Sit down with London's statutory passenger watchdog - London TravelWatch - as we discuss the latest and greatest happenings in the world of transport. Hear the views of senior leaders within the organisation and unique insights from special guests across the industry, political realm and charity sector. Whether you prefer listening to us on your commute in or prefer to watch us, we've got you covered. Find us on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and all your favourite podcast platforms. All you ...
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The podcast from Chiro.London, hosted by founder Craig McLean. We meet chiropractors or people of influence who have an interesting life journey to share, always intertwined with a Chiro link. We started by chatting to the whole Chiro.London team of chiropractors and along the way we expanded to include some of the past Chiro London team, international chiropractors of influence, health focused London businesses or people (yoga, Pilates, gyms, PTs, psychotherapists) and simply some cool peop ...
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Active Travel Adventures podcast I Inspiring Multi-Day Adventure Trips Around the World
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Discover the world's best hiking, biking, and paddling adventures on the Active Travel Adventures Podcast. Get inspired to take your next multi-day trip — no extreme fitness required! We cover active vacations that any reasonably fit person can do, especially if they train. Adventure travel holidays offer a fun and more immersive cultural experience! What You'll Discover: * Trekking routes both the popular Bucket List trails and treks, plus many less discovered routes * Cycling holidays in s ...
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Podcast and blog of the world's most popular bicycling radio show, rolling since 2004
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Podcast devoted to the art, science, politics and transcendental pleasure of cycling, in London and beyond. Presented by Jack Thurston the show has been running since 2004, initially as a radio show on Resonance FM. It covers the intersections of cycling, culture, society and creativity from a variety of perspectives. From Tour de France to roller-racing, from Brompton commuters to bicycle messengers, from Kraftwerk to hip hop, from urban design to countryside trips. Literature, history, tra ...
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Rides, tech, training, cake and tales from the grass-roots of cycling. Bigfoot Cycle Club is a popular road, MTB and youth club in the London borough of Bromley. We ride for fun, fitness, commuting and racing and love anything to do with two wheels.
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Welcome to the Active Travel Podcast! We are founded by the Active Travel Academy, which was set up in September 2019, at the University of Westminster, to bring together expertise to lead research, teaching and knowledge exchange, with a focus on walking and cycling, and other ‘micromobilities’ from e-scooters to electric hand cycles; and reduction in car use. Our expertise comes from across the University and beyond, from disciplines including transport and urban studies, architecture, soc ...
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Each month, the Guardian's bike podcast brings you news, views and opinion from the world of cycling – from reviews of new bikes and essential biking accessories, to interviews with well-known cyclists, recommendations for bike routes and a round-up of the latest cycling-related news
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I am lucky. As part of the TRIUM Global EMBA team, I get to interact with some of the most interesting and informed people on the planet. This is never more true than in the conversations I have at the margins of the official program – exchanges with people who enrich, educate and entertain. TRIUM Connects seeks to reproduce those moments in a series of recorded conversations on topics from the worlds of business, economics, leadership and political economy. I hope the podcast gives people a ...
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Hop on board our tandem pod: It's Captain Alex and Jenni the Stoker! Join us as we navigate the wild and wonderful world of wheels. Comin atcha from London Bike Kitchen's DIY Bike Workshop, we're here to pull back the curtain on the industry and showcase a glorious smorgasbord of hidden cycling delights. Coz cycling's not just for roadies...or MAMILS...or Freds...plum smugglers...lycra louts..... ~ Work handles ~ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter ...
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After 19-year-old Daisy De La O was murdered outside her Compton apartment, her friends and family looked to authorities to make an arrest. When that didn’t happen, they took matters into their own hands. Their secret weapon? TikTok! The online videos spawned an international manhunt, rallying amateur detectives to do something radical: Help catch a killer. From London Audio, iHeart Radio, and executive producer Paris Hilton, My Friend Daisy is a ten-part investigative series written and hos ...
