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Everything in life is better understood if you can learn to see the strings attached. Jamie Gale is a thought leader who rose to prominence in the guitar industry by simplifying complex concepts. In this podcast, he engages in cross-disciplinary discussions to reveal how everything from guitar design to architecture, philosophy, physics and more can be better understood if you learn to see the universal truths that underpin our world.
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Discover gardening inspiration and advice from your favourite gardening experts with the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine team. Join Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Adam Frost, Frances Tophill, Arit Anderson and others to garden for wildlife and wellness, sow and grow flourishing flowers, immerse in the benefits of nature, get the most from your vegetable plot, successfully use colour in the garden, enjoy the beauty of house plants and much, much more. With Sowalongs and Tea Break Tutorials too, we ...
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Guitar Business Radio is the Podcast for the Business of Guitar, created, produced and hosted by Jeffrey D Brown (GUITARpr, Guitar Business Channel and more). GBR brings a unique view from many angles of the business to a broad audience demographic that includes guitar builders and players to CEOs and entrepreneurs. The show features thoughtful commentary and lively discussion on a variety of relevant topics .
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Today's episode of Life with Strings Attached was filmed on location in southern Germany, in the workshop of Ulrich Teuffel. Since 1988, Ulrich (Uli to his friends) has been crafting electric guitars unlike any other luthier. In bringing together a unique blend of his training as an automotive mechanic and his studies in industrial design from the …
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How do you create a new garden that works best for you and what steps should you take, even before the spade first hits the ground? How do you decide what to grow, where is the best place to grow it and can you fit in everything that you’d like to grow? Horticulturist, author and presenter, Frances Tophill has spent a year in her new garden incorpo…
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Actress and comedian Caroline Quentin is best known for her roles in TV shows such as Men Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek. What is less well known is that she is an incredibly keen gardener, and continues to garden and grow plants even when she is away on location filming. She created a large garden from scratch at her home in Devon, including a …
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Sheila Das, garden manager at RHS Garden Wisley responsible for edible growing and training programmes, looks at a new way of growing vegetables. Moving away from the conventional veg plot and into our next era of veg growing with less control and manipulation. With advice for minimizing input and encouraging nature to work with nature, Sheila disc…
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Gardens and green spaces can be a sanctuary for our health, physically, mentally and spiritually, and can be places to nurture people, as well as plants. Award-winning garden designer, writer and presenter Arit Anderson explores how gardening can have a positive impact on our health and spirituality. In this episode, we discuss why thinking about h…
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Aerospace engineer Giulio Di Donato met with me just outside of Bologna for this week's episode, where we explore the fundamentals of aerospace engineering and aerodynamics, and see what learnings we can take to other topics and disciplines. Giulio works in research and development for a prestigious super sports car company, taking responsibility f…
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There are so many garden designs, styles and trends to choose from. How do you create the designer look for your garden, no matter what the size? Garden designer, RHS Chelsea Show judge and regular BBC Gardeners’ World magazine contributor James Alexander Sinclair shares his garden design secrets for how to get your desired garden look, key element…
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It's a great time of year to grow lettuce and salad leaves. Sown directly in the ground or in pots, grow a variety of leaves for delicious salads this summer. Follow this easy Sowalong guide from GW senior content creator Sonya Patel Ellis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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There’s little that’s more satisfying than making new plants for free! And it’s easier than you might think to make scores of your favourite plants for nothing through propagation. Carol Klein is an absolute master of propagation, able to make masses of new plants through cuttings of all kinds, dividing plants, layering, and growing from seeds – so…
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A garden full of colour all year round: it’s what most of us want from our outdoor spaces. But how realistic is the dream of having non-stop colour in your garden? Plantsman, author, designer and TV presenter Nick Bailey has written a book on the subject – 365 Days of Colour in Your Garden. He’s also written a series for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazi…
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I visited Giulio Negrini of GNG in his workshop in Switzerland to talk about his guitars, and inevitably we ended up talking about far more: the role of fantasy in our culture, the allure of thematically dark or morbid art, and the magical elements that go into instrument making. An Italian master luthier, trained in the Cremonese style of Stradiva…
