The Boring Talks
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- Duration: 15:59:31
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Synopsis
Behind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined.Presenter: James WardUpdated: Weekly
Episodes
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Boring Talks #15 - Smell Walks
30/04/2018 Duration: 28minThe artist and designer Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world. This podcast may include the odours of cooking sausages, carbolic soap, shattered dreams and bins. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Kate McLean Producer: Luke Doran
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Boring Talks #14 - Name Change
23/04/2018 Duration: 14minCan you change your name to your existing name? And, more importantly, why would you bother? James Michael Ward explains what happened when he tried to become James Michael Ward. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: James Ward (the same one) Contributor: Anya Driscoll Producer: Luke Doran
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Boring Talks #13 - Basalt
16/04/2018 Duration: 14minIs basalt really the most boring type of rock in the world? Not according to Dr Anne Jay. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Dr Anne Jay Producer: Luke Doran
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Boring Talks #12 - British Earthquakes
09/04/2018 Duration: 11minRhodri Marsden is underwhelmed by British earthquakes. He thinks it's time to reassess how we report these 'tremors'. Is he right? Maybe. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Rhodri Marsden Producer: Luke Doran
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Boring Talks #11 - Sneezing
02/04/2018 Duration: 13minSince 2007 Peter Fletcher has been counting and documenting all of his sneezes. Every single one. Now he tells us why, and what he has learned along the way. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Peter Fletcher Producer: Luke Doran
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Boring Talks #10 - Lampposts
26/03/2018 Duration: 18minAre you for or against lampposts? The author and design historian Dr Eleanor Herring looks at the controversial history of the lamppost, and those that have railed against them. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Eleanor Herring Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #09 - Sounding Gestalts
19/03/2018 Duration: 11minWhat exactly is a 'Sounding Gestalt'? And how can you make music from a Gentleman's cravat or E. coli? The artist Laurence Jordan will explain. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Laurence Jordan Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #08 - Danish Public Information Films
12/03/2018 Duration: 20minFrom brick making to motorbikes, Dr Claire Thomson celebrates the golden age of Danish Public Information Films (that's 1935 to 1965, in case you were wondering). Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Claire Thomson Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #07 - Green Belt Land
05/03/2018 Duration: 13minOnce called 'Green Girdles', today's Green belts are strange and relatively unknown places. Follow the writer John Grindrod on his guided tour through a world of naturists, cavemen and rancid pies. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: John Grindrod Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #06 - The Argos Catalogue
26/02/2018 Duration: 24minThe artist Louise Ashcroft takes us inside the mysterious portal that is the Argos catalogue, and examines what it reveals about people’s desires and aspirations. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Louise Ashcroft Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #05 - Model Villages
19/02/2018 Duration: 13minFrom beautifully crafted tourist attractions, to nightmarish dystopian visions, the broadcaster Tim Dunn shares his love for the 'little works of art' that are model villages. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Tim Dunn Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #04 - Wooden Pallets
12/02/2018 Duration: 11minHow did the wooden pallet become the 'single most important object in the global economy'? Liam Shaw delves deep in to the history of this ubiquitous object. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Liam Shaw Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #03 - Yellow Lines
05/02/2018 Duration: 13minThe journalist Andrew Male takes a personal journey in to the mysterious beginnings of yellow line road markings. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Andrew Male Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #02 - Book Pricing Algorithms
29/01/2018 Duration: 11minA book for $1.7 million? To a computer, it made sense. Sort of. Tracy King explains. Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Tracy King Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #01 - The End Of The World
29/01/2018 Duration: 20minWhat is the specific date of Armageddon according to Douglas Adams? Steve Cross close-reads The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to find out Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Steve Cross Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan
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Boring Talks #00
07/01/2018 Duration: 02minBehind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined. Presenter: James Ward Producer: Luke Doran Editor: Moy McGowan