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Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside
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Alice in Wonderland: Part 10: Alice's evidence
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Alice is at the trial. Will the Queen let her escape without a punishment?By BBC Radio
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Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum mystery object
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The Royal Society’s Insight Investment Science Book Prize’s shortlist has just been announced. Over the next few weeks, Marnie and Adam will be chatting to the six authors in line for the prestigious prize. They’ll be getting a guided tour of ‘The Body – a Guide for Occupants’ with Bill Bryson; Discussing ‘Life According to Physics’ with Jim Al Kha…
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The BBC Music Introducing Mixtape With Tom Robinson
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An hour of top tunes from Public Body, HMS Morris, FS Komodo, Natalie Holmes, The Zang!, Colourtelly, Graver Ekow, The Last Dinosaur, Hector Gannet, emzae, StanLei, C-Beem, Chinwe, Frank Birtwistle, Shoun Shoun, Harold Nono, Berry Brown, and Victoria Jane Kearney handpicked by Tom Robinson from the BBC Introducing Uploader.…
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Fighting Talk
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James Haskell, Neil Danns, Natalie Paweleck, Neil Delamere
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Former England Rugby player James Haskell, footballer and coach Neil Danns, football presenter Natalie Paweleck and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction.In the final r…
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Simon de Montfort and England’s First Revolution
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In a talk that she delivered at our 2019 BBC History Magazine History Weekend in Winchester, historian Sophie Ambler tells the story of Simon de Montfort’s doomed rebellion against King Henry III in the 13th century. Historyextra.com/podcast Enter the podcast survey here: https://immediateinsiders.com/uc/admin/65da/?a=1&b=6 Survey closes Sunday 4th…
The first formal face-to-face Afghanistan peace talks are underway in Doha, the capital of the Gulf State of Qatar. These historic negotiations between the Afghan Taliban and a delegation of the Afghan government are focused on finding a negotiated end to a destructive war that’s now lasted more than four decades. How much have the Taliban changed …
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Business Matters
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US presidential election: Debating the issues
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In the last of our election specials, we debate the big issues with a republican and democrat. William Spriggs is chief economist at The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations - a democrat appointed to the Department of Labor by President Obama. Michael Johns is the National Tea Party movement co-founder and leader, a…
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World Business Report
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Update: Wall St waiting for news of covid vaccine
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Chris Low of FHN Financial says markets expect to hear from pharmaceutical companies within the next two weeks on progress with a covid vaccine, and that could end the current period of flatness.We're rounding up a week of special programmes on the US election. We speak to Sarah Bryner, research director at the Center for Responsive Politics, in Ch…
For the first time in US history, a woman lain in state in the Capitol in Washington DC. The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was honoured in a private ceremony attended by family members and invited guests.Also, French police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in an attack near former offices of the satirical magazin…
With widespread unease over the government 's handling of the pandemic, Tom Shakespeare proposes that ordinary citizens should be allowed a greater say in what rules we should be following. "Then there would be no elites to blame," he says, "because the people making the decisions would be you and me, and our deliberations would be public." Produce…
Why am I embarrassed to be naked? Chumbuzzo in Zambia wonders. And what would happen if we ditched our clothes and embraced nudity? Presenter Anand Jagatia and Producer Caroline Steel spend the day naked with other naturists to see if they can shift their embarrassment. Maybe there are good evolutionary reasons to cover up or perhaps we are contrib…
Jennie and the team look ahead to the Russian Grand Prix. We hear from Lewis Hamilton as he attempts to equal Michael Schumacher’s 91 race wins and get reaction to the appointment of Stefano Domenicali as new president and chief executive officer of Formula 1.By BBC Radio 5 live
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159. Propelling Cobwebs and Twisting Rivers, with Annie Nightingale
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This week on the podcast, Fi and Jane chat to broadcaster, DJ and radio superstar Annie Nightingale. The Radio 1 presenter speaks tells them about why she's a night owl rather than a morning lark, what's she's looking for in a record and they reminisce about the millennium bug. Before they connect to Annie, Fi and Jane compare catalogue purchases a…
Kathy Clugston chairs the horticultural panel show. Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Pottage are on hand to answer questions from green-fingered listeners.This week the panellists are joined by a virtual audience as they tackle questions on how to ripen tomatoes and the best plants to provide pollen late in the season, and help a liste…
Rory Cellan-Jones examines how misinformation spreads across online platforms. Plus, why Tesla’s Elon Musk is promising a $25,000 fully autonomous electric car. And former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, co-chair of Facebook’s new oversight board, on how the body will handle controversies relating to the US election. With BBC tech rep…
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What now for the family of Breonna Taylor?
