Best Spoiled Radio Podcasts (2024)

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Agenda 1.7.24 - the 41st Summit of the British-Irish Council and sharing the spoils of off-shore wind. 26:32

12d ago26:32

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The 41st Summit of the British-Irish Council took place here just over a week ago with senior politicians focussing on unlocking the economic and social opportunities of renewables across these islands. The Irish Taoiseach was here as was the Scottish Government First Minister but do these summits actually deliver anything meaningful? And has any p…

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Agenda 15.7.24 - Michelle Haywood tells us why future generations should not be allowed to buy tobacco products. 26:31

2h ago26:31

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Rushen MHK Michelle Haywood wants to progressively prevent new generations from being able to purchase tobacco products. Her private member’s Bill would in effect see the age at which you can buy tobacco products increase by a year each year until eventually nobody could buy them. With an estimated 25% of the health budget spent treating smoking re…

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Agenda 8.7.24 - who cares about carers? 26:32

5d ago26:32

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Lawrie Hooper’s homework was marked by June Tynwald and he passed with flying colours. The waiting list initiative supported by Tynwald last year appears to have had a significant impact in reducing numbers of people waiting for treatment. Minister Hooper tells us about that initiative and new adoption law changes before moving on to the Carer’s St…

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Agenda 17.6.24 - Rob Callister tells us why we need another housing committee. 24:32

26d ago24:32

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If we had a house for every report, review, investigation, and new policy and recommendation then we probably wouldn’t have a housing crisis. So why does Rob Callister want to set up another committee investigation on housing? Should public sector housing be more accessible for people on low incomes and if so how do we pay for the new houses requir…

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Agenda 10.6.24 - the Manx Development Corporation - what is it for and is it delivering? 24:31

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The Manx Development Corporation has its supporters and critics but what is it for and how was it formed? It aims to be a catalyst for the positive transformation of the Island’s urban landscape for the benefit of all Manx Citizens and has a vision to create an urban landscape which will be perceived as vibrant, safe, of high design quality and env…

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Agenda 3.6.24 - a tribute to long serving Tynwald Member Eddie Lowey from his political friend Peter Karran 24:31

1M ago24:31

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Long serving political figure Eddie Lowey passed away recently and on Agenda long term friend and occasional political ally Peter Karran pays tribute to a towering Manx statesman. Mr Lowey was first elected to the House of Keys in the old Rushen constituency. He went on to serve in many position in both government and Tynwald stepping down from Leg…

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Agenda 20.5.24 - The Island’s first set of Biodiversity Action Plans mark a significant step in the Island’s commitment to nature conservation. 24:32

2M ago24:32

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The Island’s first set of Biodiversity Action Plans mark a significant step in the Island’s commitment to nature conservation. Agenda asks the experts what are they and why do they matter? There certainly seems to be a greater focus on protecting the Island’s biodiversity but will these plans make a difference? Is there any budget to help deliver t…

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Agenda 13.5.24 - Julie Edge on the new political alliance. 24:32

2M ago24:32

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More from the new political alliance on this week’s Agenda. Julie Edge MHK gives her warts and all assessment of government and what needs to change. So what did she do as Minister to solve these problems? Is this just sour grapes on the recently replaced education Minister? Ms Edge certainly has some interesting thoughts and ideas for the future w…

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Agenda 22.4.24 - should MLCs make decisions on government policy bearing in mind their at best tenuous mandate from the people? 24:32

3M ago24:32

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In Tynwald last week Onchan MHK Rob Callister asked his colleagues to reaffirm a 2017 Tynwald decision relating to the role LegCo members should fulfil and in particular that they should not be a member of more than one government department. The government website tells us that one MLC is a member of two departments and since last month’s reshuffl…

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Agenda 29.4.24 - is government support for household insulation and green living “a joke?” 24:32

