Podcasts about Southall

The audio edition of our review of the recently uploaded fully AI-produced fan film that's been piquing people's interest across the internet Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

Star Wars is back in the cinema, and it's something we've been watching on telly for the last seven years. So in between talking about why this, why now, we try and get to a conversation about the film and whether it's any good Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

A quarter of a century on from the terrorist atrocity that shocked the world, we recount our experiences and review Paul Greengrass' dramatisation of the events on United 93, one of the planes that was hijacked that day Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ian Winterton

The randomiser plonks us ten years in the future (actually six years in our current past) for our second Chris Chibnall story in a row; but does The Hungry Earth whet our appetite sixteen years since it was first broadcast? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

When Tim Curry died, we knew we really had a straight choice between watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show and watching Clue, and we decided to watch Clue. But was it the right choice... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Our thoughts on Jacob Gentry's 2021 movie about a man whose wife disappears and who becomes obsessed with the phenomena of the Broadcast Signal Intrusion Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

The results of our listeners poll to find the most loved stories of the Tom Baker era Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Like him a lot or like him a little less, he wasn't very tall and he played a lot of instruments - we sat down to talk about Prince Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Eric Drass

Proletarian TV | 1 May 2026 This is the first part of an article based on a presentation made by Ella Rule in London on 3 April 2026 as part of our series of Southall seminars. In her introduction, Comrade Ella expressed reliance on two principal and invaluable sources of information: Harry Cross's book Undoing a Revolution – Sudan and the Politics of Debt and the Cardiff PhD thesis of Abdelwahab Himmat entitled The History of the Sudanese Communist Party. The text from time to time quotes verbatim from these texts, but the views expressed in this presentation should not be attributed to either author without verification. ------------------------------------ Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

In which we talk about three movies from the early 1990s, that share a common theme: Barton Fink (1991), The Player (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

The randomiser takes us to the finale of Chris Chibnall's first series in charge of Doctor Who, and an episode that infamously underwhelmed on first broadcast. Will it look any better eight years on? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Roger Spottiswoode's 1993 TV movie about the spread and classification of HIV/AIDS in the USA during the 1980s, and the people involved in the research Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Ian Winterton

In the first second of our two podcasts marking the passing of Sam Neill, we take a look at Taika Waititi's 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Ranjeet Brar | 9 August 2026 Our general secretary Comrade Ranjeet Brar speaks at our recent celebration of anti-imperialist solidarity. What does Fidel Castro's example teach us about connecting revolutionary truths with the broadest possible section of the working people? This meeting was held on Saturday 25 July in Southall, west London. Also speaking were Comrade Yong Ri from the embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Comrade Ismara Vargas Walter, Cuban ambassador to the UK. ------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

In order to mark the passing of Tom Chadbon, we randomly selected an episode of something relatively genre-orientated that he'd been in, and the randomiser said Bugs. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Cuba Embassy | 4 August 2026 This meeting was held on Saturday 25 July in Southall, west London. Also speaking were Comrade Yong Ri from the embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and CPGB-ML general secretary Ranjeet Brar. Just as we have seen in Gaza and Iran, the response of the people to the intensification of the pressure by external forces has been to strengthen their resolve and reinforce and heighten their unity. ----------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

