Podcast appearances and mentions of Rob Drummond

How does it feel to be adopted? How does naming things affect experience? Why does a mysterious sound make Ian want to get out of the studio in Salford? Is it ever a good idea to pretend to have a particular accent? Poems, questions and much more - on this week's Verb.Ian McMillan is joined by poets Joelle Taylor, Anthony Joseph, Luke Wright, and sociolinguist Rob Drummond.Joelle Taylor brings us a brand new commission inspired by the 50th anniversary of the BBC television series 'The Changes' - with its mysterious sound that transforms and challenges modern life. Does it still have resonance today? Joelle won the TS Eliot Prize for poetry in 2022, and her most recent book is a novel - 'The Night Alphabet', which has been described as 'relentlessly inventive.'Anthony Joseph is a poet, musician and academic. He shares poetry of intimacy and intimacy with language - in work from his selected poems 'Precious and Impossible'. Anthony won the TS Eliot prize in 2023 with his 'luminous' collection 'Sonnets for Albert'.Luke Wright is a ground-breaking performer and poet - currently touring with his show 'Joy'. He reads new poems which look at the power of early experiences: a book that helped him understand the experience of being adopted, and a poem which celebrates the beauty of the view from his window in Suffolk.Did the contestant who faked a Welsh accent on 'The Traitors' TV series make a good decision? And what poetry was there to be found in the series? Ian talks to Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Over time, your accents can tend to change. According to research, Queen Elizabeth II sounded more cockney throughout her 70-year reign. So, why does this happen?To discuss, Seán is joined by Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of ‘You're All Talk: Why we Are What we Speak'.

Over time, your accents can tend to change. According to research, Queen Elizabeth II sounded more cockney throughout her 70-year reign. So, why does this happen?To discuss, Seán is joined by Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of ‘You're All Talk: Why we Are What we Speak'.

This week on The Verb Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, author of the bird-centred 2019 poetry collection 'The Mizzy'. Especially for The Verb he's written us a brand new poem that considers birds on our workplace, inspired by new 'Nature Postive' building regulations.Malika Booker is tackling this week's 'Neon Line' poem. Booker won the Forward Prize for 'Best Single Poem' in 2023 and she takes us through the 2024 winners, who have recently been announced. Linguist and author of 'You're All Talk', Rob Drummond brings us up to speed on langauge change.And there's a brand new comission from Kate Fox on Strictly Season as well as a reading from her new book 'On Sycamore Gap' - inspired by the famous tree near Hadrian's Wall that was felled last yearPresenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Jessica Treen

In this 'Commission Conversation' Geoff Barton, Chair of the Independent Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England, talks to commissioners Rob Drummond, Sally Apps and Rufus Norris about their reflections on the Commission's deliberations. 

Chair of The Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England, Geoff Barton, speaks to commission member Professor Rob Drummond about challenging accentism and the deficit model of language, his work in The Manchester Voices Project and how the field of sociolinguistics is so closely tied to the work of the commission.Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he researches, teaches and writes about the relationship between spoken language and identity. He recently led the community-focused Manchester Voices project, exploring the accents, dialects and identities of people in Greater Manchester, and he co-leads The Accentism Project, which strives to challenge and raise awareness of language-based prejudice. Rob does a lot of public-facing academic work, and is the author of 'You're All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak.You can learn more about The Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England and its members here

Dr Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. He joins Kathryn to discuss the way we speak. 

In this episode we chat with Rob Drummond, NatureScot's Farming with Nature Project Officer, who is also a farmer, and Robert Dale, who manages Lochhouses Farm in East Lothian. We discuss the importance of increasing biodiversity, nature habitats, and species on farms and crofts.Rob also takes us through seven straightforward ways to increase nature on farms and crofts, and Robert shares the tangible benefits he's witnessed first-hand from ‘farming with nature' for 30 years.More InformationBiodiversity Audit for crofters and farmersFarming with Nature - supporting sustainable food production, climate and natureScotland's Agri-Environment and Climate Scheme

Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. His recent book You're All Talk explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language across the UK to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans operate: how we perceive (and judge) other people and how we would like ourselves to be perceived. Joining Drummond in conversation for this episode is Intelligence Squared's Executive Producer, Hannah Kaye. If you'd like to get access to all of our longer form interviews and members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Linguist Rob Drummond talks to Neil Denny about his new book You're All Talk: why we are what we speak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me and my co host Saiqa as we explore the wonderful world of language and accents for this fascinating book review 'Your All Talk: why we are what we speak'. We discuss class, identity, inequality, prejudice around accents, history of speech, and share plenty of our personal experiences on the subject. In the second part of the episode I am also joined by Rob Drummond himself (author) to give us the low down on his book, the challenges of writing, and some great advice around how to write one too. About the Author: Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he researches and teaches about the relationship between how we speak and who we are. He recently completed a large project exploring the accents and dialects of Greater Manchester, touring the region in his Accent Van. He appears regularly on radio and TV talking about language-related issues and spent some time as ‘resident linguist' on BBC Radio 3's The Verb, as well as appearing on the BBC Breakfast sofa. More info can be found here: https://scribepublications.co.uk/books-authors/books/youare-all-talk-9781914484285 You can order his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Youre-All-Talk-what-speak/dp/1914484282

