Deep Talk: Advanced English Discussions with Rhiannon ELT podcast

June 23, 2023 #30… Clare and Rhiannon chat about stuff…

Today’s episode is a little bit different (because it’s episode THIRTY! and that’s super exciting!)

I’m joined by Clare, my partner, and we chat about things we’ve listened to, read, and watched which we find interesting.

It’s eclectic (read: all over the place!) and I hope you enjoy it.

Here are Clare’s notes from the conversation:

Whale Song:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/science/humpback-whale-songs-cultural-evolution.html

and just in case: https://www.bardeen.ai/posts/how-to-bypass-a-paywall

and a very short video

https://weather.com/science/nature/video/do-whale-songs-go-viral-just-like-pop-songs-do-for-humans

Radiolab

Two of my all time favs from the archives:

Los Frikis: How a group of 80’s Cuban misfits found rock-and-roll and created a revolution within a revolution, going into exile without ever leaving home. In a collaboration with Radio Ambulante, reporter Luis Trelles bring us the story of punk rock’s arrival in Cuba and a small band of outsiders who sentenced themselves to death and set themselves free.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/los-frikis

Stranger in Paradise: Back in 1911, a box with a dead raccoon in it showed up in Washington D.C., at the office of Gerrit S. Miller. After pulling it out and inspecting it, he realized this raccoon was from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, and unlike anything he’d ever seen before. He christened it Procyon minor and in doing so changed the history of Guadeloupe forever.

Today we travel from the storage rooms of the Smithsonian to the sandy beaches of Guadeloupe, chasing the tale of this trash can tipping critter. All the while trying to uncover what it means to be special.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/stanger-paradise

And the one about the Seagulls:

In the 1970s, as LGBTQ+ people in the United States faced conservatives whose top argument was that homosexuality is “unnatural,” a pair of young scientists discovered on a tiny island off the coast of California a colony of seagulls that included… a significant number of female homosexual couples making nests and raising chicks together. The article that followed upended the culture’s understanding of what’s natural and took the discourse on homosexuality in a whole new direction.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/seagulls

And lastly, Lulu Miller's debut novel is excellent, its called Why Fish Don't Exist:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50887097

And to these notes, I, Rhiannon, will add:

Frank Film Club with Maisie Williams

https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZpUr83bUP3JU5ggtNCd0z?si=444f576e367547f5

The Rest is Politics

https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ysx8g1Iw42gESAtegrFaH?si=1af8fa01cf4146c5

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

https://www.amazon.co.uk/H-Hawk-Helen-Macdonald/dp/0099575450

Orca rams into yacht off Shetland in first such incident in northern waters || The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/21/orca-rams-yacht-off-shetland-first-such-incident-northern-waters