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Tiffany Watt Smith joins Georgina Godwin to discuss her new release, ‘Bad Friend’, which explores the dynamics of female friendships with personal insights from Smith’s own life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trans women should use toilets according to their biological sex, according to the equalities minister Bridget Phillipson, this is in response to the UK Supreme Court's ruling a week ago on the legal definition of a woman. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has welcomed the decision, saying it provides much needed clarity, and his office has confirmed that the Prime Minister no longer believes trans women are women. There have been protests against the decision, with critics saying it is incredibly worrying for the trans community. The ruling followed a long-running legal battle between the Scottish Government and the campaign group For Women Scotland. Susan Smith, one of the directors, gives her reflections on the outcome, a week on. The historian Tiffany Watt Smith traces the evolution and messy realities of female friendship across the past century in her new book Bad Friend. Tiffany talks to Clare about bad friends through history: the romantic school girls of the 1900s; office gossips; mum cliques; angry activists; and the coven – women who choose to live together in old age – to the present day. The former lioness Eni Aluko had a hugely successful career as a player making over 100 appearances for England. Since then she's gone on to have an equally successful career as a pundit, becoming the first woman to appear on Match of the Day in 2014. Earlier this month her name was in the headlines following the outcome of a civil court hearing involving the ex-footballer Joey Barton. In the first stage of a High Court libel case the Judge found that online posts made by Joey Barton about Eni and her family were "defamatory". Mr Barton is yet to respond, and can appeal, or defend the statements if the case proceeds to trial. In a separate criminal case involving both parties Joey Barton has pleaded not guilty to allegedly posting offensive comments on social media.An Army of Women is a documentary that follows a group of women in Austin, Texas who took on the legal systems that they feel let their rapists walk free – specifically by filing lawsuits against the police department in Austin and the district attorney's office in Travis County, which prosecutes cases for the county. Those suits were settled in 2021 and 2022. The documentary debuted at the South by Southwest Festival last year, and is being released here in the UK from this Friday. Clare speaks to documentary director Julie Lunde Lillesæter and Hanna Senko, who was the lead plaintiff in one of those lawsuits.Presented by Clare McDonnell Producer: Louise Corley

Tiffany Watt Smith's The Book of Human Emotions

"I never read novels" is something you hear people say. What is the point of reading - be it histories or fiction? Does it help us empathize with the situation of other people or shed insights into our historical moment? With the news story that university students these days are, apparently, unaccustomed to reading entire books, cover to cover, favouring excerpts, abridgements, and introductions and ahead of the biggest date in the publishing calendar (Super Thursday on Oct 10th) Shahidha Bari is joined by novelist Elif Shafak - winner of the British Academy's President's Medal, her latest novel is called There Are Rivers in the Sky; journalist Gabriel Gatehouse - host of the podcast and Radio 4 series The Coming Storm; New Generation Thinkers Janine Bradbury - a poet, and Jonathan Egid - a philosopher; Tiffany Watt Smith - a historian of emotions and author of a book on schadenfreude and by the historian of China Professor Rana Mitter - chair of the judges for this year's Cundill History Prize. The winner will be announced on October 30th and the books in contention are: Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights by Dylan C. PenningrothProducer: Luke Mulhall

3. sezon 20. bölümümüzle karşınızdayız. Biz bu sezon Tiffany Watt Smith'in "Duygular Sözlüğü"nün izinden gidiyoruz. Yeni kelimeler, yeni duygular öğreniyor, üzerine düşünüyor, araştırıyor ve bu duyguların sanatta, edebiyatta, hayatta, yaşamın içindeki yerlerini bulmaya çalışıyoruz. Geldik U harfine.. Utanç duygusuna.. Keyifli dinlemeler dileriz..

Con i tormentoni, recenti e passati, di Sanremo ancora in testa oggi partiamo da una canzone di Dargen D'Amico (“Dove si balla”) per parlare dei terremoti e dei vulcani (anche metaforici) che fanno capolino in libri, saggi e poesie. Si parte con Paolo Rumiz e si conclude con Achille Campanile passando per Heinrich von Kieist, Tiffany Watt Smith, Vamba, Giacomo Leopardi, Alberto Angela, John Fante, Emily Dickinson e l'immancabile Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Per scoprire poi che le calamità naturali sono preferibili al fanatismo dell'uomo e che quando sei un vulcano ed erutti, rischi di fare una figuraccia.

Tiffany Watt Smith'in "Duygular Sözlüğü"nün izinden gidiyoruz. Geldik S harfine. Duygumuz Sahtekarlık. Bu duyguyu şu sıralar çok konuşulan "Sahtekarlık Sendromu" ile ele almaya başladık; yapay zekaya kadar genişlettik. Elbette sanattan, kitaplardan birçok örneğini de sohbetimize ekledik. Keyifli dinlemeler dileriz.