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Ever wondered why how the pronunciation of words evolves, why accents are formed – and why the way we talk differs depending on who we're speaking to? Rob Drummond discusses this and also phenomena like the Australian tendency to “uptalk” at the end of sentences, the Great Vowel Shift and whether Julia Gillard's accent really was “too Australian”! Read the show notes Connect with Valerie and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | ValerieKhoo.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show notes for Episode 45 Here are the show notes for Episode 45, in which we talk to Dr Alex Baratta, Senior Lecturer in Language, Linguistics & Communication, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester about: Accents, accents… and more accents! Teacher accents and ‘professionalism' Social connotations and stereotypes of accents - good and bad Why one accent isn't ‘better' than another and why exposure to accents might be the way to overcome accentism In our regular Lang in the News segment we talk about how formal greetings and sign-offs might be becoming a thing of the past and why that's the fault of… well, pretty much everyone that Daily Mail readers don't like. We also have a quick chat about the European-wide attempts to make language more inclusive, the first round of WOTY2023 and we big up Rob Drummond's book, You're All Talk. Alex Baratta's University of Manchester page:  https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/alex.baratta  Some of the articles, books and research we mentioned:  https://theconversation.com/teachers-with-northern-accents-are-being-told-to-posh-up-heres-why-88425  http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/british_politics/2017/06/putting-an-accent-on-things-the-need-to-clarify-speech-expectations-for-british-teachers/   https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/clarifying-accent-standards-for-british-teachers  Understanding all kinds of English accent can improve empathy and learning – and even be a matter of life and death   Yours Sincerely is dead… The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/yours-sincerely-is-dead-so-how-should-you-sign-off-an-email  And in the Mail:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12510471/Is-end-sincerely-Old-phrases-die-decade-language-formal-research-finds.html  Attempts to promote inclusive language in European languages What's in a word? How less-gendered language is faring across Europe  #WOTY2023  ‘AI' named most notable word of 2023 by Collins dictionary | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian AI named word of the year by Collins Dictionary - BBC News  Opinion piece about new words https://archive.ph/kv2UQ  Rob Drummond's new book: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/you-re-all-talk-why-we-are-what-we-speak-rob-drummond/7512151?aid=4868&ean=9781914484285  Contributors Lisa Casey  blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton  blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey  Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Matthew Butler  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA  Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys  Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys 

Ultrasound tests in Burnley market hall will help the phonetics lab at Lancaster University explore tongue positions and accents as part of this year's Being Human Festival. Claire Nance joins John Gallagher to explain more. Alongside them are Rob Drummond from Manchester Met University, author of a new book You're All Talk, Andrea Smith from the University of Suffolk, who is researching early radio voices and Shane O'Mara, Professor of Experimental Brain Research in Trinity College Dublin, who has been exploring why we converse. Producer in Salford: Faith Lawrence Professor Claire Nance and her team from Lancaster University are at Burnley Market on Saturday 11th November. The Being Human Festival runs a series of public events across the UK showcasing humanities research at universities. It runs November 9th - 18th https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/ Dr Andrea Smith is a Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Suffolk Professor Shane O'Mara teaches at Trinity College Dublin and is the author of books including In Praise of Walking and Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds Professor Rob Drummond's book You're All Talk is out now and you can hear more from him in these podcasts New Thinking: City Talk https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07h30hm and New Thinking: Accents https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d66mtl You can find John Gallagher's programme A History of the Tongue available if you look up Radio 3's Sunday Feature programme website And we have other Free Thinking discussions about speech: Sadie Ryan, Lynda Clark and Allison Koenecke in an episode called Speech, Voice, Accents and AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000srbn New Thinking: Language the Victorians and Us https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dmjgwx New Thinking: Language Loss and Revival https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dw6ctr What is Speech? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1q2f3 What is Good Listening? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000djtd The pros and cons of swearing https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c0r4m Language and Belonging https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006fh9 AI and creativity: what makes us human? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005nml

Our accents are great! They represent our origins, our languages, our community, and our identity. But too many of us feel like we can't speak with our authentic voice. Accent prejudice is real. Linguist and author Dr Rob Drummond joins us to explain all about accent and accentism. He's the author of a new book You're All Talk. And Dr Robbie Love is joining us with his research about how the word fuck is changing in the speech of British teens. Spicy!

Raves, poker nights and Marvel movies – no costs or effort were spared in this final episode on CSR to raise awareness about one of the most pervasive manifestations of discrimination: accentism. In the presence of experts, we uncover what is hidden beneath the surface, and just when we thought we would never judge someone based on the sound waves they produce, we dare(d) ourselves and you to eat the pudding…   Long Notes: More information, a full transcript and academic references on wordsandactions.blog. We start episode 28 by critically reflecting on anti-discrimination efforts in the workplace, which, unless they change the organisational culture, all too often do not have the desired or even an adverse effect. We then move on to the notion of intersectionality, which linguist and writer Kat Gupta has likened to a deck of cards. The fascinating finding that feelings of non-belonging are neurologically similar to physical pain is reported here: Eisenberger, N. I. (2012). The pain of social disconnection: examining the shared neural underpinnings of physical and social pain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13(6), 421-434. Moving on to the language aspect of workplace discrimination, Bernard entions Erin Carrie's  and Rob Drummond's Accentism Project, which, among other things, is a real treasure trove of testimonials.   For a light touch, we look at how film characters are stereotyped through their accents - who could forget Babs and Rocky from Chicken Run? In another corner of the cinematic universe, the villain with a British Received Pronunciation accent is so common that he has sparked parodies in advertising. In real life, however, this particular accent is nearly extinct: Lindsey, G. (2019). English after RP: Standard British pronunciation today. Springer. Linguistic stereotyping and accentism can have harsh consequences, for how competent someone is perceived to be to how much investor money they can attract or the severity of court sentence Our second guest, Annelise Ly, mentions the metaphor of culture as an onion with layers. This idea goes back to Geert Hofstede's work on national cultures in the workplace: Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture's Consequences: International differences in work-related values. London: Sage. While still influential, Hofstede's work has been the subject of much criticism, and other metaphors have been proposed: Fang, T. (2005). From “onion” to “ocean”: Paradox and change in national cultures. International Studies of Management & Organization, 35(4), 71-90. In the final part of the episode, we use Mats Deutschmann's RAVE resource to test our own stereotypes around accents. Mats and his colleague Anders Steinvall have written about how to use the resource to counter prejudice:  Deutschmann, M., & Steinvall, A. (2020). Combatting linguistic stereotyping and prejudice by evoking stereotypes. Open Linguistics, 6(1), 651-671. We encourage you to give it a go yourself, it's quite an eye-opener.

