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For the 73rd Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian talks to comedian, writer, promoter and human organism Barry Ferns about the effect of parental care on infants, how to get more time at home and an intense but life-affirming account of some difficult experiences. Find out more about Barry at barryferns.com.

For the 72nd Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined in Zürich by Englishman Will Ellis (and, almost inaudibly, by his wife Agnes) to talk about a couple of confident explorers and whether or not Will speaks Spanish.

Another of the vintage episodes from Page One’s London Fields Radio days, this is the very first outside recording done for Page One and, while the sound quality is poor - it’s what might be called an atmospheric recording, if you were being very generous – the books and conversation make up for any aural discomfort. Hopefully. Charles Adrian’s guest here is singer and self-confessed Gilligan avatar Ted Schmitz, who, like Charles Adrian, is a member of the Berlin-based theatre ensemble Nico And The Navigators.

For the 71st Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by anthropologist and human Karin Eli for talk about the fight to gain one’s place in the world, a little bit of undemanding murder and some of the challenges of translation.

Charles Adrian is joined for the 70th Second-Hand Book Factory by failed mathematician and failed actuary Colin Bartlett. They talk about semi-autobiography, Duke Ellington, clouds and one of the best books of the 20th century.

[The Vera mentioned is, of course, Vera Chok, whose latest Page One is here.]

For the 69th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined at the Festival Hall in London by Tom Bowtell, who describes himself as a writer, actor, director and maker of adventures (and you should look up some of the things he does with his company here). Their discussion covers bold beginnings, the riches to be found in random facts and bird jizz (entirely SFW, by the way).

For the 68th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by radio producer, carer, stand-up comic and empath Lolie Ware. They discuss the introduction of the elbow, unsuitable jobs for women and the importance of paper maps in an age of smart phones.

(addendum: P. D. James died a week after this podcast was recorded. You can read an obituary here.)

Richard Purnell, a man who likes to take the truth for a walk, joins Charles Adrian for the 67th Second-Hand Book Factory. They talk about the comedy to be found in the detail, the morality of converts and a rare German book in translation. More about Richard here.

Opening another season of Page One, Charles Adrian is joined by long-time collaborator Vera Chok to talk about reproduction, the ‘discovery’ of the clitoris and sex as prose poetry. Incidentally, Charles Adrian talks a certain amount of rubbish about the discovery of the clitoris and the controversy surrounding female souls as well as about the history and use of syllogisms; please click links for more accurate information.

The third season of Page One is on its way! On Tuesday 6th of January, 2015, the 90th Page One will be available to download (or will drop, magically and mysteriously, into subscribers' podcast folders).

Meanwhile, for fans of 'live' radio, episodes from the second season (October, 2013 - July, 2014) will be playing two at a time on internet radio station jemmthree.com on Sunday mornings at 11am from Sunday the 4th of January, 2015.