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TV Joe is back with another of his now legendary quizzes. And this time, he's going all Anne Robinson and treating us to a very special Chatabix version of The Weakest Link. But who are all the contestants going to be, we hear you ask? Well, David and Joe have invited along some friends of the pod to battle it out with them. There's Rosie, Vyvyan, Eyes On Legs, Mezz Coleman, Canal Boat Georgie, Editor James and our Patreon competition winner Alex. So who will be the weakest of the links, who will be the best at banking, who will vote off who and which two quizzers will make it all the way through to the final round??? Ready yourselves - this is gonna be one heck of a gameshow! FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's another wonderful show from our archive vaults. And in this one, first posted on 18th January 2022, Vyvyan joins us - and we sing! FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is an extended version of a programme first broadcast on Sunday 17 September 2023.Adrian Edmondson first shot to national fame in 1982, playing the studded punk Vyvyan in the TV sitcom The Young Ones, set in a seedy student flat. The cast largely came from the developing alternative comedy scene, and included Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle. Adrian was born in Bradford in 1957. He spent time as a child in Cyprus, Bahrain and Uganda, following his father who worked as a teacher for the armed forces. He attended a boarding school in Yorkshire from the age of 11, where he often rebelled against its rules and restrictions, but enjoyed performing in school plays. He headed to Manchester University to study drama, where he soon met Rik Mayall. They bonded over their shared interests in comedy, double acts, violent slapstick and the plays of Samuel Beckett. It was the start of a long performing partnership and friendship, which included the anarchic TV comedy and long-running touring show Bottom and a production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot on the West End stage.Adrian has also worked widely as an actor and musician, including an acclaimed appearance as Scrooge for the RSC, and performances with the reunited Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Adrian married Jennifer Saunders in 1985, and they have three daughters.DISC ONE: Downtown - Petula Clark DISC TWO: A Song of the Weather - Flanders & Swann DISC THREE: Sugar, Sugar - The Archies DISC FOUR: On My Radio - The Selecter DISC FIVE: Jole Blon - Vin Bruce DISC SIX: Saturday Gigs - Mott the Hoople DISC SEVEN: I'm Bored - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band DISC EIGHT: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks)BOOK CHOICE: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett LUXURY ITEM: A tab of acid CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

CLA President Victoria Vyvyan gives her thoughts on the approach of the new Labour Government. In an open and frank conversation with Estate Matters host Anna Byles, Victoria explains how she became involved with the CLA and discusses how she hopes new Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, will tackle issues around planning, energy and food production.  

British comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson found fame in the 1980s, playing anarchic medical student Vyvyan alongside Rik Mayall in The Young Ones. They also starred together in Bottom and in The Comic Strip Presents, along with Dawn French and Edmondson's wife Jennifer Saunders. Edmondson went on to star in Filthy Rich & Catflap while taking roles in Blackadder, Absolutely Fabulous and even Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. His new memoir Berserker! traces his journey through life and comedy, from a Methodist, boarding school upbringing to his loving but complicated relationship with Mayall, who died in 2014.

Adrian Edmondson first shot to national fame in 1982, playing the studded punk Vyvyan in the TV sitcom The Young Ones, set in a seedy student flat. The cast largely came from the developing alternative comedy scene, and included Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle. Adrian was born in Bradford in 1957. He spent time as a child in Cyprus, Bahrain and Uganda, following his father who worked as a teacher for the armed forces. He attended a boarding school in Yorkshire from the age of 11, where he often rebelled against its rules and restrictions, but enjoyed performing in school plays. He headed to Manchester University to study drama, where he soon met Rik Mayall. They bonded over their shared interests in comedy, double acts, violent slapstick and the plays of Samuel Beckett. It was the start of a long performing partnership and friendship, which included the anarchic TV comedy and long-running touring show Bottom and a production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot on the West End stage. Adrian has also worked widely as an actor and musician, including an acclaimed appearance as Scrooge for the RSC, and performances with the reunited Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Adrian married Jennifer Saunders in 1985, and they have three daughters. DISC ONE: Downtown - Petula Clark DISC TWO: A Song of the Weather - Flanders & Swann DISC THREE: Sugar, Sugar - The Archies DISC FOUR: On My Radio - The Selecter DISC FIVE: Jole Blon - Vin Bruce DISC SIX: Saturday Gigs - Mott the Hoople DISC SEVEN: I'm Bored - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band DISC EIGHT: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) BOOK CHOICE: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett LUXURY ITEM: A tab of acid CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is Birmingham's leading cutlery expert Nina Buckley, who's building a bridge to anyone else who remembers Bridge To Your Heart by Wax, Murun Buchstansangur and 439 Golden Greats - Never Mind The Originals Here's The HeeBeeGeeBees. Along the way we'll be finding out what 'Pure Pop' has to do with Les Dennis dressed as Vyvyan, asking when International Murun's Day is, tuning in to Программа Поба and Brad Pitt presenting Meditate: The Side Of Need You Tonight Nobody Remembers - The INXS Story, and debating what should go on Jeremy Hunt's debut album. Apparently while mentioning Whose Line Is It Anyway? more times than is strictly necessary...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Just shove that miserable so and so out of the way if he's loitering under the sink.

With tracks from Brandi Ifgray, The People In Fog, Pitchben, Soul Of Hex, 16 Bit, Franz Scala, Day Out Of Time, Sam Divine, Earthboogie, Misumami & First Touch, Boblebad, Ryan Sadorus, Sinchi Edits 14, Recut, Mim Suleiman, Death On The Balcony, Vyvyan, Gusgus, Kungs & Victor Flash & Adela Jens, Magou, Feiertag, Clara Nunes. Contact: dj@ribeaud.ch.

With tracks from Brandi Ifgray, The People In Fog, Pitchben, Soul Of Hex, 16 Bit, Franz Scala, Day Out Of Time, Sam Divine, Earthboogie, Misumami & First Touch, Boblebad, Ryan Sadorus, Sinchi Edits 14, Recut, Mim Suleiman, Death On The Balcony, Vyvyan, Gusgus, Kungs & Victor Flash & Adela Jens, Magou, Feiertag, Clara Nunes. Contact: dj@ribeaud.ch.

