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Always Take Notes is a fortnightly podcast from London for and about writers and writing. Hosts Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd speak to a diverse range of people in the industry on a variety of topics, from the mysteries of slush piles and per-word rates, to how data are changing the ways newspapers do business and how to pitch a book. patreon.com/alwaystakenotes
Launched during Lockdown 1.0, Broken Oars began life as a fun, informative and occasionally factually accurate podcast curated by two rowers who like talking about the art and practice of pushing boats down rivers backwards. You might think that there’s not a lot that can be said about that, but the Broken Oars team (one Southern One, one Northern One) have begged to differ. Aided and abettted by stellar guests from the world of rowing, elite sport and coaching, alongside journalists, subjec ...
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UK Packers Podcast - Let's Talk About London! - 30th June
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Do you want the low down on all things Packers in London? What tickets have sold? What tickets are available? Where to stay in London? How to get to the stadium? WE HAVE ALL THE INFO HERE! International Games expert Steve Sparkes runs through all the info!By UK Packers
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On Speaking and Being: The Power of Words, with Kübra Gümüsay
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Language is expressive, a way of opening doors or a tool for creating new dialogue. But a tool so powerful can also take us to unforeseen or unintended places. It can create narratives that become fixed, unhelpful, or exclusionary. Kübra Gümüsay is a writer and activist focusing on social justice and public discourse. Her new book is Speaking and B…
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The Sunday Debate: Has Sex Positivity Harmed Feminism?
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In today's world, we're often encouraged to think that sex is no longer a subject burdened with shame or repressed feelings. Rather, it is pleasurable, exciting and even empowering – as long as all parties are consenting. But do women really have the same sexual freedom as men, or are they still living in a man's world, conforming to male heterosex…
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Eton, Oxford, Westminster: The Formative Pipeline of Britain's Ruling Elite, with Simon Kuper
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Across Britain, it’s no secret that the people who make up the country's elected government have gone through the same familiar educational pipeline. Eton, Oxford, Westminster. Born into families of privilege, it’s unsurprising that these men, and it is largely men, have risen to the top in a country obsessed with social class. But while it’s clear…
In recent years China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group in the northwestern region of Xinjiang province. Nury Turkel was born in a re-education camp in Kashgar, Xinjiang in 1970. In 1995 he had the opportunity to leave China as a student and was never to return to his home a…
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Episode 39: The Joy of Henley Royal Regatta
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Ladies, Gentlemen, children of all ages ... The only rowing podcast that matters (apart from all of the others) returns - and it does so to celebrate all that is great and good about Henley Royal Regatta - just in time for the 2022 edition of one of the world's oldest and certainly one of the world's most prestigious rowing events. Broken Oars Podc…
Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist Monica Ali. Granta named her one of their brightest young British novelists in 2003 ahead of the publication of her first book, “Brick Lane”, which was then adapted into a film in 2007. She is also the author of “Alentejo Blue”, “In the Kitchen”, “Untold Story” and “Love Marriage” and has been nominated for …
Christopher Blattman is an economist, political scientist and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago. His new book is Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace, which explores why societies turn to violence and how poverty and oppression often go hand in hand with conflict. Chris's work has …
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The Sunday Debate: The Northern Ireland Question: Is it Time to Abandon The Protocol?
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The Northern Ireland Protocol – agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union in 2019 – has been a source of tension since it came into force at the start of 2021. The protocol, which creates a special trading arrangement for goods coming in and out of Northern Ireland (the only part of the UK with a land border with the EU), was suppose…
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BrokenOars Indoors - The Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide, V2, (with full audio)
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In a new BrokenOars Indoors series we will be going through some of the best (and the worst) training programs out there for indoor rowing (and rowing). The first, whilst no means perfect, is one of the best. The (old) Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2. Download here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/19h3RpbMkNhsfOt5jl3BljV0vGWjn1Fe0/view…
Tracing Russia’s vast border, which meets those of 14 other countries, helps tells the history of Russia itself. From its imperial past to Soviet-era expansions and contractions leading up to its current war of aggression in Ukraine today, the Russian border is a landscape of uneasy uncertainty for many of the country's immediate neighbours. Erika …
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BrokenOars Indoors - The Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2, (please check out latest episode for full audio)
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In a new BrokenOars Indoors series we will be going through some of the best (and the worst) training programs out there for indoor rowing (and rowing). The first, whilst no means perfect, is one of the best. The (old) Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2. Download here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/19h3RpbMkNhsfOt5jl3BljV0vGWjn1Fe0/view…
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How to Be an Antiracist, with Ibram X. Kendi
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Activist, historian and academic Ibram X. Kendi's book, How To Be and Antiracist, won the National Book Award for nonfiction as well as topping bestseller lists in 2020, a year in which the murder by police of George Floyd made the impact of Kendi's words inescapable. He came to Intelligence Squared a few months prior in August 2019 for a wide-rang…
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The Hidden World of Bisexuality, with Julia Shaw
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Bisexuality is the world’s largest sexual minority but is potentially the least understood. In her new book, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, psychological scientist Dr Julia Shaw sets out to answer the questions and eliminate common misconceptions around bisexuality. Discussing the history of the B in LGBTQ+ and the myt…
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: Broken Thoughts: Sharp Practice, Cheating and Not Defending the Indefensible.
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Over the last few days, weeks and months, Broken Oars Podcast has highlighted incidents where clubs, crews and athletes have indulged in practices they shouldn't. After they reared their ugly heads again at 2022's Henley Women's Regatta, rather than reiterating the same points over and over on various Twitter feeds and conversations, we (by which I…
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The Sunday Debate: Parenting Doesn’t Matter (Or Not As Much As You Think)
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We delve back into the archive to 2018, when we held a debate getting to the heart of nature vs nurture. How much do our parents influence the people that we eventually turn out to be? We were joined by Professor of Behavioural Genetics Robert Plomin, the Developmental Clinical Psychologist Susan Pawlby, therapist, parenting counsellor and broadcas…
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Bittersweet: Finding Purpose in Sorrow, with Susan Cain
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Susan Cain shot to fame in 2012 with her international bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, in which she urged society to cultivate space for the undervalued introverts among us. Now she's back with another book asking us to reassess how we think about self expression: Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Mak…
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Episode 38: Mark Davies and Leaving The Sport In A Better Place Than You Found It
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Ladies and Gentlemen, to celebrate our fiftieth release we have brought you ... (Drum roll ....) The Head of British Rowing! (And in case you were wondering, Hodge, the rest of Mark's body is still attached). Now, the clever among you (hullo all natural bowsiders) will be quick to point out that this is actually Episode 38. But because of our numbe…
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UK Packers Podcast - What Did Tae Say? - 16th June
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Coming at you from the brand spanking new Podcast studio, Steve recaps what Davante ACTUALLY said, OTAs and DBakh!By UK Packers
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How To Live With Each Other, with Farhan Samanani
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In an increasingly polarised world, it’s not often we get books saying that difference is our greatest strength. But Farhan Samanani is a Canadian social anthropologist, whose recent book, How to Live with Each Other, does just that. It looks at how communities thrive when embracing their diversity. Farhan’s work and studies have taken him around t…
Simon and Rachel speak with novelist David Mitchell. Raised in Worcestershire in England, Mitchell later spent eight years living in Japan. The author of nine novels, including "Cloud Atlas", "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" and most recently "Utopia Avenue", David has been nominated for the Booker prize five times. His work has appeared in …
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Count your Blessings: The Natural Beauty of Mathematics, with Junaid Mubeen
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Whether rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will eventually become a friend or foe to humanity is a pressing question when it comes to technology. But one smart human says there’s an area where we still have the edge: mathematics. In his new book, Mathematical Intelligence: What we have that Machines Don’t, mathematician turned educator Junai…
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The Sunday Debate: We Were Right To Brexit
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It was always going to be a disaster. Queues of HGVs stretching miles from Dover. The Good Friday Agreement threatened by the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol and increased support for Scottish Independence. That’s the argument of the doomsayers in this debate. But others claim that while short-term damage is inevitable – there is always blo…
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The New Food Revolution, with George Monbiot
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George Monbiot is a journalist, campaigner and author, who is telling the world that the time for action on the climate crisis is now. His latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, looks at how we can lessen the impact of food consumption and farming on the global environment. Our host for this discussion is Alice Thom…
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UK Packers Podcast - Retiring a Packer - 9th June
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Rodgers will be a Packer for life! Steve talks all the latest news from Packers Mini Camp, Sammy Watkins, Rodgers' retirement and dishes all the info on the group trip to Lambeau and our London Watch Party!By UK Packers
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Something Extra from Intelligence Squared
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Intelligence Squared podcast is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Now we’re adding extra depth to our audio content via Apple Podcasts with IQ2 Extra, a premium listening experience that includes ad-free content, exclusive bonus episodes and early access to new podcasts. Hit subscribe via Apple for a 7-day free trial of IQ2 Extra.…
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How to Lead a Sustainable Business, with Alannah Weston and Leslie Johnston
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In this episode of Intelligence Squared's How to Lead a Sustainable Business with Alannah Weston podcast, Alannah is joined by Leslie Johnston, CEO of the Laudes Foundation, which catalyses systems change in the worlds of fashion, finance and the built environment, towards a new economy that values all people and nature. Learn more about your ad ch…
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The Power of Demography, with Paul Morland
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Does the world have too many people – or not enough? That’s one of the big questions that demographer Paul Morland seeks to answer in his new book, Tomorrow’s People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers. Demography is the study of groups of people and how they behave, drawing from adjacent fields such as anthropology, sociology, history and econo…
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The Sunday Debate: Blame Liberals For the Rise of Populism
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A delve into the archive and back to 2019 when we debated a motion asking whether the left’s policies of high immigration and multiculturalism caused the disaffection which has given rise to populism? Or was it the right, with its tabloid scare stories about foreigners eroding national identity? We were joined by Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Polit…
Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books, the latest of which is The Joy of Science, which offers eight core scientific principles that can be applied to everyday life. As a broadcaster Jim is perhaps best known as the voice of BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific and he holds the position…
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Episode 37: Judith Packer: Rowing; Umpiring and How Rowing, Rowers and Clubs Can Help Address the UK”s Mental Health Epidemic.
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Broken Oars Podcast returns, with your Northern Correspondent and your Southern Overlord being joined by Judith Packer. A lifelong rower from her early days at University who then transitioned into umpiring, going on to oversee one of Hodge's last races and one of the most prestigious events in world rowing in the Women's Oxford and Cambridge Boat …
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Who is the Real Xi Jinping? With Kerry Brown
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Writer and academic Kerry Brown's latest book is Xi: A Study in Power, which profiles the policies and personality behind China's leader for the last decade, Xi Jinping. He’s one of the most powerful people in global geopolitics yet in the West seemingly little is known about him. What are his ambitions for China and the rest of the world? Kerry Br…
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#135: Sian Meades-Williams, journalist and author
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Rachel and Simon speak with journalist and author Sian Meades-Williams. She has written for publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the Times and the New York Times and is the creator of Freelance Writing Jobs, a media-industry newsletter. In 2021 she launched the Freelance Writing Awards and in March 2022 she published "The Pyjama My…
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The Crimes of History, with Linda Kinstler and Peter Pomerantsev