Proletarian TV | 2 August 2026 A brilliant and empassioned speech given by our dear comrade, Her Excellency Ismara Vargas-Walter, Cuban ambassador to the UK and Ireland, at our spirited celebration of the international anti imperialist struggle in Southall today. Our Chair Joti Brar gives an introduction to comrade Her Ismara, and makes some piercing observations in response. Ismara celebrates the 100th anniveraary of the birth of Fidel Castro, leader and inspirer of the Cuban Revolution, as well as the storming of the Moncada Barracks on 26th July 1953, that triggered the Revolution. Although that heroic assault on the fortress of US comprador Batista failed, it led to the trial of Fidel and his comrades, which Fidel turned into a tribunal of the reactionary and dictatorial regime. “History will absolve me!” Declared Fidel, at the conclusion of his epic speech of defence! And on January 1st 1959, the revolutionary forces led by Fidel, Raul and Che Guevara victoriously entered Havana, ushering in the rule of the Working People and the dawn ofa socialist era in Latin America. The US IMPERIALISTS HAVE NEVER FORGIVEN the people of Cuba for breaking free of their grip, and today desire to have their brothels, casinos, landed estates and latifundia, wage slaves, peasants, vassels, monopolies and sweat-shops restored to their corrupt and mafiosi-led grip. Despite the vindictive sanctions - intensified to fever pitch by this vindictive and unstable Trump regime - and the special economic measures that the Cubans have had to take to withstand those sanctions, Cuba stands firm, on the front line of the anti Imperialist struggle. We must all demand the lifting of the criminal US blockade and do all in our power to aid Cuba: the hope of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples, and a beacon pf humanity's bright, humane, just and rational socialist future. Also at the meeting, our comrade from the London Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Comrade Yong Ri and for the CPGB-ML our general secretary Ranjeet Brar. Sign up for email updates at thecommunists.org ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

DPRK Embassy | 7 August 2026 This meeting was held on Saturday 25 July in Southall, west London. Also speaking were Comrade Ismara Vargas Walter Cuban Ambassador to the UK and CPGB-ML general secretary Ranjeet Brar. ‘It is the unwavering foreign policy stance of the DPR Korea to strengthen the united front with all independent and anti-imperialist forces and wage a resolute struggle against imperialist aggression and war schemes.' --------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

Proletarian TV | 1 August 2026 A spirited celebration of the international anti imperialist struggle in Southall, held on Saturday July 25th 2026. Our Chair Joti Brar with comrade Her Excellency Ismara Vargas-Walter and our comrade from the Democratic People's Republic of Korean Embassy Yong Ri. Also speaking for the CPGB-ML is our general secretary Ranjeet Brar Sign up for email updates at thecommunists.org Comrade Yong Ri here gives a vivid sketch of the CURRENT international situation in the world and the strong socialist policy of the leadership of the Workers Party of Korea and people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that has enabled the nation to maintain its sovereignty and independence in the face of the unending hostility of US imperialism, upon whom it inflicted a heroic and historic defeat in the brutal 1950-1953 war of aggression waged by US imperialism on the Korean people under the leadership of Eisenhower and with the active participation of the Dulles Brothers. All, of course, at the behest of Wall Street. HE NOTES: It is the unwavering foreign policy stance of the DPR Korea to firmly uphold the principles of struggle against the enemy (Anglo-American imperialism and its satellites), to strengthen the united front with all independent and anti Imperialist forces and wage a resolute struggle against imperialist aggression and war schemes Nowadays unimaginable shocking events, beyond common sense, are taking place every day. Wars, bloodshed, political and economic destabilisation are becoming a daily occurrence. It is due to the gangster like geopolitical greed, and misuse of force by the hegemonic forces. As a result the inter-camp confrontation between the forces of domination and independence is getting more fierce. The high-handed practices of the US imperialists have had a destabilising impact upon its satellite forces and have further worsened the bloody situation in Europe and the Middle East. Today the world is witnessing a rampant resurgence of ultra-nationalism - the “America First” policy, [Israel] Zionism and Neo-Nazism in Ukraine - reminiscent of a century ago when the world was involved in global wars. Kim Jong un emphasised: “We have neither the right nor the grounds to ignore the current complex situation and stark geopolitical reality.” -------------------------------------- Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

In the first first of two podcasts recorded in order to mark the passing of Sam Neill, we take a look at his 2000 film The Dish Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Andrew Patterson's second film The Rivals of Amziah King is out on limited release today, so we thought we'd head back seven years to take a look at his debut - The Vast of Night - and see how much promise it shows Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Simon Brett

The results of our listeners poll to find the most loved stories of the Matt Smith era Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Ian Winterton

In which Steven Spielberg goes back to the early days of his career and produces a new spin on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Well, we say "new"; he updates it to the themes and concerns of the mid-1990s at least. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ian Winterton

