Soviet agronomist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was obsessed with plants. Especially finding out where domesticated crops first came from. And out of his research came a proposal that certain crops, like rye and oats, were evolutionary accidents. Stalin didn’t particularly like that idea.
Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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2025 marks 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner – the great 19th century landscape artist, whose expressive, atmospheric paintings transformed British art. His life and genius was also unforgettably brought to the screen in Mike Leigh’s 2014 film Mr Turner, starring Timothy Spall. Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at the long relationship between cinema and painting.
Mark speaks to cultural historian Professor Sir Christopher Frayling on Hollywood’s approach to the history of art, from Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh to Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo. He then talks to actor Timothy Spall on how playing JMW Turner led to a parallel career as a painter.
Ellen explores the relationship between painting and cinematography with cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins. She also speaks to artist Cathy Lomax on the painterly in cinema – and the cinematic in painting.
Producer: Jane Long
A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4
Source : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002k4q4
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It’s spooky season, so I thought I could talk about the scariest thing imaginable – the absurdity of space, time, and existence.
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LINKS
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https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb…
• Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot OFFICIAL
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
2:09 – Astrophobia
7:14 – Space in Perspective
9:35 – Terrors of Alien Life
10:17 – Could It Be A Simulation?
11:08 – The Horror of Time
13:46 – The Pale Blue Dot
17:23 – Sponsor – Brilliant
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