David tells Joe about his favourite current YouTuber and Vyvyan joins them both for some relaxing podding.Follow Chatabix on Twitter https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/PATREON: For extra stuff from us Patreon.com/chatabixMERCH: chatabixshop.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I am joined by dandy and Minister of Satan Vyvyan des Esseintes to discuss the restorative power of enjoying things in times of crisis. We discuss fandoms, music, wrestling, Magic: The Gathering, and much more.  Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction: https://www.patreon.com/StephenBradfordLong Join my Discord server: https://discord.gg/PrDU4zx Read my work: https://stephenbradfordlong.com/ My work is sponsored by The Satanic Temple TV: a streaming platform featuring documentaries, live streams, conversations, rituals, and more. Use my code SACREDTENSION at checkout to get one month free. https://thesatanictemple.tv/

The trials and tribulations of our weatherman Vyvyan Almond as he takes his show to the Edingburgh Fringe Festival 2022Thanks for listening! You can follow us on @chatabix1 and on instagram @chatabixpodcastAnd if you'd like extra stuff from us....every week, sign up to our Patreon.com/davidandjoeAnd for all Merch!!!! Look no further!!!! https://chatabix-shop.teemill.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our 200th episode! Can't believe it!. So proud....We chat to Vyvyan our weatherman!Thanks for listening! You can follow us on @chatabix1 and on instagram @chatabixpodcastAnd if you'd like extra stuff from us....every week, sign up to our Patreon.com/davidandjoeAnd for all Merch!!!! Look no further!!!! https://chatabix-shop.teemill.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning wonderful sketch men The Awkward Silence - Ralph Jones and Vyvyan Almond - join Jon and Marc to write 'STOP NOW' in dog dirt on the One Show's front door.You can see Ralph and Vyvyan at the Edinburgh Festival throughout August, where they're performing two shows!The Awkward Silence's Big Break at the Gilded Balloon Teviot has tickets here!And you can see them Enter the Vortex at the Underbelly in Bisto Square here!GO!And don't forget, it's TTOSS live on Friday, the 16th September 2022 at the London Podcast Festival!Tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-the-one-show-show-3/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning wonderful sketch men The Awkward Silence - Ralph Jones and Vyvyan Almond - join Jon and Marc to give the One Show two tickets to the women's football final, which they've coated in a Russian nerve agent.You can see Ralph and Vyvyan at the Edinburgh Festival throughout August, where they're performing two shows!The Awkward Silence's Big Break at the Gilded Balloon Teviot has tickets here!And you can see them Enter the Vortex at the Underbelly in Bisto Square here!GO!And don't forget, it's TTOSS live on Friday, the 16th September 2022 at the London Podcast Festival!Tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-the-one-show-show-3/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

MAN 2.0 continues his excellent track run of releases with a 4 track EP on newly founded label, Sound Du Jour. Today we premiere ‘Vyvyan's' interpretation as they up the energy through menacing basslines and murky low-ends across their ‘Monster Mix'. London-based DJ and producer MAN 2.0 has been busy with releases and remixes via Midnight People, Death Decay Magic and Nein Recordings within recent times. MAN 2.0 continues to build a robust list of supporters as he emerges amongst the city's ever-expending electronic landscape. Gaining plaudits from Rex The Dog, DJ Sundae and the late great Andrew Weatherall. 2022 looks set to be fruitful as he adds a new label to his catalogue with a debut appearance on La Mano's newly-minted Sound Du Jour imprint. Delivering two fresh originals, his ‘Monsters' EP also welcomes a pair of quality remixes provided by the mysterious Vyvyan and label boss La Mano himself. Vyvyan's ‘Monster Mix,' amps up the energy by injecting sinister basslines and murky low-end. The ‘Monster Mix' is dance-floor ready, bursting with twists and turns, giving classic UK Funky and rave vibes, whilst bringing a harrowing and poignant heavy streak that would tear up the floor within minutes. MAN 2.0 ------------------------- SC: https://soundcloud.com/man2point0 IG: https://www.instagram.com/man2pointzero/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MAN2.0music Four Four Magazine 
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We have difficulty with the audio, we talk about Ground Force and lovely Vyvyan joins us.Thanks for listening! You can follow us on @chatabix1 and on instagram @chatabixpodcastAnd if you'd like extra stuff from us....every week, sign up to our Patreon.com/davidandjoe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back the creamy voice of Vyvyan our weatherman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this essay Adrian Edmondson describes his pursuit of a certain type of laugh, a desperate, untamed, visceral laugh, and in doing so remembers one of the acts from those early days of the Comedy Store. It is one of the funniest things he has ever seen and led to his understanding of what comedy could be. He recalls how the performer played with the audience and their expectations to riotous, hysterical, effect. Except he cannot remember their name. No, really, he can't. For those who know Adrian Edmondson's work with his former comedy partner Rik Mayall, it won't come as a surprise that as a child he was delighted by The Goons and by rude words in comic songs. He went on to study drama at Manchester University. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied, and the Muppets and the Pythons, are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy that changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens, tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. He co-created and wrote the television series Bottom with Rik, which ran for three very successful series, toured as a stage show and was the basis for a spin-off film. Adrian Edmondson is now equally well known as an accomplished straight actor (in the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace, Eastenders), and a writer of books for adults and children. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Produced by Caroline Raphael for Dora Productions

El hallazgo se produjo luego que el fotógrafo Patrick Vyvyan se internara en las cuencas cordilleranas el pasado domingo 13 de febrero. El Municipio ya trabaja con el vecino para entablar una exposición educativa sobre especies polinizadoras de Putaendo. Como un pasatiempo, don Patrick Vyvyan recorre los diferentes sectores de Putaendo tomando fotografías de tipo "macro" registrando insectos y descubriendo el enriquecedor ecosistema de la alta montaña de nuestra comuna. En ese contexto fue que fotografió sin saber a un "Bailarín de Orellana" el pasado domingo 13 de febrero. Al llegar a su casa y compartir su imagen en grupos y páginas de redes sociales especializados en ciencia, como "Moscas Florícolas" o "Ladera Sur", profesionales se dieron cuenta que él había registrado a un insecto que se presumía extinto, pues no se tenía registro de él desde 1959. "Ahora esperamos publicarlo en alguna revista científica, pues debemos proteger este tipo de especies que son únicas. Todos sabemos que la gran minería que se pretende instalar en la cordillera trae destrucción y puede terminar con el habitar de muchos animales. Con el municipio ya estamos trabajando para poder levantar una exposición educativa al respecto sobre especies polinizadoras de Putaendo, porque tengo varias fotos de estos insectos", señaló Vyvyan.

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by my friend and colleague Vyvyan to discuss Satanism, decadent literature, and how dandyism is an act of queer rebellion.  Vyvyan's recommended reading: Who Is a Dandy? by George Walden https://www.amazon.com/Who-Dandy-Dandyism-George-Brummell/dp/1903933366 Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker by  Jean Lorrain https://www.amazon.com/Nightmares-Ether-Drinker-Jean-Lorrain/dp/1943813027/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FUQ8ZTHP07PW&keywords=nightmares+of+an+ether+drinker&qid=1644359610&s=books&sprefix=Nightmares+of+an+%2Cstripbooks%2C73&sr=1-1 The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss https://www.amazon.com/Vesuvius-Club-Fluff-Lucifer-Novels/dp/0743283945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24ROHWM6KFFH8&keywords=Vesuvius+Box&qid=1644359680&s=books&sprefix=vesuvius+box%2Cstripbooks%2C75&sr=1-1  Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction: https://www.patreon.com/StephenBradfordLong Join my Discord server: https://discord.gg/PrDU4zx My work is sponsored by The Satanic Temple TV: a streaming platform featuring documentaries, live streams, conversations, rituals, and more. Use my code SACREDTENSION at checkout to get one month free. https://thesatanictemple.tv/