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In this episode I spoke with one of our long term friends and members of the 6 Star movement, Rob Drummond. I loved this conversation for so many reasons, not least of all because of his passion for helping entrepreneurs be their authentic self.We discussed many topics, and I thought he absolutely nailed the answer to the question “what does it mean to be 6 Star?”. I hope you like it as well!Here's a summary of our conversation:03:30 - it started with barefoot running08:55 - the journey began in marketing11:34 - ‘fake it until you make it' worked!17:01 - realising who wanted what he had30:25 - the different levels of stories48:51 - we all have inner work to doand much more…Enjoy!Here's some information about our guest:Rob Drummond, Founder & CEO of Story CopywritersI'm an email copywriter and marketing automation consultant based in Sheffield, England. I run Story Copywriters, where I help coaches and consultants to attract a steady stream of ideal clients by telling their story.What are you famous for?Business storytelling. I'm known for a comprehensive review I did of Christopher Booker's '7 Basic Plots', and how they can apply in business.Something Interesting About You:From spring to autumn I run barefoot on local playing fields. I started this in 2008 as a way to combat shin splints, but it's now a foundational spiritual habit. The connection to the earth is beautiful.YouTube Episode:https://youtu.be/G_5zq5A01_QHow to Contact Rob:w: www.storycopywriters.comLI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-drummond-a88a8443/The purpose of the 6 Star Business is to help businesses find more meaning, purpose and profits in their endeavours. We seek to 'do it differently' and encourage everyone to rise above the status quo to do what it takes to be different: with meaning, purpose and intention. With those key ingredients, you'll be on your way to 6 Stars faster than you realise! If you'd like to get in touch please contact us at contact@6star.business

How Manc are the Gallaghers? John Gallagher hears about the results of a project to map accents in the city talking to Prof Rob Drummond. In Northumbria Dr Robert McKenzie has discovered that a Northern accent can cost you marks at school and job opportunities. However you speak, your accent reveals something about you. Dr John Gallagher talks to two researchers whose projects explore the variation in accents across England, and the way those accents shape our place in society. Rob Drummond is Reader in Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. With the help of an Accent Van and archive recordings, his project Manchester Voices maps the accents of Greater Manchester, documenting people's relationships with their own accent and charting how accents have changed over time, from lost rhotic Rs to the made-up Manchester accent of the Gallagher brothers. https://www.manchestervoices.org/ You can find an earlier New Thinking conversation with Rob about setting up the project in an episode called City Talk which is available in the New Research collection on the Free Thinking programme website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90 Robert McKenzie is Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at Northumbria University. His project Speaking of Prejudice analyses both explicit and implicit attitudes towards accents in the South of England compared to the North, revealing that prejudices still exist towards particular accents and the effect on school progress and job opportunities. https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/languageattitudesengland/ This podcast was made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. Producer: Tim Bano

Over the past few years, as well as making Accentricity, I've been working on the Manchester Voices research project at Manchester Metropolitan University, with Rob Drummond, Holly Dann, Sarah Tasker and Erin Carrie.As part of this work, we used oral history recordings to explore language change over time, and we've recently published a journal article about this work. We're really proud of this article, but it's not really that accessible to people who aren't professional linguists, and we wanted to find a way to share our work with everyone who's interested: so we made a podcast episode to act as a companion piece to this article.If you want to read the article in full, you can find it here.The oral history recordings we used for this research were provided by the British Library's Archives+ as part of their Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. In this episode I speak to Dave Govier, the project manager for the North West Hub. We focused on a collection of interviews by journalist Alec Greenhalgh. The full length interviews are available in the Archives+ search room at Manchester Central Library, and you can also read the full descriptions online at the British Library's Sound and Moving Image catalogue. The British Library collection reference is UAP001. The Manchester Voices project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.Thanks also to Dr Danielle Turton for her advice on our methodology for examining rhoticity.

Rob Drummond, founder of Story Copywriters, learned the importance of follow-up and nurturing potential clients early in his entrepreneurial journey. He inspires us to consciously examine our skills and how we use them to contribute to others' success.

As well as making Accentricity, I work on the Manchester Voices project at Manchester Metropolitan University, with Rob Drummond and Holly Dann. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we ran a podcasting course and competition for schools called Talking About Voices. This is a special episode announcing the competition winners.If you're a teacher in a school in Greater Manchester, email manchester.voices@mmu.ac.uk to ask about taking part in Talking About Voices round 2 in the coming school year. If you're a pupil, or if you have a young person in your life who would love this, ask their teacher to get in touch.If you live in Greater Manchester, there are various ways you can get involved in our research right now! Just go to www.manchestervoices.org to get started.

For her role as fossil hunter Mary Anning in the film “Ammonite”, actor Kate Winslet listened to recordings by a Lyme Regis local. But what is a Dorset accent and how did it develop? As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, how are such accents changing? Multicultural British English or MBE has emerged from the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic communities in cities like London and Manchester. Adopted by those who live in urban and rural areas - like Dorset - speakers use MBE and mix it with their local variety to create a new linguistic identity. In this episode Ollie explores how accents are a constantly evolving part of our culture. He also attempts to master a Dorset accent. Will he succeed? Probably not. Thanks to Lizzie Wiscombe, Jonnie Robinson at the British Library and Dr Rob Drummond at Manchester Metropolitan University Hosted and produced by Ollie Peart and Ian Ramsdale Executive Producer Kathryn Morrison Extract from Kate Winslet as Mary Anning in the film Ammonite, written and directed by Francis Lee. BBC Films/British Film Institute/See Saw Films

