Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, The Now Show and Dead Ringers.
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.
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Join the UK's youngest and most relevant broadcasters Elis James and John Robins for your twice-weekly dose of big laughs and top quality #content. Hilarious, welcoming and unashamedly ashamed, let these two best friends keep you company every Tuesday and Friday. Email: elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: 07974293022 #elisandjohn
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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Topical comedy panel show takes a satirical view of the week's headlines.
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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All the best, and sometimes more questionable, bits from Scott's weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. Including the Music Police, Birthday Game and anything else that makes the cut.
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This is the place to catch daily chat, extra fun and highlights from Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - hit subscribe to stay up to date!
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A hilarious look at the volatile world of sport where guests compete for points with their sporting punditry. Informed comments are rewarded but witless outbursts are penalised.
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
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The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
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Joe Wilkinson has always wanted a professional footballer to be his mate. Step forward Patrick Bamford, who has signed up to this podcast to work out if the pair really can become true friends. Joe is a lifelong Gillingham supporter and wants to discover what it takes to play the game at the highest level because you can't support a friend without understanding what they've gone through and the challenges they face. Pat has agreed to answer any question that Joe thinks of so they will cover ...
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A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on. The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times. With contributions from brand new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears. 'A kind of concept album made of music and news. T ...
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Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling love true crime - in fact, they're a little bit obsessed. And now they want to share that obsession with you. Join Laura and Iain as they dive deep into some of the world's most jaw-dropping crime stories. Expect murder, mayhem, blackmail, betrayal, and more. Each week, the pair choose a new crime and divulge all the details you're dying to know. They unpick the crucial moments and get to the heart of the whodunnit - all while making each other laugh along th ...
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Political journalist Jonathan Pie gets a radio phone-in show and as his personal and professional worlds collide we see why he's so incredibly angry about absolutely everything.
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Ambridge on the Couch takes an in-depth look at The Archers and occasionally, wonders why we listen. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ambridgeonthecouch. Join our merry band of The Archers nuts at https://plus.acast.com/s/AmbridgeOnTheCouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
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We’ve all been there – sat in front of the TV, flicking through channels, getting increasingly frustrated – there’s so much on, but nothing to watch. TV critics Kelly-Anne Taylor and Caroline Frost have you covered. Each Friday, they serve up short, sharp TV recommendations to mark your cards for the week ahead. They’ll tell you what to watch – and what to avoid. They watch it all, so you don’t have to. No more asking: what’s on TV tonight? What to watch? Or, what should I watch? Instead, li ...
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Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.
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Join comedians Sunil Patel (Alice and Jack, Channel 4) and Chris Cantrill (Icklewick FM, BBC Radio 4) as they try to maintain a long-distance friendship in the face of countryside-grade internet speeds (Cantrill) and staggering apathy (Patel). Produced by Egg Mountain for A Lovely Time Productions.
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Roger Bolton, formerly presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback' launches his very first podcast. Free from the constraints of broadcasting on the BBC, with a few more opinions and casting his net a little bit wider to encompass the whole of the BBC, Roger examines the issues that are facing the corporation and public service broadcasting. Find all our podcasts here And please support this podcast by subscribing here We also support VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer) which represents the int ...
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IEE is the hit comedy panel show podcast from award-losing comedian Sam Wilkinson. Each episode guarantees a wealth of British comedy talent handing out at least one fact, one lesson and mulitple moments of hilarity. It’s ideal for fans, and detractors, of the BBC in general and Radio 4 in particular. Imagine if Radio 4 commissioned any old nonsense and didn’t mind about the swears and you’re on the right track. Or NPR if you're American, I suppose.
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Horror Old Time Radio goes into the world of the unknown which is sure to creep you out! Turn the lights off and enter the real of the supernatural world of Horror.
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Comedy news quiz
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Alison Spittle, co-hosts Kerry Katona and Fern Brady and listeners share their funniest, most embarrassing stories - the bad stuff that makes you feel good. All episodes available now! Featuring burning shame from a whole host of celebrity guests and comedians, and former co-host Fern Brady. Producer: Beth O'Dea Artwork: Sophie Rose Brampton Social media: Harry Robinson Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Producer: Natasha Johansson Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haski ...