La semaine de vos émotions, c'est une émotion différente décortiquée tous les jours du 31 juillet au 6 août grâce à des anciens épisodes, parmi nos préférés. L'été, le temps semble plus lent, parfois même il s'arrête et on se retrouve face à soi même. On prend enfin le temps de mettre des mots sur ce que l'on ressent, de faire le point, parfois même de prendre des résolutions pour être une meilleure version de soi à la rentrée. C'est pourquoi chez Louie, on a décidé de vous proposer une semaine pour plonger au cœur de vous même. Cet épisode a été diffusé une première fois le 23 décembre 2020.--Est-ce que vous vous souvenez de votre tout premier baiser ? De la première fois où vous avez acheté un CD avec votre propre argent de poche ? Du Noël où vous avez reçu ce fameux cadeau dont vous rêviez tant ? Cet épisode a été enregistré quelques jours seulement avant Noël, et à la veille d'un changement de décennie. Pour tous, les fêtes de fin d'année – et de surcroît les fins de décennie – sont des périodes particulièrement propices à nous faire repenser à des instants de nos vies, bons ou mauvais, pourtant bien révolus. Mais est-ce souhaitable d'être nostalgique ? Est-ce une émotion qui nous bloque uniquement dans le passé et nous empêche d'avancer, ou peut-elle au contraire nous aider à mieux appréhender l'avenir ?Dans cet épisode, Sarah-Lou Lepers a rencontré Pauline, une jeune femme qui se fait un devoir de ne jamais repenser au passé, et Romy, son ancienne prof d'allemand, qui organise chaque 9 novembre des soirées “Chute du mur”, afin de se rappeler de la période au cours de laquelle l'Allemagne était divisée en deux. Sarah-Lou s'est aussi rendue dans les locaux de la radio Nostalgie, pour comprendre comment la station faisait naître cette émotion quotidiennement chez ses auditeurs, et elle a rencontré la directrice du laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition Pascale Piolino ainsi que la chercheuse en sciences sociales Sarah Gensburger. À lire/écouter sur le sujet : La professeure de psychologie et directrice du Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition Pascale Piolino, autrice de La mémoire autobiographique : théorie et pratique en neuropsychologieLa chercheuse en sciences sociales Sarah Gensburger, autrice de Mémoire vive : Chroniques d'un quartier. Bataclan 2015-2016, publié chez Anamosa.Le journaliste Andrew McGill, auteur de l'article Just When Was America Great ?, The AtlanticLa journaliste Margot Sanger-Katz, autrice de l'article When Was America Greatest ?, The New York TimesL'Historienne de la culture Tiffany Watt Smith, autrice de Le dictionnaire des émotions, publié chez ZulmaLa philosophe Barbara Cassin, autrice de La Nostalgie, publié chez FayardLe sociologue Zigmunt Bauman, auteur de Retrotopia, publié chez Premiers ParallèlesLe documentaire Papilote, de Sarah-Lou Lepers diffusé par Arte Radio.L'article Des souvenirs qui font du bien de Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut et Tim Wulf paru dans le magazine Cerveau & Psycho. Et vous, quelle place laissez-vous à la nostalgie dans votre vie ? Racontez-le nous à hello@louiemedia.comSarah-Lou Lepers a écrit cet épisode. Wendy Le Neillon a participé à sa conception. Charlotte Pudlowski et Cyrielle Bedu étaient à la rédaction en chef. Nicolas Vair a assuré la création sonore, Olivier Bodin l'enregistrement, et Jean-Baptiste Aubonnet le mixage. La retranscription de cet épisode est disponible ici. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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“Siz içeri girince herkes susuyor, oda sessizleşiyor. Otobüs durağındaki okul çocukları siz geçerken gülüyor. O önemli zarf, önceden açılmış. Telefonda garip cızırtılar var. Kalbiniz güm güm atıyor. Avuç içleriniz terliyor ve dünya vites değiştiriyor. Biri peşinize düşmüş. Düşmemiş mi?” Tiffany Watt Smith'in "Duygular Sözlüğü"nün izinden gidiyoruz. Geldik P harfine.. Paranoya.. Türkiye'de paranoya yaşamak için sebepler çok dedik, ama belki de yüzleşemediklerimizden bir kaçış hikayesidir diye de ekledik. Sohbetimize bekleriz.

En entrevista con Pamela Cerdeira, en la sección Oasis, Adán Serret nos habla del libro ‘Atlas de las emociones humanas' de Tiffany Watt Smith.

What's going on when we scroll through our social feeds finding momentary happiness in the mishaps of celebrities or politicians whose views we dislike? Or delight in the stupidity of everyday people on 'epic fail' sites? Aleks Krotoski explores whether our digital habits, alongside increasingly polarised attitudes, have ushered in a new age of schadenfreude... and asks if this is always a bad thing? Aleks hears from author Tiffany Watt Smith who suggests that, whilst schadenfreude is not a new emotion, online platorms may create the perfect conditions for it to flourish; Dr Lea Boecker suggests schadenfreude may have an important role in boosting self-esteem and encouraging group cohesion; fail video aficionado Olly Browning confesses the particular frisson of schadenfreude he feels when justice is served; whilst researcher Emily Cross shares the results of her recent experiments measuring levels of schadenfreude felt towards robots; and Dr Sa-Kiera Hudson invites us to consider whether schadenfreude is always a passive emotion or whether its addictive qualities might sometimes lead to harmful behaviours towards marginalised groups. Producer: Lynsey Moyes Researcher: Juliet Conway

Tiffany Watt Smith'in duygular sözlüğündeki duyguları tanımaya ve üzerine konuşmaya devam ediyoruz ve sıra geldi G harfine. Duygumuz Gönülsüzlük. Farklı durumlarda farklı şekillerde ele aldığımız bu duygunun bedenimize neler yaptığını, sanatta nasıl karşımıza çıktığını konuştuğumuz bölümümüze hoşgeldiniz.

3. Sezonda, Tiffany Watt Smith'in “Duygular Sözlüğü"ndeki, A'dan Z'ye duyguları ele alıyoruz. Sıra F harfinde. Daha önce ikimizin de hiç duymadığı ve söylemesi oldukça zor bir duygu ile karşınızdayız. FİLOPROJENİTİFLİK duygusu.. Neymiş, ne değilmiş, sanatta ve bedenimizde nerelerdeymiş diye merak ediyorsanız, hepsi bölümün içinde.. Görsel: Pinterestten alınmıştır.

