"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen ...
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Frontwoman of Garbage, Shirley Manson talks about the band's latest album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which is inspired by contemporary events including the killing of George Floyd in Los Angeles, but which presents an optimistic perspective on a dystopian world. We hear from the winner of the International Booker Prize, which was announc…
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Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé
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42:26Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé. As a huge retrospective of the work of the artist Helen Chadwick opens at The Hepworth Wakefield, art critic Louisa Buck and the exhibition's curator, Laura Smith, discuss why Chadwick should be viewed as the godmother for a golden generation of British c…
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25 years after Joanne Harris introduced readers to the soothing delights of Chocolat, she's released her new book Vianne. It’s the prequel that explains how her heroine found her way into the world of high end French confectionery. A new exhibition at the British Museum sheds light on the provenance of popular images of the Hindu god Ganesha, the B…
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Fill up your airbag and lather yourself in fire-gel, it’s David Leitch. We discuss the literal and figurative pratfalls of the industry— cherry picking, Culver City for Tokyo, and of course: pickleball injuries. Preparation plus opportunity equals miracles, Sister… on an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes o…
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Tuesday Talks - Stephanie Radok in conversation with Maria Zagala
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20:31Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia.Join artist Stephanie Radok in conversation with Maria Zagala, Curator, Prints, Drawings and Photographs, about her drawings Pages from a Twenty-first century Herbal currently on display.For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au…
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Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director
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42:31David Benedict and Viv Groskop review Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, a surreal story of brunch and existential dread; French film about about grassroots music, The Marching Band and Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel, The Director, about a real life German filmmaker navigating the Third Reich. Presenter: Tom SutcliffeProducer: Simon Richar…
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What can we say about the lovely Tina Fey? The talented actor, writer, creator and producer is granted 1-hour of time from her parole officer / daughter to blast out a quick pod with her GPS ankle-bracelet triangulated by 3 cell towers. It's explosive, it's magical, and it Juliennes fries. This episode was originally released on 5/10/2021. Subscrib…
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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera
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42:43Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now. Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the Briti…
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Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary
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42:22Novelist Elif Shafak, artist and writer Edmund de Waal and Professor Rachel Bowlby join Samira to discuss the centenary of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. As the Semi Finals of Eurovision start tonight in Basel, Switzerland, Paddy O'Connell talks about this year's contest. Four hundred leading British Artists such as Paul McCartney and Kate Bush hav…
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Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
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42:22Suzanne Vega has just released her first album of all-new material for nearly a decade. "Flying With Angels" continues her folk-influenced sound and introduces influences of soul as well as a song in tribute to Bob Dylan's "I Want You". She performs in the studio with guitarist Gerry Leonard. Sean Combs aka P Diddy is on trial in New York, charged …
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Snap a flare off - it’s Mr. Pete Buttigieg. We talk trucks, fish, the WWE, rush-delivery marriage, and a cottage industry of custom homemade nail polish. What time did you eat your first M&M today? It’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now…
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Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
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42:34Authors Matt Cain and Eimear McBride join Tom Sutcliffe to review a new remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet. They also discuss Isabel Allende's new novel My Name is Emilia del Valle and the play The Brightening Air, on at the Old Vic theatre in London. And the National Gallery is having a re-hang, we speak to Head of the Curatorial…
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Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli
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42:26Acclaimed German journalist and film producer Sandra Maischberger talks about her new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, which re-examines the life and career of the filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Art historian and curator Sandy Nairne, a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Commi…
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Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis
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42:23In the wake of President Trump's proposed film tariffs, Jake Kanter, International Investigations Editor at Deadline, discusses what the impact could be for the British film industry. Last week Moorcroft became the latest heritage ceramic company to close its doors in Stoke-On-Trent. Emma Bridgewater, founder of the eponymous ceramics company, and …
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To mark the 80th anniversary this week, we explore British culture around VE Day in 1945, reflecting on the music, books, films and theatre that defined the moment and the complex emotional landscape that followed the war’s end. Songwriter and pianist Kate Garner joins us at the piano. Guests: Michael Billington, theatre critic; Ian Christie, film …
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We are joined by Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca (Co-Chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group) from not one, but two offices. Air travel protocols, a big dark room with a bunch of strangers, and the state of the union. Come get some little tiny bites… of comedy? It’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episo…
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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US
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42:23US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…
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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical
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41:51Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…
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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower
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41:59Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…
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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir
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41:53In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …
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INTRODUCING: Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally
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9:05Welcome to Staying Alive, a new comedic health and wellness podcast from Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally, two comedians, best friends, and hosts of TV’s 101 Places To Party Before You Die. These two love to get wild, but they’ve also hit their 40s, and they’re realizing if they don’t get some balance in their lives they won’t be alive long enough to visi…
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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One
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42:18Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…
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Pull out your ham glazing kit, it’s Paul Rudd. Forensics, a death in the audience, and the best WiFi in town. Are they hocks? They can be. It’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus…
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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film
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42:30Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …
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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women.