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he Unbelievable Truth is a BBC radio comedy panel game made by Random Entertainment, devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith. It is very similar to the occasional I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue game “Lies, All Lies”, which was first played in 1985. Chaired by David Mitchell, the show is described in the program’s introduction as “the panel game built on truth and lies.” The object of the game is to lie on a subject, while also trying to include four unlikely truths without being detected. The ...
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The week's news stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public.
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Highlights from Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish's show at the Big British Castle, as broadcast on BBC 6 Music.
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Best friends on the radio, best friends in real life.
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Ever felt like you should be better at feminism? Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and her guests for this comedy podcast, recorded in front of a live audience. Each week they discuss our noble goals as 21st century feminists and the hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine them. Deborah Frances-White is the 2016 Writers' Guild Award Winner for Best Radio Comedy for her hit BBC Radio 4 series Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice. She is an Edinburgh Fringe regular, a screenwriter and is ...
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Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.
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Radio 3's regular jaunt into the latest, brightest and best gaming soundtracks.
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BBC Writers seeks out fresh voices, championing writer talent from across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We support, develop and challenge writers throughout their careers, across the BBC.
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A comedy podcast from Radio 1, showcasing the brightest and best new comedy talent. There will be box sets ranging from 4-6 episodes, with a new episode available every Monday.
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Jason Manford and Steve Edge’s new podcast all about one of the most important jobs a bloke can face in his lifetime. And like all good best man speeches, it’s full of laughs and heart.
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JTP Theatre is a multi-award-winning group, producing their own material at festivals and other events, as well as on BBC Radio and local radio. Our podcast will bring you short comedy or drama plays and monologues every week. You can follow JTP Theatre on Instagram and Facebook.
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Comedic quiz hosted by Richard Osman posing one question - do you know how old people are? Three guests battle to prove they're the best at working out ages.
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Comedy sketch radio show presented by award-winning comedy duo The Pin (Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen), broadcast in twelve episodes on BBC Radio 4 from 2015 to 2019.
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The funniest bits of the week from Toby’s weekday breakfast show on BBC Radio Sheffield, with topical chat and the best callers in local radio!
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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 …
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Comedian Steve Punt discusses his departure from the BBC Radio 4 satirical news programme 'The Now Show' and the evolution of radio comedy
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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis took their bow from BBC Radio 4’s satirical news programme ‘The Now Show’ last Friday after 25 years. Steve Punt discusses the last programme, the development and success of this long-running radio comedy show, the impact of our changing news consumption, political bias, radio comedy’s evolution and the new podcast format…
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Stuart Maconie with Richard Herring, Adelayo Adedayo, Natalie Haynes, Nectar Woode, Eddy Grant, LYR
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Stuart is joined by multi instrumentalist and singer of hits like Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant; comic-turned-author Natalie Haynes on putting the feminisim into Greek mythology; actress Adelayo Adedayo on her upcoming second series playing the rookie cop in the hit BBC police drama The Responder and Comedian Richard Herring on finding the humour in …
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here A vintage anthology series of BBC Radio plays from a concept originated by Philip Levene. Dramas which tell the stories when reading between the lines of …
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Zeinab Badawi, Fisherman Ashley Mullenger, Stalking, Singing and periods
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The deaths of 21-year-old Diane Jones and her two young children, in a house fire in October 1995 shocked the community of Merthyr Tydfil. The police originally thought it was an accident - but in the days following the fire launched a triple murder investigation after petrol was found on the carpet. Just months later, Annette was charged with trip…
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Danny Care, Ned Boulting, Mina Rzouki, Bob Mills
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England and Harlequins rugby player Danny Care, sports journalist Ned Boulting, pundit and presenter Mina Rzouki and comedian Bob Mills join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction. In the final ro…
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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 f…
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#328 - The Golden Age of Whaling, Five Whimsical Bananas, and A Robin and A Swift
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Today’s episode tackles the Big Questions, but only if by Big Questions you mean specifically: what spotted insect is causing John to yelp in bed? Would Elis or John have thrived on a 19th century whaling vessel? And how would John’s life change if he started going out with one of the most famous women in the world? As usual, motorways feature, Eli…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here The Limelight – for fiction and drama serials you won’t want to miss. The System – A witty six-part thriller about a group of young radicals and the hunt …
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here Philip Tremayne’s friends consider him a success. He’s written novels, produced TV programmes and made a name for himself. But he’s dogged by a sense of f…
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Steeeeeeeeelers!!! They took a big lineman in the first round Troy Fautanu and of course we read the Facebook comments - ByteDance might just shut down TikTok to the U.S. because they don't want to sell it - Bob is getting that Cleveland Sausage - Taylor Swift is unstoppable - Mikey Power Ranks his favorite Tim McGraw songs - Twang in that Thang - …
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A recap of the Dr. Who premier brings another surprise, Sian Eleri is here for What’s My Age Again?, Richie Driss plays WrongUns and future aviator Olly gets some pilot voice coaching from Greg.By BBC Radio 1
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Conversation and music with the Galilee Quartet
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The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: The Galilee Quartet The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: The Galilee Quartet Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guests Omar, Mostafa, Tibah and Ghandi Saad Recorded 1 March 2024 in London. Released 26 April. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborah…
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Charlotte Church and surprise Jane McDonald!
