BS: BBC Radio 4 programming

Subject: BS: Grreen Originals
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 01:16 AM

Margaret Thatcher
Green Originals

Alice Bell inspects the environmental credentials of former British PM, Margaret Thatcher.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d7jw

Subject: RE: BS: Grreen Originals
From: DaveRo
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 02:38 AM

Earlier thread

Subject: RE: BS: Grreen Originals
From: Mr Red
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 04:17 AM

And to think thatchers are pretty green. Let's not rush to judgement 😆

Subject: RE: BS: Grreen Originals
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 04:50 AM

Aren’t UK Political threads limited to one only?

Subject: RE: BS: Grreen Originals
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 07:13 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d7ksReleased On: 17 Jan 2020
Available for over a year

Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement.

Film-maker and campaigner Jack Harries considers the impact of James Lovelock, the creator of the influential Gaia theory which sees the earth as a self-regulating system.

Writer Emma Shortis profiles one of Greenpeace’s pioneer campaigners. Canadian David McTaggart sailed his yacht into the blast zone of French nuclear test areas, and later spear-headed the Rainbow Warrior’s activities against Norwegian seal culling and Japanese whaling.

World champion free-diver Tanya Streeter looks at the impact of French film-maker and under-water explorer Jacques Cousteau.

The man who defended Himalayan forests against the logging industry Sunderlal Bahaguna is profiled by former colleague Vandana Shiva.

Alice Bell of the climate change charity Possible makes a case for the inclusion of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the list of Green Originals.

Presenter: Peter Gibbs.
Producers: Natalie Steed, Dan Hardoon, Emma Barnaby, Emily Williams.
Series Editor: David Prest
A Whistledown production in association with The Open University.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 10:14 AM

BWM is correct - we limit the UK political chatter to one thread. This one has been renamed to the source - BBC Radio 4, and let it run as a general place to post links to their various program. It just happened to start with the Thatcher program. Future new threads may be moved into this topic.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 19 Sep 21 - 10:55 AM

The evolution of crocodiles!!!

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: DaveRo
Date: 20 Sep 21 - 07:00 AM

This Union: Two Kingdoms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zkpy

Allan Little presents This Union: Two Kingdoms, for BBC Radio 4. The epic story of how and why Scotland entered into union with England, of why that Union endured for so long, and of the historic changes that have brought Scotland closer to independence than it’s been since 1707.

Three half-hour parts, one available now.

Starts with Burns, including Parcel o'Rogues.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: DaveRo
Date: 28 Sep 21 - 03:26 PM

All three parts of This Union: Two Kingdoms are now available.

The third part starts with Burns' For 'A That and ends with a uptempo interpretation of Auld Lang Syne.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: The Sandman
Date: 29 Sep 21 - 02:04 PM

thanks, was that Ewan singing parcel of rogues

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: DaveRo
Date: 29 Sep 21 - 03:06 PM

I recognised him ;)

I thought there were some interesting new (to me) perspectives made in the programme: the leadup to the Union of Crowns in 1707 (in particular the English sabotage of the Darien scheme), the attitude of Thatcher to the Scots, and Cameron's reaction to 'winning' the independence referendum in 2014.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: The Sandman
Date: 30 Sep 21 - 03:04 AM

yes

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: Rain Dog
Date: 09 Nov 21 - 07:27 AM

On BBC Radio 4 this morning, the first episode in a new series from Jon Ronson.

Things Fell Apart

If you've ever yelled at someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask-wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars - those everyday battles for dominance between conflicting values. The acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has seen friends swallowed up in them to the extent that it's ruined their lives. Jon was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so he went back into the history of the culture wars to find some of the origin stories: the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples that led us to where we are today. He had no idea what he'd find, but he's uncovered some extraordinary people and the strangest, yet most consequential tales.

Episode 1 - 1000 Dolls

It's the early 1970s. Frank Schaeffer is an American kid living in the Swiss Alps – the son of an influential Christian art historian - who daydreams of one day making Hollywood films. But for that he needs a show-reel to prove himself. The ripples of Frank's creative ambitions will help trigger one of America's most violent culture wars - one that rages to this day

It was an interesting listen. Sadly too apt in this day and age.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: Rain Dog
Date: 15 Jul 24 - 02:16 PM

On BBC Radio 4 this afternoon

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The Club Nobody Wants to Join

There Is a club that no high school principal in the USA wants to join, but they are all incredibly grateful that its there. Because in the event of the worst possible scenario happening, they will need it

The 'Principal Recovery Network' is made up of school leaders who have lived through the horror of a shootings in their hallways and classrooms. And in the hours after an incident they are on the phone helping the next school Principal through their trauma

Sam Walker moved her family from Manchester to Arizona seven years ago and she still can't get used to her kids going through regular lockdown drills so they know what to do if their school is attacked

Sam meets some of the Principals who have been through it and have come together to offer support - and now activism.

Presenter: Sam Walker Production: Sam Walker and Richard McIlroy

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I found it quite a thoughtful programme.

Subject: RE: BS: BBC Radio 4 programming
From: Rain Dog
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 10:19 AM

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 earlier this afternoon

Loving, Living and Dying Together in the Netherlands

"Els and Jan have fewer than three days left on Earth. Childhood sweethearts who met in kindergarten more than six decades ago, they know precisely when they will die. And how. On an early summer's Monday morning they will travel to a nearby hospice. Some of their family and friends will accompany them. And then precisely at 10.30am - holding hands, they hope - two doctors will administer lethal medication to each of them.

In the Netherlands, euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal if someone is suffering unbearably with no prospect of getting better. The suffering can be physical or psychological. Els was diagnosed with dementia. Jan lived with pain 24/7.

Last year, 33 Dutch couples chose to die like Els and Jan. And in February, one of the Netherlands' former Prime Ministers ended his life by euthanasia together with his wife.

Linda Pressly meets Els and Jan as they prepare for the end. And she explores the complex issue of allowing euthanasia in cases of dementia. A warning: some listeners might find the content of this documentary upsetting.

Producer and presenter: Linda Pressly
Editor: Penny Murphy
Sound engineer: Neva Missirian
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Read"

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I found this programme thought provoking and well made. I am in favour of assisted dying but I do realise the difficulties involved in legalising it. It is not a straight forward matter.

As others have said, be caretul what you wish for.