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We make short weekly radio reports about life in Brussels - and we help other people make podcasts, too. Hear our work every Sunday at 1pm on BRUZZ (98.8FM) in Brussels.
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Got a few minutes? That's all you need to catch up with the truly odd, real things going on in the world today... no, not THAT weirdness. The OTHER weirdness. Stories you haven't heard elsewhere, direct from radio's storehouse of weird news and conversation starters, Talk Topics at AllAccess.com. Daily, and short. Real short. Follow Talk Topics on Twitter @talktopics and Perry Michael Simon at @pmsimon wherever fine social media is available.
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Conversations about the intersections of media, culture and technology in New Zealand, hosted by Duncan Greive, founder of The Spinoff. We'd love it if you're able to take a few minutes to fill out this short survey about The Fold so we can learn more about our listening community and what you'd like to hear on this series. Please click here to fill out the survey.
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Are New Member Expectations Being Realized V102N8
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by MW Bro Brian J. Murphy, PGM – Montana. Here we have a timely and stirring discussion about our new members, starting with a quote from Socrates: “The secret of Change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but building on the new.” Enjoy, and do sha…
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A new documentary on the national rugby team due its own breakout era
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The All Blacks were early on the sports doc series train – but the result was widely panned, due to a sense the subjects weren't willing to really open up for it. Robyn Paterson has directed a new series for Sky on the Wheel Blacks, a team she says has far more candour than their more famous counterparts. She joins Duncan Greive to discuss the chan…
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Stuff's CEO is gone, TVNZ eyes a paywall and sports, and the moral complexity of the surging TAB
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Duncan Greive and Glen Kyne discuss the bombshell announcement that Laura Maxwell is leaving Stuff, with owner Sinead Boucher to take over in the interim. What does it say about Stuff's strategy, and who might replace her? Plus signals suggest TVNZ is making a big play into sports and a paywall – what does that mean for the state broadcaster, and f…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Rev Bro Richard D. Campbell, GCh – NY, first published in March 1986. Despite being written 40 years ago, this is just about as timely an episode as we’ll find. Here, we explore our motivations as men and Masons. May we all hear the call for connections of Brotherhood to prevail i…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Stephen M. L. Pollard, Executive Secretary of the MSA from 1977 – 1987, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Here we find some excellent stories about why men became Masons. I have presented this episode in several stated meetings in differ…
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Is the Film Commission / NZ on Air merger now inevitable? Plus a meltdown in pay TV – and an intriguing NZME-Sky tie-up
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Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive to discuss the appointment of Graeme Mason to chair the NZ Film Commission board. The former Screen Australia boss seems the strongest signal yet that the NZFC and NZ on Air are coming together. We run through some worrying signs out of US cable – and ask what they mean for the potential sale of Foxtel, Sky's Australia…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Rev Bro Lee S. Donahue. GCh – Quebec, first published in August 2000. The office of Chaplain was instituted in the early years of English speculative Freemasonry. Though Freemasonry is not a religion or a religious order, the office of Chaplain is one that exists in all lodges, an…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 1927, is by an unknown author, and is brought to us by RW Bro Pete Cutler, PDDGM 14th Maine. In Masonic symbolism, the Lambskin Apron holds precedence. It is the initial gift of Freemasonry to a candidate, and at the end of life’s pilgrimage, it is reverently placed …
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How NZ film's b-grade outlaw king ended up making one for the whole family
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Ant Timpson has spent much of his life at war with the establishment. With ventures like the Incredibly Strange Film Festival and 48 Hours, he courted controversy and made a home for misfits of film. Now he's a veteran of governance and has directed a family film – albeit one with a killer psychedelic mushrooms sequence. He joins Duncan Greive on T…
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Netflix is in a category of one, ThreeNews wobbles and the NZ Herald holds the centre
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Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive to discuss earnings season in big tech media, with particularly noteworthy results for Meta and Netflix. Locally 1News has opened up a big 25-54 lead over Stuff's ThreeNews – partly using overwhelming force at the Olympics, the NZ Herald debuts an instructive piece of data journalism, and Ant Timpson's Bookworm lends i…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Ill Bro Alphonse Cerza and was first published in November 1977. In this enlightening episode we discuss the three cardinal virtues expressed in the Entered Apprentice degree. For those of us who have been Masons for a while and for those who are new to the Craft, this discussion is …
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Alexander Peratore, Cornerston #216, Portland ME. Every Lodge in the world had a beginning, and how that happened is the interesting discussion here. Freemasons are encouraged to know the histories of their respective Lodges and Grand L…
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NEW FORMAT: NZ media news and analysis – with Glen Kyne
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Duncan Greive is joined by recently-departed WBD leader Glen Kyne to pilot a brand new format for The Fold. It features Duncan and Glen analysing new strands in local and international media, along with regular deep dives into different aspects of the business. The first episode features reflections an explainer on why TV advertising fell off a cli…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Leon Zeldis, editor of the Israeli Freemason, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Color is deeply involved with Masonic symbolism, and here we find an excellent discussion. Also, we are celebrating more than 600,000 downloads of Podcast episodes. Enjo…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and is brought to us by Bro Alexander Peratore, Cornerstone #216, Portland ME. Dr. Newton is, indeed, one of the prolific voices in our gentle Craft, having penned many Short Talks, and several books, including “The Builders”, of which this is an ex…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 1953, is by an unknown author, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. We all know the names of famous Masons: Washington, Revere, Franklin and Voltaire, to name a few. Our gentle Craft is just chock full of regular brothers, going about thei…
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Who starts a print magazine during a pandemic?
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Jenn Cheuk is the founder and editor-in-chief of Rat World, "a magazine for the underground" she publishes in Tāmaki Makaurau. Now up to issue seven, it radiates the specific energy of driven, fragile yet urgent creativity across forms ranging from lengthy interviews to comics to photography, covering art, theatre music and more. She joins Duncan G…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is taken from an address to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky at their annual communication, by the visiting Grand Master of Tennessee, Casey Hood. The recording of that address is presented here. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your […]…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 1961, is by an unknown author, and is brought to us by Bro Alexander Peratore, Cornerstone #216, Portland ME. This Short Talk takes a deep dive into the history of America, naming and celebrating patriots, both Freemasons and non, and discusses motives for […]…
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Visit Brussels is making a major investment in Queer Destinations. Rika Jean-François, the head of International Business Relations for QD explains what they do and why Visit Brussels' participation is so special. https://queerdestinations.com/By podcasts.brussels
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Every so often Valérie Lepla, owner and creator of the iconic Brussels restaurant Pistolet Original, asks a favorite chef to create a special pistolet. This time around she asked Nicolas Misera of Restaurant Misera in Antwerp to do the honors. He explains what he has concocted for a cool sensation, a pistolet based on the local sea's bounty. www.pi…
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Brethren, these Short Talks on the same subject are brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME, and were originally presented at the Southeastern Masonic Conference in Atlanta GA in August 1968 as part of a program dealing with the obligations of a Worshipful Master. Do share this and all of […]…
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Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro George Harrison, Past Grand Marshall – IA, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Tuckpointing is the process of removing old mortar and replacing it with new mortar on older brick and stone structures. Here we […]…
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