Sinopsis
Friday 15 the show where Roifield Brown speaks to friends and interesting people with the backdrop of great tunes. Imagine a poor mans Mike Pesca from The Gist doing Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Episodios
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In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia Promo.
16/05/2024 Duración: 03minIn Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia is a deeply personal and heartfelt podcast series that explores the impact of dementia on Glenroy Brown, a man of remarkable character, and his family. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and expert insights, we share the journey of his life, from his early years in Jamaica to his current experiences with dementia. This series offers an intimate look at the challenges, changes, and unexpected joys that come with living with this condition, providing support and understanding to families facing similar challenges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Eddie Brill - Comedian
16/03/2023 Duración: 39minEddie Brill is a well-known comedian who has been entertaining audiences with his unique style of comedy for decades. Born and raised in New York City, Eddie got his start in the world of stand-up comedy in the early 1980s and quickly gained a reputation as a talented and versatile performer.Over the years, Eddie has performed on some of the biggest stages in the comedy world, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. He has also made numerous appearances on television, including several appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, where he served as the show's warm-up comedian for many years.Eddie's comedy is known for its intelligent and insightful commentary on a wide range of topics, from politics and culture to everyday life. He has a quick wit and a sharp sense of humor that keeps audiences laughing and engaged from beginning to end.With his extensive experience and undeniable talent, Eddie Brill has established himself as one of the most respected an
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Listen to podcasts from Roifield Brown
18/10/2022 Duración: 01min10 American Presidents PodcastDumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers'How Jamaica Conquered the WorldIntelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideasMap CornerMid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politicsThe Race Directors Podcast - F1The Things That Made England Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Roberto Toro on the History of Georgia
26/08/2022 Duración: 37minRoifield speaks to Roberto Toro about the history of Saqartvelo Georgia. They talk about the country, it's ancient roots and it's culture to the modern day. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Alexander Rader von Sternberg - Forgotten themes of World War Two
26/07/2022 Duración: 02h08minRoifield speaks to Alexander the host of the History Impossible podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Unsung heroes Kelly Pollock - Isadore Greenbaum and America flirtation with Nazism
23/06/2022 Duración: 48minUnsung History tells the stories in American history that will have you saying, "wait, why didn't I know that?" Focusing on the lives of women, people of colour, immigrants, labourers, religious minorities, enslaved people, and Indigenous communities, each episode of Unsung History starts with a background narrative telling the who, what, when, and where, followed by an interview with an expert on the subject who answers the why and how.I talk to Kelly about her episode on Isadore Greenbaum See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Harold Bloom’s “The Western Canon - Claude Myron Goozer
14/12/2021 Duración: 55minThe Canon Ball is a monthly podcast co-hosted by two well-educated autodidacts who are attempting to read all of the books in the appendix to Harold Bloom’s “The Western Canon.” I speak to Claude Myron Goozer as to whether Bloom’s list is worthy of discussion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ni'coel Stark - intimacy and sexuality
08/09/2021 Duración: 47minNi'coel's professional life focuses on relationships and technology that power the future of culture, human systems, and innovation. Today I talk to her about intimacy and sexuality. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Steve Krone - life, Hollywood and the law
25/08/2021 Duración: 01h19minSteve is one of the most successful men in Hollywood I speak to him about what makes him tick and to stay human.Steve Krone is a polymath and a raconteur, Steve sits across two branches of American life and culture, the law and entertainment, as a producer. He's a lawyer and a professor and he's a bloody nice bloke as well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Kieren Paul Brown the author of Preeta’s Web of Chaos
19/06/2021 Duración: 28minKieren Paul Brown is the author of Preeta’s Web of Chaos which follows a young girl named Preeta. She’s incredibly bright and gifted, but like so many of us, she doubts herself. However, throughout the course of the book she encounters a series of terrifying obstacles that change her self image. At the start, she thinks she’s small, weak, and just a girl. By the end she realises she‘s one of the most powerful entities to ever exist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Erin Brown and Cyrus Roedel talk about their new podcast - Revolution 1
14/01/2021 Duración: 37minRoifield speaks of the creators of Revolution 1 a new podcast about the story of the Tunisian Revolution — the uprising that ignited the Arab Spring — to life through the voices of those who lived it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jennifer Gliere
24/06/2020 Duración: 44minJennifer a soprano hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and has been described as “a sensitive artist who knows how to turn a phrase while giving urgent meaning to the text.” She has appeared in recital and oratorio in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, and throughout the United States. She talks to Roifield about her voice, relationships and intimacy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jarett Kobek - Only Americans Burn in Hell
30/11/2019 Duración: 01h15sOnly Americans Burn in Hell is the only novel for our certifiably insane times. Its American warts and all everyone takes a kicking in this brilliant book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ep: 4 - 2 Nicole Phillips human rights and law professor on Haiti and loving spirits.