Welcome to episode 8 of the Six Star Business Podcast!In this episode we are talking to Rob from the UK, an experienced Google Ads consultant and copywriter who has done all aspects of marketing over the years, who ended up focussing on what he believed was the most critical element of engaging your audience: creating stories.  Alongside him we have Rashid, originally a business coach turned marketing and sales guru from Australia who now focusses on helping businesses to reduce their sales cycles down and make a seemingly complex sales process more simple.In this fascinating conversation we cover many topics:09:05 Rob's experience with tradespeople who truly don't care about 5 star reviews, and left a lot to be desired in terms of the customer experience11:00 What Rashid believes is an acceptable level of delivery12:00 Rashid's favourite saying 15:00 How you need to communicate as a 5 star or 6 star rated business20:08 Rob brings up the ‘C' word28:15 Why maintaining service standards alone isn't enough36:20 Rashid explains how a McDonalds can deliver a 6 Star review and experience, every timePlus, Rob brings us home with how the Merriam Webster dictionary describes “client”:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clientDefinition of client1: one that is under the protection of anotherFood for thought indeed.Enjoy!Here is some information on both guests and where you can find them:Rob DrummondCEO and Founder, Story CopywritersI'm the founder of Story Copywriters: I teach email marketers how to write authentic stories that sell.I'm the author of Simple Story Selling, which explains how to tell authentic, engaging stories in your emails, Facebook Ads and other marketing. Available from Amazon in print and Kindle formats.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-drummond-a88a8443/W: mazemastery.com W: storycopywriters.com Rashid KotwalRevealed ResourcesWe help smart business owners achieve commercial successMob: +61 414 913334E: rashid.kotwal@revealedresources.comW: http://www.revealedresources.comLinkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/rashidkotwal The purpose of the Six Star Business is to bring awareness, connection and ingenuity to businesses aiming to shine today and into the future through more than 5 star reviews.  We are connecting and collaborating, and healing businesses and the world as we do it.If you'd like to get in touch please contact us at contact@sixstarbusiness.comYour hosts,Aveline & Pete

Ep. 65 - Join Chris in this week's episode as he speaks with a special guest and member of the Automation Bridge Community, Rob Drummond. Rob is the founder of Story Copywriters where he focuses on leveraging the art of storytelling in your marketing. Tune in to hear Rob's story about the non-traditional path he took and how he eventually "stumbled" onto copywriting.

Join Chris in this week’s episode as he speaks with a special guest and member of the Automation Bridge Community, Rob Drummond. Rob is the founder of Story Copywriters where he focuses on leveraging the art of storytelling in your marketing. Tune in to hear Rob’s story about the non-traditional path he took and how…

A play about the nature of politics, that includes an interactive voting element, available across the globe. Theatre B is scratching the itch to create with a streamable play by Rob Drummond. Director Tucker Lucas shares his passion for this piece - that even includes an audience participation angle that allows those watching the chance to vote on issues...even whether or not there is a bathroom break during the show!  For more information and ticket prices check the website at www.theatreb.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A play about the nature of politics, that includes an interactive voting element, available across the globe. Theatre B is scratching the itch to create with a streamable play by Rob Drummond. Director Tucker Lucas shares his passion for this piece - that even includes an audience participation angle that allows those watching the chance to vote on issues...even whether or not there is a bathroom break during the show!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here are the show notes for Episode 2, where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about - the language used to report political protests, demonstrations and movements around the Black Lives Matter campaign - the language of the placards on the recent BLM London demonstration - and talk to Dr Rob Drummond from Manchester Metropolitan University about youth language, accents and how linguists can educate the public about language issues. You can find the links to the stories and research we've mentioned in this programme, below. Rob Drummond Website: http://www.robdrummond.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobDrummond Accentism project: http://accentism.org/ Manchester Voices: https://www.manchestervoices.org/ Lisa's blog on the BLM placards: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/the-language-of-protest-signs-blm/ Ben Zimmer on riots, rebellions and uprisings: https://time.com/5849163/why-describing-george-floyd-protests-as-riots-is-loaded/ Language in Conflict blog: http://languageinconflict.org Newspaper headlines: The Mail on Sunday: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60256 https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60315 The Guardian: https://time.com/5849163/why-describing-george-floyd-protests-as-riots-is-loaded/ The Observer: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-observer/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60316 Some others you might find interesting: https://twitter.com/BoswellsMediaSt/status/1270013908225527809 Contact us @LexisPodcast. Subscribe: Lexis Podcast | Podcast on Spotify Contributors Matthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy Lisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Music: Freenotes

A few months ago, writing an email to a colleague that starts 'I hope you are safe in these extraordinary times' would have been an unusual thing to do, but it very quickly became 'the new normal'. This week Ian McMillan and guests look at the many ways in which our language has adapted to fit our our new routines, from Zooming with friends to socially distancing in supermarkets. Rob Drummond, The Verb's resident linguist has been keeping an ear out for the neologisms of our time, and Kate Clanchy presents some of the work written by her students as part of their weekly online poetry classes. With more time to read, many of us are finding solace in our bookshelves, and discovering new resonances in classic texts. In a piece especially recorded for The Verb, Julie Hesmondhalgh reads from Ruth, by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by Nicholas Howson & Ruth Montgomery from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, just two of the many musicians who have turned their creative energies towards new ways to perform and collaborate. We also hear from just a few of the poets and performers responding to Lockdown - Hollie McNish, Michael Dickman, and Morgan Bassichis. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Jessica Treen

This week the cabaret of the word heads to the playing field to examine the language of sports writing. Playing for Ian McMillan's team are the T.S.Eliot nominated poet Zaffar Kunial who has just published a pamphlet of poems on cricket, Frank Skinner, whose 'Fantasy Football League' set the tone for sports coverage in the 90's, and we'll hear another short form audio piece recorded as part of the 'New Creatives' Scheme; Joseph Bond's creative documentary 'All Ball'. Verb regular Rob Drummond returns with an analysis of the lexicon of sports commentators Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