We talk Beadle, holidays and Vyvyan reads a poem See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe's snoring, David's weight training and Vyvyan is performing tonight! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vyvyan joins us and we sing! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We chat about dressing up for a living and then Vyvyan joins us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are joined by Joe our TV reviewer, Vyvyan our weatherman and Jon our football statistician See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We chat about David Baddiel's documentary, tattoos and Vyvyan joins us with another mystery - The Somerton Man See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We chat about Joe's new stand up comedy journey and Vyvyan tells us all about another spooky mystery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk about upsetting childhood memories and Vyvyan comes on to read us a mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We chat about Madonna's bum, Joe losing weight for The Cockfields and Vyvyan joins us, along with our TV Reviewer, Joe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“This calls for a delicate blend of psychology and extreme violence!” The topic of this week's episode is “The Young Ones”: Rick, Vyvyan, Mike, and Neil. Laurie & Poly delve into this groundbreaking British alternative comedy/variety program on which Madness appeared not once, but twice. We will also discuss the mysterious “fifth roommate” and the lost Madness sitcom pilot. So, grab a pot of hot lentils and give a listen to “The Young Ones!”

We talk about how we feel now the Cockfields is out, we get arsey and Vyvyan our Weatherperson saves the day See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Young Ones 1984 episode 'Nasty' is the Halloween special for 2021 in the Sitcom Showdown Hall of Fame. We enjoy some scares with Rik, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike, but hold a grudge against Alexei Sayle for crimes against live comedy! Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.

(Re-upload, now with new improved audio quality! Huzzah!)What's Raphael's favourite film?Turtle Recall.It's time to take a trip into the sewers of New York City to visit the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Harpo, Groucho, Stig, Ron, Barry, Mike, Vyvyan, Neil, Curly and Moe. Or something like that, I wasn't really paying attention. Adam has been kidnapped by the evil Shredder and is being forced to watch episodes of a 1987 animated TV show for some reason. Who could be the mastermind behind this dastardly plot? Why yes, it's Heather "Krang" Wainwright, flexing her brain-tendrils in a most devious fashion.When the evil Shredder attacks,Those turtle boys are wearing their slacks.Would it be accurate to refer to the Turtles as the ultimate Splinter group?Will Adam enjoy this exquisite torture, or will this be the end of Retrotube at the exact one-year mark?Happy Anniversary everyone!Michelangelo says: please like, rate, review and share the podcast, dude. I'd do it myself, but I'm, like, tooootally baked.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today in botanical history, we celebrate an Irish physician and botanist, an English poet and critic, and an African-American poet. We'll hear an excerpt from Elin Hilderbrand. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that tells the story of 3,500 acres of land and its return to the wild. And then we'll wrap things up with an Australian-English writer, gardener, and traveler.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there's no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you'd search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Curated News A Native Super-Edible on the Rise | gardencentermag.com  |  Jolene Hansen   Important Events September 28, 1793 Birth of Thomas Coulter, Irish physician, botanist, and explorer. He founded the herbarium at Trinity College, Dublin. He spent a year and a half studying with the great Swiss botanist Augustin de Candolle before exploring Mexico and the American Southwest in the early 1900s. Today he is remembered in the names of several plants. The Romneya coulteri or the Coulter poppy is a white-blossomed flower native to southern California and Baja California. Also called the California tree poppy, the Coulter poppy has the largest flower of any poppy. Another Southern California specimen, the Coulter pine, is known for creating the largest pine cones in the world. Called "widowmakers" by the locals, each pinecone can weigh up to ten pounds.   September 28, 1824 Birth of Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic. He compiled The Golden Treasury (1861), which featured English Songs and Lyrics. The popular anthology is still published with new editions under Francis Palgrave's name. In Eutopia, Francis wrote, There is a garden where lilies And roses are side by side; And all day between them in silence The silken butterflies glide. I may not enter the garden, Though I know the road thereto; And morn by morn to the gateway I see the children go. They bring back light on their faces; But they cannot bring back to me What the lilies say to the roses, Or the songs of the butterflies be.   September 28, 1867 Birth of James Edwin Campbell, African-American dialectic poet. In his poem, A Night in June, he wrote, "What so rare as a day in June?" O poet, hast thou never known A night in rose-voluptuous June? And in When The Fruit Trees Bloom, James wrote, When the fruit trees bloom, Pink of peach and white of plum, And the pear-trees' cones of snow In the old back orchard blow -- Planted fifty years ago! And the cherries' long white row Gives the sweetest prophecy Of the banquet that will be, When the suns and winds of June Shall have kissed to fruit the bloom -- Then Falstaffian bumble-bees Drain the blossoms to the lees. When the fruit trees bloom.   Unearthed Words The Herb Farm reminded Marguerite of the farms in France; it was like a farm in a child's picture book. There was a white wooden fence that penned in sheep and goats, a chicken coop where a dozen warm eggs cost a dollar, a red barn for the two bay horses, and a greenhouse. Half of the greenhouse did what greenhouses do, while the other half had been fashioned into very primitive retail space. The vegetables were sold from wooden crates, all of them grown organically before such a process even had a name- corn, tomatoes, lettuces, seventeen kinds of herbs, squash, zucchini, carrots with the bushy tops left on, spring onions, radishes, cucumbers, peppers, strawberries for two short weeks in June, pumpkins after the fifteenth of September. There was chèvre made on the premises from the milk of the goats; there was fresh butter. And when Marguerite showed up for the first time in the summer of 1975, there was a ten-year-old boy who had been given the undignified job of cutting zinnias, snapdragons, and bachelor buttons and gathering them into attractive-looking bunches. ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Love Season   Grow That Garden Library Wilding by Isabella Tree  This book came out in 2019, and the subtitle is The Return of Nature to a British Farm. In this book, Isabella (whose last name - Tree - is perfect for a book on nature) guides us through the result of a massive rewilding project in West Sussex known as the Knepp ("Nep") experiment because it took place on the Knepp Estate. Isabelle and her husband Charlie bought the estate in the 1980s from Charlie's grandparents. After recognizing that intensive farming on heavy clay was economically unsustainable, they decided to step back and let nature take over. To mimic the large animals that roamed Britain in the wild, they introduced free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs, and deer and let nature dictate the outcome on 3,500 acres. The animal activity turns out to be the key to kickstarting diversity in flora and fauna. They removed the infrastructure of traditional farming like drains and fencing. In a little over a decade, wildlife and plant diversity returned. Knepp became home to turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, and lesser spotted woodpeckers. The beauty of a functioning ecosystem is that it sustains and encourages life all by itself. This book is 384 pages of a personal memoir and a nature memoir - it's hopeful, inspirational, and above all, doable. You can get a copy of Wilding by Isabella Tree and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $9   Today's Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart September 28, 1885  Birth of Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan, Australian-English writer and gardener. She used the pen names C. C. Rogers and C. C. Vyvyan. After working in the slums of East London as a social worker and a nurse in WWI, Clara married the 10th Vyvyan baronet, who was 27-years her senior and lived on a 15th-century estate known as Trelowarren. The two were quite compatible and shared eleven happy years together. Both of them enjoyed nature. One of Clara's dearest friends was Daphne du Maurier, who used Clara's centuries-old home and gardens as the setting for her novels Frenchman's Creek and Rebecca. In Friends and Contemporaries, Clara's friend A L Rowse recognized the use of the Trelowarren landscape and wrote, The colonnade of trees in Rebecca, by the way, is the avenue of over-arching ilexes there, like a cathedral aisle. When Daphne visited Trelowarren for the first time, she fell in love with its rugged landscape and timeless quality. She described it as "the most beautiful place imaginable." After her visit, Daphne wrote in her diary, I simply hated leaving Trelowarren. Few places have made such a profound impression on me. Trelowarren similarly inspired Clara, and when her husband died, she started market gardening and writing to help financially maintain her West Cornwall estate. She wrote over twenty books during her life of adventure and beauty. When she was 67, she traveled to the Alaskan Klondyke and embarked on a 400-mile walk with the aid of two guides. The result was her book Down the Rhone on Foot. Most of her books were about her beloved Cornwall and, of course, her gardens. In her Letters from a Cornish Garden (1972), she shared a collection of delightful essays about gardening. Her friend Daphne du Maurier wrote the forward. Clara wrote, As one grows older, one should grow more expert at finding beauty in unexpected places, in deserts and even in towns, in ordinary human faces, and among wild weeds.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