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French beans – there’s nothing quite like them. And there’s still time to get yours started for lovely fresh crops all through late summer. So join keen bean gardener and GW magazine sub editor Oliver Parsons as he shares his success and failures with these majestic towering crops – and learn his top tips for a bumper harvest this summer. Learn mor…
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Terry Walton has been growing vegetables, fruit and flowers on his Rhondda Valley allotments in South Wales from a young age. With 50 years’ experience, Terry brings a wealth of allotment growing advice, practical gardening knowledge and tips learned over the years. Examining how gardening practises have changed and how climate, location and soil h…
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There are many ways to enjoy nature around us, but how can working in harmony with nature boost our wellbeing? Art and horticultural psychotherapist, artist and gardener Errol Reuben Fernandes discusses why it’s important to take a more holistic approach to gardening. How do you work in the garden and what approaches do you take in the design? How …
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I've known Nik Huber for many years – since almost the very beginning of my work in the guitar industry. While we were catching up in a restaurant during the Montreux International Guitar Show, I wanted to dive back into some of the stories that have defined his hugely successful career as a guitar maker. So, a bit less of a podcast, this episode i…
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D-Day 80th Anniversary Special: Can you imagine being responsible as a gardener for thousands of important sites across six continents? That’s the inspiring challenge that Commonwealth War Graves Commission Head of Horticulture David Richardson takes on every day. Join us on this 80th Anniversary of D-Day we meet him to discuss his exciting work ac…
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How do you plan, grow and enjoy produce from your plot throughout the year? What low-maintenance gardening tips can produce luscious legumes, robust roots and celebratory cucurbits? Plants-person, author and Gardeners’ World presenter, Frances Tophill discusses how to create a productive vegetable garden while juggling a busy life. With tips for wh…
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For this week’s episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sheldon Dingwall outside of the ancient Osaka Castle in Japan. Sheldon is the founder and CEO of Dingwall Guitars. The modern champion of the multiscale bass, Dingwall boasts an artist roster including Lee Sklar, Adam “Nolly” Getgood of Periphery, Jacob Umanksy of Intervals, Jean-Mich…
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Comedian and writer Griff Rhys Jones is best known for starring in TV comedy series such as Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones. But Griff is also a keen gardener and has a gorgeous garden, full of carefully clipped topiary, at his home in East Anglia. Discover how he created this garden, how he is tackling box moth, and what his big…
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Join Gardeners’ World presenter and designer Adam Frost for a behind-the-scenes tour of show gardens at home and abroad, including gold medal-winning creations at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and exciting plans for a pot to plate garden at this year’s BBC Gardener’s World Live. Plus find top tips on how to best experience show gardens for ideas and insp…
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Zackery Belanger is an expert in the form and material of acoustic architecture. For most of his career, he has questioned the dominant approaches in acoustics, convinced that intuitive, creative approaches are possible. He is the author of the essay Acoustic Ornament, which argues for consideration of non-acoustic surfaces and objects. In 2017 he …
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Cornwall is famous for having a near sub-tropical climate with average temperatures staying above 10c for much of the year. One gardener who is taking advantage of these milder but changeable growing conditions is Patrick Gale, a passionate gardener and the best-selling author of Notes from an Exhibition, A place called Winter and Mother’s Boy, amo…
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For this week's episode of Life With Strings Attached, I joined Michael Spalt at his home and workshop in Portugal, where he recently relocated from Vienna. For decades, Michael's work has developed at the intersection of art, design and instrument making, pushing boundaries and experimenting with surprising materials. Whether in series like his To…
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Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show? How the elaborate gardens are created and how on earth the judges compare a recreated quarry with a cottage garden? Eminent garden designer and Chelsea Flower Show judge James Alexander Sinclair is here to draw back the floral curtain and reveal the secrets of the…
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What do you do when you don't have a garden at home but still want to create a relaxing retreat? For Vicky ward and Maxine Stringer the answer came when they discovered a Bramble choked allotment style plot right by the sea where they live in Cornwall over the past 10 years they've worked hard to clear the land and create a garden that expresses th…