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An in-depth look at how ultra-endurance events place extreme and unique physiological demands on athletes. This podcast will feature athletes, and their support teams, talking about how they prepare and compete at the world's toughest events. Expect discussion around long-term preparation, nutrition, coping with environmental stressors and building psychologic toughness! Host: Nick Longworth has been hosting international sports technology and life science conferences for the last decade, an ...
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Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.
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Learn practical talent attraction & employer branding strategies from the best. The Employer Branding Podcast is hosted out of London by Jörgen Sundberg, CEO Link Humans. In this weekly show, international employer brand leaders, rebels, and innovators share their favorite tactics and strategies. From challenger brands with momentum – to leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Salesforce, Walmart, L'Oréal, and, Unilever. Episodes are around 20 minutes long and in an easy to fol ...
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This is a podcast reserved for the real. The Host of the show: @Mitch1hundred will take you on an audio journey whilst we look at the world through the lens of a young black man manoeuvring through London, joined by guest who also speak on their journeys and discuss relevant topics. Episodes available on all streaming platforms.
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Henry & Friends Live is a dynamic broadcast Hosting intimate conversations with featured guests. Host Henry Weinreich Weekends Live here Times Saturday’s East Coast USA 6:30 pm West Coast USA 3:30 pm London GMG 11:30 pm Sunday’s Melbourne 8:30am
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Our lives; unfiltered. The stories we’re not supposed to tell online. The conversations we have about lockdown breakups, dating apps, the good the bad and the ugly hook up stories, how our friends and family reacted to us taking up pole dance, the shit we’ve had to put up with on social media… and so much more. Join Sarah, Lucy and Tara every Friday for real and uncensored chats about their lives as millennials in London, trying to figure out what the fuck is going on.
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A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.rickst ...
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A podcast exploring the issues, trends and innovations in road safety and healthy travel that can help achieve a world where no one is killed or seriously injured on the roads - a vision for the future known as Vision Zero. By Brake, the road safety charity.
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Eurosport's lead cycling commentator Carlton Kirby presents a weekly guide to everything that's NOT happening in the sport this year, with stories and reflections from his 25 years in the gantry. Hosted by Duncan Steer
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Psychoanalysis applied outside the office.
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“The History of the World’s Greatest Nightclubs.” From London Audio, iHeartRadio, and executive producer Paris Hilton. Hosted by Ultra Naté, this is a 12-part podcast exploring how different clubs around the world revolutionized the way we party. How they ushered in the birth of new genres and became hotspots for political activism. But above all how they created space for people to escape the world around them, to lose themselves in the music and leave it all on the dance floor. Nightclubs ...
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Welcome to the Performance Physique Podcast. Our goal is to help you get faster, fitter, healthier, and happier quicker by bringing science to running, training, nutrition, and fitness. Hosted by Performance Coach, Arj Thiruchelvam, we offer practical tips, expert interviews, and deep dives into the latest research. Regularly featured in the Guardian, Times, The BBC, Women's Fitness and other features for his clear and correct advice! Follow us on @performance_physique or head to our website ...
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I am dedicating my first podcast to my parents who were professional entertainers. I started writing and singing professionally in 1986. I am also planning to post inspiring messages like the ones that I share in teaching yoga & soul work. The music will soon be available for purchase either per song or a CD ~ Peace and love, Gabrielle “I LOVE your music!! It speaks to me personally so much so! Especially the first one - “pretty child so nice to see you smilin' givin' back to your world” - y ...
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Trapped In Treatment is a new docu-style podcast series from Paris Hilton, London Audio, iHeartMedia, and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Telepictures, that will examine and expose the dark secrets of the “Troubled Teen Industry.” Beginning with Provo Canyon School, each season will focus on the story of one youth treatment facility, its survivors, and the traumatizing abuse at the hands of their captors. Hosted by Caroline Cole and Rebecca Mellinger, Trapped in Treatm ...