Wir alle haben Gefühle - und denken naheliegenderweise, dass Menschen vor Jahrtausenden diese genauso fühlten. Immerhin sprachen auch sie von “Liebe”, “Hass”, “Freude” und “Trauer”. Mit dem “Zorn des Achilles” beginnt sogar eines der ältesten Werke der Weltliteratur: Die Ilias. Ob das wirklich stimmt - daran beginnen Historiker:innen seit einiger Zeit zu zweifeln. Ihre These: Unsere Emotionen verändern sich über die Jahrhunderte - wir “fühlen” tatsächlich anders, als es Menschen in früheren Epochen taten. Belege dafür finden sich nicht nur in Quellen, sondern auch in der psychologischen und anthropologischen Forschung. Ob auch Gefühle eine “Geschichte” haben: Darüber sprechen wir heute mit der Historikerin Ute Frevert. Und warum ein bewusster Umgang mit Gefühlen wichtig für unsere psychische Gesundheit ist - das erklärt uns der Psychologe und Podcaster Leon Windscheid. **Quellen & Shownotes** - Ute Frevert auf den Seiten des Max-Planck-Instituts für Bildungsforschung: https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/mitarbeiter/ute-frevert/ - Leon Windscheids Homepage: https://www.leonwindscheid.de/ - David Starkey: Six Wives. The Queens of Henry VIII. New York 2003. - Heinrich VIII hat mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht “Greensleeves” komponiert, aber tatsächlich viele Liebesbriefe geschrieben: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/resources/anne-boleyn-words/henry-viiis-love-letters-to-anne-boleyn/ - Paul Ekman (1992): Are There Basic Emotions? in: Psychological Review 99/3, S. 550-553. - In der anthropologischen Forschung wird die Luganda-Sprache als Beispiel für eine Sprache erwähnt, in der für “Wut” und “Trauer” dieselben Begriffe verwendet werden. James A. Russell (1991): Culture and the Categorization of Emotions, in: Psychological Bulletin 110/3, S. 426-450. - Ute Frevert: Gefühle in der Geschichte. Göttingen 2021. - Ute Frevert: Mächtige Gefühle. Von A wie Angst bis Z wie Zuneigung - Deutsche Geschichte seit 1900. Frankfurt am Main 2020. - Ute Frevert: Ehrenmänner. Das Duell in der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. München 1995. - Philippe Ariès: Geschichte des Todes. München 1995 - Diagnosekriterien der 'anhaltenden Trauerstörung' nach ICD‑11 und DSM‑5: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00115-018-0577-2/tables/1 - Leonard Muellner: The Anger of Achilles. Mênis in Greek Epic. Ithaca–London 1996. - "Through the Language Glass: How Words Colour Your World by Guy Deutscher". The Guardian, 12.06.2010, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/12/language-glass-colour-guy-deutscher - "There's Evidence Humans Didn't Actually See Blue Until Modern Times". Science Alert, 07.04.2018, https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-science - Leon Windscheid: Besser fühlen. Eine Reise zur Gelassenheit. Hamburg 2021. - Unsere Beispiele für Gefühle in anderen Kulturen (wie "hiraeth" und ”iktsuarpok") stammen aus folgendem Buch: Tiffany Watt Smith: The Book of Human Emotions. New York–Boston–London 2015. - "The history of human emotions". TED-Talk mit Tiffany Watt Smith, November 2017, https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_watt_smith_the_history_of_human_emotions "Terra X Geschichte - der Podcast" findet Ihr jeden zweiten Freitag auf www.terra-x.zdf.de und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt. Für Themenvorschläge oder Feedback: terrax-online@zdf.de Mehr von Mirko zum Thema Geschichte findet ihr hier: www.youtube.com/c/MrWissen2goGeschichte/ www.instagram.com/mrwissen2gogeschichte/ - Moderation: Mirko Drotschmann - Sprecher*innen: Inga Haupt, Marvin Neumann - Autor: Andie Rothenhäusler - Schnitt: Aline Kinzie - Fachliche Beratung: Daniela Ssymank - Produktion: objektiv media GmbH im Auftrag des ZDF - Redaktion ZDF: Katharina Kolvenbach

3. sezonda Tiffany Watt Smith'in "Duygular Sözlüğü" kitabından yola çıkıp, her bölüm bir duyguyu ele alarak kendi rotamızı çizeceğiz. A harfinden bir duygu ile başlayıp, Z harfine doğru ilerleyen bir akışımız olacak. Her bölümde bizde, bedenimizde ve sanatta izini süreceğiz duyguların, sizlerin de katkılarıyla zenginleşecek listemiz. Duygular sözlüğünün sanatla buluştuğu yerde, duygularımızı tanımak, alan açmak, onu yaşarken destek almak ve birbirimizle temas edip, beraber çoğalmak niyetimiz. Biz bölümlerin hazırlığı ve kayıt süresince çok heyecanlandık. Umarım sizler de seversiniz. Sezon açılış bölümümüze hoşgeldiniz.

The neuroscientist Anil Seth is a leading researcher into consciousness. In his book, Being You, he explores why we experience life in the first person. He tells Tom Sutcliffe how our perceptual experiences are less a reflection of an objective external reality, and more a kind of controlled hallucination. He argues that perception is a brain-based ‘best guess' – including our core sense of self – designed by evolution to keep the body alive. Tiffany Watt Smith is interested in how the individual self can feel swept up and subsumed in crowds, and the tension between ‘feeling yourself' and ‘losing yourself'. This has taken on added significance during a pandemic when collective experience has become tinged with anxiety. As Director of the Centre of the History of Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, she has also looked at how far being able to name an emotion makes it more real. Emotional turmoil, from revenge to love, are writ large in Rigoletto – the season opener at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. It's the first production by the company's Director, Oliver Mears, and the first new show since the opera house closed because of Covid-19. Mears sees Verdi's masterpiece as a modern morality play that pits power against innocence, in a pitiless world of decadence, corruption and decay. Producer: Katy Hickman (Photo: Gilda) Lisette Oropesa (c) ROH 2021. Rigoletto Studio Rehearsal. Photograph by Ellie Kurttz.)

