Two women from different parts of the world, united by a common passion, experience or expertise, share the stories of their lives.
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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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Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Publi ...
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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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More people than ever are appreciating the importance of plants in our day to day lives. Whether it's a plant-based diet, clothes made from plants, the wellbeing qualities of plants, or simply a fun shelf of cacti and succulents! The Plant Based Podcast is about anything that can be traced back to plants… with subjects ranging from foraging for medicinal plants and baking with edible flowers, to plant-based body builders and clothes made from bamboo... This is not just another gardening podc ...
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When 16-year-old Sabrina cracks the cryptic Parallax, she’s recruited to track down a serial killer... who might not be from this world. Starring Anya Chalotra and Chance Perdomo. New episodes Tuesdays. Cast: Sabrina – Anya Chalotra Benny – Chance Perdomo Fergus – Samuel Adewunmi Harry – Enzo Cilenti Lynn – Leanne Best Mr Ahmed – Nabil Elouahabi Isabella – Hera Hilmar Efrat – Olivia Popica Ken – Akie Kotabe Other parts: Carl Prekopp, George Georgiou, Hugo Dryden, Clare Corbett, Kerry Shale P ...
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Join host Jack Baker as he explores under-appreciated conservation stories! Featuring interviews with the pioneering conservationists at the forefront of wildlife protection, the show promises to highlight every story – no matter how small, strange, or unexpected! 🦜 Also, look out for new episodes of ReZOO – The Zoo Review Podcast! Co-hosted by Jodi McFarlane, this series investigates the conservation work of zoos from around the world, while also offering perspective on the visitor experien ...
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Muscle Men is season one of Extreme, the BBC podcast that knows no limits. Each action-packed season tells the story of people who've pushed themselves to the very edge of what's physically or mentally possible - and in doing so, have changed the world... 1980s Los Angeles. A young, amateur bodybuilder named William Dillon comes to California in search of the supersized American dream - to get absolutely jacked. But beneath the smell of sweat, pulsing disco beats, and the rhythmic clank of w ...
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Follow head gardeners Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain as they reveal exactly what it’s like to be professional horticulturists leading busy teams on large, private estates. Lucy and Saul have a decade of Head Gardening experience and it soon became clear to them both that life as a Head Gardener can be incredibly diverse, occasionally challenging and hugely rewarding and so they regularly discuss horticultural topics close to their hearts and give you an insight into their lives as gardener ...
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When we garden, we grow. But more than just plants and flowers, we sow inspiration and creativity. This podcast explores new perspectives on gardening, innovation, artistry and individuality. Hosted by Tom Coleman, Social media & marketing expert, specialising in the Horticultural industry. Tom chats to those who are making huge strides in our sector and leaves listeners with even more ideas and motivation blossoming in their minds. This podcast is brought to you by headline sponsor Shrewsbu ...
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So how did you get your dream job? Every week Archie Biltcliffe, Ben and Michael speak to media industry leaders. From critically acclaimed journalists to your favourite creators, we talk to the people who are Plugged In. Instagram: www.instagram.com/pluggedinpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/pluggedin Produced by Archie Biltcliffe Music & Sound Design by Dylan Tarayan-Bibbs: www.instagram.com/dylan.oka
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For more than a decade two mugshots of fugitive environmentalists have sat amongst airplane hijackers, bombers and murders on the FBI’s Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists list. One of the photos is of a tall, hipster looking engineer from Seattle. He’s wearing a red shirt, has a light shadowy beard. His name: Joseph Mahmoud Dibee. The other photo is of a young white woman with thick eyebrows, piercing brown eyes and long brown hair. Across her back is a large tattoo: a bird with its wings outst ...
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Fashion Conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave is a bi-weekly interview series featuring lively discussions with artistic luminaries working at the forefront of fashion. Bronwyn’s guests include leading designers, best-selling authors, filmmakers, museum curators and Hollywood stylists. Her conversations go deep. Guests reveal the secrets to their artistry, thoughts on social issues impacting fashion and the personal challenges they’ve overcome realizing their dreams. Bronwyn is the author of b ...
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The Digital Irish Podcast tells a global story of Irish innovation. Successful Irish entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and global leaders share their journey on the path to success within Ireland and abroad.
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Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team keep you up to date with the Eurovision Song Contest.
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The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997. Belfast 1997. But not just any part of Belfast, gay Belfast. A place you've probably never heard of before. Cigarette smoke, aftershave and expectation fill the air in the only gay bar in the country. Sat having a drink on a night out is Darren Bradshaw. He was just 24 years old when he was shot dead in front of hundreds of people. His brutal murder by terrorists sparked fears of a return to all out violence ...
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An adventurous show with little reminders of the best things in life; run by the YesTribe, a community that helps nudge people towards finding out what they’re really capable of.