#theworldisyours è una delle frasi più iconiche che il #tonymontana di #depalma dice durante il film. Inutile dirlo, amo alla follia #scarfacemovie, dalla regia alla recitazione, siamo davanti ad uno dei #gangstermovies meglio fatti nella storia del cinema. Voi sapevate, però, che l'originale Tony non era Montana ma "Guarino"? E la sua ispirazione veniva direttamente dal famigerato #gangster #alcapone

“No-one knows what to call me. Even me. People say ‘Do we call you Ade or Adrian?' And I usually say, ‘Whatever you can manage'”. At various stages in his life, Adrian Edmondson has attempted to change his name. He ponders his family history and how he came to be called Adrian. He was ribbed at school for having what was thought of as a girl's name. Across this set of essays Adrian Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.” His career has taken him from 20th Century Coyote (punk meets comedy) to The Young Ones to Malvolio at the RSC via Eddie Hitler in Bottom. Adrian Edmondson studied drama at Manchester University where he met his comedy partner Rik Mayall. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goons, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy where their glorious pursuit of laughter and anarchic performances changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. Adrian has since had a very significant career indeed. A career that has taken him in later years into 'straight' acting as well, at the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace and EastEnders, and as a writer of books for adults and children. He has also had an award winning music career with his band The Bad Shepherds which fused punk and folk. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Series recorded by Lucinda Mason Brown Produced by Caroline Raphael A Dora Production for BBC Radio

“It became a game really, to see how quickly we could break them... If the rules hadn't been there, we might have been better behaved.” Adrian Edmondson has always struggled with rules be they rules at school, dress codes or codes of conduct that that create different rules for different people. In this essay, he remembers a particular incident that occurred when he appeared on stage with The Who. Across this set of essays, Adrian Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.” His career has taken him from 20th Century Coyote (punk meets comedy) to The Young Ones to Malvolio at the RSC via Eddie Hitler in Bottom. Adrian Edmondson studied drama at Manchester University where he met his comedy partner Rik Mayall. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goons, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy where their glorious pursuit of laughter and anarchic performances changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. Adrian has since had a very significant career indeed. A career that has taken him in later years into 'straight' acting as well, at the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace and EastEnders, and as a writer of books for adults and children. He has also had an award winning music career with his band The Bad Shepherds, which fused punk and folk. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Produced by Caroline Raphael A Dora Production for BBC Radio 3

“I'm working at The Comic Strip. ‘Evening Vernon, Evening Ray!' I shout. ‘Evening Nigel,' they shout back. Well, perhaps they don't know me as well as I think they do, but at least they think they know me.” Adrian Edmondson celebrates the glorious feeling of belonging as he remembers the early days of working in Soho at The Comic Strip and eating at the Italian restaurant where the waiters do know his name, and his favourite dish. Across this set of essays Adrian Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.” His career has taken him from 20th Century Coyote (punk meets comedy) to The Young Ones to Malvolio at the RSC via Eddie Hitler in Bottom. Adrian Edmondson studied drama at Manchester University where he met his comedy partner Rik Mayall. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goons, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy where their glorious pursuit of laughter and anarchic performances changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. Adrian has since had a very significant career indeed. A career that has taken him in later years into 'straight' acting as well, at the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace and EastEnders, and as a writer of books for adults and children. He has also had an award winning music career with his band The Bad Shepherds which fused punk and folk. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Produced by Caroline Raphael A Dora Production for BBC Radio 3

“We struggle through power cuts, algebra and the three-day week and the only constant is cigarettes. We sit in Jasper's Folly, a café at the end of Market Place, thinking up new words for ennui and seeing how long we can burn our fingers with a lighter before we can't stand it anymore…. Cigarettes were just a replacement for everything that was missing in my life.” Adrian Edmondson celebrates a long love affair with cigarettes that came to an end when he found everything he had been missing. Across this set of essays Adrian Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.” His career has taken him from 20th Century Coyote (punk meets comedy) to The Young Ones to Malvolio at the RSC via Eddie Hitler in Bottom. Adrian Edmondson studied drama at Manchester University where he met his comedy partner Rik Mayall. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goons, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy where their glorious pursuit of laughter and anarchic performances changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. Adrian has since had a very significant career indeed. A career that has taken him in later years into 'straight' acting as well, at the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace and EastEnders, and as a writer of books for adults and children. He has also had an award winning music career with his band The Bad Shepherds which fused punk and folk. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Produced by Caroline Raphael A Dora Production for BBC Radio 3

“So, it's the end of the 60s, and while the rest of the world is flailing around in an orgy of free love, self-expression and hallucinogenic drugs, I'm trapped in a small prison learning to repress my emotions. Turns out I'm bloody good at it! If the 11-plus had been about repression I would have passed no problem.” Unhappy at boarding school in England, his family far away in Africa, Adrian remembers his first dance at the school disco and the moment that signalled the end of his childhood. Across this set of essays Adrian Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.” His career has taken him from 20th Century Coyote (punk meets comedy) to The Young Ones to Malvolio at the RSC via Eddie Hitler in Bottom. Adrian Edmondson studied drama at Manchester University where he met his comedy partner Rik Mayall. The influence of the absurdist dramatists he studied and his early love for The Goons, The Muppets and Monty Python are all reflected in his comedy practice. He and Rik were part of the first wave of Alternative Comedy where their glorious pursuit of laughter and anarchic performances changed the comedic landscape for ever. He starred as Vyvyan in The Young Ones, the series that blasted its way onto our screens tearing into our preconceptions of what television comedy could be. Adrian has since had a very significant career indeed. A career that has taken him in later years into 'straight' acting as well, at the RSC, BBC TV's War and Peace and EastEnders, and as a writer of books for adults and children. He has also had an award winning music career with his band The Bad Shepherds which fused punk and folk. Written and read by Adrian Edmondson Produced by Caroline Raphael A Dora Production for BBC Radio 3

In this episode I talk to Sir Ferrers Vyvyan, landowner, agronomist and environmentalist. Ferrers' family has been on the Lizard for more than 600 years and they are now looking at major changes to how they manage the land in their care. He has been undertaking a small scale wilding project in a part of the estate, and you can see a range of photos showing this, and more details, at www.whatifyoujustleaveit.info It is a fascinating conversation covering a wide range of themes - enjoy! Any comments and reviews very welcome, and thank you for listening.

