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Podcast: The We Society (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)
Episode: S5 Ep4: Is geography destiny? with Rosie McEachan
Pub date: 2024-04-03

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Professor Rosie McEachan is leading one of the most exciting research projects in Britain - the Born In Bradford study.

It's one of the largest research studies in the world, tracking the lives of over 30,000 Bradfordians to discover what factors most influence health and well-being.  In particular, they are focussing on how genetic, nutritional, environmental, behavioural and social factors impact health and development during childhood and, subsequently, adult life.

Thanks to the study, Bradford has already seen the creation of Clean Air Zones, areas with limited traffic, and investment in green spaces.

Professor McEachan is the Director of the Born in Bradford Research programme. She is an experienced behavioural scientist with particular expertise in developing and evaluating complex interventions.

Season 5 of the We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences tackles the big questions through a social science lens. Throughout this series, you'll be hearing some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.

Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, we interview some of Britain’s top social scientists and public figures from across the globe to explore their evidence-led solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

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Podcast: The Butterfly King (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: 1: The Mender of Broken Dishes
Pub date: 2024-03-21

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It’s 1943 during a crucial turning point in the Second World War. Caught in the crossfire, King Boris III of Bulgaria has a make-or-break meeting with a key ally. Boris is a reluctant politician and a family man, sucked into the bloodiest conflict in history. Someone resents his influence and wants him out of the way for good. Could Boris’s fate be linked to the company he keeps? 

 

The Butterfly King is a production of Blanchard House and Exactly Right Media.

 

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Host: Becky Milligan

Writer and Producer: Emma Jane Kirby

Original Music: Daniel Lloyd Evans, Louis Nanke-Mannell and Toby Matimong

Sound Design and Engineering: Toby Matimong and Daniel Lloyd-Evans

Managing Producer: Amica Sciortino Nowlan

Creative Director: Rosie Pye

Executive Producer and Head of Content: Laurence Grissell

 

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Consulting Producer: Kyle Ryan

Artwork: Vanessa Lilak

Executive Producers: Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark and Danielle Kramer

 

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Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: Rachel S. Gross, "Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America" (Yale UP, 2024)
Pub date: 2024-03-26

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Rachel S. Gross's Shopping All the Ways to the Woods (Yale University Press, 2024) tells the fascinating history of the profitable paradox of the American outdoor experience: visiting nature first requires shopping

No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American outdoor experience: visiting wild spaces supposedly untouched by capitalism first requires shopping. With consumers spending billions of dollars on clothing and equipment each year as they seek out nature, the American outdoor sector grew over the past 150 years from a small collection of outfitters to an industry contributing more than 2 percent of the nation’s economic output.

Gross argues that this success was predicated not just on creating functional equipment but also on selling an authentic, anticommercial outdoor identity. In other words, shopping for the woods was also about being—or becoming—the right kind of person. Demonstrating that outdoor culture is commercial culture, Gross examines Americans’ journey toward outdoor expertise by tracing the development of the nascent outdoor goods industry, the influence of World War II on its growth, and the boom years of outdoor businesses.

Rachel S. Gross is a historian of the outdoor gear and apparel industry and an outdoor enthusiast. She is assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver, a history tour guide, and a curator of museum exhibits. She lives in Denver, CO. Twitter. Website. 

Brian Hamilton is chair of the Department of History and Social Science at Deerfield Academy. Twitter. Website.

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Podcast: Don't Drink the Milk – The curious history of things (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)
Episode: Bagels: Coming full circle
Pub date: 2024-02-06

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The bagel is in its rainbow era, but this beloved bread's journey goes way back. We're rounding off season one with a dense, doughy episode that's both scrumptious and surprising. We trace the humble bagel's roots to medieval Poland and follow its North American makeover (are you team New York or Montreal?). A snack for queens, laborers and trendsetters – here's the real story of the bagel.

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Podcast: Arts & Ideas (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Approaches to death
Pub date: 2024-03-27

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Viking burials, preserving archaeology in Uganda, the morgues of Paris and New York and the medieval attitude to dying are our topics as Chris Harding hears about new research from archaeologists Marianne Hem Eriksen and Pauline Harding, and historians Cat Byers and Harriet Soper.

