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GIRL ON THE TORTURE WHEEL By JEFFERSON AMES 10/05/2015

THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER 09/22/2015

An audio interview with Cynthia Killick about her book “A Sound Revolution”. 09/09/2015

An audio interview with Cynthia Killick about her book “A Sound Revolution”. It’s a true story of intrigue, victory and betrayal, a story of industrial espionage and corporate greed, counterfeiting and corporate wrongdoing. It’s the story of an audio invention that revolutionised the world music business; a story that could have come straight out of the pages of a thriller novel. It is not fiction, but a true story told by Marie Louise Killick's daughter Cynthia Killick. In 1957, our mother Marie Louise Killick’s long legal fight was vindicated by the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, against Pye Radio. The court upheld her claims that Pye had infringed her patent rights covering a gramophone record stylus worth ten’s of millions of pounds. After her victory, Pye insured themselves for £2,500,000 with the Prudential Insurance Company to protect their retailers from possible claims for selling their counterfeit stylus around Britain. Pye had lost, but in 1959 Marie was manoeuvred into bankruptcy. She began a three year battle with the Official Receiver in an attempt to prevent him from taking over her damages claim against Pye Radio and settling for the derisory sum of £4,300, when she was owed millions. Marie never received a penny in damages. Her stylus was a revolution in sound reproduction quality. The gemstone was ground to a flat at its tip and this rode on the sides of the record groove, dramatically reducing distortion, surface noise and wear and tear to the gramophone record. Decca declared ’Sapphox’ to be the best thing on the market and offered her £750,000 in 1945 for her British patent rights. In the late 1940s Pye Radio realised that the patent rights protecting her invention were not for sale. They then swamped the market with a counterfeit product, squeezing her business out of its growing profits. Marie would not give up the fight even when she was ’kidnapped’ off the street and locked away in a mental asylum. Marie paid a heavy price for her passion to bring to music lovers superb sound reproduction, and the world benefited enormously from her invention. Introduction narration by Nick Wyard Book narration by Teresa Critchley Produced by Nigel Killick You can buy Cynthia Killick’s book at this link: “” at lulu.com. Or search for…. “A Sound Revolution” in Lulu search box or the Book ISBN 9781291468304 Music: Attribution-NonCommercial-No 3 United States Music from: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/MIT_Symphony_Orchestra/ “La Traviata, Brindisi (Verdi)” (by ) “Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo (Puccini)” (by ) “Chopin: Three Mazurkas, Op. 59” (by ) /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/3788518

Fear by Achmed Abdullah 09/09/2015

A Will to Kill for by Emil Petaja 06/28/2015

The 1929 Great Depression, hard times and Bootlegging 04/16/2015

The 1929 Great Depression, hard times and Bootlegging Recorded by Kay Barbour on an iPod, edited & produced by Nigel Killick Here is an interview between Dorotha Miller 94 years old and her daughters Kay Barbour about Dorotha early life and her Father who had to become was a Bootlegger and outlaw after the Great Depression of 1929. These were hard and dangerous times. It was also around the time of Bonnie and Clyde. Dorotha Miller was born in Huntington West Virginia in 1921 and will be 94 in May. Her family wasn't necessarily poor but what we call today as the "working poor". Sometimes her father had a job and sometimes he didn't. Bootlegging was what he did to make up the difference. It was easy money but it came with a risk and he spent some time in and out of jail as you will tell from her story. Then after the stock market crash in 1929, bootlegging became a way to make money to put food on the table. She tells a story about her aunt getting arrested for bootlegging during the depression after her husband died. Her aunt ( her fathers sister) lived way up in the hills of West Virginia and had five kids to feed and no way to get a job. Not only did she not have any skills but even able bodied men could not get a job. There was no such thing as Social Security or Welfare or any other "safety net" for people in this situation. So she started bootlegging; selling whiskey out of her home out of desperation to provide for her children. She got busted by the police and went to jail for a year. She was afraid the authorities would try to take her children away and put them in orphanages so she asked my mother's mother(my grandmother) to go get the children and try to find homes for them till she got out of jail. Times were hard and lots of people did not have jobs so she knew that one family could not take all five children. So the children were split up among cousins, grandparents and aunts & uncles. One of the older girls stayed in my mother's home. And a year later when she got out of jail she got her children and went right back to bootlegging! What else was she going to do? But this time she was smarter and knew what to do to not get busted again! The point is that a lot of bootlegging and moonshining was done during the depression as a way to make money when people were out of jobs. Dorotha Miller also says that there was a famous Irish bootlegger, who's made his money this way. Dorotha talks about this with great indignation in her voice! Her father spent time in jail and was looked down on for what he did but other people, well connected people made millions during the Depression time and are looked upon a respectable members in the American society today! /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/3496061