You know, I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac.

Comedians like Rik Mayal, Alexie Sayle, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were an integral part of alternative culture in the 1980s. And In many ways, these figures were as innovative and iconoclastic as their cousins in the post-punk music scene. While groups like The Goons and Monty Python testify to a satirical and surreal strain in British comedy that preceded the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s, most television comedy in Old Blighty was dire. For the most part, comedy on the tube trafficked in broad stereotypes: shrill harpies, dumb bimbos, and hapless migrants from the subcontinent and the Caribbean: Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language, Are You Being Served and so on. In short, mainstream comedy from the 1970s was pretty low brow. It performed the cultural work of normalising sexist and racist prejudices that were prevalent during the 1960s and 70s. The Alternative comics of the 1980s consciously defined themselves against these immediate precursors. In this episode, we revisit The Young Ones, arguably the most exemplary televisual manifestation of the anarchic ethos of the alt 80s zeitgeist. So, let’s all go on a summer holiday to Thatcher’s Britain with Rik, Vyvyan, Neil, and Mike, the chaotic, dishevelled, unruly, slothful Young Ones.

Martin Hesp chats to Sir Ferrers Vyvyan who has taken him on a tour of the remarkable Trelowarren Estate in Cornwall and who talks about the weird and wonderful landscape known as Goonhilly Down

A Course in Miracles: “The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love” Reverends John and Grace Vyvyan, of One Light Ministry, have devoted their lives and their careers to finding and promoting inner peace. As guides and facilitators based on the teachings from the spiritual text, A Course in Miracles, they have embraced their own childhood wounds and tapped into a deeply rich spirit-led life. Highlights: Connect with Grace & John at www.onelightministry.net One Light Ministry offers: - Virtual Retreat: “A Retreat from Fear” on Saturday, August 15, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST. To register, contact www.onelightministry.net/contact. - ACIM Study Groups: Mondays 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CST and Wednesday 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CST - Healing Circle: Saturday from 1:00-2:30 p.m. CST and counseling as arranged. If interested, contact LearningWIthGrace@airmail.net for details. #TimeToComeAlive #ConnectToJoy #Judgement #Spirit #ACIM

A Course in Miracles: “The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love” Reverends John and Grace Vyvyan, of One Light Ministry, have devoted their lives and their careers to finding and promoting inner peace. As guides and facilitators based on the teachings from the spiritual text, A Course in Miracles, they have embraced their own childhood wounds and tapped into a deeply rich spirit-led life. Highlights: Relationships all suffer from “sandpaper time” How to discover the peace within Playing with life, like babies play with toys Connect with Grace & John at www.onelightministry.net One Light Ministry offers: - Virtual Retreat: “A Retreat from Fear” on Saturday, August 15, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST. To register, contact www.onelightministry.net/contact. - ACIM Study Groups: Mondays 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CST and Wednesday 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CST - Healing Circle: Saturday from 1:00-2:30 p.m. CST and counseling as arranged. If interested, contact LearningWIthGrace@airmail.net for details. #TimeToComeAlive #ConnectToJoy #Judgement #Spirit #ACIM