3M ago24:32

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John Sheppard is a Sustainability Consultant and Technical director of Wren Sustainable Limited. He believes that government initiatives to help households become more sustainable are “a joke” and he tells us why on Agenda. While government has legislation requiring it to deliver on carbon reduction targets, it seems that legislation is limited on …

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Agenda 15.4.24 - Tynwald Youth Select Committee members talk about their political aspirations and run rings round Phil Gawne in a discussion about the perils and opportunities presented by Artificial ... 24:32

3M ago24:32

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On Agenda last week Tynwald Youth Select Committee members Zara Molnova, Aidan Clarke and Alex Cowley told us about the work of their Committee. This week these sixth form students talk about their political aspirations and run rings round me in a discussion about the perils and opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence. As someone who’s p…

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Agenda 8.4.24 - the Tynwald Youth Select Committee - part 1 24:32

3M ago24:32

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Very occasionally when conducting interviews Phil Gawne is particularly impressed by the refreshing honestly and clarity of my guests. The Youth Select Committee was established by Tynwald to give a voice to students and Castle Rushen High School students Zara Molnova and Aidan Clarke, and Chair of the Select Committee Alex Cowley from St Ninians H…

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Agenda 25.3.24 - the latest population figures and when is it okay for a toilet break? 24:32

4M ago24:32

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An Agenda of two halves this week with Paul Craine MLC assessing the latest population figures and MLC and Children’s Champion Kerry Sharp assessing the recently announced Ballakermeen toilet policy and how children’s rights have changed over the decades. Government has set its sights on growing the economically active population and the latest fig…

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Agenda 18.3.24 - lessons from Canada on Assisted Dying 24:32

4M ago24:32

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At a meeting last week more than a hundred people heard from Canadian campaigner, Alex Schadenberg, Chair of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and Dr Duncan Gerry consultant geriatrician. Both spoke with passion and expressed deep concern about Alex Allinson’s attempt to introduce Assisted Dying in the Isle of Man. So are the safeguards in the Assist…

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Agenda 11.3.24 - the UK Post Office Scandal and how to avoid it. 24:32

5M ago24:32

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The scandal surrounding the actions of the UK Post Office in connection with wrongful persecution of sub postmasters is rarely off the news lately, thanks in part to the significant campaign for justice led by Alan Bates. Looking at the fact as we now know them it seems remarkable that a common sense test hadn’t been applied by Post Office Chiefs. …

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Agenda 26.2.24 - Julie Edge reacts to her Ministerial departure. 24:32

5M ago24:32

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Julie Edge has been replaced as education minister in what the Chief Minister has termed a strategic change. All parties are at pains to mention that this was not a sacking but Ms Edge responded to news of her departure by saying that as the “difficult woman” who regularly challenges decisions and offers the public perspective, I am not surprised. …

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Agenda 19.2.24 - Should MHKs make decisions about the size of their constituencies? With just under half the voting age population not bothering to vote should we be looking at much bolder steps in relation ... 24:32

5M ago24:32

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The Isle of Man Electoral Commission recently published its report which makes recommendations to Tynwald in relation to House of Keys constituency boundaries. The report is due to be debated in March and on Agenda Commission members Sally Bolton and Nigel Davis explain the Commission’s findings and recommendations. Should MHKs make decisions about…

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Agenda 12.2.24 - the Chief Minister defends his government’s progress half way through his term in office. 24:32

5M ago24:32

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We’re half way through the Cannan administration and the Chief Minister is facing growing pressure to deliver on the promises contained in the glitzy strategy documents and plans. So how does Alf Cannan think he’s doing? Is the housing crisis solved? Find out on Agenda with Amy Griffiths who caught up with the Chief Minister earlier this month. Are…

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Agenda 5.2.24 - the Cannan administration - a bold revolution or rearranging deckchairs? 24:32

5M ago24:32

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The Cannan administration has had bold ambition to radically change the government and the prospects for our economic future but half way through this government’s term in office what meaningful change can they point to. Is the Cannan government’s ambition one you share or are their aspects of it that you’re not signed up to? On Agenda political co…

