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Cato Daily Podcast - Copyright Holders and ISPs Strike Deal
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the memory palace - Episode 38 (A Stretch)
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Cato Daily Podcast - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Terrorism
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Start the Week - 04/07/2011
Andrew Marr talks to the science fiction writer China Mieville, whose latest planetary creation explores the links between language and thought, and asks what it means to have no concept of lying. AN Wilson explores a world closer to home, but no less alien, medieval Florence, as he tries to uncover the life and work of Dante. Jonathan Bates' play, Being Shakespeare also attempts to bring to life the work of the Bard and the real man behind the legend, by placing him in his historical context. And the prize-winning poet Jo Shapcott argues for the transformative nature of poetry. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Start the Week - 04/07/2011
Andrew Marr talks to the science fiction writer China Mieville, whose latest planetary creation explores the links between language and thought, and asks what it means to have no concept of lying. AN Wilson explores a world closer to home, but no less alien, medieval Florence, as he tries to uncover the life and work of Dante. Jonathan Bates' play, Being Shakespeare also attempts to bring to life the work of the Bard and the real man behind the legend, by placing him in his historical context. And the prize-winning poet Jo Shapcott argues for the transformative nature of poetry. Producer: Katy Hickman.
The History of Rome - 142- You’ve Earned It
After two years of sporadic war, Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in 353. Following his victory the Emperor let his advisors talk him into executing first Gallus in 354 and then Claudius Silvanus in 355.
World Book Club - Henning Mankell – Faceless Killers
This month's World Book Club comes from the church of St Mary Magdalene in Woodstock, England.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Swedish superstar Henning Mankell about Faceless Killers, the first novel in his globally acclaimed series featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander.
In it, an elderly farm couple is brutally murdered and the only clue is the wife's uttering of the word "foreign" before she dies. Wallander must find the killers before anger towards foreigners boils over.
Hear about - and from - Wallander's female admirers around the globe all apparently queuing up to marry him, and about how Mankell plants deliberate errors - one in each novel - that no-one has ever spotted.
Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 07 01 2011
Our mid-year review! We’ve got the big stories from the 1st half of 2011 and what lies ahead for investors in the 2nd half. We’ve got business and non-business predictions, and tips to help you declare your financial independence. Plus, sports owner & technology mogul Ted Leonsis on the business of happiness and the one company he thinks has the “perfect” business model.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Declaration of Independents
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