Best Yorkshire Housing Podcasts (2024)

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13/07/24 Farming Today This Week: The new Defra Secretary, Great Yorkshire Show, new planning rules in rural areas 24:43

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The Great Yorkshire Show was the first chance for the new Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, to chat with farmers since his appointment, less than a week before. The new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has committed to relaxing planning rules for house building. It could mean quite a change for rural areas; especially…

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12/07/2024: Welsh farm payments, Michael Mosley a tribute, Lab-grown meat, AI in ecosystems 14:04

1d ago14:04

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There is a response from farmers to the Welsh government consultation with its farmers on the replacement for EU funding which previously caused mass protests. A personal tribute to the late broadcaster and doctor Michael Mosley known on Radio 4 for his series Just One Thing, which was aimed to improve our health, and wellbeing. A preview of Radio …

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11/07/24 - The Great Yorkshire Show 14:00

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The 165th Great Yorkshire Show takes place this week just outside Harrogate. There are 35,000 people due to attend on each day and 8,500 livestock entries taking to the show rings. Anna Hill meets some of the people showing their pigs, learns about different breeds of pigeon and attends the Battle of the Butchers. She also meets the new DEFRA Secre…

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10/07/2024: Great Yorkshire Show; Coughing pigs; AI weather forecasting 14:28

3d ago14:28

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Farmers at the 165th Great Yorkshire Show say what they are hoping to come from the new Labour government. The dream of farmers is to be able to accurately predict the weather, now a group of scientists are pitching in to help with AI – Artificial Intelligence. AI is also assisting on a pig farm, helping the farmer to predict if any of his animals …

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Not a tenner 1:00:50

4d ago1:00:50

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Graham and Joe are back to talk through Leeds' one addition and several outgoings of the past week, to ponder the likelihood of Connor Roberts' Elland Road return, a 'nightmare scenario', Red Bull stunt planes, dog balls and nap-time. Listen, share and subscribe now.

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09/07/2024: New farming minister; Rural housing; Robots 14:14

4d ago14:14

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The new Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to relaxing planning rules for housebuilding, a representative of various rural groups gives her response. Corinne Pluchino is the new Chief Executive of Action with Communities in Rural England - ACRE - a national charity representing 38 county based organisations across England. The new Secretary of …

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08/07/24 Artificial intelligence for agri market research, Lakenheath Fen, vertical salad farm 11:57

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From interpreting pigs coughs to detect disease to analysing biodiversity data; all this week we’re going to be talking about artificial intelligence and its use in agriculture. Today, how AI is being used to sift out inaccurate agricultural market research. A year ago the RSPB started turning land that was once arable fields, next to its site at L…

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Episode 185: Interview Special with Pete Oxley, founder of the band Hejira, who celebrate the music of Joni Mitchell; New film in the works by indie film legend, Richard Linklater; Glastonbury 2024 Highlights ... 32:00

6d ago32:00

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Graham and Charles interview Pete Oxley, the guitarist and bandleader behind, Hejira - a group that celebrates the music of Joni Mitchell and is definitely not a tribute band. Their setlist is drawn from Joni Mitchell's live album, Shadows And Light. Comprising highly experienced jazz musicians, Hejira is fronted by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead. …

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06/07/24 - Farming Today This Week: Election analysis, soft fruit farming and bee breeding 25:00

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Labour have won the General Election - so what does it mean for food, farming and the environment across the UK? We visit a soft fruit farm where flexible solar panels are being draped over the polytunnels to produce both electricity and strawberries from the same land. And most beekeepers sell honey - but we visit a pair who also sell queen bees, …

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04/07/24 University investment, farmer comedian, blueberries 13:59

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Reading University has bought £16m worth of farmland to improve its research into food and farming. The 635-acre site at Tanners Farm, Farley, includes pasture, arable land and woodland and is an addition to the farmland and facilities the university already owns. The university's vice-chancellor said the purchase would help secure the future of ag…

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Lego Stadium 1:02:31

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Archie Gray has left the building, but Joe Rodon is back and ready for more. It was a turbulent weekend which bled into early this week with rumours aplenty and hares sent running wild. Graham and Joe are on hand to confirm, dispel and inform on what exactly went on over the past couple of days. Listen, share and subscribe now.…

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03/07/2024 - Creamery closure, bee numbers, wildflowers, Scottish raspberries 14:04

10d ago14:04

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A creamery which has been producing Stilton since 1780 is due to close its doors with the loss of 60 jobs. Tuxford and Tebbutt in Melton Mowbray is owned by the farmer co-operative Arla, which has been trying to sell the creamery as a going concern.They've blamed the closure on what they say is a decline in the speciality cheese market. Dairy indus…

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02/07/24 - Danish methane tax, Electric Berries and rural/urban voting habits 14:06

11d ago14:06

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Danish farmers are facing a tax on methane from cattle, pigs and slurry. The charges will be based on how many animals a farmer has, and what sort of farming system they use. There will be money available for farmers to introduce technical solutions, such as covering up slurry storage, to reduce emissions. We visit a soft fruit farm in Kent which i…