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Agenda 29.1.24 - a lively debate on government’s refugee policy. 24:32

6M ago24:32

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There was quite a heated exchange in Tynwald this month about government’s policy relating to accepting refugees. Minister Kate Lord Brennan was surprisingly robust in defending the Cabinet Office’s approach and this led to several members including the mover of the motion Joney Faragher giving as good as they got. On Agenda this week we hear from …

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Agenda 22.1.24 - The Energy Strategy, lower speed limits in residential areas, and proposed boundary changes in the north? 24:32

6M ago24:32

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The Energy Strategy was debated in Tynwald last week and Minister Clare Barber didn’t have it all her own way. Ann Corlett again questioned the Infrastructure Minister about when his Department will lower speed limits in residential areas. Also Lawrie Hooper talks about proposed changes to constituency boundaries. Clare Barber on Energy Strategy, A…

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Agenda 18.12.23 - good news good for the homeless and for vulnerable children, as well as encouragement for campaigners seeking new laws to protect puppies and kittens. 24:32

7M ago24:32

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There was no room in the Perspective inn yesterday for the Homlessness Strategy and Children’s Champion’s Report. So in the Agenda before Christmas all through the House (of Keys) we have a Minister stirring and even some cows. No wise men but Tynwald stars David Ashford, Claire Barber and Kerry Sharpe are with us to give some good news good for th…

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Agenda 8.1.24 - DEFA Minister Clare Barber tells us about proposed changes to planning a new Fisheries Management Agreement. 24:32

7M ago24:32

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We’ve got a new Fisheries Management Agreement and there’s more tweaking of the planning system being proposed. Planning and Fisheries Minister Clare Barber tells us about both including the usual proposal to increase fees - well Government needs the money I suppose! But tucked in the planning consultation there’s a proposal that the planning commi…

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Agenda 15.1.23 - Rob Callister and Kerry Sharp consider the damning Ofsted report into children’s social care services 24:32

7M ago24:32

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A damning report into children’s social care services was debated in November Tynwald, painting a very bleak picture for children in care or leaving care at 16. The report found that a lack of adequate support systems to promote the safety and well-being of these children is significantly failing them, the impact of substance misuse on children is …

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Agenda 11.12.23 - should we be getting benefits out to the median line between the IoM and UK? 24:32

7M ago24:32

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Anyone fancy some free money this Christmas? That appears to be what’s on offer from Paul Craine MLC as he asks Tynwald to support his motion which calls for the Isle of Man to benefit from the revenue generated on the seabed out to the median line between the Isle of Man and the UK. Scotland was granted similar benefits just prior to the independe…

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Agenda 4.12.23 - Peter Karran calls for housing for Manx workers 24:32

8M ago24:32

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Looking for some straight talking no nonsense politician to say it how it is? Well, a semi-retired former MHK is pulling no punches when it comes to government’s housing policy. Peter Karran has written to the new Housing Board Chair, David Ashford, with some clear policy ideas to try to find housing solutions for the many Manx workers who contnue …

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Agenda 27.11.23 - Government’s plans meaningless nonsense or a valiant attempt to keep Department’s accountable? 24:32

8M ago24:32

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Departmental Plans came in for a bit of stick in Tynwald last week but are they the “meaningless drivel” that John Rimmington once described his Department’s plan about twenty years ago? Speaker Watterson didn’t quite go that far but it is fair to say he wasn’t impressed. The Department of Education’s was one of the plans he criticised so what did …

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Agenda 20.11.23 - should the Bishop have a vote in Tynwald? The saga continues. 24:32

8M ago24:32

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A bit of déjà vu on Agenda this week as the Bishop’s vote is once more called into question this time by the House of Keys who narrowly voted to allow Lawrie Hooper to introduce a private member’s Bill to remove the vote from the Bishop. Mr Hooper was accused of having malevolent purpose and being distracted by trivial matters when he should be get…

