point for the aerial – a giant chimney or tower of some kind.   The Marconi Company are the ones to build this, and the local station-in-waiting is promised to Newcastle's ears by Christmas. A bit of a rush, but they rise to the challenge.   The plans begin on Dec 10th – so only a fortnight before the promised launch date. Impressive!   24 Eldon Square is rented at £250/year, that's to be a studio and artistes' waiting room, with 4 offices above it for the Station Director and support staff.   Peel Conner microphones are installed – not too reliable, ok for speech but can't get the full range when music was attempted.   This is the first station to have the studio and transmitter at separate sites, a mile apart, linked my phoneline. So over in West Blandford St, the 1½ kw transmitter, there's the stableyard of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, surrounded by horses and carts. Their 140ft chimney was perfect for the aerial.   That transmitter is the new Marconi Q type transmitter – the first of its kind, a slimmed-down version of the prototype used at London's 2LO. The London version was vast and unwieldy and the result of lots of trial and error to get the best quality, low hum – the quality of a radio broadcast had to be more pleasant than the quality of a phone call. So London's transmitter, while legendary and still in the Science Museum today, was a bit of a bodge job. It's a Frankenstein of a transmitter.   So in Dec 1922, the plan was for Newcastle, then Cardiff and Glasgow, to have slimline versions of this same transmitter – now they knew it could work.   It was of course developed by our good old friend Captain H.J. Round, remember him? There at the start, giving us speech test broadcasts from Chelmsford in our first few episodes. You'll have heard Round's mega-talk in one of our specials, and at this point he was working a new better microphone to roll out in the New Year, having just designed these new Marconi Q type transmitters, for Newcastle and the other new stations. Round was always working on the next technological breakthrough.   As you heard from Brum and Manc, BBC station directors were normally also the main announcers – they did everything! But in station director Tom Payne's case, he was setting up ex nihilo, building something from nothing. So he was a little out of his depth, I think it's fair to say. London, Birmingham and Manchester had all grown out of existing wireless manufacturing companies: Marconi's in London, MetroVick in Manchester, Western Electric in Birmingham. But Newcastle? Just a skeleton crew who'd never done this before... principally the Marconi engineer E.O.P. Thomas, and the station boss Tom Payne.   Word reached head office that Tom Payne was having troubles. December 23rd, they tried to launch...   E.O.P. Thomas, Marconi engineer puts it like this: “A hitch arose and there was  no hope of connecting studio and transmitter. As a last resort I had several empty horse drays wheeled into the stable yard, chairs were placed on them and microphones connected to the nearby transmitter. The inaugural programme of 5NO was punctually carried out.”   A howling dog in a nearby kennel ruined much of the broadcast.   Thankfully next day, Christmas Eve, the link-up to the studio is fixed and Newcastle 5NO is officially launched, after this pre-show from the stableyard.   Technical limitations persist though - it restricts hours of broadcasting too, so station boss Tom Payne recalls, when dealing with Marconi engineer Mr Thomas.   Yes, Newcastle has a greater limit on time than its southern cousins.   So as we stampede forward in our tale, let's leave Newcastle, and check in what was on air from the BBC in London for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Now we featured this in much fuller detail in our Christmas special, episode 20, but it'd be rude not to mention what was on while we're here chronologically here.   So, the first London BBC Christmas, in a nutshell!   Christmas Eve in a nutshell – Truth About FC, John Mayo...   Hear the fuller version of Rev John Mayo's Christmas address, and more on Peter Pan, the 2 stations with different versions of O Come All Ye Faithful, and much much more on our Christmas special about 10 episodes ago.   Next time, Reith begins! But en route to Head Office, his first task will be a stopover in Newcastle, to inspect that station: that stableyard, that lorry, that howling dog, that Tom Payne.   Plus Reith's incredible first day at the London office. The end of the beginning, the start of the BBC proper. Finally!   If you like what you hear, please spread word of us. It's the best way for new listeners to discover us. And if you like us, your friends are going to love us. We're on Facebook, Twitter, Patreon, buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com – links to all in the shownotes, and join us next time for the beginning of Reith...

Art & Everything Else
Should all art be made public?

