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James Graham's writing obsession started at the age of six in the shadow of Nottinghamshire's former coalmines. Equipped with a typewriter from his mother he created hundreds of stories from the family home in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Accelerating through university in Hull and a writing residency in west London, Graham's work started to attract wider audiences following a break at the National Theatre in 2012. Building on his thrilling political drama This House, he went on to write plays and TV series including Sherwood, Dear England, Quiz, Best of Enemies and Brexit: The Uncivil War.During this year's MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, he called for more working-class people in TV. But what next for this prolific playwright? Stephen Smith speaks to his family, friends and colleagues to find out more. Contributors Anne Ellis - Mother David Morrissey - Actor Kate Wasserberg - Artistic Director, Theatr Clwyd Dr Sarah Jane Dickenson - Senior Lecturer, University of Hull Martin Humphrey - Former Head of Creative Arts, Ashfield School, Nottingham Susannah Clapp - Theatre Critic for The ObserverProduction team Producers: Julie Ball, Ben Cooper, Miriam Quayyam Editor: Ben Mundy Sound: John Scott Production Co-ordinator: Maria OgundeleArchive 2012 National Theatre production of This House written by James Graham and directed by Jeremy Herrin. The cast in the extract features Phil Daniels playing Bob Mellish, Philip Glenister playing Walter Harrison and Lauren O'Neil playing Ann Taylor.Picture BBC/PA Media

Sherwood writer James Graham argues that TV has a problem with working class representation, both in front of and behind the screen, as he delivers this year's MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Sherwood Series 2 starts on BBC1 on Sunday. Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, on his new stand alone novel set in Edinburgh, The Winds from Further West.Kirsty looks at the growing interest in the Scottish artist Wilhemina Barns Graham. She is joined by Scottish art expert Alice Strang and film-maker Mark Cousins, whose documentary about the modernist pioneer, A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, is at the Edinburgh Film Festival before nationwide release. A new children's book is also published this week: Wilhemina Barns-Graham, written by Kate Temple and illustrated by Annabel Wright. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Timothy Prosser

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Ryan MacTaggart to talk about learning to listen to the whisper of wisdom, the art of the sticky note, finding the (capital T) truth, seeing change as growth, leaving behind the grind, letting work be the product of belief (and love), earning to handle loss well, writing things as a form of reflection, dealing with dark spirals, ending thoughts mid-sentence to keep momentum, not assuming that moments will be infinite, building rituals around love, relationships and hope, completing an ironman 140.6, having an attitude of “I'll figure this out," honoring the voices that don't stop calling to us, empowering others through delegation, differentiating guilt from shame, having hard conversations to help others, having hard conversations with a spirit of kindness, living based on values instead of feelings, answering the question: why not keep going? and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Ryan's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him.    If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support!   Follow Ryan (here)   Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here)   Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Claire Mactaggart amongst other things; has been a contributing writer for - one of Australia's most loved publications - Country Style magazine for 19 years. She's been a lynchpin in opening the eyes of everyday Australians to the the way of life, homes, gardens and businesses of rural and regional people and families - through countless beautiful stories. In this sense I think she's a trail blazer. She also a great example of quiet leadership. Claire is the most lovely person to meet. she's gently spoken, warm and polite - and these trails have not held her back - she's been able to achieve most of the things she has desired all while living 170-odd kms from the supermarket. She is mother to four girls, a beef producer with her husband Andrew, a board director for Beef Australia, the organisation behind, Beef Week, she's transported a disused church to her farm for renovation and her latest project was the six week transformation of a block of units and an old Queenslander at Cooee Bay near Yeppoon, QLD. This is a Manson Podcasting production brought to you with thanks to Rabobank Australia.

Meet Sarah McTaggart, a musician who began in church choirs before studying animation in college, shares her journey from open mic nights to leading Transviolet - a band that soared after Katy Perry tweeted about their song "Girls Your Age." Sarah met her husband Chris through music; they taught each other piano and guitar respectively. Their passion led to Transviolet's formation in 2015 when they had to rethink their original name due to legal reasons. Now independent artists running their own label since 2019, Transviolet plans a European tour while Sarah dreams of Grammys performances within five years. She advises aspiring musicians not to fear imperfection but embrace it as growth towards excellence despite industry competitiveness or self-doubt. As Dr. Bill closes out his enthusiastic recounting of Sarah's story—with hopes for his daughter Ana opening on Transviolet's upcoming tour—he reminds listeners that perseverance turns obstacles into stepping stones toward success. Transviolet Music - https://transviolet.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On When It Hits the Fan, we often talk about crises as if they should be avoided at all costs. But Dorothy Byrne, the former head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, is living proof that walking towards the fan is often a hallmark of people that effect positive change.In this special deep-dive interview, David Yelland and Simon Lewis talk to Dorothy about the relationship between PR and journalism, being lobbied, and her fearless approach to reporting the truth – including her 2019 MacTaggart lecture when she called the then prime minister a “known liar”. Producer: Eve Streeter Editor: Sarah Teasdale Executive Producer: William Miller Music by Eclectic Sounds A Raconteur production for BBC Radio 4

Tara MacTaggart, LET access tour player and fellow Scot took the time out to chat with Craig about growing up in Hawick, getting started in golf and how his biggest issue is the pink castle tee. The boys will check in periodically with Tara as she embarks on her 2024 campaign. Across the Pond Golf is presented by ForeLeft Designs https://instagram.com/foreleftdesigns?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Follow Erik on tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@trip_e_golf?_t=8ZtRB4wzvdt&_r=1

For our final episode of 2023 we zoom in on the higher education sector, where the Office for Students has just published proposals on its complaints process under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act. As reported in The Independent, universities, colleges and student unions in England which fail to uphold free speech duties are set to be named publicly and may also find themselves having to pay compensation to successful complainants. Professor Arif Ahmed's inaugural speech as the first ever Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom is well worth reading in full and sets the tone for how we might expect the new legislation to be applied. We take the opportunity to remind ourselves of the FSU's own higher education statistics, cases which have emerged out of some of Britain's most esteemed institutions. Finally, we review a selection of the individual free speech cases in the higher education sector, many of which owe their success to the launch earlier this year of the Mactaggart programme. We wish our listeners a very Happy Christmas and a 2024 full of free expression.   "That's Debatable!" is edited by Jason Clift.

Welcome to the last of three special episodes of the Scottish Business Network podcast in partnership with the UK Government's Department of Business and Trade and, in particular, its International Markets Team for Latin America and the Caribbean. And here's a questions for you... Did you know that one of the most popular dishes in Brazil is sushi? That's a consequence of another fact that may or may not surprise you in that Brazil is home to 1.5m people of Japanese descent – one of the biggest Japanese communities outside Japan itself. Stay with me because that is a valuable fact for the Scottish seafood industry, and in particular salmon producers, because there is a huge opportunity to sell high-quality Scottish salmon to the sushi chefs of Brazil. That's exactly why as part of the Government's Seafood Exports Package, the Department of Business and Trade, in collaboration with Defra and Seafood Scotland, recently brought some of Brazil's most influential sushi chefs over to Scotland to demonstrate what is on offer. This initiative was led by Iseabail Mactaggart, Deputy Director for Scotland at the UK Government's Department of Business and Trade, and she explains all in this episode. If you would like to find out more about trade opportunities in Brazil or elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean, you can simply email the International Markets Team at exportsupport.latac@fcdo.gov.uk or, as Iseabail mentions in this episode, DBTScotland@businessandtrade.gov.uk. And do listen to the two other episodes in this series, you'll find them by seareching for: Spencer Mahony: Our Man in Mexico Robin Sampson: Trade Spaces in Colombia”

