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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13.05.
- read Allusionist 194. Word Play part 4: Good Grids Exciting things have been happening with crossword puzzles in the US: more constructors, more outlets to get puzzles published, clues and answers that would never have appeared even a few years ago, and puzzle packs raising a whole lot of money for charities and humanitarian causes.
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12.05.
- read 1659 - "ungreen" No Agenda Episode 1659 - "ungreen" "ungreen" Executive Producers for Mother's Day Special: Sir Kevin Dills Suit & Tie Guy Becky Chinni Chap Williams DiLoreto Sisters Benjamin Domzalski Associate Executive Producers: Douglas Schneider Dame Slamy Doug Andrews JimmyRo Eli The Coffee Guy Roland van Ipenburg Amy Lynn Tom in Nashganistan Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become a member of the 1660 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certifie
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10.05.
- read The Now Show - 12th April Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Starring Gareth Gwynn deep diving into the archives of the internet, Laura Lexx on Russ Cook’s incredible Africa run, and an original song from Jon Long. Voices from Daniel Barker and Gemma Arrowsmith.The show was written by the cast with additional material from Zoë Tomalin, Cody Dahler, Adrian Gray and Peter TelloucheProducer: Sasha Bobak Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Caroline BarlowA BBC
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10.05.
- read Episode 268: The Confession, Part 3 (5.10.24) When we last spoke with Trevell Coleman, he was waiting to hear back about his clemency application. And then, in December of last year, his lawyer got a phone call.
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09.05.
- read 1658 - "Spaving" No Agenda Episode 1658 - "Spaving" "Spaving" Executive Producers: Chuck Scott Lamond Laurens De Ceuster Viscount of Whistler Associate Executive Producers: Sir Joho Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Sir Fakeologist Become a member of the 1659 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster - Fountain Title Ch
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09.05.
- read Drowsy Dancing Bear #660 Relax and dance with a drowsy dancing bear on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #660. Subscribe now! The Drowsy Lads, Fialla, Blackthorn, Charlene Adzima, Ed Miller, Enda Reilly, Conor Mallon, Fig for a Kiss, The Crowfoot Rakes, Luas, Sharon Shannon, Drumspyder, Elias Alexander & Ramblxr, The Low Kings 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 onl
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08.05.
- read Episode 578: Lissa Soep Lissa Soep is an audio producer, editor and author whose latest book is Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End. “I am so keenly aware of how much my own voice is a product of editing relationships and co-producing relationships with other people's words. … I will forever feel indebted to those then young people who are now writers and educators and therapists. … I feel like my voice is sort of a product of that time.” Show notes: 00:00 Other People’s Words:
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05.05.
- read 1657 - "Trash Can Man" No Agenda Episode 1657 - "Trash Can Man" "Trash Can Man" Executive Producers: Sir Tommyhawk Scott Graham Baron Sir EA of the Tax Domain Sir Thinking Dad Sir Hold my Beer Paul Heeney Dame Nancy Byl Associate Executive Producers: PJ Felix Cornici jason christian Gigawatt Coffee Roasters LLC Stephanie Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Dennis Price Tom Beal Become a member of the 1658 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Pod
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03.05.
- read The Now Show - 5th April Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Starring Jon Holmes on animals making headlines, Angela Barnes on theft and an original song from Jonny & the Baptists. With voices from Ed Jones and Róisín O’Mahony.The show was written by the cast with additional material from Tasha Dhanraj, Mike Shepard, Alex Bertulis-Fernandes and Peter Tellouche.Producer: Sasha Bobak Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Caroline BarlowA BBC Studios Product
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03.05.
- read Episode 267: Right of Way (5.3.2024) In 1991, two police officers stopped Tupac Shakur. They said he was jaywalking.
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02.05.
- read 1656 - "Johnson Pivot" No Agenda Episode 1656 - "Johnson Pivot" "Johnson Pivot" Executive Producers: Sir Digi Blind Knight of GitmoNation Dame Astrid and Sir Mark Archduchess & Archduke of Japan and all the Disputed Islands in the Japan Sea Sir Foam Finger Number 1 Sir Danimal, Baron of the Secret City Sir Scott of the Straight Wires Rebekah Weintraub Sir Alex Xzander sir Jimmy James sir pew pew ding ding of Kendal county Sir Sean in Utah Erik Adler Mark Moberg Associate Executive Producers: VLADISLAV DUBOV The
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01.05.
- read Episode 577: PJ Vogt PJ Vogt is the host of Search Engine. “One of our tests editorially is if we think we’ve got something good, but we haven’t started reporting or recording on it, I’ll just try asking the question at dinner and stuff. If it derails conversations, that’s a really good sign.” Show notes: @PJVogt Vogt’s Substack Vogt on Longform Podcast 03:00 “Why Are There So Many Illegal Weed Stores in New York City? (Part 1)” (Search Engine • Mar 2024) 03:00 “Why Are There So Many Illegal Weed Stores in New
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28.04.
- read 1655 - "Illegal Chants" No Agenda Episode 1655 - "Illegal Chants" "Illegal Chants" Executive Producer: James from Western Australia Associate Executive Producers: Phoebe Katrina greschner Jennifer Nederfield Eli The Coffee Guy Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become a member of the 1656 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocaster -&
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26.04.
- read The Now Show - 29th March Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Starring Geoff Norcott on cynical advertising strategies, Rachel Fairburn on our nation's obsession with conspiracy theories and an original song from Rachel Parris. With voices from Jon Culshaw and Laura Shavin.The show was written by the cast with additional material from Cameron Loxdale, Tasha Dhanraj, Pravanya Pillay & Christina Riggs.Producer: Sasha Bobak Executive Producer: Rich Morris Production Coordinator
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26.04.
- read Episode 266: Mr. Apology (4.26.24) In 1980, posters appeared in subway stations and on telephone poles in New York City with a phone number to call. When you called it, you would hear a message: “This is Apology. Apology is not associated with the police or any other organization but rather is a way for you to tell people what you have done wrong and how you feel about it.”
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25.04.
- read 1654 - "e-Safety" No Agenda Episode 1654 - "e-Safety" "e-Safety" Executive Producers: Stephen Hutto Dixon Craig Mark Kucharski James Boyle Clip Custodian Neal Jones Associate Executive Producers: Monty Nathan Cook Matthew Saladino Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs & Writer of Resumes Become a member of the 1655 Club, support the show here Boost us with with Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podverse - Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx - Podstation - Curiocast
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25.04.
- read No Place Like Home #659 Home is where Celtic music is with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #659 . Subscribe now! The BorderCollies, Boxing Robin, Maggie’s Wake, Moher, Melanie Gruben, The Irish Rovers, Louise Bichan, Mic Clark, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, The Fenian Sons, SeeD, Fiddle Folk Family, Paddyman, Clare Cunningham 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 on
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24.04.
- read Episode 576: Lindsay Peoples Lindsay Peoples is the editor-in-chief of The Cut. “You see so many incredible people make one mistake and lose their job or they speak out about something and then the next day something blows up. And so I do think that I often feel like I have to be so careful. And that's hard to do because I'm just naturally curious and I want to know and I want to find and explore and do the things. But I'm aware that … people think I'm too young. I'm too Black. I'm aware of all those things and I'm still go
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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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