Comedian Darren Carter join Daniel Lobell and Mark Schiff to kick off the first episode of the new podcast We Think It's Funny!
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23.04.
- read Allusionist 193. Word Play 3: Lemon Demon AJ Jacobs makes The Puzzler podcast, wrote The Puzzler book, and sometimes turns his whole life into a puzzle. He comes bearing word games, explanations of anagrams being used to precipitate wars and were key evidence in trials, tips for writing with a quill, below-the-knee insults, and tales of living constitutionally.
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21.04.
- read 1653 - "Twigs" No Agenda Episode 1653 - "Twigs" "Twigs" Executive Producers: Joseph Smolic Ralph sir Bobbie Sir Stoner Boner John Owens Dame Maria of the Greek Kingdoms Sir Stephen, Count of Winder and The Great Smoky Mountains Alan Finston Sir SumOne Associate Executive Producers: Gary Goodman Keith Yates Red Hot Mama, Jewls Dave Sorensen Sir I'm Like Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Mike Connor Become a member of the 1654 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcastin
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20.04.
- read The Now Show - 22nd March Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Featuring Lucy Porter on Laura Kenny’s retirement, Alasdair Beckett-King on the state of our nation’s health and an original song from Mitch Benn. With voices from Ed Jones and Katie Norris.The show was written by the cast with additional material from Cody Dahler, Zoe Tomalin, Katie Sayer and Peter Tellouche.Producer: Sasha Bobak Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Caroline BarlowA BBC Studios
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19.04.
- read Polk Award Winners: Jason Motlagh Jason Motlagh, a journalist and filmmaker, is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the founder of Blackbeard Films. He won the Polk's Sydney Schanberg Prize for “This Will End in Blood and Ashes,” an account of the collapse of order in Haiti. “Once you've gotten used to this kind of metabolism, it can be hard to walk away from it. Ordinary life can be a little flat sometimes. And so that's always kind of built in. I accept that. I think I've just tried to be more honest about like, [am I t
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19.04.
- read Episode 265: Under Oath (4.19.2024) When he was 14 years old, Ron Bishop testified in a murder trial. Decades later, he told an investigator everything he said on the stand was a lie – and that it was just what he was told to say.
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19.04.
- read 1652 - ""Ashkenormativity"" No Agenda Episode 1652 - "Ashkenormativity" "Ashkenormativity" Executive Producers: Sir Onmymous of Dogpatch and Lower Slobbovia mfDx of Anjou Viscount Dirty Dick Bangs of DC sir shwoo of the six strings Juraj Kojdjak Andy Griebel Sir Pursuit of Peace & Tranquility Sir Mose Associate Executive Producers: Sir Ara Derderian Eli The Coffee Guy Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become a member of the 1653 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0
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18.04.
- read Polk Award Winners: Brian Howey Brian Howey is a freelance journalist who won the Polk Award for Justice Reporting after exposing a deceptive police tactic widely used in California. He began the project, which was eventually published by the Los Angeles Times and Reveal, as a graduate student in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. “It’s one thing to hear about this tactic and hear about parents being questioned in this way. It’s another thing entirely to hear the change in a parent’s voice when they realize for the
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18.04.
- read Irish Shadows #658 Step out of the shadows and listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #658. Subscribe now! Maggie’s Wake. Keltricity, Altan, Dancing With Hobbits, Tarren, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Telenn Tri, The BorderCollies, The Langer's Ball, Ironwood, Nick Metcalf, The Changing Room, Jimmy & Scots Folk Band, Karan Casey, Jigjam, Kinnfolk GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news
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17.04.
- read Polk Award Winners: Meribah Knight Meribah Knight is a reporter with Nashville Public Radio. She won the Polk Award for Podcasting for “The Kids of Rutherford County,” produced with ProPublica and Serial, which revealed a shocking approach to juvenile discipline in one Tennessee county. “Where does it leave me? It leaves me with a searing anger that is going to propel me to the next thing. But we’ve made some real improvement. And that’s worth celebrating. That’s worth recognizing and saying, This work matters, people are paying
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16.04.