Welcome to WHY DO I FEEL? a podcast that takes us on an emotional journey. We share stories to help make sense of our experiences and to know that we are not alone. In this series, real people talk about emotional turning points in their lives. How they felt in these moments, and how their lives were changed. We'll look at each story through the lens of a single emotion, or at least that's where we'll start… but feelings aren't that simple.Dougie was betrayed and sought revenge. Cathrine was hurt and unable to talk to the person who hurt her. They both found themselves revelling in the same feeling, but at what cost?To understand why we feel, we need to understand what a feeling is. That's where our experts come in. In this episode, we hear from:Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions, which tells the stories of 156 feelings from around the world. She is a Reader in Cultural History at Queen Mary University of London. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the BBC News Magazine and The New Scientist. In 2014, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker and in 2019 she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme prize. She is the Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions. @drtiffwattsmithLisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is among the top one per cent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also Chief Science Officer for the Centre for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard University. @LFeldmanBarrettWritten and presented by Nathan Filer. @nathanfilerProduced by Kelly Windsor Burgin. Original music by Harrison Pawsey.Supported by Arts Council England.For a transcript of this episode visit this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello Happiness is the first series of The Wellcome Collection Podcast. In this episode, Bidisha asks: What are our emotions and how are they made? She then attempts to pin down the purpose and uses of hope. Listen to historian Tiffany Watt Smith explain how our understanding of emotion has been shaped throughout time, from the ancient Greeks to our present-day obsession with wellbeing and productivity.   Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett speaks with anthropologist Kit Davies about how emotions are made by our brains and society. Black Lives Matter activist Ndumiso Peter Ndlovu (“Dee”) and climate change activist Daze Aghaji discuss how they hold on to hope for a future that is far more brilliant than our present-day reality.   Artist and performer Selina Thompson reads a specially commissioned text where she explores hope, interdependence, trust and time travel.   Presented by Bidisha Produced by Debbie Kilbride   Sound design by Micky Curling   Music by Sola   Researched by Priya Jay   Executive producer Emily Wiles

In this bonus episode, recorded in front of a live virtual audience, Professor Paul Dolan and his guests discuss the neuroscience and social science behind the polarisation problem. Why do we take sides on so many issues? What makes us want to be part of one group and not another? What drives our judgements, choices and assumptions? Paul was joined by his LSE colleague Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington, and fellow academics Dr Lasana Harris from University College London, Professor Anil Seth from the University of Sussex, and Dr Tiffany Watt Smith from Queen Mary University. A Mother Come Quickly production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cuando era muy pequeño Francisco fue diagnosticado con distimia, un tipo de depresión crónica. Esto lo llevó a desarrollar diferentes herramientas para manejar (o no) sus emociones. Hablamos con él sobre la dificultad de identificar diferentes facetas de las emociones, de los retos de calibrar las dosis de medicamentos psiquiátricos y sobre cómo llegamos no solo a identificarnos con nuestros estados emocionales, sino también con la manera en que lidiamos con ellos. Pueden contactar a Francisco por correo electrónico: fpinzn@gmail.com Pueden encontrarnos en su aplicación de podcasts favorita, o como @expertosdesillon en Instagram, @ExpertoSillon en Twitter o también pueden escribirnos a expertosdesillon@gmail.com Expertos de Sillón es un podcast donde conversamos con nuestros invitados e invitadas sobre sus grandes obsesiones, sus placeres culposos o sus teorías totalizantes acerca de cómo funciona el mundo. Es un proyecto de Sillón Estudios. Conducen Alejandro Cardona y Sebastián Rojas. Produce Sara Trejos. REFERENCIAS La charla de TED de Tiffany Watt Smith, Historia de las emociones humanas (https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_watt_smith_the_history_of_human_emotions?language=en)Pueden encontrarnos en su aplicación de podcasts favorita, o como @expertosdesillon en Instagram, @ExpertoSillon en Twitter o también pueden escribirnos a expertosdesillon@gmail.com Expertos de Sillón es un podcast donde conversamos con nuestros invitados e invitadas sobre sus grandes obsesiones, sus placeres culposos o sus teorías totalizantes acerca de cómo funciona el mundo. Es un proyecto de Sillón Estudios. Conducen Alejandro Cardona y Sebastián Rojas. Produce Sara Trejos.

Girls on film, in fiction, art, and society: Shahidha Bari is joined by three researchers whose work looks at ideas about girlhood and growing up: Chisomo Kalinga, Tiffany Watt Smith, and Elspeth Mitchell. Chisomo Kalinga is researching the way storytelling informs concepts of health and wellbeing in Malawi, and has written on fictional portrayals and the idea of stereotypes. She is a Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Elspeth Mitchell's Phd looked at ‘the Girl’ and the moving image in work by Simone de Beauvoir, Chantal Akerman, and Eija-Liisa Ahtila. She is now researching feminine identities, costume and burlesque at the University of Leeds. Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of books including The Book of Human Emotions, and Schadenfreude, and she is now researching women and friendship. She is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University London and is a New Generation Thinker - the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), turning research into radio. You can find a range of programming for International Women's Day on 8 March on BBC Radio 3, including a Words and Music playlist of readings and music exploring the idea of Women Walking Alone, and a series of broadcasts featuring the work of women composers - part of an ongoing project BBC Radio 3 is running with the AHRC to record more music written by women past and present. In the Free Thinking archives there is a playlist which includes discussions about women in academia, the woman writer and reader, discrimination and British justice, women and war, and women’s bodies, and hearing from guests including Helena Kennedy, Layla AlAmmar, Kiley Reid, Helen Lewis, and Maaza Mengiste. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p084ttwp This episode was made in partnership with the AHRC, part of UKRI. You can find more about New Research in a playlist on the Free Thinking programme website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90 - where you’ll find other episodes in the New Thinking strand, showcasing academic research. Producer: Emma Wallace

From sleeping space to work space? Matthew Sweet is joined by historian of emotions Tiffany Watt Smith, expert on the suffragettes and a history of sex Fern Riddell, author of The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World Laurence Scott and Tudor historian Joe Moshenska. Matthew Sweet's guests recording in their bedrooms are all New Generation Thinkers, which now has 100 early career academics on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. Fern Riddell's books include Death in Ten Minutes Kitty Marion: Activist, Arsonist, Suffragette; The Victorian Guide to Sex. She presents the history channel podcast Not What You Thought You Knew. Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions, Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another’s Misfortune. She is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. Laurence Scott has written Picnic Comma Lightning and The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and was a winner of the Jerwood Prize. Joe Moshenska is the author of A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby and Iconoclasm as Child’s Play. He teaches at the University of Oxford and presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary about Milton's Paradise Lost. You can find more information about the New Generation Thinkers scheme on the website of the AHRC: https://ahrc.ukri.org/ and a playlist of discussions, essays and short features showcasing the different research topics of New Generation Thinkers on the Free Thinking website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn From beer to Vegetarian pioneers, dams in Pakistan to gangs in Glasgow, disabled characters in Dickens to remembering Partition, the Japanese Stonehenge to a Medici prince. Producer: Luke Mulhall

Tiffany Watt Smith looks back to 1930s London to discover what a rumbled drag ball can teach us about schadenfreude – the joy we feel in another’s misfortune. This is one of a series of short podcasts exploring what we do at the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions.

