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The r/britishradio AMA that was announced on Wednesday is now live so look for the post in your feed, or direct any questions you may have about radio behind-the-scenes or how radio programmes are produced from idea to ear, to the link in these comments.
10:46 UTC
AMA: Producer u/radioresearcher has kindly agreed to answer your questions during the day today Sunday. If there's anything you want to know about making radio or radio behind-the-scenes ask in the comments and they and any other producers mentioned in the comments will do their best to answer you.
Here's some background on how the AMA came about:
u/radioresearcher had already alerted me as mod that they were an active radio producer and if I thought it broke the rules to promote their own programmes. I said that it didn't seem to be a problem.
More recently they made this post ...
Understanding the makeup of this sub
I'm a radio producer and will post links to our programmes whenever they go out. I'm assuming that the majority of visitors to the sub are radio listeners and lovers, as there's probably not that many radio producers in the country as members of the sub, but I wondered if there were any more in here? Or is it just me?
I raised the subject of them doing and AMA and they replied in the affirmative and recently asked me if I would initiate it soon.
I’ve wondered before if the folks here would be interested in your doing an informal AMA either on your own or with others. For example, even though I listen to a lot of radio I don’t have a clear idea of the roles and responsibilities, behind the scenes. Having tried to research it a bit I know that the definitions for the same terms like producer, exec producer, series producer, director, commissioner and so on vary between the various media.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishRadio/comments/1g0ehs5/understanding_the_makeup_of_this_sub/
00:05 UTC
We plan to hold our first ever r/britishradio Ask Me Anything on 2025-01-19 thanks to a kind Producer! Please think of any questions that you would like to ask a radio producer and then save them and comment on the AMA announcement on Sunday when they will be available to give you the inside scoop.
19:20 UTC
F Skinner’s Poetry Podcast
Anyone know why Frank hasn't posted a new episode recently? Once he'd found a new home for this he was posting one a week, regular as clockwork, but his last was back on the 1st Jan '25.
21:33 UTC
2003 Radio 4 Documentary "The Philosopher, the Fish and Dove"
This is a stab in the dark but does anyone have, or can anyone get, this 2003 Radio 4 documentary called "The Philosopher, the Fish and Dove"? It was a documentary about the enduring appeal of the 1653 fishing manual The Compleat Angler, which is ostensibly about fishing but is really a kind of mindfulness philosophy book that people read even if they don't fish.
This old webpage is still up advertising it for download, but the download are long-defunct.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/philosopherdove.shtml
I did find a single episode uploaded to Youtube years ago, but there were 5 episodes and the Youtuber has dropped out of contact.
09:07 UTC
Prof of Cell Biology Michelle Peckham, Jim Bennett from the Science Museum and Sir Colin Humphreys Prof of Materials Science and Director of Research at Cambridge talk to Melvyn Bragg about the development of the microscope starting with the 17th C. Robert Hooke and Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
12:34 UTC
Mike Walker's 2025 (from 2015)
The perfect year to listen to this !
Mike Walker's futuristic two-part sci-fi serial, set in 2025, an era in which experiments are so advanced that scientists know how to re-engineer the brain and make artificial consciousness possible. It's a future where computers rule and the possibility of artificial intelligence has become a reality.
Mike Walker 2025 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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