“Did ya?!” is a trade-mark question of Ronan Kelly‘s work. What a lovely man. He makes programmes talking to people. He makes people very comfortable to talk with him. I know, because my “15 minute chat” with him for In …Read the Rest
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It’s the Formula 1 Grand Prix of China in Shanghai this weekend. The first Chinese Grand Prix year, 2004, was also my first in professional radio. My F1 knowledge and enthusiasm had earned me a journalist pass to the circuit …Read the Rest
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Tada! The first new audio I’m posting here for quite a while: Angus Graham, A Profile. Angus Graham (1919 – 1991) was professor of Classical Chinese at SOAS. For more on him, please listen to the programme :-) The intended …Read the Rest
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Exclusive Preview! No seriously, this is an exclusive preview. This will be episode two of In The Beginning, a series I’ve worked on at OpenAir.fm. The series isn’t ready for the off yet, but this one is, and I’m kinda …Read the Rest
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My first item for SOAS Open Air is now online – here. The blurb goes like this: SOAS researcher Malin Petzell introduces Kagulu, a language in Tanzania that is being squeezed by the state-promotion of Swahili. Hear the musicality and …Read the Rest
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Another from the archive. This was my first non-news item broadcast on Radio New Zealand National, and was a training exercise with the head of their Factual & Documentaries unit, Jack Perkins. This is from something like November 2007.
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Here’s an item I’ve just made with rookie Janny Ji at London Chinese Radio. It’s about a Dragons’ Den-style event held by the local New Deal for Communities body, the Creation Trust. It’s bilingual, mostly in English but with some …Read the Rest
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I made this for Radio New Zealand National early in 2008. Never got a contract so I would like to keep it hear-able so here it is! Still, please do not redistribute, edit or broadcast this episode, without getting it …Read the Rest
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