Best Heidi Legg Podcasts (2024)

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HMOD Episode 12 - Hague Wars: The Global South Strikes Back 1:00:10

6M ago1:00:10

1:00:10

Heidi talks to Alonso Gurmendi, Lecturer in International Relations at King’s College London, to break down South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. They cover South Africa’s legal action as a form of Global South resistance, how to think about the role of international law in global politics, and how to find humanity together in these very dar…

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NOT A NEW EPISODE but... here's Margaret's podcast Crushed! 48:43

1y ago48:43

48:43

Hello! This isn't a new episode of Do The Right Thing (sob!) but we thought you might like to sample Margaret's new(ish) podcast Crushed! - and in particular the latest episode in which she chats to Danielle about her crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory. Within there is plenty of discussion of why stand ups make…

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NOT A NEW EPISODE but... 1:21

2+ y ago1:21

1:21

...something that might be of interest. DTRT's very own Michael Legge - the especially angry one - has a book coming out VERY SOON. 'Strawberries To Pigs' is a collection of his writing from 2008 to 2020, and is also his way of apologising for inventing online anger and wrecking all our lives. Stories of romance, success and bravery are not include…

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2019 Christmas Special (Chris Addison & Anna Mann) 1:15:55

4+ y ago1:15:55

1:15:55

Chris Addison and Anna Mann are the gifts that keep on giving in the 2019 Christmas Special! It is a very traditional affair, with all the usual festive ingredients you'd expect, including squirrels, gimp masks, sword fighting, an abbatoir and Danke Jonathan. Expertise is provided by the overwhelmingly brilliant, lovely and Panto-tastic Joe Tracini…

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Heidi Legg Interviews Lauren Kennedy 38:38

4+ y ago38:38

38:38

The young mom sitting next to me, while sleep-deprived, seemed entirely put together and to the point. She had me at “derailed careers” and explained why she had created Neighborhood Villages to help young mothers and parents of young children thrive in today’s modern economy. Unbeknownst to me until we exchanged cards, I was speaking with Lauren K…

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Series 7, Episode 12 (Aisling Bea & Miles Jupp) 55:52

4+ y ago55:52

55:52

Aisling Bea and Miles Jupp are the guests for the final show of this mammoth series - and we go out with a bang in an episode that considers how to commit the perfect murder, how to behave on public transport, what to do if you sext your ex and then they start blackmailing you, how to deal with flatmates whose onanism is too noisy and a few new-lif…

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Series 7, Episode 11 (Rufus Hound & Tawny Newsome) 53:04

4+ y ago53:04

53:04

Rufus Hound and Tawny Newsome guest at the London Podcast Festival in a show that considers calming down angry people, surviving a freefall without a parachute, how to cope with a dog who wants to join in when you're having sex, the whys and wherefores of getting a second date (featuring possibly the worst advice ever given in the course of an Agon…

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Series 7, Episode 10 (Bethany Black & David Reed) 1:01:44

5y ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Bethany Black and David Reed join the gang in glorious York for the first ever recording outside London or Edinburgh (yes, we know you've already heard the Birmingham recording, but that was recorded three days after this one). Anyway, the subjects covered include jellyfish stings, interrogation techniques, whether honesty is the best policy when i…

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Series 7, Episode 9 (Rachel Fairburn & Neil Edmond) 51:36

5y ago51:36

51:36

Rachel Fairburn and Neil Edmond are the perfect guests for a show that considers runaway horses, meeting strangers from the internet in real life, unwanted matchmaking, secret tattoos and aggressively smelly bosses. There then follows a frankly delightful chat with expert cruise ship entertainment and hospitality director Peter Gibbs. You seem like…

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HMOD 11 - Malicious Intent with Michael Malice 1:16:34

5y ago1:16:34

1:16:34

In this episode we chat with author, columnist and media personality Michael Malice. Michael is author of the brand new book, The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics, and is the host of the “Your Welcome with Michael Malice” podcast.Find out more about Michael’s work on his website: http://michaelmalice.com/Follow Michael on Twi…