Denise and Louise talk with linguist Rob Drummond about grammar pedantry, peevery, youth language, and non-standard language in context. Listen To Find Out More About:Correct or conventional – a linguist's perspective Better versus standard Zombie rules, and what we can ditch Youth language – dumbing down English or enriching it? Young people's language in relation to identity and language change Varieties of English in written communication: globalization, national and cultural identities The internet's impact on pedantry and peevery The relationship between knowledge and pedantry The difference between preferences and judgements Recognizing our own pedantry and respecting contextually appropriate style Stepping outside our linguistic comfort zones Mentioned In The Showhttps://radicalcopyeditor.com/blog/ (Radical Copyeditor blog) 'The Business of Being a Writer, with Jane Friedman' https://www.robdrummond.co.uk/ (Rob Drummond Linguistics) TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk (John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!) https://twitter.com/RobDrummond/status/1148330973890785281 (Rob's graph: Linguistic knowledge versus linguistic pedantry) Ask Us A QuestionThe easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the http://bit.ly/EditPodFB (SEND MESSAGE) button. Denise And Louisehttps://my.captivate.fm/bit.ly/CowleEditing (Denise Cowle Editorial Services) https://my.captivate.fm/bit.ly/HarnbyEditing (Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor) Music Credit‘Vivacity' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (By Attribution 3.0 License).

There are a group of pupils in your school who are at a disadvantage you may have never considered. It impacts their access to the curriculum, their social interactions and their self-esteem. And the worst thing is, schools tend to make things worse, not better. These pupils are those who do not have a strong background in ‘standard English' This is the view of Rob Drummond, reader in sociolinguistics a Manchester Metropolitan University, and head of youth language, at the Manchester Centre for Youth studies. He explains all on this episode. Links mentioned in this episode are as follows: https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/oTZCC1jmXt6NBNoULm6f6?domain=accentism.org (www.accentism.org) https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/7U_EC2RnYiVzZzXT1MUhf?domain=manchestervoices.org (www.manchestervoices.org)

There are a group of pupils in your school who are at a disadvantage you may have never considered. It impacts their access to the curriculum, their social interactions and their self-esteem. And the worst thing is, schools tend to make things worse, not better.These pupils are those who do not have a strong background in ‘standard English’This is the view of Rob Drummond, reader in sociolinguistics a Manchester Metropolitan University, and head of youth language, at the Manchester Centre for Youth studies. He explains all on this episode.Links mentioned in this episode are as follows:www.accentism.orgwww.manchestervoices.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stay close to "WakeUpCall" on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram! Listen LIVE to "Wake Up Call with Dan Tortora" MON through FRI, 9-11amET on mixlr.com/wakeupcalldt & on the homepage of WakeUpCallDT.com from ANY Device! You can also Watch LIVE MON through FRI, 9-11amET on facebook.com/LiveNowDT. This special is Proudly Presented by: Carvel DeWitt Utica Pizza Company Charney's Men's Clothing The Wildcat Sports Pub Ma & Pa's Kettle Corn & Popcorn Factory The Pen & Trophy Center Dominick's Restaurant Honda City of Liverpool Home Team Pub K-9 Kamp Dog Daycare K-9 Kampground  Trapper's Pizza Pub

Stay close to "WakeUpCall" on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram! Listen LIVE to "Wake Up Call with Dan Tortora" MON through FRI, 9-11amET on mixlr.com/wakeupcalldt & on the homepage of WakeUpCallDT.com from ANY Device! This special is Proudly Presented by: Carvel DeWitt Utica Pizza Company Charney's Men's Clothing The Wildcat Sports Pub Ma & Pa's Kettle Corn & Popcorn Factory The Pen & Trophy Center Honda City of Liverpool Home Team Pub K-9 Kampground  Dominick's Restaurant Tru by Hilton Camillus

Denise and Louise talk to Beth Hamer, a professional proofreader and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading's conference director. Beth chats about how to organize a successful editorial conference. Listen to find out more about: Responding to feedback Refining the delegate experience  Benefits of attending the annual SfEP conference Choosing a venue Choosing speakers  Programming sessions Mentioned in the show: Beth Hamer Freelance Proofreader: http://beth-hamer.co.uk/ Society for Editors and Proofreaders: https://www.sfep.org.uk SfEP annual conference: https://www.sfep.org.uk/networking/conferences/ SfEP 2019 speaker: Chris Brookmyre – crime/thriller author, speaker: https://www.brookmyre.co.uk/ SfEP 2019 speaker: Rob Drummond – linguist, writer, lecturer: https://www.robdrummond.co.uk/ SfEP 2019 speaker: David Crystal – linguist, writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster: http://www.davidcrystal.com/ Denise and Louise https://www.denisecowleeditorial.com/ (Denise Cowle Editorial Services) (non-fiction) Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor and Proofreader (fiction) Music credit ‘Vivacity' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week, Ian McMillan and the guests shoot for the moon. Ian is joined by Ocean Vuong, winner of the 2017 TS Eliot prize for 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds', who has just published his first novel 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' (Cape). Ocean celebrates his favourite recent moon writing by Mojave American poet Natalie Diaz. We also her from Mary Jean Chan, who has just published her debut collection 'Flèche'. As it's our last programme of The Verb season before we take our summer break, we've brought together our Verb regulars from the past year - poets Ira Lightman and Kate Fox and linguist Rob Drummond. Together they be considering how man walking on the moon 50 years ago has changed our language and our relationship with the moon, and there will be brand new poetry from both Kate and Ira. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Jessica Treen

Greater Manchester was created in the 1970s, bringing together areas that had previously been parts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire, as well as the City of Manchester itself. These areas all had (and have) quite different accents, so Erin Carrie and Rob Drummond, of Manchester Metropolitan University, have set out to document the accents of Greater Manchester, as a way of investigating whether there's a Greater Manchester identity, and what it is if there is one. John Gallagher talks to Erin and Rob about the methods they've used and what they've found out in the process. https://www.manchestervoices.org/ Dr John Gallagher is a Lecturer in the History Department at the University of Leeds This podcast was made with the assistance of the AHRC - the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) which funds research at universities and museums, galleries and archives across the UK into the arts and humanities. The AHRC works in partnership with BBC Radio 3 on the New Generation Thinkers scheme to make academic research available to a wider audience.