Art & Everything Else

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 24:41


In this episode, we discuss art's broader social value, and interrogate private ownership. Here are some of the questions we think about in this episode: * Do we have any right to privately own and keep art which has value on a social level? * Is the value of art somehow 'uneven' – varying according to context?  * How does the value of art change if it's truly democratised? * What kind of art should be made public? Your hosts are the philosopher Dr Sean Power and art theory graduate and curator Leila Johnston.

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Art & Everything Else
Art, time and memory

Art & Everything Else

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 28:06


In this episode, we discuss the relationship between art, time and memory. We discuss art's potential to depict time and mortality, with reference to Poussin's 'Dance to the Music of Time' and 'Et in Arcadia Ego' and others. Here are some of the questions we think about in this episode: * How have creative thinkers dealt with the idea of something before the beginning of time? * Why is it important that art can survive the test of time? Is there a truly ephemeral art that's also valuable and effective? * Is it possible or desirable to create an art piece that is designed not to be remembered, or is forgetting a kind of tyranny?   Your hosts are the philosopher Dr Sean Power and art theory graduate and curator Leila Johnston.  

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Art & Everything Else
Is Art Valuable?

Art & Everything Else

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 25:01


Welcome to our new dialogue podcast. Your hosts are the philosopher Dr Sean Power and art theory graduate and curator Leila Johnston. In this first episode, we discuss the value of art and artists. Some of the questions we think about in this episode: * Are artists like doctors or school teachers, producing something of value and importance that contributes to the smooth running of society? * Does the 'background' art we find in hotels and new property developments have a value, beyond a kind of 'serving suggestion' of what art might be? * Is it OK to police art, and offer support to some sorts of artists, but not others? * How are we distinguishing between art we like and art we don't?

This Week: The Musical
Singing Drones, Ancient Clickbait, The CES Tech Expo in 39 seconds, Smartphone life choices

This Week: The Musical

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 19:09


Welcome to This Week: The Musical - #ThisWeekTM - the topical tech and social media news show enhanced with songs and comedy sketches. Let us help you get 2019 sorted! You’ll be up to speed in less than a minute with our consumer tech roundup from Las Vegas’ giant tech conference CES. And for those of us too tired to make New Years resolutions, we’ve done some for you in the form of a jaunty song. Plus, we talk smartphone prices, first footing traditions around the world - and various ways to bring down a drone. As nothing’s too outlandish to start the New Year, the special guest is Zeus. The Two LJs are LJ Rich and Leila Johnston. 

This Week: The Musical
Christmas Special: Oversharing, Real Life Phasers, Songs and a talking Reindeer

This Week: The Musical

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 22:43


Welcome to This Week: The Musical, the topical show where The 2 LJs musically enhance tech news and social media stories. We've a feast of festive songs to tuck into, whether you're stuck behind a screen, shopping for high-tech gifts, or remembering departed science-fiction heroes. Includes lighthearted analysis, Santa's answering machine, and against-the-clock innovation. This week’s special guest is Paul Kerensa, comedian and Christmas trivia expert. The Two LJs are LJ Rich and Leila Johnston.    God Rest Ye Gerry Anderson Lyrics: God rest ye Gerry Anderson, Joe 90 and Stingray We’ll never let those Mysterons… Get their evil way We hope you’re feeling F.A.B. On Island of Tracy As it’s time for a sci-fi eulogy. Oh, too many Remembering those who thought differentlyGod rest ye Douglas Adams, though your jokes still feel so new We didn’t like that Hitch Hiker remake but we love you So long and thanks for all the fish I hope you can forgive that actor frooom the British office (crap Arthur Dent)whatshisname off the office tried his best Carrie Fisher, Margot Kidder, on another plane Princess Leia chillin out up there with Louis Lane Oh Kenny Baker R2D2 you were brave and true Garry Kurtz we remember you as crew course we do Produced Star Wars movies what a dude Oh Servalan, we loved you as Blake’s Federation boss, So Smart and cool and powerful Your passing is our loss From Blake’s seven to Star Trek we can Tell you all this day That we miss you Anton Yeltchin, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricky Jay Deborah Watling, Jon Paul Steuer Gone away. The final verse is dedicated to a special man His superhero franchise grew from such a lowly plan Your ideas meant, we saw you in the movies and TV We will never forget you Stan Lee, Stan Lee You’ll forever live on in our memory   Coding Carol Lyrics: Silent screen, holy night No more lines left to write Syntax perfect, program compiled Low-key wired in, everything filed Code in heavenly peace, yeah Code in, heavenly peace   Silent screen, holy screen Soft fans whirr on my machine Crypto mining so quiet and true All the work done on my GPU Code in heavenly peace Code in heavenly peace   Silent screen holy chair Friends online, always there Called all arguments everything works Signing out of mechanical Turk Shutting down is so sweet Time to get something to eat     Oversharer's Carol I took a picture of my food  And it looked pretty sweet I’ll post it up on social media Cos everyone must see I took a picture of my house Location clear to see So now when I say I’m away I’m susceptible to burglary   I like to share my every thought And all my best friends news I posted carol wanted a divorce Before her husband knew And when you tell me a secret I’ll blurt it out online But I’m still shocked when I get blocked For the seven hundredth time