Today we celebrate the botanist who climbed Pikes Peak and discovered the Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris). We'll also learn about the man who is remembered for the Boysenberry. We celebrate a 1978 entry from John T. White's Country Diary. We also celebrate the environmentalist who fell in love with Maine. We hear the poem written by the Scottish children's author that celebrates grasshoppers. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about gardening on one and a half acres - featuring unexpected plant combinations, beautiful photography, garden inspiration, and a testament to the power of microclimates in a garden. And then we'll wrap things up with the night-blooming plant that caused a sensation in 1933. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News 26 Ideas for a Summer Garden Party | Janet Loughrey | Garden Design When summer heats up, it's time to sit back and relax in your yard. After all that hard work of weeding, planting, and mulching, what better way to enjoy the season than to throw a garden party? Celebrate with these festive tips. 1. Cozy Up The Back Yard Get the yard ready by updating your accessories for a fresh look. 2. Accessorize With Containers Dress up the yard with decorative containers brimming with colorful plants. 3. Pick A Theme Host a party based on a flower that's in season—such as sunflowers. 4. Set The Mood Nothing says magic and romance more than twinkling lights at night. 5. Create A "Happy Hour" Garden Grow a medley of herbs, fruits, and vegetables, and make refreshing drinks with ingredients fresh from your garden. 6. Grow Your Own Party Food Use fresh ingredients from your garden to whip up a delicious meal. 7. Play Games After drinks and appetizers with your guests, set up some outdoor games, and get active. 8. Take The Bite Out Of Bugs Keep pests off your guests without using chemical bug sprays. Get the party started and celebrate summer in the garden with family and friends.   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1820   Today the botanist Edwin James, along with two companions, made the first ascent of Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Interested in plants from a very young age, James botanized extensively in his home state of Vermont, and he compiled the very first Flora of Vermont plants. James left his mark on the botanical world when he went on one of the first expeditions of the American West - traveling from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains. On the way of Pikes Peak, James came across the mountain Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, which ultimately became known as the Colorado Blue Columbine and the State Flower of Colorado. James' account of his climb up Pikes Peak stated: "A little above the point where the timber disappears entirely commences a region of astonishing beauty . . . covered with a carpet of low but brilliantly flowering alpine plants. . ." And James' words, "a region of astonishing beauty," became the title of a 2003 book on the botanical history of the Rocky Mountains by Roger Lawrence Williams. After the expedition, James married and settled in Burlington, Iowa. In a sidenote that reveals his loving heart, James' home was part of the Underground Railroad. James died in 1861 after an accident. There is a monument to James on Pike's Peak, and the Des Moines County Medical Society planted Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine on his grave in the Rock Springs Cemetery in Iowa. Newspaper accounts say the location of Edwin James' grave was in the most picturesque part of southeastern Iowa.   1918   Bastille Day was celebrated in Paris. Accounts say it was a clear day. The skies over Paris were filled with French airplanes. Flowers covered the streets, and the air was fragrant, sweetly scented with strawberries.   1950   Today is the anniversary of the death of the plant hybridizer Rudolph Boysen. In the 1910s and '20s, Boysen had been playing around with plant genetics. He worked on an 18-acre farm owned by John Lubbens in Napa Valley. On one June morning, Boysen took a walk along a creek bank to inspect some of his new berry creations. Boysen was astonished when he saw that one of the vines bore fruit that was almost two inches long. The fruit would become known to the world as the Boysenberry. Boysenberries are similar to blackberries but have a larger, juicier, and sweeter fruit. The Boysenberry is a cross between the loganberry, the raspberry, and the blackberry. In 1927, Boysen advertised them as "the sensation of the 20th Century." Now as luck would have it, the grower, Walter Knott, had been looking for new varieties of berries. When Knott got some of Boysen's plants, he knew it was the berry he had been looking for over the past decade. Knott gave Boysen credit by naming the plant in his honor. But, Knott managed to make an empire for himself with the proceeds - establishing the world-renown Knotts Berry Farm. As for Boysen, he never earned a dime from the Boysenberry.   1978  Today John T. White's Country Diary was shared in The Guardian (www.theguardian.com) “The calendar said July 1 but the weather over Dungeness was more suited to January. Low clouds swept over the lighthouse and the foghorn sent out it's melancholy warning, three times every half minute, into the misty Channel. I was glad of jersey and anorak and turned my back to the driving rain as I explored the shingle wilderness. I was accompanied by the sea swallows, the terns flying so low that they zig-zagged between the willow scrub like yachts tacking so close that I could see crabs and small fish in their beaks. I decided to follow their route and stumbled over a succession of shingle ridges that mark the steady seaward extension of the headland. The flora, at least, was summery in its brilliance. Vipers Bugloss, dark blue, red-tipped, standing stiffly in the bare shingle. Valerian towering above carpets of Yellow Stonecrop and the white flowers of Sea-Beet rising from clumps of thick, fleshy leaves. Most remarkable in that wild garden was the Nottingham Catchfly, a rare plant, highly localized in its occurrence; its white ragged petals drooping with water. Anglers lined the shore, standing four-square behind their fixed rods and, above them, almost hovering as they turned into the strong breeze, were the terns, heads dipped, to survey the rough waves, plummeting down to take their share of the fish.”   1946  On this day, the environmentalist Rachel Carson arrived in Maine and she promptly fell in love with the state. That summer, she rented a cabin on the Sheepscot River. She wrote: “The only reason I will ever come back is that I don’t have brains enough to figure out a way to stay here for the rest of my life. … My greatest ambition is to be able to buy a place here and then manage to spend a great deal of time [here]." Rachel's time in Maine resulted in her classic book The Sea Around Us. And it made it possible for Rachel to realize her dream. In 1953, She bought a summer home in Maine. Five years later, Olga Owens Huckins and her husband, Stuart, observed birds and insects dropping dead in her Duxbury garden within 24 hours of the Massachusetts State Mosquito control program spraying DDT over her bird sanctuary at a rate of 2 pounds per acre. The day Olga's property was sprayed, the pilot had extra DDT fuel oil in his tank, and he decided to dump it right over Olga's land. As a former Boston newspaper reporter, Olga voiced her anger and frustration in an editorial. Olga wrote, “The ‘harmless’ shower-bath killed seven of our lovely songbirds outright. We picked up three dead bodies the next morning right by the door. They were birds that had lived close to us, trusted us, and built their nests in our trees year after year.” After writing the paper, Olga wrote another letter to her old friend Rachel Carson. Olga's letter sparked four years of research for Rachel. She put it all together in a book called Silent Spring. Rachel's book opened people's eyes to the hazards of DDT, and public opinion eventually forced the banning of DDT in 1972. Today, Olga & Stuart's property has new owners. Judith and Robert Vose, III, continue to preserve the site as a bird sanctuary and also as a way to honor the brave women who stepped forward when it was put in harm's way: Olga Huckins and Rachel Carson.   Unearthed Words Come take up your Hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. The Trumpeter, Gad-fly, has summoned the Crew, And the Revels are now only waiting for you. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his Friend, on his Back. And there was the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their Relations, Green, Orange, and Blue. And there came the Moth, with his Plumage of Down, And the Hornet in Jacket of Yellow and Brown; Who with him the Wasp, his Companion, did bring, But they promised, that Evening, to lay by their Sting. A Mushroom their Table, and on it was laid A Water-dock Leaf, which a Table-cloth made. The Viands were various, to each of their Taste, And the Bee brought her Honey to crown the Repast. Then close on his Haunches, so solemn and wise, The Frog from a Corner looked up to the Skies. And the Squirrel well pleased such Diversions to see, Mounted high over Head, and looked down from a Tree. Then the Grasshopper came with a Jerk and a Spring, Very long was his Leg, though but short was his Wing; He took but three Leaps, and was soon out of Sight, Then chirped his own Praises the rest of the Night. — Robert Michael Ballantyne, Scottish children's author, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast   Grow That Garden Library A Tapestry Garden by Marietta and Ernie O'Bryne This book came out in 2018, and the subtitle is The Art of Weaving Plants and Place. Gardenista said, “This is the fascinating story of a tireless and simpatico couple, a pair of gardeners who have spent more than 40 years assembling a mind-boggling collection of plants and installing them in unexpected, sometimes truly revolutionary, combinations. . . . Throughout the book, we are offered useful tidbits and advice. . . [and] informative sections on specific plants such as Arisaemas ("Aris-SAME'ah"); trilliums; bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes; and hellebores. . . . remarkably cheery and philosophical.” From the publisher: “Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne’s garden—situated on one and a half acres in Eugene, Oregon—is filled with an incredible array of plants from around the world. By consciously leveraging the garden’s many microclimates, they have created a stunning patchwork of exuberant plants that is widely considered one of America’s most outstanding private gardens. Profiles of the O’Byrne’s favorite plants—include hellebores, trilliums, Arisaemas, and alpine plants—and they include comprehensive growing information and tips on pruning and care. A Tapestry Garden captures the spirit of a very special place.” The book is  264 pages of unexpected plant combinations, beautiful photography, garden inspiration, and a testament to the power of microclimates in a garden. You can get a copy of A Tapestry Garden by Marietta and Ernie O'Bryne and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $17.   Today's Botanic Spark 1933  On this day The Journal Times out of Racine, Wisconsin posted a notice about a local sensation: Mrs. William Vyvyan's night-blooming cereus. "Mrs. Kitty Shephard of Waukesha and Miss Loraine Brehmer of Milwaukee are making an attended visit at the William Vyvyan home. Mrs. Vyvyan had many visitors on Monday evening, who came to see the rare plant, the night-blooming cereus, which had four beautiful blossoms." Do tell. Well, the night-blooming cereus, is one of the desert's most unique plants. the night-blooming cereus is a member of the cactus family. Native to Arizona and the Sonoran Desert, the plant is also commonly called the Queen of the Night or the Princess of the Night. Now, generally, the cereus is grown as a houseplant, and it is often a pass-along plant - passed on from one friend to another. And, you should know, if you get one, that as a plant, it can be a bit of a mess. It's generally rather untidy and unruly. But it can be pruned without hurting the cactus. To create more of the Cereus night-blooming cactus, all you have to do is just pot up the cuttings. Just keep in mind that the night-blooming Cereus won't flower until it is four or five years old. And, the number of blooms increases as the plant ages. But once it blooms, the white flower is genuinely incredible. It's almost seven inches in diameter and smells divine - which is a good thing since you have it in your home. And it's true. It is a night-blooming plant. The flowers start to bloom at 9 or 10 p.m. and they are fully open by midnight. Then, the morning sun will cause the petals to fall off and die.  