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How do you put a ghost on trial? In Linda Kinstler's deeply personal new book, Come to This Court and Cry, she uncovers the atrocities of her Latvian grandfather's involvement in the Holocaust. In conversation with author, broadcaster and academic, Peter Pomerantsev, she asks how do we account for the brutality of historical events and our personal…
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The Sunday Debate: Chinese Investment Is Good for Africa
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Between 2007 and 2020, China invested $23 billion into infrastructure for nations across Africa, $8 billion more than the other top eight lenders combined. But in its pursuit of energy security and raw materials the Chinese government and Chinese companies have locked resource-rich African states into loans and contracts which could start to squeez…
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Mental Health: Hope and Healing With Horatio Clare and Alex Riley
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How we understand mental health and the level of compassion we show to those suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness define us as a society. In May 2022 acclaimed travel writer Horatio Clare and science journalist Alex Riley came to Intelligence Squared to discuss their personal experiences of mental illness. Learn more about yo…
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Episode 36: Mark Lewis - Better Than Average Youtube Sensation, his fitness journey, and TRT
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We return like the bad pennies we are (hey, we prefer to think of ourselves as a high-class currency, but ...), and on this occasion we're joined by Mark Lewis. Mark Lewis is the man behind the burgeoning Youtube channel, Better Than Average - a channel which takes a different tack to the 'look at me, I'm perfect, buy my products' approach taken by…
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UK Packers Podcast - OTA's are Gas & 2022 Annual Tour Pricing- 26th May
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The Paddy Packers are back and talk OTAs and also reveal the pricing for the 2022 Annual UK Packers Tour to Lambeau! We have 2 packages available - 4 and 7 day packages to see TWO Packers games!!By UK Packers
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Otherlands: A Journey Into Our Planet’s Deep Past, with Thomas Halliday
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Palaeobiologist and bestselling author Thomas Halliday is helping us better understand how the natural world evolved over the past 500 million years. His recent book, Otherlands: A World in the Making, guides the reader through a series of ancient landscapes from the dawn of complex life 500 million years ago to up to the birth of humanity and uses…
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The New Science of the Body Clock, with Russell Foster
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Every second of the day, tiny biological clocks are ticking throughout your body, from the neural pathways of your brain down to your very cells. But modern life is disrupting this ancient and delicate mechanism in ways we are only just beginning to understand. Artificial light, jet lag, smartphones, air pollution and out-of-sync work-and-meal rout…
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The Sunday Debate: The Left has right on its side
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The political Left often purports that it has society’s best interests at heart and that it works for the good of all. Yet according to conservatives, it is precisely that self-regard, that attempt to monopolise virtue, which exposes the hypocrisy of left-wing ideology. In this archive debate from 2018, we gathered Labour MP Stella Creasy, environm…
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No Bullsh*t Leadership, with Roula Khalaf
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Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared. In this episode, Christ Hirst speaks to Roula Khalaf, the Editor of the Financial Times. In January 2020, Khalaf became the first female editor in …
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Episode 35: The Short and Sweet Episode
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We're back! Double and Trouble once again with the only rowing podcast that matters (apart from all the others). In this episode, Lewin and I go back to our roots. With no guest, we simply chat about what's been interesting, annoying or inspiring us in the world of rowing (and indeed the world beyond) at this moment in time. So, in this episode, fo…
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The Afghan Women Writing for Freedom, with Marie Bamyani, Zarghuna Kargar and Lucy Hannah
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Afghan women’s voices are at increasing risk of being silenced and as more of their rights slip away, so do their stories. In this episode we hear from three women from the UNTOLD writers programme, who are the co-creators of My Pen is the Wing of a Bird, a new anthology of Afghan women's fiction. Lucy Hannah is founder of UNTOLD, Zarghuna Kargaar …
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#134: Toby Harnden, journalist and author
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Simon and Rachel speak with the journalist and author Toby Harnden. A dual British and American citizen, Toby spent a decade as a Royal Navy officer before becoming a journalist. A former foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph who has reported from 33 countries, Toby was imprisoned in Zimbabwe, faced prosecution in Brita…
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Broken Thoughts: Science, Stopwatch, Art? A reaction to a recent article about British Rowing Post-Tokyo
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A Broken Thoughts where the Northern One goes off, perhaps ill-advisedly, on a recent article on British Rowing, asking when language became something you used for inaccuracy, infelicity and misrepresentation and what happened to holding your hands up and saying 'Yep. I got it wrong.' And yes, I do call you Geoff, Greg. Aren't mistakes annoying?…