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Series 7, Episode 8 (Vivienne Acheampong & Glenn Moore) 52:46

5y ago52:46

52:46

Vivienne Acheampong and Glenn Moore join Danielle, Margaret and Michael to discuss rioting, parents embarrassing you on social media, the rights and wrongs of weeing in the sink and dirty housemates. There's then a disconcerting amount of talk about fists with expert guest materials scientist Anna Ploszajski. If you want to support the show, then l…

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Do The Right Thing - #PODSTRIKE 1:59

5y ago1:59

1:59

Do The Right Thing and support #PODSTRIKE on Friday September 20th 2019. This week will be historic. In over 150 countries, people are stepping up to support young climate strikers and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. The climate crisis won’t wait, so neither will we. Young people have woken up much of the world with their powerful Fridays…

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Series 7, Episode 7 (Bridget Christie & Sara Barron) 51:18

5y ago51:18

51:18

Bridget Christie and Sara Barron are the guests for a joyous romp through subjects including talking about the birds and the bees with your kids, sandstorms, disowning family for motorcycling reasons, a boyfriend who won't move out of a flat, an awful cow skin rug and an eye-popping discussion with expert Human Resources professional Colleen Cheeth…

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Series 7, Episode 6 (Lou Conran & Benjamin Partridge) 54:31

5y ago54:31

54:31

Lou Conran and Benjamin Partridge are on board for discussions about being indoors for an earthquake, shaking hands, sucking thumbs, dead rats (and badgers), kids eating food off the pavement plus an awful lot about worms with expert guest professor Dr Jonathan Pettitt. If you'd like to support the show, do click here to find out how you can do so …

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Series 7, Episode 5 (Caroline Mabey & William Andrews) 56:37

5y ago56:37

56:37

Caroline Mabey and William Andrews are the very fun guests for this earliest recording of series 7 (back in February 2018). It covers vital subjects such as the correct way to deal with a snake bite, how to cure hiccups, what to do if you've told your partner you have a terminal disease when that isn't strictly true and the correct etiquette when s…

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Series 7, Episode 4 (Lucy Porter & Rick Edwards) 1:00:31

5y ago1:00:31

1:00:31

Lucy Porter and Rick Edwards are on the guest list for our WEDDING SPECIAL, recorded earlier this year as the hen do for Danielle ahead of her then-impending nuptials. And what bride-to-be could want for more? With brilliant tips on how to impress your future parents-in-law, what to do if the caterers poison the Wedding Breakfast, how to deal with …

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Series 7, Episode 3 (Heidi Regan & Darren Harriott) 53:54

5y ago53:54

53:54

Heidi Regan and Darren Harriott are the guests for an eventually rather filthy show which which covers the genteel subjects of breaking down a door and getting on with people you dislike at work before taking a turn with a neighbour's dirty doggy, a quick detour via tall people at music gigs, a bizarre trip into Creme Eggs before a surprisingly bod…

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Series 7, Episode 2 (Richard Herring & Deborah Frances-White) 55:31

5y ago55:31

55:31

Richard Herring and Deborah Frances-White are the guests for a very fun show which covers gas leaks, the art of persuasion, extreme ghosting, taking your mother out on a date, the etiquette of watching TV with your partner and the world of Dominatrix-ing with former Dominatrix Miranda Kane - which includes a truly brilliant and bizarre story about …

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Series 7, Episode 1 (Sarah Millican & Joe Lycett) 55:59

5y ago55:59

55:59

Sarah Millican and Joe Lycett join Danielle, Margaret and Michael for a show recorded at the 2019 PodFest at Birmingham's echoey but lovely Town Hall. Subjects covered include falling down, dealing with exam stress, coping with the fact your ex - who you ghosted 10 years ago - is now your new boss, what to do if your other half is addicted to socia…

