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Posts Tagged podcasts

WNYC Radio Lab - putting the rad in radio

If you are not already listening to the WNYC Radio Lab podcast, you should be.  Their podcasts have shown me what radio really can do as a medium - create audio landscapes, spark vivid visual imaginings, clearly explain difficult concepts and open your mind to new perspectives. Episodes are on a wide range of complex [...]


delightful diversions: Nicholas’ Hughes photography of surfaces

I am currently swimming in the strong current of my latest research papers.  One of them is on photographic representations of the city, specifically photography which attempts to capture the elusive “non-places” of Marc Augé (and potentially also the “junkspace” of Rem Koolhaas) such as airports, atm machines, highways, etc.  I won’t get into it [...]


Another Chaotic, Media-filled Found Post - Chickens!

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Putting things in perspective - Alex Wooley’s Office Job/Battery Hens
“A response to the similarities between many office working conditions
and battery farmed hens.”

I’ve just started listening to a new podcast, the Dawn and Drew Show. This podcast embodies for me those moments you experience with good friends, possibly slightly inebriated, in the middle of [...]


On the Benefits of Blogging, Bird Flu, and Protein Nutrition

I’ve been listening to a lot of great podcast episodes lately, wow! What with the return of the Vegan Freak Radio, as well as the continuing high quality work done by Animal Voices and Vegetarian Food for Thought, I am always keeping up with vegan news and well-researched information. I’ve also been regularly [...]