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Saturday 23 August 2008
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Dudley Kane and Darach Ó'Cathain were the same person. Darach Ó'Cathain was—in the early 60s—an influential folk singer with a growing reputation in Ireland. But in 1963, as Dudley Kane, he moved his family to England. Although he continued to have something of a musical career in Ireland, Darach earned his living in the rough and tumble of the construction industry. He died there in 1987. This program follows the family's journey and their dislocation through the eyes of Darach's seven children and their mother Brid. It contains archive and home recordings of Darach singing.
Saturday 16 August 2008
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The eel has an image problem. An unsavoury reputation arising perhaps in part from the false notion that they feed on rotting corpses. Yet eels are one of the human race's survival foods, and features in mythology and creation stories throughout the ages. There's Something About Eels combines science, literature, history, anecdote and culinary art to present a radio portrait of this most maligned, misunderstood and unusual creature.
Saturday 09 August 2008
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Thirty-six beings, the lamed vav tzaddikim, keep the world turning according to Jewish tradition and the Talmud.* If they didn't exist there would be greater strife in the world than there already is and yet we don't even know who they are.
Saturday 02 August 2008
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Once closed to the world, China is now in the middle of a media feeding frenzy. From state controlled radio and TV to the western media and Youtube, not forgetting 16 million bloggers (and rising), there's an unprecedented flow of stories pumped out daily. But sometimes it seems that the more we're told, the less we know.
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