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Calling Outer Space - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #18 1:08:19

12d ago1:08:19

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Can the three Harley brothers can be stopped from robbing the bank and destroying the town of Goldspur? Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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01/07/2024 Fishing industry's election wish list; Breeding bees; Soft fruits 12:02

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"Fishing is about food - it's not a conservation problem, or heritage activity, or a hobby" the words of the fishing industry to politicians as we enter the final few days of campaigning before the general election. The National Federation of Fisherman's Organisations is calling for an incoming government to develop a national fishing strategy. Now…

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Episode 184: Summer Music Festival Preview; Graham's Celebrity Diaries; Arts Manifestos; Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate Preview 36:55

13d ago36:55

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Charles and Graham preview summer festivals including Deer Shed Festival and Leeds Festival. Graham revels in his exciting diary: meeting the star of Ken Loach's last film The Old Oak and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey in Harrogate in the same week. Charles reports on how the arts are being treated in the election manifestos. Graham previews the next …

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29/06/2024 - Farming Today This Week: Election Special 25:00

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Charlotte Smith hosts an "election special" looking at rural manifesto promises - she explores what's on offer on food, farming, the environment and rural services. She's joined by rural correspondents from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Presented by Charlotte SmithProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons…

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28/06/2024 Election manifestos; Flower farming; Hemlock 13:53

15d ago13:53

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All week we've been looking at party manifestos and politicians' pledges on food and farming. We've head from the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats - today we round up what the other parties are offering the countryside. We meet a family of flower growers in Cornwall who've been farming in the Tamar Valley for half a century. Barry Ri…

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Episode 183: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets vs Foo Fighters; Unfortunate at the Grand Opera House, York; New Viggo Mortensen Film, The Dead Don't Hurt; Cowton live at Brudenell Social Club 39:38

16d ago39:38

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Graham reports on seeing Pink Floyd, well Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in York and Foo Fighters in Manchester in two days. Who won? Charles considers what makes a good new musical stand out, after seeing Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch at Grand Opera House, York? Graham reflects on Viggo Mortensen's new film as director -…

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27/06/24 Lib Dem's Manifesto, Groundswell regenerative farming, Sark considers Sunday tractors 13:40

16d ago13:40

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All this week we're hearing from the main political parties on what they're offering farmers and rural communities this election. Today it's the turn of the Liberal Democrats who say they'll put an extra £1 billion a year into the agriculture budget. When the Groundswell show started eight years ago it was a small event for the then rather niche 'r…

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O'Hair 50:46

17d ago50:46

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Leeds United's fixture list for 2024/25 has been released. Graham and Joe share their favourite and least favourites ahead of the new season, discuss Jack Harrison's loan exit, dyeing your hair blue, an update on Leeds' transfer business so far and plenty more. Listen, share and subscribe now.

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26/06/24 - Labour's Manifesto, regen farming and high yielding wheat 14:13

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A "New Deal for Farming" including better trade deals and more public procurement of home grown food - we hear what's in the Labour Party manifesto on farming, the environment and rural communities. It's part of a series of political interviews with the main parties that will run on the programme across the week. Groundswell is the biggest UK event…

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Ghost Riders of Goldspur - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #17 55:34

18d ago55:34

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Can the three Harley brothers can be stopped from robbing the bank and destroying the town of Goldspur? Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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25/06/24 - Conservative manifesto, venison in school and dormice reintroductions 13:49

18d ago13:49

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An extra billion pounds across the next Parliament for farming and legally binding targets on food production - we hear what's in the Conservative Party manifesto on farming, the environment and rural communities. It's part of a series of political interviews with the main parties that will run on the programme across the week. Learning about food …

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22/06/24 - The Royal Highland Show, UK salads and heritage wheat 25:05

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The 240th Royal Highland Show is taking place just outside Edinburgh, and more than 200,000 people expected to attend over the 4 days of the show. We hear from some of the breeders showing cattle at the show. In 2022, the UK grew 162,000 tonnes of lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers and celery - worth more than 200 million pounds. This time…

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21/06/24 The Royal Highland Show 13:54

22d ago13:54

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Charlotte Smith visits the Royal Highland Show for its 240th year to talk cattle, politics and farmers' health. Produced by Beatrice Fenton.By BBC Radio 4

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It's a Salzburg thing 57:49

23d ago57:49

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This week on the Inside Elland Road podcast, another of the returning loanees hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Graham and Joe ponder Crysencio Summerville to Brighton, consider the pros and cons of Jack Harrison extending his loan move to Everton and assess the European Championships so far. Listen, share and subscribe now. Disclaimer:…

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19/06/24 - Re-doing the Green Revolution, the Landworkers' Alliance manifesto and horticulture training 14:20

24d ago14:20

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Could the plant breeding achievements of the Green Revolution be started again from scratch? That's the hope of scientists at the John Innes Centre, who say modern commercial varieties of wheat used by farmers could be replaced with better ones, using wheat lines collected a century ago. Back in the 1920s, an enterprising plant scientist named Arth…

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Secrets of the Lost Island - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #16 52:07