This Week: The Musical
Robot Spice Girl Apocalypse and AI Revolution

This Week: The Musical

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 18:40


Welcome to the first ever episode of This Week: The Musical, a new show where The 2 LJs musically enhance the week’s tech news and social media stories in song. Ever wonder how the Spice Girls would sound if Victoria Beckham was replaced by an android? Or what Pikachu *really* sounds like, when no one’s listening? Plus lighthearted analysis and against-the-clock innovation. This week’s special guest is formidable AI technologist and sculptor Gretchen Greene. The Two LJs are LJ Rich and Leila Johnston.

Sheffield Digital Podcast
SDP 16: Emma Cooper on Playgrounds, young people and digital, and diversity in tech

Sheffield Digital Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 56:28


Episode 16 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is out and features a conversation with Emma Cooper, co-curator of Playgrounds, a week-long free exhibition of interactive art for children and families. Emma has worked in Sheffield’s digital sector for many years, so we also talk to her about all sorts of other topics too. That includes finding a way to describe what we do, the new Sheffield Women in Tech group/meetup, and how children and young people interact with all things digital. Sadly, Mel was away for the recording, but me and Chris really enjoyed talking to Emma. If you’re part of or have an interest in Sheffield’s digital community, I think you will find plenty to think about and chew over. Notes and links Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode 16. Meet Lively – Hello! My name is Emma. (https://meetlively.co.uk/) Emma Von Cooper (@em_cooper) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/em_cooper) Playground - Private Evening Viewing Tickets, Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 17:00 | Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/playground-private-evening-viewing-tickets-46798302984) CMC Playground 2018 - A free interactive digital art exhibition for children (http://www.cmcplayground.com/) Team Cooper – The Digital Amusements Agency (http://teamcooper.co.uk/) Episode 9: Leila Johnston on digital art, artificial intelligence and robot crows – Sheffield Digital (https://sheffield.digital/posts/episode-9-leila-johnston/) The Children's Media Conference (CMC) (http://www.thechildrensmediaconference.com/) Joi Polloi (https://joipolloi.com/) The best for Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Arduino — Pimoroni (https://shop.pimoroni.com/) Dan Hett - The Loss Levels (https://danhett.com/projects/6800697) The Loss Levels by danhett (https://danhett.itch.io/the-loss-levels) Sheffield Digital events calendar (http://sheffield.digital/events) Meet our members | Sheffield Digital (https://sheffield.digital/membership/meet-our-members/) Become a member of Sheffield Digital (http://sheffield.digital/membership) Did I miss something you’re looking for? Just get in touch and let me know (http://sheffield.digital/contact) . Join the conversation We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can Sheffield Digital Slack community (https://sheffield.digital/slack) . Thank you for the music Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu (https://yaxu.org/) – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

TECHnique
Episode 17 - Creativity

TECHnique

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 35:10


Samuel Fry speaks to Leila Johnston about creativity, art, technology and comedy. Leila Johnston is a writer, artist, maker and consultant working at the intersection of science, technology and culture. She works as the Digital Art Curator of Sheffield’s Site Gallery and is well known for her podcasts, including 'Shift Run Stop', 'Hack Circus' and 'Site Sessions'. The pair discuss Leila's career, plus how being creative can be amazing but sometimes it can also feel like a curse.