- read Polk Award Winners: Jesse Coburn Jesse Coburn is an investigative reporter at Streetsblog. He won the Polk Award for Local Reporting for "Ghost Tags," his series on the black market for temporary license plates. “You can imagine this having never become a problem, because it’s so weird. What a weird scam. I’m going to print and sell tens of thousands of paper license plates. But someone figured it out. And then a lot more people followed. It just exploded.” This is the second in a week-long series of conversations with winners
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15.04.
- read Polk Award Winners: Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers won this year's George Polk Award for Television Reporting for “Inside Wagner,” their Vice News investigation of Russian mercenaries on the Ukraine front and in the Central African Republic. “One of the best takeaways I got from seven or eight years at Vice is that it’s not enough for something to be important when you’re figuring out how to make a story. It’s the intersection of important and interesting. And that has taught me that people will watch anything, a
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14.04.
- read 1651 - "WWX" No Agenda Episode 1651 - "WWX" "WWX" Executive Producers: Baron-At-Large Mr Black Associate Executive Producers: Chad Finkbeiner callipygous collin Linda Lupatkin Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Dame Zelda of The Wandering Jews Baron at Large Rubbleizer Club Baron-At-Large Become a member of the 1652 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - 
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12.04.
- read The Now Show - 15th March Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Featuring Marcus Brigstocke unpacking screen addiction and Ria Lina on the International Women's Day - Oscars overlap, and an original song from Ed MacArthur.The show was written by the cast with additional material from David Duncan, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Jade Gebbie and Christina Riggs.Voice Actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Jason Forbes.Producer: Rajiv Karia Production Coordinator: Caroline BarlowA BBC Studios Production f
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12.04.
- read Episode 264: The Strike (4.12.2024) When people started saying that John D. Rockefeller Jr. was responsible for the deaths of two women and 11 children near a coal mine in Colorado, he decided to do something unusual. He hired “the father of public relations.”
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11.04.
- read 1650 - "Algo Juice" No Agenda Episode 1650 - "Algo Juice" "Algo Juice" Executive Producers: Gene HARRIS Jimbabwe & Viscountess Marianne Schneeberger Nicole Jackson Epic Boys from Boerne Associate Executive Producers: Unspoken Okie Denise Robertson Eric Thornton Dame Nurse Kaytlyn Eli The Coffee Guy Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes 1650 Club Members: Gene HARRIS Jimbabwe & Viscountess Marianne Schneeberger Become a member of the 1651 Club, support the show here Boost us with wi
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11.04.
- read Red-Haired Bully Boys #657 Gather round you bully boys and listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #657. Subscribe now! Sorcha, The Out of Kilters, Rambling Sailors, Tradify, Tarren, Railcar Graffiti, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Whipperginnies, Tan and Sober Gentlemen, Paddyman, The Walker Roaders, River Driver, Jiggy GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subs
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10.04.
- read Rerun: #429 Vinson Cunningham (Feb 2021) Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His novel, published in March 2024, is Great Expectations. “I think the job is just paying a bunch of attention. If you're a person like me, where thoughts and worries are intruding on your consciousness all the time, it is a great relief to have something to just over-describe and over-pay-attention to—and kind of just give all of your latent, usually anxious attention to this one thing. That, to me, is a great joy.” Show notes: @vcunning
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09.04.
- read Allusionist 192: Word Play part 2 This episode, and the next couple of episodes, are about word games! Today, Joshua Blackburn recounts how his sons' uninspiring English homework led to him inventing the language quiz game League of the Lexicon; and Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu of Thorny Games explain how they make topics like language loss and deciphering alien language into creative play.
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07.04.
- read 1649 - "Stay Alarmed!" No Agenda Episode 1649 - "Stay Alarmed" "Stay Alarmed!" Executive Producers: Sir James Aaron the Nutmegger Sir Ventes nicholas schroeder Vincent Visconti PJ Verhoef Paul Sommers Anonymous Jackie Greene Associate Executive Producers: Lukas Teijema Mr. Black NLD nathan goldsmith Amanda Szalewski Sir Cal of Lavenderblossoms.org Genevieve Wimberley Eli The Coffee Guy Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Sir Ace of Paints from Vancouver, Wa Become a member of the 1650 Club, supp
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05.04.