How risky can broadcasters afford to be? With freelancers in real trouble and commissions slowing down, this year's Edinburgh International TV Festival has been a flurry of debate and tension. Matt Deegan is joined at the conference by Deadline's Jake Kanter, Broadcast's Rebecca Cooney and Gold Wala's Faraz Osman to pick apart the key takeaways.Also on the programme: an exclusive interview with reporter Tom Latchem, one half of the reporting duo responsible for breaking the Dan Wootton allegations for Byline Times. In this revealing discussion, Latchem reveals the impact of taking on the GB News star, the reluctance of the media to cover the story, and where the story heads next.Plus: Love Production's Richard McKerrow discusses Louis Theroux's keynote MacTaggart lecture on the risk of not taking risks... and, in the Media Quiz, we decide which are real commissions announced this week... and which are racehorses.A Rethink Audio production, produced by Matt Hill. With thanks to the Edinburgh International Television Festival.This episode is sponsored by Podcast Discovery - for a free consultation with their expert team, responsible for serveral chart-topping launches in 2023, head to podcastdiscovery.com/mediapod Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As consumers and businesses real from the latest energy price rises where are not only the Tories but also the Labour opposition on tackling the root causes of the crisis?Liz Truss, apparently waiting for the full briefing available only to a "functioning government", has pledged to tear up any semblance of a green energy policy to expand North Sea oil and gas exploration and restart fracking. Meanwhile Sir Keir Starmer, despite the growing popularity of renationalising public utilities, has abandoned his commitment to public ownership.Labour, before Starmer's team rolled back on it and after being blasted by Welsh Labour, which is currently in coalition with Plaid Cymru, had signaled a potential change to Labour's rule book barring any deals with pro-independence parties such as the SNP. Was this a move which would, given Labour's willingness to do such deals with the Tories in Scottish local government, be an electoral disaster in Scotland at the next General Election?Meanwhile Stephen Noon, chief strategist of the 2014 Yes campaign, urged Nicola Sturgeon to halt plans to use that election as a proxy independence referendum and enter a conversation to build a better Scotland within the UK. We ask just how practical this is given the embedded unionism of both major parties and the lack of any meaningful progress on enhanced devolution.Emily Maitlis was excoriating in her condemnation of direct Conservative Party interference in BBC reporting in her MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. We reflect on this, with specific insights from Lesley on her time with the BBC, and Pat looks back at Maitlis's involvement in the demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn. Finally, delegates head to the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen this October and hopefully they will have a chance to vote on a transformational motion to raise Scotland's school starting age to six. As Lesley said in her recent Herald article," ..our children require a collective act of faith in their own innate ability to learn without judgement, uniforms, desks, formality, and tests when they're just four or five. Are SNP delegates ready to deliver?" ★ Support this podcast ★

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A special edition of The Media Podcast from Edinburgh TV Festival. Matt Deegan is joined by Jake Kanter (Media Correspondent, The Times) and Scott Bryan (TV Critic & co-host, Must Watch Podcast).Jake and Scott analyse Emily Maitlis' MacTaggart lecture and unpack the challenges on the mind's of TV makers from indies to streamers.Plus, we hear from industry leaders including Navdip Dhariwal (Former BBC World Correspondent), Kimberly Godbolt (Co-Founder Talented People) and Sam Tatlow (ITV Creative Diversity Partner) about their session highlights.And in the Media Quiz, we play Guess Who? with new brand new commissions.A Rethink Audio Production, produced by Phoebe Adler Ryan, with support from Matt Hill. Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're launching for real on Tuesday 30th, but for now listen to Emily's keynote lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, with some post-match analysis from Emily and Jon. The speech looks at the challenges and solutions for good journalism in the age of populism. Speech Copyright: The Edinburgh International Television Festival

Chuck Greaves was last on the Binge Reading Podcast in May, 2020. Now he returns to talk about his fourth book in the Jack MacTaggart series. The Chimera Club. It's a fast moving behind the scenes look at LA nightlife with a wonderful twist. As well as giving us an update on his other activities since he was last on the show Chuck's going to talk about a recent adventure, a Grand Canyon canoe trip with an unexpected ending.... But before we get there, if you haven't heard the original interview with Chuck it can be found here:  www,thejoysofbingereading.com/chuckgreaves/eco-thriller-la-law Jenny: Before we get into talking about Jack MacTaggart, you've been having some adventures of your own Chuck haven't. You just recently you went away on holiday and something happened. Tell us about that. Chuck Greaves' holiday misadventure Chuck: Well, I was rafting down the Grand Canyon. I was supposed to be on a 14 day trip, and at about day eight, I was helicopter rescued and taken to the hospital with a nasty case of COVID. Jenny: Terrible. I mean they reckon that when you're out in the wild, with all this fresh air. that you pretty much protected, but it seems not. Chuck: Well, it was a group of 28 people and we were in pretty close proximity to one another. And as soon as somebody introduces the disease to the group it spreads like wildfire, that's exactly what happened to us. Jenny: Yes. Were you having stops on the banks? Were you in contact with other people or did you all set off together and stay in an isolated group for the whole time? Chuck: Yeah, we were in a pretty insular, isolated group. So it, there was a couple who traveled from Europe to join the group. And I suspect that was how it was introduced and then it kind of made its way around. Jenny: Well, we're glad that you're back on deck and, hopefully not feeling too many long term consequences. So we are talking about Jack MacTagggart, the fourth book, as you know, I was a great fan of the first three. A classic set up for an brain twister plot This time Jack gets tangled up in a case, and it's a very interesting twisty beginning because the man who's being accused of murder is actually physically in Hong Kong at the time that the death takes place, but the police are still very confident they're going to make the charges stick. Tell us about that. It's a really fizzy opening. Chuck: The basic setup for the book, is what if DNA evidence pointed to only one possible suspect of the crime, but that suspect had the perfect alibi.? So the way the case sets up, there's the murder of an amorous Hollywood producer, a sort of a Harvey Weinstein type character, who's found naked and tied to the bed posts in a luxury hotel in Los Angeles, stabbed. Then they recovered DNA evidence from the sink in the hotel bathroom. There are two different blood types in the sink, the victim's and another person's. And when they run that DNA through the state data bank, it identifies one person who could only be the assailant. The problem is that assailant is 7,000 miles away in Hong Kong on the night of the murder. So that's the scenario. Jenny: And where on earth did that come from, in your head first up, was there anything that sparked that kind of scenario. Chuck: Not a real case, but I did want to set up a situation that would be a puzzle to unravel. Let's put it like that. Different book in terms of writing process Jenny: And when you're writing a book like that, it's extremely intricate in the way that the plot weaves in and out with different revelations. Did you work it all out ahead of time, or was there a certain section where you just let things flow and the answers came. Chuck: Yeah. This book for me was completely different, in terms of process from the previous three books, because I'm not an outliner, I'm not the kind of writer who starts with a detailed outline and follows it from beginning to end.

In this episode we will be discussing VeVe's new comic book dropping Friday, March 11th. Should you HODL or Sell? We will provide the facts to help you make the best decision for your collection. If you enjoyed this video, please make sure to Like and Subscribe! We will be dropping HODL or Sell videos the day before each drop. As always, this video is made for entertainment purposes only and is never financial advice. Linktree Digital & Physical Comics: https://linktr.ee/comicsandcryptoDonation AddressesVEVE: @comicsandcryptoGEMS: e6085dd1-cc0e-45c7-b6c7-b02a566979bdETH: comicsandcrypto.ethWAX: comicscryptoYou can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @ComicsandCrypto Opening Music is by NineFingerInstagram: NineFinger999Score by OBAY KY The Avengers [ Nocopyright Music] - Avengers theme song | obay ky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAG08OE5Wak

You can follow Dan on Instagram at @MacFitness13 Chapter 217: Jail Saved Me, Fitness Changed Me Feat. Dan MacTaggart Have you heard about our Wings & Visions Sessions? Every Wednesday you can sign up to get a FREE appetizer, game plan, and vision board from Joe, come kick it, sit back and plan your future! DM for more details. Follow us today Instagram ✅ instagram.com/therapywithoutadeg…gshid=viy2nj4uq1ij Facebook ✅ www.facebook.com/Therapywithoutadegreepodcast/ Website ✅ www.therapywithoutadegree.com Podcast ✅ www.hyperurl.co/therapywithoutdegree Therapy Without A Degree Therapy Without A Degree Therapy Without A Degree Therapy Without A Degree Therapy Without A Degree Keywords . . . . #Podcast #Therapy #Failure #LiveShow selfcare recovery happy mindfulness love health quotes loveyourself wellness memes mood mentalhealthawareness selflove sadquotes inspiration music motivation mentalhealthmatters sad depressed mentalhealth fitness aesthetic suicide #depression anxiety art mental illness healing

to Hear this full Awesome episode, consider supporting us on patreon.com/wetbrain Travel back to a simpler time, 2010s NYC when things were simple and cool and everything was happening. There was hope to have and ambitions to hold and streets to cast and pics to reblog and pop to make hyper and magazines to archive and intern wars to win and drugs to do and Gifs to dump and Williamsburg lofts to trash and people to meet…Finn Mactaggart (co-founder of PC Music, basically the inventor of hyperpop, and former music editor at Dis Magazine) and Paul Cupo (designer at Hood By Air and VFILES) join us to travel back to a time when Walt was sixteen and hopped off the train into the city, eyes wide, fresh faced, and filled with ambition. Imagine living before post-everything?

We hear from the Screenwriter, director, producer and actor Michaela Coel about her first book ‘Misfits: A Personal Manifesto'. The book draws on topics covered in her MacTaggart lecture in which she spoke about dealing with trauma and the ways in which young creatives are exploited by the television industry. Sarah Gilbert the scientist who led the team that developed the Oxford Vaccine tells us why she doesn't think we all need booster covid jabs this winter and tells us about being named the 49th winner of the “Bold Woman” award which honours inspirational women with a track record of success. The Pakistani author Rafia Zakaria discusses her new book, Against White Feminism. She explains why she sees the issue of race as the biggest obstacle to true solidarity among women. We discuss Japan's Womenomics. A concept designed to get more women working and in positions of power. Women in Japan are less likely to be hired as full-time employees and on average earn almost 44 percent less than men. We hear from Cynthia Usui who coaches unemployed housewives in Japan and helps place them within the hospitality industry and Kathy Matsui who coined the term Womenomics in 1999 while working at investment bank Goldman Sachs. And the comedian Sophie Willan who won a BAFTA for best comedy writing, for the pilot episode of her BBC 2 comedy Alma's Not Normal. She's now got a 6 part series starting on Monday night. Drawn from her own experiences, she plays the central character Alma who grew up in an out of the care system in Bolton. Presenter: Chloe Tilley Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Beverley Purcell

The ancient art of storytelling has been around since time began. As a tribal species, humans have relied on storytelling to help people connect, learn and communicate, with ourselves and others. The voice of narration has always had a place and purpose in our lives. The evolution of storytelling goes way back to cave painting and primitive art, through to tribes of people sat around a open fire listening to an elder passing down life lessons from generations before. Over time through to the 21st century, the mediums of communication have changed to books, audio books, social media, feature films and subscription TV amongst many. Throughout this time, the core concepts of using a sequence of events in an exciting nature has remained the same, so what are these core concepts? and how can children benefit from them? Well we're here to today to find out, with our special guest Emma Mactaggart, a mother and an award-winning author and publisher, and one of our partners here at Kiddipedia. For the last 15 years Emma has been teaching the craft of writing and illustrating to children and adults via her Child Writes program. Her publishing business Boogie Books is the largest publisher in the world on Amazon of children's picture books written by children for children. For five years, these same books also flew with Jetstar as part of their in-flight entertainment system! Emma is a regular guest on ABC Southern Queens-land Radio and she is also the Founder of International Read to Me! Day: a reimagined global event this year, encouraging readers to share the love of story via Facebook live. We ask Emma questions including: How do you think tales and storytelling can teach children basic life lessons? How do books help children strengthen their imagination? What do you love about teaching children how to write and illustrate their own books? What are the seven plots used in storytelling? How can books help children build resilience? Do you think listening to stories can help children develop empathy? If so how? How do you think books can children develop how to deal with their fears and insecurities? How can parents use storybooks to help open conversations with their children to learn about how they view and experience the world around them? How can you test if a child has high self-efficacy? Do you think the idea of increasing self-efficacy can help create a child's resilience? If so, how? What's your #1 book to help support your children's fears and build adversity? For Emma's full article, please go to: https://kiddipedia.com.au/overcoming-the-monster/ For further details: https://www.emmamactaggart.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/ChildWrites/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About Andrew Mactaggart, Founder, Burlingtone Music AcademyBorn and raised in Burlington Ontario, Andrew Mactaggart is an accomplished, versatile and sought-after musician.Andrew saved up his money for 15 years to buy his first guitar and he hasn't put it down since. To this day Andrew walks around the house with his “axe” strapped to his back at all times. Andrew's love of the guitar runs very deep. Since his first strum, he has dedicated his life to all things guitar - performance, recording, pedal sounds, theory, and almost 20 years of instruction at well-established music schools. While behind a guitar is “home” for Andrew, he is a multi-instrumentalist, proficient at playing the mandolin and ukulele as well.Andrew's years of performing on stage, in studio and on screen have made him a master of his trade and a first choice to backup country, pop and rock artists alike, including Brian Melo, Tomi Swick, Tara Oram, Jason McCoy, Dallas Smith, Kira Isabella, Small Town Pistols, Tim Hicks, Tebey, Madeline Merlo, Maggie Rose, Gretchen Wilson, Alice Cooper & Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.Music is Andrew's life, a path that not only lead to a successful career, but one that also lead him to his future wife, Suzie McNeil. After a year of playing together as bandmates in The Loving Mary Band in Nashville, they caught the eye of Aerosmith front man, Steven Tyler who asked them to back him up for his Out on a Limb North American Tour.Contributing to multiple gold record recordings, touring the world and playing alongside his wife in all of their many musical projects, Andrew has made music his life, a passion that overflows into every lesson his gives

Alastair Mactaggart, the founder of Californians for Consumer Privacy (the originating force behind CPRA) shared his observations since the passage of CPRA, along with national privacy legislative developments.To access all the Spokes sessions, please visit this page.You can also follow WireWheel on social media to track the latest news in the Privacy world!Follow us on Linkedin,  Twitter, Youtube or Facebook.To learn more about WireWheel Data Privacy Management solutions, visit www.wirewheel.io. Any questions? You can contact us at marketing@wirewheel.io!

