In episode 158 Jo welcomes back Dr Jonny Brooks-Bartlett, who is a senior machine learning engineer at Spotify, to do some more myth busting. He discusses topics relating to data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, including generative AI, applications of AI in human biology and the Digital Services Act.  Jo also visits the museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London for the first time, and finds out the story behind throat pastilles of the past that would be surprising to us today.    Presented, produced & edited by Jo Durrant. Music licensed from Purple Planet.

Matteo Columbo is Margaret Atwood's publicist and personal magician at the Ponte alle Grazie publishing house in Italy. We met in Milan to discuss, among other things, the relationship between magic and publicity, the things that Margaret's handlers insist must be present in her hotel rooms; banana tricks, surprises, examples of how to gain the attention of journalists, Ponte alle Grazie's eclectic backlist, Luigi Spagnol, books as unique entities, the impact of Margaret's in-person Italian appearances, comparisons between publicity and photography; trustworthiness, syntax, and more. 

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO  Patreon.com/worstofall The lads finally finish the hat as they cover James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s beautiful, pointillist musical: Sunday in the Park With George. Topics include the complexity of the score, the controversial second act, and the challenge of bringing order to the whole through design, composition, balance, light, and harmony. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and bonus episodes, and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Media Referenced in this Episode: Sunday in the Park with George by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. “Eight Lines (Octet)” by Steve Reich. 1979. Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim. Penguin Random House. 2011. “Partitions” by Milton Babbitt, 1957. Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" by James Lapine. macmillan Publishing. 2021. Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance. Interview with Frank Rich. Lincoln Center, 2016. Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions by Mark Eden Horowitz. Scarecrow Press, 2010. Also available on Youtube. “UK Omnibus: Sunday in the Park with Stephen.” 1990. “Putting It Together” Variations Barbara Streisand’s Version The Academy Awards Version The Xerox Commercial Version The Ethan Allen Version TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

If the title isn’t content warning enough… CW: sexual assault and suicide Another narrative poem from the master playwright. A tale of the sex scandal that undid the Roman monarchy. And also a ten-page description of a painting…   Yes, the poem is salacious, but Shakespeare isn’t just slapping together a potboiler. Expanding a three page story from Livy’s History of Rome to one-hundred pages, Shakespeare gives us his famous psychological monologues. Here we have early glimpses of the pen that would bring us Brutus and Hamlet’s soul searching.   Sources The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems The History of Rome, by Titius Livius Fasti, by Ovid

Libri Prohibiti is a nonprofit, independent, archival research library located in Prague, Czech Republic that collects samizdat and exile literature. Founded by Jiri Gruntorad after the fall of the communist regime its holdings include some 40,000 monographs, periodicals, reference resources, and audiovisual materials. In addition to dissident articles, many popular books were banned, and subsequently distributed as samizdats including George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, both of which are held in the library.    In 2013, the Libri Prohibiti Collection of Czech and Slovak Samizdat periodicals from the years 1948–1989 was listed by UNESCO in its Memory of the World (MOW) Register. It is the largest collection of its kind in the world. According to the MOW Registry, "the completeness and uniqueness of this large number of documents attest to the fight against the communist totalitarian regime and its importance for the study of the history of the twentieth century."    I met with Jiri Nenicka, a librarian at Libri Prohibiti, in Prague to talk about the collection.   The novel/diary we refer to about 2/3 of the way in which beautifully describes the samizdat publishing experience is A Czech Dreambook by Ludvik Vaculik translated by Gerald Turner (Karolinum Press, Charles University, 2018)

Fuel your wanderlust as we travel the globe, talking to ordinary people about why they love where they live. We explore beyond the guide books and tourist traps and discover local secrets. In this episode, we hear from John Hunter in Rugby, England - the town where the famous game was created. John describes a life of country walks on rolling hills, followed by good farm-to-fork food. There's also live music and the Oxford Canal, and, of course, it’s a must-visit if you’re a rugby fanatic. Get more info and links for all the places mentioned at: https://extravirginfoodandtravel.com Love this podcast? Please support it at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/extravirgin

Satan wants to keep people locked in the prison of sin, but we as Christians hold the key—the gospel of Jesus Christ—which will set them free forever. Let’s boldly proclaim the truth to everyone we meet today. “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”” - John 8:31-32

We're about to complete on our latest purchase and have been assessing numerous options for it - single let, HMO, splitting it into flats, or flipping it.  Each option has its own pros and cons, and we looked at the numbers for each option in a previous episode as well as the design layouts, but today we're revealing which option we finally settled on and why!   We're also looking at where our Brewery project is up to, and how Covid has messed with out HMO refinance.  ********* Find out more about Raising Private Finance here: https://www.insidepropertyinvesting.com/raising-private-finance-course********************Welcome to the Inside Property Investing Podcast with Mike Stenhouse. You're in the right place if you're looking for practical advise and inspiring stories to help you build a thriving property investment business and create more freedom in your own life. Get more advice and inspiration on your favourite platforms:Instagram: @InsidePropertyInvestingYoutube: Inside Property InvestingFacebook: Inside Property InvestingNewsletter: InsidePropertyInvesting.com

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TOPICS: Segment #1: Khalil Mack Holdout We discuss the issues surrounding Khalil Mack's holdout. Still hasn't reported to training camp, and our first preseason game is tomorrow. Rumors of a possible trade. Any substance? Will he return? His contract doesn't expire until the end of this year, but he wants an extension now. The Raiders have less than $3 Million cap space. What will happen? Segment #2: The Rebranding of the Raiders There has been talk that Mark Davis is trying to "rebrand" the Raiders. What is this all about? Segment #3: Rookies rule on the Raiders roster Raider Greg goes over the rookies, draftees and veteran free agents who were recently signed to the Raiders. Segment #4: Greg Papa no longer the "Voice of the Raiders" It was announced that Brent Musburger will replace Greg Papa as the radio voice of the Raiders. What brought this about? We cover the complete story dating back to January of 2015. Segment #5: Raider Nation “Boneline” Call-in Segment Callers: 01. Raider Rob from Maryland 02. Raider Al from Georgia 03. Jersey Boy Raider 04. Raider Jim from the east coast 05. Raider Keith from Southern California 06. Tony the Northwest Raider 07. Raider Xen from Texas - Join our forum at: http://www.raidernationpodcast.com/forum - Subscribe free in iTunes - Visit our YouTube page at: http://www.youtube.com/raidernationpodcast Music credit: Oaktown, by MC Hammer; Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood, The Raiders by Sam Spence. Available in the iTunes store. Running time: 1:40:32

It was a big week for national and international politics -- as North and South Korea announced the end of their war -- something President Trump is taking credit for. Plus -- the president's budding friendship with ...Kanye West. An analysis of these stories and more on this week's "Face the Nation." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.