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Epictetus: “Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.” In order to survive, we, human beings, at times create mechanisms, systems, and strategies to keep us safe. Is there a point where that survival mechanism can become weaponized? Grace Vyvyan, opens up about several incidents in her youth where the only way to manage them was to establish control. Through the ups and downs of life, relationships and vocation each had a taste of Grace's controlling superpower. Join in as she takes us on a revealing journey through the head, heart, and spirit. Highlights: You know there is healing work to do in any area you don't feel at peace. What is most real about us, is not visible to others. One may never know what scars a child or what buoys them. Do the best you can. Connect with Grace Vyvyan and check out her ministry at www.onelightministry.net. #coaching #inspiration #purpose #timetocomealive #connecttojoy #control For past episodes go to https://www.valeriehope.com/podcast. Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UdGhWcGosQk

Epictetus: “Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.” In order to survive, we, human beings, at times create mechanisms, systems, and strategies to keep us safe. Is there a point where that survival mechanism can become weaponized? Grace Vyvyan, opens up about several incidents in her youth where the only way to manage them was to establish control. Through the ups and downs of life, relationships and vocation each had a taste of Grace’s controlling superpower. Join in as she takes us on a revealing journey through the head, heart, and spirit. Highlights: You know there is healing work to do in any area you don’t feel at peace. What is most real about us, is not visible to others. One may never know what scars a child or what buoys them. Do the best you can. Connect with Grace Vyvyan and check out her ministry at www.onelightministry.net. #coaching #inspiration #purpose #timetocomealive #connecttojoy #control Register at https://www.timetocomealive.com to get the login info for our next live session on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. CST. For past episodes go to https://www.valeriehope.com/podcast. Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UdGhWcGosQk

Vyvyan is an elusive character, a DJ and producer who prefers to operate under the radar. At the end of last year he showcased his tastes and influences in a mix or Bicep's Feel My Bicep mix series which gave listeners a glimpse into both his record bag and his own productions. Having delivered remixes for Psychemagik and Eclectic, last week saw the release of his new EP Coat Bra Pants on Me Me Me which includes remixes from Not An Animal's Chris Stoker and Robert Johnson resident Gerd Janson. We invited him to deliver this week's Monday Is OK mix which flows through experimental, beatless rhythms; the music that soundtracks his home listening sessions...

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no BBC here // kooky / fun / energetic mix full of unreleased edits. new and old songs that journey through classic techno, cutting-edge club-pop, and nostalgic house flavors. All sprinkled with a touch of acid throughout. Tracklist - 1)The Carry Nation & Glamour To Kill - Breakwater Fashion (edit) 2)The Micronauts - Get Down 3)Amine Edge & DANCE & Fatboy Slim - Ruthless Raver (edit) 4)Unit Black Flight & Underground Sound of Lisbon - Goodbye Shortwave (edit) 5)Giom & Perc - Love Done (edit) 6)Wolfram - United 707 (Lipelis Remix) 7)Coming Down Band & Radio Slave - Kiti on the Elevator (edit) 8)Vyvyan & DJ Hell - I Want Source Rocks / Paul Woodford mix(edit) 9)Boiz Noize & Kind Bud - I Am Distortion (edit) 10)Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code - Lean Before The Interview 11)Tim Green & RuPaul - F##k The New Life (edit)inspired by Stereogamous