- read The News Quiz - 8th March Mark Steel, Marie Le Conte, Simon Evans and Zoe Lyons join Andy Zaltzman for the last episode in the present series.This week the panel give their 2p on the budget, the battle for the White House and what it might sound like if George Galloway joined the News Quiz.Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Meryl O'Rourke, Molly McGuinness, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs.Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholl
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05.04.
- read Episode 263: An Officer’s Arrest (4.5.2024) Sultan Alam was the first Pakistani officer to join the traffic department of the Cleveland Police in the UK. He was harassed at work and complained to his senior officers about it. Then his coworkers showed up at his house to arrest him.
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04.04.
- read 1648 - "Red Book Special" No Agenda Episode 1648 - "Red Book Special" "Red Book Special" Executive Producers: Sir Cumference Adam Curry John C Dvorak Become a member of the 1649 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster - Fountain Art By: Dame Kenny-Ben - kl35402@getalby.com Engineering, Stream Management & Wizardry Back Office Jae Dvorak Chapter
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04.04.
- read Plant Your Boots For Freedom #656 Plant your boots firmly on the ground and find freedom with Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #656 . Subscribe now! Tradify, Sorcha, The Gothard Sisters, Altan, Emma Langford, Patsy O'Brien, Poitín, Brother Sea, Gordon McLeod, Beltaine, Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro, Meerrant, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Chance the Arm, Alexander James Adams GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items
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03.04.
- read Episode 575: Megan Kimble Megan Kimble is the former executive editor of The Texas Observer and has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and The Guardian. Her new book is City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways. “I have never lived in a city that was not wrapped in highways. It’s hard for me to imagine anything else. And I think that’s true for a lot of people today. ... [But] we have known since the origins of the interstate highways program that building highways through
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31.03.
- read 1647 - "Carbon Bomb" No Agenda Episode 1647 - "Carbon Bomb" "Carbon Bomb" Executive Producers: Sir Onymous of Dogpatch and Lower Slobbovia Sir Insecticide Anonymous Baron James Nittel Carrie Barthel Lucas Sanders Sir Pursuit of Peace and Tranquility Justin Nelson Sir Two Wheels Sir Dan The Man, viscount of South West Florida, Protector of Cape Coral and the Islands of Captiva and Sanibel Associate Executive Producers: Ivon Fergus Sean Wright Sir Mike Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become
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29.03.
- read The News Quiz - 1st March Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Stuart Mitchell join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the week's news from Aberdeen.This week the panel discuss Gordon Brown’s vision for a second renaissance in Aberdeen, why Lee Anderson has lost the Tory whip, and the difference between Mob Rule and Ja Rule.Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Rebecca Bain, Alex Garrick-Wright, Krystal Evans, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs.Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: James
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28.03.
- read 1646 - "FLOW" No Agenda Episode 1646 - "FLOW" "FLOW" Executive Producers: Anonymous Dr Sir Rev Joseph James, the 33rd Towers Comics aimee byrne Associate Executive Producers: Francisco Scaramanga Leora Coronel Linda Lupatkin Become a member of the 1647 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster - Fountain Title Changes spartenburg > Bar
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28.03.
- read The Cat's Meow #655 The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #655 is the cat’s meow! Subscribe now! Telenn Tri, Tradify, Patsy O'Brien, Toby Bresnahan, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, The Dustbunnies, Ian Fontova, CaliCeltic, La famille LeBlanc, Olivia Bradley, River Driver, Ida Elena, Stout Pounders, Roehind, The Irish Rovers GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and cultu
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27.03.