Catriona Byers is completing a PhD at King’s College London on the nineteenth-century morgues of Paris and New York

Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester and a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. You can find an Essay she has written for BBC Radio 3 drawing on her research available now on BBC Sounds

Dr Harriet Soper is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol

Pauline Harding is working on a PhD at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, about spirits and approaches to cultural heritage in Uganda

Producer: Robyn Read

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Podcast: 53 Minutes (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)
Episode: 1. Hustler, Hoaxer or Hero?
Pub date: 2024-03-18

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Ali Dia is the Premier League’s most mysterious and misunderstood footballer. But what’s the truth about his infamous appearance for Southampton in November 1996? More than 25 years on, does he deserve his reputation as “the worst Premier League player of all time”? Josh Widdicombe and Dara Ó Briain unpick the truth from the myth.

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Podcast: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs (LS 34 · TOP 3% what is this?)
Episode: Fleetwood Mac's “Dreams”: The Strange and Beautiful Life of a Breakup Classic
Pub date: 2024-03-13

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Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs list is one of the most popular — and most-argued over — features the magazine has ever produced. It’s a trip through eight decades of pop music, from Elvis Presley to Elvis Costello, Aretha to Ariana, hip-hop to art-pop, and beyond. Its rankings are hugely influential, and — if you disagree enough with them, at least — infamous. In the first episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs podcast, hosts Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield dive into the history, significance, and weird quirks of the list, zeroing in on its most recent version, from 2021. 

 

The hosts are joined by special guest and Rolling Stone staffer Angie Martoccio as they pivot to “Dreams,” the iconic 1977 Fleetwood Mac song that finished 9th on the most recent version of the 500 Greatest Songs list. In recent years, the Stevie Nicks masterpiece found new life — and a new audience — as a tik-tok mainstay and Gen-Z touchstone, but its history runs deep. The hosts delve into the fascinating story of the song, placing it within the context of the nonstop romantic drama that was Fleetwood Mac in the 1970s. Amazingly, Nicks wrote the song “in about 10 minutes,” as a mystical elegy to her fading relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. But its legacy is so much greater than that story would suggest — it’s a testament to making great art amid turmoil, and to the singular, shawl-clad sorcery of Stevie. “Dreams” sums up everything we love about her in four brilliant minutes. 

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Podcast: A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: What’s the Difference Between Jam & Jelly?
Pub date: 2024-03-20

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Today, Josh and Nicole identify the main differences between jam and jelly from taste to culinary uses.

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Podcast: People vs Algorithms (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)
Episode: Algorithmic Sameness with Kyle Chayka
Pub date: 2024-03-21

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In this episode of 'People vs. Algorithms,' hosts Brian Morrissey, Troy Young, and Alex Schleifer engage in a wide-ranging discussion on how algorithms shape our cultural landscape, the future of AI in content creation, and the consequences of a digitally dominated world. They share insights from the Game Developer Conference about the optimism among independent studios and discuss the ramifications of algorithmic sameness across media. The episode features a detailed conversation with Kyle Chayka, a writer at the New Yorker and author of 'Filterworld,' centering on how algorithms are flattening culture and what it means for creators and consumers alike.

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Topics:

• 00:00 Kicking Off at the Game Developer Conference
• 06:42 The Future of AI in Gaming: Opportunities and Challenges
• 08:40 Navigating the Complexities of AI Ethics and Open Source Debates
• 19:49 The Middle Management Dilemma: Efficiency vs. Human Touch
• 27:33 Listener Questions: The Future of Learning and AI's Role
• 34:01 The Digital Dilemma: Navigating Education and Work in a Tech-Driven World
• 34:48 Rethinking Education: A Vision for the Future
• 35:08 Introducing Kyle: A Deep Dive into Algorithms and Culture
• 35:48 The Impact of Algorithms on Culture and Individuality
• 38:41 Exploring the Future: The Role of Algorithms in Shaping Our World
• 43:02 The Algorithmic Influence: From Consumption to Creation
• 47:29 Navigating the Algorithmic Landscape: Personal Experiences and Strategies
• 51:36 The Future of Culture in the Age of Algorithms
• 55:59 The Personal and Professional Impact of Living Online
• 59:01 Envisioning a Future Beyond Algorithmic Feeds
• 01:06:28 Exploring Good Products

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Podcast: Nordic Mythology Podcast (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Ep 200 - Norse Myths That Shape How We Think With Carolyne Larrington & Margrethe Havgar
Pub date: 2024-02-29

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In this special 200th episode, Dan, along with Margrethe Havgar, sits down with Carolyne Larrington to talk about how her translations of the Poetic Edda have become the most widely used translation in the scholarly world.

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