25d ago52:07

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A wave lifts you into the air and throws you onto an empty beach. You have just been shipwrecked on Lost Island, where the mysterious Dr. Lamprey rules a strange underwater world. Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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18/06/24 - Contaminated salad leaves, UK grown tomatoes and Soil Association election manifesto 13:58

25d ago13:58

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A recent E-coli outbreak is thought to have been caused by contaminated salad leaves. There have been over 200 confirmed cases of food poisoning across the UK caused by e-coli bacteria found in manure, with nearly half those affected admitted to hospital. So how does the bacteria get into the salad, and what are farmers doing to prevent it? As part…

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17/06/24 Salad sales down, farming in the party manifestos, dung beetle conference 11:48

26d ago11:48

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With the rain continuing and below average temperatures, the outlook isn't so sunny for UK salad growers. We look at some of the detail in the main parties' manifestos to see what they're promising on issues like the agriculture budget, food security and England's badger cull. Sometimes described as a farmer's best friend, dung beetles consume, bur…

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Episode 182: Vinyl Sessions with Hotel Californa; PechaKucha in York; Moby Dick at York Theatre Royal; The Resilience and Excellence of York band Percy 36:54

28d ago36:54

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Graham reports on the return of Vinyl Sessions and the, perhaps, surprising, hidden depths of The Eagles, as the band's Hotel California is played in full in front of a packed and appreciative crowd in Harrogate. Charles has a fun and fascinating evening at a PechaKucha event in York and then asks: how do you evoke a whale inside a theatre in Simpl…

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15/06/24 - Reproductive ethics in livestock, dog DNA and seed breeding 25:08

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Three UK vet practices are now offering IVF for cows. It's a common practise for dairy cows to be made pregnant using artificial insemination, but IVF is more specialist. It allows for multiple embryos to be produced from one particularly good cow, meaning the genetics of a herd can be improved more quickly and its health and productivity improved.…

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14/06/24 IVF in dairy cows, CLA election manifesto, flooding, Kate Humble at the Hay Festival 14:07

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The vets using IVF to improve dairy herds, and could a new 2-stage planning system help kickstart the rural economy? We hear from the CLA on what it wants from the next government.In a special episode of On Your Farm recorded at the Hay Festival, Kate Humble explains how she accidentally ended up buying a council farm in the beautiful Wye Valley in…

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This house believes 1:03:46

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This week on the Inside Elland Road podcast, it's one in, one out, The Great Rasmus Debate, what to do if you're Liam Cooper and Jamie Shackleton, Graham plays judge, jury, executioner and newsletter promoter, whilst also delivering a sincere tribute to a departing friend and colleague. Listen, share and subscribe now.…

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Spellcaster - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #15 1:00:23

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You have won a million dollars which you must spend within a month in order to win five million more, fail to spend it... and suffer the consequences. Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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Full body submersion 1:01:32

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Graham and Joe are back to (briefly) recap the weekend at Wembley, £9 pints of Guinness in plastic cups, Archie Gray's future, conversations with Paraag Marathe, Red Bull gives you wiiiii-- front-of-shirt sponsorship and minority investment and the verdict on Daniel Farke. Listen, share and subscribe now.…

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Episode 181: Yes, Live in York; Demarco's Edinburgh Book; Billie Eilish; Dexys Live in Scarborough; Vinyl Sessions Prreview 34:51

1M ago34:51

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Charles taunts Graham with a review on Charles Hutch Press of Yes, live in York. Will Graham ever see Yes live? Graham discusses the book, Demarco’s Edinburgh (Richard Demarco and Roddy Martine, 2023) about the history of Edinburgh International Festival chronicling the struggles and success of legendary Scots maverick arts impresario, Richard Dema…

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R.L. Stine's Instant Millionaire - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #14 56:36

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You have won a million dollars which you must spend within a month in order to win five million more, fail to spend it... and suffer the consequences. Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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Episode 180: Interview special with Chantel McGregor; Isaac Hayes and Gatefold Record Sleeves; National Service; Anton Lesser in York 35:02

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Charles and Graham welcome special guest, musician, Chantel McGregor. Bradford born, Chantel is a rock musician and female guitar prodigy, who enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark at BTEC, with 18 distinctions. Chantel followed this with a First Class Honours degre…

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Midnight at Monster Mansion - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #13 55:07

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Your car is out of gas and you go to Monster Mansion seeking help. Vampires, werewolves, and zombies await you! Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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The NeverEnding Story 1:03:54

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Here we are then. One final pre-match press conference of the season done and dusted, 50 or so games later and Leeds are in the play-off final. On the cusp of glory or despair. Will Wembley Stadium have sufficient dairy-free options for Graham? Has he submitted his EFL accreditation properly? Answers in this week's podcast, which as you might've gu…

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Journey to Vernico 5 - Turn to Page - Twist-A-Plot #12 48:20

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It is the year 2113 and something is very wrong on the strange planet Vernico 5 where you get roped into interplanetary political espionage. Turn to Page Intro by Christoph Jakob Character Art by Sam Caron

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