- read Episode 574: Zach Harris Zach Harris is a journalist whose latest article for Rolling Stone is "Meet the Gen Z Hothead Burning Up Pro Bowling." “I'm not like a staff writer who has … status and access. But if I come up with something fun that you've never heard of that might connect to the larger culture, then it kind of hits a nerve and a sweet spot for me. Someone like a pro skateboarder or a pro bowler, you guys have never heard of. And so being able to present a person and a culture and a world to a wider audience,
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24.03.
- read 1645 - "Poonami" No Agenda Episode 1645 - "Poonami" "Poonami" Executive Producers: Dame of Metropolis Ed Scheve Brett Samuel Kevin James Campbell Sir Cucaracha Holocene LLC Sir Ten Dez Bowman Associate Executive Producers: Sir I'm Like That Sir Jeremy Chum-Phatti Allison Ostrander Ciaran Doherty Wouter de Geus Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become a member of the 1646 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend
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24.03.
- read Allusionist 191. Hypochondria The word 'hypochondria' has travelled from meaning physical ailments in a particular region of your body, to ones that are only in your mind. It has been in fashion, and thoroughly out; it has been subject to a range of treatments; it has been lucrative for quacks; and it's a very understandable form of anxiety - which I have, and so does Caroline Crampton, author of the new book A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria.
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22.03.
- read Episode 262: Indelible Ink (3.22.2024) For almost thirty years, Adolfo Kaminsky lived quietly, forging documents for people all over the world.
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22.03.
- read The News Quiz - 23rd February Andrew Doyle, Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Ria Lina join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the week's news.This week the panel tackle how a parliamentary debate about peace descended into constitutional conflict, why Donald Trump is actively urging his supporters to put their foot in it, literally this time, and how Britannia nuked the waves.Strap in.Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Cameron Loxdale and Viv MayProducer: James Robinson Executive Producer: Richard Morris Produ
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21.03.
- read 1644 - "Shock Opera" No Agenda Episode 1644 - "Shock Opera" "Shock Opera" Executive Producers: Sir Turbo Brian of the Infamous Compliments Sir Anonymous Cody Ozbirn James Morrin Sir Jeff Baron of PA Route 33 Ray Samori Chap Williams Sir Farmer Todd Associate Executive Producers: Jeffrey Weber Jappe Franke Gigawatt Coffee Roasters LLC Duchess Linda Lupatkin - Duchess of Jobs and Writer of Resumes Sir Chancey of the Netherwold Ethan Reinke Become a member of the 1645 Club, support the show here Boost us with w
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21.03.
- read Flying Fingers in the Fire's Glow #654 Let your fingers fly in the fire’s glow with Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #654. Subscribe now! Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, The Lilies of the Midwest, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O'Leary, Dàimh, CaliCeltic, Jigjam, Louise Bichan, The Darkeyed Musician, Celtic Wood and Wires, The Whipperginnies, The Walker Roaders, Stout Pounders, Ian Alistair Gosbee, Jimmy & Scots Folk Band, Hayley Griffiths GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug your
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20.03.
- read Episode 573: Rozina Ali Rozina Ali is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the winner of the 2023 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Her latest article is “Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont.” “I think it’s very, very important to speak to people as people. To speak to sources—even if you have the juiciest story—to really give them the grace. I think everyone deserves it, especially people who are going through such a difficult time.” Show notes: @rozina_ali rozina-ali.com Ali’s New Yo
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15.03.
- read The News Quiz - 16th February Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Zoe Lyons, Andrew Maxwell, Rachel Parris, and Danny Finkelstein.In this week of Lent and Love Andy and the panel address Labour's difficult relationship with itself, Trump's flirtations with Putin, and giving up on the idea of home ownership.Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Ben Clover, and Jade GebbieProducer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls Sound E
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15.03.
- read Episode 261: The Hiss (3.15.2024) As the famous English actor William Macready was preparing to go on stage in New York, over 300 police officers were placed in and around the theater. “But the head of the police said, ‘I don't know that that's going to be enough people.’”
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14.03.
