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Modern Britain: A Land Fit for Heroes – Or Have We Lost Our Way?

Greg Olear talks to Stephanie Baker about her superb new book, “Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia,” on the West's financial warfare against Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. They discuss the oligarchs and their complex relationships with Putin, the challenges of implementing economic sanctions on an economy as big as Russia's, Boris Johnson's role in the push for sanctions, the unintended consequences and byproducts of the economic warfare, the role of Telegram, and the potential consequences of Moscow's nuclear weapons. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the future of Putin's regime and potential actions that could be taken to support Ukraine.Stephanie Baker is an award-winning investigative reporter at Bloomberg News. She began her reporting career in Moscow during the 1990s. She received her master's at the London School of Economics and her work has been recognized by the Gerald Loeb Awards, the Overseas Press Club, the UK Society of Editors, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, and the UK's Foreign Press Association.Follow Stephanie:https://x.com/StephaniBakerBuy the book:https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Punishing-Putin/Stephanie-Baker/9781668050583 Subscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg's new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

Executive Director Ruadhán Ó Críodáin sits down with writers Soula Emmanuel and Ezra Maloney as they share their experiences writing literature and theatre from the trans perspective. Soula Emmanuel was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and a Greek father. She studied at universities in Ireland and Sweden, emerging with a master's in demography. Her debut novel, Wild Geese, was published in 2023. In 2024, it was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender Fiction category. It was also shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize at the UK Society of Authors Awards. She currently lives on Ireland's east coast. Ezra Maloney (he/they) is a writer and playwright based in Dublin. He is interested in what happens when strangers meet in awkward situations. His first play ‘Pre-Ops' was awarded the Edmund Lynch Bursary and ran at the 21st International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival in May. @shoutout_ire

On today's #NCFNewspeak, NCF Director Peter Whittle, Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo and SDP London mayoral candidate Amy Gallagher discuss: * The Henry Jackson Society's poll into views and attitudes of British Muslims reveals the huge gulf that exists between them and the rest of British society, with a majority wanting to ban homosexuality and restrict freedom of speech. * Dr. Hilary Cass's long-awaited report into gender identity treatment at the NHS has finally been published and its findings are damning of all those who put vulnerable children on medical pathways to transition and encouraged them to take life altering medication and surgery. * Why does the Foreign Office hate Britain? Should the Foreign Office get rid of its historic "colonial paintings" and leave its magnificent London head quarters? --------------- SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube (click the Subscribe Button underneath the video and then Click on the Bell icon next to it to make sure you Receive All Notifications) AUDIO: If you prefer Audio you can subscribe on iTunes or Soundcloud. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... SUPPORT/DONATE: PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS - ONE TIME & MONTHLY: You can donate in a variety of ways via our website: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#do... It is set up to accept one time and monthly donations. JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

In our third episode, we explore the relationship between UK society and the Armed Forces. Joined by The Rt. Hon. James Heappey MP, Minister of State for Armed Forces, and Howard Mustoe, Industry Editor at The Telegraph, we shed light on changing perceptions, implications for national security and the impact on the families of those who serve.

Welcome back to Money Power Health. This week, we are speaking to Professor Martin McKee, on his research in public health, the responsibility to communicate public health to wider audiences, including the media, and some advice for early career researchers on specialisation and collaboration. Martin is a Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. He is a past Chair of the UK Society for Social Medicine (2010), President of the European Public Health Association (2014-16), and chair of the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Open Society Foundations (2010-15). He is a member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine. He is currently the President of the British Medical Association, the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the UK. The BMA has been very active in speaking up about the health impacts of the cost of living crisis for people in the UK. You can read more about their work here. Martin just wrote a piece reflecting on the UK and health three years post Brexit, which you can read here. If you are interested in the work of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, which he mentions in the podcast, you can find out more about their work here. Thanks so much for listening. Warmly, Nason

