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The Speak Life Podcast
THREE Arguments that are Moving the Needle on Faith in 2025 || SLP575

The Speak Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 34:07


Send us a textGlen Scrivener compares Christian vs Atheist debates from the heyday of The New Atheism to debates from the past year.Contact the show: thomas@speaklife.org.ukSee 321: 321course.comWatch the full debates...Richard Dawkins and his Foundation at the Reason RallyDebate: Hitchens V. HitchensAtheist Dawkins STUNNED by Oxford Professor on God and Science-John Lennox EPIC DebateWHAT SCIENCE CAN'T PROVE: Dr. William Lane Craig explains to Dr. Peter AtkinsThe Wes Huff vs Billy Carson Debate Left Pro Debater Speechless Because of ThisLIVE DEBATE: Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle vs Alex O'Connor and Phil HalperFIERY DEBATE Christianity OR Secular Ethics,What's Best for Society? | Lawrence Krauss VS Mike JonesHEATED DEBATE: Christianity or Secular Humanism, Which Is Best? Andrew Wilson Vs Craig/FTFEFull Debate: Does the West Need a Religious Revival?Subscribe to the Speak Life YouTube channel for videos which see all of life with Jesus at the centre:youtube.com/SpeakLifeMediaSubscribe to the Reformed Mythologist YouTube channel to explore how the stories we love point to the greatest story of all:youtube.com/@ReformedMythologistDiscord is an online platform where you can interact with the Speak Life team and other Speak Life supporters. There's bonus content, creative/theological discussion and lots of fun. Join our Discord here:speaklife.org.uk/discordSpeak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world.Learn more about us here:speaklife.org.ukSupport the show

The Daily Poem
A. E. Stallings' "Scissors"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 6:28


Today's poem offers an incisive analogy for analogies. Happy reading.A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is the Oxford Professor of Poetry. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and studied classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford University. Her poetry collections include Like (2018), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Olives (2012), which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award; Hapax (2006); and Archaic Smile(1999), winner of the Richard Wilbur Award and finalist for both the Yale Younger Poets Series and the Walt Whitman Award. Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry anthologies of 1994, 2000, 2015, 2016, and 2017, and she is a frequent contributor to Poetry and the Times Literary Supplement.Stallings's poetry is known for its ingenuity, wit, and dexterous use of classical allusion and forms to illuminate contemporary life. In interviews, Stallings has spoken about the influence of classical authors on her own work: “The ancients taught me how to sound modern,” she told Forbes magazine. “They showed me that technique was not the enemy of urgency, but the instrument.”Stallings's latest verse translation is the pseudo-Homeric The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice (2019), in an illustrated edition with Paul Dry Books, and her latest volume of poetry is a selected poems, This Afterlife (2023, FSG). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. She lives in Athens, Greece, with her husband, the journalist John Psaropoulos.-bio via Poetry Foundation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

The Poetry Space_
ep. 78 - Syllabic Poetry

The Poetry Space_

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 60:38


Who better to explore syllabic poetry with than the Oxford Professor of Poetry, A.E. Stallings?! In this episode, we edge the perimeter of formal verse and free verse to arrive at this all-too-often dismissed poetic genre. We discuss Fibonacci poems, haiku stanzas, Sylvia Plath, and Marianne Moore. Lucky for us, A.E. Stallings shares some of her latest syllabic verse. At the Table: Katie Dozier Timothy Green A.E. Stallings Joe Barca Brian O'Sullivan Dick Westheimer

Freedom Pact
#337: Tim Coulson - Oxford Professor On The Incredible Story Of The Universe & Human Life

Freedom Pact

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 50:29


Professor Tim Coulson is the Head of Department of Biology, Oxford. Tim's latest book is called "The Universal History of Us: A 13.8 billion year tale from the Big Bang to you" Which you can find here" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-History-Us-13-8-billion/dp/B0CSZ8DRGT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9A8OCPLWOHTH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fdguUbcz6_kZ1SkWzon0m4Ml5PqiimzfJt8ojNC0Ql-BqwOQ4qIzoRJIZylZWeqDIrMtY9CiFLNG6iSLaW-ego7kMN651UyJfV8RwJn1jfiqv2evQDp3CVWGkEDzvKLtuCysJn89gfkh9REW1-lJeOxRX5kPygHpWxj-VaKCEl02kLR3qS8sdgWfcYi6raXfqdhkFkn1DZ78Pdf2pGnFLrpGJi7LyxGSqfQMv6aOT-U.H5nmOgNyR3hW7utoyHiz8rrjux9vNpzhYru2PWrempU&dib_tag=se&keywords=tim+coulson&qid=1718638826&sprefix=tim+coulson%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-1 Connect with us: https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter​ (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter) twitter.com/freedompactpod Email: freedompact@gmail.com https://Tiktok.com/personaldevelopment

Keen On Democracy
Episode 2104: Thomas Hale on how to be a Transnationalist in an age of Nation-States

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 33:16


 It's an odd world. Many of our most pressing political problems, particularly global warming, are long term, and yet we are still confined to the here-and-now of national politics to determine policy. This is the issue that Thomas Hale, an Oxford Professor of Public Policy, addresses in his interesting new book, LONG PROBLEMS: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing across Time. For the self-styled “transnationalist” Hale, long problems like climate change are best addressed not just by international organizations like the United Nations, but also by new local political initiatives like citizen assemblies. He may well be right. But Hale's long-term transnationalism is a hard political sell in our short-term nationalist age of Trump, Modi and Le Pen. Thomas Hale is a professor in public policy at the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government. Hale's research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly. He seeks to explain how political institutions evolve–or not–to face the challenges raised by globalization and interdependence, with a particular emphasis on environmental, economic, and health issues. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University, a master's degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics, and an AB in public policy from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. A U.S. national, Hale has studied and worked in Argentina, China, and Europe. Hale leads the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

SLEERICKETS
UNLOCKED Secret Show Ep: Bat Sh*t

SLEERICKETS

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 85:55


My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here!For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Come see a slew of poets, including me, at Suite in Morningside Heights in NYC on Sunday May 19 at 3:00 p.m. and join afterward for food/drinks!– A. E. Stallings' Oxford Professor of Poetry lecture that definitely wasn't inspired by this episode– The Northman Takes History, Spirituality, and Young Men Seriously by Ethan McGuire– What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel– The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell– Snark & Blurb: A Dialogue by A. E. Stallings– The Art of the Blurb by Jason Guriel– Frank the Bunny Man– Jacob and Esau– All I Do Is Win by DJ Khaled– Larry King asks DJ Khaled a thoughtful question– Who Gets to Write What? by Kaitlyn Greenidge– Lionel Shriver's sombrero speech– The Bohr model of the atom– Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'NeillTwitter: @sleerickets, @BPlatzer, @poetry_saysEmail: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander SmithFrequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

Voices Of Pres Voice Of Cork
Ep.3 - Scholars Of The Arts

Voices Of Pres Voice Of Cork

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 49:16


We look at the Arts in Pres as we go down memory lane with Oxford Professor and award winning poet Bernard O Donoghue as he recalls his year in Pres in 196/62. Eoghan Harris talks about debating in Pres in the 1950s and recites a poem he wrote as a 15-year-old. We're graced by a song from Noel Walsh who remembers Gilbert and Sullivan musicals during his time in Pres. Renowned actor, Kieran Ahern talks about his acting career and his 6 decades spent in Pres as a student and teacher including the establishment of a media center in the school by Brother Jerome in the 70s. To close out the show Dan Donovan recites a piece from the archives and talks about acting and theatre as a student in Pres in the 1940s.This podcast is presented by PBC alumni George Hook and Ronan McAuliffe. It was produced by PBC teacher Éanna O'Loinsigh with Elaine Smith on sound and post production and piano composition by PBC student Liam Ring. Thank you to our contributors for sharing the stories and fond memories and to Presentation Brothers College Cork for their continued support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leadership and Loyalty™
Part 3 of 3: Christians and Donald Trump: Professor John Lennox

Leadership and Loyalty™

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 26:17


Christians and Donald Trump: Confronting the Flawed Man Argument Join us for part 3 of 3 of this enlightening podcast series on the intersection of religion and science with the brilliant Oxford Professor of Mathematics, John Lennox. . Professor Lennox argues that religion and science are not conflicting but complementary. With his extensive experience in this area, having debated many famous scientists, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. John Lennox has authored several books, including "Can Science Explain Everything?" and "2084 - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity." . . In addition to his theological work, Professor Lennox has been extensively published in science journals. He has authored 70 mathematical papers in Algebra and co-authored two Oxford Mathematical Monographs. . He also teaches Leadership at the Business School at Oxford University. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore the fascinating topic of religion and science with Professor John Lennox. Tune in to our podcast series and discover if religion and science can live in harmony. I promise Professor Lennox will provide a brilliantly insightful perspective.  Professor Lennox's latest book is Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix?    . Website https://www.johnlennox.org  Movie: https://againstthetide.movie  Lectures: https://www.veritas.org Social Media https://www.facebook.com/ProfJohnLennoxFanPage https://twitter.com/ProfJohnLennox  . Part 3) Christians and Donald Trump: Confronting the Flawed Man Argument: Calculating the Mathematics of Jesus Are Buddhists Good Christians? Why Would a Mathematics Professor Choose to Be a Christian? Passing the Final Exam to get into Heaven? What's the Radicle Problem with Religion that's NOT Christian? Modern Cherry-Picked Christianity Is Christianity a Religion of Judgement? The False Advertising of Christianity Confronting Modern Evangelical Faith  Is There a Place for Anger in Christianity? . Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- . Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. . Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging .  "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose

Leadership and Loyalty™
Part 2 of 3: Professor John Lennox: Was Jesus a Terrorist, and is God an ET?

