Best Sean P Mccarthy Podcasts (2025)

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Review show: Paris Lees drama What It Feels Like for a Girl 42:28

3h ago42:28

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Tom and guests review What it Feels Like for Girl, the BBC's coming-of-age drama based on the memoir of Paris Lees; Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel, Atmosphere, set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and new film, Lollipop, about a young woman released from prison battling to regain custody of her children, written and directed…

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Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser 42:30

1d ago42:30

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Daisy Goodwin discusses her debut play, By Royal Appointment, which stars Anne Reid as Queen Elizabeth and Caroline Quentin as her dresser, and which opens this week at Theatre Royal, Bath. The life and legacy of Irish novelist playwright and poet Edna O'Brien is discussed by writer Jan Carson and the director of the documentary Blue Road: The Edna…

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Ep 14 - Questions and Answers 2 PREVIEW 3:15

2d ago3:15

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Sean and Angela answer questions asked by our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Ange…

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Nick Mohammed on comedy and improvisation 42:20

42m ago42:20

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Comedian Nick Mohammed on his stand-up show Mr Swallow, and Deep Cover, his action thriller about a group of comedy improvisers. Kate Wasserberg, Artistic Director of Theatr Clywd on the theatre's £50 million redevelopment, and opening the new auditorium with a production of the musical Tick Tick... Boom! Ulrich Birkmaier, senior conservator of pai…

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Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage 42:17

22h ago42:17

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Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof with its star Adam Dannheisser and director Jordan Fein. Sarah Dunant talks about the women in the Renaissance who became art patrons, as she publishes her novel The Marchesa, about Isabella d'Este of Mantua. Screenwriter Frederic Raphael, whose films include Far From the …

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#268: Cian Charlton: Marathon Running, Training Tips, 35 Vintage & More 1:00:36

4d ago1:00:36

1:00:36

In this episode of the Any Given Runday podcast, we welcome runner, entrepreneur and content creator Cian Charlton (@ciancharlton on Instagram) Cian is a sub 3 hour marathon runner who recently came 3rd in the Great Ireland run with an incredible 33:57 time, 2nd in the Westport half marathon and winner of the Another Way 5k. If you don’t know him f…

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Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession 42:25

5d ago42:25

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Samira Ahmed and writers Dreda Mitchell and Mark Ravenhill review Imelda Staunton and her daughter, Bessie Carter, in Mrs Warren's Profession. They consider, too, theatre director Marianne Elliott's first foray into film, The Salt Path, based on a Raynor Winn's bestselling memoir of how she and her husband, after they have lost their house and farm…

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Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark. 42:13

6d ago42:13

42:13

Paul Hartnoll of electronic music duo Orbital talks about the reissue of the band's Brown album which was originally released in 1993, with the addition of 23 extra tracks of rarities and previously unreleased material and about the intersection between dance music and politics. Frances Wilson, who has previously published acclaimed biographies of …

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Ep 13 - Roger Casement w/ Donal Fallon 1:08:45

9d ago1:08:45

1:08:45

Fellas, is it gay to expose the monstrous crimes of the Belgians? Sean and Angela are joined by Donal Fallon to discuss the life of Roger Casement: the Casement Report, cruising diaries, his participation in the republican struggle for a free Ireland, and more. Donal Fallon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-castles-burning/id1488547315 -…

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Alison Steadman live from Hay Festival 42:24

6d ago42:24

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Live from the Hay Festival, Alison Steadman talks to Samira about her career, from Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey. Laura Bates and Gwyneth Lewis discuss Arthurian Legends and The Mabinogion. Hisham Matar champions the Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. And transatlantic husband and wife country duo Outpost Drive perform on stage. Presente…

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Will Butler formerly of Arcade Fire on his play set in a recording studio 42:23

7d ago42:23

42:23

Stereophonic is a play about the creative process, power dynamics and fraught personal relationships of a 1970s rock band. It won a Tony and many other awards on Broadway. Now Stereophonic has come to the West End. Playwright David Adjmi and Will Butler, sometime of Arcade Fire, who has written the music, discuss their own artistic process as they …

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#267 Colleen Keogh: Joining 100 Mile Club, UltraRunning, Marathons Throughout Ireland and More 1:08:04

11d ago1:08:04

1:08:04

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Colleen Keogh (@colleen.keogh on Instagram), a coach, runner, and actor. Colleen has worked in the fitness industry across Scotland, Australia, Canada and now F45 in Ireland. She is a member of the 100 mile club, coming 2nd in the Belfast 24 Ultra with a 3rd place finish in the Longford ultra ma…

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Mission Impossible & Benicio Del Toro 42:35

12d ago42:35

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Benicio Del Toro talks about playing a business tycoon in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme. This aesthetically stylised film, by the director who also made The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel, is reviewed by Tom and critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Rachel Cooke. They also give their verdict on Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckon…

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Shirley Manson of Garbage 42:18

