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Episode 2: DANCING TABLES & CONCRETE BOATS Ha'way Man
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- Politik
You made it to episode two, you absolute diamond. So, what's been in our ears, in front of our eyes and grinding our gears recently:
WHAT’S BEEN GRINDING OUR GEARS…?
The NHS pay cut (essential read: Denis Campbell, “NHS England boss says staff deserve 2.1% pay rise rather than 1%” The Guardian 9/3/21 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/09/nhs-england-staff-deserve-pay-rise-simon-stevens)
The attack on the right to protest (essential read: Ian Dunt, “Anti-protest bill: Freedom dies in silence” Politics.co.uk 16/3/21 https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/03/16/anti-protest-bill-freedom-dies-in-silence/)
Violence Against Women (essential read: Marina Hyde, “Women killed: 118. Statues ‘killed’: 1. So guess which is the national priority?”, The Guardian 16/3/21 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/16/women-statues-government-tougher-sentences)
WHAT’S BEEN IN OUR EARS…?
The Guardian Long Read: “‘A reckoning for our species’: the philosopher prophet of the Anthopocene” podcast https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/feb/24/from-the-archive-a-reckoning-for-our-species-the-philosopher-prophet-of-the-anthropocene-podcast Timothy Morton “Humankind: Solidary with Non-human people” (Verso, 2017) https://www.versobooks.com/books/2809-humankind
Jungle - For Ever (Xl Records, 20018) https://xlrecordings.com/buy/jungle-forever
WHAT’S BEEN IN FRONT OF OUR EYES…?
Rose Matefeo “Horndog” on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p096kdf5/rose-matafeo-horndog; The Adam Buxton Podcast https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/7-bfk9m-4l8kp-blcga-jwabs-blbb8-b9mjx-fj3gr-j4lyp-9jlhe-a4bhm-c67yy-szhgm-m8pcd-l376z-zjb32-wh9dr-za87b-c8l3j-byyhb-segba-hlsc6-5m648-aef2d-2n3wg-tpcha-fsb4a-stlxm-7hb5z-ekrdd-6hdmt
Sunderland fans raising money though virtual Wembley tickets https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/2021/2/26/22300948/sunderlands-virtual-wembley-ticket-charity-fundraiser-passes-the-28000-mark
WHAT’S THIS EPISODE’S ENTRY INTO THE MACKEM TREASURE TROVE…?
The Concrete Boat in the River Wear https://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/12714/ & https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/17551513.north-easts-short-dabble-concrete-boats-amazingly-floated/
Thanks for listening, please rate us on your podcatcher of choice, share on your social media, and we’re sure we'll get onto ranting about the monarchy another time.
You made it to episode two, you absolute diamond. So, what's been in our ears, in front of our eyes and grinding our gears recently:
WHAT’S BEEN GRINDING OUR GEARS…?
The NHS pay cut (essential read: Denis Campbell, “NHS England boss says staff deserve 2.1% pay rise rather than 1%” The Guardian 9/3/21 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/09/nhs-england-staff-deserve-pay-rise-simon-stevens)
The attack on the right to protest (essential read: Ian Dunt, “Anti-protest bill: Freedom dies in silence” Politics.co.uk 16/3/21 https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/03/16/anti-protest-bill-freedom-dies-in-silence/)
Violence Against Women (essential read: Marina Hyde, “Women killed: 118. Statues ‘killed’: 1. So guess which is the national priority?”, The Guardian 16/3/21 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/16/women-statues-government-tougher-sentences)
WHAT’S BEEN IN OUR EARS…?
The Guardian Long Read: “‘A reckoning for our species’: the philosopher prophet of the Anthopocene” podcast https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/feb/24/from-the-archive-a-reckoning-for-our-species-the-philosopher-prophet-of-the-anthropocene-podcast Timothy Morton “Humankind: Solidary with Non-human people” (Verso, 2017) https://www.versobooks.com/books/2809-humankind
Jungle - For Ever (Xl Records, 20018) https://xlrecordings.com/buy/jungle-forever
WHAT’S BEEN IN FRONT OF OUR EYES…?
Rose Matefeo “Horndog” on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p096kdf5/rose-matafeo-horndog; The Adam Buxton Podcast https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/7-bfk9m-4l8kp-blcga-jwabs-blbb8-b9mjx-fj3gr-j4lyp-9jlhe-a4bhm-c67yy-szhgm-m8pcd-l376z-zjb32-wh9dr-za87b-c8l3j-byyhb-segba-hlsc6-5m648-aef2d-2n3wg-tpcha-fsb4a-stlxm-7hb5z-ekrdd-6hdmt
Sunderland fans raising money though virtual Wembley tickets https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/2021/2/26/22300948/sunderlands-virtual-wembley-ticket-charity-fundraiser-passes-the-28000-mark
WHAT’S THIS EPISODE’S ENTRY INTO THE MACKEM TREASURE TROVE…?
The Concrete Boat in the River Wear https://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/12714/ & https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/17551513.north-easts-short-dabble-concrete-boats-amazingly-floated/
Thanks for listening, please rate us on your podcatcher of choice, share on your social media, and we’re sure we'll get onto ranting about the monarchy another time.
1 Std. 7 Min.