Letters from the Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 6 10/25/2014

Interview with B.J.Harrison actor and Audiobook narrator producer 09/24/2014

Letters from the Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 5 09/15/2014

My interview with J.J.Hensley 08/05/2014

Letters from the Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 4 07/13/2014

An interview with Basil Sands about his new novel Ice Hammer 07/04/2014

An interview with Basil Sands about his new novel Ice Hammer My interview today is with Basil Sands who has written a new novel called Ice Hammer. In the interview, we talk about his military history and his experience in surviving in extreme Arctic winters in Alaska. How he became a writer and what it has taken for him to become an author. Synopsis of the book. Ice Hammer is a three book fiction series seen through the eyes of a family ripped apart by invasion and the ensuing war that consumes the North American continent, including their home state of Alaska. It is not about the bigger political game that stands behind all war, but it is about the lives, the loves and the bitter struggles of those trying to survive to see another day. · 2013: NSA spy scandal lost the US many of its friends. · 2016: The US government defaults on its debts. With the collapse of the American Empire the few remaining US allies turn their backs as well. · 2017: Massive drought and crop failures spread across Eurasia threatening both China and the former Soviet states with starvation. · 2018: The decision is made. America will pay its debts. In a sweeping measure to collect what they are owed, guarantee ample food supplies and take fertile land for their own people, China and the newly re-Sovietized Russia combine forces and invade North America. --------------- Basil Sands has been weaving stories for anyone who would listen since he was a child. From humble beginnings over 40 years ago on a rural homestead in interior Alaska and his school years among the cornfields of Ohio he grew to become one of the most popular new audio book talents on the web. He nearly became a professional stand-up comedian but the big break came too late. He had already enlisted in the US Marines. After only six months though he broke his ankle and found himself out of a job. Unsure of what to do he worked in a wide variety of fields (many simultaneously) including restaurant manager for the National Security Agency (chef to the spies), owned a computer shop, worked as a carpenter, farmer, stage actor, lumberjack, tv voice, Wilderness Medic, network manager, Boy Scout leader, university teacher, IT training specialist, radio talk show host, computer forensics technician, and youth minister. Please visit Basil Sands web site at: /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/2927474

Letters from the Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 3 10/15/2013

Letters From The Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 2 10/14/2013

Letters from the Amazon by Sal Bolton, Part 1 09/16/2013

My interview today is with V.E.Ulett, who is the author of ‘CAPTAIN BLACKWELL’S PRIZE’. 07/03/2013

This interview is with Peter Higginbotham authors and researchers on the history of the British Workhouse 05/17/2013

An interview with Eric Ryland 03/29/2013

Great News, we now have a Audioboo Channel 02/19/2013

Murder detective swapped crime fighting for crime writing. 09/19/2012

Murder detective swapped crime fighting for crime writing. Our interview today is with the authors of Deadly Focus and Consequences novels by RC Bridgestock. This husband and wife team from the fourth largest police force in England have swapped crime fighting for crime writing. Bob Bridgestock, 60, a retired detective superintendent who took charge of numerous high profile murder and serious crime investigations in his 30 year career, and his wife Carol, 51, who was a civilian support worker with West Yorkshire Police for 17 years, draw upon their extensive knowledge of real life investigations. Their experience has been invaluable on their path to becoming fully-fledged authors. The couple, who now live on the Isle of Wight, launched their first novel, ‘Deadly Focus’ (Caffeine Nights Publishing) in June, 2010. It is also available on kindle and this month it also came out as an Audio book. In April, 2012, ‘Consequences’, the sequel, was published: both novels are extremely popular with crime fiction readers throughout the world. ‘The greatest compliment we get is from police personnel who say the series is "just as it is and not over-dramatised".' The Dylan series explores the world of senior investigator DI Jack Dylan (loosely based on Bob), who goes from one drama to another in his professional and in his personal life, with his partner, Jen (loosely based on Carol). ‘You’ve probably heard the saying, "There’s a book in everyone," and for years Bob has had people laughing and crying with his tales,’ Carol said. ‘So you can imagine my surprise and delight when Bob enrolled us both on a writing course at the Isle of Wight College five years ago and as they say, "The rest is history". The couple have written a further two novels in the series, which will be published next year, and are working on books 5 & 6 in the Dylan series for 2014. Interviewer and producer Nigel Killick Peopletalk literary editor Mr. Gareth Kenyon-Goldthorpe Books/Kindle/Audio available from:- /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/2070955

