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Psychiatry and Second Life
on Apr 28, 2007 in podcasts Science This podcast is a tour of the Virtual Hallucinations building on Davis Island in Second Life. The building simulates what it is like to suffer from the auditry and visual hallucinations associated with schizophrenia. I walked round the building in...



Kevin and Suw Year in Review
on Jan 14, 2007 in podcasts A podcast that features two good friends shooting the breeze about what happened in the "blogosphere" in 2006 and what's likely to happen in 2007.Kevin Anderson is the Guardian's Blog Editor and Suw Charman is a top social media consultant.



A guide to recording audio
on Nov 16, 2006 in podcasts radio When I started in radio most of the kit was prohibitively expensive for the home enthusiast, now free digital editing software, and an abundance of cheap and very good mic's bring the whole audio production game within the reach of...



Podcast: Philosopher John Stewart Mill's 200th
on Aug 5, 2006 in Blogs philosophy podcasts Strange Enthusiasms In this podcast I become for 30 minutes a genuine pub philosopher, as philosopher and blogger Jonathan Derbyshire and myself discuss the life and times of the British philosophers John Stewart Mill who celebrates his 200th anniversary this year. Our.



Podcast: At The Media Forum
on May 23, 2006 in Blogs Podcasting News podcasts I'm at the Podcast Day of The Media Forum conference Cologne and pleased to be meeting with podcasters Nicole Simon, Thomas Wanhoff, CC Chapman and Ewan Spence. I'm wearing my "radio" hat and it will be interesting to see how...



Podcast: Britain's First Degree in Comedy
on May 12, 2006 in podcasts Strange Enthusiasms Britain's first comedy degree has arrived. It's the brain-child of Dr Chris Ritchie of Solent University and while some wags in the press have sneeringly refered to it as a "joke degree" from my interview with him, he seems committed...