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2022) – The University of Kentucky Alumni Association started the Great Teacher Award program in 1961 to honor excellent teaching at the university. There have been 307 teachers honored since that first year. Nominations may only be submitted by current students. To receive the award, a candidate must: Hold the rank of full-time lecturer or above and have been a member of the faculty for the past three years at UK. Have superior knowledge of the subject matter. Have original and innovative classroom presentations. Demonstrate concern for students, both inside and outside the classroom setting. Not have been a recipient of the award for the past 10 years. A committee of the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors and a representative from the student organization Omicron Delta Kappa select the recipients based on objective rating and ranking of the eligible nominations submitted. This episode of Behind the Blue spotlights one of the 2022 Great Teacher Award winners. Since working at the Center for Applied Energy Research in the mid-1980s, John "Jack" Groppo, of the UK College of Engineering, has focused on mineral processing work which began with fine coal that had not been recovered because the technology didn't exist. Today, processing fine coal is common practice. Groppo is a professor and director of undergraduate studies in mining engineering. He is the co-creator of the sustainable campus electronics recycling program at UK. He is the developer of the Center for Applied Energy Research “Energy 101” education outreach for local underserved elementary schools providing energy education with hands-on demonstrations. He is the faculty advisor for the UK Society of Mining Engineers Student Chapter. Groppo earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mining and mineral engineering from Virginia Tech and his doctorate in mining engineering from the University of Kentucky. His research interests include mineral processing, surface chemistry, power generation, and industrial and coal utilization by-product recycling. "Behind the Blue" is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify. Become a subscriber to receive new episodes of “Behind the Blue” each week. UK's latest medical breakthroughs, research, artists and writers will be featured, along with the most important news impacting the university. For questions or comments about this or any other episode of "Behind the Blue," email BehindTheBlue@uky.edu or tweet your question with #BehindTheBlue. Transcripts for this or other episodes of Behind the Blue can be downloaded from the show's blog page. To discover what's wildly possible at the University of Kentucky, click here.

Choose any year at random over the past 50 years and you’d be almost certain to find at least one piece of equalities focused legislation enacted in that year. Yet, stark inequalities remain embedded in UK society – inequalities that have been further magnified and exacerbated by COVID-19. This lecture will discuss UCL’s recent project with the Resolution Foundation, Exploring Inequalities: Igniting research to better inform UK policy, and draw on findings from the project’s report, Structurally Unsound. The lecture will outline how we can better approach addressing structural inequalities and highlight key gaps in our collective understanding – both in terms of the evidence base and what works when it comes to policy interventions. We’ll conclude by reflecting on the impacts this project has had and where we hope to go next. Date: Tuesday 6th October Speakers: Siobhan Morris, Coordinator of the Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality, UCL and Dr Olivia Stevenson, Deputy Director, UCL Public Policy Free to attend, live stream or watch online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7vFbAmvRA&t=11s More info : http://events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLMinds #MadeAtUCL

Welcome to Code for Thought. The new podcast about software, engineering, research and anything in between.In this episode I want to give you some background of research software engineering (RSE) and a taster for things to come.If you want to find out more about RSEs and what we do look up the following linksthe Software Sustainability Institute  https://www.software.ac.uk the (UK) Society for Research Software Engineering https://society-rse.orgAnd, of course, our other podcast show RSE Stories at https://us-rse.org/rse-stories/ where you can meet our colleagues from around the globe.Support the Show.Thank you for listening and your ongoing support. It means the world to us! Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/codeforthought Get in touch: Email mailto:code4thought@proton.me UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastadon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In this episode we discuss the origins, day-to-day life and continuing influence of the British Public schools of Eton, Harrow, Winchester etc. over British society. Despite several decades of reform a large majority (70+ percent) of politicians, journalists, actors, military officers, and bankers in the UK come from the only 7% of the population that go to public school. This grip on power of the aristocracy and business class amounts to a near caste system that locks the vast majority of the population out of power both in the House of Commons, BBC, mainstream newspapers, films, military and in the City of London. Please find below links to several articles and a documentary we used to research this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF7OJhG7J84&feature=youtu.be https://newrepublic.com/article/151232/britains-boarding-school-problem https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/22/posh-boys-english-public-schools-ruin-britain-robert-verkaik-review

