Andrew Miller discusses his Costa prize winning novel Pure with James Naughtie . Set in pre-revolutionary Paris, the book is a gripping, earthy story about the clearing of a huge cemetery in the area now known as Les Halles.
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Andrew Miller
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The Kitchen Cafe 06 Mar 13: Yotam Ottolenghi
Chef and writer Yotam Ottolenghi talks about his Mediterranean feasts, Neil Forbes gorges on garlic and Michael Smith makes a spiced cous cous in homage to his mother in law.
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Jared Diamond
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Jared Diamond about his journey from the gall bladder to global history via a passion for the birds of Papua New Guinea.
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What if…we could all become cyborgs?
As part of the BBC World Service’s “What if…?” season, biologist Dr Andrew Holding meets some of the people straddling the line between man and machine.
Huffed and duffed from http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/discovery
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The Kitchen Cabinet, 8 Jan 13: Clare College, Cambridge
Student cooking - the panel reminisce about the worst thing they have ever cooked. Other topics include: traditional feasting rituals, using up post-Christmas cheeses and what really constitutes ‘fasting’.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats — The Parable of the Ox
What does a ‘guess the weight of the ox’ competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The tale is told with the help of economics writer James Surowiecki as well as John Kay himself. It also features a brand new composition from the New Radiophonic Workshop.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage: Secret Science
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by Simon Singh, Sue Black and comedian Dave Gorman to talk codes and secret science as they discuss the extraordinary achievements of Bletchley Park.
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Four Thought: Tom Armitage: The Coded World
Designer and technologist Tom Armitage argues that learning to write computer code means learning to think in a modern way, and that it should spur creativity: the possibility of doing entirely new things.
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The Digital Human: Last Word
Aleks Krotofski looks at death and how this fits into our always-on, forever searchable modern world.
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The Digital Human: Augment
In today’s programme have we all become cyborgs without even knowing it?
We’ve always extended our human bodies ever since we first picked up rocks or sticks as tools, it’s part of human nature. So are the digital tools of today any different? Aleks asks just how far we’ve come and are willing to go to become one with our technology and become cyborg.
Aleks hears from film maker Rob Spence better known as Eyeborg about the reaction he gets to the camera he has where his right eye used to be. It’s a different type of eye artist and composer Neil Harbisson uses, born entirely colour blind Neil uses an electronic eye on an antenna attached to his skull to hear colours it’s now such a part of how Neil perceives the world that he hears the colours in his dreams!
Brandy Ellis is a very different type of cyborg; having suffered from depression for years she opted to have electronics implanted in her brain to control her symptoms. Her feelings are literally regulated by a machine.
Ultimately Aleks finds out from anthropologist Amber Case how we’re all every bit as cyborg as Rob, Neil or Brandy in how we coexist symbiotically with our digital devices.