the memory palace - Episode 56 (The Rush of the River and the Roar of the Falls)

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There are two pieces of music in this: one is a tweaked loop from "To Here Knows When" by MBV. The other is "Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Bucla Music Box 100, HP Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitars, and Computer - Part One" by Keith Fullerton Whitman. 

 

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Do free school meals work?

All pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next September, but does the evidence prove free dinners improve results? 'I accept every time I get in my car, there's a 20% chance I could die' - it's a line from the Formula 1 hit film, Rush, but was it really true for 1970s racing drivers? The government wants shops to start charging for plastic bags and the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says a plastic bag takes 1,000 years to degrade, but More or Less finds the environmental facts about plastic bags are much less certain than that statistic suggests. And do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risk of injury? Professor David Spiegelhalter goes through the numbers.

The Goods from the Woods - Episode #3 – “One from the Road” with Dave Waite

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys and their special guest, comedian Dave Waite, are taking it on the road! Explore the land of the free from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters as our hosts and their guest speak of their favorite eccentric local characters, road trips and the most memorable tourist traps, hell gigs, and highway cafes of the damned. Also, Pat tells us how the 'Girls Gone Wild' sausage is made.  Follow Dave on Twitter @DaveWaite and go see him do stand-up in a town near you!