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Agenda 13.11.23 - is the Isle of Man Government "Fanning the Flames of a World on Fire?" 24:06

8M ago24:06

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The Isle of Man Government Risks Fanning the Flames of a World on Fire according to the Green Party’s Andrew Langan Newton but is he right? The claim is made as government looks to vary the conditions of Crogga’s gas exploration licence which has received intense scrutiny in recent Keys sittings. There does seem to be a growing chorus of internatio…

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Agenda 6.11.23 - what do those attending the Manx language festival think about the language and its place in Island life. 24:32

9M ago24:32

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The Cooish drew to a close yesterday after yet another successful week of events associated with the Manx language. So what do those attending this Manx language festival think about the language and its place in Island life. The language has grown in numbers of speakers, learning resources and activities over the past three decades but how relevan…

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Agenda 9.10.23 - Is the DHSC Manx Care working as planned and why has the Health Minister fallen out with his Consultative Committee? 24:32

9M ago24:32

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Manx Care has been in the news lately more for its troubles than successes. One of Manx Care’s board members expressed concern at what our Health Services would become if doesn’t receive a substantial budgetary increase. Questions have been asked about whether indeed the separation of services from the Health Department to Manx Care is working. The…

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Agenda 30.10.29 - a bit of a Bills special this week with a bit of work permit mothballing thrown in for good measure. 24:32

9M ago24:32

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Some interesting Bills making their way through Keys and LegCo at the moment. An Income Tax Bill and Sanctions Bill which were primarily tidying up existing provision. A Vaping Bill and an Employment Bill introduce more significant changes to existing law and we hear a bit about both. We hear from Alex Allinson about the Assisted Dying Bill and Ent…

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Agenda 23.10.23 - the Manx Farm Conservation Challenge - farmers recognised for giving a helping hand to the Island's rich Manx biodiversity 24:32

9M ago24:32

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We hear a lot about the threats to the Island’s biodiversity with climate and land mismanagement often held up as the culprits. On Agenda this week Simon Clarke talks to farmers who have been recognised for getting things right and giving a helping hand to the rich Manx biodiversity that so many of us cherish. A fortnight ago the Farming and Wildli…

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Agenda 16.10.23 - Political commentator Alastair Ramsay lets rip on his deep concerns over the lack of due process being followed by government. 24:32

9M ago24:32

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Political commentator Alastair Ramsay is known for his thoughtful assessments of issues which face our Island so what’s got him so wound up lately? Alastair lets rip on this week’s Agenda about his deep concerns over the process which has led to the proposed site in the south for a wind farm development. An episode not to be missed. Is Alastair rig…

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Agenda 2.10.23 - will changes to government’s capital procedures reduce cost and bureaucracy? 24:32

10M ago24:32

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Revision to government’s capital procedures and regulations might not sound like the most riveting of subjects and yet tens of millions of taxpayers pounds are spent each year on government’s capital program. From big projects such as the Promenade and Liverpool Sea Terminal down much smaller things like new hospital equipment or a still proposed f…

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Agenda 25.09.2023 - The Isle of Man Government Conference 2023 24:45

10M ago24:45

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Lewis Foster looks back at the highs and lows of 2023 Isle of Man Government Conference.By Manx Radio

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Agenda 18.9.23 - Tanya August-Hanson MLC talks about legislation to support same sex families, changes to planning and concern over charity law. 24:32

10M ago24:32

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Tanya August-Hanson MLC is at it again, spearheading new legislation and helping the Manx public lead easier lives. She’s consulting on a private member’s Bill which would allow some bits of legislation to catch up with societal changes surrounding same sex families. She’s also helping the Planning Department steer and amendment Bill through which …

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Marie Myung-Ok Lee's The Evening Hero 32:30

10M ago32:30

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In episode nine of the second season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Marie Myung-Ok Lee's The Evening Hero. This sweeping, lyrical novel follows a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confront the secrets of the past or risk watching the world he’s worked so hard to build come crumbling down.…