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Plants for problem places with Carol Klein
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One of the most simplest and effective ways to ensure our plants thrive is to choose the right plant and the right place to plant them in, but how do you know what plants should grow where? Carol Klein brings her extensive plant knowledge and enthusiasm to show you how to find the right plant for even the trickiest of garden spots. Learn more about…
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Sukarno: The founding father of Indonesian independence
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On the morning of 17 August 1945, the Indonesian nationalist leader, Sukarno, read out a statement declaring independence. It was broadcast to the country on radio and it came just two days after Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II. The announcement marked the culmination of years of struggle against Dutch colonial rule, which had lasted f…
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From Weightlifter to Tech Guru: How Emma Meehan & Precision Sports Technology is Revolutionizing Fitness
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Join us on this episode as we delve into the world of fitness technology with Emma Meehan, the founder of Precision Sports Technology. Emma, a computer scientist, weightlifter, and qualified personal trainer, is on a mission to revolutionize exercise through real-time movement analysis. In this episode, you'll hear: How Emma's unique background in …
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From 1912 until 1948, you could win medals in art at the Olympic Games, in categories such as architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture. At the London Games in 1948, Canadian composer John Weinzweig won a silver medal for his composition, Divertimento for Flute and Strings. Rachel Naylor speaks to his son, Daniel Weinzweig. Eye-witnes…
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Gardening in tiny spaces with Arit Anderson
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Gardens come in all shapes and sizes and with green space at a premium many of us are now gardening in a more bijou setting. So how do you design a garden in a tiny space to create a perfect pocket of horticultural delight? BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and award-winning garden designer Arit Anderson discusses space saving tips, how to create priv…
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Singer Clara Nunes is an icon of African Brazilian culture and known as the Queen of Samba. Her first samba song Ê Baiana was released in 1973. In 1974, the release of the song Conto de Areia secured her a place in history. Clara sold more records than any other Brazilian woman had before. She's considered to be one of the greatest samba singers of…
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Prior to the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas Venezuela, the issue of sports doping was largely flying under the American public’s radar. But when 19 athletes are found positive for using banned substances at the games, steroids are thrust into focus. And a stigma starts to grow. At the same time, authorities are cracking down on the manufacture …
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Women hitting the note on ancient instruments
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Musicians from China and Syria tell Datshiane Navanayagam about taking up traditional instruments and introducing them to western audiences. Wu Man is one of the world's foremost players of the pipa: a four-stringed Chinese lute which dates back 2000 years. She's also a composer and passionate advocate for Chinese traditional music. Maya Youssef fr…
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Ep. 232 - Is August the least favourite month for gardening, controversial but Lucy and Saul have a chat about it, plus trimming your dangling beans and how to break into some Garden writing.
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Join Alan Titchmarsh in a new Tea Break Tutorial series as he explores key gardening issues from combatting slugs and snails, to pond care, summer pruning, feeding and dividing plants, deadheading flowers and growing vegetables for winter. Here's your handy expert guide to gardening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi…
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In 1956, the two largest US parties agreed to participate for the first time in a televised debate ahead of the presidential elections. But instead of incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his Democratic opponent Adlai Stevenson, the audience watched two female representatives defending their candidates. Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt a…
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On 8 August 1974, Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign from office, following the Watergate scandal. This scandal began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in 1972, which was linked to Nixon’s re-election campaign. The release of tapes from within the White Ho…
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Plants in the wild rarely grow in isolation – from the fungal network beneath the soil to the layers of the jungle canopy, plants rely on their neighbours to form dynamic communities. And the same is true in your own garden – just think about growing leeks besides carrots to deter carrot fly. But how this companiable growing system really works and…
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In 1979, the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of US politics. It was set up to promote family values by religious conservatives from Catholic, Jewish and evangelical Christian communities. It urged Protestants, in particular, to go against the tradition of separating politics and religion. It encouraged them to vote Republican. Ri…
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Creating a community with Jenny Williams at The Laundry Garden
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This is one garden that needs no introduction... and that's because it's become an internet phenomenon in it's own right. The Laundry Garden might have started with humble aspirations to create a beautiful walled garden, but it's since become a whole community. In this episode of the Sip & Sow Podcast, Jenny explains the moment she decided to share…
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Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court
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The US presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest and most contested in history. It was more than a month before the result was decided after a Supreme Court decision. It all came down to the vote in Florida, where irregularities and technical problems added to the confusion. In the end it's thought there were just a few hundred votes in …
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Comedian Tom Allen reveals that he has always loved gardening. Embrasing gardening to the full, he discusses his unique seed sowing technique, favourite gardening tools, gardening attire and states that gardening is the new baking! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media
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Pete Souza was Chief Official White House Photographer during Barack Obama's presidency. His photo from when Bin Laden was killed by US soldiers in 2011 has become one of his most famous. He tells Uma Doraiswamy what that day was like leading up to the moment when he took the photo. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History i…