Leadership and Loyalty™

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 23:53


Was Jesus a Terrorist, and is God an ET? Are you curious about the intersection of religion and science? Join us for a fascinating podcast series featuring Oxford Professor of Mathematics John Lennox. . Professor Lennox argues that God and science are not at odds but rather complement each other. He has debated many famous scientists, including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and authored many books on this topic, including "Can Science Explain Everything?" and "2084 - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity." . In addition to his work on religion and science, Professor Lennox has authored 70 mathematical papers in Algebra and co-authored two Oxford Mathematical Monographs. He also teaches Leadership at the Business School at Oxford University. . Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore the fascinating topic of religion and science with the brilliant Professor John Lennox. Tune in to our podcast series and discover if religion and science can live in harmony.  Professor John Lennox's latest book is Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix?    . Website https://www.johnlennox.org  Movie: https://againstthetide.movie  Lectures: https://www.veritas.org Social Media https://www.facebook.com/ProfJohnLennoxFanPage https://twitter.com/ProfJohnLennox  . Part 2) Was Jesus a Terrorist? Man's Search for Meaning The Concentric Circles of Science and The Mystical Is War a Valid Argument Against Religion Growing up in the Middle of a Religious War in Northern Ireland A Christ of Peace or a Christ of War? Was Jesus a Terrorist?  Who is The God of Hate? . Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- . Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. . Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging .  "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose

Leadership and Loyalty™
Part 1 of 3: Professor John Lennox. The Atheist's Flaw: Science & Religion, an Unholy Union

Leadership and Loyalty™

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 25:51


The Atheist's Flaw: Science & Religion, an Unholy Union I've spent many years traveling and studying different religions. Even today, I am extremely curious about why we believe in something that many would call myths. This series of episodes will answer any questions you might have about why we follow religions and if religion and science can live in harmony. . Our guest for this series is an Oxford Professor of Mathematics, John Lennox. Professor Lennox holds the controversial belief that God and science are not at odds but are made for each other. He has debated many famous scientists, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. Professor Lennox has authored many books on this issue including, Can Science Explain Everything? and 2084 - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. . Professor John Lennox is also the author of 70 mathematical papers in Algebra (Theory of Groups) and co-author of two Oxford Mathematical Monographs. He also teaches Leadership at the Business School at Oxford University. His work is the focus of a recent documentary made with Kevin Sorbo called Against the Tide. Professor Lennox's latest book is Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix?   .  . Website https://www.johnlennox.org  Movie: https://againstthetide.movie  Lectures: https://www.veritas.org Social Media https://www.facebook.com/ProfJohnLennoxFanPage https://twitter.com/ProfJohnLennox  . Part 1) Are Reductionist Science in a Restrictive Religion The 4 Rivers of Curiosity Name It and Claim It Biblically, is Curiosity a Sin or a Blessing? Are Atheism and Science in a Dysfunctional Marriage? What is Faith? Reductionistic Scientism and a Quantum God . Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- . Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. . Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging .  "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Better to Travel Hopefully

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 50:56


This week, Oxford Professor of Poetry AE Stallings explores the elliptical brilliance of Anne Carson; and an interview with writer, filmmaker and artist Miranda July about her forthcoming novel.'Anne Carson: The Glass Essayist', by Elizabeth Sarah Coles'Wrong Norma', by Anne Carson'All Fours', by Miranda JulyProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Daily Poem
A. E. Stallings' "Dead Language Lesson"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 9:51


Today's poem ponders what love makes of language. Happy reading.A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is the Oxford Professor of Poetry. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and studied classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford University. Her poetry collections include Like (2018), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Olives (2012), which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award; Hapax (2006); and Archaic Smile (1999), winner of the Richard Wilbur Award and finalist for both the Yale Younger Poets Series and the Walt Whitman Award. Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry anthologies of 1994, 2000, 2015, 2016, and 2017, and she is a frequent contributor to Poetry and the Times Literary Supplement.Stallings's poetry is known for its ingenuity, wit, and dexterous use of classical allusion and forms to illuminate contemporary life. In interviews, Stallings has spoken about the influence of classical authors on her own work: “The ancients taught me how to sound modern,” she told Forbes magazine. “They showed me that technique was not the enemy of urgency, but the instrument.”Stallings's latest verse translation is the pseudo-Homeric The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice (2019), in an illustrated edition with Paul Dry Books, and her latest volume of poetry is a selected poems, This Afterlife (2022, FSG). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. She lives in Athens, Greece, with her husband, the journalist John Psaropoulos. -bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

The Constructionist Podcast: Bible, Renewing & Mind
The Poison of Subjectivism: A Reading of CS Lewis

The Constructionist Podcast: Bible, Renewing & Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 73:52


Some things are objective and others are subjective. The difference is vital to the civilization of Modern Man according to CS Lewis, former atheist, moralist and Oxford Professor who wrote some of the best works on mere Christianity and human experience. This episode of the Constructionist Podcast will walk through Lewis' essay "The Poison of Subjectivism". In it you will find much that will help make sense of our modern world. Support the show

Big Think
Are conscious machines possible? | Oxford professor Michael Wooldridge

Big Think

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 14:17


University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible. In his book "A Brief History of AI," Michael Wooldridge, a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford and an AI researcher, explains that AI is not about creating life, but rather about creating machines that can perform tasks requiring intelligence. Wooldridge discusses the two approaches to AI: symbolic AI and machine learning. Symbolic AI involves coding human knowledge into machines, while machine learning allows machines to learn from examples to perform specific tasks. Progress in AI stalled in the 1970s due to a lack of data and computational power, but recent advancements in technology have led to significant progress. AI can perform narrow tasks better than humans, but the grand dream of AI is achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), which means creating machines with the same intellectual capabilities as humans. One challenge for AI is giving machines social skills, such as cooperation, coordination, and negotiation. The path to conscious machines is slow and complex, and the mystery of human consciousness and self-awareness remains unsolved. The limits of computing are only bounded by imagination. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chapters: 0:00 The Hollywood dream of AI: consciousness 1:16 The birth of AI & machine learning 3:28 The AI winter 4:04 The next era of intelligence: AGI 5:03 Why do humans have big brains? 5:52 Creating conscious machines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Big Think | Smarter Faster™ ► Big Think The leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century. Get Smarter, Faster. With Episodes From The Worlds Biggest Thinkers. Follow The Podcast And Turn On The Notifications!! Share This Episode If You Found It Valuable Leave A 5 Star Review... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Larry Alex Taunton Show
Will AI Make Men Like Gods? Oxford Professor John Lennox Responds

The Larry Alex Taunton Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 67:14


WEF Agenda Contributor Yuval Noah Harari believes that AI will give humans “divine” power to succeed the ability of gods. In this episode of Ideas Have Consequences, Larry sits down with Dr. John Lennox, mathematician, bioethicist, Christian apologist, and author of 2084 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, to discuss artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and life after death.      

Start the Week
AI, states and corporations

Start the Week

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 41:56


Artificial Intelligence will be the focus of this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures by the Oxford Professor of Computer Science, Mike Wooldridge. In his series of lectures (broadcast on BBC Four in late December) he will attempt to disentangle the realities from the myths, but will also demonstrate the huge impact AI is already having in fields ranging from medicine to football to astrophysics, as well as on the creative arts. The bestselling novelist Naomi Alderman has fun with AI and its tech trillionaire-creators in her latest thriller The Future. While the wealthy corporate heads are effectively decapitated by an end-of-the-world scenario, the story explores whether the technology that could presage the apocalypse can also be used for the good of society.The Professor of Politics at Cambridge, David Runciman, wants to change the way people think about a future in which artificial intelligence has taken control. In The Handover he looks back to the formation of states and corporations, arguing that these are the precursors to AI: powerful artificial entities that have come to rule our world. While thy have made us richer and safer, he questions what will happen to human existence if these two machines – states and AI – join forces.Producer: Katy Hickman

London Review Bookshop Podcasts
Danny Dorling & Leo Hollis: Shattered Nation

London Review Bookshop Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 68:11


In Shattered Nation, Oxford Professor of Geography Danny Dorling meticulously documents how Britain over the last 40 years has been transformed by incompetence, avarice and short-termism from one of the world's leading economies, with widely admired public services, into Europe's most unequal society, afflicted by staggering levels of deprivation and social division. Dorling was joined in conversation by Leo Hollis, author of The Stones of London and Inheritance.Buy Shattered Nation from the Bookshop: lrb.me/shatterednationFind more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Leadership Learns Podcast
The Secrets Behind Entrepreneurship And Innovation: Oxford Professor, Pinar Ozcan

The Leadership Learns Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 27:04


With the pace of technological advancements accelerating at an unprecedented rate, join Professor Pinar Ozcan from the Said Business School as she explores the balancing act between innovation and entrepreneurship. Along with discussing how disruptive technologies are causing the boundaries between industries to disappear, Pinar answers one of the biggest questions right now: does global AI regulation ever stand a chance?Discussions in the episode:The growth of data-driven entrepreneurshipHow to regulate the next wave of technological advancementsThe ‘Curse Of First'Using technology to solve real world problemsClick here to reach out to Peter Rabey direct Like this show? Please leave us a review. Every review helps. 

In Conversation with UX Magazine
Cammy Crolic, Oxford Professor, researching human behavior // Invisible Machines S2E18

In Conversation with UX Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 76:39


Robb and Josh welcome Cammy Crolic for an enlivening discussion of hedonic escalation and anthropomorphization. As a professor at Oxford's Saïd Business School, Cammy's research into how human-like bots affect consumer behavior has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. She is currently exploring human perception around AI-generated content.

