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New Orleans high society adored the charming Jacques St. Germain, right up until they started asking why a man who claimed to be forty could describe the 1700s like he'd lived them. Now more than a century later people are still arguing over whether Jacques St. Germain was a con man, an immortal, or a true-life vampire.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ImmortalVampireREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9xjvjyFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was a New Orleans neighborhood home to an immortal vampire in the early 1900s? (Vampire in New Orleans) *** A young girl disappeared in Yosemite National Park back in 1981. To this day no one knows where she is, and some say a paranormal cause is to blame. (A Supernatural Disappearance in Yosemite) *** After Lori Erica Ruff's death, her husband discovered he had been married to a complete stranger. Because Lori Erica Ruff never existed. (The Woman Without an Identity) *** Was there a plot to murder Marconi scientists in the 1980s? (The Marconi Murders)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding00:00:41.374 = Show Open00:02:10.004 = The Immortal Vampire of New Orleans00:18:58.982 = A Supernatural Disappearance In Yosemite ***00:29:58.328 = The Woman Without An Identity00:36:55.918 = The Marconi Murders ***00:51:45.221 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Vampire In New Orleans” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2IrlOTU“A Supernatural Disappearance in Yosemite” by Beth Elias: http://bit.ly/2v94zOB“The Woman Without an Identity” by Stephanie Webber: http://bit.ly/2UBMIyO‘The Marconi Murders” posted at The Unredacted: http://bit.ly/2VR1PRC(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: June 16, 2020LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIALThis episode of Weird Darkness moves from a suspected vampire in early-1900s New Orleans to a teenager who vanished in Yosemite National Park, a Texas wife who'd stolen a dead child's identity, and a string of bizarre deaths among British defense scientists during the Cold War.It opens with Jacques St. Germain, a wealthy stranger who arrived in New Orleans in the early 1900s, settled into a mansion at 1039 Royal Street, and began hosting lavish parties for the city's elite. He spoke French, English, and Spanish, described centuries-old events as if he'd witnessed them, was almost never seen in daylight, and never ate at his own feasts. He also claimed descent from the Comte de St. Germain, the 18th-century adventurer and alchemist who told Casanova he was three hundred years old, and the resemblance between the two men was close enough that people began to wonder if they were the same person. A prostitute's leap from his upper-floor window, her story of an attempted bite to the neck, and what police allegedly found in his darkened second floor after he skipped town turned a rich man's eccentricities into one of the city's most enduring vampire legends.From there the episode heads to California and the disappearance of fourteen-year-old Stacy Ann Arras, who walked away from a horseback tour group at Sunrise High Sierra Camp in Yosemite on July 17, 1981, intending to photograph a nearby lake, and was never seen again. As many as 150 searchers, tracking dogs, divers, and helicopters combed the area and recovered only a single camera lens. The segment weighs the theories still attached to her case, from a runaway teen in flip-flops to David Paulides and his Missing 411 research, along with search-and-rescue volunteers who explain how wind, ridgelines, and dry ground can swallow a person's voice and scent within fifty feet.Next comes the woman who called herself Lori Erica Ruff, found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot outside her in-laws' home in Longview, Texas, on Christmas Eve 2010. Her husband, Blake Ruff, then opened a lockbox she'd forbidden him to touch and found the birth certificate of Becky Sue Turner, a two-year-old who died in a Washington house fire in 1971, along with the paper trail of a name change in Idaho in 1988. Investigators listed her as a Jane Doe for six years until DNA from her young daughter traced her to a Pennsylvania family whose seventeen-year-old, Kimberly McLean, had walked away from home in 1986.The episode closes in Britain, where at least twenty-five scientists and engineers connected to Marconi Electronic Systems and related defense contractors died between 1982 and 1990, many of them working on projects tied to America's Strategic Defense Initiative. Dr. Keith Bowden's car went off a bridge on tires someone had swapped for worn ones, Vimal Dajibhai went off the Clifton Suspension Bridge with a puncture wound on his buttock, Arshad Sharif tied a ligature to a tree and hit the accelerator, and Alistair Beckham wired himself to a power socket in his garden shed hours before Ministry of Defence men arrived to collect his files. Coroners returned open verdicts, Computer Weekly journalist Tony Collins wrote a book arguing the pattern pointed to a plot, and Margaret Thatcher's government called the whole cluster a coincidence brought on by workplace stress.
Jane Setter talks to Michael Rosen about negative attitudes to vocal traits seen as exclusively female, from vocal fry to higher pitch. Can men really not talk in a sexy voice? And why did Margaret Thatcher change hers?Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven, in partnership with the Open University
CAPTION 1860 PRESIDENT-ELECT A. LINCOLN, ILLINOIS STATE CAPITALACONTENTS TABLE OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 9-8-2026Liz Peek joins the show to discuss the resilient US economy, highlighting a vibrant jobs market and booming consumer spending. Despite Wall Street optimism and rising corporate profits, escalating oil prices driven by the Middle Eastconflict remain a major headwind. Looking ahead to the 2028 presidential race, Peek assesses the early Republicanlandscape. While Vice President J.D. Vance currently leads, his relationship with certain voter blocs remains complicated. Meanwhile, big donors increasingly favor the personable Marco Rubio over Vance. Donald Trump must improve his gutter-level favorability numbers by presenting a more likable, grandfatherly image to voters before the midterms. (1)Jonathan Schanzer analyzes the expanding Middle East conflict, noting recent Iran-backed Houthi strikes on four Saudi cities. This dangerous escalation highlights Iran's strategy to disrupt regional energy assets and exploit vulnerabilities in the United States security architecture. Schanzer also details a worrying alliance between the Houthis and Somalia's al-Shabaab. In Lebanon, the Israeli military has cleared a key subterranean Hezbollah nerve center, leaving the proxy in financial disarray. Ultimately, Schanzer argues that Iran acts like a battered boxer playing "rope-a-dope," surviving to maintain its revolutionary ideology. Turkey is also complicating matters by pursuing an active encirclement strategy near Israel's borders. (2)George Beebe discusses the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, emphasizing the serious effort by the Trump administration to rekindle peace talks through emissaries like Jared Kushner. Strategically, the United States wants to end the war to reduce Russia's dependence on China and secure a crucial foreign policy victory before the midterms. However, Beebe explains that a breakthrough will not rely on territorial compromise, which both sides reject. Instead, it requires a strategic settlement that addresses Russian concerns about NATO expansion and guarantees Ukrainian neutrality. Meanwhile, Ukraine faces thinning battle lines, severe manpower recruitment issues, and a critical shortage of air defense missiles. (3)Tal Fortgang revisits the late 2023 congressional hearings where university presidents argued that calling for the genocide of Jewish people "depends on the context." Fortgang contends that schools selectively used "context" to excuse student agitators who systematically violated time, place, and manner rules to intimidate others. These disruptive activities constituted a targeted harassment campaign rather than protected academic debate. Furthermore, the Director of National Intelligence confirmed that Iran financially backed some protesters. Fortgang argues that universities failed their moral duty by not enforcing rules and expelling those individuals committing lawless acts, which effectively silences legitimate, peaceful and civil campus speech. (4)Gregory Copley covers global structural changes, discussing the Kushner-Witkoff Kremlin mission and the fracturing of traditional alliances, including US-Canada trade disputes over tariffs. He highlights that Volodymyr Zelenskyyopposes a negotiated Ukraine peace deal because ending the conflict would likely trigger his political removal. Furthermore, Copley observes the decline of globalization and a return to nationalism. Driven by new manufacturing technologies like 3D printing and advanced drone platforms, countries such as Australia and Japan are building sovereign aerospace industries to reduce dependence on foreign powers. Finally, he shares brief updates on King Charles III and Prince George's enrollment at Eton. (5)Thaddeus McCotter joins the program to dissect the political climate leading into upcoming midterm elections. McCotter observes that Donald Trump's net approval rating is deep underwater, posing a significant hurdle for congressional Republicans. Since the president's performance is always implicitly on the ballot, voters send a direct message to the administration by defeating his fellow partisans in the legislative branch. McCotter and Batchelor also explore the 2028 presidential nomination beauty contests, noting J.D. Vance's early lead while questioning old truisms. Lastly, they discuss the internal ideological divisions within the Democratic party and how candidates distance themselves from the Trump administration. (6)Joseph Sternberg discusses global fiscal crises, focusing on soaring government debt in developed countries. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has failed to tackle public finances, choosing instead to campaign retroactively against Margaret Thatcher's legacy rather than implementing needed welfare and NHS reforms. Francefaces similar political gridlock, prompting some economists to unrealistically suggest that the European Central Bankforgive its national debt. Meanwhile, the United States faces a looming 2032 deadline when Social Security faces technical insolvency, forcing a crucial entitlement reform debate. Lastly, Sternberg examines newly appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's hawkish stance on inflation. (7)8. StreamingHeadline: Diesel Shortages Threaten Global EconomyGuest: Thaddeus McCotterSummary: Thaddeus McCotter joins the show's preparation segment to examine the severe global diesel shortage, which has pushed Connecticut prices well past $6 per gallon. This scarcity stems from refinery backlogs, a critical lack of new US infrastructure, and Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refining facilities. In response, anxious Russian citizens have started purchasing alternative electric vehicles to bypass long fueling lines. McCotter and Bachelor also analyze the upcoming midterm elections, noting how visual presentation is crucial in the social media era. They highlight candidate El Sayed's deliberate "fighter" style of wearing work boots and t-shirts to capture anti-establishment voter frustration