Cleo Protogerou is a fully qualified and licensed psychologist, with over 20 years of training and experience in academic and healthcare settings in the UK, the USA, Greece, South Africa, and Australia. She travels extensively, mostly for her research, which primarily examines behaviors in close sexual relationships, such as safer-sex, condom use, gender-based power imbalances, religiosity influences on sexual behavior, and more. Her research also explores health-compromising behaviors (e.g., bullying, alcohol and substance use), and health-promoting behaviors (e.g., intermittent fasting and very low carbohydrate diets). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. She currently holds academic positions at the University of California, Merced, and the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and an Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She's also been a member of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) and the UK Society of Behavioral Medicine (UKSBM). Find "Beliefs and Experiences of Individuals Following a Zero-Carb Diet: A Qualitative Study" here: https://osf.io/x645v/ You can find Cleo at https://www.cleoprotogerou.com/, and Twitter: https://twitter.com/CleoProtogerou. This episode is hosted by Dr. Shawn Baker MD. Find him at https://shawn-baker.com

For this week's show, we look at two very divisive words in UK Society... The N-Word and The P-Word. With the BBC defending their decision to air two shows containing the N-Word in the past week, we look at the potential ramifications and how our own community would react if the same happened with the P-Word. We also look at Bhangra Or Bust, the second episode of A Suitable Boy and the fake followers scandal in India. Special thanks to our brudda Zaheer for providing this season's brand new theme music! Listen in here and PLEASE subscribe/rate/review us... to stop the Man shutting us down! Find & follow us on all our links below! Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheNativeImmigrants/
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This week we welcome Annika back and first chat a bit about comets and astronomy and about some of the excellent online skeptical events there now is to follow, like the UK Skeptics in the Pub Online, the new Cologne events and Susan Gerbic's About Time project. In this week in history we hear about Carl Jung, who was born on 26 July in 1875. Just like Freud he got a lot of things terribly wrong, but his ideas still inspired a lot better psychology later on and they continue to be part of the present-day culture. Then we poke the pope and find that even though Francis appears to want to fight the sex abuse scandals, last week's new guidelines confirm that the Church continues to get most of their priorities completely backwards. Lots of corona in the news this week: - The COVID19 infodemic re Western Europe - Corona conspiracy myths in Germany - Andrew Wakefield and other anti-vaxxers mobilising against a future corona vaccine and unfortunately it is working - Hungarian guy gets convicted for coronavirus misinformation - Austria's relaxed rules on masks has bad effect on infection rates - Google bans ads for conspiracy theories - the PSA investigates the UK Society of Homeopaths for non-compliance - Russia wages war on homeopathy - Good Thinking Society help the BBC in producing excellent documentary about fake cancers ‘cures' - BMJ presents study on medical science communication in the age of disinformation - Is the Russian Dyatlov mystery finally solved? The prize for being Really Right (perhaps controversially) goes to a Swedish doctor who turned himself in for assisted death. Enjoy! Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes Events Calendar: http://theesp.eu/events_in_europe

Member of the UK Society for Psychical Research John Fraser about his new work on "destructive hauntings" and why we hear less about them than "ghosts"...

A court case brought by the Duchess of Sussex is about to start in London.Meghan Markle's suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing parts of a letter she sent to her father,  complaining about his treatment of her.UK Society of Editors executive director Ian Murray told Kate Hawkesby it's unusual for a member of the Royal Family to go to court over something.He says she's obviously very upset and has a point to prove.LISTEN ABOVE

In today's podcast episode, I chat with Simon Gergel, head of the UK Equity team at AllianzGI, all about value investing. Simon manages The Merchants Trust and specialises in managing UK equity income portfolios. He joined AllianzGI in April 2006 from HSBC Halbis Partners where he managed over £900m in high income funds as well as core institutional and life UK equity portfolios. Prior to joining HSBC in 2001, Simon worked for 14 years at Phillips & Drew Fund Management / UBS Asset Management where he was involved in all aspects of UK equity fund management, including research, portfolio management and account director roles. He graduated in 1987 from Cambridge University with an honours degree in mathematics and is an associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. Merchants was established in 1889. Today the Trust invests in a diversified portfolio of large, well-established and well-known UK companies. These companies are able to grow their sales over time or cut costs in order to preserve or improve their profit margins. This enables them, in general, to maintain and increase their dividends over time. Here’s my conversation with Simon Gergel, portfolio manager of The Merchants Trust Plc, in episode 481 of Informed Choice Radio.

