“Is this the start of the new order that we’ve been promised?” barked Eileen, calling from Liverpool with a well-worn theory; that somebody, somewhere is crafting a new world order and we’re all puppets in their game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get to the bottom of who they are – or
Read → February 12, 2021
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Read → February 05, 2021
It’s hard to process the death of one hundred thousand people. In fact, it’s almost impossible. I have been staring at pictures of packed football stadiums and festival crowds, but nothing seems to capture the enormity of it.
Read → January 29, 2021
What is Optimism Bias? And how is it affecting our response to the pandemic? Marie Helweg-Larsen - psychology professor at Dickinson College - joined me on talkRADIO to explain.
Read → January 25, 2021
This year’s live music events began to tumble this week, with Glastonbury officially cancelled and many others set to follow – likely wiping out most of 2021’s festival season. The problem for festivals isn’t just the gathering of crowds. The cost and logistical effort involved in getting the event ready,
Read → January 22, 2021
A quick thanks if you have signed up in the last week. We had an odd surge. I can only assume we have reached the point of lockdown where most of us have read the entire back catalogue of modern literature and watched every available minute of Netflix and have,
Read → January 19, 2021
Just when we thought it was safe to turn off CNN, the world was glued to rolling US news again as pro-Trump protests descended into domestic terrorism and a storm on the Capitol Building. Still, it was nice to see the CNN hosts again.
Read → January 08, 2021
2020 was the year of pandemic and protest - but it was also the year the nation fell in love with Radio 1 presenter Jordan North. Jordan joined for a long chat about his time on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, his love of radio and growing
Read → January 06, 2021
Author Amanda Prowse and son Josh Hartley joined me on talkRADIO to talk about their new book – The Boy Between – in which they chart Josh’s experience with depression and how Amanda stepped in to help. It’s a story of a mother’s love, but it also takes on some
Read → January 06, 2021
We ask ourselves a lot of questions when we’re putting the show together. Should we talk about this? Is this helpful? Is it responsible? Does it make good radio? Is it interesting? Does anybody care? This weekend, we’ve asked ourselves a new one. Do we talk about this too much? This week, the issue
Read → December 18, 2020