Fresh Encounter Radio Podcast
Victory Through Divine Vengeance, Part-5

Fresh Encounter Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 29:25


••• Executing Divine Vengeance Through The Power of Praise . ••• Bible Study Verses:II Chronicles 20:2-24, Revelation 4:10-11, Isaiah 43:21, Psalm 69:30-31, Psalm 48:14, Psalm 67:5-6, II Chronicles 20:22, Psalm 22:3, Psalm 42:1, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 140:13, Psalm 55:22, Psalm 100:3, Exodus 33:14, I Chronicles 15:29, Joshua 6:20, Acts 16:25-26, Habakkuk 3:18-19, John 4:23, Psalm 24:3-4, Psalm 103:2, Psalm 100:4, Psalm 8:4, James 1:17 . “The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about” Source: Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963, Oxford Professor and author of Mere Christianity, Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia . ••• “Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor from the hand of evildoers”, Jeremiah 20.13, NKJV . ••• What are 3-reasons why Jehoshaphat went into battle praising God? ••• What are 6-attitudes of praise? ••• What are 5-reasons Why We Praise God? ••• What are 3-reasons why praise attracts God's presence? ••• What are 6-reasons why you should attract the presence of God? ••• What are 5-results of praising God? ••• What are 5-reasons why praising God can be difficult? ••• What are 5-life actions in Attracting God through Praise? ••• What are 5-personal attributes of those who can attract God through praise?••• Are you going to ask your small group to pray that you will be the kind of person who will praise God more intentionally through the power of Holy Spirit? ••• Pastor Godwin Otuno expounds on this and much more on the exciting journey of Fresh Encounters Radio Podcast originally aired on October 21st, 2023 on WNQM, Nashville Quality Ministries and WWCR World Wide Christian Radio broadcasted to all 7-continents on this big beautiful blue marble, earth, floating through space. Please be prayerful before studying The Word of God so that you will receive the most inspiration possible . ••• This Discipleship Teaching Podcast is brought to you by Christian Leadership International and all the beloved of God who believe in it's mission through prayer and support. Thank you . ••• SHARING LINK: https://shows.acast.com/fresh-encounter-radio-podcast/231021vengeance-thru-praise-power . ••• Exceeding Thanks to Universe Creator Christ Jesus AND photo by Johannes Plenio Photography, Munich, Germany, Lippertstraße 34, D-85570 Markt Schwaben, Germany, https://www.coolfreepix.com, https://www.instagram.com/jplenio/, https://www.twitter.com/jplenio/, https://j.plenio.de/index.php/donate . ••• † http://christian-quotes.ochristian.com/C.S.-Lewis-Quotes/ . ••• Study Guides at - https://shows.acast.com/fresh-encounter-radio-podcast/episodes . ••• Broadcaster's Website - https://www.lifelonganointing.com/ . ••• RESOURCE - https://www.soundcloud.com/thewaytogod/ . ••• RESOURCE - https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/john.1%20 . ••• FERP231021 Episode#299 GOT231021Ep299 . ••• Victory Through Divine Vengeance ~ Through The Power of Praise . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/fresh-encounter-radio-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Found In Conversation
The Future of Europe

Found In Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 33:24


Against the post-pandemic backdrop of inflation, migration and war, what does the future look like for the European project? Joining us are Frederik du Crozet, Head of Macroeconomic Research at Pictet Wealth Management, Professor Timothy Garton Ash, distinguished Oxford Professor, and Baroness Catherine Ashton, former European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Don't forget to share, like or leave a review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast
(Re-Post) Tolkien (Dr. Devin Brown)

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023 22:06


IN THIS REPEAT: There are a lot of biographies on Tolkien. Back in 2014 I shared about a SHORT one that is written by Dr. Devin Brown, author of several popular books on Narnia and Middle Earth. Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis's (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I'm releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story of how Tolkien went from being "an obscure Oxford Professor" to "become the most beloved author of the century."  Purchase Tolkien Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Purchase Hobbit Lessons  Listen to The Christian World of The Hobbit (Interview or Series) Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis  

From Our Own Correspondent Podcast
Wagner Group: Business as Usual?

From Our Own Correspondent Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 28:35


Kate Adie presents stories exploring events in Russia, the United States, Mexico, Lanzarote and South Africa. After its failed march on Moscow, the Wagner Group was supposedly going to be disbanded and its leader exiled to Belarus. But as our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford found out, this mercenary army still appears to be recruiting new members to its ranks. Across the United States, tens of millions of Americans still believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election - some of them are serving in public office. Mike Wendling is just back from Iowa, where he met one former conspiracy theorist whose own political appointment is causing friction among local Democrats and Republicans. The Tren Maya project is a huge looping railway line, nearly a thousand miles long, which (if completed) would connect the dots in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula - once the heartland of Mayan civilisation. As with any groundbreaking transport works, not everyone is happy - there have been objections over its potential environmental impact. Louise Morris recently followed the journey of a convoy which aimed to stiffen resistance to the project. The Canary Islands were well known to ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean. There are accounts of Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians all reaching the islands, as they hunted for valuable plants which were sources of red dye for fabrics. These days, the islands belong to Spain and among them is Lanzarote - a popular destination for European sun-seekers. But beyond its tourist hotels and restaurants, Charles Emmerson stumbled across the origins of one modern European empire. In South Africa, questions over the nation's education system can get seriously heated. Decades after the end of apartheid, many people argue that South Africa's schoolrooms are still far too focused on European scholarship - so does that explain the indifference to one of the country's most valuable literary treasures? Oxford Professor of Shakespeare Studies, Emma Smith, finds herself the only one excited by a rare copy of Shakespeare's first folio. Producer: Polly Hope Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future
Working in AI for two decades, University of Oxford professor, Michael Osborne

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 37:18


Follow Jimmy:TwitterSubstackInstagramYouTubeJimmy's Jobs WebsiteToday Jimmy is joined by Professor of Machine Learning at Oxford University, Michael Osborne who has been studying AI for two decades.During this episode, we explore how the workforce could be impacted,  media fear-mongering, and how we can embrace possibilities with AI.Professor Michael Osborne is the Co-Founder of Mind Foundry an Oxford spinout that builds AI solutions to help organisations in the public and private sectors tackle high-stakes problems responsiblySubscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts.

Keen On Democracy
If You Don't Adapt, You Fail: Peter Frankopan on what we can learn from history about today's environmental crisis

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 34:17


EPISODE 1453: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Oxford Professor of Global History and author of THE EARTH TRANSFORMED, Peter Frankopan, about what we can learn from history about today's environmental crisis Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. He is also Professor of Silk Roads Studies and a Bye-Fellow at King's College, Cambridge. He works on the history and politics of the Mediterranean, Russia, the Middle East, Persia/Iran, Central Asia, China and beyond - as well as on the histories of climate, natural resources and connectivities. Peter often writes for the international press, including The Sunday Times, New York Times, Financial Times, Guardian, and the Evening Standard. He has been called 'the first great historian of the 21st century' by Brazil's DCM magazine; 'the history rock star du jour by The New Statesman, and simply 'a rock-star historian' (VLT - Sweden; Helsingin Sanomat - Finland). The Times has called him 'a literary star.' Silk Roads was named The Daily Telegraph's History Book of the Year 2015. it went to Number One in the Sunday Times Non-Fiction charts, remaining in the Top 10 for nine months in a row, as well as being #1 in China, India and many other countries around the world, selling more than 2m copies. It is one of 'ten books that change how you see the world' (The Times). It was named one of the 'Books of the Decade' 2010-20 by the Sunday Times. His follow-up, The New Silk Roads, is a 'masterly-mapping out of anew world order', according to the Evening Standard, and 'a brilliant guide to terra incognita' (Sunday Times) that is reminiscent of Tolstoy (Daily Telegraph). It won the Human Sciences prize of the Carical Foundation in 2019. In his latest book, The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, Peter looks at environmental history, at climate and the ways it has shaped the human and natural past. 'This is an endlessly fascinating book', says Gerard DeGroot in The Times, 'an easy read on an important subject. It has the intellectual weight and dramatic force of a tsunami.' According to Walter Scheidel in The Financial Times: 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.' In December 2018, The Silk Roads was named one of the 25 most influential books translated into Chinese in the last 40 years, alongside One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pride and Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby. In 2019, he won the prestigious Calliope Prize of the German Emigration Center, one of the richest prizes for the Humanities in Germany. In 2016-18, Peter's Songlines audio channel in which he chose his favourite pieces of world music was part of British Airways' In-Flight Entertainment system. In 2018, The Silk Roads was chosen as part of the Government of Pakistan's Read to Lead program to encourage literacy in the country. It was the inspiration for a new character in The Vikings mini-series. He has collaborated with Katie Melua and students at Oxford to create music based inspired by The Silk Roads. Peter's books The Silk Roads: A New History of the World and The New Silk Roads: The Future and Present of the World have been translated into forty languages. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ®  Produced by David Introcaso
Oxford Professor Neta Crawford Discusses Her Just-Published, "The Pentagon, Climate Change and War" (March 22nd)

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023


Listen Now The US government is frequently defined generally as an army with an insurance company. Regarding the latter, podcast...

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ®  Produced by David Introcaso
Oxford Professor Neta Crawford Discusses Her Just-Published, "The Pentagon, Climate Change and War" (March 22nd)

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 35:44


The US government is frequently defined generally as an army with an insurance company.  Regarding the latter, podcast listeners are well aware federal healthcare policymakers have essentially done nothing to address the healthcare industry's annual 500 million ton carbon footprint, 9% of total annual US GHG emissions, despite the fact that at $1.5 trillion the federal government is far and away the largest purchaser of healthcare services.  What about the army?  The army, or the Department of Defense (DOD), is the single largest institutional fossil fuel user and consequently the single largest GHG emitter in the world.  The DOD along with the military-industrial complex annually emit over 110 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions that represents 80% of the federal governments total annual GHG emissions.  This reality is particularly disturbing and paradoxical because the DOD's contribution to the climate crisis compromises its mission to ensure our nation's security.  Despite the fact climate crisis-caused geopolitical instability is increasing, absent proactively working toward building climate security, or climate crisis-related conflict prevention the Pentagon is, Prof. Crawford concludes, inadvertently or deliberately militarizing climate change, that is preparing to fight climate-related battles.  (Listeners are also encouraged to read MIT Press's related 2021 work by Gus Speth titled, They Knew, The US Fed Govt's 50 Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis.)       This 35-minute interview begins by Prof. Crawford describing what largely accounts for the DOD GHG emissions and problems associated with calculating total DOD emissions.  She explains the 1997 Kyoto agreement that permitted countries to exempt military emissions from nations' reduction goals.  She explains the DOD's use of fossil fuels since Vietnam to present and reductions in DOD emissions over the past few years, discusses US continuing the emission costs of continuing to defend the Persian Gulf, the debate between DOD building resilience versus mitigating GHG emissions and the interview concludes with Prof. Crawford's comments concerning whether increasing climate disruption will necessarily lead to conflict or war.         Neta Crawford is Montague Burton Chair in International Relations and also holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford.  She previously taught Boston University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.   Prof. Crawford is a co-founder and co-director of the Costs of War Project, based at Brown University and since 2017 has served on the board of the nuclear non-proliferation advocacy organization, Council for a Livable World.   She also serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Political Philosophy and Global Perspectives.  Prof. Crawford received the Distinguished Scholar award from the International Ethics section of the International Studies Association in 2018.   She was a co-winner of the 2003 American Political Science Association Jervis and Schroeder Award for best book in International History and Politics for her work, Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization, Humanitarian Intervention.  Professor Crawford's most recent publication is The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War (MIT Press, 2022). She is also working on To Make Heaven Weep: Civilians and the American Way of War.  She has authored several other books including, Accountability for Killing: Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post‑9/11 Wars (2013).  Her opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post.  Prof. Crawford earned her undergraduate degree at Brown and her doctorate in political science at MIT.  Information on Prof. Crawford's book is at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047487/the-pentagon-climate-change-and-war/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

LAB: The Podcast
Dr. Michael Ward

LAB: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 49:20


Author and Oxford Professor, Dr. Michael Ward, joins LAB: The Podcast to discuss the hidden layer of meaning he discovered in C.S. Lewis' Narnia series. We talk Planet Narnia and the tingling quality of the cosmos. Don't miss the chance to share some time with Dr. Michael Ward. 