Podcast of Tiffany Watt-Smith's lecture at 'Carving out a Space for the History of Emotions' at UCD HI.

Est-ce que vous vous souvenez de votre tout premier baiser ? De la première fois où vous avez acheté un CD avec votre propre argent de poche ? Du Noël où vous avez reçu ce fameux cadeau dont vous rêviez tant ?Ce nouvel épisode d'Émotions a été enregistré quelques jours seulement avant Noël, et à la veille d'un changement de décennie. Pour tous, les fêtes de fin d'année – et de surcroît les fins de décennie – sont des périodes particulièrement propices à nous faire repenser à des instants de nos vies, bons ou mauvais, pourtant bien révolus. Mais est-ce souhaitable d'être nostalgique ? Est-ce une émotion qui nous bloque dans le passé et nous empêche d'avancer, ou peut-elle au contraire nous aider à mieux appréhender l'avenir ?Dans cet épisode, Sarah-Lou Lepers a disséqué cette émotion pour nous. Elle a eu l'idée de cet épisode en pensant à ses grands-parents, qui lui ont si souvent fait sentir que tout était tellement mieux avant…Pour comprendre mieux la nostalgie, Sarah-Lou a rencontré Pauline, une jeune femme qui se fait un devoir de ne jamais penser au passé et Romy, son ancienne prof d'allemand, qui organise chaque 9 novembre des soirées “Chute du mur”, pour se rappeler de la période au cours de laquelle l'Allemagne était divisée en deux. Sarah-Lou s'est aussi rendue dans les locaux de la radio Nostalgie, pour comprendre comment la station faisait naître cette émotion quotidiennement chez ses auditeurs, et elle a rencontré la directrice du laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition Pascale Piolino ainsi que la chercheuse en sciences sociales Sarah Gensburger. À lire/écouter sur le sujet : La professeure de psychologie et directrice du Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition Pascale Piolino, autrice de La mémoire autobiographique : théorie et pratique en neuropsychologieLa chercheuse en sciences sociales Sarah Gensburger, autrice de Mémoire vive : Chroniques d'un quartier. Bataclan 2015-2016, publié chez Anamosa.Le journaliste Andrew McGill, auteur de l'article Just When Was America Great ?, The AtlanticLa journaliste Margot Sanger-Katz, autrice de l'article When Was America Greatest ?, The New York TimesL'Historienne de la culture Tiffany Watt Smith, autrice de Le dictionnaire des émotions, publié chez ZulmaLa philosophe Barbara Cassin, autrice de La Nostalgie, publié chez FayardLe sociologue Zigmunt Bauman, auteur de Retrotopia, publié chez Premiers ParallèlesLe documentaire Papilote, de Sarah-Lou Lepers diffusé par Arte Radio.Et vous, quelle place laissez-vous à la nostalgie dans votre vie ? Racontez-le nous sur

How did people once die from ‘nostalgia'? Why were Victorians so nervous about boredom? And why did a self-help author in the 16th Century encourage his readers to practice feeling sad? We all know that the stories we tell ourselves about our emotions influences the way we feel. But what is less recognised, is the way those stories are shaped not just by our personal circumstances, but by larger political and cultural forces. This lecture will explore the field of the history of human emotions, and how the values and ideas associated with emotions have changed – and continue to change, across time in response to new medical, political, religious, and even economic ideas. You should leave the lecture with a deeper understanding of the relationship between language and feeling, and the tools to investigate the pervasive and often invisible cultural assumptions about why some emotions are ‘bad' and others desirable. Some questions we will think about: - Is it true that some emotions are more ‘basic' than others? - Does how we think about an emotion actually change the way we feel it? How? - What influences our own emotional cultures today? How might medical theories or music trends, class or gender, shape the ways we feel? - What scripts do we follow when we feel disgust, anger, fear, surprise, happiness or sadness? How do these expectations change across different historical eras or event from place to place? Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions, which tells the stories of 154 feelings from around the world. It has been published in 9 countries so far. She is currently a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, and she was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and London. Her most recent publication: Schadenfreude, explores the psychology of finding joy in another's misfortune. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the BBC News Magazine and The New Scientist. In 2014, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker. In her previous career, she was a theatre director. Links: - Get our latest psychology lectures emailed to your inbox: http://bit.ly/new-talks - Check out our next event: http://theweekenduniversity.com/events/ - Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theweekenduniversity - Tiffany's books: https://amzn.to/2VYDI6R

Vamos conversar sobre inteligência emocional! Você sabe o qual a diferença entre emoção e sentimento? qual a importância de gerenciar nossos sentimentos? E no mundo profissional, qual é o impacto disso? Chega junto e vamos conversar sobre isso e aprender novas coisas pra sair da caixa e fazer a rodinha girar! Palestra TED: A história das emoções humanas - Tiffany Watt Smith.

The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas. Take nostalgia, for instance: first defined in 1688 as an illness and considered deadly, today it's seen as a much less serious affliction. In this fascinating talk about the history of emotions, learn more about how the language we use to describe how we feel continues to evolve -- and pick up some new words used in different cultures to capture those fleeting feelings in words.

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There’s no scientific consensus as to what emotions are. Depending on who you ask, there could be 8 basic emotions (Dr. Robert Plutchik), 6 (Dr. Paul Ekman) or more than 127 (Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith). It’s true that different cultures acknowledge unique emotions. But it’s also true that different cultures cultivate different concepts of self, personhood, and purpose. In this episode we bulk up on emotion words, talk about the history of emotions (the concept as such isn’t old - it goes back to 1830), and explore the composition of the heart as it feels in the world.

