Best Mark Rees Podcasts (2025)

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EP159 Halloween Ghost Rider: Haunted History, Murder Road & Jack-o'-Lanterns (Ghosts & Folklore of Wales podcast with Mark Rees) 24:46

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20d ago24:46

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Who is the mysterious Ghost Rider haunting a lonely Welsh road plagued by Halloween Jack-o'-Lanterns? What dark link ties this spectral horseman to an old murder, a flickering light in the darkness, and the Devil himself? On this episode, journey into the shadows of rural Wales, where folklore and fear merge on moonlit lanes. Discover the chilling …

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Michael Kemp - Avoiding the Rocks of Investing Under-Performance | Repeat Episode 40:04

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Repeat Episode. Have been busy this week at the ASA QLD Invstor Summit on the Gold Coast. Saw Michael Kemp again and thought that this episode bore a repeat for all of the great investing insights. What does an epic poem written around 700BC tell us about investing? How are investors tempted to steer their money onto the rocks of investing underper…

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Talks to Glenn Fitzgerald about his choice of The Stones of Blood (1/4) 41:50

1d ago41:50

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Joe meets gorgeous Glenn Fitzgerald in the countryside to have a flask of tea and a sausage sandwich and to chase about with sinister stones...

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Hamster Book Club - The Androids of Tara by David Fisher (featuring David Gillespie-Pratt) 1:19:13

2d ago1:19:13

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What has happened to our favourite lines? Fisher rewrites a rewrite and then rewrites Tom Baker's rewrite! But with charming prose, glorious backstory and some brilliant new jokes. A piece of sunshine.

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Hearing Trumpet’ by Leonora Carrington 16:31

2d ago16:31

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Leonora Carrington was a prodigious artist closely associated with major surrealists of the 1930s. Though only sporadically in print until recently, her writing has helped cement her cult status, not least The Hearing Trumpet (1974). Before her family consign her to an old-age facility, nonagenarian Marian Leatherby is gifted a hearing trumpet with…

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Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight" (Luath, 2025) 27:30

3d ago27:30

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In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press, 2025), Stuart McHardy delves into the rich tapestry of pre-Christian Scottish beliefs, uncovering the enduring presence of ancient mythologies in today’s landscape. Long before the arrival of Christian monks, the Scots revered a pantheon of deities, with the Cailleach Goddess at its …

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AA: Diplomacy, Free Speech, AI 40:12

4d ago40:12

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Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?By BBC Radio 4

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Strictly Come Hamster - 12th Doctor Finale (featuring Joumana, Frazer, Mark & Dan) 2:44:13

4d ago2:44:13

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Four huge Peter Capaldi fans assemble to celebrate and cajole the members of the Ham Fam that say nasty things about their favourite and we battle it out through the runners up and winners to find our favourite 12th Doctor story!

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Sarah Elliot, Nigel Huddleston, Alison McGovern, Calum Miller 52:01

5d ago52:01

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Alex Forsyth presents political debate and discussion from StourbridgeBy BBC Radio 4

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Talks to Jack Coyer & Steven B about their choice of The Awakening (2/2) 1:21:04

6d ago1:21:04

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is this an atmospheric political statement of the time...or just a load of old tosh? Join Joe, Jack & Steven who investigate...

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Talks to Steven B & Jack Coyer about their choice of The Awakening (1/2) 42:22

7d ago42:22

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Devils in the church, ghosts in the crypt, demons from the far reaches of space…Joe, Steven and Jack investigate this atmospheric two parter…

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Silver for Beginners - David Morgan | The Morgan Report 44:05

7d ago44:05

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My guest this week is David Morgan, a renowned precious metals analyst and publisher of The Morgan Report. We explored the monetary system, its flaws, and how precious metals like silver and gold can protect your wealth. Check out this free download Ten Rules for Silver Investing which will help you understand the best ways to access this special p…

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Hamster Book Club - Face of the Enemy by David A. McIntee (featuring Luke Sims-Jenkins, Andrew Batty & Jon Arnold) 1:59:54

8d ago1:59:54

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Where the book club learns to be REAL MEN! A McIntee love-in as we tackle one of his most celebrated and fun books; a ballsy, continuity filled, characterful piece with the best depiction of the Master in print. Badda-Badda-Badda!