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast
(Re-Post) Tolkien (Dr. Devin Brown)

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 22:06


IN THIS REPEAT: There are a lot of biographies on Tolkien. Back in 2014 I shared about a SHORT one that is written by Dr. Devin Brown, author of several popular books on Narnia and Middle Earth. Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis's (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I'm releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story of how Tolkien went from being "an obscure Oxford Professor" to "become the most beloved author of the century."  Purchase Tolkien Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Purchase Hobbit Lessons  Listen to The Christian World of The Hobbit (Interview or Series) Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis  

Blind Insights Podcast
Blind Insights - Thinking Better (Special guest Marcus du Sautoy)

Blind Insights Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 49:52


When you think of shortcuts, what comes to mind? Cheating? Or the premise of working smarter, not harder? Tim and David stumbled on a fascinating book by Oxford Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sautoy called "Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut" which provides insight into the practice of using and finding shortcuts. In this episode David and Tim reminisce with Marcus about how Mathematics became a daunting subject they disconnected from for various reasons. But Marcus proves that mathematics is a wonderful thinking language and provides the shortcuts to get excited about it. You can find more of Marcus's work in mathematics here, and follow his newest book on bookshelves and Audible. This episode references the AI Agents Podcast featuring Marcus talking about his previous book The Creativity Code. If you have any thoughts, questions, or want to how to best manifest destiny and contribute to your community, contact us and send us an audio clip at timwhiffen@auscastnetwork.com Want to work with David? Get in contact on his website. Need help with your podcast project? Ask Tim of Whimsy Productions.Support the show: https://auscast-network.myshopify.com/collections/blind-insightsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big Brain Channel
Blind Insights - Thinking Better (Special guest Marcus du Sautoy)

Big Brain Channel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 49:52


When you think of shortcuts, what comes to mind? Cheating? Or the premise of working smarter, not harder? Tim and David stumbled on a fascinating book by Oxford Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sautoy called "Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut" which provides insight into the practice of using and finding shortcuts. In this episode David and Tim reminisce with Marcus about how Mathematics became a daunting subject they disconnected from for various reasons. But Marcus proves that mathematics is a wonderful thinking language and provides the shortcuts to get excited about it. You can find more of Marcus's work in mathematics here, and follow his newest book on bookshelves and Audible. This episode references the AI Agents Podcast featuring Marcus talking about his previous book The Creativity Code. If you have any thoughts, questions, or want to how to best manifest destiny and contribute to your community, contact us and send us an audio clip at timwhiffen@auscastnetwork.com Want to work with David? Get in contact on his website. Need help with your podcast project? Ask Tim of Whimsy Productions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pints with Jack
S5E41 – Apologetics Month: “Why is there suffering?” – After Hours with Dr. Bethany Sollereder

Pints with Jack

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022


Continuing with "Apologetics Month", we turn to what is probably the most powerful argument in favour of atheism, what Lewis called "The Problem of Pain". David interviews Oxford Professor, Dr. Bethany N. Sollereder about her book, "Why is there suffering?"

New Books Network
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today. 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

New Books in Literary Studies
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Literature
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

New Books in Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

New Books in Dance
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

New Books in Dance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today.

New Books in Poetry
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)

New Books in Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 63:40


In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. Based on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, A Vertical Art illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in “Like, Elizabeth Bishop,” in which Armitage dissects—and tallies—the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of “Ninety-Five Theses” on the principles and practice of poetry. An appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, A Vertical Art makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

The TriDot Podcast
The Keys to Ketones for Everyday Health

The TriDot Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 58:42


How can ketones boost your overall health and well-being? University of Oxford Professor of Physiological Biochemistry, Dr. Kieran Clarke, returns to the podcast to share how your body interacts with ketones differently from other fuel sources. Listen in as Dr. Clarke shares how this novel and exciting fuel source can be used for improving body composition, increasing mental clarity, maintaining a balanced mood, decreasing anxiety, and boosting the immune system. She also answers listener questions about when NOT to use ketones, how to combine them with other fuel sources, and the origin of the deltaG ester. Huge thanks to deltaG for partnering with us on this episode. To learn more about the performance boosting benefits of deltaG Ketones head to deltaGketones.com and use code TRIDOT20 for 20% off your order. On their site you can: 1. Learn more about fueling with deltaG ketone products 2. Make a standalone purchase, or subscribe for ongoing deltaG ketone deliveries 3. Book a FREE 15 minute video consultation with Brian, an expert on exogenous ketones, and deltaG in particular, to discuss your individual goals and best choice of deltaG drink to exceed those goals.

Ben Ferguson Morning Update
FINALLY SOME TRUTH: "We can't vaccinate the planet every four to six months", says Oxford Professor who helped make the vaccine!

Ben Ferguson Morning Update

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 46:23


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All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast
(Re-Post) Tolkien (Dr. Devin Brown)

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 22:06


IN THIS REPEAT: There are a lot of biographies on Tolkien. Back in 2014 I shared about a SHORT one that is written by Dr. Devin Brown, author of several popular books on Narnia and Middle Earth. Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis's (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I'm releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story of how Tolkien went from being "an obscure Oxford Professor" to "become the most beloved author of the century."  Purchase Tolkien Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Purchase Hobbit Lessons  Listen to The Christian World of The Hobbit (Interview or Series) Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis  

Basement Poetry Podcast
"The Rainstick" - Seamus Heaney

Basement Poetry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 11:41


Today we will take a look at "The Rainstick" by Seamus Heaney. Bio: Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. A native of Northern Ireland, Heaney was raised in County Derry, and later lived for many years in Dublin. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism, and edited several widely used anthologies. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." Heaney taught at Harvard University (1985-2006) and served as the Oxford Professor of Poetry (1989-1994). He died in 2013. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney "The Rainstick" by Seamus Heaney. Upend the rainstick and what happens next Is a music that you never would have known To listen for. In a cactus stalk Downpour, sluice-rush, spillage and backwash Come flowing through. You stand there like a pipe Being played by water, you shake it again lightly And diminuendo runs through all its scales Like a gutter stopping trickling. And now here comes A sprinkle of drops out of the freshened leaves, Then subtle little wets off grass and daisies; Then glitter-drizzle, almost-breaths of air. Upend the stick again. What happens next Is undiminished for having happened once. Twice, ten, a thousand times before. Who cares if the music that transpires Is the fall of grit or dry seeds through a cactus? You are like a rich man entering heaven Through the ear of a shower. Listen now again. https://newrepublic.com/article/114546/seamus-heaney-rainstick --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bppod/support

Walking With Wealth Managers
'Any idiot can be ripped off': Oxford professor on the private equity frenzy

Walking With Wealth Managers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 21:29


Professor Ludovic Phalippou of The University of Oxford Said Business School talks through the problems with performance reporting in private equity, why so-called ‘democratisation' can lead to big problems for investors and why he's surprised by the latest media coverage of private equity interest in UK listed companies.

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast
(Re-Post) Tolkien (Dr. Devin Brown)

All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 22:06


IN THIS REPEAT: There are a lot of biographies on Tolkien. Back in 2014 I shared about a SHORT one that is written by Dr. Devin Brown, author of several popular books on Narnia and Middle Earth. Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis's (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I'm releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story of how Tolkien went from being "an obscure Oxford Professor" to "become the most beloved author of the century."  Purchase Tolkien Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Purchase Hobbit Lessons  Listen to The Christian World of The Hobbit (Interview or Series) Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis  

Tolkien in 5 Minuten
013 Die Kinder Tolkiens

Tolkien in 5 Minuten

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 5:30


In einem Haus in Oxford, da lebten vier Kinder. John, Michael, Christopher und Priscilla. Diese Kinder waren nicht sehr wohlhabend, aber glücklich, und sie hießen Tolkien. Die Tolkiens galten als sehr achtbare Leute, weil der Vater, John Ronald, ein waschechter Oxford Professor war. Manchmal jedoch benahm er sich seltsam, sprach in fremden Sprachen oder scheuchte die Nachbarn auf. Schuld daran waren seine Kinder, für die er Geschichten erfand. Diese Episode nun handelt von eben diesen Kindern, die letztendlich dafür sorgten, dass ein achtbarer Hobbit wie Bilbo Beutlin in ein waghalsiges Abenteuer hineingeriet.