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With fluoride being a neurotoxin, there is now, in total, around 377,655,000 million people worldwide drinking artificially fluoridated water. This represents 5% of the world’s population. Yet, there are more people drinking fluoridated water in the United States than the rest of the world combined, with about one third to three quarters of the population now drinking it daily.  Trump that NZ! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=12000030 Today 50% of NZ tap water is fluoridated, a whopping 73% of Ireland and 10% of England and Spain as well. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/ Science has known for a hundred years that fluoride suppresses thyroid function. Fetuses can be born without a thyroid gland at all but the mother will provide the hormone. The importance of the mother and what she takes into her body is very relevant.  Professor PJ Pop in the Netherlands - has a number of papers - and what is noticed is that there is reduced intelligence once the fetus is born. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrendo.2017.106 Pregnancy, postpartum and the thyroid: isn’t it time to offer women optimal care? Please listen to understand this crucial information. Note that students studying water management or to become doctors were never told anything about fluoridation in University. So they pass through University, in a state of unknowingness about what is added to the water. There is very little fluoride research on the human body Declan - says he first came into the knowingness that something was awry with fluoride in 2006 - when he found that no studies or research had been completed on the human body,  other than the effect on teeth and bones. No other organs, or brain tissue or - anything. Then in the US the National Academies 2006 report on fluoride and drinking water impelled the top committee who were responsible for this report, to bring together their top academics across the USA, from neurology, toxicology and dentistry to assess this data.  They then put together a list of close to 70 different areas that they needed studies to be taken, to fill the gaps of lack of knowledge for the effects of fluoride on people’s health. Could Downs Syndrome be a result of exposure to drinking Fluoride in tap water?   Declan goes on to say that Ireland has the highest ratio of Downs Syndrome on earth and these academics also posited the question of the possibility that it was ‘biologically plausible that fluoride exposure could result in Downs Syndrome.’ This was a shock to Declan. https://fluoridefree.org.nz/2006-us-national-research-councils-review-fluoride-drinking-water/ Paul Connett talks about 52 IQ studies - the Bashash study funded by the US government - The National Institute of Health - as well as the EPA the Environmental Protection Agency  is a watershed moment  because all the other studies have come from India Mexico China and Iran - however our arrogant Western scientists just ignore these finding because… you know - they don’t make the grade … http://fluoridealert.org/content/content-bulletin_3-9-18/ And in this major study - all the criticisms of the other 52 studies that have been done over the years were essentially addressed. Listen:  McGill, Harvard, Montreal Universities were all these top universities were involved. Etc etc Now 50 papers have been produced on other aspects of neurotoxicity on elements like lead, mercury and so on. A 12 year study by high quality scientists - they covered every single angle and every nook and cranny to prove that fluoride is toxic and has the potential to lower the IQ in children. So the only thing left is for the politicians, the media etc to work out - what is more important for your Child?! Healthy Teeth or a Healthy Brain? Paul Connett, says brush fluoride on your teeth and spit it out - he says he is not anti fluoride just keep it out of your body interior. Media Blackout? Declan Waugh when learning of this study, followed it up and wrote to every newspaper in Ireland and radio station too - and did not receive one reply whatsoever - Even though it was a huge study! There is basically a media blackout, even here in NZ - (we know that) hence GreenplanetFM.com - a.very small voluntary radio program - is filling the gap, essentially by default. NZ’s one media response was that ‘Mexico’s fluoride levels are not relevant’ - (what does that tell you about the communicator of that statement?)  That Mexico does not rate as a country? There was zero response to the rest of the science.  Yet, the Canadians in fluoridated areas - just last week made a statement that their levels are exactly the same as Mexico cities. Listen to the tea drinking of NZ (Dr Mike Godfrey) - And that in Ireland one of the leading tea drinking nations per capita and that tea leaves are loaded with fluoride. That the leaves take up fluoride from the earth. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11885876 Paul Connett talks about how the percentage of people drinking fluoridated water iis affecting babies - listen especially of you are a mother with a loved one. Drop in IQ in now a certainty. Note that a drop of 5 IQ points would halve the number of very bright genius’s in our society and increase dramatically the mentally impaired. What came across in this interview is that the NZ Authorities when aware of the dangers took lead out of paint - and discontinued adding lead to petrol - so why do they put fluoride in 50% of NZ’s drinking water? Other information that comes from this interview. Fluoride in beer - listens to these results !!! Fluoride tap water to make up baby formula is -  a no no. Green Party of Ireland was anti fluoride. Over the last 5 or 6 years throughout the length and breadth of Ireland the City Councils - County Councils and Local Authorities - plus their political representatives have voted to stop water fluoridation - from Dublin City to Cork City, to Galway and the Government - still refuses to act. Yet the first act in Germany’s reunification was to stop water fluoridation in East Germany Informed consent - The need to know. Informed consent is an imperative - especially in medicine - but NZers are not receiving the latest data - we are being denied the information by our elected representatives. In medical school the amount of training in toxicology is known to be minimal. https://fluoridefree.org.nz NOTES: GreenplanetFM.com has two superb previous interviews by Lisa Er - one of Paul Connett & Dr Bill Hirzy on the Danger of Fluoride and another of Paul Connett that give a broad understanding of the issues. https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/paul-connett-dangers-mandatory-flouridation-public-water-supply https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/professor-paul-connett-dr-bill-hirzy-the-danger-of-fluoride The day I was contacted to do this radio interview - I was in Munich in Germany. Coincidentally I then found out - with a lecturer in water infrastructure in Bavaria. He is interested in our country and was talking up NZ’s clean green image to me - when I told him that we chlorinate our metropolitan water as well as actively push fluoridation of our water too - he was shocked!  The city of Munich has neither. Question: Is there fluoride in NZ soda and soft drinks?

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. This is a collection of highlights from shows seven to twelve, featuring Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on the Jaws game, Ben Baker on Mysteries Of Old Peking, Martin Ruddock on Doomlord, Steve O'Brien on High Time and Ice Cold Cube by The Stone Roses, Jem Roberts on an advert reuniting Neil and Vyvyan from The Young Ones, and Mark Griffiths on The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy. Along the way we'll be finding out why nothing is scarier than a playing field in Slough, how to spot Simon Bates in disguise via a series of cryptic clues, and what musical genres 'The Young Ones' were followers of. Plus there's also something you may not have heard before - Tim on the radio talking about a TV series from a couple of years back that everyone seems to have forgotten about already... You can find the full shows, and many more besides, at http://timworthington.org/

Andrew Wolfman's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Timpsy, a young man with a high midichlorian count. His desire to learn the ways of the Wolf forces Andrew to make a decision that changes their lives forever. Meanwhile, tremble-lips emo Vader, Captain Panto and Vyvyan off the Young Ones lead the New Order in an all-out assault against the 10-man Resistance for supremacy of the galaxy Oh no, hold on. With a world of 'W's dawning in front of them, Andrew and Timpsy get stuck into a 90 minute game of 'What's in the Box' which opens up a whole world of big questions. Like: "Do you like Paloma Faith" and "Jason Bourne and Matthew Bourne, right? Which one's the assassin and which one does the ballet?" Hilarity and Euro 2008 chat ensues. These are the things that I will keep.

It’s two weeks after Halloween! Phoole had pneumonia on the actual Halloween weekend so we had Phooleoween as soon as she got her lungs back in working order. Ghoulish guesticles abound! Dr. Logic (as Vyvyan from The Young Ones), Scottish Smithee (as a pirate), Pixie, Jigginz, Bunny (as a Basic White Girl, complete with Pumpkin Spice Latte), an elegantly Gothic Jon Bell, and UNCLE FWEDDY join Tiffany and Phoole in the PhooleOut Shelter for monstrous mashups and fortunes foretold - and Phooligans worldwide tune in and turn it UP! Board the Chewb! https://TheChewb.com Be a Phoole Patreon Patron! https://patreon.com/phoole www.phoole.com/gang https://twitter.com/phoole https://facebook.com/DJPhoole https://chew.tv/phoole https://chew.tv/crew/thechewb https://mixcloud.com/phoole https://hearthis.at/phoole https://instagram.com/phooleofficial www.phoole.com/phoole

It’s two weeks after Halloween! Phoole had pneumonia on the actual Halloween weekend so we had Phooleoween as soon as she got her lungs back in working order. Ghoulish guesticles abound! Dr. Logic (as Vyvyan from The Young Ones), Scottish Smithee (as a pirate), Pixie, Jigginz, Bunny (as a Basic White Girl, complete with Pumpkin Spice Latte), an elegantly Gothic Jon Bell, and UNCLE FWEDDY join Tiffany and Phoole in the PhooleOut Shelter for monstrous mashups and fortunes foretold - and Phooligans worldwide tune in and turn it UP! Board the Chewb! https://TheChewb.com Be a Phoole Patreon Patron! https://patreon.com/phoole www.phoole.com/gang https://twitter.com/phoole https://facebook.com/DJPhoole https://chew.tv/phoole https://chew.tv/crew/thechewb https://mixcloud.com/phoole https://hearthis.at/phoole https://instagram.com/phooleofficial www.phoole.com/phoole

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Joining Tim this time is comedy historian and storyteller Jem Roberts, who shares his widely-challenged recollections of an advert reuniting Neil and Vyvyan from The Young Ones, ZX Spectrum game Dizzy and its many suspiciously close relatives, short-lived rave-goes-Charleston sensation Doop by Doop, budget maize snack Wheelz, powdered drink from outer space Alien Blood, and the dim and distant days of Wet Wet Wet Actually Being Any Good. Along the way we’ll be finding out the best techniques for constructing a ‘sandwich car’, learning how not to confuse ET with a gardener, and wondering who smoked ‘Rococan’ and if they were able to still form actual sentences afterwards. You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/