14d ago42:18

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Frontwoman of Garbage, Shirley Manson talks about the band's latest album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which is inspired by contemporary events including the killing of George Floyd in Los Angeles, but which presents an optimistic perspective on a dystopian world. We hear from the winner of the International Booker Prize, which was announc…

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Ep 12 - Fast Fashion and its Consequences w/ Louis Elton 1:07:25

16d ago1:07:25

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This week, Angela is joined by Louis (/ˈluː.i/) Elton to discuss fashion slop, the decline of craft in modern aesthetics, the effects of machine generated content on the human spirit, and a retvrn to artisanal tradition. Louis Elton: https://nationofartisans.substack.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_(TV_series) https://www.thomasdenny.co.uk/…

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Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé 42:26

14d ago42:26

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Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé. As a huge retrospective of the work of the artist Helen Chadwick opens at The Hepworth Wakefield, art critic Louisa Buck and the exhibition's curator, Laura Smith, discuss why Chadwick should be viewed as the godmother for a golden generation of British c…

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Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat 42:21

15d ago42:21

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25 years after Joanne Harris introduced readers to the soothing delights of Chocolat, she's released her new book Vianne. It’s the prequel that explains how her heroine found her way into the world of high end French confectionery. A new exhibition at the British Museum sheds light on the provenance of popular images of the Hindu god Ganesha, the B…

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#266 And The Next AGR Marathon Trip will be... 35:26

19d ago35:26

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On this week's episode of the Any Given Runday Podcast, Eric announces all the details for our second AGR Marathon Group Trip and gives the two week countdown until packages go on sale on June 1st. Keep up to date by going to AnyGivenRunday.com and following us on Instagram @anygivenrundaypodcast Join us for our annual marathon trip abroad as we he…

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Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director 42:31

19d ago42:31

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David Benedict and Viv Groskop review Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, a surreal story of brunch and existential dread; French film about about grassroots music, The Marching Band and Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel, The Director, about a real life German filmmaker navigating the Third Reich. Presenter: Tom SutcliffeProducer: Simon Richar…

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Ep 11 - Investigation of a Bag Above Suspicion PREVIEW 1:24

22d ago1:24

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Sean and Angela continue the conversation: Free Speech on the continent, slop mongers imagine EU heads of state hitting the afters on rails, Sir Keir on the shoulders of Irish-American giants, and the hope that the US/Israel relationship can be reshaped by a 747 (with fewer dancing Israelis this time). --- To hear the rest of this episode and recei…

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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera 42:43

20d ago42:43

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Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now. Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the Briti…

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Ep 10 - Freedom of Speech 1:03:20

23d ago1:03:20

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This week Angela and Sean ponder freedom of speech: is it an inalienable human right, a bourgeois mental illness, a relic of Pax Americana, thin veneer over the color revolution machine, or is a measured approach required for the present age of near-peer competition? --- To hear an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreo…

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Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary 42:22

21d ago42:22

42:22

Novelist Elif Shafak, artist and writer Edmund de Waal and Professor Rachel Bowlby join Samira to discuss the centenary of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. As the Semi Finals of Eurovision start tonight in Basel, Switzerland, Paddy O'Connell talks about this year's contest. Four hundred leading British Artists such as Paul McCartney and Kate Bush hav…

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Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham 42:22

25d ago42:22

42:22

Suzanne Vega has just released her first album of all-new material for nearly a decade. "Flying With Angels" continues her folk-influenced sound and introduces influences of soul as well as a song in tribute to Bob Dylan's "I Want You". She performs in the studio with guitarist Gerry Leonard. Sean Combs aka P Diddy is on trial in New York, charged …

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#265 Dr Aisling Farrell: Lifestyle Medicine for Athletes 52:07

26d ago52:07

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This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome Dr Aisling Farrell (@draislingfarrell on Instagram). Aisling has 10 years of clinical experience as a doctor, while she has also achieved a master’s in sports and exercise medicine at UCC, combining them both to launch Ireland’s first lifestyle medicine clinic specifically designed for athletes.…

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Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air 42:34

26d ago42:34

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Authors Matt Cain and Eimear McBride join Tom Sutcliffe to review a new remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet. They also discuss Isabel Allende's new novel My Name is Emilia del Valle and the play The Brightening Air, on at the Old Vic theatre in London. And the National Gallery is having a re-hang, we speak to Head of the Curatorial…

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Ep 9 - How China Escaped Shock Therapy Pt. 2 PREVIEW 2:32

29d ago2:32

2:32

Sean and Angela continue the discussion of Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, CCP's responsiveness to public pressure, the virtues of a little bit of corruption, and an American Revolution of the Carnations. How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-978…

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Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli 42:26

27d ago42:26

42:26

Acclaimed German journalist and film producer Sandra Maischberger talks about her new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, which re-examines the life and career of the filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Art historian and curator Sandy Nairne, a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Commi…