- read Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024 #653 Happy St Patrick’s Day with two hours of the great Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #653. Subscribe now! Tradify, Sorcha, Jigjam, The Fire, Hayley Griffiths, Keltricity, Marc Gunn, Tarren, Celtic Wood and Wires, Altan, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Louise Bichan, Toby Bresnahan, The Walker Roaders, Lúnasa, Stout Pounders, Brother Sea, Clare Cunningham, River Driver, Philippe Barnes and Tom Phelan, Jimmy & Scots Folk Band, Clay Babies, CaliCeltic, Ironwood, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Ton
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13.03.
- read Episode 572: Derek Thompson Derek Thompson is a staff writer for The Atlantic and host of the podcast Plain English. “I am an inveterate dilettante. I lose interest in subjects all the time. Because what I find interesting about my job is the invitation to solve mysteries. And once you solve one, two, three mysteries in a space, then the meta-mystery of that space begins to dim. And all these other subjects—that's the new unlit space that needs the flashlight. And that's the part of the job that I love the most: that there
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08.03.
- read The News Quiz - 9th February Coming to you from Belfast this week, Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news with Zoe Lyons, Neil Delamere, Diona Doherty, and Alex Kane.In this episode Andy and the panel will be asking if turning the Northern Ireland Assembly off and on has made it work again?Why Labour is keeping the red flag flying?… a Formula 1 style red flag, that is, which they’re waving at their own environment policy to tell it it’s off.And whose chopper has got them in trouble?Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material b
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08.03.
- read Episode 260: The Dial Painters (3.8.2024) In the early 1920s, painters at a watch dial factory in New Jersey started to get sick. No one could tell them why.
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07.03.
- read Allusionist 190: Craters "It's quite a big undertaking going through every named feature in the whole solar system and trying to find out who that person was." When PhD student Annie Lennox discovered a crater on Mercury, she got the chance to name it. Which sent her on a bigger space mission.
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07.03.
- read St. Patrick's Day 2024 #652 Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #652. Arise & Go, Santiago Molina, Corey Purcell, Mary Beth Carty, The Haar, The Gothard Sisters, Emma Langford, Socks in the Frying Pan, Fire In The Glen, The Chieftains, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, The Langer's Ball, We Banjo 3, The BorderCollies, Heather Dale, Banshee in the Kitchen, The Celtic Kitchen Party. Santiago Molina, The High Kings, The Bow Tides, Matt McGinn, Poitín, Syr, Marc Gunn, Jesse Ferguson GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOU
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06.03.
- read Devil's in the Sea #651 Enjoy a brilliant story to launch the St Patrick’s Day season with Nick Hennessey GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:43 - Nick Hennessey “Girl in the Street” from Pebble & Bone 5:27 - SUPPORT WHAT YOU LOVE 5:56 - Nick Hennessey “Devil’s in the Sea” from Sou
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01.03.
- read The News Quiz - 2nd February Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Simon Evans, Ria Lina, Alasdair Beckett-King, and Anushka Asthana.In this episode Andy and the panel will be discussing if Power-Sharing will prove to be Power-Caring, and whether anyone anywhere has ever thought of googling "Is it possible to back up WhatsApp messages?”Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Alice Fraser, Jade Gebbie, and Adam Greene.Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Pr
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01.03.
- read Episode 259: If I’m Long Unheard From (3.1.2024) In 1974, musician Connie Converse drove away from home and was never heard from again.
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29.02.
- read Celtic Women #650 We’re highlighting some of the amazing women in Celtic music on this Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #650. Eimear Arkins, Mary - Kate Spring Lee, Sassenach, Bonhomme Setter, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Mary Beth Carty, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Rover's Way, Hanneke Cassel, Celtic Woman, Katherine Nagy, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Derina Harvey Band, Mànran GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seve
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23.02.
- read The News Quiz - 26th January Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King, and Cindy Yu.In this episode Andy and the panel address the issue of BBC bias after upsetting a minister with last week's show, try and figure out exactly what Keir Starmer stands for, and ask the question... who is ready for war?Written by Andy ZaltzmanWith additional material by: Cody Dahler, Mike Shephard, and Meryl O'RourkeProducer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Pr