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I enjoyed Zen and etc but you're right, it was quite different from the book. Still worth a listen though imo.
There's a good episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue this week - Psycho Killer to the tune of Old Man River!
 
Hi folks,

Having not had a telly for aeons and no internet for years (this is brand new) my joy has been radio podcasts for a long time. Thought I'd share some solid favourites that you can also stream/listen again etc. I've come to the conclusion that quality journalism is not in print, online or on TV ... it's on the radio, stupid!

Late night live. I prefer this to any Radio 4 high brow politic talk, the 80-year legend and laid back whisperer of Australian radio, Mr Philip Adams. Although on Oz radio, very international, only a rare episode goes all domestic. Quality interviews.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/

Get a flavour with this classic Kurt Vonnegut interview (a repeat obv.)

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational...ate-night-live-summer---kurt-vonnegut/3678034

On The Wire. Better than Peel ever was in my opinion. Mr Stephen Barker and his 28-year-running weekly music show on Radio Lancashire. For me, I switch off half way after Barker has done his hour. Consistently brilliant.

http://otwradio.blogspot.com

World Football Phone in. If you are into footy this is it. Mrs Magpie mentioned it ... oooo ... 7 years ago (!) on this very thread and nailed it. It's all about Tim Vickery, Brazil-based football genius.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wf

FIP. French music station, no adverts, no DJ bollocks, pure tunes. My favourite background music radio station. The news (in French) for two minutes every hour (or two) is the only thing that interrupts the always fantastic grooves. And it's kind of fun trying to understand Parisian traffic reports.

http://www.fipradio.fr/

(scroll down and click 'direct' under écouter')

Outlook. Daily BBC World Service show 'extraordinary human stories from around the world'. Let's people just tell their stories. Basically extraordinary ones.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/outlook

On Being. Krista Tippett is a phenomenal interviewer, puts her heart and soul into every mega-researched interview. It is "a spacious conversation — and an evolving media space — about the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit."

http://www.onbeing.org/

Try this recent one I loved to give you an idea. http://www.onbeing.org/program/last-quiet-places/4557

Loving all the tips on here.

gx

Disclaimer: I work on one of these programmes ;)
 
Some really good programme last night on 4 or 4extra, I think it might be called from the Archives, but that's yielding nothing on google. Spoof writings from writers and poets. It was really funny.
 
Couple more:

This American Life. Weekly hour-long series of reports on a theme. What is money and the crazy history of the Brazilian banking system ... The musings of a man whose neighbour and friend is dying ... The recently-solved case of 1915 kidnapping case. Nicely meandering radio. Can be hit and miss but just pick and choose. Previous podcasts are 99c itunes bollocks, but torrents are out there.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Desert Island Discs. I guess i never really gave this a go ... now am addicted, have done nearly 50 episodes this week. Classic formula, and what I never appreciated, it goes deep. Sharp questioning, profound and moving answers. Intense half-hour biographies with tunes thrown in. The 1,571 archived podcasts only do 15 second samples of each tune, but it doesn't spoil it. You just get a sense of the person and their tastes. Eighty per cent it's more about the IV than the tunes. A few I loved: Billy Connolly, Ian Dury, Robert Fisk, Jools Holland (for the tunes), Alfred Eisenstadt, Tracey Emin, Blondie, Any Kershaw, Keith Floyd. Came across as tossers: Morrissey, Bob Geldof.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway

gx
 
Not a recommendation, but I wanted to register my pleasure in hearing tomorrow's weather as probably having "a disappointing feel under the low clouds".
 
What pisses me off about 4ex is that they put scratchy comedy on at (my) bedtime. So when I want to listen to a play or drama I get the fucking Clitheroe Kid :mad:
 
I love comedy at bedtime, if it's good. I also like the seventh dimension, as long as it's not too scarey :)
 
Badgers said:
What pisses me off about 4ex is that they put scratchy comedy on at (my) bedtime. So when I want to listen to a play or drama I get the fucking Clitheroe Kid :mad:
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Yes - who the hell is nostalgic for that. It wasn't funny when it was first broadcast - ditto the Navy Lark ... I fear for what else they might dredge up from my childhood - "Petticoat Line", "Down Your Way", "Does The Team Think" ?
 
gentlegreen said:
Yes - who the hell is nostalgic for that. It wasn't funny when it was first broadcast - ditto the Navy Lark ... I fear for what else they might dredge up from my childhood - "Petticoat Line", "Down Your Way", "Does The Team Think" ?
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Indeed :mad:

I want Edgar Allen Poe at night time, not shit comedy that was never good.
 
