Radio Reccs
Nov. 11th, 2013 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinThe balance is shifting ... more CBC than BBC, possibly related to the fact the CBC app works on my mobile device and the BBC's is geolocked.
Titanium - An excellently executed radio play about Yuri Gagarin, from the point of view of his colleague, friend, and runner-up as first man in space. It's cool to see the space race from the Russian side, for one, and for another, Gagarin appears to have been a reincarnation of Birdie Bowers in some respects, in this play at least. Available till Thursday.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is back and they've brought John Finnemore with them! This is all you need to know.
The Invention of Childhood - Michael Morpurgo's intriguing sociology series on the attitude toward children and their place in society over the last thousand years of British history.
Machiavelli: The Prince of Paradox - Examination of Machiavelli's life, work, writing, and the theory that perhaps The Prince was not meant to be taken entirely seriously.
The Enright Files: JFK - A two-part documentary, the first part of which is an interview with the man who's done the lion's share of research into JFK's assassination, explaining what did and didn't happen, where the conspiracy theories come from, and how full of crap they are. Also features a really satisfying evisceration of Oliver Stone. As someone who's made quite the extensive hobby of researching tragic history which has been grossly misrepresented in popular media, this was highly relevant to my interests, but I think could be interesting to anyone with a healthy respect for the truth. The second half looks into JFK's career, personality cult, and private life, and how the three did and didn't interact.
C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, Part 1 and Part 2 - A look into the personalities and guiding principles of one of the most influential groups of writers in the 20th century. I'm not much of a fan of Lewis' fiction, but this made me really want to read his essays, especially the one about imagination.
Titanium - An excellently executed radio play about Yuri Gagarin, from the point of view of his colleague, friend, and runner-up as first man in space. It's cool to see the space race from the Russian side, for one, and for another, Gagarin appears to have been a reincarnation of Birdie Bowers in some respects, in this play at least. Available till Thursday.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is back and they've brought John Finnemore with them! This is all you need to know.
The Invention of Childhood - Michael Morpurgo's intriguing sociology series on the attitude toward children and their place in society over the last thousand years of British history.
Machiavelli: The Prince of Paradox - Examination of Machiavelli's life, work, writing, and the theory that perhaps The Prince was not meant to be taken entirely seriously.
The Enright Files: JFK - A two-part documentary, the first part of which is an interview with the man who's done the lion's share of research into JFK's assassination, explaining what did and didn't happen, where the conspiracy theories come from, and how full of crap they are. Also features a really satisfying evisceration of Oliver Stone. As someone who's made quite the extensive hobby of researching tragic history which has been grossly misrepresented in popular media, this was highly relevant to my interests, but I think could be interesting to anyone with a healthy respect for the truth. The second half looks into JFK's career, personality cult, and private life, and how the three did and didn't interact.
C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, Part 1 and Part 2 - A look into the personalities and guiding principles of one of the most influential groups of writers in the 20th century. I'm not much of a fan of Lewis' fiction, but this made me really want to read his essays, especially the one about imagination.