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HMOD EPISODE 10 - LOGIC AND REASON WITH BEN BURGIS 1:18:04

5y ago1:18:04

1:18:04

In this episode we chat with Ben Burgis, author of Give Them an Argument – Logic for the Left (Zero Books, 2019). Ben is a lecturer in philosophy at Georgia State University Perimeter College, and is regular contributor to The Michael Brooks Show, Zero Books, and The Serfs.Follow Ben on Twitter @BenBurgis Buy Ben’s book here: https://www.johnhuntpu…

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Best of? Series 1 - 6 57:11

5y ago57:11

57:11

Ahead of the impending new series, we asked you what clips we should include in a 'Best Of' episode. You told us. We had a think. And the result is THIS - a 'Best of?' episode covering series 1 to 6. This is the PERFECT EPISODE to share with your friends, neighbours, putative in-laws, bosses and enemies - a serviceable introduction to the world of …

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HMOD Episode 9 - BLACK FRIEND 1:45:14

5y ago1:45:14

1:45:14

This week Heidi and David chat with journalist and writer Andray Domise about race, politics, and everything. This is a tour de force – don’t miss it!Andray Domise, The moral cowardice of Canadian media if leaving racism unchallenged, Macleans, March 28, 2019. https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-moral-cowardice-of-canadian-media-is-leaving-racism-u…

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HMOD Episode 8 - DIRTY LINGERIE II 50:23

5+ y ago50:23

50:23

This is the second episode in a series on the adjudication of harassment and bullying complaints pursuant to #MeToo-inspired academic and professional association codes of conduct. Heidi talks to Richard Ned Lebow, the man at the center of the ‘lingerie elevator joke’ scandal that erupted at the 2018 International Studies Association conference. Pr…

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HMOD Episode 7 - DIRTY LINGERIE I 59:31

5+ y ago59:31

59:31

This is the first episode in a series on the adjudication of harassment and bullying complaints pursuant to #MeToo-inspired conference codes of conduct. Heidi talks to Simona Sharoni, the professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the center of the ‘lingerie elevator joke’ scandal that erupted at the 2018 International Studies Association conferenc…

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HMOD Episode 6 - PROPAGANDA HAS L'EGGS 46:52

5+ y ago46:52

46:52

In this episode David and I chat with videogame enthusiast and expert, Alfie Bown. Alfie is a lecturer in media at Royal Holloway University London and author of The Playstation Dreamworld, published by Polity in 2017. Truthout YouTubers Play a Key Role in Far-Right Extremism of Online ForumsHe writes for the Guardian and other places, and tweets a…

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HMOD Episode 5 - YOU DESERVE NOTHING 1:06:26

5+ y ago1:06:26

1:06:26

We explain why you’re not wrong when you self-diagnose with impostor syndrome; I come to terms with the politics of my edgelord identity (see what I did there?); cisman David has a trans expression; Clif explains Socratic pick up culture in Ancient Athens, and why at the end of the day you don’t deserve anything you have and if you think you do you…

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HMOD Episode 4 - SEXCEPTIONALISM SELLS 43:55

5+ y ago43:55

43:55

Sex exceptionalism is the tendency to elevate the sexual component of difficult questions and controversies as inherently worthy of specialized attention. This episode addresses the risks of ‘sexceptionalism’ in the context of coercion and the competing duties of university professors.Kim Ferzan is Harrison Robertson Professor of Law & Joel B. Pias…

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HMOD Episode 3 - THE FUTURE IS QUEER 1:17:45

5+ y ago1:17:45

1:17:45

If we’re serious about emancipatory projects, we need to think trans. In this episode, Heidi speaks with two queer activists and writers about how to start down this road. Florence Ashley is a transfeminine activist and scholar based at the Faculty of Law at McGill University in Montreal. Her work focuses on bioethics and transgender healthcare. Fl…

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HMOD Episode 2 - THE GOOD OLD DAYS 49:33

