#12: On Island Tides: A journey through the music of Blanco White
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In this episode we meet the voice and the inspiration behind Blanco White, the stage name of Josh Edwards, a guitarist and singer-songwriter from London.
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#11: The Cult of the Shining City
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What is happening to the soul of America? It’s a question the whole world is asking as Americans vote in the most bizarre Presidential election in their history.
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#10: Poetry to journey by
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So we’re all grounded for the foreseeable future. None of us will be travelling the way we used to any time soon.
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#9: Politics of a Pandemic: A conversation with Dr. Paul G. Buchanan
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How do we navigate a COVID-19 world? What does a global pandemic mean for liberal democracy? And what might a ‘new normal’ look like for the world order?
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#8: Coronavirus: Time will come good
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As the UK lockdown is extended it’s hard to know when our lives will return to any sense of normality.
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#7: Coronavirus: Fighting 'The Rona'
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Since recording my last episode it seems that I contracted the coronavirus.
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#6: Coronavirus: We're all in this together
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We're only just starting to accept the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic here in the UK. We've never lived through anything like this in our lifetimes, and everything is about to change dramatically. So how do we stay connected and hopeful, and how do we manage our fear?
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#5: Home is where we have 51 per cent of the vote
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What does it mean to be a global citizen when walls and borders are back in vogue? How do you create a permanent home that’s a sanctuary? And what does permanence and sanctuary even mean when borders are being re-drawn and the ground is shifting beneath your feet?
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#4: Finding home again in the aftermath of grief
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How do you find home again when you’ve lost the person who was your home? And what does the idea of home even mean in the aftermath of grief?
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#3: The citizenship tests of a lapsed Canadian
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What does home mean when you've always had a complicated relationship with the country you were born in?
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Piali DasGupta's personal story stretches from Kolkata, India to the prairies of Canada, to the town halls of England's cities and the banks of the river Thames in London.
In this episode Piali and I talk about what it means to be a modern Canadian, growing up in a Bengali home and how to prepare for the British citizenship test.
We also talk about the changing nature of local place in the UK, and what the future holds for England's towns and cities.
Music on this episode is by Eveningland, and Blue Dot Sessions.
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FURTHER READING
If some of the topics in this episode spark your interest, there’s a couple of books you might want to check out.
‘Taking Power Back: Putting People in Charge of Politics’ by Simon Parker.
'The Road to Somewhere' by David Goodhart