Who Review Extra takes us right back into The Avengers again, and this time into the middle of Season Four to find Mrs Peel settling in nicely and the format fully up and running... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Christopher Nolan's latest is another updating of the movies he no doubt caught during summer holidays when he was a kid; the fidelity of his vision isn't important, so much as the quality of the outcome Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ian Winterton

Warning: there are big spoilers to significant plot developments in our review of the latest from the MCU, so make sure you've seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day before you listen to this episode Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

It's been possibly the cinema sensation of the summer; we finally took a look at Curry Barker's low budget, big box office, high concept horror film Obsession Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ian Winterton

In this episode, we speak with Andrea Brand, Chair of the Department of Cell Biology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute. We discuss her scientific path from yeast gene regulation to Drosophila neurobiology, and how early interests in DNA and microscopy shaped her career. We talk about the development of the GAL4 system with Norbert Perrimon and how it enabled targeted gene expression in specific tissues and cells. Andrea explains why this approach has remained useful across decades, including its applications in Drosophila and beyond, while noting that no experimental system is perfect and results should be cross-checked with other methods. We also discuss targeted DAM-ID and chromatin DAM-ID, methods developed in her lab to study protein-DNA interactions and chromatin marks in vivo without removing cells from their normal tissue environment. Andrea describes how these tools helped her lab analyze neural stem cells in their niche and investigate changes in chromatin during quiescence and reactivation. A major theme of the conversation is neural stem cell quiescence. We cover how her lab found that quiescent stem cells can show unexpectedly open chromatin, express neuronal genes, and adopt neuron-like features, including long projections and interactions with neurons. We also discuss the link to metabolism, including feeding signals, the fat body, blood-brain barrier glia, insulin-like peptides, and TGF-beta signaling. Finally, we talk about Andrea's recent move toward human brain organoids and the goal of connecting model organism work to human biology and patient data. We discuss ongoing work on quiescent cells, TRIB family genes, and cancer–neuron interactions, as well as the need to better distinguish quiescence from senescence in vivo. References Brand, A. H., & Perrimon, N. (1993). Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes. Development (Cambridge, England), 118(2), 401–415. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.118.2.401 Southall, T. D., Gold, K. S., Egger, B., Davidson, C. M., Caygill, E. E., Marshall, O. J., & Brand, A. H. (2013). Cell-type-specific profiling of gene expression and chromatin binding without cell isolation: assaying RNA Pol II occupancy in neural stem cells. Developmental cell, 26(1), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2013.05.020 Tang, J. L. Y., Hakes, A. E., Krautz, R., Suzuki, T., Contreras, E. G., Fox, P. M., & Brand, A. H. (2022). NanoDam identifies Homeobrain (ARX) and Scarecrow (NKX2.1) as conserved temporal factors in the Drosophila central brain and visual system. Developmental cell, 57(9), 1193–1207.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.04.008 Cheetham, S. W., & Brand, A. H. (2018). RNA-DamID reveals cell-type-specific binding of roX RNAs at chromatin-entry sites. Nature structural & molecular biology, 25(1), 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-017-0006-4 Cheetham, S. W., Gruhn, W. H., van den Ameele, J., Krautz, R., Southall, T. D., Kobayashi, T., Surani, M. A., & Brand, A. H. (2018). Targeted DamID reveals differential binding of mammalian pluripotency factors. Development (Cambridge, England), 145(20), dev170209. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.170209 Related Episodes scDamID, EpiDamID and Lamina Associated Domains (Jop Kind) Characterizing Chromatin at the Nuclear Lamina (Bas van Steensel) Contact Epigenetics Podcast on Mastodon Epigenetics Podcast on Bluesky Dr. Stefan Dillinger on LinkedIn Active Motif on LinkedIn Active Motif on Bluesky Email: podcast@activemotif.com

A pair of low budget horror films from YouTubers have created a sensation (and upset the box office spectrum) this summer, so in the first of two reviews we take a look at Kane Parsons' Backrooms (warning: contains spoilers) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ian Winterton