12/09/2019 Duración: 01h03minNicole is a fascinating soul, her world encompasses the precision of law and the love and appreciation of her adopted nation. Her love of Haiti has led her to immerse herself completely in its culture, becoming a priestess and the bride of five Haitian spirits. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ep: 3 Se 2 - David Shields talks about his film Marshawn Lynch a history.
09/08/2019 Duración: 48minI speak to David Shields about is new film Marshawn Lynch: A History which explores the silence that nonconformist NFL star Marshawn Lynch deploys as a form of resistance. Culling more than 700 video clips and placing them in dramatic, rapid, and radical juxtaposition, the film is a powerful political parable about the American media-sports complex and its deep complicity with racial oppression.Born and raised in in Oakland by a single mother, Lynch became an All-American, an All-Pro running back, and a Super Bowl champion, but over the last five years he has emerged as a nationally significant figure precisely because he has refused to “play the game” of being a dutiful, cliché-bound interviewee. Silence-as-rebellion has African-American roots tracing back to slavery, and it’s a gesture that has flourished spectacularly in Oakland, where Lynch is deeply involved in the betterment of his hometown and where “troublemakers” have changed the game generation after generation—from Jack London and Gertrude&nbs
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Ep: 2 Se 2 - Corey Brettschneider - The Oath and the Office
08/02/2019 Duración: 01h11minCorey Brettschneider talks to Roifield about the articles and amendments that hold the president to his oath of Office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ep: 1 Se 2 - Interview with a sex worker, Alisa Sophia on intimacy and connections
07/12/2018 Duración: 01h06minAlisa Sophia talks to Roifield about how she became a prostitute, how she finds satisfaction in her work and her hope for finding her life partner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ep: 72 - Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive on why isn't Birmingham better?
15/06/2018 Duración: 01h17minRoifield asks Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive, to if Birmingham is so big why isn’t it better?"Madam Medusa" by UB40 was a vivid description of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power depicted in a grotesque style, featuring some of the band's most impassioned and bitter lyrics.Beshara were a reggae band from Moseley, Birmingham, formed in 1976. The band are most notable for their 1981 lovers rock hit "Men Cry Too". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ep: 71 - Aziz Al Dory on the secret source of The Game of Thrones.
25/05/2018 Duración: 57minWe ask Aziz Al Dory of the history of Westeros podcast why is the Game of Thrones so compelling?Lion Babe is an American alternative R&B duo from New York City, consisting of singer Jillian Hervey and producer Lucas Goodman. "Treat Me Like Fire" features a warm constant vynil record crackle it was released in 2012, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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EP: 70 - The man behind the Wrap Dress, Fake Fur & inspiration for Dior's 'New Look' designer Charles James - author Michèle Gerber Klein
12/05/2018 Duración: 46minHe was the half American Englishmen who became Americas first couturier. The only designer who's patterns are officially recognised as works of art, Charles James came to the US at a time when American designers were giving their ideas for free, while their European counterparts were protecting their intellectual rights through licensing. The man behind the Wrap Dress, the sports bra, the puffer jacket, Dior's New Look of the 1940s and the first fake fur prototype, Charles James was a man who left a far-reaching legacy. Latterly a luxury hotel-hopping International hobo, he hung out with Warhol yet is little known to those outside the world of fashion. Well known philanthropist, author and collector Michèle Gerber Klein talks about her book 'Charles James: Portrait of an Unreasonable Man' and her passion for fashion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.