Matthew Sweet and a panel of experts stand-up for their emotion of choice in a debate about the most pertinent emotion for understanding Britain today. Is it Joy? Anger? Anxiety? Schadenfruede or shame? The panel express their feelings and an audience vote at the 2019 Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead has the final say. Kehinde Andrews is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University. His books include Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century and Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement. Denise Mina’s crime novels include The Long Drop, The DI Alex Morrow series, the Paddy Meehan series which were filmed by BBC TV, The Garnetthill series, and graphic novels. She has been inducted into the Crime Writer’s Association Hall of Fame. Tiffany Watt Smith is the author of The Book of Human Emotions and Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another’s Misfortune and was one of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers in 2014. A bout of chicken pox prevented her from promoting her ideas about schadenfraude so her husband, the writer Michael Hughes took her place in this debate. Jen Harvie is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary University of London, the author with Paul Allain of The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance and with Professor Dan Rebellato (Royal Holloway, University of London), she co-edits Palgrave Macmillan’s large series of small books Theatre & Hetta Howes is a Lecturer in English at City University in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and is a BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker You can find short films by Tiffany and others at https://www.bbc.com/ideas/playlists/the-story-of-human-emotions Producer: Debbie Kilbride

Juliet Uzor tells us about winning this year's Great British Sewing Bee.What is the best way to care for a parent with dementia? We hear from Sarah Mitchell whose mother Wendy was diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age of 58. Sarah tells us how they've adapted their lives and relationship.A new Amnesty International report has found what it calls 'a shocking level' of unreported and acquitted rapes across the Nordic countries. Why? Jacqui Hunt the Director of Equality Now's European office and Helle Jacobsen a senior Advisor and Researcher at Amnesty Denmark, discuss.What makes the adolescent brain different and why is it that an easy child can become a challenging teenager? Sarah-Jayne Blackmore a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London helps us understand.Why is ‘Shame' the emotion of now? Hetta Howes a lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at City University London, and Tiffany Watt-Smith a cultural historian discuss.Laura Lattimore and Rashida Hardy tell us about having severe hair loss and why wearing a wig is important to them. The poet Helen Mort on her first novel Black Car Burning about rock climbing, trust and polyamory.Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Rabeka Nurmahomed Edited by Jane ThurlowInterviewed guest: Juliet Uzor Interviewed guest: Sarah Mitchell Interviewed guest: Jacqui Hunt Interviewed guest: Helle Jacobsen Interviewed guest: Sarah-Jayne Blackmore Interviewed guest: Hetta Howes Interviewed guest: Tiffany Watt-Smith Interviewed guest: Laura Lattimore Interviewed guest: Rashida Hardy Interviewed guest: Helen Mort

Hair can be intensely personal and equally political. It can be a sign of confidence or beauty, rebellion or activism. But what about wigs? Why do some women choose to wear them and how significant can they be? Throughout this week we'll explore what wigs mean to a range of different women. First: Wearing a wig during cancer. Approximately 65% of individuals undergoing chemotherapy will experience hair loss as a result. Alex Petropoulos and Angelina Hall both lost their hair this way and turned to wigs. Azmina Verjee works for the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre. The subject of this year's BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead is Emotion. One of their debates aims to decide ‘What is the emotion of now?' The academic Hetta Howes argues that shame is the prevailing emotion of our time. We'll be examining the relationship women have with shame in more detail with Hetta, a lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at City University, London, and with the cultural historian Tiffany Watt-Smith, author of ‘The Book of Human Emotions'.Anne Acheson was a sculptor who changed medical history by combining her knowledge of art and anatomy. During the Great War, many soldiers suffered limb injuries which were treated with splints. However, Portadown-born Anne created an alternative method - using plaster of Paris. As the Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown plans a historic exhibition of Acheson's work we discuss her importance as a sculptor and inventor with Rosamund Lily West, Research Curator at the Royal Society of Sculptors, Jackie Barker, director of Millennium Court Arts Centre, and Virginia Ironside, Anne's great-niece.Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

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What is self-care and what's the evidence that it works for anxiety and depression in young people? Claudia talks to Professor in Evidence Based Practice and Research at UCL, Miranda Wolpert and Maggy Van Eijk, author of Remember this when you're sad - Lessons learned on the road from self-harm to self-care. They discuss how useful is self-care and what are the kinds of strategies that work. Liam Hill from the University of Leeds explains why mathematical ability might relate to ball catching skills and his work with pupils at a primary school in Bradford. Claudia discusses schadenfreude with historian of emotions, Tiffany Watt-Smith and psychologist, Wilco Van Dijk from the University of Leiden.

On Budget day, Andrew Marr discusses what is broken in our economic and social system, and how it could be mended - if only those in charge were bold enough. Oxford’s Paul Collier is an economist known around the world for his work on inequality. His new book, The Future of Capitalism, focuses on the great rifts dividing Britain, with solutions on how to close them. David Willetts, the former Conservative minister, is focused on generational fairness and the increasing tensions between the successful and the struggling in society. The Resolution Foundation, of which he is chair, suggests the state must do more to redistribute wealth and responsibility. Baroness Helena Kennedy has been a campaigning lawyer and a feminist throughout her career. Her new book, Eve was Shamed, looks at how British justice has been failing women - and comes up with solutions. And for those who think bad news for other people may be good for them, Tiffany Watt Smith explains that most British of Germanic concepts: schadenfreude. Producer: Hannah Sander

The memes that make us laugh - have we become meaner or can schadenfreude be a positive thing? Philosophical traditions around the world - can you outline the ideas of Nishida as well as Nietzsche? Is Japan facing a key moment of change in what it means to be Japanese? Julian Baggini, and New Generation Thinkers Tiffany Watt Smith and Christopher Harding join Rana Mitter. Plus "starchitects" - inspirational big names or a symptom of what has gone wrong with architecture? Professor James Stevens Curl and Christine Murray discuss. Professor James Stevens Curl's most recent book is Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism. Christine Murray is former Editor in Chief of the Architectural Review and Architect's Journal. She is founder of a new magazine The Developer. Tiffany Watt Smith has written Schadenfraude: The Joy of Another's Misfortune. You can find her programme about babies laughing here https://bbc.in/2OVRDbh Julian Baggini's latest book is called How The World Thinks. You can hear him debate identity at the Free Thinking Festival https://bbc.in/2DN2Jok Christopher Harding's book is called Japan Story. You can find his series of Radio 3 Essays: Dark Blossoms exploring aspects of Japanese cultural history https://bbc.in/2NDfAhU and tne Free Thinking programme website has a playlist of discussions about Japanese culture https://bbc.in/2A5vnme New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select academics who can turn their research into radio. Producer: Robyn Read