I am so happy to share this conversation with Heather MacTaggart creator of the Unschooling school movement - let's make school fit the learner. Heather is a mother of four children, passionate about making the education system work for everyone. She is also Founder and Executive Director of Classroom Connections, on-site leader, Change It Up initiatives within Alberta First Nations communities. She is the co-author Overschooled but Undereducated, with John Abbott in the UK

Dorothy Byrne is the Editor at Large at Channel 4 and was Head of News and Current Affairs for 17 years at the channel. In this podcast episode, she speaks with Dr Louise Newson about her own experience of speaking up about the menopause at work. Dorothy gave a MacTaggart lecture at the TV industry's biggest event of the year, The Edinburgh Television Festival, and received an overwhelming response for talking about the menopause in such a setting.(The lecture is available to watch in full on Edinburgh Television Festival's youtube channel).   Dorothy and Louise also discuss the debilitating effects of some of the long-term consequences of the menopause such as a lack of sleep and osteoporosis, and the challenges of getting testosterone prescribed on the NHS.   Dorothy's 3 top tips:   Go and see your doctor if you're suffering. Tell them you need to know more about your treatment options and get advice. Ask them to discuss HRT with you rather than it being quickly dismissed.   Not sleeping is a serious lifestyle and medical issue. Don't put up with it, the long-term effects on your health from a lack of sleep are considerable.   Going through the menopause and being an older woman can be great. You can be more confident, you receive less unwanted attention from men, you don't have to worry about getting pregnant, there are so many upsides. Don't accept the consequences of menopause when you can have another 20, 30, or even 40 years of a great life ahead of you.

Ken MacTaggart has worked on NASA's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal with editor Dr Eric Jones and colleagues for 20 years, and is co-editor of the Apollo 11 Flight Journal established by W. David Woods.  He has interviewed and written about spaceflight for The Independent, The Herald, The Scotsman, Spaceflight and numerous other magazines and newspaper, plus TV programmes. Ken is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and works as a technology consultant, advising public agencies on science and space policy.  As well as his interest and deep knowledge of spaceflight, he has published on a range of other historical subjects, so his angle on Apollo is often quite different from the purely technical. In this episode Ken reveals some of the finer details of that mission to the moon in 1969 which perhaps went unnoticed, but bring a whole new dimension to the incredible story of the moon landings.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's great to get Joanne Casey's take on women in the construction industry and what she looks for in a successful team.As the first female MD of Scottish company Mactaggart & Mickel in its 100 year history Joanne has certainly made her mark on their  English operations. She is a well respected businesswoman and  people person who starting off her career selling show homes, around having a family and then rose through the ranks.Not only a successful board member in construction, she has also raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for cancer research following her own family history.And the crucial question....What does she put in my Goody Bag?LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joannemcaseyfacebook : https://facebook.com/macmichomes    Join the conversation oninstagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliekentmbe/twitter: https://twitter.com/juliekentmbe facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Julie-Kent-MBE-106786657955109#whatsinthegoodybagWebsite: https://juliekentmbe.com          Smart Communications SW Ltd. Great offer on card payment solutions. No hidden added charges or minimum monthly spend charge.

Disruptor [noun] - a person or thing that prevents something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disruptor Yes, this month we are talking about disruption. I think it is a fitting theme for this past year, don't you? There is a lot of disruption happening all around us and it is not necessarily bad. Change comes from disruption and change can be good. I have often wondered when we talk about change in the education system where we need disruption to be. From the inside or out? In this episode I sat down with education disruptor, Heather MacTaggart to talk about how she sees disruption happening within the system. She says, "If now isn’t the time to redesign an education model built for the industrial age, when will it be?" Unschooling School Heather’s obsession is helping to create an education system that actually makes sense for kids, all kids! She is a social entrepreneur, an educator, and a problem solver. She founded Classroom Connections in 1997 because she was worried about the education system and the kids in it. Since then, Classroom Connections has evolved from a grass-roots resource hub for schools to an award-winning producer of innovative education/training materials that are in use across Canada and around the world. Heather is a firm believer in self directed learning and trust. Currently Heather is working on Unschooling School. The premise is this- Not all kids can attend these enlightened (alternative) schools. We already pay for public education. Not all parents are able to unschool at home. So what if we made space for change within schools by choosing not to comply with the age-segregated, curriculum-driven, testing, grading, and homework-laden structures? What if we insisted that our children be allowed to choose what they want to do at school? What if we let them know that there are lots of different avenues to gain acceptance into College or University or start careers?  What if we revealed to them that marks on a transcript are only one of many options? In This Episode In this episode Heather joins me to talk about these possibilities, what Unschooling school means and why she is disrupting education. We explore; The importance of learning things we are interested in Allowing kids to be in charge of their learning Brave parents are disruptors What would it look like to unschool school? The two factors that are paramount in both parents and kids to Unschool school What would society look like if we had consent in our learning and education? The Free Learner program and support for families that are interested in Unschooling School Resources Unschooling School Facebook Classroom Connections Change It Up Peter Gray Sudbury Valley School FHREE.org If you would like to listen to episodes featuring people and places mentioned in this episode, check out my interview with Peter Gray and my interview with Daniel Greenberg of Sudbury Valley School. Other ways to help support the podcast? Become a patron~ https://www.patreon.com/honeyimhomeschoolingthekids See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mairi Mickel shares on Securing the Future of your family business legacy - how to co-create Competent Owners in the next generation About: Mairi is a Family Business advisor and has founded her own consultancy specialising in succession planning with UK multi-generational business families. She is a previous main Board director and 4th generation owner of Mactaggart & Mickel Group. She also holds a portfolio of independent NXD director roles with privately owned businesses and charities in the UK and USA. She is a faculty member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) and delivers Family Business Governance & Next Generation Development courses with the IOD Scotland.

Hard to believe it, but we're only days away from a fateful vote in California on what's called Proposition 24. If approved by the residents of California, Prop 24 will put the California Privacy Rights Act on the books. The law will add an additional layer of privacy protections for California residents and a new privacy compliance regime for businesses. Prop 24 has been hotly debated, especially in recent weeks. And the traditional fault lines between consumer advocacy and industry are not what you might suspect. Behind much of Prop 24, and the CCPA before it, is Alastair Mactaggart. With a background in real estate, Mactaggart has quickly become one of the most influential individuals in the U.S. privacy landscape. I recently had a chance to catch up with Alastair to discuss the ins and outs of Prop 24. 

Children writing for children, supporting children. Children's author Emma Mactaggart is an educator, and founder of the Child Writes Fund. Children love picture books, so what better way to empower them than to publish their story. We join Emma as she works with children at Queensland's most ethnically diverse state school, Darling Heights in Toowoomba. We chat as the team write and illustrate their story about harmony in the 'garden city'. It’s a tale of adventure and challenges for a small group of friends from around the world. Funded by the local Zonta group in Toowoomba and the Child Writes Fund, Boogie Books will publish and release the picture book on Harmony Day 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Perkins Coie Privacy & Security partner, David Biderman, Perkins Coie Class Action Defense partner, and Alastair Mactaggart, board chair and founder of Californians for Consumer Privacy and proponent of the CPRA (also known as CCPA 2.0). The discussion will explore the aim of the CPRA, how it could affect businesses if passed by California voters, and what companies should consider in light of this new development.

The Broadcast Newswrap is joined this week by MacTaggart lecturer David Olusoga for an exclusive interview, who speaks to us just days after his blistering lecture. David tells senior reporter Max Goldbart about the process behind the address, the difficulties of having to deliver it to an empty room, who he was inspired by and why the media may have missed some of his finer points. Broadcast international editor John Elmes is also on hand to talk Mipcom and we have a brand new section - ‘What We’ve Been Readin’'

Nihal, Scott and Hayley round up the announcements coming from this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival – including Channel 4’s new game show where contestants must built a bridge! Plus, Nihal speaks to historian David Olusoga as he prepares to give the prestigious MacTaggart lecture at the festival. The team also review I Hate Suzie on Sky Atlantic, Stargirl on Amazon Prime and Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on BBC Two.