5+ y ago49:33

49:33

In Part I of this episode Heidi talks to Brooklyn Law professor Alice Ristroph about intellectual history, mass incarceration, sexual assault, and Kamala Harris. In Part II, Osgoode super student Heather Donkers lays out how the law school tuition crisis facing Ontario law students is emblematic of a much wider cross-jurisdictional crisis in access…

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HMOD Episode 1 - DOUBLE THOT 1:02:54

5+ y ago1:02:54

1:02:54

On this episode Heidi talks to Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In the interview, Professor Tushnet talks about the role of critical legal studies in political activism and the need for those seeking progressive goals to develop a double consciousness as part of their practice.In the second half Heidi ta…

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Diana Yousef 1:00:23

6+ y ago1:00:23

1:00:23

GenX entrepreneur and social impact leader Diana Yousef, Founder and CEO of change:Water Labs, is bringing waterless toilets to refugee camps. One of the drivers for this Harvard graduate is that young women are often assaulted in the dark when they need to use the facilities at refugee camps around the globe. I sat down with Yousef to hear more ab…

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John Palfrey 38:02

6+ y ago38:02

38:02

As Americans loudly hammer out partisan views on the world stage these days, colleges and universities have been drawn into the fray as campuses, with speakers and their mobile-enabled audiences, become venues for audio and video that has a propensity to go viral. What was once considered healthy student debate can easily become a political inferno…

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2017 Christmas Special (Jessica Fostekew & Nish Kumar) 55:39

6+ y ago55:39

55:39

Jessica Fostekew and Nish Kumar come down our chimneys for this year's Christmas Special. And they bring with them a sack full of ice rescues, dodgy presents, evil families, wrapping paper, Santa Claus and Christmas Trees courtesy of expert guest Helen Cripps. Also within, discover which of our panel owns a lake... If you've ever wanted to bung us …

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Hillary Chute 39:55

6+ y ago39:55

39:55

Hillary Chute is the Author of Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere and a Professor of English and Art + Design at Northeastern University. Her new book focuses on the maturing field of Comics, as she likes to call it, with the popularity of the graphic novel form. In this interview she breaks down the chapters of her book into Why Punk? Why …

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Jennifer Childs-Roshak 38:03

6+ y ago38:03

38:03

Heidi sits down with Dr. Jennifer Childs-Roshak, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, to debunk some of the myths that are being propagated in this country while all other developed nations and allies such as the UK, Canada, Sweden, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, and (even Russia!) fund abortions using taxpaye…

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Michelle Kuo 42:18

7y ago42:18

42:18

Michelle Kuo taught English at an alternative school in the Arkansas Delta for two years. After teaching, she attended Harvard Law School as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and worked legal aid at a nonprofit for Spanish-speaking immigrants in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California, on a Skadden Fellowship, with a focus on tenants’ and worker…

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Elizabeth Gardner 21:29

7y ago21:29

21:29

For the past seven years, independent documentary filmmaker Elizabeth O'Brien Gardner has been filming a young evangelical church planter, David, and his wife, Betsy, in Boston – a city Gardner says the evangelical movement calls ‘The Preacher’s Graveyard.’ Her 72-minute documentary, The Frozen Chosen, follows the journey of David and Betsy as they…

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2017 Summer Special 2 (Sarah Kendall & Chris Addison) 47:06

7y ago47:06

47:06

Sarah Kendall and Chris Addison join the gang for the second and last of our summer special episodes. The teams get a bit tipsy and discuss desert islands, jizz bridges, being friends with exes, nudism, shoe etiquette and eggs with kitchen gadget expert guest Rhik Samadder. Also, for any Producer Ben fans who missed him in the last episode... he's …

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Marieke Van Damme 23:04

7y ago23:04

23:04

As we spent time scouring the city for GenX voices bringing us emerging ideas, Marieke Van Damme’s name kept popping up as a change maker. The irony is that she is the Director of a the Cambridge Historical Society, headquartered on fabled Brattle Street, but a few houses away from the poet Henry Longfellow’s house where our first President, George…

