Recommendations in The Listener today: How the lack of touch affects the medical sphere, the world's abandoned places, and Apple's intervention in pop culture morality. Featuring:The Nocturnists, BYUradio | Podcast Network, and WildWildTechPod thelistener.co/handshake-city…

In this episode, Nontsi and Lindelani Mbatha discuss intelligence in the African context. This conversation was inspired by the article titled “Are Humans Intelligent?” by Arram in NYC. radiobrowser.libsyn.com/african-intell…

This week Uri Bram 🔍 , Publisher of The Browser, chats with Evangeline🌷Garreau , Writer of May I Recommend, about the art of recommendation and curation. radiobrowser.libsyn.com/recommendation…

Recommendations in The Listener: A podcast of poetry from Ireland, how the pandemic could impact American ideas of the family, and all you need to know about the thyroid gland. Featuring: WordsLightlySpoken, The Intercept & Queensland Health thelistener.co/poet-unit-glan…

Recommendations in The Listener: A scientist living in a floating city, obscure characters from The Simpsons, and investigating Pablo Escobar. Featuring: Zero Hours Podcast, TheSharkDeck & Unstructured thelistener.co/sky-rod-law/

Rebroadcast of a conversation with the late US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, interview with the director of CircusOfBooksMovie @rachelmasonart, Alan Moore's role in the building of Milton Keynes. Aspen Ideas, SUP DOC, David Bramwell thelistener.co/bench-film-sun/

In the Listener today: Pop music and movie credits, a chat with the creators of The Negro Motorist Green Book, Cameo accounts with Flava Flav, Spencer Pratt and Debbie Gibson. Featuring BBC Sounds, Macmillan Podcasts, Driving the Green Book Podcast thelistener.co/score-car-fan/

In The Listener: all about the project run by the Royal Society for the protection of birds in the UK, retelling of a hostage crisis in Manila, and fast talking trivia on dinosaurs. Featuring RSPB, Stories After Dark, Ryan Budds🐺🍺🤔 thelistener.co/puffin-hijack-…

In the Listener: a deep dive into 19th century American political intrigue, reading of a poem by William Carlos Williams & the hidden occult details in the film Hocus Pocus. Featuring: @constantpodcast, Academy of American Poets, The Witch Daily Show thelistener.co/war-grey-witch/

In the Listener: an 18th century campaigner for the abolition of slavery, a short selling investing strategy to achieve good, and all about collecting film props. Featuring: Search History, What Does It Profit Podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of thelistener.co/portrait-evil-…

In the Listener: a show about the Oklahoma panhandle, interviews about 'the ones that got away', the fear of investing in BlackPlanet.com. Featuring: Gone Ramblin', Stories of the Ones that Got Away, Vox Media Podcast Network. thelistener.co/ranch-one-dot/

In the Listener: interview with an Egyptian army officer who became an FBI informant, friends discuss what gives them hope, a profile of the late Ray Godbold. Featuring WNYC Studios, Answerable Questions with Questionable Answers, Better Off Dead thelistener.co/spy-hope-end/

In the Listener: personal stories from the researchers behind scientific publications, a history of the indie bands Joy Division & New Order, all about the politics of Central Asia. Featuring: Parsing Science, Transmissions, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty thelistener.co/gene-fan-fraud…

From The Listener's "Best of 2020" roundup: Semisonic lead singer Dan Wilson takes apart their 1998 hit "Closing Time" layer by layer, explaining all of the creative decisions & emotional storyline that led it to sound as it does: songexploder.net/semisonic (Song Exploder | 25m05s)

In the Listener: A thriller about finding a killer whilst finding yourself, a seminal work by Inazō Nitobe, & snakes that climb trees as part of their survival techniques. Featuring: BBC Sounds, Writ Large, & Herpetological Highlights thelistener.co/free/code-soul…

In the Listener: Exploring Wikipedia's A-Z musical theatre shows list, why lonely people are attracted to diners & a gradual production of audio mixes for every year of recorded sound. Featuring: The Show Show Podcast, @NewsPegReports, Centuries of Sound thelistener.co/theatre-diner-…

Via The Listener: an interview with political cartoonist Peter Brookes (Peter Brookes), about his work at the London Times & how a cartoonist's art is "assassination without the blood": listennotes.com/podcasts/stori… (27m57s)

In the Listener: Short monologues about the curiosities found on Wikipedia, a look at the Atlantic sugar trade & an unabridged reading of the 1922 short story 'The Garden Party'. Featuring: Wiki Walks Podcast, Northeast Georgia History Center, BBC Radio 4 thelistener.co/free/loop-swee…

In the Listener: the origins of American reality television, all about Cuban-American culture and history, & strategies for keeping your hoard of supplies under control. Featuring: Neon Hum Media, teikirisi podcast ™, & Saleem Reshamwala thelistener.co/free/drama-cub…

In the Listener: a dive into a corruption scandal of the sport biathlon, on becoming a District Attorney & a critique of the Princess Royal's living room. Featuring: David Aaronovitch @NoahRFeldman & Sophie Robinsons thelistener.co/free/ski-court…