Oliver Mandić - Fato A Slavic Funk Mix By Mr. Turner https://hypeddit.com/track/5tf6e7 Oliver Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Мандић; born 13 July 1953 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock musician, composer, and producer. In 1980, Mandić released his debut album, entitled Probaj me (Try Me), produced by Peter MacTaggart. All the songs were composed by Mandić, and the lyrics were written by Marina Tucaković.[1] The album brought hits "Nije za nju" ("Not for Her"), "Samo nebo zna (Poludeću)" ("Sky Only Knows (I'll Go Crazy)") and rerecorded "Osloni se na mene". The album was promoted with a TV show Beograd noću (Belgrade at Night), directed by Stanko Crnobrnja. The ambitiously avantgarde programme even won Rose d'Or award at the 1981 Montreux TV festival. Mandić's controversial androgynous image in the show, was conceived by his school mate and good friend Slađana Milošević who, after many days and nights spent in endless persuasions and discussions, finally put Oliver in touch with conceptual artist Kosta Bunuševac who, she thought, would create the outwardly image for Oliver. This had raised quite a public furor due to the singer's cross-dressing and aggressive makeup. His androgynous image, which the Yugoslav audience found especially shocking in the early 1980s, attracted considerable media attention. In 1982, Mandić released his second studio album, Zbog tebe bih tucao kamen (I Would Break Rocks for You). The album was recorded in Switzerland and produced by Mandić and MacTaggart.[3] It featured Nenad "Japanac" Stefanović on bass guitar, Điđi Jankelić on drums, Aleksandar Milovanović on guitar, Laza Ristovski on keyboards, Mića Marković on saxophone, Stjepko Gut on trumpet, and Bebi Dol on backing vocals, and the cover art was designed by Mirko Ilić.[3] The album brought hits "Smejem se, a plakao bih" ("I'm Laughing, but I Feel Like Crying"), "Neverne Bebe" ("Unfaithful Babies") and "Sve su seke jebene" ("All the Girls Have Been Fucked", with lyrics written after the motifs from Serbian erotic folk poetry collected by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić). In 1984, Mandić appeared at the MESAM festival for the first time, performing the folk-inspired song "Pitaju me, pitaju" ("They're Asking Me, They're Asking"), for which the lyrics were written by Marina Tucaković. The same year Mandić produced Dʼ Boys album Muvanje (Hitting On). In 1985, he released the album Dođe mi da vrisnem tvoje ime (I Feel like Screaming Your Name), which brought folk-inspired hits "Pomagajte drugovi" ("Help Me, My Friends"), with which he won the first place at the 1985 MESAM festival, and "Bobane" ("Oh, Boban..."). During the same year, Mandić took part in YU Rock Misija, Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid.

Chuck Greaves had the amazing experience of having his first two novels placed first and second in an international “New Writers” competition that attracted 600 entries, so it's perhaps not surprising that the former LA trial lawyer hasn't looked back since. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Joys of Binge Reading Chuck talks about his popular Jack MacTaggart legal thriller series as well as the literary and historical crime fiction that's winning him top awards and a growing audience. And we've got three hard-to-find signed paperback copies of one of the MacTaggart mysteries, Green Eyed Lady, Book #2 in the series as a holiday giveaway for three lucky readers. Best Selling author Douglas Preston called it “the wickedest read of the year.” Details of how to enter the contest can be found on the Joys of Binge Reading website or the Binge Reading Facebook page. Entries close May 16. Enter the draw for a copy of Green Eyed Lady Offer closes May 16 Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How an LA trial lawyer became novelistElements of luck in getting published'Living more than one life' on this earth Literary novels and Jack MacTaggart seriesNew ventures in TV and song writingBlazing Saddles and Richard Pryor Where to find Chuck Greaves  Website:  https://chuckgreaves.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/chuck.greaves.5 What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny Wheeler: But now, here's Chuck. Hello there, Chuck, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Chuck Greaves: Hello, Jenny. Thank you for having me. Chuck Greaves - mystery and historical fiction author. Jenny Wheeler: You enjoyed a very full career as an LA trial lawyer before turning your hand to fiction, and I'm just wondering, how did that transition come about? Was there some sort of catalyst that made you think, “I just must try my hand at writing a novel.” Chuck Greaves: Yeah, the catalyst was called a midlife crisis. What happened was I turned 50, I'd been at my same law firm, where I was partner for 25 years, and I just thought to myself, what do I want to do with the rest of my life?  I'd always wanted to write, I'd always been a reader. And I thought it was something I wanted to try my hand at. Making a life change And I always had this notion that I want to live more than one life on this earth.  I'd been on a particular trajectory for, you know, 50 years, and I thought I'd try something completely different and so I resigned my law firm partnership. My wife did the same, she's also a lawyer and we pulled up stakes. We left LA, we moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and I started writing a novel. Hush Money - Book #1 Jack MacTaggart mystery series... Jenny Wheeler: Fantastic. Just like that. That's amazing. So now you've got two writing names that you work under.  Chuck Greaves has written three much-praised books in the Jack MacTaggart crime series, and then you've also got literary and historical fiction that you write under the name of C. Joseph Greaves, so I guess those two names are simply to differentiate those two different genres, are they? Learning how to write Chuck Greaves: There's a bit of a back story to that, which I'll be happy to tell you. I'm in Santa Fe now, the year is 2006 and, as I said, I'm writing this first novel, which was my first Jack MacTaggart novel.  It was called Hush Money and it took me about two years to write. I was really teaching myself how to write a novel. And when it was finished, I did what all new novelists do, which is to try to find a literary agent in New York. I sent query letters to various agents in New York, and I received form rejection letters back.  I probably sent out 30 letters and I probably got back 30 rejections. In the meantime,

