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In this week's show we first look at Britain's decades long war against the slave trade in the 19th Century and how it changed what it meant to be human.  In its war against the slave trade Britain stood alone and used every weapon at its disposal; economic, diplomatic, spending what would be billions of dollars today buying the freedom of all slaves in its orbit as well as military force.  This war to bring the slave trade to an end was a pivotal moment in human society.  Prior to this moment slavery had been endemic to nearly all people and civilisations yet after the Slave Trade Act 1807 (and the acts that followed like the Slavery Abolition Act 1833) slavery was no longer the default position of all humankind.  1807 marks an important date in the evolution of what it meant to be human.

We also cover topics like presentism and the contributions of British luminaries like Sir Isaac Newton and Ada Lovelace to science. We also discuss what Jesus would have had to say about virtue signalling and whether or not Twitter is a good place to discuss differences of opinion.

NB. Special note.  It is Ada Lovelace not Ida Lovelace as mispronounced in the reading of the episode.

In the second part of the show we introduce you to David Nicholas Wilkinson to talk to him about his critically acclaimed holocaust documentary, Getting Away With Murder(s).

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Great in Britain Radio is brought to you by the writer/director of the comedy movie Great in Britain: The Movie. 

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Great in Britain: The Movie is a comedy about three old school friends and a dog called Audrey.  It stars Jason Flemyng (Lock Stock) and Ben Starr, with Hannah Waddingham

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This week’s episode is a bit of an unusual one and a slight pivot from our usual mix of comedy and interviews.  On the show we are introducing our listeners to Dr Ken Jones.  Dr Jones, now in his 80s, has got letters and academic qualifications after his name as long as your arm.  He is a past recipient of the Queens Award for Technology and back in the day he was head of R&D at Burmah Oil.  In recent years Dr Jones has been writing reviews of scientific books and it was through this work he first became interested in the potential of Thorium energy as a safer alternative to uranium based nuclear technology.  He’s just written a paper on the topic and that’s what we are talking to him about on this week's podcast.

Dr Jones is keen to see Thorium, an old technology that was apparently developed during the Manhattan project, revisited.  As a scientist Jones believes that Thorium could not only become a critical part of Britain’s energy future but could also be a solution to carbon emissions and climate change.  Disclaimer: We are not energy experts at Great in Britain Radio and do not offer any professional opinion on the topic discussed in the podcast or Dr Jones's paper.  We just thought it was an interesting area to learn a little more about.  As we stated during the podcast if you are interested in the subject discussed on the show, do not listen to us about anything, we urge you to do your own research, review all available data, talk to experts in the field and come to your own conclusions.

Great in Britain Radio is brought to you by the writer/director of the comedy movie Great in Britain: The Movie. 

If you are in the UK or USA you can support truly independent British comedy by renting Great in Britain: The Movie on Amazon’s Prime Video.  

Great in Britain: The Movie is a comedy about three old school friends and a dog called Audrey.  It stars Jason Flemyng (Lock Stock) and Ben Starr, with Hannah Waddingham

 (Ted Lasso), Larry Lamb (Gavin & Stacey), Colin Salmon (Bond) with West End star, Robert Portal and the late, great legendary British actor Peter Bowles.   All supported by a cast of brilliant British comedy talent

https://greatinbritainmovie.com/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Britain-Movie-Jason-Flemyng/dp/B07WFXDYF3

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Britain-Movie-Jason-Flemyng/dp/B07WGWSJ5Y