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An interview with John Parry, Author and retired BBC Arts correspondent. 09/04/2012

An interview with John Parry, Author and retired BBC Arts correspondent. My interview today is with John Parry the author of a humourous but poignant book called “Not for Wimps”about men and the aging process published by the Book Guild UK. John Parry was the BBC's first arts correspondent and left the corporation in the mid-90s after 12 years, he wrote a regular arts column for the Spectator before creating and editing Sculptors, the magazine of the Royal Society of British sculptors. He also wrote book reviews for the Mail on Sunday. He lives in Brighton with his wife, the actress and author, Judy Cornwell. In this interview I talk to John about his prodigious career in the world of the Media and he reads a selection of extracts from his book and talks about what made him write this book? An extracts from his book. 'The other evening, I walked into the theatre. With a dressy celebration party afterwards, I was wearing black tie, feeling sprightly and youthful. The occasion had all the promise of being great fun. At least it did until the moment I approached a small group of quite jolly young people gathered on the pavement -- and no mercifully, I was not about to be mugged. One of the girls simply shouted out, 'Oi, you looked like Winston Churchill.' Her friends yelled with laughter. I was devastated. Not for a second was I deluded enough to think that she was saying I looked like a war hero, an inspiring orator, a Prime Minister who led the nations to victory. What she was saying, of course was I looked rather elderly and rotund with a pink and shiny face from the exertion of my brisk walk. It was crushing. I arrived at the theatre feeling rather less than sprightly and useful. Infuriatingly, my own friends thought it was a stoically funny when I told them the story and laughed as much as the crowd of young people had done.' To Buy John Parry book “Not for Wimps” Music: Chansons sans paroles (1989) op. 2 Valse-Scherzo Album: Dry Fig Trees Artist: Gerard Satamian :To buy this music /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/1506888

Mr. Leslie Gilliat -Producer of many classic British films 09/04/2012

Mr. Leslie Gilliat -Producer of many classic British films Our latest audio documentary by David Allen is about Mr. Leslie Gilliat -Location Manager and Producer of many classic British films including three of the fondly remembered St. Trinian's films. With the new St. Trinian's film directed by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson due for release this autumn, what a wonderful opportunity to look back on the long and distinguished career of Mr. Leslie Gilliat [1917 -] Leslie having worked in the camera department, and as Location Manager and Producer of many films including three of the fondly remembered St. Trinian's films of the 50's and 60's that many now regard as British comedy classics. Born in 1917, Leslie worked for Gainsborough Pictures between 1936 and 1939 with such comedy stars as Will Hay on Oh, Mr. Porter! [1937] Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and the famous comedy troupe The Crazy Gang on Alf's Button Afloat [1938]. Leslie also worked with Alfred Hitchcock as a cameraman on the classic comedy thriller The Lady Vanishes [1938] starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood, which was made shortly before Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to film Rebecca [1940] for David O. Selznick. After serving his country in the Second World War, Leslie joined his older brother Sydney who had formed a prolific writing and directing partnership with his lifelong collaborator Frank Launder, who had both written the screenplay for The Lady Vanishes. The Gilliat brothers and Launder team went on to collaborate on many great British films, such as The Blue Lagoon [1948] starring Jean Simmons, The Green Man [1956] with George Cole, Terry-Thomas and the lugubrious Alistair Sim, The Smallest Show on Earth [1957] with Margaret Rutherford and Peter Sellers, and of course the St. Trinian's films, which starred Alistair Sim in drag as the headmistress Miss Fritton, Terry-Thomas as Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts, Joyce Grenfell as the hapless Police Sergeant Ruby Gates and George Cole as the lovable rogue Flash Harry. This is a peopletalk production © 2007 Production Team: David Allen - Interviewer & Associate Editor/Producer. Josephine Bloom - Assistant Editor. Nigel Killick - Executive Producer. We would also like to thank Mr. Leslie Gilliat & Mr. Julian Fox for their help in making this documentary. kingdom hearts track Hikari (Instrumental)© Please click on Comments and have your say! We are always looking for donations to help us to continue to produce high quality free programs. (All trademarks acknowledged.) /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/1506733

Smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by. 09/04/2012

Smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by. Smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by. Douglas d'Enno is a local historian and author of some interesting & insightful books on local Sussex history. In our latest conversation, Douglas spent time with me on a glorious sunny October day at the end of Brighton's Victorian pier. There we discussed the activities of smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by. We chatted about excise men patrolling along the top of dangerous cliffs at night on the lookout for smugglers and ship wreckers, and how it sometimes became a life and death struggle between both sides. Smuggling was part of everyday life for some of the small fishing villages along the coast. We talked about a local vicar, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, a pillar of the community who was nonetheless heavily involved in contraband activities in his village. We also talked about the cat and mouse game played by revenue officers and their quarry the smugglers - who shamelessly continued to ply their trade with the French while England was at war with Napoleon. Douglas was kind enough in 2006 to take our listeners on an interesting tour of the darker side of life of Brighton’s past. We talked as we walked to some of the locations of the town’s notorious murders. This audio tour, ‘Brighton's Murder Walk’, is still available on our site, click here to hear Books by Douglas d'Enno Brighton Crime & Vice. Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Brighton. published by Wharncliffe UK. We would just like to thank the following artists and songwriter's for their kind permission to use their works in the making of this programme. (All copyrights are retained by artists and songwriters © 08) Please see links to artists web sites. Track 1: A Smugglers' Song- Arranged and performed by Andrew McKay & by Carole Etherton, words by Rudyard Kipling. () Track 2- Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey. Track 3- Ship Keeper- Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). Track 4- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her-Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). http://www.trimrigdoxy.com/ Track 5- Trawling Trade- (John Conolly)- Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). Track 6- Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey-http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/harvey-wsail/ Track 7- Scarecrow -Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton, written by © Maria Cunningham. Track 8- Mary Baker-Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton and written by Carole Etherton Track 9- Smugglers-Arranged and performed by Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton, words by Rudyard Kipling. Track 10-Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey-http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/harvey-wsail/ /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/1506863

An interview with Terry Fallis, a Canadian writer who published his own novel. 09/04/2012

An interview with Terry Fallis, a Canadian writer who published his own novel. An interview with Terry Fallis, a Canadian writer who published his own novel and made the Canadian literary world take notice. After almost a year of banging on the closed doors of the literary establishment, he decided to take matters into his own hands by narrating and publishing an audio book version of his novel on the Internet for free. He wanted to test an audience reaction to his book to see if he was wasting his time, the response he received confirmed he had a successful book on his hands. So he took the plunge and self published his book and then went on to win one of Canada's most prestigious awards for literature. In our interview you will hear how he went from being a weekend writer to a successful published Author, who has already been commissioned to write his second novel. About Terry Fallis. Despite an engineering degree, for 25 years Terry Fallis enjoyed a successful career first in politics, as an advisor to Liberal federal and Ontario cabinet ministers, and then in public affairs and public relations consulting. But through it all, there was something missing. In 2005, he found it when he finally wrote the novel that had been rattling around inside his head. He spent a year peddling the manuscript to agents and publishers but was greeted with a deafening silence. Undeterred, he podcast The Best Laid Plans, his debut satirical novel of Canadian politics, chapter-by-chapter, gathering rave reviews from legions of listeners in Canada and around the world. Encouraged by the response, he self-published the novel in September 2007. Then, in April 2008 came the shock of his life. The Best Laid Plans won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the first self-published novel ever honoured with this venerable literary award. Within a week, Fallis signed a publishing deal with McClelland & Stewart. In the fall of 2008, the novel hit bookstore shelves and Terry Fallis hit the speaking circuit entertaining audiences with the same thoughtful wit and humour that won him the Leacock Medal. The sequel to The Best Laid Plans, entitled The High Road, is due out in 2010. Terry Fallis web site at Music credits: 1st Track Music from Magnatune at http://magnatune.com. Track: Extraordinaire Album: Prospects Artist: Chris Juergensen Music played in Terry Fallis audio extract is: Winter Serenade by Jon Schmidt at http:///www.musicalley.com. Track & Artist: Winter Serenade by Jon Schmidt /episode/index/show/peopletalk/id/1506990

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