Best Raymond Gay Podcasts (2025)

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S1E7 - Raymond's Corner - 1x07 - Interview With The Developer of Cookie Hands Free Cooking with an IOS Device 24:11

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This episode features Daria the #Developer of a new app in beta on IOS called #Cookie# Daria and I have a conversation about how the app came to be we learn a bit about Daria and more. Please visit https://www.stitchedstrategy.com if you wish to join the beta or to read more about the app itself and the features offered.. Thank you to Andre Louis f…

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The Return 8:32

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Welcome to the new chapter for this podcast and YouTube channel. In this episode I cover some of the books I've read in the past 2 or 3 years; as well as, talk about a new app and an upcoming interview. I also explain the direction for this podcast both in audio and video. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.…

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Oliver Postgate 27:39

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"Postgate's work is deep inside me and I think that's true for so many of my generation...His work represents nothing less than a touchstone for our national imagination and in that sense it's profoundly important" Andrew Davenport, writer, composer, and creator of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden, nominates Oliver Postgate, who, along with his …

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Sylvia Plath 27:06

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Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence, chooses the writer Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath was a precocious, prize-winning child,. Her mother had high expectations for her. Her father had died when she was 8 (but could have been saved if only he'd gone to see a doctor). When she was well, Plath was energetic, fun, bright, attractive, funny and incredibly sma…

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Elizabeth Day on Hatshepsut 27:40

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"One of the things that she claimed was that her mother had been impregnated by the sun god Amon-Ra."Elizabeth Day's interest in the female pharaoh Hatshepsut was sparked by a trip to Egypt less than a year ago. What intrigued her was how this woman survived and thrived as ruler in a traditionally male role. Joining her in discussion is Professor J…

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Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey 30:43

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"The area I mostly work in is generally known as free - the free music area. And free is one of those four letter words, like rock or jazz or punk maybe. It started out meaning something." Derek Bailey Born in 1930 in Sheffield, Bailey worked as a session musician in dance bands and orchestras before turning his back on that world. Free improvisati…

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Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup 27:41

3M ago27:41

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Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup, picked by composer Sir James MacMillan and aided by Jock Stein’s biographer, Archie MacPherson. Jock Stein was manager of Celtic FC when they won the European Cup in Lisbon in 1967. He later died while managing Scotland in a world cup qualifier against Wales – the date, September 1…

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Benjamin Franklin 26:59

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Matthew Parris heads to the house where Benjamin Franklin lived for almost 17 years to meet banker and philanthropist John Studzinski. Franklin was born in Boston when it was still a part of the British empire, ran away to Philadelphia and lodged near Charing Cross at 36 Craven Street in London for over a decade. He was an agent for the Pennsylvani…

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Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country 27:28

3M ago27:28

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"I find his novels extraordinarily beautiful .. and they're an excellent length." Miles Jupp picks an author he loves, but knows little about. JL Carr was born in Yorkshire and was a teacher, mapmaker, and an eccentric. Joining the comedian in studio to discuss Carr is a man who knew him well - DJ Taylor - who paints a picture of a man who hated Lo…

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Helen Castor on Richard II 27:37

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Today's great life is possibly more famous as a Shakespearean character - King Richard II who was deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He's been chosen by historian Helen Castor, author of The Eagle and the Hart, who shines a light on what really happened towards the end of his reign. Also helping is Professor Emma Smith who explains wh…

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DJ Deb Grant on John Prine 26:51

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DJ Deb Grant picks US mailman turned country-folk singer John Prine, whose beautiful songs captured the world in which he lived. Bob Harris, who first met him on the Old Grey Whistle Test, adds to the conversation. "I came to know him through him speaking about his own music - it's his character, his personality and his attitude that I fell for," s…

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August WOTC: Holding Space for Lil Nas X and Comparing Church Carpets 1:14:42

4M ago1:14:42

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie unpack trending stories from August and take a detour into the most unhinged church kid side tangent. Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on InstagramBy Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie

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Childhood Fame 1:13:40

4M ago1:13:40

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie discuss the complex nature of childhood fame. Listen along as they unpack parenting styles, financial burdens, and the exploitative nature of the industry that parents support their children in. WOTC is Halle Berry's ex has too much audacity, and Sean Kingston is sentenced to prison ti…

