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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g5ztq
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
This series of BBC podcasts features Harvard political philosopher Professor Michael Sandel, who presents an audience with a series of debates and lectures on a variety of current issues, such as education, equality, pay and healthcare. The podcast Should we bribe people to be healthy? is a typically provocative look at whether the present constraints on the NHS leave us with no choice but to bribe people to be healthy. Sandel looks at the moral issues and implications behind the premise, using the thought of philosophers past and present to make his argument, as well as involving audience members.
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- Link
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6hbp/episodes/player
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Art, Current Affairs, Economics, Ethnology, Film Studies, Geography, History, Music, Politics and Government, Radio Studies, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Women’s Studies
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums
Alistair Cooke’s first Letter from America - initially called American Letter - was broadcast by the BBC in March, 1946. It was to be the first of 2,869 such broadcasts, spanning 58 years, making it by far the longest-running talk programme of any radio station in the world. The 920 surviving recordings, broadcast between 1946 and 2004, are now online. The can be searched by date and by theme, the latter including such categories as US presidents, race, music & movies, history and so on.
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- Link
- https://sounds.bl.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Art, Current Affairs, Drama, Film Studies, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Radio Studies, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
50,000 selected sound recordings from the British Library’s sound archive, covering music, spoken word, wildlife and oral history. There is a vast range of material available here: the Arts, literature and performance page alone contains a wealth of diverse material from a series of talks at the ICA, which comprises over 800 discussions during the period 1982-1993 with contemporary writers, artists and filmmakers, to early spoken word recordings, the African Writers Club Collection and the Theatre Archive Project. Other sections cover Sound Recording History, Jazz and popular music and Accents and Dialects. Much of the material is freely available but some is for the use of Higher and Further Education institutions only.
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- Link
- http://www.hrw.org
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Politics and Government
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Its aim is to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice by investigating and exposing human rights violations and holding abusers accountable.
The website features videos, interviews, podcasts as well as photo essays and audio slideshows. The videos take the form of short documentaries which focus on a particular country, often featuring eyewitness accounts of abuse and human rights violations.
WANTED FOR WAR CRIMES looks at the Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and playing a prominent role in ethnic massacres, killings, rape and torture as well as recruiting children for his army. Other films consider the displacement of indigenous people in Ethiopia, civilian casualties, the 2011 Libya campaign and war crimes in Idlib during peace negotiations in the Syrian conflict.
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- Link
- https://archive.cpbf.org.uk/indexea4e.html?k=podcasts
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, Law, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The CPBF website contains a series of podcasts relating to achieving and maintaining a diverse, democratic and accountable media. Topics include taking on the media barons, freedom of information at risk, reporting the riots, and Leveson - a chance for change?
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- Link
- https://backdoorbroadcasting.net/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, Drama, Ethnology, History, Literature, Radio Studies, Social Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources
A mobile audio webcasting service that specialises in recording academic lectures, conferences, seminars, etc and re-broadcasting them online on-demand. The web archive offers content from hundreds of academics, including such luminaries as philosopher Slavoj Zizek, Shakespeare scholar Richard Wilson, historian Sue Vice, musician and activist Billy Bragg and writer Tariq Ali. The recordings are available for streaming or download and can be searched by speaker’s name, date, event or keyword. Many of the more recent contributions have become more than just audio podcasts and include PowerPoint presentations, video clips, handout downloads, and other additional features.
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- Link
- https://www.guardian.co.uk/audio
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Business Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Film Studies, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Sports Science
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Information Sources, Podcasting
An extensive range of weekly audio podcasts from The Guardian covering areas such as science, business, film, media, music and politics. Many of these from the past five or so years are archived, but searching seems to be only chronological. The website also hosts blogs for discussion of current topics.
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- Link
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/8704152.stm
- Category
- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, Mathematics
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources
The complete archive of BBC/OU programmes broadcast on Radio 4 from 2003 onwards is permanently available on the More or Less series website. Each programme takes one or two topical news items and analyses the relevant data from a mathematical point of view, looking at the statistics behind the issues and the claims made about them. As usual, more recent programmes in the series are also available via the BBC i-player or as podcasts.
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, Languages, Law, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Courses, Discussion Lists, Information Sources, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
At the end of 2009 this brilliant site designed to teach skills to BBC journalists was opened to public access in the UK. Using hundreds of video and audio examples alongside interactive modules, the site provides masterclasses covering craft skills, law, and ethics & values. There is also an active discussion forum, glossary, and currently a section on covering the general election. It is intended to make the site available by subscription outside the UK. Part of the BBC Academy, see also the separate entry for the sister site, BBC College of Production.
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Advertising, Current Affairs, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The site includes basic information on the British government, and features an archive of audio internet broadcasts by the Prime Minister, and video recordings of government commercials, videos to accompany annual reports, Budget statements, press conferences, and Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons (transmitted live and then archived back to 2000). Available using RealPlayer or Windows Media Player, with broadband access available (the server adjusts automatically to match the user’s connection speed). The site also offers 360 degree views of individual rooms in 10 Downing Street.
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Learning on Screen