This week, Yoojin Grace Wuertz celebrates this year’s Nobel Laureate in literature, South Korea’s Han Kang; and David Morley reads his new poem, and discusses the link between birds, music and poetry.
‘The Vegetarian’, ‘Human Acts’ and ‘Greek Lessons’, by Han Kang
‘Beethoven’s Yellowhammer’, by David Morley
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Today’s great political film is Frank Capra’s Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), a much-loved tale of the little guy taking on the corrupt establishment. But there’s far more to it than that, including an origin story that suggests Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) might not be what he seems. From filibusters to fascism, from the New Deal to America First, from Burton K. Wheeler to Harry S. Truman, this is a heart-warming film that still manages to go to the dark heart of American politics.
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Next time: Citizen Kane
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For the first episode in our new series David explores Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937), a great anti-war film that is also a melancholy meditation on friendship between enemies, love across borders, and the inevitability of loss. What, in the end, is the great illusion: war itself, or the belief that we can escape its baleful consequences?
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Next time: Mr Smith Goes to Washington
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This week, Lisa Hilton on the truth behind life as a 'grand horizontale'; and Juliette Bretan explores why Virginia Woolf served up boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse.
'Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman’s astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power', by Sonia Purnell
'Europe in British Literature and Culture', edited by Petra Rau and William T Rossiter
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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David talks to author Michael Lewis about SBF and EA: about the man he got to know before, during and after his spectacular fall and about the philosophy with which he was associated. What did Sam Bankman-Fried believe was the purpose of making so much money? How did he manage to get so side-tracked from doing good? Why when it all went wrong did he fail to save himself? A conversation about utilitarianism, risk and human weakness.
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Next time: The Great Political Films: La Grande Illusion
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Durante a década de 60, quem queria escutar música internacional em solo brasileiro encontrava muita dificuldade. Boa parte dos discos de sucessos internacionais demoravam meses para serem lançados, ou, por disputas entre gravadoras, às vezes nem saíam no Brasil.
Para contornar esses obstáculos, as gravadoras nacionais passaram a investir numa solução caseira: jovens bandas e cantores brasileiros passaram a regravar os sucessos estrangeiros, geralmente assumindo nomes artísticos semelhantes que soavam como nomes gringos – e cantando somente em inglês.
Neste episódio de podcast, falamos sobre a ascensão e a queda dos falsos gringos, que foram febre na música brasileira dos anos 60 e 70.
Entrevistados do episódio
Cantor e produtor musical. Desde os anos 60 é líder do grupo de rock The Mustangs, depois rebatizado de Sunday. Fez sucesso nos anos 70 como cantor romântico, usando o nome artístico de Steve MacLean.
Jornalista e crítico musical.
Ficha técnica
Apoio de edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Direção, roteiro e edição: Tomás Chiaverini
David checks in with Gary Gerstle one more time before November to explore where things now stand with the US presidential election. In a conversation recorded in the immediate aftermath of the Walz/Vance debate, they discuss dead cats, October headwinds, comparisons with 2016 and a president missing in action. Plus, if the result really is too close to call, can the American Republic survive the fallout?
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Next time: Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried and Effective Altruism
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O que podem os escritores diante da guerra? Neste episódio, o amazonense Milton Hatoum, um dos maiores ficcionistas brasileiros e descendente de libaneses, e o norte-americano Benjamin Moser, que é judeu e prepara novo livro sobre a história do antissionismo, discutem a guerra entre Israel e seus inimigos palestinos e libaneses, que completa um ano no dia 7 de outubro. Moser e Hatoum publicaram, respectivamente, um conto e um ensaio na antologia "Gaza no Coração: História, Resistência e Solidariedade Palestina", recém-lançada pela editora Elefante. O episódio foi realizado com apoio da Lei de Incentivo à Cultura. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, Larry Wolff admires an opera propelled by drone warfare; and Edward Carey describes how a love of theatre inspired his new novel.
'Grounded', by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by George Brant, Metropolitan Opera, New York, until October 19
'Edith Holler', by Edward Carey
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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For episode four of our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David and Shannon discuss a very different sci-fi sensibility: Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot series (A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021) and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (2022)). What would it mean for robots to ‘wake up’? How might robots teach humans about the nature of care and about the care of nature? And where do robots fit into a neurodiverse world? Plus: robots vs octopi.
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Next time: Gary Gerstle on the current state of the American election.
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Today’s episode in our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines explores the novel that inspired Blade Runner: Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968). David talks to Shannon Vallor about what the book has that the film lacks and how it comprehensively messes with the line between human and machine, the natural and the artificial. What is the meaning of the electric sheep?
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Next time: Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot series.
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Um dos inventores do jornalismo brasileiro, pioneiro da crônica, crítico mordaz da sociedade do começo do século passado, apaixonado pela cidade. São muitos os epítetos de João do Rio, o homenageado da Flip, a Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, em 2024. Mas quem foi, afinal, João Paulo Emílio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto? No 120º episódio do 451 MHz, a editora e curadora da Flip Ana Lima Cecilio e o historiador Luiz Antonio Simas, autor de O Corpo Encantado das Ruas" (Civilização Brasileira, 2019) seguem os passos e revelam curiosidades sobre um dos mais importantes autores do início do século 20. O episódio foi realizado com apoio da Lei de Incentivo à Cultura.
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This week, we start with Donna Summer and finish with a Scotch Woodcock, as Milo Nesbitt goes in search of the future of music, and Roger Domeneghetti sings the praises of a little fish with a big flavour.
'Futuromania: Electronic dreams, desiring machines and tomorrow's music today', by Simon Reynolds
'A Twist in the Tail: How the humble anchovy flavoured western cuisine', by Christopher Beckman
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In today’s episode in our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David and Shannon discuss Isaac Asimov’s 1955 short story ‘Franchise’, which imagines the American presidential election of 2008 as decided by one voter and a giant computer. Part prophecy, part parody: have either its predictions or its warnings about democracy come true? How does the power of technology shape contemporary politics? And why was Asimov’s vision of the future so reactionary?
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Next time: Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Este episódio é a quarta e última parte da minissérie Dois Rios.
Uma história que envolve um presídio em uma ilha, uma vila misteriosa, um punhado de pessoas sendo injustamente despejadas, um professor idealista, uma defensora pública engajada, um espertalhão semeador de discórdia, e uma possível conspiração que se aproxima de algumas das pessoas mais poderosas da política brasileira.
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Entrevistados do episódio
Jornalista e escritora. Apresentadora do podcast A Vida Secreta de Jair e autora do livro O Negócio do Jair.
Mestra em História, doutora em Meio Ambiente, professora associada e pró-reitora de extensão e cultura da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Doutor em história, professor do Departamento de Ciências Humanas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), e diretor do Ecomuseu Ilha Grande.
Ficha Técnica
Apoio de produção, edição e reportagem: Matheus Marcolino.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Direção, roteiro e edição: Tomás Chiaverini
For the first episode in our new series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David talks to philosopher Shannon Vallor about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The last great silent film is the most futuristic: a vision of robots and artificial life, it is also about where the human heart fits into an increasingly mechanised world. Is it prophetic? Is it monstrous? And who are the winners and losers when war is declared on the machines?
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Next time: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’
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