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Another night of anti-racism protests in Louisville, Kentucky - so what now for the family of Breonna Taylor, the African-American woman shot by police there in March? We'll speak to the family's lawyer. Also in the programme: a rare apology from North Korea for the killing of a South Korean official; and more than one hundred whales rescued in Aus…
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'What we don’t want is for an outbreak of coronavirus in a university to result in students going home and spreading the virus'
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Students in Scotland have been warned not to visit pubs or restaurants this weekend or go home after hundreds of students across Scotland tested positive for Covid. Sir Mark Walport, a member of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told Martha Kearney: "Universities are very large communities, they bring together people from …
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'I never thought I'd be speaking to you Gary, that's a wonderful surprise '
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Spurs legend Gary Mabbutt makes his 1,000th call to lifelong Spurs fan - 76 year old Roger Peerless - as part of the clubs charity drive to help the vulnerable during the pandemic. Mabbutt has spent two hours a day since March making calls to vulnerable fans. He was in conversation with the Today Programme’s Garry Richardson.Credit: Press Associati…
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The Windrush generation, Jess Gillam, Waiving your right to anonymity
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Windrush campaigner, Paulette Wilson’s brave decision to speak to Amelia Gentleman about the immigration issues she was facing with the Home Office was crucial in exposing the Windrush scandal. In her book, The Windrush Betrayal, Gentleman tells the full story of her investigation. Campaigner, Glenda Caesar was also caught up in the hostile environ…
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Toussaint Louverture’s revolutionary life
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Historian Sudhir Hazareesingh talks to us about Black Spartacus, his acclaimed new biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture who battled against slavery and European colonial rule at the turn of the 19th century. Historyextra.com/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.…
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Witness History
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Bush v Gore: The 'hanging chads' US election of 2000
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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, a 'swing-state', where irregularities and technical problems added to the confusion. In the end it's thought there were just a few …
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Friday's business with Katie Prescott
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How are people in business, such as comedian John Martin (pictured), reacting to the new Job Support Scheme? Plus the market reaction to the JSS, and public sector finances.By BBC Radio 4
Felicity Hannah gets reaction from business, workers and self employed on the Chancellor's next set of schemes to save jobs. But what about those that find themselves 'unviable'?By BBC Radio 5 live
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Business Matters
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US presidential election: Focus on Ohio
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We hear from Republican and Democrat supporters in the Buckeye State, land of industry and agriculture, in the fourth of our US election specials. Sasha Twining is joined throughout the programme by Karen Keslar, bureau chief at the Statehouse News Bureau in Columbus, to discuss issues affecting the state, including farming, education and the envir…
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World Business Report
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Update: How will markets react to a second stimulus package?
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As Nancy Pelosi suggests a second government stimulus package of $2.4 trillion, Cary Leahey of Decision Economics in New York explains how the market reacted. Also in the programme, all this week we're examining issues affecting voters in key US battleground states ahead of November's presidential election. Today we go to Ohio, and hear from the ch…
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Conservatism, Philanthropy, Liberal and socialist futures
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Edmund Fawcett's latest book focuses on the historic and contemporary conflicts in Conservatism. He describes how the constant tensions within the Conservative political thought have been exposed and what it might mean for the continuation of the tradition.Paul Vallely argues that philanthropy is about more than mere altruism. It is always an expre…
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Coronavirus: EU urges immediate action to counter second wave
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The European health commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, said some member states already had more Covid-19 cases than during the peak of the pandemic in Spring.Also in the programme: Senior US Republicans issue reassurances that there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses November's presidential election; and the sniffer dogs of …
Sweden decided not to lockdown like other countries - was it the right decision?David Aaronovitch explores the Swedish experience of the pandemic and reveals that, for a country which didn't officially lockdown, it still introduced significant changes to everyday life, from school closures to social distancing and the cancellation of theatre shows …
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World Business Report
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Coronavirus: Israel tightens second lockdown to avoid 'abyss'
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Israel is tightening its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown as case counts rise. Mehul Srivastava is Israel bureau chief for the Financial Times in Jerusalem, and explains the government's latest moves. And we hear how Israel's businesses could be impacted from Uriel Lynn, president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. Also in the…
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Outlook