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We Quit! 1:22:21

4M ago1:22:21

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie discuss quitting! Listen along for more information, wink wink! Word on the curb is Cardi B is out here giving everything but body positivity, and Texas Democrats are on the run! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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July WOTC: A DC Reunion, Drag Race All Stars, & Whatever Laverne Cox Is Doing 1:25:07

5M ago1:25:07

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie dive into their messy bags. Listen along as they unpack trending headlines from this chaotic month! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on InstagramBy Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie

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Couch Cushion Episode: Dating Woes, Black Phrases, & Reddit Threads 1:28:45

5M ago1:28:45

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This week, your hosts, Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie are breaking the format to bring you a variety episode. Listen along as they answer Reddit questions, discuss the origins of popular Black phrases, and spill dating tea! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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Dear Problematic Fave: Nicki Minaj 1:27:32

5M ago1:27:32

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This week, your favorite messy trio, Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie, tackle the meteoric rise and slightly unhinged descent of Nicki Minaj. From dominating the charts in the mid-2000s to beefing with anyone who owns a mic (and a Twitter account), the Queen of Rap has done it all (besides winning a Grammy). In this episode, the BNQ crew t…

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June WOTC: Tyler Perry, Diddy, and Deadbeat Daddies 1:10:01

6M ago1:10:01

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie dig into all of the mess from June. From Tyler Perry's lawsuit, to Diddy's verdict and even Nelly refusing to step up and a change damn diaper. This episode is strictly Word on the Curb! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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Black Women in Television 1:07:43

6M ago1:07:43

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In this episode, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie discuss the pioneering Black women in investigative and journalistic television. Listen along as they highlight their faves and acknowledge the many ways the landscape has shifted. From talk shows to news stations and even podcasts, the impact and talent of Black women in journal…

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Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana 27:43

6M ago27:43

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Seretse Khama was born in 1921 in Bechuanaland when it was still a British Protectorate. In 1966 he became Botswana's first president. In between he married a white Londoner, Ruth Williamson, was exiled by the British, and made to renounce his interest in succeeding as head of the Bangwato. It's an extraordinary and notable life, and he's been nomi…

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Transparency: A Conversation Amongst Family (Part 2) 1:28:59

6M ago1:28:59

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Transmisia: a term that captures the prejudice, hatred, and systemic discrimination faced by transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. Transmisia goes beyond the narrow definition of "transphobia." In this second installment of Transparency: A Conversation Amongst Family, your host Randy Nygel and BoDaBaddie are joined once again by…

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Emily Williamson, co-founder of the RSPB 27:32

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For over a hundred years no one thought too much about the origins of the RSPB, but among its founders was a woman in Didsbury opposed to the use of feathers in fashionable hats. Emily Williamson was outraged by the widespread slaughter of egrets and the crested grebe. She had tried to join the all-male British Ornithological Union, and when that f…

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Tina Turner 27:43

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Rock Icon Tina Turner proposed by the actress and author Rebecca Humphries. Tina Turner began life as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, joining Ike Turner's band in St Louis at the age of 17. Her presence, her performances and her voice captivated audiences, but this is really a story of triumph over abuse. After she left Ike Turner with noth…

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BNQ Investigates: Dating Apps 1:19:17

7M ago1:19:17

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie discuss their experiences with dating apps- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Word on the Curb is that homophobic artists are performing at Pride, and NeNe Leakes subjected T.S. Madison to transphobia. Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti 27:39

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The chef Raymond Blanc nominates his mentor and friend, the physicist Professor Nicholas Kurti.Kurti was born in Hungary but fled to Oxford when Hitler came to power. Pushing the frontiers of low-temperature physics during his career, he went on to create‘molecular gastronomy’ in retirement. Raymond Blanc approached Kurti after a lecture the profes…

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Tops, Bottoms, and Sides: Fluidity in Sexuallity 1:23:42

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie share updates and new developments in their personal lives and discuss the many labels and terms for queer sexual preferences. Listen along as they break down new terms and definitions and speak on their own sexual preferences. This week, the word on the curb is Patti LuPone put her mo…