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Ethics of Ambiguity' by Simone de Beauvoir 15:44

9d ago15:44

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At the heart of human existence is a tragic ambiguity: the fact that we experience ourselves both as subject and object, internal and external, at the same time, and can never fully inhabit either state. In her 1947 book, Simone de Beauvoir addresses the ethical implications of this uncertainty and the ‘agonising evidence of freedom’ it presents, a…

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Owen Rees, "The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization" (Norton, 2025) 1:24:30

9d ago1:24:30

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When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilization ceased to exist. Our own fascination with the Greek and Roman world has for centuries followed this perspective, shrouding culture…

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Talks to Paul Dunn about his choice of Revenge of the Cybermen (4/4) 37:49

10d ago37:49

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Joe and Paul are heading for the biggest bang in history! My skystriker!

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Starmer, Kirk, SEN 40:27

11d ago40:27

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Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?By BBC Radio 4

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“Plato and the Tyrant” with author James Romm 58:06

11d ago58:06

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In 388 BCE, Plato, at the age of about forty and in the midst of writing The Republic, visited for the first time the then-Greek city state of Syracuse, on the eastern shores of Sicily. Syracuse was ruled by a tyrant, Dionysius, who on death was followed by his son, also a tyrant. Over the course of his three separate visits to Syracuse over the ye…

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Talks to Paul Dunn about his choice of Revenge of the Cybermen (3/4) 31:03

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We're down in the caves, bullets are firing, the Cybermen are massacring the Vogans, Sarah is trying to get back to the Beacon, the Doctor is bomb-loaded and Harry Sullivan is very possibly an imbecile! It's all going on!

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AQ: Lord Deben, Miranda Green, Timandra Harkness, Luke Pollard MP 52:04

12d ago52:04

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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Liskeard Public Hall in Cornwall.By BBC Radio 4

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The (X) Hamster Files - Squeeze (featuring Agent Morris) 1:01:04

12d ago1:01:04

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Responsible for my every nightmare for about a decade - Eugene Victor Tooms! The baby faced, liver eating, body contorting mutant!

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130 - Ste Brotherstone - A Third Person Video Game With Colin Bennett 1:33:15

12d ago1:33:15

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Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Joining Tim this time is writer and illustrator Ste Brotherstone, who's trying to collect a full set of picture cards for World Of The Vorgans, Rebecca's World by Terry…

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Talks to Paul Dunn about his choice of Revenge of the Cybermen (2/4) 30:44

12d ago30:44

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Sarah is infected, trapped with Harry on the planet of gold and the Doctor is sniffing out a traitor with a Cybermat. All the while the Cybermen loom ever closer...

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Talks to Paul Dunn about his choice of Revenge of the Cybermen (1/4) 46:05

13d ago46:05

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Paul starts his Hamster journey in style as he heads straight for one of the most kicked Tom Baker worries to champion. Hoover attachments at the ready!

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Demystifying Finance & Crunching Crypto | Keith D 41:20

14d ago41:20

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In this episode I had the pleasure of sitting down with Keith D, also known as Keith Smith. Our conversation was a deep dive into the misconceptions holding people back from financial confidence, the transformative potential of decentralized finance, and the lessons Keith has learned from his own financial journey. Blog post available at: https://w…

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Hamster Book Club - The Book of the Still by Paul Ebbs (featuring Mark Donaldson) 1:10:01

15d ago1:10:01

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On the Timelash’s Mark Donaldson & I discuss Bollywood, big concepts, romance and an idiosyncratic prose style! Boom Shakalaka!

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Novel Approaches: ‘The Last Chronicle of Barset’ by Anthony Trollope 17:07

16d ago17:07

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Trollope enthusiasts Tom Crewe and Dinah Birch say they could have chosen any one of his 47 novels for this episode, so it’s no wonder Elizabeth Bowen called him ‘the most sheerly able of the Victorian novelists’. They settled on The Last Chronicle of Barset: a model example of Anthony Trollope’s gift for comedy, pathos, social commentary and maste…

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Strictly Come Hamster - Season Eight (featuring Toby Hadoke, Luke Molloy & Chris Curtis) 3:08:55

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The Master! Autons! The Master! The Keller Machine! The Master! Axos! The Master! IMC! The Master! Azal! And of course the most important thing of the season - the Master! Also, the true villain of the piece - the Doctor!