One of the oft-asked questions when it comes to UB40 lore is how these young British born lads became multi-continent icons playing reggae-based pop. Though the Campbell brothers (Robin, Duncan and original lead singer Ali) were sons of famed Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell, they chose not to follow in his footsteps but play the reggae music that the major swell of Jamaican immigrants brought to Birmingham in the late 60s and 70s. In their multi-cultural hometown, the band members were also surrounded by Indian film music, including Bhangra and pop/Bollywood scores. The music they created - featuring insightful sociopolitical lyrics, tight reggae rhythms, dubby instrumental passages, sax solos and Jamaican scat vibes - became a quick favorite of a young, mainly blue collar and student crowd. Their music offered more depth than that of the many punk and ska and reggae influenced bands on the popular 2Tone label of the time.Finding their footing as a band during an era of skyrocketing unemployment during the early days of Thatcherism (a term referencing the conservative policies and political philosophy of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), the band was purposely named for the UK government's Unemployed Benefit, Form 40 (which was incorporated in the cover artwork of their #2 UK debut album Signing Off), and their fourth UK Top Ten hit "One in Ten" (1981), written about UK's record number of unemployed, formed part of the soundtrack accompanying the race riots erupting in places like Brixton, Handsworth and St. Paul's in Bristol - hard pressed, inner city areas with large immigrant communities that had found themselves on the frontline in resisting the right wing policies of Margaret Thatcher's government.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
One of the oft-asked questions when it comes to UB40 lore is how these young British born lads became multi-continent icons playing reggae-based pop. Though the Campbell brothers (Robin, Duncan and original lead singer Ali) were sons of famed Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell, they chose not to follow in his footsteps but play the reggae music that the major swell of Jamaican immigrants brought to Birmingham in the late 60s and 70s. In their multi-cultural hometown, the band members were also surrounded by Indian film music, including Bhangra and pop/Bollywood scores. The music they created - featuring insightful sociopolitical lyrics, tight reggae rhythms, dubby instrumental passages, sax solos and Jamaican scat vibes - became a quick favorite of a young, mainly blue collar and student crowd. Their music offered more depth than that of the many punk and ska and reggae influenced bands on the popular 2Tone label of the time.Finding their footing as a band during an era of skyrocketing unemployment during the early days of Thatcherism (a term referencing the conservative policies and political philosophy of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), the band was purposely named for the UK government's Unemployed Benefit, Form 40 (which was incorporated in the cover artwork of their #2 UK debut album Signing Off), and their fourth UK Top Ten hit "One in Ten" (1981), written about UK's record number of unemployed, formed part of the soundtrack accompanying the race riots erupting in places like Brixton, Handsworth and St. Paul's in Bristol - hard pressed, inner city areas with large immigrant communities that had found themselves on the frontline in resisting the right wing policies of Margaret Thatcher's government.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
CAPTION 1885 TREASURY DEPARTMENTGlobal Debt Sparks Financial CrisisJoseph Sternberg discusses global fiscal crises, focusing on soaring government debt in developed countries. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has failed to tackle public finances, choosing instead to campaign retroactively against Margaret Thatcher's legacy rather than implementing needed welfare and NHS reforms. Francefaces similar political gridlock, prompting some economists to unrealistically suggest that the European Central Bankforgive its national debt. Meanwhile, the United States faces a looming 2032 deadline when Social Security faces technical insolvency, forcing a crucial entitlement reform debate. Lastly, Sternberg examines newly appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's hawkish stance on inflation. (7)
María Elba Pascual cuestionó que el nuevo Régimen Penal Juvenil pueda mejorar la seguridad. “Yo no romantizo con los chicos que salen con un arma, pero lo que creo que está pésimo es que hay como una sensación de que con esta ley le vamos a dar seguridad a la gente”. Y sostuvo: “Con esta ley no vamos a crear más seguridad”. Además, defendió la justicia restaurativa, “que tiene que ver con restaurar los vínculos y que los jóvenes se responsabilicen y vuelvan a su comunidad siendo ciudadanos y no pibes chorros”.Luis Petri se refirió al cruce por Malvinas con un ex asesor de Margaret Thatcher y afirmó: “Ellos son los invasores porque nos amenazan con un crimen de guerra como fue el hundimiento del Belgrano”. Sobre la respuesta que recibió, sostuvo: “Es una basura. El comentario que hizo es una basura porque lo que cometieron ahí es un crimen de guerra”.Germán Martínez pidió discutir en profundidad la política del Gobierno sobre Malvinas y planteó: “Hay que tratar de ver cuáles son las reales intenciones del Gobierno, y para eso tienen que venir todos los funcionarios que tienen que ver con este tema, debatir a fondo”. Además, sostuvo: “Si el Gobierno quiere efectivamente transformar esta cuestión en una causa de unidad nacional, quien a este momento faltaba era el Gobierno”.Eduardo Feinmann contó que la SIDE había advertido a Javier Milei sobre el avance del proyecto petrolero Sea Lion. “Le comunicó al Presidente la ubicación exacta de los buques, los puntos de extracción, las imágenes de la zona, e incluso las proyecciones de los 55 mil barriles diarios”. Y señaló que las ganancias estimadas para las islas serían “de entre 2.000 y 8.000 millones de dólares en 30 años. Y allí se activaron todas las alarmas en el Gobierno argentino”.Friedrich Merz analizó la derrota electoral de la CDU y reconoció: “Se trata de la derrota electoral más grave de la CDU en años; de hecho, en décadas”. Además, advirtió que “los dos grandes partidos tradicionales que teníamos corren un grave riesgo”.Alice Weidel cuestionó la situación económica de Europa y afirmó: “Alemania está en bancarrota. Alemania está arruinada”. También sostuvo: “Francia también está arruinada. ¿Quién se supone que va a pagar todo este despropósito en la Unión Europea?”.Pedro Sánchez se refirió a los resultados electorales en Sajonia y afirmó: “Lo que vimos ayer en Sajonia es una advertencia y, a la vez, una confirmación”. Según sostuvo, “la amenaza de la extrema derecha, en gran medida debido a la capitulación de la derecha tradicional, está ganando terreno en Europa y en todo el mundo”.
Why were 400 civilians allowed to fly into a war zone as Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait? What really happened to them when they were held as hostages? And why has the British government fought for so long to keep it all a secret?Stephen Davis is an investigative journalist who has been following a story, within a story, within a story for more than 30 years.It starts on 2 August, 1990 when a British Airways plane landed in Kuwait for a scheduled stopover.There were nearly 400 passengers and crew on board, mostly British, who had no idea they were flying straight into Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.Instead of refuelling and then carrying on to Madras, the people on board were taken into Iraqi custody, ferried to various hotels and strategic locations around Kuwait, and then Baghdad, deployed as human shields in an unfurling international conflict.Used like chess pieces by Saddam Hussein's men, their experiences would scar them for the rest of their lives, but eventually they would point the finger at their own government's role in their fate.Because Flight 149 should never have landed in Kuwait, and the reasons why it was allowed to fly into a war zone were covered up for more than three decades.Stephen's sources pointed him to a secret British black ops mission that embedded nine operatives on that same civilian flight.The Secret History of Flight 149 is published by Bonnier Books UK.Around 100 passengers and crew of Flight 149 are suing the UK Government and British Airways for “deliberately endangering” them, claiming they knew Iraq had invaded Kuwait before the plane landed.A preliminary hearing was held last November in the High Court in London. Both sides are still battling over procedural issues before a full trial can begin.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris. Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores the Middle East, geopolitics, President Bush, Gulf War, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, invasion, oil, world economy, Margaret Thatcher, spies, MI6, CIA, conspiracies, cover ups, investigations, lawsuits, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Sabre, Dick Cheney, Saudi Arabia, Republican Guard, modern history, modern conflicts, 9/11, terrorism, rise of terrorism.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.
Lords: Erica Alex https://ludobloom.com/ Topics: Making friends with animals The 20 point platform of Count Binface The song NASA banned from space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKzLopYRauI You Are a Dragonfly & I Am Also a Dragonfly https://www.tumblr.com/apoemaday/722022939295367168/you-are-a-dragonfly-i-am-also-a-dragonfly Using text to organize thoughts A Tale About Digging a Hole https://store.steampowered.com/app/4210530/A_Tale_About_Digging_a_Hole__The_Official_Story_Novel/ Microtopics: Eating a bunch of chocolate. Carob vs. chocolate? Caffeinated soap. Why there's so much cherry juice in everything. What the Cranberries have to say about the Ocean Spray collective. Topic Lords is a Sometimes Food. Emergency Cat Wrangling. Identifying and naming individual squirrels. The kind of friendship you have to cultivate over 20,000 years. The skunk that keeps hanging out and taunting Roy. Licensed squirrels. What moral obligations possibly having a pet squirrel confers upon you. Texas skunks with fake IDs. Squirrely chipmunks. California's Argentine ant super colony. New hypotheses in immunity ecology. Tracking the ant colony outside your house and keeping a database of when each individual ant dies. The more we learn about the squirrels, the more they know about us. The weirdo who's always hanging around on the other side of the mirror. Failing the marshmallow test because you only wanted one marshmallow anyway. Trying to bat squirrels away from your sandwich on your first date with the squirrel lady. Reaming out the president of Belgium because you hate waffles. Count Binface of the Gremloids. Replacing Lord Buckethead when he retires, like the Dread Pirate Roberts. How dare you? I'm from outer space! A t-shirt of Margaret Thatcher worrying about Lord Buckethead. Arcade grabber games to be made fairer. How regulated are claw machines in Clacton? A narrow genre to appreciate if you like screaming. Mission control deciding the music that the astronauts wake up to. A committee of 30 people who decide what music to play at what volume to wake you up at 6:45am. Mission control shutting down Pink Pony Club right before all the astronauts are about to join in on the chorus. The American teenager who wrote most of Scots Wikipedia. Slurred yelps of the song's title. Whether a 2010 blog post is more plausible than a modern Facebook post. Interviewing 90-year-old Jack Lousma about Paralyzed, by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. What if someone answers the phone at the fake pizza hotline? Roy vs. Fake Roy. Ducking out of reading the poem every time you can. Ducking out vs. weaseling out. Cutting the green air open with our sharp blue bodies simply by being there. Dragonflies that are effortlessly in the moment. A few sentences about what a dragonfly might experience. The implications of seeing a pond for the first time. Looking at the ocean and experiencing awe. (Not the same thing as enjoying it.) The realization that any time, the Pacific Ocean could decide to kill you no matter where you are. How Jim is going to mentally process the concept of ponds. The set of things that would have to be true for you to be able to solve this puzzle. Particularization. Inventing a puzzle solving process to play video games more efficiently and then using the same process to drive cold fusion. The fantasy of producing something meaningful. Art as a product vs. art as a process. Gathering ore and selling the ore for upgrades. PDF DLC.
Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time it's the NEW SEASON, and Tim, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson are all crowding into a local radio studio where they have been tasked with taking listeners through the highlights coming to your TV this autumn, ready to take your calls about the Good Winter Telly - and the not-so-good - that kept us entertained on frosty back-to-school evenings in years gone by. In a Bob's Full House of a chat we'll be discovering Tommy Cooper's stance on the suedehead phenomenon, wading through Margaret Thatcher's torrent of letters to Boxpops, encountering Emmerdale Farm Hauntology and Trades Union Congress Folk Horror, disputing the branched timeline of Alan Partridge's headmasters, not buying a Merlin Tonto Optimus Prime Victorian Time Machine Opening Titles Of The Wombles Marvellous Mechanical Mouse-Organ, querying the lack of a Terry And June synopsis and why this might point towards a crossover with The Wire, revealing why Professor Yaffle had 'beef' with The Two Davids, attending a demonstration by the Derek Jameson Wokerati and generally debating whether or not to watch There's Fucking Millions Of Us Presenting This, Barbara Cartland's Condensation and Last Of The Ewok Summer Wine. Not to mention trying to work out what on Earth those TV Times 'genre' icons were actually about. Call in and tell us if you know what time The Kraken is on now!You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. Bob and Georgy joined me for similarly seasonal chats about some of their favourite forgotten Christmas trimmings here, the rain-lashed joys of the Great British Summertime here, the spooky and sparkly delights of Halloween and Bonfire Night here and chocolate-scoffing Easter standbys here, You can also find Bob on Looks Unfamiliar chatting about The Tom O'Connor Roadshow, Giant Hogweed, Can't Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) by Peter Dean, Glee Bars, J. Edward Oliver's ‘Abolish Tuesdays' and How To Be A Wally here, Eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrities', Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies' ‘Mileaway', Rude Food, Suggs On Saturday and School Folk Songs here and Tucker's Luck, Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth', game show contestants' occupations being booed by the studio audience and the lost ancient art of the paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pie here, and Georgy on Indoor League, Re-Joyce!, the The Animals In The Box sketch, the Paul Squire Fan Club, Pippa Dolls, Pig In The Middle and Good Winter Telly here, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Go For Broke!, Last Chance Lottery, Fry's Five Centres and Vesta Ready Meals here and the EKCO Hostess Trolley, Terry's Spartan, A Sharp Intake Of Breath, John Cleese's How To Win Holes By Influencing People, Charlie Chester's Sunday Soapbox and tuning your radio in to the television signal here. You can also find Georgy and Bob on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Bod here and The Owl Service here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Just avoid that lot from Houseparty while you're about it.
Diego Santilli se refirió al reclamo argentino por Malvinas y afirmó: “La causa Malvinas no es de un partido político o de otro. Es de todos los argentinos”. Y pidió apoyar nuevas sanciones: “Que voten en el Congreso el proyecto de ley que vamos a mandar para tener sanciones más severas”.Patricia Bullrich habló sobre la exploración petrolera británica en Malvinas y sostuvo: “Eso es directamente llevarse los recursos naturales de la Argentina”. También destacó “un cambio geopolítico muy importante” a partir de la posición adoptada por Estados Unidos.La senadora se refirió a Margaret Thatcher y diferenció su política económica de su rol durante la guerra. “La mirada hacia Thatcher es una mirada respecto al cambio económico que Thatcher produjo en Inglaterra”. Y aclaró: “Una cosa es Thatcher economista, otra cosa es Thatcher poniéndose al frente de la guerra”.Bullrich sostuvo que la posición de Milei sobre Malvinas se da en un contexto de cambio en la relación entre Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido. “Implica una posición muy fuerte, muy contundente del presidente argentino”. Y afirmó que el Reino Unido, “producto de sus políticas tibias, ha dejado de ser preponderante” en su histórica alianza con Estados Unidos.La dirigente libertaria también destacó el vínculo de Argentina con Washington. “Las relaciones que el Gobierno ha establecido con los Estados Unidos han dado sus frutos en distintos campos, en lo económico y ahora en lo geopolítico y en lo estratégico”. Y remarcó: “Nosotros somos un aliado confiable y, evidentemente, Inglaterra ha dejado de ser un aliado confiable”.Victoria Villarruel recorrió una planta de Arcor en San Juan y destacó la producción agroindustrial. “Este es el camino: producir más, agregar valor, generar empleo y llevar los alimentos argentinos al resto del mundo”. Y agregó: “Cuando el campo y la industria confluyen y trabajan juntos, crece San Juan y crece la República Argentina”.
Jeremy Kyle reacts as The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been accused of 'living in the past' after blaming Margaret Thatcher and Brexit for Britain's problems.The new Prime Minister used his first statement to Parliament to set out his vision for the country involving greater state control of the economy. He also refused to rule out further tax rises in next month's Budget.He said “From the 1980s, this country took a series of wrong turns. Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, the country deindustrialised, austerity followed. And then Brexit compounded the damage.' But does anyone else think that Andy Burnham's political diagnosis is a bit outdated - He's talking about things that are literally nearly half a century ago.Wake up with Talk Breakfast in full on YouTube, DAB+ radio, Samsung TV Plus or the Talk App on your TV from 6am every morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The global bond rout deepens as fears over fiscal deficits and rising inflation fuel a multi-decade high in government borrowing costs. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, however, is not concerned. Oil prices continue to climb as the U.S. ramps up strikes on Iran, while Tehran retaliates with attacks on Gulf States. Volkswagen's leadership will propose ending production at four German factories from 2031 at a meeting later this week. Speaking to CNBC, chief negotiator of the IG Metall workers union accuses the carmaker of going back on past agreements. In his first appearance at the House of Commons as the U.K. Prime Minister, Andy Burnham names Margaret Thatcher and Brexit as key reasons for the country's stagnant growth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Andy Burnham faces a backlash after blaming Margaret Thatcher and Brexit for Britain's economic decline. Julia Hartley-Brewer challenges his diagnosis as government borrowing costs hit a 28-year high and pressure mounts over tax, welfare, immigration and defence spending. Spiked's Brendan O'Neill brands Burnham a “vibes Prime Minister” who risks alienating millions of Brexit voters, while Benedict Spence warns that political leaders cannot escape economic reality. Also discussed: Keir Starmer's exit, Ed Miliband's planned ‘reset' with Israel and the death penalty ruling in the Charlie Kirk murder case.Julia Hartley-Brewer broadcasts on Talk from Monday to Thursday, 10AM to 1PM. Available on YouTube and streaming platforms, along with DAB+ radio and your smart speaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Zeitgeist #36 Tomášem Lindnerem o situaci v Sasku-Anhaltsku před zemskými volbami a sílící Alternativě pro Německo využívající ostalgii i westalgii.Alternativa pro Německo vznikla teprve před třinácti lety v době, kdy kancléřka Angela Merkel vládla Německu mimo jiné se sloganem Alternativlosigkeit a řadu svých politik hájila tím, že k nim neexistuje alternativa. V tom se ostatně inspirovala od Margaret Thatcher a jejím heslem TINA (There is no alternative) odkazujícím na volný trh a neoliberální politiky tehdejší konzervativní vlády.Alternativa pro Německo jako pravicová populistická strana přišla s nabídkou alternativy k politice křesťanských demokratů i socialistů a postupně se vyprofilovala jako krajně pravicová euroskeptická strana se silně protiimigrační politikou, důrazem na etnický nacionalismus a snahu revidovat pohled na moderní dějiny Německa, přičemž někteří vysoce postavení členové AfD nemají problém relativizovat ani nacistickou minulost země. Hlavní oporu přitom strana má v zemích bývalého východního Německa.Německé mainstreamové strany zkusily kolem AfD vystavět "Brandmauer" tedy jakousi protipožární zeď či firewall, který má zabránit šíření „viru“ krajní pravice dál do společnosti a rozleptání liberální demokracie budované v Německu od konce druhé světové války. V praxi to znamená, že s nimi nespolupracují a vždy se snaží spojit síly tak, aby se AfD na různých úrovních nedostala k moci, i za cenu velkých kompromisů mezi rozdílnými demokratickými stranami. Například v Durynsku vyhrála v roce 2024 AfD zemské volby, ale ostatní strany se spojily, aby v zemi nevládla. Durynský Zemský úřad pro ochranu ústavy, který také funguje jako kontrarozvědka, stranu v zemi vyhodnotil jako prokázaně pravicově extremistickou a její představitele v čele s Björnem Höckem sledují tajné služby.Na začátku září 2026 AfD vede v celostátních průzkumech. Tleská ji současná americká administrativa i Elon Musk. Je největší opoziční silou v Bundestagu a ve státě Sasko-Anhaltsko týden před volbami přesahují její preference 40 procent, zatímco vládnoucí CDU 23 procent. Pokud se voličské nálady potvrdí ve volbách tak by mohla strana poprvé sama vládnout v jedné ze zemí a začít budovat svou alternativní verzi Německa. Co by to mohlo v praxi znamenat? Čím se daří AfD oslovovat voliče a jaká ideologie probublává hlouběji pod fasádou, líbivými slogany kampaní? Nejen o tom mluví Tomáš Lindner v podcastu Zeitgeist, který spolu s fotografem Matějem Stránským sledoval několik dní čelní představitele AfD během kampaně v Sasku Anhaltsku včele s Ulrichem Siegmundem.Reportáž najdete zde:Respekt na cestě s lídry Alternativy pro Německo
