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Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hot dogs made of cats.

A podcast which aims to explore and demystify some of the terminology and techniques involved in script writing. This is a show for anyone who is writing or thinking about writing for TV, film, theatre or audio. Hosted by comedy writer and script editor unextraordinaire, Robin Taylor. https://twitter.com/writing_pod

An intimate podcast weaving together the poetry and stories from an online writing group that began during the first lockdown. Warm, funny and profound, sit back and enjoy our musings on 5 golden topics: Dancing, London, The Real Me, Touch and Family.

This is a podcast hosted by Steve Rahn where we think about how the Bible shapes our understanding of the many questions we face today.

Meine Reihe "Nachdenken über Musik" ist innerhalb des letzten Jahres entstanden. Ohne Manussript überlasse ich mich dem Gedankenstrom über Komponisten und deren Werke. Es sind sehr persönliche Betrachtungen, die keinen Anspruch auf unbedingte Gültigkeit erheben; im Gegenteil, ich würde mich über regen Widerspruch freuen. Dass der Fokus auf der großen abendländischen Musik liegt, hat nichts mit Chauvinismus zu tun, sondern ist ein Eingeständnis: Nur in dieser Musik fühle ich mich vollkommen zu Hause, nur diese Musik geht mich etwas an.

How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries - from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others - How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.