Episodes

  • The Romance of the Troubadour and the Wildness of the Road with the Von Erichs and the Iron Claw!
    Aug 12 2024

    The Iron Claw is a 2023 biographical sports drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin about the Von Erichs, a family of professional wrestlers who are "cursed" by tragedy. The film depicts the struggles of wrestling company owner Fritz Von Erich's sons to achieve the success for which their father groomed them, from 1979 to the early 1990s.


    The film stars Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich alongside Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, and Lily James as other members of the family, and is titled after the "iron claw," an in-ring signature move of the Von Erichs.


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    19 mins
  • Lessons in Vision Creation and Stoic Persistence from the Godfather!
    Aug 1 2024
    The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, chronicling the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) from 1945 to 1955. It focuses on the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

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    15 mins
  • Beethoven in the Sheldonian with Vitto Bruni!
    Jul 15 2024
    Bagatelle No. 25[a] in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" (For Elise), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions.[1][2][3] It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) 40 years after his death, and may be termed either a Bagatelle or an Albumblatt. The identity of "Elise" is unknown; researchers have suggested Therese Malfatti, Elisabeth Röckel, or Elise Barensfeld.

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    11 mins
  • The Godfather of Ireland; Douglas Hyde!
    Jun 24 2024
    Douglas Ross Hyde MRIA (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (lit. transl. the pleasant little branch), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician, and diplomat who served as the first President of Ireland rom June 1938 to June 1945. He was a leading figure in the Gaelic Revival, and the first President of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.

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    23 mins
  • Hope, Freedom and Passion from Mumford and Sons! Sigh No More - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire!
    Jun 17 2024

    Sigh No More is the debut studio album by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. It was released on 2 October 2009 in the UK, and on 16 February 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 11 and peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart and following its Album of the Year win at the Brit Awards. In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US.


    Shepherd's Bush Empire (currently known as O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, West London, run by the Academy Music Group. It was originally built in 1903 as a music hall for impresario Oswald Stoll, designed by theatre architect Frank Matcham; among its early performers was Charlie Chaplin. In 1953 it became the BBC Television Theatre. Since 1994, it has operated as a music venue. It is a Grade II listed building.


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    10 mins
  • Desert Music Channelled through the Las Vegas Strip! The Awesome Aesthetic Beauty of Shot at the Night by The Killers!
    Jun 10 2024

    "Shot at the Night" is a song by American rock band The Killers. The song serves as the lead single from the band's second compilation album, Direct Hits. The song was produced by M83's Anthony Gonzalez, who had supported the band on their Day & Age World Tour. The song has received positive reviews from music critics. NME listed it top of their "10 tracks you have to hear this week 18/09/13", noting "it's a fittingly triumphant mix of Gonzalez's glittering synth-pop and The Killers' own huge-hearted bombast", adding "it has a euphoric chorus that's as reminiscent of '80s power-pop as the anthemic indie that Nevada's finest have become renowned for.


    The video features Dark Shadows actress Bella Heathcote, and The Social Network star Max Minghella. Heathcote portrays a hotel maid at the Cosmpolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, clearly unsatisfied with her mundane lifestyle, matching the song's melancholic lyrical yearning "Give me a shot at the night...". She accidentally encounters a handsome hotel guest, portrayed by Minghella, and his friends. The two form an instant connection, leading Heathcote's character to abandon her shift and explore Vegas by night with her new found love interest, thus getting her very own "shot at the night".


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    20 mins
  • From Trend Setting to Trend Creation with Google Cloud Executive Laura Jurevica!
    Jun 3 2024

    Laura's Bio: I’m Laura, a marketing and tech enthusiast who recently landed in Dublin, Ireland. For the past year, I’ve been channeling my passion for technology at Google Cloud. There, I work with exciting early-stage companies, helping them achieve explosive growth by leveraging cutting-edge solutions.


    My journey actually began in Denmark, where I spent four years immersing myself in the world of branding and marketing management. But I wasn’t done learning! I furthered my education by diving into digital concept development, ensuring I have a solid foundation in today’s dynamic marketing landscape.


    Throughout my career, marketing, fashion, and entrepreneurship have always been my driving forces. Lately, I’ve become particularly fascinated by the possibilities of sustainable fashion business models. This is an area I’m actively exploring, and keen to better understand the ways to make my love fashion still be sustainable for environment.


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    28 mins
  • Building Emotional Resilience, Solving Climate Change and Preventing Neocolonialism! Dr Amy Booth Provides the Answers!
    May 27 2024

    Dr Amy Booth is a medical practitioner from South Africa. While working during the COVID-19 pandemic, she became aware of the environmental impact of health systems, prompting her to embark on research in this area. She is currently based at the University of Oxford where she is doing doctoral research, funded by a Rhodes Scholarship, on the carbon footprint of the pharmaceutical supply chain.


    She concurrently co-runs a Sustainable Health Care course at Oxford. She has previously consulted with the World Health Organisation on the role of environmental sources in contributing to anti-microbial resistance, with the United Nations on developing a standardised framework for measuring sustainability, is a member of an EU-wide Erasmus+ project on sustainable prescribing and sits on the Global Lethal Humidity Council. She has several publications on the intersection of climate and health and has presented on this topic on multiple national and international platforms, including featuring on the BBC Focus on Africa podcast. She is a member of the first cohort of the UK Young Academy and an Emerging Research Leader in Climate and Health.


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    46 mins