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Gene Simmons joins Andrew Gold for a completely unfiltered Heretics interview about KISS, celebrity politics, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Israel, fame, sex, money—and the first 29 years of his relationship with Shannon Tweed, which he now sees very differently. The KISS co-founder and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer explains why he believes the public should ignore political advice from entertainers—including himself. He takes aim at celebrity activism, discusses Kylie Jenner, Javier Bardem, Bruce Springsteen and Billie Eilish, reveals why he abandoned the Democratic Party, and warns that Los Angeles and New York are in deep trouble. But the most revealing moments are personal. Gene discusses being abandoned by his father, the terrifying childhood night that taught him to rely on himself, his extraordinary self-belief and why he says fame gave him permission to behave in ways an ordinary man never could. He also addresses the stories about 4,800 women, admits how his behaviour affected Shannon and their children, and responds directly to an explosive accusation involving his late KISS bandmate Ace Frehley. Along the way: Donald Trump, Mike Tyson, Margaret Thatcher, antisemitism, Israel, Islam, capitalism, the nuclear family, Gene's infamous tongue—and how KISS became “Disney without the overhead,” selling everything from condoms to caskets. This is Gene Simmons as few interviews capture him: funny, combative, candid and completely unfiltered. Subscribe to Heretics for more fearless, long-form conversations with the world's most fascinating people. CHAPTERS 0:00 Gene Simmons Arrives—and Asks Why We're in “the Ghetto” 2:20 “Ignore Celebrities”: Kylie Jenner & Javier Bardem 6:34 His Father Abandoned Him: The Poverty That Shaped Gene 10:56 Donald Trump, Democracy & Britain's “Flawed” System 15:09 Why Gene Abandoned the Democrats—LA & New York in Trouble 19:22 Trans Politics, the Nuclear Family & Why Musicians Should Shut Up 23:31 Billie Eilish's “Stolen Land” Claim—Then Religion Gets Explosive 29:07 Hollywood's Israel Problem & 6,000 Years of Antisemitism 33:35 Judaism, Humanism & Why Gene Simmons Loves Himself 37:15 The Childhood Night That Changed Him—and Mike Tyson's Secret 41:31 “Stop Complaining”: Gene's Brutal Formula for Success 46:25 The Infamous Tongue, 4,800 Women & Sex Addiction 52:02 “Didn't It Hurt Shannon?”—His 29-Year Reckoning 57:16 Gene Simmons Answers Ace Frehley's Explosive Accusation 1:01:43 Armie Hammer, Islam, Extremism & Britain's Grooming Gangs 1:05:39 Jesus, Galileo & the Heretics Gene Simmons Admires #GeneSimmons #KISS #Heretics #AndrewGold #RockAndRoll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Sunday 19 October at Church House, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner made housing a central pillar of their domestic agenda when they were elected. Yet from two disgraced housing ministers to younger generations' desperation about astronomical rents and unaffordable property prices, housing controversies are rarely far from the headlines. The government's rhetoric remains impressive. Rayner, the former housing secretary, put forward the Social and Affordable Homes plan, to deliver 300,000 new homes, with ‘180,000 earmarked for social rent' and claims Labour will ‘build, build, build' – even on the sacred green belt. But despite the promise to deliver 1.5million new homes in England over the five-year parliamentary term, evidence suggests a disappointing failure to get even close to meeting their own housing targets – just like previous governments. So, we seem, yet again, to be stuck in a rut of not enough homes for those who need them. UK housing has been in crisis for a long time. For years, demand has overwhelmed supply, and both rents and mortgages continue to climb. The Office for National Statistics' private rents index shows that renting in England is now 50 per cent more expensive than 14 years ago. London's 2.7million private tenants saw their rents rise by 11.5 per cent in 2024 alone. Some still blame Margaret Thatcher's 1980s housing reforms: the right to buy was sold as a pathway to homeownership and social mobility, but instead led to a decline in social housing and made private landlords rich. One think tank has claimed the policy cost taxpayers £200 billion. However, in Bricking it: The UK Housing Crisis and the Failure of Policy, Charlie Winstanley argues that while the significant economic and social changes under Thatcher shaped the housing landscape today, there are much wider demographic, social policy, financial and industrial shifts that have accumulated to create such an unstable housing situation. A huge increase in migration has also become part of the debate. Is the problem more about too many people rather than too few houses? Meanwhile, shadowy plans to turn residential properties into homes of multiple occupancy (HMOs) to replace asylum hotels add to a sense of grievance, shifting the problem to residential areas without consulting locals. Other factors have created an escalating sense of crisis: eye-watering service charges and ground rent for leaseholders; landlords complaining that Renters' Rights legislation will mean taking properties off the market; politicians pandering to NIMBY voters; labyrinthine planning laws. Is the government going about its housing strategy in the wrong way? How can we solve the housing crisis? SPEAKERS James Heartfield lecturer and writer; author, Britain's Empires 1600-2020 and Let's Build! Helen MacNeil consultant architect, shedkm; founder, Honest Architecture (HA!) free-speech dinners Matthew Torbitt political commentator and writer; senior fellow, The Centre for Social Justice Charlie Winstanley author, Bricking it: The UK Housing Crisis and the Failure of Policy; public affairs & social policy development professional CHAIR Sheila Lewis retired consultant; former housing association chair
fWotD Episode 3401: Assassination of Lord Mountbatten Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Thursday, 27 August 2026, is Assassination of Lord Mountbatten.Lord Mountbatten, a retired British statesman and cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 off the coast of Mullaghmore, Ireland. Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and a volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), planted a bomb on Mountbatten's boat, the cabin cruiser Shadow V, during Mountbatten's annual summer trip to Classiebawn Castle, his house on the Mullaghmore Peninsula.The IRA had planned the attack for several months. A bomb team, which included McMahon, constructed a device containing fifty pounds (23 kg) of the explosive gelignite. McMahon placed this on Shadow V on the night of 26 August 1979 before he and his accomplice, Francis McGirl, drove away. They were arrested during a routine stop eighty miles (130 km) from Mullaghmore. McGirl did not have the papers to prove his identity or ownership of the car, and so both men were held by the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force.The bomb was detonated less than two hours later, killing Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas and Nicholas's grandmother Doreen. Also killed was Paul Maxwell, a boy who was crewing for Mountbatten. Three other passengers were severely injured. When news of the bombing broke, McMahon and McGirl were charged. Five hours after the bomb went off, the IRA ambushed a British Army patrol with two roadside bombs, killing eighteen British soldiers. The attacks were condemned by world leaders and by the media in both the UK and Ireland.The investigation by the Garda Síochána found traces of nitroglycerine and ammonium nitrate, two of the ingredients of gelignite, on the clothing of McMahon and McGirl. The tests also found flakes of green and white paint, which matched the paint from Shadow V, on McMahon's boots and jacket, and sand from Mullaghmore in his boots' treads. McMahon was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 1979; McGirl was acquitted.The bombing led to Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister, changing the UK's strategy towards Northern Ireland. She introduced an approach in which the intelligence services took a more active role; she appointed Maurice Oldfield as an inter-service intelligence co-ordinator. Donations to NORAID, the US-based organisation that raised funds for the IRA, declined. American intelligence and law enforcement became more proactive in investigating IRA arms procurement in the US, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation set up a specialist unit to combat weapons smuggling to Ireland.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:56 UTC on Thursday, 27 August 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Assassination of Lord Mountbatten on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Stephen.
For our third summer EMQs we're returning to our What Ifs. Ed Balls and George Osborne first consider how Britain would change had they never entered politics? Would the Bank of England become independent? Would there be a Manchester mayoralty? Or, would it have had no impact?What if George got the US Ambassador gig over Peter Mandelson? The pair consider how George would approach the job differently, blowback from within Labour, and whether Keir Starmer would still be in post without the controversy of Mandelson. They then go back in time to February 1974, where a hung Parliament saw Labour form a minority government. What if negotiations between the Conservatives and Liberals panned out? How long would this coalition survive? Would it stop Margaret Thatcher becoming PM? Who leads Labour after Harold Wilson? Finally, what if Labour were the largest party in 2015? If it's a hung Parliament who do they go into coalition with? Can they work with the SNP? Does it stop Brexit? What happens with the Tories and UKIP?We love hearing from you, so please don't forget to send all your EMQs to questions@politicalcurrency and make sure to include a voice note of your question or send a question to our social media handles:
Las altas esferas de la política y la monarquía británica acumulan numerosos episodios de infidelidad y escándalos. El príncipe Andrés pierde sus títulos reales tras su vinculación con el financiero Jeffrey Epstein y las acusaciones de abuso sexual de Virginia Giuffre, además de las deslealtades de su exesposa Sarah Ferguson. Por su parte, la ex primera ministra Margaret Thatcher figura en revelaciones periodísticas que le atribuyen relaciones extramatrimoniales con miembros de su entorno político. Igualmente, Felipe de Edimburgo, consorte de Isabel II, mantiene a lo largo de su vida una persistente fama de mujeriego rodeada de constantes rumores. Finalmente, la relación entre el rey Carlos III y la reina Camila representa uno de los romances extramatrimoniales más célebres de la historia monárquica, caracterizado por su continuidad durante el matrimonio de Carlos con la princesa Diana de Gales, quien también admite la existencia de terceros en su vida matrimonial antes de su ...
Actress Gillian Anderson feels nonplussed about being Conan O'Brien's friend. Gillian sits down with Conan to discuss her iconic role as Agent Scully on The X Files, exploring complexities of character as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown, and putting out the call for authentic desires for her latest book More: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous. Plus, Conan and Sona take a platonic friendship quiz. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 362-2295. Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/conan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
WHAT DO 11 U.S. PRESIDENTS, the DALAI LAMA and WHOOPI HAVE in COMMON? by Patrick O'Donnell https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVG1G21C Patrickinfocus.com He photographed 11 U.S. presidents. But this California photojournalist’s 60-year career was about more than just the leaders of the free world. It was also about the evolution of modern journalism and one photographer’s quest to capture iconic images along the way. Patrick O’Donnell’s journey began in high school, when he caught the photojournalism bug from a master teacher. By college, he was taking pictures for his student newspaper, then working full-time for local papers while still in school. Early assignments included Richard Nixon’s failed California governor bid and Eisenhower’s 1964 Rose Bowl appearance. So began O’Donnell’s front-row view of history. His warm, personal stories take you behind the lens and scenes of inside access chatting confidentially with George H.W. Bush at an event and capturing images of Nixon's resignation day at El Toro marine base. Much more than presidents alone, this memoir follows O’Donnell through adventures covering sports, local events, fairs and entertainers like Kevin Costner and Tony Bennett. We ride along to meet everyone from Dr. “Bee Man” Norm Gary to Groucho Marx feeding grapes to Alice Cooper. The Dalai Lama, Margaret Thatcher and Jerry Brown sprinkle the narrative too. Part journalism passion project, part who's who of 55+ years behind closed doors, this richly illustrated book memorializes an era when newspapers still ruled – before cell phones and digital film crowded out the dark room. Personal, humorous stories make this insider’s chronicle a must-read photo memoir for any news junkie and photography buff.
Tune in here to this Monday's edition of the Brett Winterble Show! Brett kicks off the program by talking about the political battles surrounding figures like Abdul El-Sayed and the Democratic Socialists of America, while explaining why he feels increasingly optimistic about the direction of the country. Brett looks back at the historic events of 1989, when movements across Eastern Europe challenged communist governments and helped bring down the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain. He highlights the roles played by ordinary citizens, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and others in a broader movement for freedom and self-determination. Bo Thompson from Good Morning BT is also here for this Wednesday episode of Crossing the Streams. Brett and Bo talk about the crowded South Carolina Senate race, including the potential for a runoff between Darlene Graham and Ralph Norman and what could happen in the final weeks of the campaign. Bo also shares his thoughts on the upcoming NBA schedule, including the Hornets’ continued absence from the Christmas Day lineup and LaMelo Ball potentially playing on Christmas after being traded from Charlotte. Brett and Bo discuss whether the Hornets could eventually become an attractive destination for Steph Curry as he considers the later stages of his career. Bo also shares what he and Beth Troutman have coming up tomorrow on Good Morning BT, including coverage of the South Carolina Senate race, the potential runoff, campaign reactions, and the latest developments following election night. Listen here for all of this and more on The Brett Winterble Show! For more from Brett Winterble check out his YouTube channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After a three-week summer break, Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson return to dissect Scotland's political landscape. From Anas Sarwar's sudden elevation to the House of Lords to Nicola Sturgeon taking public lumps out of John Swinney in the paperback edition of her book and in interviews, the pair unpack the internal friction, leadership manoeuvring, and communication breakdowns across Scottish politics.Meanwhile, as Europe and the Cairngorms burn amidst record heat, the hosts examine the stark realities of climate change, food inflation, and the ongoing tug-of-war over North Sea oil licences. Add in lessons on local democracy from Sweden, Icelandic EU ambitions, and a trip to the Killin Highland Games, and this return episode covers the full political and cultural spectrum.In this episode, we discuss:Anas Sarwar's Peerage & The Scottish Labour Leadership: We unpack Anas Sarwar taking a seat in the House of Lords and stepping into a UK trade role, leaving Scottish Labour in a lurch. Lesley and Fraser critique the party's defensive media spin and analyse the upcoming leadership race—looking at why candidates like Monica Lennon and Michael Marra face structural hurdles while South Lanarkshire Council leader Joe Fagan emerges as the party machinery's favoured pick.Nicola Sturgeon vs. John Swinney: Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon re-emerges at the Edinburgh Book Festival to criticise John Swinney's campaign and vision. Fraser compares her interventions to Margaret Thatcher's post-power backseat driving, while Lesley highlights insider reactions—including Liz Lloyd's sharp observation that while the party respected Nicola, members love John Swinney.Rosebank, European Wildfires & Climate Economics: With wildfires raging from Southern Europe to Nethy Bridge in the Cairngorms, we look at the climate crisis hitting home. We examine First Minister John Swinney's hesitation over North Sea licences like Rosebank and Jackdaw, BP's scale-back in the North Sea, and expert warnings that 40% of recent food inflation is directly linked to climate-driven agricultural disruption.Iceland's EU Referendum & International Borders: We look at Iceland's upcoming referendum on restarting EU accession negotiations, analysing how the bloc courts a nation of 355,000—and what potential fishing opt-outs mean for Scotland's constitutional future. Plus, we look at the pragmatic border deal reached in Gibraltar.Manchester Apathy vs. Swedish Democracy: Following the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, we discuss winner Bev Craig and the dismal 25% voter turnout. Lesley contrasts Britain's top-down regional mayor model with Sweden's hyper-local democracy, where 290 municipal councils collect basic income tax and command 90% voter turnouts.Coigach Filming & Highland Games Catch-Up: Fraser recounts his time at the Commonwealth Games, while Lesley shares updates on her documentary filming in Coigach and Strathnaver, commemorating the 1852 clearance protests at the newly opened An Lòrg stone circle.Links & Mentioned Events:Bute Highland Games: Saturday, 22nd August in Rothesay. https://butehighlandgames.org/ ★ Support this podcast ★
Sesimizin tonu ne söylediğimizden daha mı önemli? Mikrofonun icadı siyasette neyi değiştirdi? Margaret Thatcher başbakan seçilmek için sesini neden kalınlaştırdı? 111 Hz'in bu bölümünde konuşma şeklimizin ve tonumuzun sosyal konumumuz üzerindeki etkisini irdeliyoruz. Bu bölümde: (00:00) Sesin Algı Üzerindeki İlk Etkisi (04:25) Mikrofon Devrimi ve Roosevelt'in Şömine Başı Sohbetleri (08:09) Siyasette Kadın Ses Tonu: Margaret Thatcher'ın Değişimi (11:47) Kadın Ses Tonunun Evrimi ve Primatlar (14:33) Bioakustik ve Evrimsel Kodlar: Eugene Morton Kuralı (17:57) Prozodi ve Kelimelerden Önce Duygu (19:39) Anne Karnından Başlayan Ses Ritmi (21:52) Konuşmanın Sınıfsallığı (25:05) İç Sesin Frekansı Sunan: Barış Özcan Yapımcı: Podbee Media Tüm bölümler, videolar ve daha fazlasına Podbee App ve podbee.com'dan ücretsiz olarak ulaşabilirsiniz. Bu bölüm reklam ve sponsorluk içerebilir.
Matt Neale's return to the PRmoment Podcast is framed by one big question: what does scale, data and AI actually mean for the future of PR – and where does Golin Ketchum sit in that evolving landscape?Beore we start the interview with Matt, one quick plug, The Creative Moment Awards always sell out, partly because it's an intimate venue, so if you want to come, best to get your ticket quick!Here are a few quotes from Ben Smith's interview with Matt:“Size doesn't really matter when it comes to excellence in public relations.”— Matt Neale [0:06:47]“If we can be at the apex of human ingenuity and human creativity backed up by all of the audience data, the customer data, the consumer data, that now enables us to predict the outcomes of what we do – that's core to the offering of the new agency.”— Matt Neale [0:08:58–0:10:32]“A holding company leaves you in splendid isolation as long as you're doing well. An operating company is obsessed with the red thread that runs between the businesses.”— Matt Neale [0:10:48–0:13:22]On a soon to be announced pitch win:“There's no way that any of the agencies could have won this on their own or dislodged it from the partner they'd worked with for three decades.”— Matt Neale [0:10:48–0:13:22]“I think there is going to be a bifurcation in the market… small independents on one side, and big networked agencies on the other cleaning up because of access to this information.”— Matt Neale [0:18:26–0:21:29]“I don't think there's much evidence, on the aggregate, that the public relations market is booming at the moment.”— Matt Neale [0:23:07–0:23:41]“In the heartland of brand and consumer, any growth agencies are achieving is by taking market share from each other.”— Matt Neale [0:24:12–0:25:34]Ben Smith opens by rewinding Neale's journey from co-CEO of Golin London in 2005 to Global CEO of the newly merged Golin Ketchum. The integration itself was done at speed. Neale admits he had “a little eye on Burson's integration with Hill and Knowlton” [0:01:19]. The speed of the merger was helped by good cultural alignment and early trust, particularly with Tamara Norman from the Ketchum side, now President of Golin Ketchum. As Neale puts it, channeling his inner Margaret Thatcher, after his first meeting with Norman, he thought: “I can do business with this person” [0:01:19–0:03:03].From there, he claim the task was classic post‑merger heavy lifting: set the vision, build a new management team, align values, restructure offices and, crucially, maintain client continuity.Beyond the specifics of the merger, Neale is clear that scale alone is not the point.He recalls Golin being “the 35th or 36th largest agency in the country (UK)” when it set out to win Agency of the Year – and did so within three years [0:06:47–0:08:04]. For him, excellence comes from the work, a point of view on the industry and the quality of talent, not headcount.Where the merger gets Neale excited is in the offer: creativity plus data. Legacy Golin brings creative heat. Golin consistently performed well in PR creativity rankings and is a multi award winner at both the PRmoment Awards and the Creative Moment Awards [0:08:58–0:10:32] – while Omnicom supplies deep consumer and customer data. Neale wants Golin Ketchum positioned at the “apex of human ingenuity and human creativity backed up by all of the audience data” [0:08:58–0:10:32], using that to predict outcomes, not just report them.A big structural shift for Neale has been moving from a holding company (Interpublic) to an operating company (Omnicom). Under IPG, Golin enjoyed “splendid isolation” as long as the numbers were good. Omnicom, by contrast, is obsessed with the “red thread” between agencies and uses technology to force collaboration across PR, PA and creative shops [0:10:48–0:13:22]. Neale says the biggest recent wins – including what he calls “the pitch of the year” [0:10:48–0:13:22] – simply could not have been landed by any single agency acting alone.That scale and shared data are reshaping the market. Neale sees a bifurcation: nimble, often founder‑owned independents thriving in corporate advisory, public affairs and high‑touch media work; and big networks “cleaning up” at the top end because of proprietary real‑ID data and integrated AI. Omnicom, he notes, “know pretty much everything about 98% of the population through credit card data” in the US [0:21:58–0:22:28], and plugging AI into those data lakes is, in his view, the only real differentiator.On market conditions, he's sober rather than breathless. Globally, PR is “not booming”, but public affairs and corporate advisory are strong, tech is bouncing back and the US is outpacing the UK and Europe [0:23:07–0:25:34]. Growth, he argues, is currently largely about market share moves between agencies, not an expanding pie – Golin's own compound growth of around 9% over five years came as some rivals shrank by a similar amount [0:26:52–0:27:23].Creatively, Neale draws a sharp distinction between the UK's still‑powerful newspaper‑driven culture – with humour and news‑hooked ideas – and the US bias to large‑scale activations and installations designed for influencers and creators [0:30:42–0:33:21]. Underneath it all, he credits PR's structural advantages – small, close‑to‑client teams and an ingrained curiosity – with helping the discipline adapt faster than other parts of the marketing mix [0:28:31–0:30:10].Three Cannes golds in a row for idea creation [0:36:01–0:36:41] suggest the creative momentum survived the merger. The task now, as Neale puts it, is to get “back into the fight on the new business” [0:35:32–0:36:41] – with a model built on head, heart and a very large data spine.
In late July, King Charles met with the UK's new Prime Minister and so this week we're covering some of the most notable relationships between the monarch and the PM, the two most powerful figures in the UK. Which monarch was so close to their Prime Minister there were rumours of an affair? And did the late Queen really have a bitter feud with Margaret Thatcher? Join us to find out. LINKSFollow the podcast: onheirpodcast.tumblr.com/ or https://instagram.com/onheirpodcast Follow Grace: https://princesscatherinemiddleton.net/ and https://www.instagram.com/_kmiddy/ Follow Jessica: https://duchessofostergotlands.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/howtodresslikeaprincess/Send us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/onheirpodcast
Why is socialism suddenly becoming popular again in America—and what are the real consequences if it succeeds? In this episode of The Tudor Dixon Podcast, Tudor sits down with Dr. Anne Bradley, professor of economics at the Institute of World Politics and Vice President of Academic Affairs at The Fund for American Studies, to examine the resurgence of democratic socialism and why so many young Americans are embracing it. The conversation explores why "free" government programs have become politically appealing, how envy and economic frustration fuel socialist movements, and why history repeatedly shows socialism leading to economic failure and government control. Tudor and Dr. Bradley also discuss the rise of crony capitalism, corporate welfare, regulatory barriers facing small businesses, and how government favoritism undermines entrepreneurship and opportunity. Drawing from history, economics, and Tudor's own experience running for governor of Michigan, they explain the difference between free-market capitalism and government-controlled economies—and why protecting opportunity matters more than ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New episode out now! We read the 2018 novel The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, described by many reviewers as a mixture of Agatha Christie, Quantum Leap, and Groundhog Day. We talk about how the book was very confusing and at times frustrating, taking us through twists and turns and paths and timelines and ultimately snowballing until all the threads pulled together at the very end. We comment on how the book gave us a lot to keep track of yet we could not trust anything we knew, thought that all of the characters were interesting but not good people, discuss how there are in reality three separate mysteries, and are very grateful for book club Reddit. We also really get into the wordbuilding and what it means for their society, delve into the meaning of personhood, compare the experience of reading to RPG, and praise the editors for keeping everything straight. Katy had 18 pages of notes, Carrie proofread a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, Maddy forgot what blancmange is, and Mack completed a lot of collector missions in Red Dead Redemption 2. We also investigate how our comprehension is affected (or not affected) when reading a physical book versus an eBook versus an audiobook, share the crafts and busywork we do with our hands when reading or watching things, discuss what we would do in a Groundhog Day situation, and talk about The Good Place a lot. Listen to hear more about Justin McElroy, Star Trek, Jeremy Bearimy, fainting, Disco Elysium, autism, and a lot of audible note shuffling. And please remember to support your local library! Enjoy!Spoiler Warning: In addition to spoiling this whole book, we also spoil The Good Place and The Outer Worlds video game.TW: Fatphobia, sexual assault, British Imperialism, Margaret Thatcher, vomitingShow Notes:The Times reviewThe Guardian ReviewThe Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Summary By Med Kharbach, PhDThe last summary post of JesusAndTequila on Reddit
On this day, 5 August 1981, after just two days on strike, 11,345 federal air traffic controllers were sacked by US president Ronald Reagan for refusing his order to return to work (content note: suicide). The workers in the extremely stressful industry had gone on strike demanding a pay increase and a reduction in working hours from 40 per week over five days to 32 per week over four days. Despite the threat of firing, only 1,300 workers crossed picket lines and returned to work. And Reagan, himself a former union leader, then fired all of the remaining strikers.The workers were then banned from federal service for life (lifted over a decade later), their union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, was legally dissolved later in October, and military air traffic controllers were used as scab replacements until new hires could be trained. Some workers and their partners died by suicide. One striker's wife was found hanged in her kitchen by a pile of unpaid bills.The dispute was a landmark event in the relationship between workers and employers in the US, similar to the great miners' strike in the UK in 1984-5 which was defeated by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. In both countries, much of the ability of workers to organise and win improved pay and conditions was destroyed, in a legacy which remains to this day.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10495/us-air-traffic-control-strikeOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History
No American or foreign leader has met with as many sitting U.S. presidents as Queen Elizabeth II. Her 70-year reign witnessed the highs and lows of the close and crucial alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom, from the Suez crisis to Brexit. Following the advice of her mentor, Winston Churchill, to “stay close to the Americans,” Queen Elizabeth played an unexpected role behind the scenes that has never been thoroughly explored. Susan Page changes that with her new book The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History. Described as “The Crown” meets “The West Wing,” it chronicles the largely unknown story of Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with 13 American presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Donald J. Trump. With that, she changed the world. Veteran political reporter Susan Page goes beyond the image of a staid monarch in colorful hats to reveal a skilled strategist, who, like many powerful women, was routinely underestimated and discounted. She also shows the impact American presidents had on the monarch as she developed from a shy, anxious princess to a powerful and persuasive global leader, and analyzes both the reach and the limits of the “soft power” she wielded. These accounts of the Queen's deft diplomacy provide candid and telling assessments of her partners in the Oval Office as well. What was the reality of the relationship between Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth? What did the Queen and Barack Obama think about each other? How did she navigate between Ronald Reagan and her own prime minister, Margaret Thatcher? And what about Richard Nixon seeking the Queen's help during Watergate—and even wanting to make her a relative? Join us for a fascinating discussion about an often underestimated figure who played a big role in the history of the United States and Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're somewhere between Jane's morning coffee run and Fi's afternoon Diet Coke run, but we're managing... Jane and Fi cover Margaret Thatcher's bouffant, sparky nighties, the spookiest time of day, and the political message behind Jungle Cruise. Plus, there's a small accent warning for Caroline. And... he's doubly Frank. It's BBC Security Correspondent and author Frank Gardner, discussing his new novel 'Ballistic'. Our book club pick is a collection of short stories! 'Interpreter of Maladies' is by Jhumpa Lahiri. You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFiOur most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfiPodcast Producers: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this special Live episode of What The F Is Going On?, Mark is joined by BAFTA-winning writer, comedian and creator of Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan. From growing up in Bolton to breaking into television, Sophie tells the extraordinary story of how Alma's Not Normalfinally made it to the BBC, why working-class voices are still fighting to be heard, and how comedy can reveal more truth than drama ever could. Along the way, Mark and Sophie discuss community, class, mental health, social mobility, Margaret Thatcher's legacy, Andy Burnham, and why understanding people's lives is impossible without understanding the communities they come from. There are also brilliant stories about eccentric locals, unforgettable family members, comedy, swearing, Taskmaster, and why Paul Hollywood's bread shows make Sophie irrationally angry. A funny, thoughtful and passionate conversation about class, compassion and the stories we choose to tell. For Ad-free episodes, Extended cuts, Early access & bonus content go to: www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod For media, press & guest enquiries please email mikey@carouselstudios.co.uk Follow What The F*** Is Going On? @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow Sophie @Sophiewillan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lucy Porter is joined by John Tothill, Kyrah Gray and Amy Annette to talk all things current-ish events. Should politicians wear ties? Should children learn to read? And should we all now identify as Spanish?Hosted by Lucy PorterWritten by Lucy Porter, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer, with additional material by Mike ShephardProducer - Katie Sayer Assistant producer - Lorna Reader Executive producer - Victoria Lloyd A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
REDIFF - Grâce à la présence dans l'émission de Thomas Solivérès, qui incarne actuellement Mozart au théâtre Marigny dans "Amadeus", les questions sur le compositeur furent nombreuses. Et on a notamment appris qu'il avait été soutenu à un moment de sa vie par la Dame de fer ! Fous rires, réponses inattendues, nouvelles rencontres, redécouvrez cet été les meilleurs moments de cette saison 2025-2026 !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
“The statesman is an educator who leads through language — who gives a people the language they need to think about themselves.” — Steven B. Smith on what makes a statesman Was Odysseus a statesman? The Yale political philosopher Steven B. Smith — who, by the way, can't beg, steal or borrow a ticket to Christopher Nolan's cinematic epic — offers a cautious yes. While Odysseus wasn't exactly a founder of states, he was, to borrow one of Homer's favorite words, “polytropos” — which translates as many-sided, a master of the political adaptability that Machiavelli demanded of his Prince. In his forthcoming On Statesmanship, Smith distinguishes the true statesman from the mere leader. All 195 states in the world have leaders, he says, almost none are blessed with statesmen. A genuine statesman, he explains, is an educator who leads his fellow citizens through language. So Lincoln's Gettysburg Address gave Americans new words to think about themselves. Just like de Gaulle's “certain idea of France” and Churchill's uncompromisingly defiant language in 1940. For statesmen, timing is everything. “Fortune is a woman,” Machiavelli advised his Prince, so she should be mastered adventurously. Many are called, few are chosen. But then they are unchosen. That same unbowed Churchill spent a decade in the political wilderness before 1940, then got booted out of office at the end of the war. Hegel called such figures world-historical individuals — used by history, then cruelly discarded. Ironically, it's “great” men of history like Odysseus and Churchill who are most vulnerable to its female fortune. On Statesmanship is equally clear about who doesn't qualify for this exclusive club. Smith argues that Lenin, Hitler, and Napoleon might have founded states, but weren't statesmen because they had no respect for the rule of law. Nor is the club purely Western, white, or male. Mandela, Havel, Gandhi, and MLK all qualify as “statesmen without states.” Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew makes the cut as a constitutionalist if not a democrat. Fortune might be a woman, but Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi mastered fate with more adventure than their male colleagues. Political leadership these days, Smith says, is monopolized by either technocrats or demagogues. In fact, Smith can only name one true contemporary statesman — Volodymyr Zelensky who, he says, is “doing a stirring imitation of Winston Churchill.” Otherwise the world is drifting into Thucydides' trap where the strong do what they like and the weak suffer what they must. Thus our longing for many-sided leaders like Odysseus. Which is why Nolan's blockbuster is such a hit that Steven Smith has yet to see it. One small footnote to this conversation. Afterwards, Smith sent me a note expressing a correction of how he described Obama: “Reflecting back on the conversation, I was embarrassed about what I said about Obama lacking ‘civil courage.' That is not exactly what I meant. Probably a better formulation would be to say that he lacked what Plato called ‘thymos,' a kind of public-spirited anger. His rationality and ‘coolness' — in many ways admirable traits — gave the impression that he was too aloof from the rough-and-tumble of politics. Anger and indignation when judiciously employed, as my former student Amia Srinivasan has argued, remain formidable tools in the statesman's tool kit.” Five Takeaways • A Leader Is Not a Statesman. There are 195 states in the world and every one has a leader; almost none has a statesman. The concept is an ideal of what leadership aspires to be, running from Plato's Politikos and the philosopher-king to the present. The statesman has the usual leadership virtues — foresight, courage, determination, a willingness to say unpopular things — but Smith's central claim is different: the statesman is an educator who leads through language, giving a people the words they need to think about themselves. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address shaped how Americans understand their republic; de Gaulle led with “a certain idea of France”; Churchill and Disraeli wrote the British self-image.• Timing — and the Tragedy. Statesmanship is a matter of the ripe moment, and the moment is cruel. Churchill spent the 1930s in the political wilderness, changed parties, presided over Gallipoli — and yet when 1940 came, he was there, prepared; the instant peace was established, the voters discarded him. Lenin resolved the Marxists' endless debate about whether Russia was “ripe” by deciding that ripeness was a matter of willpower. Hegel called such figures world-historical individuals — Caesar, Napoleon, Alexander — whom history uses for its purposes and then throws away. Even without Hegel's grand narrative, Smith notes, statesmen are routinely and cruelly discarded by their own people. There is a tragedy built into the art.• Who's Out — and Who's In. Lenin, Hitler, and Napoleon founded states, but founders of tyrannies are not statesmen: for Smith the modern statesman is inseparable from constitutionalism — rule of law, balance of powers, the capacity to listen and accept less than the whole loaf. Nor is the club white, Western, or male. Mandela, Havel, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King appear as “statesmen without states,” shaping nations before or without holding office; Lee Kuan Yew qualifies as a constitutionalist if not a democrat; Thatcher — who famously told a wobbling American president to stiffen — and Indira Gandhi practice statecraft at the highest level. As for the word itself: Smith keeps “statesman.” “Statesperson,” he rules, is ugly.• The Anti-Statesmen: Technocrat and Demagogue. Smith's chapter on anti-statesmen identifies the two failed models of modern leadership: the technocrat, a problem-solver-in-chief without a narrative, and the demagogue — a Greek word, and a breed democracies reliably produce — who rules through fear, intimidation, and humiliation. Trump, mentioned barely twice in the book, is filed under the latter, classically. Obama remains Smith's enigma: civic seriousness and dazzling rhetorical gifts — yet lacking, Smith suggests on reflection, what Plato called thymos, a kind of public-spirited anger. Obama's rationality and coolness, admirable in themselves, gave the impression of a man too aloof from the rough-and-tumble of politics; anger and indignation, judiciously employed — as Smith's former student Amia Srinivasan has argued — remain formidable tools in the statesman's tool kit. The Democrats, Smith argues, are trapped between both failed models, and need what Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reagan had: an affirmative story of America to embed themselves in.• One Statesman Standing. Asked to name a contemporary statesman, Smith offers exactly one — “and I say God bless him”: Volodymyr Zelensky, doing a stirring imitation of Winston Churchill, showing guts and magnanimity in a horrible moment for his people. Otherwise: seven British prime ministers in a decade, and a paucity everywhere else. Statesmen, Smith warns, cannot simply be willed into existence. And the alternative is already visible — the world of Thucydides, where the strong do what they like and the weak suffer what they must, carved into spheres of influence by Iran, Russia, and China. That is what a w...
What drives your day? Your calendar or your to-do list? Or perhaps your boss? The answer to that question will determine whether you are or will be productive each day. Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin Learn more about the Time Sector System here Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived Plan Your Week With Me: The Weekly Planning Matrix. The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl's YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script |426 Hello, and welcome to episode 426 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show. If you were to look at the paper planners of the 1980s and 1990s, you would instantly see they were all built around your calendar. Some of the more sophisticated planners had a to-do list and a place to keep notes. Most were just a vertical list of times and the day's date with a small area at the bottom for notes. And there was a reason for that. People working in the 20th century understood that no matter what you wanted to do each day, it would require time. Dropping your kids off at school likely involved a twenty-minute detour on your regular commute. Restocking your paper-clip box would require you to walk to the stationery cupboard to fill it, another ten minutes, and then there was all the travelling around to meet people. (No Teams or Zoom in those days). Needs drove how we managed our time, and your diary was the only tool that could prevent you from overloading yourself. You could see in an instant whether you could sit down and type out the report or proposal. Because, given that there were no smartphones or tablets, and laptops were prohibitively expensive, you also had to be in the right place in order to do much of your work. I fondly remember the days when I left work at the end of the day, and there was no way a client, colleague or boss could contact me until I arrived for work the next day. My work Email was only on my work desktop, and that was in the office. Now, somewhere along the timeline, those barriers have been broken down. Your work can, and does, follow you home. I recently saw a before-and-after picture of people sitting around a resort swimming pool in the 1990s and one in the 2020s. In the 1990s, people were sitting around the pool talking or reading a book. In the 2020s, people were staring at their phones. No talking, no books. Just eyes glued to a screen. It's quite sad really to see. It's also why your clients, colleagues and bosses are on holiday with you. If you're carrying your work life on your phone, then there's no escape at all. It would require a superhuman effort to avoid occasionally looking at your emails and messages. I know some people can do it; most cannot. Today's episode is about how to put your calendar back to where it belongs: being your primary productivity and time management tool. So, to get us started, let me hand you over to the recently returned Mystery Podcast Voice for this week's question. This week's question comes from Judy. Judy asks, Hi Carl, I've heard you say many times that your calendar should be your primary productivity tool. I really struggle with that because I have so many tasks to do, and so I find myself beginning and ending my day in my task manager. Do you have any suggestions on how to make my calendar my primary focus? Hi Judy, thank you for your question. There is a problem with task managers today, and that is their sophistication. Before we went digital, if you used a to-do list, you needed to handwrite it each day. While this may not have been very convenient, it forced you to only write out the tasks that needed to be done. Remembering to watch a TV show or read a newspaper article would rarely, if ever, be written on a to-do list unless it was something you genuinely wanted to do. Even then, when I think back, I knew that The A Team would be on a Saturday at 6:00 pm, and that Ally McBeal was on a Sunday night at 9:00 pm. And I was always at home at those times, and if I wasn't, because there were no streaming services, I wasn't going to see the show then unless I set the video recorder, and to do that you needed a doctorate in Theoretical Physics. Today's digital To-do lists are fantastic. You can add tags and labels, set start and due dates, make tasks recurring, and create multiple lists. All great features. And if your to-do list can do all that, what's the point of using a calendar? You can put events and date reminders into your task manager and have one single place to see everything you have to do. Doing things this way immediately poses a problem, though. You remove the time constraints a calendar gives you. With a calendar, you can see your day as a whole. You get your 24 hours, and if you tried to over-schedule yourself, you would instantly see it with multiple appointments at the same time. You can then act and reschedule things or cancel a meeting or two. With a task manager, you cannot see that. All you get is a list of things to do. And if you're not curating that list each day, the list just gets longer and longer. Then you find important must-do tasks get lost among low-value, would-like-to-do-someday tasks. This then requires a lot of time to sort and organise. But rather more damaging is what this does to your sense of control. Maintaining all this in your task manager creates a sense of overwhelm, and the increase in decision-making required leaves you feeling exhausted at the end of the day. When you use your calendar as your primary productivity tool, you only need to decide what type of work you will do at any given time in the day. For example, imagine it's the tax reporting season, and you need to get all your finances in order. Not a small task, and something you likely need four or five hours to complete. If you were to have a task in your task manager that says “do taxes”, that'll be a task you will keep rescheduling. It's not a pleasant task to do, and you know it will take you four or five hours to do. However, if you managed this on your calendar, you could schedule a couple of hours on Saturday morning one weekend and a further two hours the following weekend. Now you know you have the time protected. All you have to do is turn up and do the work. Not turning up and doing it is an entirely different problem. That's not respecting your calendar, which is never a good habit to have. One other thing you will notice about scheduling this kind of work on your calendar is you see it there well before the time, and that helps you to mentally prepare for the task. Perhaps you decide to get all the paperwork ready on the Friday evening so you are ready to go first thing Saturday. On a task list, a task like this will likely be buried away somewhere, and you only see it when you do your daily planning that day. I've always found historical figures' to-do lists fascinating. People like President Eisenhower, Leonardo Da Vinci, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Maya Angelou and Margaret Thatcher's to-do lists never contained any dates. Now, people like President Eisenhower and Margaret Thatcher had diary secretaries. These were people who managed their calendars and informed them at the start and end of each day what their schedule was for that day. This is something I've found Siri and Alexa superb at. I can walk into my office in the morning and ask what my appointments for the day are. I can also ask them to block out time tomorrow or Friday for doing a specific piece of work. With AI coming on board, that feature can only get better. If I say to Siri, “schedule a deep work session on Friday morning at 9:30”, Siri will inform me that the cleaner will be coming at 9:30 am, and I can decide to keep the focus session or change it to a time I will not be interrupted. Each week I write a script for this podcast. I usually do this on a Thursday morning after my meetings. Today, my last meeting was cancelled, so I was able to get to writing earlier. I haven't needed to look at my to-do list once yet, and it's already 11:00 am. My day began at 8:00 am with a one-hour meeting. It finished at 9:30 am. Originally, my plan was to finish my meetings at 10:15 and begin writing at 10:30 am. As it happened, because of the cancellation, I was able to begin writing at 9:45. I don't need to change my calendar; I knew that once my meetings were finished, my next task was to write. So I did. So where should a task list fit into your overall system? Task managers are great at collecting stuff you have to do. Far better than calendars, as a calendar will demand a date at the very least. Task managers don't need a date. You just add a task to the inbox, and there it will sit until you decide to do something with it. If you follow the Time Sector System, you process your task manager every 24 to 48 hours, and when you do so, you decide when you will do the task. It will either be this week, next week, later this month or next month. On your calendar, you protect time for the different categories of work you do. For instance, if you write proposals, then you would have time protected on your calendar for writing proposals. You will likely also have time set aside for dealing with your communications (emails and messages, etc.), and admin. Then at the appointed time, you use the tags or labels in your task manager to pull up the tasks that match that category of work. That's an oversimplification of the system. If you want to learn more about the Time Sector System, I recommend checking out the course I have for it. I will put the details in the show notes. This ensures you are not over-scheduling yourself or attempting to do more than you can do. It also teaches you to say no. You can see whether or not you have the time and space to do the work being asked of you. If you consistently follow this method, backlogs no longer grow, and you stay reasonably on top of your work, although being on top of your work at all times is rarely achievable. The biggest, more positive change you could make to your productivity system is to put your calendar back in its proper place. Namely, make your calendar your primary productivity tool and use your task manager as a support tool that tells you what to do when you sit down to work. I should add that for some of you this change will be uncomfortable. If you've allowed your calendar to fill up with meetings, leaving you no time to do the work you are meant to do, sticking your head in the sand and ignoring it won't make the problem go away. This is when you may have to have a conversation with your boss. More than five hours of meetings a day, and you're not going to be able to do much work beyond responding to messages. When you take into account toilet breaks, making coffee, and your lunchtime, there's not going to be much time left for anything else. I hope that has helped, Judy. Thank you for your question. And thank you to you too for listening. It just remains for me now to wish you all a very, very productive week.