Welcome back to another episode of Liberty Revealed, the show dedicated to revealing personal liberty to all who listen. I am your host, Mike Mahony, and today I want to talk to you about data privacy and how I feel it should be dealt with.Protecting internet data privacy without hindering innovation requires a dose of legislative humility and strong trust in consumer intelligence. Neither is easy for a Libertarian to swallow.The recent data breaches at Google and Facebook have amplified the debate around data privacy and the laws governing the same. Commentators seem to feel the US regulatory approach to all of this is akin to the Wild Wild West. They act as though no regulation exists.Some are calling for the adoption of heavy-handed, European-style controls such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which imposes 45 specific rules on data-driven enterprises. They have applauded new data regulation rules in California, which grants sweeping power to the state’s attorney general to collect fees, impose rules, approve business plans, and solicit public support for class actions against internet companies. It is reasonable to be skeptical of the notion that increasing government power is the key to protecting privacy, but without federal preemption, the nation could balkanize with 50 sets of online privacy rules, undermining the seamless digital experience consumers enjoy today as well as the internet economy which powers some 10 percent of national gross domestic product.I, for one, feel the regulatory approach to data privacy and protection of the internet is just flat out wrong.One reason people believe the US has an inferior, laissez-faire approach to internet regulation is that they confuse data privacy and protection and because they are not familiar with America’s own substantive privacy protections developed since its founding. In fact, there are literally hundreds of laws on privacy and data protection in the U.S.—including common law torts, criminal laws, evidentiary privileges, federal statutes, and state laws. America’s tradition of protecting privacy is predicated on ensuring the individual’s freedom from government intrusion and pushing back the overreach of the administrative state. By way of comparison, the EU’s laws are relatively new, officially dating from this century, and still lack the runway of judicial scrutiny and case law that characterizes U.S. law.This experience from Europe gives us a glimpse of what to expect should we adopt a similarly heavy-handed regulatory approach in the USA. Simply put, the EU’s laws don’t work to create trust in the online ecosystem. After a decade of data protection regulation—in which Europeans have endured intrusive pop-ups and disclosures on every digital property they visit—Europeans report no greater sense of trust online. As of 2017, only 22 percent of Europeans shop outside their own country (a paltry increase of 10% in a decade). Moreover, only 20 percent of EU companies are highly digitized. Small to medium-sized European companies have neither modernized their operations nor marketed to other EU countries because data protection compliance costs are too high.To do business in the EU and comply with the new rules, US firms with 500 employees or more will likely have to spend between $1 and $10 million each to comply with GDPR. With over 19,000 firms of 500 employees or more in the US, total GDPR compliance costs for U.S. firms alone could reach $150 billion, twice what the U.S. spends on network investment and one-third of annual e-commerce revenue in the U.S. Not surprisingly, thousands of online entities, both in the EU and abroad, have proactively shuttered their European operations for fear of getting caught in the regulatory crosshairs.Moreover, there is a business model behind data protection regulation. Not only will Europe have to hire some 75,000 new data protection professionals as regulatory compliance officers, but regulatory authorities are also doubling their staff and budgets to take on the increased workload of managing compliance and complaints. Just seven hours after the GDPR came into effect in May 2018, Austrian activist Max Schrems lodged complaints against Google and Facebook, demanding $8.8 billion in damages because their services are so popular that they effectively “force” people to use them.Politics continues to play a huge role in data privacy and protection.A decentralized, limited government approach has been empirically shown to better protect data privacy, but regulatory advocates are too powerful, organized, and determined to let well enough alone. They consider themselves the self-appointed protectors of all Americans, who they deem unwitting digital serfs, forced to engage in transactions against their will and too stupid to learn how to be safe online.  While freethinkers value sovereignty and choice, they are diffuse and difficult to galvanize. The sweeping regulations adopted in California and the European Union were enabled by a small yet vocal group of activists.While the media emphasizes the partisan chaos in Washington, there is a bona fide, fact-based, bipartisan effort within Congress to create a rational policy for consumer online privacy. The Senate Commerce Committee has hosted a series of hearings to gather input from a variety of stakeholders.  In addition, the Trump Administration has tasked key agencies with developing scientific and policy principles that ensure standards and guarantee freedom of choice for individuals while also giving organizations legal clarity and the flexibility to innovate. It may seem counterintuitive that we need more privacy legislation, but in this case, the outcome will be worse for freedom if Congress does not clarify a single national policy.I personally prefer a market-based approach to data privacy and protection. To me, the required trust in consumer intelligence is difficult, but necessary if we are to both protect our privacy and data and protect our freedom.The elements of a market-based approach includes a consistent national policy that promotes technological innovation, consumer education, and freedom of choice for consumers.Privacy-enhancing technologies. Continuous technological improvement of online systems will always be better than regulatory regimes that rely on bureaucrats to decide how data should be processed and which abuses to adjudicate. Scientific research demonstrates that privacy-enhancing innovation (a field including dozens of technologies such as encryption, data minimization, anonymization, attribute-based access controls, etc) makes the online experience safer and more private than a bureaucratic approach can. Moreover, soft law instruments such as multi-stakeholder processes, scientific best practices and standards, and codes of conduct can address emerging data protection challenges without resorting to heavy-handed rules. Policymakers should consider the role of incentives for design and experimentation with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). These can include grants, awards, and competitions. Importantly, a national policy would include a legal safe harbor for innovators so that they can experiment without punishment and so that enterprises can be confident that they are complying with the law.Consumer education. Informed consumers who have the freedom to choose among a robust array of goods and services are the bedrock of a free-market economy. This assumes a marketplace in which there is sufficient information, ease of market entry and exit, and minimal regulatory distortion. Scientific research concludes that the consumer’s level of knowledge about the online experience is crucial when it comes to creating trust online. Notice and consent are meaningless to consumers if they don’t understand the nature of the transactions in which they engage, how online platforms work, and the associated costs, benefits, and alternatives. (See p. 13 of this filing to the Federal Trade Commission for the history of consumer education and models of online privacy education.) Individuals need to take the responsibility to educate themselves about the online services they use and policy-makers must ensure that there are transparent ways for consumers to get access to that information. Moreover, educated consumers are a powerful check on unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats, limiting the need for regulation in the first place.Choice. Individuals must have freedom of choice over whether to share their data in exchange for a service as well as the ability to say no to terms and conditions which make them feel uncomfortable. When a consumer says no and declines the service, this sends an important message to providers to improve their products and services. A key problem of the California and European rules is that they obligate providers to deliver services even if users object to sharing their data. This perversion creates a free-rider problem, which increases the amount of processing that must be performed on consenting users so that the service provider can cover its costs. Moreover, it removes the essential feedback that providers need from users so that they can improve their services.Flexibility. A recent Senate hearing featured the architect of the California Consumer Privacy Act, Alastair MacTaggart, who took offense that his local Supercuts hair cuttery requested his email and phone upon checking in for an appointment. MacTaggart called it “out of control” and intimated that this practice should be eliminated for all Supercuts customers. (He also spent nearly $3.5 million of his own fortune from a successful real estate business, which, ironically, relies on the same kind of data processing he now wants to eliminate.) This kind of elitism fails to see how many people appreciate SMS reminders for their salon appointments and want to receive email offers of coupons for hair care products, discounts, and so on. The situation is a reminder of the need for regulatory flexibility. Consumers who do not want to participate in such programs should not have to, but those who want to should be allowed. Regulatory advocates don’t like the idea that a customer loyalty program has such requirements. They don’t want enterprises to have the flexibility to reward loyal customers. Again, this creates a free-rider problem. If enterprises are obliged to make offers available without any minimum requirements, the provider’s incentive for offering the promotional program is thus removed, and the provider pulls the offer. This leads to overall price increases while reducing welfare for the set of customers who wanted the offer in the first place. In any case, there are technical workarounds that can secure privacy without eliminating enterprises, such as anonymizing email addresses and phone numbers. (See p. 11 of the filing for the discussion on anonymization).Consistency. America’s 50 states are a single market, which is a boon to America’s digital economy. An app posted in Maine can serve a user from Hawaii. However, California’s new privacy law disrupts this seamlessness, inhibiting commerce both inside and the state. Other states (NY, NJ, MD, MA, RI, IL, and CT) are threatening to make their own rules. We need a single federal privacy standard enforced by a single Federal regulator – ideally the Federal Trade Commission.  The FTC can enforce the standard and deliver enforcement with the cooperation of state attorneys general.The cycle of privacy panic, the manufactured fear that accompanies new technologies, has been a well-documented phenomenon for more than a century. When first introduced, photography was maligned for violating one’s privacy. As people experience new technology, they grow more comfortable with it, ultimately adopting it in a way that demonstrably improves their lives. When asked what has brought the biggest improvement to their lives in the past 50 years, Americans name technology more than any other advancement, notes Pew Research in a 2016 survey.Today’s debate about the data-driven economy is no different. Market-based solutions can address data privacy concerns without surrendering the internet to government control. If anything, this legislative moment is about reaffirming America’s history of data protection and privacy. We need federal law to stop state-level overreach so that the freedom of individuals and enterprises can flourish.Tell me your thoughts on this by leaving a voicemail on the Yogi’s Podcast Network hotline at (657) 529-2218.That’s it for this episode of Liberty Revealed. .If you like what you’ve heard, please rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and Google Play. If you’d like to learn more about personal liberty, grab your free copy of my book “Liberty Revealed” by heading over to http://yogispodcastnetwork.com/libertyrevealed. Until next time...stay free!