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Join us as we talk all things Bridgerton, and step into a world of Regency romps and floral feasts. We’ll catch up with star of the show Adjoa Andoh, to hear about what it was like filming in some of the UK’s great stately homes and gardens, her own love of gardening and how she finds ‘solace in the soil’. We talk to production designer Alison Gart…
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For this week's episode of Life With Strings Attached, I had the pleasure of joining my good friend Bruno Bacci in Tuscany, where he has forged an enviable career as a guitar maker. With a background in design, Bruno talks about how his whole life has actually led him to guitar making, how he's managed to establish a successful guitar business, and…
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Nothing shouts summer in the garden more than beautiful colourful borders. Daniel Hale, Head Gardener at Brodworth Hall and Gardens, gives advice for how to create sensational summer borders. With plants that provide flowers all summer long, add height to the border, are wildlife friendly and have the ‘wow’ factor too, there’s plenty of inspiration…
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For this week's episode, I sat down with Adriano Sérgio of Ergon Guitars in Portugal. It's always fascinating to speak with skilled craftspeople about their work, but it would be remiss to only talk about guitar making in an episode with Adriano. Fleeing his homeland as a child; serving as the equivalent of a Navy SEAL in Portugal; gaining a degree…
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Join Alan Titchmarsh and head of gardens for The King's Foundation Melissa Simpson for a tour of King Charles' garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Enjoy a wander around the gardens and find out how they make the organic garden look beautiful all year round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Brighten up shady spots and provide food for bees, with elegant foxgloves. Discover more in this short podcast. Plus get free seeds with our March, April and May issues. May also includes our 2 for 1 Gardens guide. Buy the magazine here: https://bit.ly/BuyGWMagSowalong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Monty Don shares his expert advice for beginner gardeners. From plants to grow and the tools to use, plus ways to make the most of time and money, Monty explains how to get started. Monty also reveals why we should all grow chemical-free, along with his first steps to start your gardening journey. So, whether you want to grow beautiful blooms, deli…
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Join us for a new gardening series of summer conversations with the BBC Gardeners’ World magazine team. Listen to gardening inspiration from some of the UK’s most loved and well-respected gardening experts. With advice for adding colour to your garden, working with nature, thrifty gardening, veg growing and allotment life. We’ll also take you on a …
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From producing Fight Club and screenwriting for the BBC to partnering with UNICEF and creating films about some of the world's most important environmental projects, Ross's work has many threads. But they're all connected by a single mission. As a writer, producer and director, Ross has harnessed the power of storytelling to make an impact, and as …
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There's so much more to carrots than just the ones you buy in the supermarket - grow your own for a host of colours, shapes and maximum flavour. Discover more in this short podcast. Plus get free seeds with our March, April and May issues. May also includes our 2 for 1 Gardens guide. Buy the magazine here: https://bit.ly/BuyGWMagSowalong Learn more…
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Bryan Galloup's impact on the guitar industry has been enormous and multi-faceted. For over four decades, he's been dedicated to the preservation of vintage and contemporary musical instruments; he's the President and CEO of Galloup Guitars; and through the Galloup School of Guitar Building and Repair, he and his team have trained more than 2500 lu…
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Bursting with fresh flavour and health benefits, parsley will give you months of tasty pickings. Discover more in this short podcast. Plus get free seeds with our March, April and May issues. May also includes our 2 for 1 Gardens guide. Buy the magazine here: https://bit.ly/BuyGWMagSowalong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com…
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Julio Martins and João Petiz are the founders of Everythink, a design company based in Portugal with an incredibly diverse portfolio of projects. From airplanes and medical equipment to guitars and robots, they design products, services and experiences that impact people's lives in a positive, easy and happy way. I sat down with them on location in…
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Fill your borders with a profusion of pretty flowers, for months on end, with cosmos. Discover more in this short podcast. Plus get free seeds with our March, April and May issues. May also includes our 2 for 1 Gardens guide. Buy the magazine here: https://bit.ly/BuyGWMagSowalong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Daniel Rowland is a music producer, engineer, tech executive and educator. He's worked with artists from Nine Inch Nails and Philip Glass to Gucci Mane and Jason Derulo. In the world of film, his credits include movies from Pixar as well as the Star Wars, Marvel and Fast and Furious franchises. As Head of Strategy and Partnerships at AI music produ…
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