Historian Fern Riddell and composer Debbie Wiseman on why the piano is essentially erotic while psychologist Frank Tallis and Tiffany Watt Smith explore obsessive love with presenter Matthew Sweet. Plus Grainne Sweeney curator of an exhibition which looks at the way inventors from the North East of England have shaped the world we live in today. Dr Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist and author of The Incurable Romantic: and Other Unsettling Revelations as well as a series of detective novels The Liebermann Papers and horror and supernatural fiction. Dr Fern Riddell is a New Generation Thinker and author of Death In Ten Minutes: Kitty Marion. Actress. Arsonist. Suffragette. Jane Campion's prize winning film The Piano is being re-released to mark 25 years since it was made. Debbie Wiseman's most recent recordings include her score for the film Edie, and Live at the Barbican. Dr Tiffany Watt Smith is a New Generation Thinker and author of The Book of Human Emotions The Great Exhibition of the North runs from 22 June—9 September 2018 in a variety of museums, galleries, music venues and public squares in Newcastle and Gateshead. It includes Which Way North at the Great North Museum: Hancock from Friday 22 June - Sunday 9 September 2018.Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Michael Rosen talks to Dr Tiffany Watt Smith about the words we use to try and describe our emotions, and what that can tell us about the way we feel now and have felt at different times in the past. Sadness once occupied the place that happiness now does in terms of life aspirations, and nostalgia was listed as a cause of death on death certificates - in the twentieth century. Producer Beth O'Dea.

Neste episódio nos inspiramos no livro "O Atlas das Emoções Humanas" da londrina Tiffany Watt Smith para pensar sobre as nossas emoções. Você sabia que a expressão de uma emoção varia com o tempo e com a cultura?  Sabia que nossas emoções estão intimamente ligadas a nossa linguagem? Aperte o play para descobrir um pouco mais sobre esse fascinante mundo! Descubra mais em: www.livrepodcast.wordpress.com.br

We experience powerful emotions all of the time, but what are they exactly? Where do they come from? This hour, TED speakers invoke history, language, science and music to help us think about the way we feel. Guests include writer John Koenig, cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith, psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, developmental researcher Kang Lee, and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas. Take nostalgia, for instance: first defined in 1688 as an illness and considered deadly, today it's seen as a much less serious affliction. In this fascinating talk about the history of emotions, learn more about how the language we use to describe how we feel continues to evolve -- and pick up some new words used in different cultures to capture those fleeting feelings in words.

As palavras que usamos para descrever nossas emoções afetam como nos sentimos, diz a historiadora Tiffany Watt Smith, e elas sempre mudaram (muitas vezes de forma bastante radical) em resposta a novas expectativas culturais e ideias. Peguem, por exemplo, a nostalgia: primeiramente definida em 1688 como uma doença mortal, hoje é vista como uma aflição bem menos séria. Nesta palestra fascinante sobre a história das emoções, saiba mais como a linguagem que usamos para descrever como nos sentimos continua a evoluir, e escolha algumas palavras novas usadas em outras culturas para capturar esses sentimentos fugazes em palavras.

Las palabras que utilizamos para describir nuestras emociones afectan la manera en que sentimos, dice la historiadora Tiffany Watt Smith, y con frecuencia esas emociones han ido cambiando, a veces de forma muy drástica, en respuesta a nuevas expectativas e ideas culturales. La nostalgia, por ejemplo, que se definió por primera vez en el año 1688 como una enfermedad considerada mortal, hoy en día es vista como un mal considerablemente menos grave. Esta fascinante charla sobre la historia de las emociones nos demostrará que el idioma utilizado para describirlas está en constante evolución, y nos enseñará también algunos términos nuevos usados en distintas culturas para plasmar esos fugaces sentimientos.

Die Wörter, die wir benutzen, um unsere Gefühle zu beschreiben, beeinflussen wie wir uns fühlen, sagt Historikerin Tiffany Watt Smith. Und sie haben sich häufig (manchmal äußerst dramatisch) verändert, als Reaktion auf neue kulturelle Erwartungen oder Vorstellungen. Nehmen wir etwa Nostalgie: Erstmals 1688 als Krankheit definiert und als tödlich angesehen, gilt sie heute als weit weniger ernstes Leiden. In diesem faszinierenden Talk über die Geschichte unserer Emotionen erfährt man mehr darüber, wie sich die Sprache, die wir nutzen, um zu beschreiben, wie wir uns fühlen, weiterentwickelt -- und man lernt einige neue Wörter kennen, die in verschiedenen Kulturen verwendet werden, um diese flüchtigen Gefühle in Worte zu fassen.

« Les mots que nous utilisons pour décrire nos émotions influencent la façon dont nous les ressentons », dit l'historienne Tiffany Watt Smith. Ils ont souvent changé (parfois radicalement) en réaction aux nouvelles attentes et idées culturelles. Prenez la nostalgie par exemple : d'abord définie en 1688 comme une maladie mortelle, elle est vue aujourd'hui comme une souffrance moins importante. Au cours de cette conférence fascinante sur l'histoire des émotions, apprenez-en plus sur la façon dont le langage que nous utilisons pour décrire ce que nous ressentons continue d'évoluer et apprenez certains nouveaux mots utilisés dans différentes cultures pour matérialiser ces sentiments fugaces en mots.