Unbelievable?
Classic Replay: Are we alone in the universe? – Paul Davies & John Lennox

Unbelievable?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 61:35


What does it take for life to get going in our universe?  Is there intelligence in the stars or right under our nose? Renowned astrophysicist Paul Davies chats to Oxford Professor of Mathematics John Lennox. A popular science author, Davies’ book ‘The Eerie Silence’ examines the likelihood of the universe producing life elsewhere. John Lennox is a Christian Mathematician and philosopher. He is the author of numerous books including ‘God's Undertaker: has science buried God?’ and has debated Richard Dawkins on several occasions. Davies' work on the fine tuning of the universe for life has been sympathetic to theism. In this programme, Lennox challenges Davies to look to design not just in cosmology but in the cell. They also chat about what the discovery of extra-terrestrial life would mean for Christian theology.  Originally broadcast on 17th April 2010. For Paul Davies see http://cosmos.asu.edu/  For John Lennox see http://johnlennox.org/  For Unbelievable? The Conference 2021 http://www.unbelievable.live  USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: http://www.unbelievable.show Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the free Unbelievable? e-book ‘In Conversation With…’ https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter   Support the show: https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable    For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB   Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb   Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

Grundsatz
Grundsatz #13: Wie Europa eine erfolgreiche Datenökonomie gestalten kann - mit Oxford-Professor Dr. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger und Wirtschaftskammer-Präsident Dr. Harald Mahrer

Grundsatz

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 45:14


„Digitalisierung ist eines der großen Themen unserer Zeit und betrifft uns alle“, hält Präsidentin Bettina Rausch zu Beginn der dreizehnten Folge des „Grundsatz“-Podcast fest. Sie nimmt dabei auch Bezug auf eine Veranstaltung der Politischen Akademie, in der Julian Nida-Rümelin zu Gast war, der in seinem Buch „Digitaler Humanismus“ die vielen Vorteile und Chancen der Digitalisierung beschreibt, gleichzeitig aber die Beachtung ethischer Grundlagen einmahnt. Auch die Gäste von Moderator Christian Gerd Laudenbach, Oxford-Professor Dr. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger und Wirtschaftskammer-Präsident Dr. Harald Mahrer, erkennen viele ungenützte Chancen aber auch Gefahren in der Entwicklung der Datenökonomie: „85 Prozent der Daten, die in Europa gesammelt werden, werden nicht ein einziges Mal genutzt. Das ist ineffizient, nicht nachhaltig und vor allem ignorant“, findet Mayer-Schönberger klare Worte. Gemeint sind vor allem statistische, nicht personenbezogene Daten. Mahrer betont vor allem den Nutzen aus der Datenverwertung: „Es geht darum, aus Daten Informationen zu generieren und damit zu Wissen werden zu lassen. Damit werden Entscheidungen schlauer, vielleicht nachhaltiger und fundierter“, so Mahrer. Die bisherige europäische „Daten-Politik“ sehen beide kritisch. Man habe mit unverhältnismäßigen Maßnahmen die klein strukturierte europäische Wirtschaft belastet und schwäche damit die globale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, ist Mahrer überzeugt. Er fordert eine „Europäische Datennutzungsgrundverordnung“ und unterstützt den Vorschlag von Mayer-Schönberger, die großen amerikanischen „Datenkraken“ nicht zu zerschlagen, sondern zu zwingen, ihre Daten zu teilen.

Professor of Poetry
Lines by Alice Oswald

Professor of Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 65:10


It's fifty years since the publication of From the Life and Songs of the Crow (by Ted Hughes). This is a lecture about lines and other sound barriers and how Crow flies straight through them. Alice Oswald is the current Professor of Poetry at the Faculty of English. She took up her post in September 2019. Alice Oswald’s first two lectures as Professor of Poetry are available online: ‘The Art of Erosion’ and ‘An Interview with Water‘ Professor Ros Ballaster, Chair of the English Faculty Board at Oxford, said: ‘Poetry plays an important role in our universities and society. It is a place for reflection in language and about language. ‘The election of Alice Oswald sees the tenure of our first female Professor of Poetry. To adopt the words in her own poetry, it is the fulfilment of long balancing “the weight of hope against the light of patience”. Hers is a remarkable, resonant talent and we count ourselves privileged to host her for four years. A new Oxford Professor of Poetry is elected every four years, and their responsibilities include giving a public lecture each term, as well as an oration at the University’s honorary degree ceremony every other year.

Professor of Poetry
Lines by Alice Oswald

Professor of Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 65:10


It's fifty years since the publication of From the Life and Songs of the Crow (by Ted Hughes). This is a lecture about lines and other sound barriers and how Crow flies straight through them. Alice Oswald is the current Professor of Poetry at the Faculty of English. She took up her post in September 2019. Alice Oswald's first two lectures as Professor of Poetry are available online: ‘The Art of Erosion' and ‘An Interview with Water‘ Professor Ros Ballaster, Chair of the English Faculty Board at Oxford, said: ‘Poetry plays an important role in our universities and society. It is a place for reflection in language and about language. ‘The election of Alice Oswald sees the tenure of our first female Professor of Poetry. To adopt the words in her own poetry, it is the fulfilment of long balancing “the weight of hope against the light of patience”. Hers is a remarkable, resonant talent and we count ourselves privileged to host her for four years. A new Oxford Professor of Poetry is elected every four years, and their responsibilities include giving a public lecture each term, as well as an oration at the University's honorary degree ceremony every other year.

London Walks
“the horses have been snipped” – Steve on the Bayeaux Tapestry

London Walks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 8:40


"I am not making this up...he decided to count the number of penises"

The Veritas Forum
Losing Hope? A Discussion on God & the Reality of Suffering | Alister McGrath & Alan Lightman

The Veritas Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 75:46


Dr. Alan Lightman, Author and MIT Professor and Physicist, and Dr. Alister McGrath, Oxford Professor of Science and Religion, explore questions of suffering, hope, and the possibility of God through the lenses of their individual worldviews.

Girls Twiddling Knobs
#08. NYE Special: Celebrating Women of Music Tech History with Prof. Gascia Ouzounian

Girls Twiddling Knobs

Play Episode Play 49 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 91:21


What better way to welcome in the New Year than raising a glass to the unsung heroines of music technology, past and present? And there's no-one better to do this with than Oxford Professor, Gascia Ouzounian. So, join Gascia and Isobel for a New Year's tipple and a natter about some of the amazing ladies that have paved the way in music tech and get inspired for what you could achieve in 2021.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS{00:00} Intro{03:19} Gascia reflects on 2020{07:53} New Year Resolutions and the importance of slowing down{13:13} How Gascia got into music technology, finding her niche in Sound Art and becoming an educator{17:55} Gascia talks about writing her new book, ‘Stereophonica'{26:58} Composing graphic scores in her latest project ‘Recomposing the City'{31:22} Gascia shares her top women from music tech history{54:15} Honouring women who overcame gender bias{01:02:17} Importance of carving your own path{01:15:47} Women in Music and Race{01:22:29} Women in Music and Disability{01:26:19} Gascia's advice for women in musicDiscover your female producer spirit guide. Take the quiz NOW >>Remember, Gascia has an awesome sounding book, Stereophonica, coming out in February, which you can pre order now from MIT Press >>Find our more about her latest project ‘Recomposing the City' here >>Listen to the episode hereListen on SpotifyJoin the Female DIY Musician Tribe Community on FacebookDon't be shy - spread the Girls Twiddling Knobs Love

Roy Green Show
Global News investigative journalist Stewart Bell. Staff in shock. Chaos inside ON nursing home, Parl Budget Officer. Critical of Trudeau gov spending in secret, Oxford Professor Melinda Mills on tackling Covid vaccine mistrust, Restaurant owner Saki Siho

Roy Green Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 48:57


Cutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.xml Format)
Nov. 8, 2020 "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt (Blurb, i.e. Educational Talk): "Farm for Sale! Witness Crumbling of Empire, Tired and Spent" *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Nov. 8, 2020 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)

Cutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.xml Format)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 312:51


--{ "Farm for Sale! Witness Crumbling of Empire, Tired and Spent, Military Might Over-Extended Across the World, Floating People ask Where the Power all Went, Since the Flag Still Flutters Free, Unfurled. Marshal Tunes and Songs Still Sound the Same, Yet Cohesive Unity is Frayed and Fragmented, Floating People are Programmed Who to Blame, Internal Fury and Rage from the Discontented." (Floating People--Those Who Live in Superficial Reality, Never Diving Beneath Waves of Consciousness to Find The Beast which, with Every Calculated Movement of its Mind and Body Causes Ripples and Currents Which Move All Predetermined Changes in Human Affairs.) © Alan Watt }-- Time - City of London - Covid Idea is Chiseled in Stone - Living Through a Script - Fascism - Lifelong Vaccinations - Tyrants - Corruption, Morality, Religion; Ethics, Bioethics - Yale - Al Gore, Climate Predictions - Brzezinski, Low Intensity Waves - Technocracy; H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Hierarchy of Specialists - Sexual Revolution, Music, Fashion, Abortion, Devaluing Human Life - Plato, Licensing Musicians, Plays and Art - Corporations; Quigley, CEOs New Feudal Overlords - Lockdown Fallout, Suicides - Planned Obsolescence - Cytokine Storm - The Patriot Act - Passports, ID2020 - Universal Basic Income - Slavery and Debt - Biden - www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com to DONATE and ORDER; News Links are Posted on My Official Websites - Am I My Brother's Keeper?, Cain and Abel - Darwinism - The Revolutionary Class that is Used; Looting - Vote-Rigging, Deep State - World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab - Lockdown, Riots Across the World, Poverty; Trained that You don't Have Rights - Unconventional Warfare - War Upon the People - Sustainability - U.S., Banana Republic, Run by Warlords - This is the Elite's Revolution, Bringing Us into Their New System, The New Normal - Power of Entertainment; Follow the Stars - Cult Deprogramming - Collectivism, Required Attendance at Events - Vaccine Hesitancy; Informed Consent; The Magic Number, The Tipping Point - Swine Flu - Post-Consumer, Great Reset - Human Habitat Corridors - Censorship, Authorized Social Influencers - GATT, WTO; Training Chinese in Manufacture, Engineering - Canada, GM Foods - Genetics, Eugenics, David Suzuki - Rawhide, Stampedes - England, Rishi Sunak, Furlough Scheme - Exchequer, Knights Templar - Quantitative Easing - Whitty and Vallance Defend '4,000 deaths a day' Lockdown Dossier - Theresa May Leads Assault on Lockdown Plans - Neil Ferguson - Government's SAGE Committee of Scientific Advisers, Matt Hancock, PM Told Dead Bodies would be Stored on Ice Rinks - Politicians Who Voted For and Against England's Lockdown - SAGE Files, Covid-19 is Mutating, Patients Dying Faster in Second Wave - Wartime Scenarios, Statistics - New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian Warns Her 'Patience is wearing thin' with Coronavirus Rule Breakers; QR Codes - Justin Trudeau - Winston Churchill, War Games - Army to Help with Mass Testing in Liverpool, England - Contact Tracing - Age, Ethnicity and Wealth and When You Receive the Vaccine - Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Moncef Slaoui; mRNA Vaccines - Australian Biosecurity Act 2015, Five Years Imprisonment and/or a $66,600 Fine for Refusing Coronavirus Vaccination? - Food on a Frisbee - CommonPass, New Covid Security Measures and Travel - Britons Should be Paid to Take COVID-19 Vaccine, Oxford Professor and Ethicist - The CDC Said It was O.K. for COVID Patients to Vote in Person? - Facial Recognition Used to Identify Protester - Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Surveillance - PCR Tests - Global Biometrics Market Forecast to Surpass $82B by 2027 - We are the Business - Peter Hitchens, Britons are Being Sentenced to a Slow, Agonising Death - Sacrifice for the Great Reset - ID2020 - 'We've closed all of Cornwall down for three people in hospital', NHS Whistleblower, Shelley Tasker - England's Top Catholic Cardinal Vincent Nichols Blasts Lockdown Ban on Church Services - Whitney Webb articles, Secretive HHS AI Platform to Predict US Covid-19 Outbreaks Weeks in Advance; New Pentagon-Google Partnership Suggests AI Will Soon Be Used to Diagnose Covid-19 - BBC, Tell-Tale Signs of Vote Rigging - Glitches, Real-Time Switching of Results, 2019 article, Thank God for the Deep State - Bacterial Pneumonia was Main Killer in 1918 Flu Pandemic - Archbishop Vigano's Letter to Trump about The Great Reset - Credit System; Punishment and Reward - U.S. Presidential Election - The Club of Rome, Democracy too Cumbersome - Government by Decree: 'Covid-19 and the Constitution', Lord Sumption - Trained to Hate and Distrust Christianity - Individual Rights. *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Nov. 8, 2020 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)

WDR ZeitZeichen
Der Herr der Ringe, 3. Teil erscheint (am 20.10.1955)

WDR ZeitZeichen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 14:59


So richtig glücklich war er nicht mit dem Titel. Er verrate zu viel über das Ende seines Mammut-Werkes, glaubte J.R.R. Tolkien, Oxford-Professor für Englische Sprache und Schöpfer der Fantasiewelt Mittelerde. "Der Ringkrieg" hätte er lauten sollen. Doch der Verleger setzte sich durch, und so erschien am 20. Oktober 1955 "The Return of the King", der dritte und abschließende Teil der epischen Geschichte um Hobbits, Zauberer, Elben, Orks und den verwunschenen Ring. Autor: Martin Herzog

Christ Redeemer Church » Sermons
The Sword of the Spirit

Christ Redeemer Church » Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 24:28


REFLECTION QUOTES “For just as eyes, when dimmed with age or weakness or by some other defect, unless aided by spectacles, discern nothing distinctly; so, such is our feebleness, unless Scripture guides us in seeking God, we are immediately confused.” ~John Calvin (1509-1564), French theologian, reformer and pastor “To be fair, much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically cobbled-together anthology of disjointed documents, composed, revised, translated, distorted and ‘improved' by hundreds of anonymous authors, editors and copyists, unknown to us and mostly unknown to each other, spanning nine centuries.” ~Richard Dawkins (1941-present), British biologist and outspoken atheist “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” ~Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.” ~Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States “I've experienced His presence is the deepest darkest hell that men can create. I have tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.” ~Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983), Dutch watchmaker and surviver of the Ravensbrück concentration camp “It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.” ~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), Oxford Professor of English. SERMON PASSAGE Hebrews 4:9-13 (NIV) 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
From valuations to international relations; cycles to ‘di-worse-ification' - what the world's leading real estate investment textbook tells us, with Oxford Professor Andrew Baum

The Return: Property & Investment Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 24:16


From valuations to international relations; cycles to ‘di-worse-ification' - the world's leading real estate investment textbook has a lot to say about investing right now. I had the privilege of quizzing leading Oxford Professor Andrew Baum on what his latest textbook says, and what it means for investors. Highlights include: Top tips for long term investors International drivers of demand - and how tense international relations will affect global real estate investment Common mistakes investors make with their numbers, and how to avoid them Understanding risk, and whether real estate can still be considered a ‘safe haven' Debt, development and market cycles Resources: Andrew's recently revised book: Real Estate Investment and Finance: Strategies, Structures, Key Decisions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Estate-Investment-Finance-Strategies-dp-1119526094/dp/1119526094/ref=dp_ob_title_bk Oxford Future of Real Estate Initiative https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/research/centres-and-initiatives/oxford-future-real-estate-initiative Andrew on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-baum-303a014/ Anna's website: annaclareharper.com Anna on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/

The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce. You can watch the video of this recording (and our live Episode 45 recording on 27th April) at: https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos   This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions. Producer John thought lockdown would be the perfect time to do it, when we can try and help ease the stress, boredom and isolation.   Other listener inspired topics discussed by the podcast crew: - What astronomy equipment do we use? - Are the current clear skies a product of fewer airplanes and lower pollution? - What would happen if a small stellar-mass black hole collided with a much more massive star? Could the star ever ‘win’? From Glenn Diekmann in California   The Guests: We invited some of our friends from the astronomy world to answer your questions:   University of Oxford Professor of Astronomy, Creator of the Zooniverse and BBC’s The Sky at Night Presenter, Dr. Chris Lintott. We asked him: - Are there ways for an amateur astrophotographer to get involved in contributing to actual science? From David Schlaudt. - Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be?  From Mark De Vrij.   Director of Public Engagement for Cardiff University’s Gravity Exploration Institute, Dr. Chris North. We asked him: - Why are astronomers so sure that Oumuamua and Borisov are from outside the Solar System? From Derry North (Chris’ Dad!) - Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be? From Mark De Vrij.   http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast
Big Data And AI - Is The Hype Justified - with Oxford Professor Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger

Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 8:22


In this conversation I speak to Oxford Professor Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger about the data age, the hype around big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We discuss whether the hype is justified and what impact these technologies are having.

The Plague
Episode 6: The Plague of Lie Machines with Oxford professor Philip N. Howard

The Plague

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 54:19


Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies that misdirect our attention, poison our political conversations, and jeopardize our democracies.This is the plague that Oxford professor Philip Howard takes on in his new book: Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives. With massive amounts of social media and public polling data, and in depth interviews with political consultants, bot writers, and journalists, Philip N. Howard offers ways to take these “lie machines” apart.Dr. Howard gets into how these lie machines are literally causing Covid deaths throughout our society through misinformation...and how they helped to put the authoritarians, currently mishandling the pandemic, in power in the first place...But it's not all doom and gloom: he has amazing treatments and cures prescribed for this plague--from big policy demands to personal behavior recommendations to rid us of this disinformation infection.As part of the creative contribution I ask of my guest experts, he does an amazing dramatic rendition of the titles of some unlikely and weird videos that come up when you search for Covid news under today's algorithm. Benedict Cumberbatch, William Shatner, look out! Dr. Howard is overtaking you.https://liemachines.org/https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/philip-howard/Host and Editor: L.M. Bogad: www.lmbogad.comMusic: Jason Montero https://m.soundcloud.com/jamoja, and by my other friend named JaySound effects clips from soundbible.comclip art from nicepng.com

AWESOME ASTRONOMY
Live Lockdown Q&A Show

AWESOME ASTRONOMY

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 100:55


You can watch the video of this recording (and our live Episode 95 recording on 27th April) at https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos (midday PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Central Europe)   This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions. Producer John thought lockdown would be the perfect time to do it, when we can try and help ease the stress, boredom and isolation.   The Guests: We invited some of our friends from the astronomy world to answer your questions too: University of Oxford Professor of Astronomy, Creator of the Zooniverse and BBC’s The Sky at Night Presenter, Chris Lintott. We asked him: Are there ways for an amateur astrophotographer to get involved in contributing to actual science? From David Schlaudt Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be?  From Mark De Vrij   Director of Public Engagement for Cardiff University’s Gravity Exploration Institute, Dr Chris North. We asked him: Why are astronomers so sure that Oumuamua and Borisov are from outside the Solar System? From Derry North (Chris’ Dad!) Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be?  From Mark De Vrij   Senior Astronomer and Institute Fellow at the SETI Institute, Seth Shostak. We asked him: What’s currently big in the world of extraterrestrial hunting? What happens when we discover possibly habitable planets? From @WrathfulTumbles Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be?  From Mark De Vri   US Spaceflight researcher and chronicler, Gavin Price. We asked for: An overview of the Apollo 13 mission that was limping back to Earth 50 years ago today The key Apollo 13 decisions and preparations that were underway at this point - a day before splashdown A discussion about, and nod to the BBC World Service podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon. From Peter Ellinger  Other listener inspired topics discussed by the podcast crew: What astronomy equipment do we use? Are the current clear skies a product of fewer airplanes and lower pollution? What would happen if a small stellar-mass black hole collided with a much more massive star? Could the star ever ‘win’? From Glenn Diekmann in California You talk about the ELT in April part 1. But how on God's green Earth do you keep a mirror like that clean? From @SeamasterGMT A discussion on the ‘Ashen light of Venus’ inspired by @Blixbuller

Front Row
Beethoven at 250

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 28:00


A celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven, marking the composer's 250th anniversary year. To discuss what sets Beethoven apart from other composers, John Wilson is joined by pianist Stephen Hough, poet Ruth Padel, Oxford Professor of Music Laura Tunbridge and conductor Sir Simon Rattle, who says of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: "It is too much of everything!... this is a composer inventing the music of the next one hundred years" Throughout 2020 Simon Rattle will be conducting Beethoven with the London Symphony Orchestra, starting in January with Symphonies 7 and 9 and the rarely performed Oratorio, Christ on the Mount of Olives. Stephen Hough's recording of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos will be released later this year, as will Laura Tunbridge's major biography of the composer. Ruth Padel's collection Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life is published at the end of January. Radio 3 is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th anniversary with a year-long series, Beethoven Unleashed, launching on 13 January with Composer of the Week. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Timothy Prosser

UNICEF - The Future of Childhood
Ian Goldin, Oxford Professor, on a new children’s renaissance

UNICEF - The Future of Childhood

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 32:34


UNICEF's 10-part special podcast series on "The Future of Childhood" - to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this episode, Sarah Crowe, speaks to Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development Ian Goldin on a new children’s renaissance. Professor Ian Goldin was the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School from September 2006 to September 2016. He is currently Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development, Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin School, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change and a Professorial Fellow at the University’s Balliol College.  

CrosierCast
CC059: Tolkien, Part 1 – Free Will and Fate in Western Myth

CrosierCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019


Tolkien, an Oxford Professor and devout Catholic who infused his works with religious meaning.

Crazy Money with Paul Ollinger
Dr. Will MacAskill: Oxford professor on Effective Altruism

Crazy Money with Paul Ollinger

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 65:52


Will MacAskill—whom Bill Gates describes as, “a data nerd after my own heart"—is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford. Will’s academic research focuses on the fundamentals of effective altruism—the use of evidence and reason to help others by as much as possible with our time and money, with a particular concentration on how to act given moral uncertainty. He is the author of Doing Good Better - Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference. His TED Talk on the subject has earned almost two million views. Will is also the Director of the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research, a co-founder and the President of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) and helped to create the effective altruism movement. Through Giving What We Can, CEA encourages people to commit to donate at least 10% of their income to the most effective charities. (You can take the pledge here.)  Will and I discuss global disease, factory farming, nuclear annihilation (smily emoticon) and whether or not those rich folks who donated to re-build Notre Dame Cathedral should have used their money in another way.  See my upcoming shows and links to my comedy EP, Alive on the Upper West Side on: http://paulollinger.com

Poetry with Simon Armitage
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

Poetry with Simon Armitage

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 66:46


Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet.

MVD PODCAST
1.22: Oxford-professor over buitenaardse wezens, Attunement, Mooji meditatie

MVD PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 24:17


Slaapprobleem of spiritueel ontwaken? Geleid mediteren met Mooji Oxford-professor legt zijn 'Colonization Theory' uit Boekentip: Attunement van Marisa Moris

Teachings
Citizens and Exiles - The Art of Non-Participation [Ryan Ashley]

Teachings

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 47:38


Daniel 3It is an all too familiar a scenario to which history repeatedly testifies: An attempt to harness religion in the interest of the totalitarian state by making the state an object of worship.Oxford Professor, John Lennox“The myth of America as a Christian nation with the church as its guardian has been and continues to be damaging both to the church and to the advancement of God's kingdom. Among other things, this nationalistic myth blinds us to the way in which our basic and most cherished cultural assumptions are diametrically opposed to the kingdom way of life taught by Jesus and his disciples instead of living out the radically, counter-cultural mandate of the kingdom of God. This myth has induced us to ‘Christianize' many pagan aspects of our culture. Instead of providing the culture with a radical alternative way of life, we largely present it with a religious version of what it already has.”Greg Boyd“We need to remind ourselves that no modern nation, whether America, England, Korea or whatever, is in a situation like Israel. America is not a Christian nation, there is no such thing as a Christian nation. America is more like Babylon in Daniels day or Rome in Jesus' day than Israel.”Tremper Longman“We have learned of the frightening scenes which took place three weeks ago in Paris, where the French police, on orders of the occupying power, arrested in their homes all the Jewish families to hold them in the Vel d'Hiv. We are afraid that the measures of deportation of the Jews will soon be applied in the Southern Zone. We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews But we make no distinction between Jews and non-Jews. It is contrary to the gospel teaching. If our comrades, whose only fault is to be born in another religion, received the order to let themselves be deported, or even examined, they would disobey the order received, and we would try to hide them as best we could. We have Jews, you're not getting them.”Andre Trocme

Teachings
Citizens and Exiles - The Art of Non-Participation [Ryan Ashley]

Teachings

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 47:38


Daniel 3It is an all too familiar a scenario to which history repeatedly testifies: An attempt to harness religion in the interest of the totalitarian state by making the state an object of worship.Oxford Professor, John Lennox“The myth of America as a Christian nation with the church as its guardian has been and continues to be damaging both to the church and to the advancement of God’s kingdom. Among other things, this nationalistic myth blinds us to the way in which our basic and most cherished cultural assumptions are diametrically opposed to the kingdom way of life taught by Jesus and his disciples instead of living out the radically, counter-cultural mandate of the kingdom of God. This myth has induced us to ‘Christianize’ many pagan aspects of our culture. Instead of providing the culture with a radical alternative way of life, we largely present it with a religious version of what it already has.”Greg Boyd“We need to remind ourselves that no modern nation, whether America, England, Korea or whatever, is in a situation like Israel. America is not a Christian nation, there is no such thing as a Christian nation. America is more like Babylon in Daniels day or Rome in Jesus’ day than Israel.”Tremper Longman“We have learned of the frightening scenes which took place three weeks ago in Paris, where the French police, on orders of the occupying power, arrested in their homes all the Jewish families to hold them in the Vel d’Hiv. We are afraid that the measures of deportation of the Jews will soon be applied in the Southern Zone. We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews But we make no distinction between Jews and non-Jews. It is contrary to the gospel teaching. If our comrades, whose only fault is to be born in another religion, received the order to let themselves be deported, or even examined, they would disobey the order received, and we would try to hide them as best we could. We have Jews, you’re not getting them.”Andre Trocme

Front Row
The Archers' Canterbury Tales, Watership Down, Gremlins - alternative Christmas film, Putin and Rap

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 28:19


As the Archers prepares for its Canterbury Tales Christmas special, Carole Boyd - who plays the doyenne of Ambridge theatricals Lynda Snell - is joined by Oxford Professor of Medieval Literature Laura Ashe to discuss Chaucer's tales of courtly love and boisterous sex.The new BBC and Netflix animated version of Watership Down will be broadcast on BBC ONE at 7pm on December 22 and 23. Critic Mark Ecclestone gives his view on how it compares with the book by Richard Adams, and whether the new version will traumatise children, as the first film version did in the seventies.Recently rappers in Russia have found their concerts cancelled by venues and local authorities and some musicians have been arrested. Over the weekend President Putin admitted he couldn't get rid of rap, but that he wanted to control it, saying, "If it's impossible to stop something, you have to take charge of it." But what is his objection and what does he intend to do? Alexander Kan, the BBC Russian Service's arts and culture correspondent, reads the runes.If you're in need of a break from all the sugar-coated seasonal fare, Front Row is offering some substitute Christmas treats for you to consider. The film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh unwraps her alternative festive film, Gremlins, a tale of Christmas shopping gone wrong.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May

Arts & Ideas
Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 44:50


Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written about Auden, Dostoevsky and tragedy. At Hay Festival he talks to poet Simon Armitage about the imprint of landscapes in Yorkshire, West Wales, and the Middle East, the use of dialect words and reinterpreting myths. Chaired by Rana Mitter. Books by Rowan Williams include Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction and The Tragic Imagination. He is Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Books by Simon Armitage include The Unaccompanied, Flit, Selected Poems, Walking Home, Travelling Songs, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Homer's Odyssey. He is the current Oxford Professor of Poetry.Producer: Fiona McLean.

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
In-Conversation // Simon Armitage: From Punk to Poet

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2018 58:44


“I’ve always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language…” From a life-long passion for rock music to his post as Oxford Professor of Poetry, poet, … The post In-Conversation // Simon Armitage: From Punk to Poet appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Center Stage with Pamela Kuhn
Brian Catling, Oxford Professor – pt.1

Center Stage with Pamela Kuhn

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 28:01


The man who would be King!  Royal Academician,  Brian Catling on his literary trilogy THE VOORH,  his visual art work and why the cowboy character, Doc Holliday is so important.

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The Profile
Oxford Professor of Science and Religion Alister McGrath: Why I am a Christian

The Profile

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017 53:13


Justin Brierley interviews Christian apologist and Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, Alister McGrath. 

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
Episode 153 - Marcus Du Sautoy

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 66:05


Cara is joined by the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Oxford Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Marcus Du Sautoy, to talk about his new book "The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science." They discuss his role as a professional science communicator, as well as his take on the very edges of modern science understanding, from chaos to consciousness to infinity. Follow Marcus: @MarcusduSautoy.

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
Episode 153 - Marcus Du Sautoy

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 66:04


Cara is joined by the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Oxford Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Marcus Du Sautoy, to talk about his new book "The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science." They discuss his role as a professional science communicator, as well as his take on the very edges of modern science understanding, from chaos to consciousness to infinity. Follow Marcus: @MarcusduSautoy.

Jellybean Podcast with Doug Lynch
Jellybean #50 Sarah Nikolić @MedicalSinger at #SMACCdub

Jellybean Podcast with Doug Lynch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 9:21


Okay. This is not going to be what you are expecting. Last week we spoke about Ethics with the Oxford Professor of Ethics. The week before we spoke about Ultrasound saving the world with Resa Lewiss. This week we are singing from a different song sheet. I speak to Sarah Nikolić who was a student in Slovenia when I contacted her, then she qualified before I met her, then she danced around the virtual intrapleural space in front of 2000 people at SMACCdub and then she danced some more at St. James Gate where Guinness is brewed and where #FOAMed was named. Beware; this Jellybean starts off rather differently to usual. It sounds an awful lot better but then returns to a more recognised and less beautiful format. Congratulations Sarah on getting through your exams. This one is a tribute to every paramedic, nurse or doctor that has worked their way through those hard times. You’re awesome. Don’t forget it. Sing it from the rooftops. Keep painting. Grow vegetables. Climb mountains. Make stuff. Create wonderful children. Whatever! You are more than your job description, you are unique and that probably makes you a better carer anyway!

Jellybean Podcast with Doug Lynch
Jellybean #49 Oxford Professor of Practical Ethics Julian Savulescu

Jellybean Podcast with Doug Lynch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016 26:34


I have a dilemma. It is this; almost all of my ethics are a bunch of poorly thought out lies and assumptions. What am I going to do about it? Perhaps I should ask the Uehiro Chair of Practical Ethics from Oxford, Professor Julian Savulescu. My ethics are crap. Your ethics are probably crap too. If you think your ethics are definitely not crap then the aforementioned probability just shot up to somewhere very near 1. If you think Ethics in Medicine are very simple, or even dull, you haven’t thought about them enough. The more you think about them the harder they get. When I was taught ethics as a student it wasn’t too inspiring. As I butted up against ethical issues as a clinician it was inspiring. How can I not care about a right to life or a right to death, a right to choose or the lack thereof?

Private Passions
Christopher Ricks

Private Passions

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2015 34:15


Michael Berkeley's guest is the distinguished scholar Sir Christopher Ricks, who was described by W.H. Auden as 'the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding.' He has championed the work of new poets including Seamus Heaney and Christopher Hill, and in book after book over 50 years he has thrown new light on the great poets of the past: Milton, Keats, Tennyson, T.S. Eliot. He has been the Oxford Professor of Poetry, and Professor of English at Cambridge; he is now Professor of the Humanities at Boston University. Outside the university, he's probably best known for two driving passions - for T.S. Eliot and (more controversially) for Bob Dylan. His new edition of Eliot's poems comes out this month: it's been several years in the making, and is the first complete edition of Eliot's poetry ever published. For Private Passions, he has compiled a fascinating playlist of music, including musical settings of great poetry, and some Bob Dylan naturally. And there's an overall theme - it's a meditation on youth and age. Composers include Holst, Beethoven, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Prince Albert. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3.

Life & Faith
Life and Faith: Origin Story

Life & Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2014 15:08


Origin stories - those accounts of beginnings that tell us who we are and where we come from - are often controversial. Debates about the Bible's creation story and its compatibility with the theory of evolution can be especially so. Life and Faith spoke to Chris Mulherin, who lectures and tutors in the history of science, philosophy, and theology, and works with ISCAST (a group of Christians working in science), about how to distinguish the different strands of Christian belief about creation: Young Earth Creationism, Intelligent Design, and theistic evolution. The program also includes part of an interview with Oxford Professor of Mathematics John Lennox about how to read the opening chapters of Genesis, and concludes that sceptics do not need to choose between science and Christian belief.

Unbelievable?
Unbelievable? 17 Apr 2010 - Are we alone in the universe? Paul Davies & John Lennox

Unbelievable?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2014 80:02


What does it take for life to get going in our universe?  Is there intelligence in the stars or right under our nose? Renowned astrophysicist Paul Davies chats to Oxford Professor of Mathematics John Lennox. A popular science author, Davies is also the Chair of the SETI post detection task force.  His latest book "The Eerie Silence" which marks SETI's 50th anniversary examines the likelihood of the universe producing life elsewhere. John Lennox is a Christian Mathematician and philosopher.  He is the author of "God's Undertaker: has science buried God?" and has debated Richard Dawkins on several occasions. Davies' work on the fine tuning of the universe for life has been sympathetic to theism.  In this programme Lennox challenges Davies to look to design not just in cosmology but in the cell.  They also chat about what the discovery of ET would mean for Christian theology. For Paul Davies see http://cosmos.asu.edu/ For his book "The Eerie Silence" click here For John Lennox see http://johnlennox.org/ For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or via iTunes If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 8 Nov 2008 Dawkins & John Lennox's Oxford debate - a review with interviews and comment. Unbelievable? 14 Mar 2009 Tuning of the Universe - is it evidence of God? Nicholas Beale vs Julian Baggini Join the discussion at the "Unbelievable?" group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

MSc Migration Studies
Migration at Oxford: Professor Bridget Anderson

MSc Migration Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2013 11:53


Professor Bridget Anderson discusses her research interests and teaching migration at Oxford in this interview with doctoral student Carolin Fischer. In this podcast, Bridget describes how her interest in migration developed from being raised a second generation migrant, how her work has evolved, her current research interests and new book 'Us and Them'. Professor Anderson also discusses her teaching on the MSc in Migration Studies course and what students benefit by studying at Oxford.

MSc Migration Studies
Migration at Oxford: Professor Robin Cohen

MSc Migration Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2013 14:20


In this podcast, Emeritus Professor Robin Cohen shares how he first became interested in migration through his own experiences as a migrant. As a leading scholar in the field of diaspora, Robin provides some insight into the field and expands on his current work in creolisation. In this interview with doctoral student Carolin Fischer, they also discuss the value of studying migration at the University of Oxford and Robin's teaching on the MSc in Migration Studies course.

MSc Migration Studies
Migration at Oxford: Professor Michael Keith

MSc Migration Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2013 11:46


Professor Michael Keith shares some insight into his research interests, how he first became interested in migration and his involvement in the MSc Migration Studies course. In this interview with doctoral student Carolin Fischer, they also discuss the work of the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) of which Michael is the current director.

Wolfson College Podcasts
Empire, Empires, and the End of Antiquity

Wolfson College Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2011 53:28


The 2010 Wolfson College Syme Lecture was given by Oxford Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History, Dame Averil Cameron. The speaker is introduced by College President Prof. Hermione Lee.

Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. Building on his work in developing countries and the poorest populations, Collier argued for proper stewardship of natural assets as a matter of planetary urgency. His arguments charted a course between unchecked profiteering on the one hand, and environmental romanticism on the other to offer realistic and sustainable solutions to these dauntingly complex issues.

Desert Island Discs
U A Fanthorpe

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2004 37:06


Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best loved poets - U A Fanthorpe. She was the first woman ever to be nominated for the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry and in 2003 was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. But she found her vocation late in life. She trained as a teacher and was head of the English department at Cheltenham Ladies College when she says she felt her life was in crisis and became a 'middle aged drop-out'. Against the advice of her family and to the surprise of many friends, she quit teaching to become a temporary clerical worker. She took a job as a clerk in a hospital for neuro-psychiatric patients and, within days, knew that she had to write about what she saw - to bear witness to what the patients were experiencing. Her first collection of poems, Side Effects, was published in 1978 when U A Fanthorpe was 49. Since then she has written many more volumes. Her poems use a great deal of humour and a lot of dialogue. In addition to her work about patients and hospitals, much of her writing is concerned with war and its effects on children on the nature of Englishness and the British character.During the interview, U A Fanthorpe reads extracts from the following poems: 'The List' taken from Selected Poems, and 'Atlas' from Safe As Houses.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Come Away With Fellow Sailors by Henry Purcell Book: A book to identify birdlife on the island Luxury: Bath with soap and towels

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best loved poets - U A Fanthorpe. She was the first woman ever to be nominated for the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry and in 2003 was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. But she found her vocation late in life. She trained as a teacher and was head of the English department at Cheltenham Ladies College when she says she felt her life was in crisis and became a 'middle aged drop-out'. Against the advice of her family and to the surprise of many friends, she quit teaching to become a temporary clerical worker. She took a job as a clerk in a hospital for neuro-psychiatric patients and, within days, knew that she had to write about what she saw - to bear witness to what the patients were experiencing. Her first collection of poems, Side Effects, was published in 1978 when U A Fanthorpe was 49. Since then she has written many more volumes. Her poems use a great deal of humour and a lot of dialogue. In addition to her work about patients and hospitals, much of her writing is concerned with war and its effects on children on the nature of Englishness and the British character. During the interview, U A Fanthorpe reads extracts from the following poems: 'The List' taken from Selected Poems, and 'Atlas' from Safe As Houses. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Come Away With Fellow Sailors by Henry Purcell Book: A book to identify birdlife on the island Luxury: Bath with soap and towels

In Our Time
Sensation

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2003 28:15


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss sensation, a Victorian literary phenomenon. The Archbishop of York fulminated against them in his sermons, they spread panic through the pages of The Times and in a famous review the Oxford Professor of Philosophy, Henry Mansel, called them “unspeakably disgusting” with a “ravenous appetite for carrion”: in the 1860s the novels of Sensation took the Victorian world by storm.Bigamy. Secrecy. Murder and Madness. Detectives and surprise plot twists - all in a genteel domestic setting. It was a compelling concoction that propelled sales of the genre into millions, and for the first time ever got those above stairs reading the same stories as their servants.How did Sensation achieve such an incredible popularity so fast? What did the ensuing moral panic reveal about the society in which the novels were set? And in terms of its literary reputation, does this racy genre deserve to languish so far behind Victorian Realism, its rather steadier cousin?With John Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English at University College London; Lyn Pykett, Professor of English and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool.

In Our Time: Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss sensation, a Victorian literary phenomenon. The Archbishop of York fulminated against them in his sermons, they spread panic through the pages of The Times and in a famous review the Oxford Professor of Philosophy, Henry Mansel, called them “unspeakably disgusting” with a “ravenous appetite for carrion”: in the 1860s the novels of Sensation took the Victorian world by storm.Bigamy. Secrecy. Murder and Madness. Detectives and surprise plot twists - all in a genteel domestic setting. It was a compelling concoction that propelled sales of the genre into millions, and for the first time ever got those above stairs reading the same stories as their servants.How did Sensation achieve such an incredible popularity so fast? What did the ensuing moral panic reveal about the society in which the novels were set? And in terms of its literary reputation, does this racy genre deserve to languish so far behind Victorian Realism, its rather steadier cousin?With John Mullan, Senior Lecturer in English at University College London; Lyn Pykett, Professor of English and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Dinah Birch, Professor of English at the University of Liverpool.

Desert Island Discs
Seamus Heaney

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 1989 39:13


This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Seamus Heaney, a Catholic Ulsterman who has been acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since Yeats. He was recently elected Oxford Professor of Poetry, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his idyllic rural childhood as the eldest of nine children, his transition to university life and the sources of his poetic inspiration.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Quartet No 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Ulysses by James Joyce Luxury: Doc Marten boots

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

This week's Desert Island Discs castaway is Seamus Heaney, a Catholic Ulsterman who has been acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since Yeats. He was recently elected Oxford Professor of Poetry, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his idyllic rural childhood as the eldest of nine children, his transition to university life and the sources of his poetic inspiration. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Quartet No 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Ulysses by James Joyce Luxury: Doc Marten boots

Center Stage with Pamela Kuhn
Brian Catling, Oxford Professor – pt.2

Center Stage with Pamela Kuhn

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 1969 4:34


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