Joining Iain on Cross Questions this evening is Conservative MP for Winchester Steve Brine, Former Labour MP Fiona MacTaggart, Telegraph Columnist Simon Heffer & Guardian Columnist Polly Toynbee.

The initial version of CCPA is now law and companies still have many unanswered questions on how to comply. WireWheel CEO Justin Antonipillai asked CCPA author, Alastair Mactaggart, to provide some clarity.Listen in as Justin and Alastair take on CCPA's toughest questions:When should you share categories of data vs. full data details?What types of advertising strategies are considered the sale of data?When to pay extra attention to verifying requests to prevent fraud?What types of data requests can be made by agents on behalf of consumers?What is likely to change in CCPA 2.0 as the law evolves?Alastair MactaggartA real estate developer and investor, led a ballot initiative that resulted in the  California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This law expands privacy rights for consumers, including the right to know what personal information is being collected about them, the right to say no to the sale of personal data, and the right to access and deletion of personal information.You can also follow WireWheel on social media to track the latest news in the Privacy world!Follow us on Linkedin,  Twitter, Youtube or Facebook.To learn more about WireWheel Data Privacy Management solutions, visit www.wirewheel.io. Any questions? You can contact us at marketing@wirewheel.io!

Nancy McEldowney, former Ambassador to Bulgaria and former policy adviser on Europe during the Clinton Administration, reflects on the second day of Turkey's offensive in Northern Syria and the impact it is already having on the Kurdish population there. John Bruton, former Irish Prime Minister, gives his take on the latest Brexit developments, as the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Our Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Alastair Mactaggart, real-estate developer and founder of "Californians for Consumer Privacy", to explain why he is fighting for people's privacy.

Iain and Jacqui award exam style grades to Boris Johnson for his first month as prime minister and analyse his track record so far. They do their own review of HS2 and cast a weary eye over Dorothy Byrne’s Mactaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. And they answer lots of your questions.

Our deep dive into Hickman's definitive decade spanning change of Marvel's Mutants continues! Come see us for your copies of House and Powers, or talk to us to find out where to start!

Chuck Greaves new novel, The Church of the Graveyard Saints, is a literary mystery with a love triangle and an eco-thriller finish and it’s also the first novel Chuck has written that’s set in and around his adopted hometown of Cortez, Colorado. Chuck tells the remarkable story about getting noticed in the publishing world for the first time and talks about the two sides of his writing life—one writing the Jack MacTaggart series of legal mysteries, set in Los Angeles, and his work as C. Joseph Greaves, producing more literary works. Both halves of his output and have drawn considerable attention. Hush Money, the first installment in the MacTaggart series, won the SouthWest Writers’ International Writing Contest and was named a finalist for numerous national honors including the Lefty Award from Left-Coast Crime, the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Reviewers’ Choice Award from RT Reviews. Chuck’s first literary entry, Hard Twisted, was called a “taut and intriguing thriller” by the London Sunday Times and was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award in Fiction. His third MacTaggart novel, The Last Heir, was a finalist for the 2015 Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery, while his fifth novel Tom & Lucky was named by the Wall Street Journal to its year-end list of the “Best Books of 2015.” The Church of the Graveyard Saints launches in September. Chuck's website Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs

Heather MacTaggart is the Executive Director of Classroom Connections, an organization that, for the last 15 years, has been developing classroom-based resources as well as working extensively to deliver innovative employability skills training to multi-barriered youth in First Nations communities. Heather joined me this morning to talk about a new self-directed learning initiative aimed at creating alternative experiences of school for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth. Learn about how Heather is bringing her values, beliefs and insights to start one such alternative in the Toronto area.

Whinge and A Wine Podcast Episode #1 Mental Health, 1 in 5 Australians experience it and 4 in 5 Australians live with the effects of it. This is national cconversation for ever one to discuss and share their story. I speak with the eloquent and dedicated Emma MacTaggart about mental health and the national crisis that is affecting families, relationships and youths all over the world. This episode I get to the Knitty Gritty of Mental Health with the upcoming event held in Toowoomba, Unleash the Beast. Australia's Largest Mental Health Symposium! With over 60 Speakers and the inspirational guests sharing their message all across the Community it is the conversation you need to be having. Emma and I discuss mental health and our personal experiences with it, especially as mothers. Tune and in and share your comments, let us hear your thoughts and and experiences with mental health. To get involved with the Unleash the Beast you can find them here: W: www.unleashthebeast.net.au F: www.unleashthebeastsymposium Warrior Women Radio W: www.warriorwomenradio.com E: warriorwomen00@gmail.com Follow the Warrior Women Network W: www.warriorwomennetwork.com F: www.facebook.com/thewarriorwomennetwork I: www.instagram.com/warriorwomennetwork E: warriorwomen00@gmail.com Follow Samantha Moir F: www.facebook.com/samanthamoiroffical I: www.instagram.com/samanthamoir_

In this bonus episode, we hear the full, unedited recording of this year's MacTaggart Lecture, delivered at the Edinburgh International TV Festival by actor, writer and producer Michaela Coel.You'll hear her rise to fame - from an estate in Tower Hamlets to the BAFTA-winning success of Chewing Gum on E4 - as well as a brutally honest account of what it took go get that series made.This podcast contains strong, and sometimes racist, language.A PPM Production, produced by Matt Hill. Thank you to the Edinburgh International Television Festival for sharing this audio with our listeners. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake Kanter (Business Insider) and guests descend on Edinburgh for the biggest date in the industry - featuring Alison Kirkham (BBC Controller of Factual Commissioning) Faraz Osman (MD, Gold Wala) and Scott Bryan (Buzzfeed).Jeremy Corbyn's big idea for tech giants to subsidise the BBC, Michaela Coel's punch on the nose for British TV in a brutally honest MacTaggart lecture, and a rude awakening for television controllers about the way they do business.Also on the programme: Lenny Henry shares his highlights of the festival, and in the Media Quiz, our guests try to spot the difference between real commissions and pitches we made up.A PPM Production, produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Support future episodes of the show by taking out a voluntary subscription. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olly Mann is joined by broadcast consultant Matt Deegan (Folder Media) and journalist Kieran Yates to dissect the week's media news; how did the media fare in the gender pay gap revelations?Also on the programme: our panel discuss Monocle's intern woes, Disney's lifeline for Sky News... and just who will be presenting this year's MacTaggart keynote in Edinburgh. All that AND we crunch the numbers in our Media Quiz.A PPM Production. Produced by Matt Hill. Help keep us afloat, by taking out a voluntary subscription with us. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Live Write Share, your one stop shop for everything in the world of children's publishing. Join award winning children's author Emma Mactaggart as she shares her many tips and tricks that she's picked up along the way. 