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Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt 27:38

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At the age of 10 Dervla Murphy was given an atlas and a bicycle, and so began an adventurous life. Her account of a journey to India became a classic called Full Tilt but she also went to Cuba, Ethiopia and the Andes where our guest first met her in a doss house. Hilary Bradt is the founder of the Bradt Travel Guides and is picking Dervla Murphy as…

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Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites 27:43

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We don't even know if Ned Ludd was real, but perhaps that was the point. "You could say he was everyone and no one - and that's what made him so terrifying for the authorities." Leader of the Luddites, who often signed letters and proclamations Ned Ludd, he is shown in one engraving wearing mismatched shoes and a blue polka dot dress, suggesting a …

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Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers 27:40

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Richey was, beautiful says Cummins, a natural icon and a gift to photograph. He also believes his writing has been overshadowed by the fact of his disappearance in 1995. "I think nobody has looked beyond that for quite a long time.” Manic Street Preachers biographer, Simon Price, also knew Richey Edwards and says he was "the most intelligent rock s…

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Benny Hill 27:28

8M ago27:28

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Biography show in which the guest picks someone they admire. Benny Hill is a thorny choice but playwright Jonathan Maitland is determined that - despite accusations of sexism and racism later in his career - Britain's most successful comedian deserves a second look. Benny was fired by Thames TV in 1989. "The show was past its sell-by date," was the…

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Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes 27:35

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“Henrietta's eyes looked into one's soul at the same time exposing her own. She posed for me most Mondays for the last seven months until two days before she died.” In a raw and very funny opener to the new series of Great Lives, painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling chooses someone she knew extremely well - her lover Henrietta Moraes. Born in India,…

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Harriet Harman on Maria Callas 27:57

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The legendary opera star Maria Callas was lauded for her magnetic stage presence and extraordinary vocal range. Born in New York in 1923 to Greek immigrant parents, she moved with her mother and sister to Greece aged 13. In 1939 she attended the Athens Conservatoire where she embarked on a rigorous vocal training in the Italian "bel canto" traditio…

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Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows 27:56

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Born in Illinois in 1941, Dana Meadows studied Chemistry and Molecular Biology, before turning her back on a post doc position at Harvard, to pursue environmentalism. She joined her husband Dennis Meadows as part of the team working on Professor Jay Forester's World3 computer model of the world economy at MIT and wrote the report on the results of …

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Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison 27:00

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George Harrison was a musician, singer and songwriter who became one of the most famous people in the world as one quarter of the Beatles. That alone would merit a place in the Great Lives pantheon, but his work in the decades after the band broke up indicates a man of diverse and arguably underestimated talents. Erupting onto the pop music scene i…

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Jake Arnott on John Gay 27:42

10M ago27:42

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John Gay, eighteenth-century satirist and author of The Beggar's Opera, is nominated by the writer Jake Arnott - whose novels, including The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers, are also set in London's criminal underworld. Editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop, is the presenter, and Dr Rebecca Bullard of the University of Oxford is on hand to help uncover …

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Unsung & Unapologetic: Queer Icons in Black History 1:11:49

10M ago1:11:49

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This week, your hosts Raymond Wise, Randy Nygel, & BoDaBaddie are celebrating trailblazers who not only shaped their fields but also boldly existed at the intersection of Black and LGBTQ+ identity—whether they lived out loud or between the lines of history. Word on the curb is that the price of eggs could drop, and the Kennedy Center's new chair me…

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February WOTC: Black Jesus & Lawsuits & Robots, Oh My! 1:23:43

10M ago1:23:43

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This week, your hosts Raymond Wise, Randy Nygel, and BoDaBaddie cover the headlines that caught their attention this month. From Cynthia Erivo playing Jesus to Diddy's lawyer quitting, it's been a chaotic Black History Month. Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on InstagramBy Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie

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Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy 27:59

10M ago27:59

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One dubbed "the biggest, loudest and indisputably the rudest mouth on the battleground", Florynce Kennedy was a force to be reckoned with. She was a lawyer, a vocal figure in the American civil rights and feminist movements of the 1960s and '70s, and a champion of numerous other causes besides; from legalising abortion to campaigning for sex-worker…