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Hej! W najnowszym odcinku serii Powojnie opowiadam o jednej z najważniejszych postaci XX wieku. Pod koniec lat 70. Wielka Brytania pogrążała się w kryzysie. Przez kraj przetaczała się fala strajków, rosło zadłużenie państwa, a inwestycji było coraz mniej. Sytuacja zaczęła się zmieniać po zwycięstwie konserwatystów i objęciu urzędu premiera przez Margaret Thatcher. Zdeterminowana i głęboko przekonana do swoich reform ograniczyła rolę państwa w gospodarce, rozpoczęła szeroką prywatyzację i podjęła walkę z inflacją oraz związkami zawodowymi. Jej polityka sprawiła, że Wielka Brytania odzyskała pozycję jednego z najważniejszych centrów gospodarczych Zachodu. Więcej na ten temat opowiadam w najnowszej odsłonie mojej serii.
Is China quietly outsmarting the US in the AI arms race, and is Trump laying the pitch to challenge the results of the US midterms with his repeated, unfounded claims of Chinese election meddling? Why has Zelenskyy sacked his popular defence minister just as Ukraine is winning on the battlefield? Does Kemi Badenoch's purge of Rory-adjacent centrists from the Conservative Party show she is even more ruthless than Margaret Thatcher? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time. __________ Enjoy Rory and Alastair's interview with Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan by searching ‘Leading' on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter HERE, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Summer sale is here: get an annual membership for an extra 20% off with code SUMMER26. That's ad-free listening, every bonus episode, and full access to our exclusive members' series. Sale ends August 31st, so grab it before summer's over. Join The Rest Is Politics Plus. Start your free trial at therestispolitics.com to unlock exclusive bonus content – including Rory and Alastair's miniseries – plus ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, exclusive newsletters, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at fuseenergy.com/politics and get a free TRIP+ subscription.
Pitch and Power is The Globe and Mail's World Cup podcast. In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher's England was a country under strain, marked by industrial decline, social unrest and sharp political divides. In that climate, English soccer became a national problem rather than a point of pride. Stadiums crumbled, hooliganism spread and tragedy struck at Bradford, Heysel, and Hillsborough. The game felt like a relic: toxic, unsafe, unloved. Then, in the summer of 1990, something shifted. This episode traces how the 1990 World Cup helped detoxify English soccer and reframe national identity. We look at how an improbable tournament run became a cultural moment that opened the door to Britpop on the radio, “Cool Britannia” in the headlines and the Premier League era that followed. This is the story of a sport crawling out of the wreckage and a country finding a new way to love its national team. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
It's been more than 400 years since she first appeared on stage, and she's still controversial. Margaret of Anjou appears in not one, not two, but four of Shakespeare's plays—Henry VI Parts 1, 2, and 3 as well as Richard III—maturing from a young bride-to-be to a vengeful widow. She also speaks the most lines of any of Shakespeare's female characters. Although her historical counterpart never saw battle, Shakespeare's Margaret leads armies. And while the real Margaret was permanently exiled to France, the Shakespearean version returns to England to confront her old foes. Charles O'Malley and Scott W. Stern, co-authors of Shakespeare's Margaret: The Dramatic Life of a Warrior Queen, share how Margaret exists as an avatar for anxieties about women in power throughout the ages. Shakespeare's depiction may have been influenced by Elizabeth I, but Margaret has been portrayed on stage as a witch, a seductress, an anti-fascist resistance fighter, and even an analogue for Margaret Thatcher. In this episode, O'Malley and Stern shine the spotlight on Shakespeare's most deliciously complex anti-heroine. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published July 14, 2026. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This episode was produced by Matt Frassica. Garland Scott is the executive producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Technical support was provided by Pat Mesiti-Miller in Oakland and Voice Trax West in Studio City, California. Web production was handled by Megan Fraedrich. Transcripts are edited by Leonor Fernandez. Final mixing services provided by Clean Cuts at Three Seas, Inc.
Send us Fan MailThis week, the Italians are coming! For the final lap of TGTPTU's 16 rounds of episodes this 4x4, we cover hack director Peter Yates's heartfelt, heartland sports underdog working class summer coming of age bicycle story BREAKING AWAY (1979). Guest Shannon returns despite no possible book report, the film instead being an original work by author Steve Tesich who would win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for this melding of two prior scripts based on his college years in Indiana and his bicycling teammate local to the area who'd become the basis for the movie's lead character Dave Stohler (although he'd prefer to go by Enrico Gismondi for the first half of the film). Dave is portrayed by Dennis Christopher, although the script gives substantial time to each of his three friends who will enter the local bicycle race with him (and even do a few laps themselves): Mike played by a ripped Dennis Quaid; a lanky, goofy Daniel Stern plays Cyril; and actor Jackie Earle Haley of Bad News Bears fame (the one without Billy Bob Thornton) as the vertically challenged Moocher. In one of the best depictions of a 1970s dad in cinema, Paul Dooley plays Dave's father, a used car salesman and former cutter (of stones, not self or lines) who doesn't understand his eccentric son, while Barbara Barrie plays Dave's mom who encourages his Italophilia and passions, a role she'll reprise in the short-lived TV prequel series along with Haley. This week, hear about the state of fridges in AZ along with Republican-bashing by Tobias; Shannon explains the 80s TV show Punky Brewster; Ken identifies with Breaking Away's dad character and conceives of this film as a bridge to the 1980s; and Thomas reveals the name of Roy Scheider's (not Rob Schneider's) wife. By the end of the ep, it is still undecided, although they go around in circles, whether Shannon or Thomas won their off-air bet regarding Ryan's reaction to the film. While the hosts might be done with Hacks as their focus, the season continues. Next episode, we'll be taking the high road in our feud with Chris Nolan over the rights to the temporal pincer movement™️ to test the waters of his new release before wrapping with a return to the 1x1's to end the 17th Season of the first podcast to record from the PDX airport bathroom and raise former prime minister Margaret Thatcher from hell. Ciao! THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.comFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTUInstagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0Bluesky: @goodpodugly.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-gLetterboxd (follow us!):Podcast: goodpoduglyKen: Ken KoralRyan: Ryan Tobias
Everyone in Westminster is trying desperately to peer inside Andy Burnham's head and work out what ‘Manchesterism' really is – and in the magazine this week, Tali Fraser offers the definitive take. Rather than being a mixture of vibes and ‘business-friendly socialism', it's roots lie in the 'Manchester liberalism' of Richard Cobden and John Bright, from which a direct line can be drawn to Margaret Thatcher. It turns out that the Manchester success story did not begin with a socialist rejection of neoliberalism, but by courting business. Will Burnham be able to sell that to the PLP? Or will he come unstuck on contact with the Labour left, in much the same way Starmer did?Noa Hoffman speaks to James Heale and Tali Fraser.Produced by Oscar Edmondson.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public services are no longer fit for purpose. A malaise seems to infect every aspect of British life: its economy, polity, social order, sense of well-being, domestic regional relationships, and place in the world. In The Land Where Nothing Works: How Britain Lost the Plot (Princeton University Press, 2026), the distinguished historian A. G. Hopkins offers an explanation, tracing Britain's current problems to decisions made in the 1980s that abandoned its postwar experiment in social democracy and mimicked policies of deregulation and privatisation promoted by the United States. In 1945, the new Labour government's development programme aimed at creating a social democracy that would benefit all members of society. The counterrevolution launched by Margaret Thatcher's government in 1979, which remains in force today, promoted individualism and deregulation. The transition from one programme to another was a response to the growth of finance and services centred on the City of London, and to decolonisation, which redirected trade to Europe. The expansion of credit led to the financial crisis of 2008 and the years of austerity that followed, and fuelled the populist movement that culminated in Brexit. Hopkins argues that, instead of following the free-market policies of its mentor, the United States, Britain should draw on its own history of social democracy and borrow from its neighbours in Europe, where communitarian principles continue to be upheld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Harry Borden has spent more than four decades photographing some of the world's most recognisable faces. His portraits of actors, musicians, business leaders and every UK Prime Minister from Margaret Thatcher onwards have appeared in publications including The Observer, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine and Vanity Fair. But behind those well-known portraits is a photographer equally drawn to quieter, more personal work. In the first of a two-week conversation, Harry joins me to talk about photographing celebrities, captains of industry, and Prime Ministers; how he approaches portraiture when the clock is ticking; and why curiosity has always mattered more than reputation. We also begin exploring some of the personal projects that have shaped his career, before next week's episode turns more towards the story of Harry himself. The mailbag is in particularly good form this week, too. Michael Assmann writes a thoughtful and moving letter about fatherhood, Paul Holdorf shares a photo essay on darkness. Sandro Correia wonders how to rediscover his love of photography. Paul Eaves pens an unexpectedly poetic tribute to his washing machine, we unveil a brand-new Biscuit Tin Question, bring the latest quarterly photo assignment to a close, and hand over the next challenge to none other than portrait photographer Platon. Read more about our photographic adventures on our photography travel website, The Journey Beyond. Links to all guests and features will be on the show page, my sincere thanks to our Extra Milers, without whom we wouldn't be walking each week and Arthelper.ai, giving photographers smart tools to plan, promote, and manage your creative projects more easily. BUY THE NEW SHOW ZINE, REFLECTIONS
En esta primera parte de la historia de Rupert Murdoch, exploramos el origen del magnate de medios que terminó construyendo uno de los imperios de comunicación más influyentes y controversiales del planeta. Desde su padre, un periodista convertido en fabricante de propaganda y sensacionalismo, hasta la transformación de Rupert de estudiante izquierdista en arquitecto de un imperio mediático global, seguimos el ascenso de una familia obsesionada con el poder, la política y el control de la información. Hablamos de periódicos amarillistas, manipulación política, Margaret Thatcher, sindicatos destruidos, campañas mediáticas, Fox News, censura, monopolios informativos y algunas de las historias más absurdas y escandalosas de la prensa moderna. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: https://www.instagram.com/eldollop https://twitter.com/eldollop https://www.facebook.com/eldolloppodcast Los Dollops: @ninguneduardo @bryanthemachine http://eldollop.com
June 11, 1987. Britain's Conservative Party wins a third successive general election that ensures that Margaret Thatcher remains Prime Minister. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.
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