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42:06As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…
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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre
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42:32Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …
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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter
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42:24Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…
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Well, well, well… it’s Amy Poehler. How did you start in comedy? Do you like TV and Movies? Let’s bundle it. Benvenuti… al duecentocinquantesimo. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.…
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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage
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42:20Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…
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SmartLess Presents ClueLess! 145 - Do Not Pass Go! (w/ Scotty Icenogle)
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22:00On this special Monopoly-themed episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to play a new game where the instructions are very simple: Do Not Pass Go! Elliott will give a series of clues, and every answer ends in the letters G-O. The questions increase in difficulty, leading to a …
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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison.
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42:18American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…
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Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders
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42:17Director and Screenwriter PJ Hogan, creator of the 1994 comedy Muriel's wedding, speaks to Samira Ahmed about the new musical adaptation of his film. With lead actors leaving, and ratings down, there are questions about the future of Doctor Who. Author John Higgs, and entertainment writer Caroline Frost, talk about the past, present and future of t…
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Unhinge your jaw, it’s Jeff Goldblum. Jazz, urgency, true happiness, and ducks going to Moscow. Leave your kids with their helper, they’re good people. It’s a podcast; it’s called SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting …
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Review: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in The Return, On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, Holy Cow film
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42:06Classics professor Edith Hall and writer Lawrence Norfolk join Tom to review The Return, a retelling of the end of Homer’s Odyssey, where the hero Odysseus returns to his kingdom decades after the battle of Troy to find his wife Queen Penelope fending off suitors out to take his throne. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche talk to Tom …
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The guys are surprised by renowned astrophysicist, planetary scientist and author, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil teaches the guys about the wonders of the universe, the concept of infinity, the power of mind-blowing inspiration, and even his own potential parallel universe. Gravity and Levity all at once. This episode was originally released on 7/27/20…
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Tuesday Talks - Mansoureh Rajabitanha discusses the poetry of Rumi with Russell Kelty
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37:16Thank you for listening to this talk produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia.Mansoureh Rajabitanha, University of Adelaide, and Russell Kelty, Curator, Asian Art, as they discuss the poetry of the thirteenth century Sufi mystic, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī or Rumi (1207-1273), and his pervasive influence on historical and contemporary culture…
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Tuesday Talks - Chiara Rostagno speaks on The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
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52:05Thank you for listening to this talk produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join renowned Italian Professor and art historian Chiara Rostagno, Deputy Director of the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan and Executive Director of the National Museum of the Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci as she shares her extensive knowledge of Leonardo da Vinci's T…
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Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty
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42:03Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman talks about the re-release of her eponymous debut album after 35 years, about how those songs of oppression and aspiration, written so long ago, speak to us today, and about going from almost unknown to world famous in one performance. We ask two directors of productions of The Crucible (by Scottish Ballet, and at Sh…
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Kym Marsh on Abigail's Party, Severance creator Dan Erickson, film franchises in flux
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42:38Kym Marsh on stepping into the iconic role of Beverly in theatre classic Abigail's Party as the play opens at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Film critic Hannah Strong and George Pundek, co-host of the Pulp Kitchen film podcast, on why so many of the big film franchises are facing difficulties. Severance creator Dan Erickson on making a t…