We talk through some of the names who might be expected to be putting in bids to become the new artistic director on Doctor Who, after BBC Studios confirmed its hat would be in the ring Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

You don't have to have watched Citizen Vigilante in order to appreciate our review of it, in fact we recommend you don't Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake

On the day Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, we go back to his Party Pieces interview with The Quietus in 2022, and ask whether we think the man who chose to be represented by these thirteen records is the right man to represent us in the highest office in the country. Or maybe just give our opinions on his opinions. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett and Eric Drass Party Pieces: https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/andy-burnham-bakers-dozen-favourite-music/

In the first half (albeit recorded second) of a Too Hot for TV crossover, we take a look at the ill-fated 1980s TV adaptation of John Christopher's The White Mountains trilogy Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees On tomorrow's episode of Too Hot for TV (recorded first), we'll be looking at the prequel novel and various comic strip adventures: https://linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

With The Avengers now in the randomiser we take Who Review Extra all the way back to February of 1963, a time before Doctor Who even existed, to check out the Season 2 episode School for Traitors and see how it stands up against the style the series would hit later on Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

In the aftermath of MayGann, we take a look at Smart Money, the 1986 TV movie that predicts the hacker dramas of the 1990s and which is the first collaboration between TV movie writer Matthew Jacobs and Candyman director Bernard Rose Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber You can watch Smart Money here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1wVSRDFWc9E

Paul McGann's very first screen appearance was in a Play for Today written by Wally K Daly (author of the ill-fated Doctor Who story The Ultimate Evil), and so we extended MayGann in order to take a look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Ryan Blake

England's chances in the World Cup, Nigel's farrago in Clacton, Ann Widdecombe's surprising connection to Doctor Who and more in this emergency unstoppable edition of Private Members Club  Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

The results of our listeners poll to find the most loved stories of the Jon Pertwee era Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

The second film in the DC Gunniverse seems to have stalled at the box office, and it can't just be down to embittered Snyder fans casting a hex upon it - indeed, our review team of four shrank to half its promised size when two didn't even bother to go see it. We decided to make up for their absence by talking longer Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake

Films about filmmakers are always intriguing, and back in 1990 the director of The Graduate collaborated with Carrie Fisher to tell a fictionalised account of her relationship with her mother Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Now that we've hit July, we can no longer claim it's MayGann, and so by way of saying goodbye we join Sylvester McCoy for his 1996 video diary in which we find him Bidding Adieu to the role of Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

We talk about RTD's latest, with a little bit about Doctor Who at the start Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Ian Winterton

Our summer of celebration of the TV movie and the surrounding wilderness years brings us to the last licensed-but-unofficial spin-off mini-movie that was made before Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2005, Dæmos Rising Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

Now that we're actually in May Week, here's a little bit more MayGann in the form of Geoffrey Sax's 2005 hit horror film White Noise Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

It only took three days from Andy Burnham's election in Makerfield, to Sir Keir Starmer resigning in Downing Street; for the second time in a week, there are too many developments in government for us not to talk about them Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ian Winterton

As May week kicks off in Cambridge, MayGann spreads its wings to include Steven Moffat's first turn behind the Doctor Who TV typewriter, The Curse of Fatal Death in 1999 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

The game of Prime Ministerial musical chairs appears to have begun again, and so we've dusted off our politics strand in order to have a conversation about it - once we can get onto the subject Presented by J.R. Southall, with Steve Hatcher

He-Man is once again holding aloft his magic sword and so we thought we would compare the new Masters of the Universe movie with its 1987 counterpart, to see which has the most fabulous secret powers Presented by Dylan Rees, with Ryan Blake and J.R. Southall

We take a look at three TV episodes Matthew Jacobs wrote for television after his work on the 1996 Doctor Who movie, a feature-length adaptation of Lorna Doone, an episode of Wexford and the Screen Two instalment Mothertime Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

The results of our quest to find our listeners' favourite tenth Doctor stories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher