Category Archives: shouting at my radio

Flat Earth News

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog — this time from March 2009. The past few weeks seem to have seen laments for the decline of journalism and obituaries for old media reaching a critical mass. BoraZ has … Continue reading →

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Review: Extreme Pilgrim

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for my old blog a few years ago. I caught the last couple of minutes of Extreme Pilgrim (BBC 2, Friday 9pm) and was intrigued, so fired up the iPlayer to watch the … Continue reading →

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In which I inflict Ken Ham upon myself and others

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in april 2008. I listened to a sermon[1] by Ken Ham, creationist head of Answers in Genesis, the other day. I was erm … researching a role? Anyway, it … Continue reading →

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Oceans on evolution: you’re doing it wrong

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from December 2008. So, BBC TWO’s Oceans: marine ecology’s answer to Time Team. I get as excited by marine biology as the next nerd, and you don’t have … Continue reading →

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Did Darwin Kill God?

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog — this time from april 2009. I found on the iPlayer the latest in BBC2′s series of Darwin documentaries, Did Darwin Kill God? This is theologian Conor Cunningham’s attempt reconcile science … Continue reading →

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Church leader declares crackpot ideas, gets free air time

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from March 2008. Wow, a slow news day, eh? The BBC, shunning predictable Chinese military aggression, another turn of the tides in Iraq, and yet more boring news … Continue reading →

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Sir David was wrong

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Joe

Another in the ongoing project to archive posts from an old blog – this one from february 2009. Not in the television programme — well, I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet due to pesky tennis fans capturing the … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Fox Keller on genes, evolution, and epigenetics

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog, first published way back in March 2008. I’ve been following CBC’s How To Think About Science series, and caught the Evelyn Fox Keller episode the other day. It was interesting, but … Continue reading →

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That awful pee lady

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost of something posted on the old blog in 2007. What is it with Channel 4 and the examination of excretions? During How Toxic Are Your Kids (C4, Thurs 8pm) I had to check the television … Continue reading →

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But truth does matter

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Joe

This is another repost from the old blog, for archival purposes. I’m watching Peter Owen Jones’ Around The World In Eighty Faiths. You might recall Owen Jones as the public school hippy ex-ad man anglican vicar from Extreme Pilgrimage. This … Continue reading →

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Help! Help! I’m being repressed

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Joe

(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading →

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Cotch: Law In Action: Owning Your Image

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Joe

A quick review of this week’s Law In Action on Radio 4, which looked at photography and the law — particularly jobsworth office managers who think it’s their job to harass people, and other police initiatives that lack any credible … Continue reading →

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Broadcast

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Joe

This is an archival re-post of something written last summer on the old blog. Any Questions, one half of BBC Radio 4′s weekly foray into the realm of mindless US-style talk radio bigotry, this week invited a panel of historians, … Continue reading →

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Soft Targets

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Joe

Christina Odone reviewed Bill Maher’s film Religulous on Radio 4′s Front Row (start: 9m). “He gets some very good replies from some terribly soft targets.” She’s thinking particularly of creationist-sympathising US Senator Mark Pryor (D-AK). She goes on, “… but … Continue reading →

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A short note on sweatshops

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Joe

I want to take a short diversion from normal service to add to the occasional series “arguments so bad my jaw literally drops.”  I have forgotten exactly what radio programme I heard it on, but it was probably one of … Continue reading →

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