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- Link
- https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Media Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
Weekly British podcast series produced and presented by the research team behind the BBC Two game show QI. Each researcher presents their favourite fact that they have come across that week, but has not made it into that week’s QI programme. The most regular presenters of the podcast are James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, although other QI researchers also make appearances, and there are guest presenters on some episodes. There are over 240 ‘jolly’ episodes, each packed with ‘impressive and silly facts’ (The Guardian). For example, we may learn why the Italian film director Jesus Franco was once deemed by the Catholic Church as the most dangerous director alive or that the first sandwich was not made by the Earl of Sandwich.
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- Link
- https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts
- Subject
- General Science, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
Podcast series published by the HowStuffWorks website and hosted by Josh Clark and Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant, both writers at HowStuffWorks. Episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Topics are covered using popular culture as a reference which often gives the podcast comedic value. For example, Stuff You Missed in History Class is devoted to the story of Nell Donnelly Reed, which combines fashion, education, kidnapping and marital scandal. There is also a The Best Stuff We’ve Read This Week section and a Videos space which includes short films such as Internet Roundup: The Worst Study Ever? And The World’s Oldest Person; Lefty Grenades and The Exclamation Point!.
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- Link
- https://maltinonmovies.libsyn.com
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Film critic Leonard Maltin, known for his annual "Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide" books, hosts this series in which he discusses his favourite films, pays tribute to great actors and actresses and talks all things movies -from Oscar nominations to film festivals- with people who share his enthusiasm. The series was launched in 2014 and there are some 210 episodes available- each lasting around one hour. The collection focuses on topics such as Food Movies, Buddy Movies, Leading Ladies, Christmas Movies, British Films and Horror Comedies, and personalities such as Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Joe Dante, Viggo Mortessen, Quincy Jones, Richard Linklater and Werner Herzog.
Other Record only
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- Link
- https://thenextpictureshow.tumblr.com
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
A biweekly roundtable examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson and Scott Tobias, each episode, which last around one hour- takes a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy in part one, then compares and contrast it with a modern successor in part two. The list of pair of films compared is now significant and include Sorry to Bother You/Putney Swope; The Chicago Way/Steve McQueen’s Widows; A Star is Born/Bradley Cooper/George Cukor; Blackklansman/Malcom X; All the President’s Men/Spotlight; Battle Royale/The Hunger Games Series; Toy Story/ The Good Dinosaur; Aguirre, The Wrath of God/ The Revenant.
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- Link
- https://workingclasshistory.com/category/podcast/
- Category
- Social Sciences
- Subject
- American Studies, History, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Women’s Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
Who makes History? This resource, launched in 2014, is dedicated to recording and popularising people’s history, that is, the history of ‘everyday women, men, people of colour, migrants, indigenous people, LGTB people, disabled people, workers, the unemployed, housewives and single mothers, as opposed to the history of rich and powerful individuals, kings, queens and politicians’. The collection of podcasts presented here tell the stories of past struggles which still resonate today. Each episode has a ‘Footnotes’ section, which offers links to relevant resources including short videos, articles written at the time, and websites. Events covered so far are: the Grunwick strike of East African and Asian women workers in London 1976-8; The Angry Brigade, Britain’s first urban guerrilla group; Anti-Nazi youth movements in World War II; Workmates: organising with agency workers on London Underground; Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1905-1918 and 1918-1950s; The West Virginia mine Wars, 1902-1922; The Vietnam War strike wave; Spanish Civil War; The League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit; Women in the Miners strike; Peterloo massacre with Mike Leigh; Women in the early IWW (Industrial Workers of the World Union).
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- Link
- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ghibliotheque-a-podcast-about-studio-ghibli/id1417125932?mt=2
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Podcasts exploring Studio Ghibli films. Regular hosts Michael Leader-a self-confessed Ghibli fanatic- and Jake Cunningham- a Ghibli newcomer- watch a different Ghibli film each week and then assess the work. The 30-minute episodes follow a similar format: Leader starts with a brief history which covers the basics about the director, how the film was financed and its release; Cunningham then offers a critical perspective, and afterwards a guest joins them to offer comments or give an interview. Titles covered so far include Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Toroto, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, Only Yesterday and Howl’s Moving Castle. Available via iTunes, Spotify and Acast.
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- Link
- https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/
- Category
- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Economics, Social Studies, Social Welfare
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Founded in 2005, The Resolution Foundation is an award-winning thinktank that conducts authoritative analytical research on living standards in the UK. The website offers free access to reports and statistical data, which could be used as educational resources by students and lecturers of socioeconomics. Specific subjects covered include: Incomes and Inequality; Jobs, Skills and Pay; Housing, Wealth and Debt; Tax and Welfare; Public Finances and the Economy; Intergenerational Commission. There are also Podcast and Video Channel sections which feature interviews and lectures by notable UK politicians and economists.
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- Link
- http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, Media Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Lists, Podcasting
Created in 2014 by film journalist, writer and lecturer, Karina Longworth, this podcast broadcast the results of different research projects about the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. There are some 130 episodes so far, each lasting around 30 minutes; personalities portrayed include well-known stars such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando and Kim Novak and lesser known actors such as Frances Farmer, Val Lewton, Kay Francis and Theda Bara. The site can be easily searched via the Archive section and the New Episodes tab. There is also a Film Club which presents the host’s must-see films and other films related to one or more individual episodes of the podcast, and the Book Club or mini-reference library which offers a guide to all the books used to make the programmes.
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- Link
- https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
Distributed by Trailers from Hell and hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter Josh Olson this podcast invites filmmakers, producers, writers, actors and comedians to discuss the films that inspired them. There are ten episodes so far with guests including Miguel Arteta, Dana Gould, Illeana Douglas, Bobcat Golthwait, Adam Rifkin, Allison Anders, Uwe Boll, Daniel Waters, The Dollop, Keith Gordon, Fred Dekker.
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- Link
- https://www.theallusionist.org/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Languages
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
Described simply as ‘a podcast about language’ this is a funny and educational show, hosted by Helen Zaltzman. Using language experts, listener questions, and words of the day the programme explores the English language, in particular where words and phrases come from. The show’s website can be searched by ‘episodes’ (there are 85 so far) and lexicon, which offers a list of words ordered alphabetically with a link to the relevant programme concerning that word.
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