Matt Morgan, delegates will get a unique insight into the career of this exceptional artist, interviewing Brand about his lifelong devotion to comedy; his extensive portfolio of work on and off the screen; and how his call for revolution has been realised in a personal way, in love and fatherhood.   If anyone wants to donate even a pound to help with the costs of hosting the podcasts it would be much appreciated! Paypal is Bellybouncelinglongling@gmail.com

Scot MacTaggart is the creator and host of The Pitchwerks Podcast.  Having logged more than 20 years in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship, Scot has built a diverse portfolio of experiences helping businesses of all sizes to get to the next level.     If you're in sales, biz dev, marketing, product management or politics, The Pitchwerks Podcast is a fast, easy way to sharpen your tools each week.   Attend my one-day conference January 27th in Pittsburgh. Learn more here.   Scot’s Challenges; 1. Find the reason why you can unleash your creativity. 2. Determine the reason you’re doing what you’re doing.   Connect with Scot Facebook Twitter Instagram Website   If you liked this interview, check out previous episodes with Pittsburgh podcasters Marta Mazzoni and the Drinking Partners Ed Bailey & Day Bracey. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

The full, unedited James MacTaggart memorial lecture, as presented at the Edinburgh international television festival 2017 by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow. This is a moving and highly personal journey through a career spanning 40 years in journalism. Snow considers who audiences can trust in a new world of alternative facts and false realities. He asks why journalists didn't spot Grenfell Tower as a disaster waiting to happen. And he ponders the question of diversity in the media industry which does not - in his view - go far enough to accurately reflect the society it serves. And as his audience moves away from broadcasting, Snow outlines the success Channel 4 news has had in reaching new outlets - but asks if social media platforms should be paying more for the content they propagate. Expect some strong views and similarly strong language. Bringing you this podcast is possible thanks to your generosity. To keep the media podcast on air. Please help us by donating now at themediapodcast.com/dedicate Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Broadcast’s Peter White is joined by Jane Millichip, Karen Smith and Stephen Lambert to talk about Jon Snow's emotional MacTaggart as well as all of the other major stories and issues to emerge at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.

Media analysis, this week with consultant Paul Robinson and investigative reporter Maeve McClenaghan. As the nation ponders why Charlie off Casualty is the highest paid actor at the BBC, we discuss the fallout from this great experiment and find out how sensitive all that commercially sensitive information really is. Also on the programme: what's the future for local journalism? Is it more closures, or robots? Plus: this year's MacTaggart speaker is announced, why Soundcloud users are right to be worried... and in the Media Quiz, we're out to libel as many people as possible. Allegedly. A PPM Production, produced by Matt Hill. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we’re talking with Ivan Mactaggart, the producer of the hotly-anticipated movie “Loving Vincent” to find out more about its unique production and how exactly it got funded. Have you ever looked at a painting and wondered what would happen if it came to life? What would the portraits say if they could tell their story? That’s what the Oscar-winning creators of “Loving Vincent” had in mind when they decided to make a film about Vincent Van Gogh. This is no ordinary film though – the team behind it are creating the world’s first feature film where every single frame is an oil painting. Having already secured a grant for the movie, the team turned to Kickstarter to raise enough to begin production. In 24 days they raised £53,000 – about $75,000 – from 800 backers. Check out crowdsceneshow.com for the show notes.

Listen to the full speech delivered by Armando Iannucci at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival - a rallying call for the BBC not just for those who work in the corporation, but for the entire UK media industry. Thanks to the Guardian Edinburgh International Television festival, who shared this audio with us for you to enjoy. If you're new to the Media Podcast, why not try one of our regular episodes? Find more at themediapodcast.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talking TV heads to the Edinburgh International Television Festival for a special episode. Picking over the big themes, including the MacTaggart, are Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt, Sony’s Wayne Garvie, Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett and Chris Curtis, the editor of Broadcast. The four also take part in a special quiz highlighting some of the best commissioning announcements of the festival. Elsewhere, BBC director of television Danny Cohen also stops by for a chat about the turbulence of charter renewal, while Steven D Wright talks about his time in the Big Brother House.

Media news, analysis and opinion from Scotland's annual television shindig. June Sarpong, Boyd Hilton and Jane Martinson join Olly Mann to discuss what TV bosses are thinking and debate the state of the industry today. Channel 4's chief executive David Abraham delivers the keynote MacTaggart lecture - and ruffles the feathers of many independent companies listening in the auditorium, with talk of rewriting the terms of trade and fighting American ownership. Media writer Maggie Brown also offers her take on the speech. Also on the podcast, the panel go through their highlights of the festival and reveal the main talking points from the sessions. You can see video from all the panels we discuss at geitf.co.uk. Enjoyed this? Why not subscribe at themediapodcast.com to hear new episodes as soon as they're available. The Media Podcast is a PPM Production and not affiliated in the Guardian in any way.

A special edition of Talking TV heads to the Edinburgh International Television Festival to sort through all the major themes of this year’s conference. Joining host Jake Kanter is Broadcast editor Chris Curtis, Alison Kirkham, the head of features and formats for BBC1 and BBC2, and Nine Lives Media chief executive Cat Lewis. They mull over Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham’s feisty MacTaggart lecture, the BBC’s plans to overhaul its supply model, diversity and indie sector consolidation. They also pick out some of the brilliant and bizarre commissioning announcements from the festival. Along the way, Abraham speaks about his plans in more detail, while there is some reaction from indie sector executives who are sceptical about the C4 boss’ plans for terms of trade.

Kevin Spacey’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival is prophetic and inspiring look at the Entertainment industry in all its facets. Mr. Spacey challenges to become better storytellers. Mr Spacey states his theme for the keynote, “It is about the creatives, stupid.” Join Nick Cusumano and Danielle Filas as we examine this amazing call to action from Mr. Spacey.

On day two of the Edinburgh television festival, John Plunkett discusses the fallout from the 37th MacTaggart lecture, Richard Bacon takes us to task, and comedian Adam Hills reveals Channel 4's Paralympics strategy

In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: After the Olympics, there were calls for those less-prominent events in which Team GB won medals to get wider coverage on tv. Is there really an appetite for this, though, now the excitement has died down? John Fairley of Highflyer TV talks about his plans to run a new tv channel showcasing minority interest sports, London Legacy.How have so-called second screens affected tv viewing habits and what impact does that have on broadcasters? Paul Lee of Deloitte takes Steve through the key findings of his recent research into this, with almost half of younger viewers using their smart phones or laptops while watching tv.Liz Murdoch is due to follow her father Rupert and brother James tomorrow, delivering the MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Sarah Ellison of Vanity Fair and Dan Sabbagh of the Guardian discuss her ambitions both inside and outside the family's businesses.And, as the programme learns many UK newspapers have agreed terms to run the Prince Harry photos, will they actually print them? With Dan Sabbagh, lawyer Duncan Lamont examines the options open to editors. The producer is Simon Tillotson.

WikiLeaks has released thousands of new diplomatic cables but the latest leak has failed to make such an impact in the UK media and there are suggestions that unredacted documents have been published, putting sources at risk. Can WikiLeaks continue to influence the headlines now that its partnerships with traditional media outlets have fallen apart? Heather Brooke and Emily Bell discuss WikiLeaks' future. Google's Eric Schmidt gave the MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival over the weekend, the first person from a non broadcast background to do so. But was his speech an olive branch to an industry which has described Google as a "parasite" in the past? To discuss how Google and TV might work together, and who stands to gain, Steve Hewlett is joined by Anthony Lilley. Ivan Lewis, the Shadow Culture Secretary, has called for stricter rules on media takeovers, following the controversy around News Corp's bid for BSkyB and fears News Corp could renew their bid. Ivan Lewis explains why he feels the current laws are not good enough and why parliament should "act urgently to close the loopholes" on media ownership.