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Conan O’Brien Wants Jason Bateman to Be His Friend
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4:37Jason recently joined Conan on his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” to talk about everything from the intense pressures of child acting to the iconic actor who wanted to play him in the "Arrested Development" movie. Listen to the full conversation between Jason and Conan on “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” wherever you get your podcasts. Subscr…
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Manhunt play by Robert Icke, new Edwardians exhibition, film director Waris Hussein
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42:44Theatre director Robert Icke's production of Oedipus won best revival and a best actress award for Lesley Manville at last night's Olivier Awards - but his new play Manhunt is now demanding his attention at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The drama focuses on the story of Raoul Moat who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her new boyfriend bef…
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It’s the first day of your friendship… with Maria Shriver. Topics include: airline food, emotional sobriety, throwing and going, how to stay engaged and not be mean, and Sean offers to explain what a podcast is. Bring-your-own-hamburger, we’ll do a din. It’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLes…
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Reviews of Mobland, The Most Precious of Cargoes and Giuseppe Penone exhibition
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42:27Nancy Durrant and Jason Solomons join Tom to review:The new offering from Guy Ritchie, Mobland, with familiar themes of drug gangs and violence and starring Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy, amongst others.Giuseppe Penone's Thoughts in the Roots exhibition which is in and outside the Serpentine gallery, expanding on the significance of trees…
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Tilda Swinton, Michael Sheen on the new Welsh National Theatre, Richard Burton's influential teacher
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42:13Tilda Swinton talks about her role in Joshua Oppenheimer's post-apocalyptic musical film The End, and about her intention to take a break from acting, Actor and artistic director of the new Welsh National Theatre Michael Sheen, and screenwriter Russell T Davies reveal plans for the company's first season. Plus we discuss the influence of schoolmast…
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Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker, Design Council at 80, The Women of Llanrumney
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42:23Charlie Brooker talks about the return of his wildly popular tech and sci-fi dystopian drama Black Mirror. This new six-part series includes Paul Giamatti as a man using AI to reconnect to a lost love who has died, Emma Corrin as a digitally recreated 40s screen star and, for the first time, follow-up episodes of two of the show's most popular epis…
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Front Row looks at freedom of expression in the arts. From rows about cancel culture to allegations of censorship and the charge that the arts has become 'woke', we explore what is happening. Samira is joined by art curator, Ekow Eshun, novelist Philip Hensher, poet and author of Hounded, Jenny Lindsay and theatre critic Kate Maltby, who sits on th…
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We surely do believe in angels— it’s Elton John & Brandi Carlile. Teleprompters in therapy, Joni’s living room, and the 250-pound mushroom. No more kissing; it’s an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusx…
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Review: The Studio, Grayson Perry, La Cocina
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42:26For our review programme Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Dorian Lynskey and Briony Hanson. They are looking at: New comedy series The Studio, set in Hollywood and starring Seth Rogan and Catherine O’Hara. Delusions of Grandeur, Grayson Perry’s new exhibition where he selects items from the Wallace Collection, adds 40 new works and a new alter eg…
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Peter Capaldi's new album, the great Ossian myth, Brian Friel's short stories
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42:09Peter Capaldi talks about his latest album – Sweet Illusions – a nod to the thriving 80s music scene in Glasgow where Peter made his musical debut fronting The Dreamboys. Through the Shortbread Tin is a new National Theatre of Scotland production about the supposed third century Scottish bard Ossian. Its writer – poet Martin O’Connor – and director…
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Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of Art Deco, Jonathan Pie
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42:57The actor and director Peter Mullan talks about taking on the role of Bill Shankly in the new theatre production in Liverpool, Red or Dead, about the much-loved Liverpool football club manager. In April 1925 the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, a seven-month exhibition of contemporary design, opened in Paris. A…
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