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Has Scott ruined the Radio 2 In The Park announcement? And why's there an emu in Preston? Singer Charlotte Church takes the Same Interview challenge - answering the same questions from an interview in 1999, when she was 13. Scott's comparing her answers from then and now! Plus, surprise Jane McDonald in the studio and there's news for Charlie from …
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.By BBC Radio 4
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Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Leon Rocha and comedian Phil Wang to learn all about the surprising history of kung fu, from ancient China to the present day. Rooted in ancient Chinese exercises designed to promote long life, kung fu was pioneered by the monks of the Shaolin temple before spreading throughout China. But how did peaceful Buddhist monks …
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Smart TV: Clarkson's Farm and Baby Reindeer
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Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Baby Reindeer, Netflix The Tattoo…
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Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition
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The Pet Shop Boys are the most successful duo in UK music history. Forty years after their first hit West End Girls they are about to release their new album Nonetheless. Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant join Samira Ahmed to talk about making sense of life through culture, their music being used in hit films like Saltburn and All of Us Strangers and the…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here Wally K. Daly was a prolific, award-winning dramatist, whose TV writing credits included Casualty, Juliet Bravo and Doctor Who. He also wrote 38 radio pla…
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Milkin It On The McKees Rocks Bridge
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Just Two Poopy Heads - The Pirates Wiz Khalifa Bobblehead might be the best bobblehead ever - Paul Skenes and Livvy better be here for yinzerpalooza - Draft Day... Milk Milk Milk Milk The Steelers Mock Drafts - Did Mikey get his Taylor Swift power rankings wrong - Dancing shirtless on the McKees Rocks Bridge - Do you pay it forward? - Want To Say H…
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What has accidentally become your thing? Rubber ducks or maps maybe? Also, listener Emma, stuns everyone by eating something she shouldn't and today's Yesterday's Quizzer has far too many snakes.By BBC Radio 1
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BRCA1, Open relationships, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story
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The system of one word ratings for schools in England 'should stay' and has 'significant benefits' according to the government. It said the grades, such as 'Inadequate', 'requires improvement' 'good' and "outstanding" gave parents an important summary of local schools. Teaching unions have called for more nuanced ratings Simon Kidwell is the Presid…
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How Do Footballers And Managers Deal With Pressure?
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After a brief hiatus, Joe and Pat are reunited to discuss pressure and the birth of Pat’s second child. The work/life balance of a football manager is assessed as Jürgen Klopp looks to take time away from the game and Pat discusses Kalvin Phillips' time at West Ham.By BBC Radio 5 Live
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The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi
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The Legend of Ned Ludd - writer Joe Ward Munrow and director Jude Christian discuss their new play at the Liverpool Everyman theatre which explores the changing nature of work over the centuries and around the world in the the face of automation. The shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction was announced today - journalist Jamie Klingler assesse…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here Penelope Wilton narrates BBC Radio 4’s epic dramatisation of the treasured family saga, Elizabeth Jane Howards five book chronicle of the upper-middle cla…
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Mikey is smelling like a mature woman - Are we your pooping deer? - The Steel Curtain is dahn for the season at Kennywood.. Of course we read the Facebook comments - Bob Power Ranks his top 5 celebrities that he would want to eat with at a Brazilian Steakhouse - You want more Taylor Swift... Mike Power Ranks ever song off of the tortured poets depa…
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Tales of holiday romances gone wrong, mundane things that remind you of an ex, a visit from Seagull Boy Cooper and Charlie Hedges with Sexy / No SexyBy BBC Radio 1
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Culture Club: I’m Fucking Amazing with Anoushka Warden
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The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: I’m Fucking Amazing with Anoushka Warden Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Anoushka Warden Recorded 15 April 2024 via Riverside. Released 24 April. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW ht…
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Zeinab Badawi, Singing and periods, How is the debate over abortion shaping the US election?
