On December 25th, 2007, movie star and heiress Julie Capsom crashed her car into a tree in Northern California, walked into a nearby clearing, and vanished, leaving behind a male torso in her trunk. 10 years later, reporter Bea Casely and private detective Brenda Bentley are going to reopen the case. Each has a personal tie to the story. Each thinks they know what happened. And each knows the other is going to screw this whole thing up. Join Bea, Brenda, and the rest of the Good People at Wh ...
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A show where artists talk about their favorite film scores.
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Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.
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Christopher Dole on psychiatry and disaster in Turkey
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Christopher Dole on “Living On: Psychiatry and the Future of Disaster in Turkey” (Stanford University Press). The book examines the psychiatric response to the deadly 1999 Marmara Earthquake, examining the legacy of the earthquake in the lives of its survivors and the Turkish mental health professionals who responded to it. Please support Turkey Bo…
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Özgür Özkan on the 'dangerous illusion' of Turkey's PKK peace bid
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Özgür Özkan, visiting scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, on the domestic and regional implications of Turkey's push for the Kurdish militant group's dissolution. The conversation digs into issues raised by his recent article “Turkey's Dangerous Illusion of Peace with the PKK”. Please support Turkey Book Talk on…
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Mustafa Kutlay on Turkey's middle power dilemmas
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Mustafa Kutlay on his recent Foreign Affairs article “Turkey's Middle-Power Dilemma”, examining the successes and failures of Ankara's bid to carve out a greater role in the emerging multipolar world. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloo…
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From Greater Boston co-creator Jeff Van Dreason comes The Perfect Sentence, an audio fiction concept album unlike anything you've heard before. After the death of his friend Jimmy sends him spiraling, our narrator goes out in search of 'the perfect sentence'. Eleven tracks comprising some of the boldest and most innovative work in audio fiction tod…
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Bilge Yabancı on Turkey's civil society under siege
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Bilge Yabancı on “Civil Society and Authoritarianism: Co-optation, Repression and Contestation in Turkey” (Edinburgh University Press). The book examines the transformation of civil society groups under pressure from mounting authoritarianism. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman Histo…
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Look! Up in the Sky! We are joined today by Meghan Fitzmartin (the new audiobook adaptation of All-Star Superman) to discuss the musical history of the Man of Steel, the intriguing commonalities between his themes over the years, which Lois is best, what Superman means to us, and more. Join us, won't you, as we go flying with Superman. All-Star Sup…
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Erik-Jan Zürcher on imperial nostalgia in Turkey and Britain
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Erik-Jan Zürcher on the uses and abuses of nostalgia for empire in contemporary Turkey and the UK. The conversation is based on Zurcher's recent lecture at the Istanbul Policy Center, “The Poison of Nostalgia”, which compared neo-Ottomanist tendencies in Turkey with the view of empire in Britain's Brexit debate. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon …
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Talin Suciyan on Armenians in Turkey after World War Two
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Talin Suciyan on “Armenians in Turkey after the Second World War: An Archival Reader of USSR Consular Documents” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury). The book examines the oral testimonies of Armenians who registered to migrate to Soviet Armenia. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books p…
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David Tonge on the enduring hold of Islamic orders in Turkey
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David Tonge on “The Enduring Hold of Islam in Turkey: The Revival of the Religious Orders and Rise of Erdogan” (Hurst). The book explores the political, economic and social influence of key Islamic orders in the country over the last few decades. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman Hi…
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Richard Calis on Martin Crusius and the discovery of Ottoman Greece
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Richard Calis on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius” (Harvard University Press). Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links …
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Hit Singles w/ Gabriel Urbina & Jeremy Warmsley
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In this special episode, we're joined by two of the creatives behind the wonderful new fiction podcast Hit Singles, creator Gabriel Urbina and composer Jeremy Warmsley. We discuss the show's development, the importance of writing music that can be used for multiple moments versus themes, the difference in composing for podcasts vs. films and televi…
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One Hundred Years of Solitude with Andre Silva/La Tina Sonido
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Andre Silva, sound designer and cofounder of La Tina Sonido joins us to discuss the company's work on Netflix's adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Join us as we learn how to design magical realism, birds, warfare, and more. Find more of La Tina's work here: https://la-tina.co/ My Big Score was created and hosted by Christopher Dole. Our p…
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Fiona Mullen on the Cyprus question amid growing geopolitical uncertainty
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Fiona Mullen, director of the Nicosia-based Sapienta Economics consultancy, on uncertainty around the future of the decades-long Cyprus divide amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty and regional competition. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloo…
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Bilge Yesil on Turkey's narrowing media landscape
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Bilge Yesil on Turkey's narrowing media landscape and internet crackdown amid political turbulence, protests and mounting pressure on critics. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles rel…
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Berk Esen on whether Turkey has shifted from authoritarianism to autocracy
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Berk Esen on whether Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest heralds Turkey's shift from competitive authoritarianism to autocracy, dynamics driving the government's crackdown, the international context, and critical choices facing the country's opposition. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History…
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A darkly comedic murder mystery podcast telling the story of Quinn Reynolds, a reluctant true-crime celebrity with a violent past. One year into investigating her sister’s murder, Quinn finds her first major lead — reigniting bitter feuds with the media, law enforcement, and an unhinged group of conspiracy theorists. EP. 1: FANCY FEAST A year into …
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Cuma Çiçek on PKK disarmament and the future of Turkey's Kurdish issue
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Cuma Çiçek, author of “The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities” (IB Tauris), on the dynamics behind Ankara's push for the PKK's dissolution, what it means for Turkish politics and what it means for the future of the Kurdish issue. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/O…
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves w/ Darren Fung
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Composer Darren Fung joins us to discuss Michael Kamen's amazing swashbuckling score for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The underrated career of Kamen, what makes a stirring adventure score, and the impact having a Big Iconic Song can have are discussed, along with Darren's work with the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Canada’s National Ar…
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Selim Koru on Turkey's role in the emerging anti-liberal world order
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Selim Koru on "New Turkey and the Far Right: How Reactionary Nationalism Remade a Country" (IB Tauris). The book dives deep into the worldview driving Turkey's regime change in recent years, and its profound domestic and foreign policy implications. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman…
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Wheyface Radio is pleased to make some pre-production updates and casting announcements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Wheyface Radio
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Claudia Liebelt on cosmetic surgery and perceptions of beauty in Turkey
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Claudia Liebelt on "Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey" (Syracuse University Press). Based on research in beauty salons and cosmetic centres across Istanbul, the book explores the cosmetic sector's extraordinary growth in recent years. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters …
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Brett Wilson on Yakup Kadri's controversial late Ottoman novel 'Nur Baba'
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Brett Wilson on his translation of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu's 1922 novel "Nur Baba" (Routledge). The book's account of a debauched Bektashi Sufi lodge caused a sensation at the time, raising eyebrows with its depiction of an immoral, even degenerate religious community in turn-of-the-century Istanbul. Support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substac…
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Composers Will and Brooke Blair (REBEL RIDGE) join us to discuss Angelo Badalamenti's monumental score for Twin Peaks. Laura's Theme, their long-standing collaboration with director Jeremy Saulnier, the contributions of Julee Cruise, and the impact of the late, lamented David Lynch are all discussed, along with much, much more. Join us, won't you? …
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Omar Kadkoy on the future of Syrian migrants in Turkey
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Omar Kadkoy, foreign policy, security and migration program coordinator at Heinrich Böll Stiftung's Istanbul office, on the future of Turkey's Syrian migrant population after the fall of Assad. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bl…
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Zozan Pehlivan on climatic shifts behind late Ottoman conflicts
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Zozan Pehlivan on "The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century" (Cambridge University Press). The book explores how extreme climate disruptions were a major factor behind tensions between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in eastern Anatolia in the 19th century. Become a member …
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Good wishes and an exciting update from Wheyface Industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Wheyface Radio
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Samuel Hirst on a century of Ankara-Moscow cooperation
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Samuel J. Hirst on "Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919-1939" (Oxford University Press). The conversation addresses key episodes of collaboration between Ankara and Moscow on political, industrial and cultural projects since the early republican era. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to suppo…
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Ralph Hubbell on the work of Turkish literary giant Oğuz Atay
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Ralph Hubbell on translating Oğuz Atay's "Waiting for the Fear" (New York Review Books). Atay is widely seen as one the great Turkish fiction writers of the 20th century, but has largely yet to appear in English until now. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History bo…
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It's time to go back to Titanic. My Big Score producer and Titanic super-fan Ellie Warren joins us to break down The Score for The Movie of the 1990s. Join us, won't you, as we discuss Leo-Mania, the sound design, the film's crescendo in the third act, "My Heart Will Go On", and much, MUCH more in this super-sized episode on James Horner's score fo…
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Jennifer Hattam on Istanbul's shifting cultural landscape
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Jennifer Hattam reflects on a decade-and-a-half of reporting on Turkey's environmental, political and cultural agenda, as well as wrenching changes in journalism and staying afloat amid Istanbul's relentless urban upheaval. Become a member on Patreon or Substack to support Turkey Book Talk. Members get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History b…
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