R4 2.30-3.30 today (6th October) "The Air Gap" A drama by Steve Waters, telling the story of Bradley Manning (US soldier - WikiLeaks). Set in Quantico and at forward operating base Hammer where Manning was based in the period leading up to his arrest.
 
Badgers said:
What pisses me off about 4ex is that they put scratchy comedy on at (my) bedtime. So when I want to listen to a play or drama I get the fucking Clitheroe Kid :mad:
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Lenny Henry :facepalm:
 
Sent an email to radio4extra@bbc.co.uk just now:

Dear Radio 4 Extra,

Firstly thank you for your excellent station, I enjoy Radio 4 Extra a
lot so keep up the good work.

However I do find one thing quite annoying. This evening (Monday 29 October 2012) the schedule shows comedy shows running from 21:15 to 23:45. At bedtime (9pm to 11pm for most people) the schedule seems to be predominantly comedy shows. I enjoy (apart from the awful Clitheroe Kid) most of the BBC radio comedy shows, but bedtime is not the time I want to listen to canned laughter, or indeed the 'eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy' that Loose Ends offers this evening at 21:15.

I hope this can be taken under consideration for future scheduling?


Regards


Badgers
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Got this reply:

Thank you for emailing Radio 4 Extra.

We read every message sent to us but as we do not have the resources to respond to them all personally we have prepared this automated message, containing links to answers to the majority of queries and concerns that listeners send our way.

This message is a tad long but do take the time to read it as it will hopefully enable you to get a quick response to any questions you may have - and may even give you further information that you didn't know you wanted until you saw it!

After we have read your message, if we think that this automated reply does not contain information or links that have addressed your query, we will be in touch as soon as we can - but please be patient.

With best wishes,

BBC Radio 4Extra
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I am not old :mad:
 
Got a reply, that was quick!!
Nice and vague but nice of them :)

Dear Badgers,

Thank you for your email.

Thanks also for your comments, which we will forward to our schedulers.

It's difficult to please all our listeners all the time with our
schedule, but we do appreciate feedback and certainly consider it when
planning schedule adjustments.

If you'd like to receive details of our schedule highlights, why not not
sign up for our weekly newsletter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/newsletter/

With best wishes

BBC Radio 4 Extra
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I rely a lot on "listen again".
I use Tune-in on my android phone via my WIFI at night - though I've had problems with 4extra streams timing out .. touch wood the updated version I downloaded yesterday is better...
Sadly I don't have FLASH.

Very annoyingly they've launched a brand new radio player - but only for iPhones ...
 
Enjoyed this in the early hours of this morning on World Service...

Revolutionary Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010c46m

A revolutionary General in Nicaragua asks what is more dangerous in the hands of the public, guns or microphones? Fi Glover investigates how for 90 years, radio has been a potent political force in revolutions.

Over the past 90 years radio has proven itself a powerful political force, not just reporting on changes of government, but sending out a call to arms during some of the biggest revolutionary uprisings of the 20th Century. These events track radio's evolution, from its rise as an exciting new technology used by the Bolsheviks to demonstrate their modernity, to its reported demise amid the social media buzz of the Arab Spring.

Fi Glover speaks to those who participated in these events, as well as people who stood by their radios listening during extraordinary times.

In May 1945, in Prague, William Greig calls for American assistance amid Nazi machine gun fire. In Greece, Antonia Moropoulou recalls Junta Military Police playing her student radio broadcasts during her incarceration in 1976, and in Serbia Dusan Masic describes reading the news to the masses protesting below from the window of B92 radio during a government shutdown. Together they tell the story of how radio became such a revolutionary medium.
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It's my story: My lover, my carer 4-4,30pm Tuesday 5th Feb, Radio 4. Julie Fernandez (brittle bones from birth, non disabled husband) talks to four couples about what happens in a long term relationship when one partner has a severe disability.

I suspect that I'll give this a miss as the way that she span it when trailing it on "You & Yours" was that disability and becoming a carer brings you closer together. Does it bollocks.
 
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