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A podcast in which we interview experts regarding their perspectives on ongoing and future geopolitical situations.
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Dr. Neil Hillman and Jason Nicholas, two professionals working in film and television sound, discuss the many ways sound is used in moving picture productions to engage, entertain, educate and inform audiences. The podcast covers a range of topics through interviews with industry insiders as well as academics and professionals in other fields who talk about the human understanding and perception of sound.
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#013 Blast-off from Birmingham – The Story of Grosvenor Road Studios
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In this documentary, Neil travels back to his home town of Birmingham to learn more about what he considers to be the city’s best kept cultural secret – Grosvenor Road Studios: the family-run sound facility that came to be known as ‘Birmingham’s Abbey Road’. Still in operation today, the studios were founded 80 years ago by John Taylor, and his bus…
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#012 Reading others, understanding ourselves – Michelle Mills-Porter
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to behaviour analyst Michelle Mills-Porter, about the challenges faced by creatives: particularly freelancers who work in ad-hoc teams and find themselves having to adapt to others' behaviour. Through understanding our own driving forces, Michelle explains how we can realise the powerful potential within us all …
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#011 Dreamcatcher – composer David Lowe on ambition, hope and phenomenal success
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to the prolific British composer David Lowe about his rise to success and his musical milestones along the way—from work experience at BBC Radio Birmingham to composing the BBC theme that has heralded the corporation’s global news output for more than 25 years. With familiar theme tunes for internationally syndi…
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#010 (Pt. 2) The devil in the detail – Simon Hayes and Josh Winslade on recording live vocals for Wicked
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In this episode (Part 2 of 2) Neil and Jason talk in-depth and ‘totally technical’ about the musical Wicked with the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes and on set music editor Josh Winslade. We discuss the creative decisions behind Simon’s sound recording strategy, his timing and justification for switching to digital radio mics and t…
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#010 (Pt. 1) The devil in the detail – Simon Hayes and Josh Winslade on recording live vocals for Wicked
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In this episode, (Part 1 of 2), Neil and Jason talk in-depth and ‘totally technical’ to the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes, and on set music editor Josh Winslade, about their complex and unique playback and recording arrangements for capturing live vocals and authentic performances from lead actors Cynthia Erivo and Ariane Grande;…
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#009 Mark Deeks on The Sound of (Heavy) Metal
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Dr Mark Deeks is someone who likes to challenge our assumptions about music, and in particular Heavy Metal, which he suggests has more than a passing resemblance to folk music (as someone with a Ph.D. from researching Heavy Metal music, he’s able to say). But not only is he a Heavy Metal performer with his band Winterfylleth and as a solo artist, h…
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#008 Maestro: Stephen Griffiths on the sound design of TÁR
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British Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Stephen Griffiths is responsible for some of the most intelligent and entertaining soundtracks of the last two decades or more, seamlessly moving between multi-million-dollar movies and high-end television dramas. In this episode Neil and Jason are in conversation with Stephen about his role in he…
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#007 (Pt. 2) Signal To Noise Is Everything – Simon Hayes
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In this episode (part 2 of 2), Neil and Jason talk to the Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes about the work-ethic he learned from filming with his father, Production Sound Mixer John Hayes; other Production Sound Mixers that have inspired him; the importance of a life lived outside of the film business (to both your health and your fi…
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#007 (Pt. 1) Signal to noise is everything – Simon Hayes
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In this episode (part 1 of 2), Neil and Jason talk to Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes about his demanding work on location film sets and deep-dive into Simon’s philosophy and approach to modern location recording techniques. We discuss the importance of a fully-digital signal chain, the understanding with directors he establishes a…
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#006 Making film sound sing – Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to the Oscar-winning supervising sound editors and sound designers, Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst, about their work and specifically, in-depth about the sound design considerations for the feature films Les Miserables, Gravity, Cats, Bohemian Rhapsody and the documentary of David Bowie’s life, Moonage Daydrea…
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#005 What did he just say? – Mike Thornton
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to ‘Mr. Loudness’, Mike Thornton, about the issues of television programme loudness and dialogue intelligibility. Why is the background music too loud? Why can’t the viewers hear what the actors are saying? And why are films so loud in the cinema? In a comprehensive and compelling journey starting with radio tra…
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to emerging Australian sound designer Andrew Dean about his work, in particular the award-winning films ‘Mud Crab’ (written and directed by David Robinson-Smith), ‘Gorgo’ (directed by Veniamin Gialouris) and the forthcoming feature film ‘Salt Along the Tongue’, (directed by Parish Malfitano), that Andrew sound d…
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#003 It's time to start listening – Julian Treasure
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to Julian Treasure, the author and presenter of several of the most viewed TED Talks of all time, including ‘How to Speak So People Want to Listen’ which has been viewed more than 150 million times. A self-proclaimed ‘listening evangelist’, Julian shares remarkable insights into the ways in which conscious liste…
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to American indie filmmakers Sebastian Pigott and Lizabeth Yandel about their latest film, Bring It All Back Home as it nears completion. They delve more deeply into the challenges Sebastian as the director and Lizabeth as the sound editor faced in production and then subsequently in post-production. It's an exp…
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#002 Fairlight, back from the brink – Philip Belcher
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In this episode, Neil and Jason talk to Philip Belcher about his career as one of Australia’s most successful, but possibly least recognised, technology sector CEOs. Philip’s behind-the-scenes stories and strategies when managing multi-national companies such as NEC and Cisco Systems makes riveting and relevant listening for sole traders, freelance…
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In this episode, we will discuss the geopolitical dynamics of climate change. The looming impacts of global warming will undoubtedly transform the way we live our lives and will unjustly affect some more than others. It will also result in a shift in global geopolitics and already has countless implications on today’s dynamics. To discuss the impac…
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In this episode - in french - we discuss the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, its geopolitical context, and ramifications with guest Slimane Zeghidour. Slimane Zeghidour is a journalist, researcher, and author. He is currently editor-in-chief at TV5Monde and researcher at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs.…
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In this episode, we discuss the current conflicts in Ethiopia with Professor Kjetil Tronvoll, Director of Oslo Analytica, and Professor and Research Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Oslo New University college The Ethiopian central government has been at war with Tigrayan forces since November 2020. Tigray is a region in the North of E…
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In this episode, we discuss the European Union with Guest Jana Puglierin, Head of the Berlin Bureau and Senior Policy Fellow at the European council on foreign relations. The European Union, or EU, is a political and economic Union between 27 countries; it was officially established in 1993 with the Maastricht agreements, but alliances between Euro…
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In this episode, we will explore Cross-Strait relations (relations between Taiwan and Mainland China) with Guest Bonnie Glaser, host of the "China Global" podcast and director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.By Josh Hillman
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In this second episode, we tackle the emerging phenomenon of vaccine diplomacy, which, although not new in principle, has gotten renewed attention with the development and production of vaccines to protect against the Covid-19 pandemic. To discuss Vaccine diplomacy with us is Guest David Ellwood, Professor and expert in soft power at the John Hopki…
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Welcome to the first episode of Perspectives! A podcast where we explore geopolitical perspectives on today’s challenges. In this first episode, we will be talking with Professor Jacob Mundy, an expert on the Western Sahara conflict, co-author of “Western Sahara: War, nationalism and conflict irresolution”. This conflict, although major in the live…
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