In the latest episode of UCL Grand Challenges’ podcast series, Oliver Patel speaks to Professor Martin Mills, Director of Centre for Research on Teachers and Teaching at UCL, and Fahmida Rahman, Researcher at the Resolution Foundation, on the topic of voice – the need to give those facing disadvantage a meaningful say in how UK society is run, elevating voices and ensuring representation goes beyond tokenistic action, and that research is conducted with disadvantaged groups rather than on them. Discussions draw on Structurally Unsound, a major new report examining inequalities in the UK. Read the report and find out more about the project here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-inequality UCL’s Grand Challenges convene and cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that bring researchers together, explore joined-up solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern, and set the agenda for future research while building bridges with external partners. Music © Benjamin Mastripolito

In the latest episode of UCL Grand Challenges podcast series, Oliver Patel speaks to Fahmida Rahman, Researcher at the Resolution Foundation, Dr Olivia Stevenson, Head of UCL Public Policy, and Siobhan Morris, UCL Grand Challenge Justice & Equality about their new report Structurally Unsound examining inequalities in the UK. They discuss why inequality matters, highlighting striking statistics, debating policy responses, and pointing to key findings from the report. Read the report and find out more about the project here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challenges/ucls-six-grand-challenges/justice-and-equality/exploring-inequalities UCL’s Grand Challenges convene and cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that bring researchers together, explore joined-up solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern, and set the agenda for future research while building bridges with external partners. Music © Benjamin Mastripolito

In the latest episode of UCL Grand Challenges podcast series, we take you to the launch of Structurally Unsound, a new major report examining structural inequalities in the UK. The report, a collaboration between UCL’s Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality, UCL Public Policy, and the Resolution Foundation outlines 5 cross-cutting themes and approaches to better tackle the study and treatment of structural inequalities in the UK. Read the report, or watch the launch in full, here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challenges/ucls-six-grand-challenges/justice-and-equality/exploring-inequalities UCL’s Grand Challenges convene and cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that bring researchers together, explore joined-up solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern, and set the agenda for future research while building bridges with external partners. Music © Benjamin Mastripolito

When it comes to investing, it pays to think differently from the rest of the crowd. Contrarian thinking is something we've explored on Informed Choice Radio before, and we're back at it today in conversation with Alasdair McKinnon, manager of the Scottish Investment Trust. Alasdair is a self-confessed stock market geek, developing a passion for investing in his teens and working in the sector since his first role in 1998. He graduated with an MA in Economic and Social History from the University of Edinburgh, and MSc in Investment Analysis (with distinction) from the University of Stirling. He's also a CFA® charterholder and an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. Alasdair joined the Scottish Investment Trust in 2003 and became Manager in 2015. The investment trust, which is managed from Edinburgh, runs a relatively small portfolio of around 50 stocks. It's got large stakes in some familiar British names, like GlaxoSmithKline, Tesco and Royal Dutch Shell, but its modus operandi is investing in unloved companies, and then waiting for these stocks to return to favour. I enjoyed this interview with Alasdair and want you to listen out for three big things. Firstly, he talks about how investment cycles repeat themselves; there's nothing truly new when it comes to investing money. Secondly, Alasdair explains why investing with index tracker funds means buying overvalued companies. He further illustrates the risks associated with this passive investing approach when he talks about the changing fortunes of Japan over the years. Finally, Alasdair shares the three factors he looks for when buying an out of favour stock. Here's my conversation with Alasdair McKinnon, manager of the Scottish Investment Trust, in episode 423 of Informed Choice Radio.