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The broadcaster Zeinab Badawi joins Krupa Padhy to discuss her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. The book has taken her seven years to research, travelling across 30 countries. She explains how the female African leaders that shaped their countries have often been written out of history. At the sta…
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Robin Ince and Brian Cox tackle the thorny debate over whether science and religion can co-exist. But forget the tension between the church and the researchers – Eric Idle wants an answer to the important question of whether God is in gluten free communion bread? Katy Brand launches the inaugural theologian’s corner with a pair of Reverends, who ex…
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Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition
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The British Library isn’t all books; it has a huge sound archive, one of the largest in the world. It has drawn on this for Beyond the Bassline, the first major exhibition to documenting Black British music. Curators Aleema Gray and Mykaell Riley guide Shahidha Bari through the 500-year musical journey of African and Caribbean people in Britain. Em…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here The Now Show is a topical comedy show recorded in front of a live audience and scripted to include current events up to the last minute. It stars Steve Pu…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here Five short plays by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme. Waterloo East – The best kiss Jeanie has ever had was when Dan broke her heart on the platform of…
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#327 - Tim’s Rumpus Room, Pork Chop Calves and Buckinghamshire Living
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If you thought this show was your safe space away from pop behemoth Taylor Swift’s single handed takeover of popular culture then sadly you’d be wrong. For it’s Swiftmas Day (well if you view this in a linear fashion rather than circular) and John’s neck deep in it. Also the reverberations of Elis stepping on John’s turf continue to ripple through …
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A pooping deer can really set the vibe for the day - Pittsburgh Spiderman is out this morning - Pierogi Zombies Yinzsplosion - Milk Milk Milk Milk... - Butt Cheeks out in Flooooridddaa!!! - Bob Power Ranks his top 5 Pittsburgh athletes who would look cool with a mustache - MOCK DRAFTS!!! - Listen on iHeartRadio click the little mic and send us talk…
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Greg launches an investigation into what chocolate bars Taylor Swift and Matty Healy might be tucking into. Plus, alarm birds and fish doorbells feature in Animal News and we hear about the things you have learnt from previous relationships.By BBC Radio 1
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Kitty Ruskin's year of casual sex, The Girls of Slender Means, ARFID
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Ten Men, A Year of Casual Sex is a new book from the author Kitty Ruskin. It follows a year of her life when she attempts to embody Samantha from Sex and the City and enjoy all the advantages of being young, free and single. As she details 10 men in 10 chapters, the stories range from sexy and funny to at times deeply confronting and violent, inclu…
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Chris has a hot lead on discounted wristwatches, Sunil’s setting up a new business and Producer James evokes an exciting story about the workplace. Trigger warning: Chris briefly talks about an incident of indecent exposure he experienced. Thanks to everyone who’s listened to Rural Concerns so far! We really appreciate your time as well as the revi…
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Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
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Taylor Swift returns with The Tortured Poets Department, a surprise double album that features 31 tracks that fans are saying is her most intimate and lyrically revealing yet. Joining Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the work are Times music writer Lisa Vericco and Satu Hameenho-Fox, whose new book Into The Taylor-Verse is out next month. The Intercity 125…
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Members get information about when streams/downloads become available, as well as accessing podcast RSS feeds for freely-available content to make listening to great shows a breeze, Register Here BBC Radio 4 New Comedy Award winner Heidi Regan explores in her own silly and carefully crafted way, the anxiety felt by a world that seems to be doomed. …
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Smoky Go-Carts - Taylor Swift broke all the records and possibly has the hottest diss track ever - We check in and see what is going on in and around our neighborhood - Cowher Power - Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Facebook Comments - Naked wearing a garbage bag - Mike had a full weekend to digest the new Taylor Swift album and he is power ranking his …
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