Ian McMillan and guests explore writing about insects and insect-language – including the way insect aliens are depicted in science fiction. Will Burns and Hannah Peel celebrate moths in a new sound commission, poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett shares work-in-progress, linguist Rob Drummond explores Ursula Le Guin and Doctor Who, entomologist Richard Jones explains why he is happy to call himself 'Bugman', and editor Michael Schmidt celebrates the Australian poet Les Murray.

Stay close to "WakeUpCall" on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram! Listen LIVE to "Wake Up Call with Dan Tortora" MON through FRI, 9-11amET on mixlr.com/wakeupcalldt & on the homepage of WakeUpCallDT.com from ANY Device! This special is Proudly Presented by: Carvel DeWitt Utica Pizza Company Dreissig Apparel Fan Hands Frightmare Farms The Wildcat Sports Pub The Pen & Trophy Center Chick-fil-A Cicero Honda City of Liverpool Home Team Pub K-9 Kampground  Museum of Intrigue Painting with a Twist DeWitt PressRoom Pub Syracuse Stallions Tru by Hilton Camillus

Ian McMillan gets into the subjunctive mood with brand new writing from Toby Litt, a new poetry commission from Holly Pester, on the subjunctive in welsh with Menna Elfyn and Rob Drummond explains why the subjunctive is dying out amongst the young... Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

We're crossing senses on The Verb this week, examining Synesthesia, with musician LJ Rich, linguist Rob Drummond, and poetry from Ruth Padel, Abi Palmer and Hannah Silva. For musician, broadcaster and synesthete LJ Rich, the world is drenched in music. With the help of a piano, she lets us inside her experience of the world, where tastes, colours and even the most boring train station make beautiful music. Verb regular, the linguist Rob Drummond has been researching the colour associations we all have with certain vowel sounds and has discovered some intriguing patterns. And there's plenty of poetry to stimulate your senses, Ruth Padel's latest collection is 'Emerald' (Chatto). The book is a meditation on grief, but is also shot through with colour. Hannah Silva presents her 'musical shirt', as made for her by Tomomi Adachi, the shirt is an invention that allows her to turn movement into sound poetry. And finally, poet and performer Abi Palmer finds that her synesthesia is heightened by the experience of water, so especially for The Verb she presents a poem written while taking a 'musical bath'... Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Jessica Treen

This week on the verb we are turning our attention to Local language. Joining Ian McMillan are the linguist Rob Drummond who has been studying Manchester Voices and identifying new youth dialects, the Icelandic stand up comedian Ari Eldjárn on performing comedy in a city where everyone really does know everyone else and the novelist Sarah Hall discusses how she crafts specificity of place in her writing. Also joining Ian is Verb regular Hollie McNish who will be introducing us to Vanessa Kisuule, who has jut been announced as Bristol's Poet Laureate. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright.

If you're of a sensitive disposition - the lads chatting to Dr Sandra Lee AKA Dr Pimple Popper might leave you a little worse for wear! Dr Rob Drummond was on the phone too and fully explained the Ninky Nonk. Plus, did you know that Gee is in a band now?   If anyone wants to donate even a pound to help with the costs of hosting the podcasts it would be much appreciated! PayPal is Bellybouncelinglongling@gmail.com

If you're of a sensitive disposition - the lads chatting to Dr Sandra Lee AKA Dr Pimple Popper might leave you a little worse for wear! Dr Rob Drummond was on the phone too and fully explained the Ninky Nonk. Plus, did you know that Gee is in a band now?

The #Brexit podcast team had a rare evening out to watch Rob Drummond's new one-man show that tries to make us reflect on how we deal with differing viewpoints (spot the #Brexit link!) But rather than just putting their feet up and nodding off for an hour in the National Theatre, Jen and Tim were invited to take part by making a lot of morally-challenging Yes/No decisions via an electronic handset. As an exercise in accepting the views of others - or, at least, not dismissing them wholesale - it was a fine evening's education, all told through Drummond's sobering experience of becoming highly politicised by a radical socialist beekeeper. The show plays at the National Theatre until August 28, and for information and to book tickets visit https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ #robdrummond #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave#VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics#government #parliament #rights #citizens #freemovement

Vicky invites Rob Drummond to demystify what this whole CRM (Customer Relationship Management) business is about. What CRM should you get and why? Rob is a big fan of Infusionsoft, but he understands quite well how quickly you can get distracted by the ‘extensiveness’ of it. Before you get involved with a CRM system, listen to this episode!   Key Takeaways: [1:20] Who is Rob Drummond? [3:05] What is a CRM system? [5:45] Why are CRM systems useful? [7:55] Rob talks about Infusionsoft and why he likes it as a CRM system. [12:35] When people first get into Infusionsoft, they end up getting too distracted by the marketing automation stuff. [13:15] How can people simplify and not get distracted by the ‘shiny’ things? [16:25] How can someone get involved with a CRM system without shelling out a lot of cash? [19:40] If you’re going to invest in something like this, really invest in it and use it! Don’t let it become a monthly payment monster. [22:55] Before you invest in a CRM system, really sit down and write down what you’d like to achieve with it. [25:55] You can really go into a deep rabbit hole with CRM systems, so really take the time to learn what you’re getting into. [30:20] Feel free to get in touch with Rob if you’d like to learn more about CRM systems!   Mentioned in This Episode: Businessforsuperheroes.com Businessforsuperheroes.com/inner-circle Businessforsuperheroes.com/borrow-my-brain Infusionsoft.com Confusionclinic.com Confusionclinic.com/books