26.10.2017. UK Society of Chief Librarians President Neil MacInnes and Arts Council of England CEO Darren Henley talk of the importance of the arts and of libraries, and the special relationship between the two. Launch event in #Hull. #libraries #arts #culture

“Making Ceremony is a way of reminding ourselves that in fact all that we do is sacred,” explains Annie Spencer, founder of Hartwell Centre for Shamanic & Ceremonial Ways in the UK. And our guest this week. Join host and shaman Christina Pratt as we explore with Annie the art and power of creating Ceremony in our contemporary lives. Annie is a frequent presenter at the UK Society of Shamanic Practitioners Conference and an elder and guide in the practice of ceremonial shamanism the worldwide. She explains, “perhaps it is precisely because we are so barraged by advertising hype, political spin and journalistic licence that we need (ceremony) now more than ever... Getting lost in a delusional, fragmented post-modern world of virtual reality, we become addicted to adrenalin, throw ourselves out of balance and then are terrified to discover that one in three of us will contract cancer and need psychiatric help during our lifetimes. Ceremony, and particularly the ceremonies that are rooted in an earth-based spiritual tradition, help us regain our balance, our sense of purpose, and a deep feeling of belonging in the natural world that brings with it a strong sense of joy.” Annie is our next guest the Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored interview series. In this series we explore how contemporary shamans are meeting the challenge of their world where the relations of things are profoundly out of balance. It is the ancient role of the shaman in all cultures to tend the balance of things. How are these shamans meeting this extraordinary need today?

“The shaman works by asking for help,” explains Jonathan Horwitz, co-founder of the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies with Annette Høst. “We never get anywhere alone. We’re always being helped, although often we do not recognize… The shamanic path is excellent for learning to re-connect with being alive, re-discover the spiritual power we are all born with, and to re-learn what it means to be a part of the whole.” Join us this week as host Christina Pratt explores our “shamanic inheritance” with Jonathan Horwitz, the plenary speaker for the 2010 UK Society of Shamanic Practitioners Conference. Jonathan is an elder and teacher in the UK, Scandinavia, Russia, and Hungary. He joins us for the next show in the Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored interview series. In this series we explore how contemporary shamans are meeting the challenge of their world where the relations of things are profoundly out of balance. It is the ancient role of the shaman in all cultures to tend the balance of things. How are these shaman meeting this extraordinary need today?

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Paul Sartre, the French novelist, playwright, and philosopher who became the king of intellectual Paris and a focus of post war politics and morals. Sartre's own life was coloured by jazz, affairs, Simone de Beauvoir and the intellectual camaraderie of Left Bank cafes. He maintained an extraordinary output of plays, novels, biographies, and philosophical treatises as well as membership of the communist party and a role in many political controversies. He produced some wonderful statements: "my heart is on the left, like everyone else's", and "a human person is what he is not, not what he is", and, most famously "we are condemned to be free". Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how Sartre's novels and plays express his ideas and what light Sartre's life brings to bear on his philosophy and his philosphy on his life. With Jonathan Rée, philosopher and historia; Benedict O'Donohoe, Principal Lecturer in French at the University of the West of England and Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies; Christina Howells, Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Paul Sartre, the French novelist, playwright, and philosopher who became the king of intellectual Paris and a focus of post war politics and morals. Sartre's own life was coloured by jazz, affairs, Simone de Beauvoir and the intellectual camaraderie of Left Bank cafes. He maintained an extraordinary output of plays, novels, biographies, and philosophical treatises as well as membership of the communist party and a role in many political controversies. He produced some wonderful statements: "my heart is on the left, like everyone else's", and "a human person is what he is not, not what he is", and, most famously "we are condemned to be free". Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how Sartre's novels and plays express his ideas and what light Sartre's life brings to bear on his philosophy and his philosphy on his life. With Jonathan Rée, philosopher and historia; Benedict O'Donohoe, Principal Lecturer in French at the University of the West of England and Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies; Christina Howells, Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Paul Sartre, the French novelist, playwright, and philosopher who became the king of intellectual Paris and a focus of post war politics and morals. Sartre's own life was coloured by jazz, affairs, Simone de Beauvoir and the intellectual camaraderie of Left Bank cafes. He maintained an extraordinary output of plays, novels, biographies, and philosophical treatises as well as membership of the communist party and a role in many political controversies. He produced some wonderful statements: "my heart is on the left, like everyone else's", and "a human person is what he is not, not what he is", and, most famously "we are condemned to be free". Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how Sartre's novels and plays express his ideas and what light Sartre's life brings to bear on his philosophy and his philosphy on his life. With Jonathan Rée, philosopher and historia; Benedict O'Donohoe, Principal Lecturer in French at the University of the West of England and Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies; Christina Howells, Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College.