The London Podcast

Deserted streets. Public transport carrying a fraction of its usual passenger payload. Theatreland a wasteland. The daily toll of death and suffering.

This is not a fictional disaster movie, but the current reality in London and for much of the world as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Presenter Adrian Lacey speaks to FT science columnist Anjana Ahuja about how she spotted the potential significance of the coronavirus which causes Covid-19.Adrian also shares his reflections on these strange times, finding a parallel in a Wordsworth poem. Perfect lockdown (or post-lockdown) listening.

Financial Times science correspondent Anjana Ahuja

Anjana’s FT January 8th article (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/e1cdfa46-3142-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

Incidental music: What Have You Done by Lee Rosevere and Great Expectations by Kai Engel

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Tom Trident is a YouTube star with the self-help show Crowdsource. Along with sidekicks Jessica and Seamus he has millions of followers. Join him on a journey from the virtual world to the corridors of power with Beryl Bootcamp – er, sorry – Beauchamp MP.

A comedy allegory: Tom’s trident may share some teeth with Britannia!Produced by Adrian Lacey. Programme associates: Russell Thomas, Sarah Kempton, Keith Dunphy and Scott Denyer. No period computers have been damaged in the making of this show. Guaranteed no mentions of Brexit.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): YouTube star and visionary Tom Trident. Britannia-style pitchfork not shown

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane

Incidental music: Mt. Fuji by Timecrawler 82 

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The marvel that is your mind, and more mysteries of consciousness in this fun workout for your grey matter! If your brain’s like a computer, then your spine is carrying a load a of data cables to it. So does that mean it’s ‘thinking’?

Top consultant neurologist Dr Angus Nisbet addresses this and other knotty nerve-based issues with Adrian Lacey. Join both on walkabout in Bloomsbury’s Queens Square, home to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, where Angus trained in his specialism. It’s also where a pub may hold the key to King George III’s madness, and where a medical device sounds like you’re on the set of Dr Who!

This podcast includes the second part of a studio-based interview with Dr Nisbet – companion to the edition called How Do We Know We Know? Angus is currently writing on the themes explored here, with the working title The Treble Soul: the Three Mysteries of Human Consciousness.

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Dr Angus Nisbet (Nuffield Health)

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Produced by Adrian Lacey ©2019

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

Incidental music: What Have You Done by Lee Rosevere

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In this oblique angle on the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon in the Apollo 11 mission, presenter Adrian Lacey talks to Ron Burkey. He’s made it his mission to reconstitute the computer code that got humans to the moon, in order for you to be able to reproduce some of that experience on your own computer!

You’ll also hear how Adrian met the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, in London, as well as the story of a hairy happening in the same BBC building while the lunar module came into land. Quite literally far out, man!

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Ron Burkey at home in Dallas

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

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Neurologist and sleep physician Dr Angus Nisbet, who did part of his training in London, is writing a book on consciousness. So what is it, and what are some of the difficulties with it? And what’s going on in the brain to make it happen?In part one of this interview with Angus, prepare to make your grey matter work out!

Photo (at Londonpodcast.net): Angus (L) and your host dressed for the British summer in The Green Man, W1

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The City, the Square Mile, London’s financial district – different names for the UK capital’s money hub. And your expert guide to some of the things that go on there is Supriya Menon. She works in asset management in the City (she’ll explain all!), but has Indian roots and has also worked in the States. This show might not make you a millionaire, but it will help you understand markets, bonds, equities – and optimal sales of vegan hot dogs.

Supriya Menon in Finsbury Circus, EC2

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

Incidental music: What Have You Done by Lee Rosevere

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From the sounds of a bustling Chinatown to the eccentricities of the rehearsal room with TV Drama Commissioner Tobias L. Watt, enjoy several slices of London life from the past 12 months. Adrian selects some of the best moments from the London Podcast, bringing you new angles on the UK capital.

Graphic at Londonpodcast.net: Sign of the times (Pixabay)

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

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Nigerian Londoner and broadcaster Dotun Adebayo is an overnight success. Night after night! He’s cornered the market in nocturnal radio on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio London for years. But can he really have learnt Swedish within weeks, or have been a child movie actor, or have lived in a London squat (or two)?

Listen and learn as Adrian Lacey teases out the facts. And what’s that saying about truth being stranger than fiction?

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Londoner Idris Elba has just made his film directorial debut with Yardie. But he could’t have done it without Adrian’s guest, Dotun Adebayo. Why? Because Dotun, a Nigerian Londoner, was behind the publication of the book Yardie by Victor Headley in 1992.

In this excerpt from a longer interview with Dotun to come soon, Adrian teases out the story behind the story, as the two chat outside Euston station. Subscribe to hear the full interview soon!

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Produced and presented by Adrian Lacey ©2018

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Main theme: Super Bubbly by Jesse Spillane (edited for timing)

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Reflections on American president Donald Trump’s visit to the UK and how he was based in London but spent less time there than his blow-up effigy!  Along the way you’ll encounter everything from A to Zen: airborne food mixers, buddleia, parts of London inspired (or owned) by the monarch, lots of things in north west London or north west of London and a Zen Buddhist anecdote.

Another in Adrian’s occasional monologue strand, Letter from London, written by him.

Produced and presented by Adrian Lacey ©2018

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