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Angela Rayner 39:59

18d ago39:59

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Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?By BBC Radio 4

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The (X) Hamster Files - Deep Throat (featuring Agent Nathan Bottomley) 53:17

18d ago53:17

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The second episode of The X-Files comes under examination by the second contributor to this new paranormal Hamster thread...

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AQ: Richard Fuller MP, Meg Hillier MP, Sherelle Jacobs, Zack Polanski 52:08

19d ago52:08

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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Kimpton Memorial Hall, Hertfordshire.By BBC Radio 4

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Hamster Book Club - Grave Matter by Justin Richards (featuring Jon Arnold, Luke Sims-Jenkins & Andrew Batty) 2:08:11

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To Dorsill we go, stepping into the past Where zombies roam, with brains their repast, Peri persued, she needs to be fast, Or else death will catch up and forever last...

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Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025) 58:49

20d ago58:49

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Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East (University Press of Colorado, 2025) by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, …

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Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Pyramids of Mars (4/4) 41:42

20d ago41:42

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Is the last episode of this classic a disappointment or not? Does it become less Hammer horror and more Doctor Who?

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EP 43: Shelf Life #6 (with Iona Bain & Michael Gilmore) 53:47

21d ago53:47

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Personal finance is the theme of this episode as we hear from two friends of the Library of Mistakes deeply committed to making financial understanding more accessible – particularly to younger people. Iona Bain has made her name as a supporter of millennials striving to make the most of their finances, and is the resident money expert on BBC One's…

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Oswyn Murray, "The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present" (Harvard UP, 2024) 1:02:16

21d ago1:02:16

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The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present (Harvard UP, 2024) traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the li…

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Copy Trading Secrets - Jeppe Kirk Bonde | eToro Investor 38:41

22d ago38:41

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In this episode i sit down with Jeppe Kirk Bonde, one of eToro’s most copied investors. Jeppe has achieved 25% average annual return since 2013 with over $100 Million invested by copiers. He is helping 25,000+ copiers and 300,000 followers to achieve world-class returns. 👉🏻 START INVESTING TODAY WITH ETORO 🌎 SIGN UP HERE 🌍 Blog post available at: h…

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Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Pyramids of Mars (3/4) 30:27

22d ago30:27

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The last, great episode of this story? Should Sarah be able to fire a gun? Did Tom need to dress up as a Mummy? Is this one of the best cliffhangers ever?

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Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Pyramids of Mars (2/4) 29:57

22d ago29:57

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And then the murders started...and never stopped. Bernard Archard returns as the animated human cadaver, Ernie Clements is crushed to death by tits and Warlock is throttled at the behest of his oldest friend...

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Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney, "Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration" (U California Press, 2025) 1:20:39

23d ago1:20:39

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Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration (open access) examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prison…

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Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Pyramids of Mars (1/4) 43:27

23d ago43:27

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The delightful Rob Valentine joins me in celebrating this much vaunted classic by way of homework - we watched the Hammer film The Mummy and we're talking about inspiration!

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Love and Death: ‘Poems of 1912-13’ by Thomas Hardy 14:13

23d ago14:13

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Without Emma Gifford, we might never have heard of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s first wife was instrumental in his decision to abandon architecture for a writing career, and a direct influence – possibly collaborator – on his early novels. Their marriage, initially passionate, defied family expectations and class barriers, but by the time of Emma’s death,…

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Hamster Book Club - Mean Streets by Terrance Dicks (featuring John Isles & Dylan Rees) 1:09:14

24d ago1:09:14

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Here on the Mean Streets of Megacity, the line between justice and death is a thin one. And unearthing the secrets of The Project will go one way or the other...

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Flags, Immigration 40:34

25d ago40:34

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Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?By BBC Radio 4

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AQ: Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Russell Findlay MSP, Kirsty McNeill MP, Alison Thewliss 51:55

26d ago51:55

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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Woodside Hall in Glasgow.By BBC Radio 4

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Strictly Come Hamster - Series 10b (featuring Si Hart, Daniel(s) Rawnsley & Knight & Elliot Mair 3:46:45

26d ago3:46:45

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Passions rise as we discuss Monks, Ice Warriors, Celts and Cybermen. Is this bold and innovative, or half arsed and ugly? Joe, Si, the Daniel’s & Elliot investigate!