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Historian, podcaster and fitness expert Natalia Mehlman Petrzela lifts the lid on the steroid underground - a world of risk-taking and experimentation that lies beneath the glamorous surface of life in the 1980s LA gym scene. It’s all about making it big, at any cost. This is the scene that young bodybuilder William Dillon is initiated into, now th…
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Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to two women from Costa Rica and Switzerland about how animal behaviour is studied and what it reveals about life on our planet. Marta Manser from Switzerland is a Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Zurich. She is the project director of the Kalahari Meerkat Project and has studied the species for nearly…
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Ep. 231 - It's been hot! The professional gardening duo discuss how best to tackle watering in these high temperatures, and with school summer holidays in full swing we also showcase some family-friendly ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardeners are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show sea…
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Grab a cup of tea, sit down, and listen to Alan Titchmarsh tell all about how to deal with slugs and snails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media
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In 2014, the ice bucket challenge craze took over the internet. Millions of people including sports stars and celebrities filmed themselves being doused in ice cold water for charity. Nancy Frates' son Pete helped to make the ice bucket challenge become a phenomenon. Nancy tells Gill Kearsley the poignant story of how the challenge went from a simp…
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A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names of people who have died. Nearly 60 years ago, a group of university students set out on a bus to challenge the discrimination of Australia’s indigenous people. Led by Sydney University’s first indigenous undergraduate, Charles Perkins, they toured nort…
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In much the same way as gardeners nurture their growing space, it seems increasingly that we've come to understand how our plants and gardens nurture us in return. We never know quite what life is going to throw our way, and gardening can help us maintain the status quo and provide hope on some of those darkest days. When plantsman, author and regu…
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In 1998, brown bears were declared a protected species in Bulgaria and the ancient tradition of forcing them to dance for people's entertainment became illegal. A veterinarian called Dr Amir Khalil helped establish a bear sanctuary in the country, to look after the retired animals. In this programme, first broadcast in 2018, he spoke to Farhana Hai…
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Berry good: Inside the fruit farm with Moore Berries UK
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Their family started out growing strawberry plants in Norfolk over 30 years ago, but for Toby and Imagen this is a brand new journey, as they're just one year into their own soft fruit farm. Previously only available to commercial growers, they wanted to let home growers buy from them directly too, cutting out the middleman (often many) of nurserie…
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Yazidi genocide: A rescue mission on Mount Sinjar
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When Islamic State (IS) militants took control of Syria and Iraq in June 2014, the entire Yazidi population in Sinjar were immediately in grave danger. The Sunni Muslims of IS believed Yazidis were infidels and should either convert to Islam or be killed. On 3 August 2014, 5,000 Yazidis were killed on the first day of the genocide. For those who su…
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Turning your love of gardening into a profession is an increasingly viable option as a first job or a change in career, offering the possibility of working in public or private spaces in the UK or overseas, and potentially paving the way for related opportunities such as landscaping, garden design or garden presenting as Adam Frost explains. Learn …
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The man who smuggled punk rock across the Berlin Wall
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In 1983, punk rock was strictly forbidden in East Berlin. However, that didn’t stop young music obsessive Mark Reeder, from Manchester in the UK, smuggling cassettes, and then a punk band across the Berlin Wall. Mark shares how he arranged for the West German band, Die Toten Hosen, to perform illegally at a secret concert in a church. This episode …
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Meet William Dillon. A young amateur bodybuilder from small-town Illinois, who dreams of getting ripped. It’s the early 1980s and across the USA a fitness revolution is underway. Exercise has become a national pastime and Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking the jacked-up physique mainstream. Dillon is one of many young men with a new kind of American d…
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Music therapists from Spain and the UK tell Datshiane Navanayagam about the role music can have reducing isolation and easing some symptoms of dementia. Professor Melissa Mercadal-Brotons teaches music therapy at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. She was president of the World Federation of Music Therapy and her clinical and research work foc…
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Ep. 230 - The weather may dampen a few spirits, but gardening continues as Lucy visits RHS Wisley to trial some Tomatoes, Saul's first Ginger has flowered and listeners share some of their self-employed ...
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The Summer season has come full circle again, that time of year where everyone enjoys being outside, especially in their gardens on a long, sunny day. Gardener's are still in full flow - planting out new beds, mowing their lawns and cajoling their vegetable gardens into burgeoning yields. It's a great time to be alive in horticulture as the show se…
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For a quick, healthy crop this time of year, why not sow spinach! This nutrient-high leaf is easy to grow, can be harvested as a cut and come again crop or left a little longer for more substantial leaves, as the magazine's editor Kevin Smith explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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The first cold chain vaccination storage system
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In 1974, Ghana pioneered a new system which would help in the roll-out of the immunisation of serious diseases across Africa and the rest of the world. The World Health Organisation chose the country to trial its cold chain system, to help keep vaccines for often deadly diseases refrigerated. It would later evolve into the storage systems used to c…
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More than 10,000 Russian workers built the first line of the Moscow Metro which opened in 1935 to great fanfare. The spectacular stations were designed to show the world the power and possibility of Russian strength. Stalin wanted architects to design stations to be 'palaces for the people', with statues and structures built to make people look up …
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