The Pod Delusion » BBC http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog A Podcast about Interesting Things Fri, 18 May 2012 10:37:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Episode 136 – 18th May 2012 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/05/18/episode-136-18th-may-2012/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2012/05/18/episode-136-18th-may-2012/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 23:43:22 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=1117 We speak to HUGH GRANT, Tom Watson, Harriet Harman, Rich Peppiatt, Owen Jones & more at the rally for media reform, find out why the BBC isn’t biased, why Norway divorced its church and state and get the latest on Derek Acorah’s escapades.



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Media Reform (2:29) by Liz Lutgendorff & James O’Malley
(ft Hugh Grant, Tom Watson MP, Harriet Harman MP, Jacky Davis, Evan Harris, Owen Jones, Rich Peppiatt, Mary Ellen Field & Jacqui Hames)
BBC Bias? (23:02) by Cory Hazlehurst
Secular Norway (31:26) by Sean Ellis
Shareholder Revolts (38:28) by Alex Fitch
Derek Acorah (46:33) by Hayley Stevens
Word of Faith (53:20) by Jonny Scaramanga
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

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Mars Science Lab (1:40) by Kash Farooq (ft Claire Cousins)
SOPA (9:42) by James Firth (ft Cathy Gellis)
Darknet (19:07) by Salim Fadhley (ft Hose Manuel)
Curing Cancer (26:54) by Matt Kaiser
The BBC & Open Access (33:34) by Pete Hague
Tweeting the Universe (38:32) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Marcus Chown)
A Walk On Part (47:11) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Steve Marmion, John Hodgkinson, Michael Crick, Diane Abbott and Don Foster)
Solipsism (54:57) by Sean Ellis
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
Thanks to Hayley Stevens and Dave for supplying the dogs (!)

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Jonnie Marbles Interview (2:10) by James O’Malley
Jonnie Marbles Response (11:04) by Dave Landon Cole
BBC Science Reporting (19:23) by Adam Jacobs
Kirk Sorensen Interview (29:14) by Chris Huang-Leaver
Open University Fees (40:18) by Kash Farooq
In Defence Of MacIntyre (45:27) by Sean Ellis
Angry Birds (48:56) by Salim Fadhley and Paul Day
The sketches were by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

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NICE to see you, to see you, NICE (1:36) by Drew Rae and David Couch
Lauren Booth is a Twat (6:06) by Liz Lutgendorff
Security and Liberty (12:12) by Robert Matthews
Government Snooping Petition (18:32) by Salim Fadhley
The ISS at 10 (25:46) by Pete Hague
BBC Three Science (31:25) by Dean Burnett

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Twitter and the Election (1:38) by George Poles
What next for Evan Harris? (7:52) by James O’Malley
What next for Libel Reform? (9:37) by James O’Malley
Fair Votes Protest (12:10) by Misty
Women and the Election (16:25) by Tania Glyde
Five Live (22:56) by Simon Howard
Subsistance Farming (24:06) by Salim Fadhley

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Stories covered this week (timecode in brackets):
Lib Dem Party Conference (1:07) by Will Howells
Homeopathy Undercover (5:23) by Crispian Jago
Healthcare and cuts (15:26) by Simon Howard
The future of intellectual property (20:40) by Pete Hague
The BNP on Question Time (23:08) by Arthur Embleton
Babies (28:22) by Jim Dixon

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