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Ep 8 - How China Escaped Shock Therapy Pt. 1 58:40

30d ago58:40

58:40

Sean and Angela discuss Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, Dengist Reforms, the importance of heavy industry, price controls, and more in a two part episode. 你介意白人男孩说一点中文吗？ How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-9781032008493 Godfather of the Kremlin…

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Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis 42:23

28d ago42:23

42:23

In the wake of President Trump's proposed film tariffs, Jake Kanter, International Investigations Editor at Deadline, discusses what the impact could be for the British film industry. Last week Moorcroft became the latest heritage ceramic company to close its doors in Stoke-On-Trent. Emma Bridgewater, founder of the eponymous ceramics company, and …

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A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945 42:08

1M ago42:08

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To mark the 80th anniversary this week, we explore British culture around VE Day in 1945, reflecting on the music, books, films and theatre that defined the moment and the complex emotional landscape that followed the war’s end. Songwriter and pianist Kate Garner joins us at the piano. Guests: Michael Billington, theatre critic; Ian Christie, film …

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#264 Gary Reinhardt: Ultrarunner, Dublin Marathon Pacer, Race Director & More 1:09:34

1M ago1:09:34

1:09:34

Join us for our annual marathon trip abroad as we head back to Barcelona for 2026! Places are limited and you can find out more details by going to our website: https://www.anygivenrunday.com/marathon-trips You can now get 20% off all Perform Nutrition products, including their new Carb Gels, using the code 'AGR' at checkout PerformNutrition.com Th…

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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US 42:23

1M ago42:23

42:23

US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…

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Ep 7 - Questions and Answers 1 PREVIEW 4:25

1M ago4:25

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Sean and Angela answer questions submitted by our treasured Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePo…

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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical 41:51

1M ago41:51

41:51

Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…

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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower 41:59

1M ago41:59

41:59

Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…

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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir 41:53

1M ago41:53

41:53

In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …

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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One 42:18

1M ago42:18

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Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…

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#263 John O'Regan: Anglo Celtic Plate Preview, 7 Marathons on 7 Continents and Much More 1:19:21

1M ago1:19:21

1:19:21

Our next guest on the Any Given Runday podcast is international ultra runner and running coach, John O'Regan (@johnoregan777 on Instagram). John has represented Ireland on the European and world stage, including in the Anglo Celtic plate, 100km Championships and World Trail Championships. He's a multiple time Irish 24 hour running champion and has …

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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film 42:30

1M ago42:30

42:30

Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …

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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women. 42:06

1M ago42:06

42:06

As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…

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Ep 6 - Behind Frienemy Lines PREVIEW 1:44

1M ago1:44

1:44

Angela and Sean consider the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, Tucker’s induction into Grand Lodge of Ireland, audience capture, the parasocial impulse to milk the lolcow dry, and the rise of center right globe emoji drillers. --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreo…

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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre 42:32

1M ago42:32

42:32

Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …

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Ep 5 - Caravaggio in the Big City 1:02:27

1M ago1:02:27

1:02:27

Sean and Angela discuss Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, if art can survive the universal solvent of the internet, the dull managers of hard power guiding the antisocial artisan/conduits of soft power, and the rewards (getting paid by the Knights of Malta) and risks (dying of malaria in Tuscany) of Doing the Race. Caravaggio ~ Robert Hughes Full …

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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter 42:24

1M ago42:24

42:24

Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…

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#262 Jason Williamson: From FKT Running Length of Ireland to 4000km Across Australia Later This Year 1:02:49

2M ago1:02:49

1:02:49

This week on the Any Given Runday podcast, we welcome Jason Williamson (@jasonwilliamsonultra on Instagram). Jason is a pilot turned endurance runner and aviation entrepreneur who has podiumed in numerous races, including the Kerry Way Ultra and the Double Mountain Trail Running Festival. He has the fastest known time for running the length of Irel…

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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage 42:20

2M ago42:20

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Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…

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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison. 42:18

2M ago42:18

42:18

American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…

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Ep 4 - Celtic Tigers and Flies with Peter Ryan Pt.2 PREVIEW 3:15

2M ago3:15

3:15

Behind the paywall the conversation with Peter continues: the agony and the ecstasy of controlling the global reserve currency, Chinese economics and Carey thought, state development, economic protectionism, cryptocurrency, Il Duce on the small screen, and more. https://x.com/_PeterRyan https://www.ryanresearch.co/ https://substack.com/@ryanresearc…

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Ep 3 - Celtic Tigers and Flies with Peter Ryan Pt.1 1:05:07

2M ago1:05:07

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Sean and Angela are joined by Peter Ryan of Ryan Research to discuss industrialization and manufacturing as a tool of national liberation and colonial domination, anarchocapitalist elite enclosure past and present, the tariff situation (as it existed at time of recording), Matthew and Henry Carey, and walking the shining path of Hibernian Excellenc…

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