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Chatting with academics about their research on cities. Co-Hosts: Dr. Rebecca Mayers and Isaac Keast 2021 American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division Small grant award winner Artwork by Emily Huang: https://emilyhillustrations.com/ Music by Reid Cai, Ryan Kinneer, and Becca Mayers
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Kate Hills is on a one-woman mission to save UK manufacturing. In this podcast she shines the light on British brands and manufacturers, and goes behind the scenes of their businesses. With tips, hints and tricks to help you manufacture in the UK and buy British. Never has there been a more critical time to get behind 'made in Britain'.
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Now, more than ever, it's important that we all take a moment to look on the bright side to help us through the Coronavirus lockdown. That's what Look on the Bright Side is all about, bringing you the good news stories to put a smile on your face and help remember that there is good in the world - no matter what else is going on, together we can get through the Covid-19 pandemic. If you or someone you know has a story that makes you Look On The Bright Side, get in touch with us today. E-mail ...
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Best of 2025: Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From September: with sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to e…
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427c Christmas in London, Umbria, France, Norway, Greece, Basque Country
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Christmas is a little different across the pond — where Santas dwell on farms or in the woods, festively decorated boats stand in for sleighs, and fermented trout is a must-try treat. Learn about holiday traditions observed in France, Norway, Greece, London, the Spanish Basque Country, and small-town Italy, as a slate of Rick's guides share their c…
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Best of 2025: The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image
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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From April: The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she re…
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Trekking Bhutan: Himalayan Hiking & Camping plus Day Hiking Adventure (Part II)
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In Part II of our Bhutan adventure series, we dive deep into the trekking and camping experience that makes Bhutan one of the world's top bucket-list adventure destinations. If you've ever wondered what it's really like to hike in the Himalayas, stay in remote campsites, his episode gives you an authentic, first-hand look. We take a four day hiking…
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Best of 2025: Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
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Each week for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: the Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidar…
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The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?
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Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has vowed to spend his remaining years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empire By Jim Waterson. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…
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The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
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The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Listen to the full series from Th…
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815 Sacred Paris; Newgrange Solstice; Finnish Sauna; Christmas in Estonia, Rome, Venice
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Hear a Francophile's recommendations for some of the most magnificent religious architecture to explore in Paris. Then vicariously experience a winter solstice ritual from inside an ancient tomb in Ireland, and warm up to the custom that's central to life in Finland: the sauna. Plus, kick off the Christmas season with local holiday traditions from …
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‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice
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Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic By Viola Zhou. Read by Vivian Full This essay was originally published on Rest of world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/long…
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Friesland is ON! Plus How to Get Cheap Flights -- NOT Bear Safety 😎 -- Travel Tips
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Get the best price possible for your next flight with these important travel tips! Finding great airfares can be tricky, but with these travel hacks, you can try to outsmart the airlines! COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links and more cool info about today's show. Get FREE Travel Planners, Checklists and Packing Lists for ATA adventures (and each…
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From the archive: is the IMF fit for purpose?
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: as the world faces the worst debt crisis in decades, the need for a global lender of last resort is clearer than ever. But many nations view the IMF as overbearing, or even neocolonial – and…
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‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?
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As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worse By Hettie O’Brien. Read by Rebecca Trehearn. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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A Paris-based journalist lets us in on what happens behind closed doors at the city's grandest museum when it shuts to the public each Tuesday. And the last apprentice to be trained in the medieval techniques of masonry in Tuscany reveals how ancient secrets help to turn stone into masterpieces of art and architecture. For more information on Trave…
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EP40 - AI – How did we get here and where are we going?
