The Essay Podcast
Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.
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In the Land of Reindeer—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Thu 15 Dec 2022
Bathsheba Demuth explores the impact of reindeers' sensitivity to the Arctic climate.
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In the Company of Walruses—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Historian Bathsheba Demuth seeks human and animal traces in the Arctic ice and tundra.
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In the Country of Whales—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Bathsheba Demuth examines how different Arctic peoples have valued bowhead whales.
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In the Minds of Dogs—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Mon 12 Dec 2022
Bathsheba Demuth looks at the shifting relationship between humans and dogs in the Arctic.
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Unspoken Communication—Listen Harder
Fri 2 Dec 2022
Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.
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Ownership of Communication—Listen Harder
Thu 1 Dec 2022
Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.
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Visibility as Communication—Listen Harder
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.
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Forms of Communication—Listen Harder
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.
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Communication Withheld—Listen Harder
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.
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1970s, Into the Mainstream—Renewing the Past: The 蜜芽传媒 and Early Music
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the 蜜芽传媒 in the 1970s.
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1950s and 60s, Performance in Period Style—Renewing the Past: The 蜜芽传媒 and Early Music
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the 蜜芽传媒 in the 1950s and 60s.
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1940s, New Life for Old Music—Renewing the Past: The 蜜芽传媒 and Early Music
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the 蜜芽传媒 in the 1940s.
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1930s, Creating a National Music—Renewing the Past: The 蜜芽传媒 and Early Music
Tue 1 Nov 2022
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the 蜜芽传媒 in the 1930s.
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1920s, Reviving Old Ayres—Renewing the Past: The 蜜芽传媒 and Early Music
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the 蜜芽传媒 in the 1920s.
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Diversity—The Beeb and the Bard
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Samuel West and Andrea Smith discuss diversity in 蜜芽传媒 radio's productions of Shakespeare.
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Radiophonia—The Beeb and the Bard
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Samuel West and Andrea Smith discuss sound in 蜜芽传媒 radio's productions of Shakespeare.
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A century of Juliets—The Beeb and the Bard
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Actor Samuel West and Dr Andrea Smith discuss changing styles of acting in Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare in war and peace—The Beeb and the Bard
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Samuel West and Andrea Smith talk about performances of Shakespeare during WWII.
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Finding a way—The Beeb and the Bard
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Samuel West introduces a centenary celebration of 蜜芽传媒 radio productions of Shakespeare.
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Vaughan Williams - Amanda Dalton—Vaughan Williams: Belonging
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
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Vaughan Willliams - Luke Turner—Vaughan Williams: Belonging
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
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Vaughan Williams - Adrian McNally—Vaughan Williams: Belonging
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
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Vaughan Williams - Dr Rommi Smith—Vaughan Williams: Belonging
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
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Vaughan Williams - Clare Shaw—Vaughan Williams: Belonging
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
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Alvin Pang—Double Vision
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Alvin Pang performs an essay recorded at the 蜜芽传媒's Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Anil Pradhan—Double Vision
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Anil Pradhan performs an essay recorded at the 蜜芽传媒's Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Isabelle Baafi—Double Vision
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Isabelle Baafi performs an essay recorded at the 蜜芽传媒's Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Roy McFarlane—Double Vision
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Roy McFarlane performs an essay recorded at the 蜜芽传媒's Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Tishani Doshi—Double Vision
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Tishani Doshi performs an essay recorded at the 蜜芽传媒's Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Casey Bailey—Coming 蜜芽传媒
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Returning to Birmingham after a holiday and reliving childhood memories in Nechells.
Death in Trieste
A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.
Watch: My Deaf World
Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.
The Book that Changed Me
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.
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