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Sarah Zukerman Daly's Violent Victors 30:59

10M ago30:59

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In episode eight of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Sarah Zukerman Daly's Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections. Proposing actionable interventions that can help to moderate these trade-offs, Violent Victors links war outcomes with democratic outcomes to shed essential new light on political lif…

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Agenda 11.9.23 - Sarah Maltby tells us what her constituents are thinking 24:32

10M ago24:32

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Sarah Maltby is one of the new crop of MHKs elected at the 2021 general election. One of two Manx Labour MHKs Sarah has taken up the Social Security role in Treasury. She’s had a busy summer knocking on doors and finding out what her constituents in Douglas South are thinking. Sarah gives us all the skeet on what she’s been finding out. There is so…

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Agenda 4.9.23 - Julie Edge talks exam results, industrial relations and drag queens. 24:32

10M ago24:32

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With all the exam results out now how does Education Minister Julie Edge MHK think Manx students have done? Relations between teachers and the Department have been shakey at best over the past few years. Are there signs of improvement now? And what’s the latest on the QE2 drag queen affair? Were you inspired by your teachers? Is there too much bure…

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Dingers 0246 - Call on Me 57:55

11M ago57:55

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It's call-up season. Before we turn our attention to the draft we give some insight into some call-ups we will see and some to focus on.

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Annie Pfeifer's To The Collector Belong The Spoils 32:42

11M ago32:42

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In episode seven of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights To the Collector Belong the Spoils: Modernism and the Art of Appropriation by Annie Pfeifer. Positing a shadow history of modernism rooted in collection, citation, and paraphrase, To the Collector Belong the Spoils traces the movement's artistic innovation to its preocc…

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Michele M Moody-Adams's Making Space For Justice 29:00

11M ago29:00

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Michele M Moody-Adams's Making Space For JusticeIn episode six of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Making Space for Justice: Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope by Michele M Moody-Adams. With this work, Dr. Moody-Adams contends that the insights arising from social movements are critical to bridgi…

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Lauren Robertson's Entertaining Uncertainty In The Early Modern Theatre 29:51

11M ago29:51

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In episode five of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Entertaining Uncertainty in the Early Modern Theater: Stage Spectacle and Audience Response by Lauren Robertson. This original study shows that the theater of Shakespeare and his contemporaries responded to the crises of knowledge that roiled through early modern England…

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Dingers 0245 - Shell we make a deal? 2:06:49

11M ago2:06:49

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Trade deadlines left right and center. Are you making deals or watching from the sideline?

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Bruce Robbins's Criticism and Politics 31:39

11M ago31:39

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In episode four of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Bruce Robbins's Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction. This accessible introduction to cultural theory asks, "What is criticism for?" and presents an answer in the form of an original polemic about the purpose of criticism.…

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Andreas Huyssen's Memory Art in the Contemporary World 30:30

12M ago30:30

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In episode three of the new season of the SOF/Heyman Bookshelf, host highlights Andreas Huyssen's Memory Art in the Contemporary World: Confronting Violence in the Global South. Andreas Huyssen deals with the ever-expanding field of transnational memory art, which has emerged from a political need to come to terms with traumatic historical pasts, f…

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Agenda 31.7.23 - Julie Edge MHK on the impartiality of the Tynwald committee that polices the standards and conduct of Tynwald members. 24:32

12M ago24:32

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Onchan MHK Julie Edge brought two motions to July Tynwald which sought to increase the impartiality of the Tynwald committee that polices the standards and conduct of Tynwald members. In an emotional speech Ms Edge refered to an episode of bullying which she claimed to be the victim of in the previous House of Keys. Is it reasonable that the Speake…

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Dingers 0244 - How to master prospect timelines 1:51:27

12M ago1:51:27

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The trade deadline is around the corner. Prospects will be thrown around everywhere like fastballs in a Riley Pint start. Time to learn about who's coming and when you need to grab them.

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