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AI is becoming ubiquitous in our lives. It shapes how we work, play, interact, create, and even manage our health—and this is only the beginning. To understand where we are and where we might go, we first need to understand how we got here. By tracing the evolving nature of machine intelligence, we can appreciate how today’s AI differs from its pas…
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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
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I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth Written and read by Pamela Gordon. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime By Jacob Silverman.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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Bhutan Trekking & Cultural Adventure: Hiking and Exploring the Himalayan Kingdom
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Discover why Bhutan—The Land of the Thunder Dragon—is one of the world's most extraordinary adventure travel destinations. In this two part episode of the Active Travel Adventures podcast, I take you on my immersive cultural and trekking journey across Bhutan, including iconic hikes like Tiger's Nest Monastery, remote Himalayan village trails, and …
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From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: what’s behind the indestructible appeal of the robotic snack? By Tom Lamont. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…
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‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID
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When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not unexpected By Mara Kardas-Nelson. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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Teaching About the Dynamic Mind: Then and Now with Jonathan Shedler, PhD (San Francisco)
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"We bring our patterns with us wherever we go, into every relationship, and we necessarily and inevitably bring them into the therapy relationship or the psychoanalytic relationship, because that's a relationship too. It's not a matter of choice. It simply happens. It happens everywhere. The therapist doesn't do anything to make it happen. This is …
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495b National Parks Dinner Party; The Great Southwest; Utah's Craziest Bike Ride
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Author Terry Tempest Williams describes the various "personalities" of a dozen US national parks and examines each one's contributions to the American character. Then historian Flannery Burke tells us how Arizona and New Mexico came to embody what we now think of as the Great Southwest. And travel writer Christopher Solomon enjoys getting dusty on …
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‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose
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When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world By Rose George. Read by Rosalie Craig. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…
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How to Amplify the Reach of Your Employer Brand Messaging, with Rachel Duran of HPE
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As a global company, HPE’s talent challenges are at the top of the funnel. We learn how they utilize unconventional channels and smart targeting to reach people where they already are.Rachel Duran is the Head of Global Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Rachel Duran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rache…
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From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: as violence, drug use and suicide at HMP Nottingham reached shocking new levels, the prison became a symbol of a system crumbling into crisis By Isobel Thompson. Read by Simon Darwen. Help s…
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BONUS: The 3 Part Framework for Developing Profitable UK-Made Products
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🚀 Want to join British Brand Accelerator? Apply here: makeitbritish.co.uk/apply Doors close December 7th - don't wait! Got a question before applying? DM me on Instagram: @makeitbritish
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Chris McNamara, cycling coach and GB Gravel Champ: training tips and mega successful year in review. *one for the cycling community
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Send us a text Not our usual programming so unless you are interested in masters cycling change channels now. However if you are keen to be inspired by Chris McNamara’s epic year on the bike, the same year he turned 50 then tune in and cancel everything for the next 60 min. He’s super open about his year and we talk races, tactics, nutrition, train…
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‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
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How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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813 20th-Century France; Finest Hotel in Kabul; Photogenic Scotland
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Historian Colin Jones has managed to distill centuries of French history into just 250 pages, and he leads us through significant sights from the mighty nation's recent past. Then a veteran BBC correspondent recalls turbulent times in 1980s Afghanistan and the hotel that still stands as a symbol of the country's resilient people. And a photographer…
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Affordable Travel Gifts They'll Actually Want
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Check out these eighteen unique and affordable travel gifts for your loved ones (or yourself!) All are under $40, and most are under $20. COMPLETE SHOW NOTES Get more details about today's show. Travel Gift Ideas for 2025 *Warm & Cozy Ultra-Luxe Cloud Sleep Sock for Women & Men Under $10 BUY HERE *Wet Dry Bag for Swimsuit, Travel,, Dirty Yoga Gym C…
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From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: to eat in the modern world is often to eat in a state of profound sensory disengagement. It shouldn’t have to be this way By Bee Wilson. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent jour…
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Episode 3 - Personal Security with Siwan Hayward
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In episode 3 we chat with Transport for London's Director of Security, Policing and Enforcement Siwan Hayward about all things personal security and what TfL is doing to improve the safety of people travelling on its network. We discuss some of the collaborative campaigns our two organisations have worked on including encouraging active bystander b…