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Sheffield Digital Podcast
SDP 09: Leila Johnston on digital art, artificial intelligence and robot crows

Sheffield Digital Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 59:48


In episode 9 of the Sheffield Digital podcast, we are joined by the fantastic Leila Johnston. Leila is an artist, technologist, curator, consultant, journalist and plenty of other things too. It was great to speak to her about what she’s currently working on, including her role as digital curator at Site Gallery. What else did we cover? Well, there was a potted history of Leila’s career so far, her thoughts on artificial intelligence and crowdfunding, mermaids, robot crows, and a look at Sheffield’s digital art scene. There was something for everyone and I think you’ll really enjoy listening. As per usual, we followed the interview with a look at what’s going on in Sheffield’s digital sector at the moment. That includes the launch of the new Sheffield Digital Skills Action Plan website, Chris’ visit from a Chinese delegation of senior economists, and a run through some upcoming events in the city. Go grab your headphones and don’t forget to subscribe in your app of choice. Notes and links Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode nine. Final Bullet – Tech and art for invention, discovery and delight. (http://finalbullet.com/) Leila Johnston (http://leilajohnston.com/) L Johnston (@FinalBullet) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/FinalBullet) Hack Circus (http://www.hackcircus.com/) Site Gallery (http://www.sitegallery.org/) TEDxSheffield 2012 - Leila Johnston & James Jefferies - Happenstance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Nf3jgUC98&t=622s) ShedCode – James Jefferies (https://www.shedcode.co.uk/) Leila Johnston: Life isn't Fair (and how you can make it fairer) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yRZ2GfZF28&t=2s) Jordan Peterson – The Curse of Creativity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=ocDli45faiw) Discussing the digital economy with senior Chinese economic statisticians – Sheffield Digital (https://sheffield.digital/posts/discussing-the-digital-economy-with-senior-chinese-economic-statisticians/) Pixy Smart Vision Sensor - Object Tracking Camera for: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pixy-CMUcam5-Smart-Vision-Sensor/dp/B00IUYUA80) Mermaid tanks – Leila Johnston on Instagram (@leilasnicework) (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdvLWcNF-jO/?taken-by=leilasnicework) 8-bit Sex & the City (@8bitSATC) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/8bitsatc?lang=en) Site Sessions: The Landscape Series - Site Gallery (http://www.sitegallery.org/site-sessions-the-landscape-series/) The Platform :Site Sessions: Invisible Landscapes. Ben Carlin & Nikki Pugh Tickets, Thu, 15 Feb 2018 at 17:30 | Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-platform-site-sessions-invisible-landscapes-ben-carlin-nikki-pugh-tickets-41666539742) Lovebytes Archive (http://www.lovebytes.org.uk/) Access Space – Making and Unmaking (http://access-space.org/) Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/) Best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with fans | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/) Sheffield Digital Skills Action Plan (http://www.sheffielddigitalskills.org.uk/) Sero Consulting Ltd (http://www.sero.co.uk/) Discussing the digital economy with senior Chinese economic statisticians – Sheffield Digital (https://sheffield.digital/posts/discussing-the-digital-economy-with-senior-chinese-economic-statisticians/) Meet our members | Sheffield Digital (https://sheffield.digital/membership/meet-our-members/) Become a member of Sheffield Digital (http://sheffield.digital/membership) Did I miss something you’re looking for? Just get in touch and let me know (http://sheffield.digital/contact) . Join the conversation We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can Sheffield Digital Slack community (https://sheffield.digital/slack) .

The BBC Academy Podcast
Podcasting - 10 years on

The BBC Academy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2014 17:29


This a special edition of the CoP show podcast, recorded at the Radio Academy's Radio Festival 2014. This recording was taken from one of the sessions at the Radio Festival 2014. Host Peter Curran discusses how to develop a podcast, how to get funding and asks, does it pay? On the panel, successful practitioners of the art of podcasting Helen Zaltzman, Roo Reynolds and Leila Johnston.

Hack Circus
Hack Circus: Transmission

Hack Circus

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 33:12


In the third episode of the Hack Circus podcast, Leila Johnston meets Joe Banks from Rorschach Audio, a fascinating sound artist who has been researching acoustic illusions, EVP and everything to do with the psychology of sound, for many years. For more about the new issue & next event – see hackcircus.com.