Helen Castor is joined by Professor Ted Vallance from the University of Roehampton and Dr Alex Woolf from the University of St Andrews. On the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Dr Tom Charlton heads to St Paul's to learn how preparatory work by Sir Christopher Wren and the storage of printers manuscripts fuelled the inferno. Afterwards, the building lay in ruins and accusations flew freely - many suspecting the destruction of the historic church was the work of Catholics. After an outbreak of the plague and war with the Dutch, these were difficult times for Charles II and the restored monarchy. Tom Holland visits Glasgow where archaeologists are working on the newly discovered ruins of what they believe to be a twelfth century bishop's palace. The find is shedding more light on the history of the kingdom of Strathclyde, which stretched from the Clyde into modern Cumbria and played a part in fighting Athelstan's attempts to bring all of Britain under his rule in the tenth century. The English king of Wessex and Mercia won the battle against the Scottish kingdoms but was only successful in creating what we now know as England. Alex Woolf explains how long it took for Scotland to become a political entity. Also, Al Murray nominates Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery for the Making History plinth and Tiffany Watt Smith unpacks the history of anger. Producer: Nick Patrick A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

With Wendy Cope, Luke Wright, Zoe Wanamaker, Tiffany Watt Smith, Rachel Cooke and Will May. Episode 5 celebrates the sidesplitting, surreal and downright silly side of poetry. Insights and anecdotes come from poets Wendy Cope and Luke Wright, Zoe Wanamaker channels the spirit of Stevie Smith with some fantastic live readings, and Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, of the Queen Mary University of London Centre for the History of the Emotions, helps to keep order with an academic view on laughter. This podcast was produced by Alia Cassam.

The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopaedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Dealing with boredom Astrid: Hello I'm Astrid. Welcome to VOE school talk show. I'm joined today by Helen. Hello Helen. Helen: Hi Astrid. You know, I'm happy you called me to present this programme with you because I was there by my desk feeling a bit bored (yawns loudly). Astrid: Okay. Let's make this a programme all about boredom, shall we? And I'll start by stimulating your imagination. Helen: Thank you, but how are you going to make me excited and interested in something, Astrid? Astrid: How about I challenge you to a question you might not know the answer to? Helen: Okay, well, you can try. Go on then. Astrid: Well, I know you like the theatre. Helen: I do. But it has to be an exciting play or I get restless. Astrid: Restless, you mean unable to sit still because you get bored or worried even. Okay. I wonder how you'd feel watching the longest continuous play recorded? Helen: That's quite an offer. What do you mean? Astrid: According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest continuous dramatic performance was held in New Jersey, in the US, in 2010. But do you know how long the cast for The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco, was on stage for? Was it for about: a) 8 hours b) 17 hours c) 23 hours Helen: Wow! They're all pretty long. I'll say b) 17 hours, Astrid. Astrid: Goodness! Right. Okay. I'll let you know the answer by the end of the programme. Now, let's talk more about boredom. I think this is a feeling we have to learn how to cope with. Helen: Yes, we have to learn to deal with this situation successfully – to cope with it. But people often feel they want to change their life, to change their job. They might feel stuck in a rut. Astrid: That's a good phrase - stuck in a rut. So you mean you've become too fixed in one kind of job? Helen: Yes. You know Astrid, even I sometimes dream of something a bit more exciting like being a professional diver or maybe even a pilot of a really fast plane. Astrid: Well, guess what: even pilots get bored, you know? Helen: Not when they are flying anyway. Astrid: Wrong. When they're up in the air! Helen: No way! Really? I don't believe you! Astrid: Well, Missy Cummings, an American, was a fighter pilot. Listen to the phrasal verb she uses meaning to stop being bored, at least for a while. Is there ever time for a fighter pilot to get bored? Missy Cummings , former fighter pilot: Oh my gosh, sure, for the same reasons that commercial pilots get bored. These fighter jets are very automated when it comes to just holding altitude and heading. So you turn everything in autopilot and I pAstridably listened to more Oprah Winfrey TV shows on the high-frequency radios… And so you get good about using the technology to figure out how to stave off that boredom. Helen: Ah, so she listened to a show hosted by the American presenter Oprah Winfrey on the radio to stave off her boredom. Now, to stave off means to stop or to keep an unpleasant feeling away. In this case she means boredom. Astrid: Yes, indeed. Astrid: But some experts think there's something good about feeling bored. Helen: Really? Astrid: Let's hear what Tiffany Watt-Smith has to say. She works for the Centre for the History of Emotions at the Queen Mary University of London. Pay attention to the word she uses to describe what boredom does to people. Tiffany Watt-Smith, Queen Mary University of London: On the one hand people are worried about being under-occupied and bored. On the other there's a set of anxieties about us having any more downtime, you know. We can constantly check our phones at the bus stop. Everything is to be filled and what does that do to our minds? I think boredom is a very useful emotion. It's an emotion which spurs people on to change something about their environment. If you're bored that gives rise to creativity. Helen: So boredom spurs people on to change something. To spur on means to stimulate or to encourage someone to do something. Astrid: So what are you going to do, Helen? How will you change your life? Helen: Change my life? Okay. Two things. The first one is: I want to know if I got that question right! Astrid: Well I said at the beginning of the programme that the longest continuous dramatic performance was held in New Jersey, US, in 2010. And I asked you how long was the cast on stage for to play The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco. Helen: Yes. The options were 8 hours, 17 hours and 23 hours, I think. And I said 17. Was I right? Astrid: You were not! Helen: Oh, no! Astrid: It was even longer. Helen: Wow! 23! Astrid: According to the Guinness Book of Records, the play lasted 23 hours, 33 minutes and 54 seconds. It was achieved by The 27 O'Clock Players who performed The Bald Soprano at Belmar, New Jersey, USA, on 27 July 2010. Anyway Helen, what's the second thing you're going to do to stave off your boredom? Helen: You know what, Astrid? I'm going to book myself a fantastic holiday! Maybe I could start with a visit to Patagonia in Argentina to see the penguins… Astrid: Yeah, it sounds very exciting. But before you head off to Patagonia, could you remind us of some of the English words we've heard today? Helen: We heard: 1. to yawn 打呵欠 2. stimulating 令人兴奋的 3. restless 焦躁不安的，坐立不安的 4. to cope with 处理，应付 5. stuck in a rut 一成不变，原地踏步 6. to stave off 挡开，避开，延缓 7. to spur on 驱使，鼓励，鞭策 Astrid: Thanks Helen. That's it for this programme. I hope you didn't find it boring. Helen: Not at all. I loved it! Astrid: Please join us soon again for school talk show from VOE radio station. Both: Bye.