A post show discussion recorded live in Traverse 1 on November 3rd 2016 featuring the cast and creative team from Grain in the Blood by Rob Drummond. NB Please note this discussion contains spoilers and reveals elements of the plot. The discussion is hosted by Traverse Engagement Manager Sunniva Ramsay. Please Note: This was recorded live in Traverse 1 and the volume is lower than a studio recorded podcast. Featuring music by Michael John McCarthy from Grain in the Blood. Track: Lamb Slaughter http://www.michaeljohnmccarthy.com/

TravCast is the podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s new writing theatre. Literary Associate, Rosie Kellagher, interviews well known playwrights and theatre-makers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Rosie Speaks to Rob Drummond. Rob is an award-winning playwright, performer and director who has worked with the most prestigious theatres in the UK. Rob is under commission to Traverse Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland, The Royal Court and the National Theatre. Theatre includes: Mr Write (National Theatre of Scotland); Rob Drummond: Wrestling (The Arches); Bullet Catch (The Arches, Traverse Theatre, 59E59 Theater, National Theatre, World Tour); Quiz Show (Traverse Theatre); Uncanny Valley (Summerhall), In Fidelity (Traverse and HighTide Festival). Awards: Rob’s plays Mr Write, Uncanny Valley and Quiz Show have all won Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland. Bullet Catch won the 2012 Total Theatre Award and received a Herald Angel. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Conceived, produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

On the last episode of The Why Factor Mike Williams explored the human voice in all of its unique power and beauty; this week we investigate its unique ability to irritate and annoy. We all have our personal bugbears when it comes to irritating voices: nasal, monotone, high-pitched or certain types of accent; but why do certain types of voice wind us up so much? And does that irritation reveal more about the speaker or about ourselves? Neuro-biologist Professor Sophie Scott and linguists Rob Drummond and Rob Pensalfini help us to decipher whether there is anything intrinsically annoying about certain sounds or whether it is all about social conditioning: our own biases and prejudices. Are irritating voices the same the world over? Why does the Australian accent get picked on? And what is vocal fry? Finally, what if it is your voice that everyone hates? Mike talks to Laura Ashby, a contestant on the US game show Jeopardy! Whose voice led to a social media meltdown and to her receiving death threats. Presenter: Mike Williams Producer: Rose de Larrabeiti (IMAGE: B/W image of boy with fingers in his ears and girl leaning on his shoulder. Credit: Dennis Oulds/Getty Images) Credits for clips used: American Pie (1999) Universal Pictures. Director: Paul Weitz Comedian Adam Hills, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2006 Jeopardy! Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Fresh Air presented by Terry Gross from WHYY/NPR This American Life presented by Ira Glass from WBEZ/NPR The Vocal Fry Guys courtesy of Ann Heppermann UP (2009) Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. Director: Pete Docter

Welcome to The List's Edinburgh Festivals podcast, At the Fringe. In this first episode, host and Theatre Editor Gareth K Vile is joined by the Traverse playwright and performer Rob Drummond, whose In Fidelity is 'equal parts TED Talk and theatrical experiment' about love and evolutionary theory. Gareth is also joined by List Editor Yasmin Sulaiman, who shares her top 5 picks in Edinburgh this August. And finally, C Venues' Head of Marketing Nick Abrams steps into the office to share a bit of Fringe nostalgia and talk about the Blue Brothers show playing this year.Show notes:00:00:34 – Rob Drummond (In Fidelity)00:14:00 – Music from Camille O'Sullivan00:17:31 – Yasmin Sulaiman's 5 things to see at the Fringe: Anything That Gives off Light, Young Fathers, James Acaster: Reset, In Fidelity, and Grace.00:22:40 – Music from Camille O'Sullivan00:24:57 – Nick Abrams, Head of Marketing, C Venues00:31:55 – CloseCredits:At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile and Annie Kolemen, hosted by Gareth K Vile and produced by Annie Kolemen. Music from Camille O'Sullivan.Please send feedback to webeditor[at]list.co.uk

My guest on this episode is renowned author, screenwriter and playwright Alan Bissett. If you don't know him from his excellent prose and theatre work then you may know him from how active he was for the Yes campaign during the 2014 Scottish Referendum.But to me, he's a novelist first and foremost. He'd probably disagree with that, yet that's how I got into his writing so I guess that'll always be my perception of him.When I began studying Scottish Literature in first year of university, I was motivated (in no small part by some weird sense of cultural nationalism) to spend the time away from the course texts  and to absorb other Scottish writers. Trainspotting is a book we're all familiar with, and naturally that happened to be the only Scottish novel that I'd read going into uni and the relatively older age of 24. That book then turned up as a course text in my first year because, well... why wouldn't it?Re-reading it, and realising I had access to a huge library and a vast reservoir of Scots literary knowledge, I spent my time in between essays, exams and course texts pulling as many different books as I could from between the stacks of the Glasgow Uni library. I devoured Kelman, Crichton Smith, MacCaig, Gray, Spark and then moved onto more contemporary authors like Bissett, Louise Welsh and Robertson among others. Boyracers was one of the first contemporary novels I read.I went on to read Pack Men, as it was his most recent at the time, and then Death of a Ladies Man. Welsh was important to me because it demonstrated that people could write in Scots and "get away with it"; Kelman was vital to my literary development because it was the first novel I read in Glaswegian, and it contained characters the likes of which I'd met in my own scheme when growing up; but Bissett was more relevant, largely in part because I found it easier to identify with teenagers from Falkirk than I could with twenty-something heroin addicts in Leith or a blind guy in Glasgow. As I look back on that period of voracious reading, I now know it was because the community he depicts in Boyracers, and later again in Pack Men, is so similar to ones I know.This podcast is a very cerebral chat. I hope you don't find it too dense. Highlights include:Creativity always seemed natural, he kept coming back to that when he was youngCame to realise writing was a career when he was doing a PHd Being shortlisted for the Macallan Prize is when he realised writing was a thingComing from a TV household with no creative familyYou only start to realise the themes of your writing when people start to talk to you aboutScottish writing and the themes of identity of community, and how those mainly seem to come from writers who are not from the landed gentryHow Alan finds this to be more powerful and valuable than writing about rich people having drawing room affairsThe object of growing up is like to get out of your community and how that leads to a sense of guilt when you doHow current writers that he's been working with seem to reflect the difference in community now than in the generation before – Boyracers was filled with hope, but it's hope that the current generation of teenagers don't feelThere's a generation of young theatre makers like Steph Smith, Catrion Evans, Kiron Hurly, Gary McNair, Rob Drummond and Nick Green who are doing politically explicit workThe radical spirit that theatre had in the 70s with John McGrath etc feels like it's coming backYet it's harder for Scottish novelists to be political because of the global competitionIt's very difficult for political novels to get throughHow Late It Was, How Late was prophetic about the struggle people face with the DWP now, despite it being written in the mid 90sPeople want to escape reality instead of experience or read about what people actually feel say and doAmerican cultural colonisation is greater than ever despite the narratives of big media franchises like Game of Thrones or Marvel films not being culturally specificOur obsessions with these universal cultures mean that local cultures – their stories, dialects, art – are slowly being erased and neglectedBut that's not to say we should protect our cultures by allowing them to remain untouched, rather there should be cultural spaces where local culture still exist – we must preserve minority cultureIt's difficult to know what our default cultural tastes would be when entertainment is controlled by media conglomeratesThe artist's that feel that they have some kind of social responsibility at least signals that they are willing to make a stand that's bigger than just them as an individualWe get caught up in the rights of the individual above all else and it's not surprise because that's capitalism but we have to perverse the work that we doMoving to writing plays is as much about the economic reality of writing novels and how difficult it is to pay bills as a full time writer when it takes a long time to write a book Many novelists are stimulated into over production because of the fear of having their livelihood taken away from them, Alan can't work like thatThere's also an energy in Scottish theatre that wasn't quite there in Scottish literatureTheatre is more immediate but a novel is more powerful because of the mental experience is deeperYet a play can react quicker to current events whereas a novel takes timeThe full scale demolition of masculinity in Death of a Ladies ManThe alpha male pursuit to anoint great works of literatureAnd how that pursuit can be destructive, and the way that has affected the mental health of many great writes, such as James JoyceHowever ambition is required to power you through being creativeYet a lot of female writers have a completely different mindset, which often makes them better writersThe Caledonian Antisyzergy and the dual identity of Scots which is reflected in referendum resultThe referendum was Scotland finding out what it is was – Scotland doesn't know what it is or what it would spring towards whilst it's still part of the unionAlan finds that interviews aren't fun anymore because they talk about politics…So we make it fun by talking about MarvelAnd the seemingly infinite expansion of franchisesWe have a shared love for blockbuster moves despite them being more disposable than everAlan's favourite film is Jaws and compared to current CGI films, it feels so handmadeThe shift in the 70s in blockbuster films which shook everything up in terms of how big budget films are made, and how that shift would not happen now because of CGIWe agree Marvel Studios are good at retaining artists' singular vision in a big budget blockbuster settingDisney used to feel like a benign company that used to make kids films every year, and now they seem to run HollywoodThere are, however, more nourishing forms of entertainmentWHY ARE ADULTS WATCHING KIDS FILMS?! And whey to complain about them when they're not FOR adults?Society aims to keep us in a state of permanent adolescence Some Scottish Literature chat – James Robertson is a genius, he's so far ahead of every other Scottish author. Also, Louise Welsh, Kirsty Logan, John Niven, Sophie Sexton, William Letford, Richie McCafferty, Laura Marney, Rodge Glass, Zoe Strachan are all people to watchAlso James Hogg – Confessions of a Justified Sinner is ESSENTIAL literatureLots of show notes here. Apologies for the length of the post. I hope you enjoy the episode!Featured MusicIntro: Voodoo Puppets – Electric Chair Blues (used under CC licence, you can check it out here).Suede - The Next LifePink Floyd - Comfortably NumbMartyn Bennett - MoveAll music can be purchased on iTunes and the digital retailer of your choice. Or in a record store. You know they still exist, right? I make no claim to the copyright of these tracks.LinksGo buy any of Alan's books from a book store. A bricks and mortar one. That'd be well good.You can see his website here to see what he's upto in the theatre world. His twitter and facebook are also pretty cool.Thank you!My thanks are eternal to you and everyone else who has listened to the podcast and helped me get it to where it is. If you could take a second to rate and review this podcast on iTunes I'd love you forever and ever.Questions? Feedback?You can do either by dropping a comment in the comment box below.Or you can hit the contact link to show me some love by using the cool email form.Social MediaI'm on a few social media sites, so it'd be pretty handy if you could show me some love over there.Check out the Facebook page.Or you can get me on Twitter.Oh and seriously, rating and reviewing this podcast on iTunes would be amazing. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Rob Drummond. Rob is a writer, performer and director from Glasgow. His theatre credits include Sixteen (Arches Theatre Festival), Hunter (National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly, directed by John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett), Post Show (Arches Live!) Allotment (Govan Shopping Centre, NTS new work), Mr Write (Tron Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland), Top Table (Oran Mor). In 2011 Rob wrote, performed and directed his critically acclaimed show Rob Drummond: Wrestling (The Arches, winner of a Vital Spark Award) for which he trained as a professional wrestler. His dark comedy Top Table appeared at Oran Mor last year. Bullet Catch enjoyed critical acclaim and a sold out run as part of the Traverse Theatre’s Festival 2012 programme Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain