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Desert Island Disc Podcast
I'm an on-again, off-again fan of the long-running BBC radio show/podcast "Desert Island Discs." The show is one part interview where a person talks about their life and one part playlist of eight songs they'd want with them if they were marooned on a desert island. The show works for a lot of reasons, but for me one of the main draws is the wide range of people, both famous and relatively unknown, who are invited on. The interviews aren't really hard-hitting, but Lauren Laverne (the current presenter) is very quick to ask follow-up questions or to pick up on unusual details/events and encourage the guests to expand on them.
Here are a few episodes I listened to today that you all might find interesting:
Martin Freeman - He talks a little about both Sherlock and The Office and, while I'm not really a fan, it was interesting to hear his version of events.
Billie Jean King - If you were just going to listen to one of these, this is the one I'd suggest. As you might expect, she talks a lot about her tennis career, but also the LGBTQ+ community and her work to ensure female athletes get paid the same as their male counterparts.
Martina Cole - A crime fiction writer who I've never heard of but who is apparently hugely popular and has led an interesting life.
Matt Smith - Doctor Who and his role as the Eleventh Doctor is a topic of conversation here, of course, but he also discusses other roles and how he prepares for them and his early life when he was a up-and-coming footballer.
Sue Biggs - Since she's the Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, gardening is a major topic; but before she joined the RHS she worked for various tour companies and has a lot of interesting insights on travel.
Jacqueline de Rojas - Currently the President of techUK, she talks about her experiences working for heavily male dominated tech companies and why diversifying the workforce matters to her.
So, what would you have among your Desert Island Discs and why? You can pick only eight songs, but you can also bring one book (not including the Bible or the Complete Works of Shakespeare, which the show gives you anyway) and one luxury. What would you bring?
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Hill House Five, chapter 4 is online. I've not written any this week due to some shoulder pain but I hope to get back into the swing of things this weekend.
Here are a few episodes I listened to today that you all might find interesting:
Martin Freeman - He talks a little about both Sherlock and The Office and, while I'm not really a fan, it was interesting to hear his version of events.
Billie Jean King - If you were just going to listen to one of these, this is the one I'd suggest. As you might expect, she talks a lot about her tennis career, but also the LGBTQ+ community and her work to ensure female athletes get paid the same as their male counterparts.
Martina Cole - A crime fiction writer who I've never heard of but who is apparently hugely popular and has led an interesting life.
Matt Smith - Doctor Who and his role as the Eleventh Doctor is a topic of conversation here, of course, but he also discusses other roles and how he prepares for them and his early life when he was a up-and-coming footballer.
Sue Biggs - Since she's the Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, gardening is a major topic; but before she joined the RHS she worked for various tour companies and has a lot of interesting insights on travel.
Jacqueline de Rojas - Currently the President of techUK, she talks about her experiences working for heavily male dominated tech companies and why diversifying the workforce matters to her.
So, what would you have among your Desert Island Discs and why? You can pick only eight songs, but you can also bring one book (not including the Bible or the Complete Works of Shakespeare, which the show gives you anyway) and one luxury. What would you bring?
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Hill House Five, chapter 4 is online. I've not written any this week due to some shoulder pain but I hope to get back into the swing of things this weekend.