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Jessica Shattuck 26:17

7y ago26:17

26:17

Meet our first subject in our 20-part Generation X series where we hope to discover emerging ideas around us from the generation author Douglas Coupland called "Fantastical Creators and Heartfelt Storytellers" in his sleeper novel, GenerationX: Tales for an Accelerated Culture – those born between 1965 to 1980. You know, that tiny but mighty band o…

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2017 Summer Special 1 (Cariad Lloyd & Phil Wang) 50:34

7y ago50:34

50:34

Cariad Lloyd and Phil Wang are the guests for the first of two summer special episodes. The teams discuss volcanic eruptions, noisy neighbours, evil twins, loud sex, battle re-enactors, violent cats, baldness and antiques with expert guest Mark Hill (surely the first DTRT guest who is also a regular on Antiques Roadshow?). The show also features th…

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Ron Sullivan 39:47

7y ago39:47

39:47

Ron Sullivan is a Harvard Clinical Professor of Law, the Director of the Criminal Justice Institute, and a Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project. His ideas around bias and the destruction of our black and brown men's lives fold into his thinking for how we move forward from the past, how we work to think collectively as “We” in our nation. He says…

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Ian Bremmer 47:02

7+ y ago47:02

47:02

Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm. He is a prolific thought leader and author, regularly expressing his views on political issues in public speeches, television appearances, and top publications, including Time magazine, where he is the foreign affairs columnist…

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Matty In The Morning 31:00

7+ y ago31:00

31:00

For over thirty years, Matt Siegel has been making Massachusetts residents laugh their way into their mornings. Matty In The Morning reaches people in a way our current election and media have not. He bridges the divide, even if many NPR listeners may hide the fact they listen in when things are going badly in their days and need a reprieve. I ask …

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Michael Puett 56:12

7+ y ago56:12

56:12

Heidi talks with Michael Puett, a Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard.

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Mariana Ibanez 41:48

8y ago41:48

41:48

Born and educated in Buenos Aires, Mariana Ibañez has been teaching at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) for 10 years after working closely in London with globally-celebrated Zaha Hadid, her mentor, who passed away this winter leaving the world her iconic structures. Today, Ibañez and her partner Simon Kim have their own closely watched fir…

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David Ting 37:54

8y ago37:54

37:54

In a digital age of healthcare, the security of patient files seems obvious. But in 2002? Not so much. Entrepreneurs are often said to be soothsayers and in 2002, David Ting founded Imprivata, a healthcare IT security company focused on keeping medical files private and locked online, allowing doctor’s offices and hospital physicians to more easily…

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Series 6, Episode 6 (Sara Pascoe & John Robins) 39:57

8y ago39:57

39:57

Sara Pascoe and John Robins are the guests as we discuss wasps, how to take a bullet, dating a diva, being turned on by a dentist and bomb disposal - the latter with explosive expert guest Steve Rimmer. (http://steve-stand-up-rimmer.co.uk/) If you've enjoyed this series of Do The Right Thing, then we want you to tell other people about it. Please. …

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Series 6, Episode 5 (Andy Zaltzman & Lou Sanders) 44:17

8y ago44:17

44:17

Andy Zaltzman and Lou Sanders are on board as we discuss building nuclear fallout shelters, hotel upgrades, lazy husbands and sex, with sexpert Alix Fox. If you're enjoying Do The Right Thing, then please tell other people about it via mouth, social media, sending a letter or telepathy. Also... please rate and comment on the show on iTunes, follow …

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Series 6, Episode 4 (Anna & Katy) 45:30

8y ago45:30

45:30

Series 6, Episode 4 (Anna Crilly & Katy Wix) Double act Anna & Katy join Danielle, Margaret and Michael to discuss angry customers, heart attacks, defaced photo frames, Doctor Who and modelling (with model guest Hazel Townsend). There seem to be lots of piss-related stories along the way. If you enjoy Do The Right Thing, then please do let other pe…

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