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Life without parole: Our fight for freedom
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Brittany K. Barnett, an African American lawyer, grew up in the shadow of the US war on drugs in the 1980s. Like many others in her community in rural east Texas, Brittany’s mother was addicted to crack cocaine, and when Brittany was 22 years old, her mother was sentenced to eight years in prison. Only a few years later, she discovered the case of …
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Two police officers shot during Breonna Taylor protests
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Ms Taylor, 26, a black hospital worker, was shot six times as three officers raided her home on 13 March. A grand jury in the city of Louisville returned only one minor charge against one of the officers, for shots which hit a neighbouring apartment.Also on the programme: The British finance minister announces a new support scheme for businesses an…
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Ramblings
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Barry Farrimond, who plays Ed Grundy, on Dartmoor
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Barry Farrimond, who plays Ed Grundy in The Archers, takes Clare Balding for an adventurous hike across Dartmoor. As they navigate the granite boulders of Wistman's Wood and scramble cross the West Dart River, Barry discusses the challenges of recording The Archers during lockdown, the knot he invented a few years ago (the Farrimond Friction Hitch)…
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‘Cannot rule out students being asked not to return home at Christmas’
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A major outbreak of Covid-19 at Glasgow University has led to 124 students testing positive. The university said the actual number of infected students was "likely to be higher", and added that 600 people were self-isolating. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Nick Robinson he would “not rule anything out” when asked whether students at univers…
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Alison Steadman, Mary McAleese, The Woman's Hour Power List 2020, Chutney.
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The award-winning actor Alison Steadman joins Jenni to discuss her latest projects. ’23 Walks’ is a film telling a love story in later life, and ‘Life’ is a new BBC1 drama set in Manchester, and follows the stories of the residents of a large house divided into four flats. It explores love, loss, birth, death, the ordinary, the extraordinary and ev…
On the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s momentous voyage to North America, historian and author James Evans reflects on the Pilgrim Fathers and the colony they established, and considers how important it was to the history of America. Historyextra.com/podcast Enter the podcast survey here: https://immediateinsiders.com/uc/admin/65da/?a=1&b=6 Su…
Greece and Turkey have agreed to hold talks to help defuse their stand-off over disputed gas reserves near their shores. Ankara had deployed a research vessel accompanied by warships near a Greek island, and military exercises on both sides followed, giving rise to fears of war between the two long-term rivals, as Heidi Fuller Love reports from Cre…
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Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
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Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.By BBC Radio
Just over a year ago, 29 year old Lyra McKee was shot dead in Northern Ireland. The day after she was murdered, the parish priest in the part of Londonderry where she was shot was angry and deeply upset, and he spoke out against those who pulled the trigger. Father Joe Gormley knew it could be dangerous to be so vocal but nevertheless he said: "Our…
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about the Stone Age people who created the extraordinary images found in caves around the world, from hand outlines to abstract symbols to the multicoloured paintings of prey animals at Chauvet and, as shown above, at Lascaux. In the 19th Century, it was assumed that only humans could have made these, as Neande…
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about the Stone Age people who created the extraordinary images found in caves around the world, from hand outlines to abstract symbols to the multicoloured paintings of prey animals at Chauvet and, as shown above, at Lascaux. In the 19th Century, it was assumed that only humans could have made these, as Neande…
On 16 September 2007 private security guards employed by the American firm Blackwater opened fire on civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square. Seventeen Iraqis were killed, and another 20 injured. The Blackwater guards, who were escorting a convoy from the American embassy, claimed that they had come under attack from insurgents, but eye-witnesses and …
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Will the US presidential debates change the course of the election?
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On the 29th September the two US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden will take part in the first of three 90-minute live televised debates ahead of the presidential election in November. Tanya Beckett asks can the debates affect the outcome of the election?(Composite image of Joe Biden (Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) and Donald Trum…
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Thursday's business with Dominic O'Connell
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There are less than 100 days until the end of the Brexit transition period - how prepared are businesses?(Image: lorries queue on the A20 near Dover in Kent. Credit: Press Association)By BBC Radio 4
The Chancellor has ditched the Budget and will instead unveil a Winter Economic Plan. But with unemployment predicted to spike as furlough ends, will he extend the scheme or introduce an alternative? Felicity Hannah takes a look and asks businesses what they want - and need - to hear.By BBC Radio 5 live
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US presidential election: Focus on Texas
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In the third of our US election specials we are talking Texas. Rahul Tandon is joined live by Dr Rebecca Deen, an associate professor of political science at University of Texas, and Andy Uhler, a Texas based reporter for our sister programme Marketplace. The state is getting younger and more of those people are from the Hispanic community. We spea…
