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The last part of our Burn Wild exploration into eco activism and eco terrorism references the follow films...

If a tree falls:  A story of the Earth Liberation Front.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQoi0DoOKM

The Pipe:  Documentary about the Shell to Sea protests in Co Mayo, Ireland
https://vimeo.com/127543951

Silence would be treason:  The prison writings of Ken Saro-Wewa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2g92

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Here is the very very late part 2 of Burn Wild.  Apologies for the lateness, I explain this and some developments with TCF in the intro.  

Here are the links to some of the films we mention in the next episode:

If a tree falls:  A story of the Earth Liberation Front.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQoi0DoOKM

The Pipe:  Documentary about the Shell to Sea protests in Co Mayo, Ireland
https://vimeo.com/127543951

Silence would be treason:  The prison writings of Ken Saro-Wewa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2g92

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TCF previously did a review of the podcast Burn Wild, but we've come back with a much more detailed look at eco-terrorism and eco-action.  This is the first part of what will be a three part series.

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Mairi thinks about the issues that are brought up by The Fact of a Body, an astounding book about forgiveness and the death penalty,  She find that although it is a challenging read, it is one that digs deep.

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This wee we have some updates for you on three cases we have previously covered.  West Cork, Sycamore Gap and the trial of Constance Martin and Mark Gordon.  At the end we've got the original episodes of West Cork and Sycamore Gap.

Hope you all have a good weekend!

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Finishing off our trilogy of programmes we take James Ellroy's true crime memoire My Dark Places and Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer and compare the two asking what they tell us about masculinity and trauma.  

Links are for Feast of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jruf3jWqbtI&t=39s the James Ellroy documentary. As well as...

Darren mcGarvey's Trauma Industrial Complex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwdmv1X4dOA&t=50s

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Part two of our look at James Ellroy's memoire My Dark Places and comparing it to Netflix hit Baby Reindeer looks at Baby Reindeer, and some of the many questions around it.  Next week there will be apart three where we compare the two. 

Here is a Youtube link to the documentary mentioned in this episode Feast of Death  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jruf3jWqbtI&t=35s

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Mairi thinks about the true crime cannon and presents The Red Parts, and Jane:  A Muder, as contenders.  One is prose and one is poetry, and although poetry is not a type of writing often found in true crime the melding of the two togehter produce some wonderful writing. 

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We wanted to compare the James Ellroy memoire My Dark Places with Netflix hit Baby Reindeer.  We realised quickly though there was too much to say for one episode so here is part one, and we will release part two on Baby Reindeer soon.  To get part two early and ad free then please check out the patreon.

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Mairi delves into the story of Meghan Bahri, who run a successful charity for children with serious illnes and uncovers what different societal forces converge in Facticious Illness Disorder. 

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