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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 27:47

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"I've chosen him because I think he was possibly the most interesting human being who has ever lived". A N Wilson Born in the middle of the 18th century in Frankfurt, Goethe went on to become the pre-eminent figure in German literature. As well as writing plays and poetry (including Faust) he was a statesman, a scientist, an artist and a critic. Qu…

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BNQ: Spin the Block 1:26:32

11M ago1:26:32

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This week, your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie revisit conversations from some of their most popular episodes and take questions from listeners. Word on the Curb is Kendrick Lamar gave us a Super Bowl halftime show that was Blackity Black Black! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica 27:44

11M ago27:44

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"The Queen Boadicea, standing loftily charioted, Brandishing in her hand a dart and rolling glances lioness-like, Yell'd and shriek'd between her daughters in her fierce volubility": so wrote Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the 19th Century, celebrating the story of an ancient English warrior queen who sparked a brutal and bloody rebellion against Roman r…

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BNQ Recap: The Grammys 1:26:51

11M ago1:26:51

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This week your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie recap music's biggest night, the Grammys! From the fashions, to the winners and the performances- listen to their unfiltered thoughts. *Bo wanted to add that Rumi is on Cowboy Carter, not Sir, and Doechii is the third woman to win best rap album, but the first to win best rap album for …

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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs 27:41

11M ago27:41

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Eugene Victor Debs, born 1855 in Indiana USA, was a railway worker, a trade unionist and a five time candidate for the presidency. He was imprisoned during the First World War for sedition. He'd urged resistance to the draft; President Woodrow Wilson called him a traitor to the nation, but Debs still ran for the presidency in 1920. His sentence was…

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January WOTC: LEAVE THE CHICKEN ALONE!!! 1:28:13

11M ago1:28:13

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This week your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie recap all of the major headlines from the month of January. From Trump's never ending list of executive orders, to Don Julio's collaboration with Popeye's Fried Chicken. PS - Happy 50th Episode! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on Instagram…

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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott 27:48

11M ago27:48

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"Make the boy interested in natural history," wrote Captain Scott from his tent in the Antarctic. He was talking about his son, three year old Peter Scott, whom he never saw again and who went on to found the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust and campaign against the hunting of whales. The son also designed the panda logo for the Wold Wide Fund for Nature…

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Our Tin Hats Are Tingling! 1:00:04

11M ago1:00:04

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This week, the hosts of Black iNQueery deserved a mental health break. Enjoy this evergreen episode about conspiracy theories recorded at an earlier date! Send us a text Support the show Follow Black iNQueery on InstagramBy Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie

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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn 28:06

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Margot Fonteyn was an icon: a ballerina who helped build and indeed embodied the traditional image of a dancer, just as the artform was finding its feet on the British cultural scene. From humble beginnings she became an international star, enjoying a dazzling career with the Royal Ballet, a glamorous social life as a diplomat’s wife, and an electr…

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Transparency: A Conversation Amongst Family (Part 1) Ft. Xay Dé Fisher 1:28:22

11M ago1:28:22

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This week your hosts Randy Nygel, Raymond Wise, and BoDaBaddie are joined by special guest Xay Dé Fisher, and dive into the lived experiences of Black trans people in the United States. Listen along as they shed light on the intersection of race and gender identity. From facing systemic violence and discrimination to celebrating the resilience and …

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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore 27:59

12M ago27:59

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Professor Colin Blakemore was a famous communicator of science, the youngest ever Reith lecturer on the BBC. He was also targeted by members of the animal rights movement, which sent bombs and letters lined with razor blades to his home address. Born in 1944 and brought up in Coventry, Colin Blakemore was committed to brain research and the connect…

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Episode 056: The Thin Line Between Government and Freedom 1:41:59

12M ago1:41:59

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In this insightful episode, Nathan Rae sits down with Paul Klazsus to reflect on their shared experiences, explore themes of personal growth, and dive into societal challenges. From first impressions at a Christmas dinner to discussions on vaccine mandates and the role of government, the conversation weaves through moments of humor, vulnerability, …