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The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
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Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work? By Philip Oltermann. Read by Daniela Denby Ashe. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…
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On Transience and the Cycle of Time: Freud and Ecclesiastes with Paul Marcus, PhD (Great Neck, New York)
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"The similarity between Freud and Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] is that both of them believe that there's no overarching totalistic system that integrates all the disparate experiences that one has. You have that, Freud says, in psychotics, and you have that in philosophers, and you have that in devout people - they look for systematicity. They try to cra…
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812 What's New in Venice; The Senior Nomads Come Home; Food Tours in Europe
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One of Rick's favorite Venice tour guides lets us in on changes afoot in Italy's city of dreams. Then the tireless Senior Nomads share lessons from a dozen years on the road as they unpack their suitcases and settle down for good. And a gastronomic guide invites us to dig into the best bites from across the continent. For more information on Travel…
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BBC Radio London: Sara Cox’s 5 Marathons, 74 Ultras, Penguin Row & Cadbury's | Arj Thiruchelvam
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BBC Radio London: Sara Cox’s 5 Marathons, 74 Ultras, Penguin Row & Cadbury's | Arj Thiruchelvam I joined Shay Kaur-Grewal on BBC Radio London (13 November 2025) for the Week in Review — we covered sport, culture and the stories everyone’s talking about this week. In this episode: Sara Cox’s epic challenge — 5 marathons in 5 days for Children in Nee…
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‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London
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Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us today By Yvonne Singh. Read by Karl Queensborough. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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From the archive: ‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: the arrest of a Tibetan New York city cop on spying charges plays into the community’s long-held suspicions that the People’s Republic is watching them By Lauren Hilgers. Read by Emily Woo Z…
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Special Edition: Behind the scenes at the Long Read
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To celebrate the launch of the new Guardian Long Read magazine this week, join the long read editor David Wolf in discussion with regular contributors Charlotte Higgins and Hettie O’Brien. The Guardian long read magazine is available to order at theguardian.com/longreadmag In this issue, you’ll find pieces on how MrBeast became the world’s biggest …
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Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat
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Before Peter Betts died in 2023, he wanted to pass on what he had learned over many years of negotiating at Cops – including how Paris 2015 was saved at the last bell By Peter Betts. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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811 Slavic Europe; Running with the Bulls; Checking In
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Guidebook researcher Cameron Hewitt opens our eyes to the history, nature, and genuine welcome that await travelers venturing to the Slavic nations of central and eastern Europe. Then a tour guide from Switzerland explains what compels him to run with the bulls in Pamplona each summer, as he's done for five decades. And listeners chat with Rick abo…
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Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet
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A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life By Samanth Subramanian. Read by Raj Ghatak. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian
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8 Day Cycling Adventure from London to Wales : Go West with Steve Silk
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🎧 Go West with Steve Silk — Cycling Britain's Wild and Winding West Country Go West with Steve Silk | Cycling Adventure Across Britain's West Country Join Active Travel Adventures as we chat with Steve Silk about his new book Go West and his 300-mile cycling journey through Britain's backroads, coastlines, and countryside. Discover how slow travel …
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From the archive: A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater
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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Kenya’s great lakes are flooding, in a devastating and long-ignored environmental disaster that is displacing hundreds of thousands of people By Carey Baraka. Read by Reice Weathers. Help su…
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A Memoir of Transformation: a patient examines two analyses at two stages of life with Joan Peters, PhD (Ojai, California)
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"With Kristi [second analyst], it was much, much deeper. This whole dependent and infantile part of me was coming out. This is psychoanalytic language - I was moving into a regression that was terrifying, because I had been trained by my mother, and it was my nature, and it was what had worked for me to really approach things as an 'independent per…
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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
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Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s part newscaster, part professor, part friend By Lauren Hilgers. Read by G Cheng. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…
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810 Gothic Literary Tourism; Mexico's Day of the Dead; Spooky New Orleans
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Hear how Gothic literature uses scary stories and the supernatural to explore human nature. Then learn about the origins and traditions of Mexico's annual celebration of departed loved ones. And get a New Orleans tour guide's take on the uniquely spiritual culture of her city as well as some of its most haunted sights. For more information on Trave…
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