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Aug 03, 2019
The Podcast Hour for Saturday 3rd August 2019
00:47:58
A chance encounter fom the past in 'All The Best', tech show 'Reply All' solves online mysteries and tells stories of internet life, find otherworldly laughs in 'This Paranormal Life', and 'The Soundtrack Show' explores the role music plays in creating the fictional universe of our favourite films.
Aug 03, 2019
'The Soundtrack Show': the music in our favourite films
00:11:41
'The Soundtrack Show' looks at the role that music plays in creating the fictional universe in some of our favourite films. From Jaws to Star Wars, from Psycho to Jurassic Park...and beyond! We play a clip from the first of three episodes devoted to the first part of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of The Ring (2001), with a film score written by composer Howard Shore. And 'The Soundtrack Show' is hosted by David Collins.
Aug 03, 2019
'This Paranormal Life': otherwordly laughs
00:10:51
Do you believe in aliens, or doubt that the Moon Landings ever took place? Me neither...but I didn't let that stop me from enjoying 'This Paranormal Life'! We share an excerpt from episode 67 of 'This Paranormal Life' called 'Murderous Bunny Man Escapes Asylum' presented by Rory Powers and Kit Grier.
Aug 03, 2019
'Reply All': tech mysteries
00:11:47
For some reason Ben can't listen to one of his favourite podcasts, 99% Invisible with Roman Mars, on the car stereo of his Mazda. But why?! We play some of 'The Roman Mars Mazda Virus', episode 140 of 'Reply All' from Gimlet Media hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman.
Aug 03, 2019
Chance encounters: 'All The Best'
00:10:32
Have you ever got an unexpected message or a social media notification from a name from your past? One day Stephen got a Facebook alert from somebody very special to him, who he'd lost contact with 27 years before. We share some of Carey Scheer's story 'The Only Hole In My Life' produced by Tegan Nicholls and Selena Shannon, as featured on the 'All The Best' podcast.
Jul 27, 2019
The Podcast Hour for Saturday 27th July 2019
00:47:57
'When We Got To The Seventh' is a quirky fiction show [1:54-13:57], having fun with self improvement in 'Personal Best' [14:01-25:19], celebrating life's simple pleasures in 'The Pleasures of Brecht' [25:19-38:28], and where does the idea of pink for girls and blue for boys from? 'Every Little Thing' has the answer [38:28:-47:28].
Jul 27, 2019
Pink for girls? 'Every Little Thing'
00:09:37
Where did the idea of the colour blue for boys and pink for girls actually come from? It's a question listener Elle Ve poses on the 'Every Little Thing' helpline and it sends host Flora Lichtmann down a rabbit hole of discovery. We play some of an episode of 'Every Little Thing' from Gimlet Media called 'Pink for Girls, Blue for Boys - Why?', and the show is hosted by Flora Lichtmann and also made by Annette Heist and Phoebe Flanigan.
Jul 27, 2019
Celebrating life's simple pleasures: 'The Pleasures of Brecht'
00:13:50
After years of exile from Germany through the Second World War, in 1954 the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote a simple poem called Vergnügungen or a list of pleasures. 'The Pleasures of Brecht' is produced by Phil Smith who also composed the music (and recorded it in Brecht's house in Germany), and is a Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, and it appeared in its 'Seriously...' podcast.
Jul 27, 2019
Having fun with self help: 'Personal Best'
00:12:05
Have you ever wanted to be a better You?! 'Personal Best' is a Canadian show playing around with the expectations and the conventions of the self help genre. Your life coaches and spirit guides in this quest to be the best are Rob Norman and Andrew Norton. In an episode called 'How To Master The Art of Persuasion' they take on the case of Colleen, who's offered to sell her brother-in-law's paintings but has omitted to mention she's got zero experience and a naturally retiring personality! 'Personal Best' from The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is hosted by Rob Norman and Andrew Norton, and produced by Jess Shane and Yasmine Mathurin.
Jul 27, 2019
'When We Got To The Seventh': a quirky fiction show
00:12:48
Emma Clarke is a voiceover artist and 'When We Got To The Seventh' is her fiction podcast that revolves around an encounter with a seventh something: it could be a marriage, a planet, even a victim. We play some of an episode called 'I'm Just A Very Maternal Person', written and performed by Emma Clarke and produced by Eddie Delag.
Aug 03 | 00:47:58
The Podcast Hour for Saturday 3rd August 2019
Aug 03 | 00:11:41
'The Soundtrack Show': the music in our favourite films
Aug 03 | 00:10:51
'This Paranormal Life': otherwordly laughs
Aug 03 | 00:11:47
'Reply All': tech mysteries
Aug 03 | 00:10:32
Chance encounters: 'All The Best'
Jul 27 | 00:47:57
The Podcast Hour for Saturday 27th July 2019
Jul 27 | 00:09:37
Pink for girls? 'Every Little Thing'
Jul 27 | 00:13:50
Celebrating life's simple pleasures: 'The Pleasures of Brecht'
Jul 27 | 00:12:05
Having fun with self help: 'Personal Best'
Jul 27 | 00:12:48
'When We Got To The Seventh': a quirky fiction show
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