The bluedot Podcast

Welcome to the bluedot podcast with Chris Hawkins. bluedot is finally back! And after an extraordinary return to Jodrell Bank this summer, we're excited to be able to share some of the many highlights of this year's bluedot 2022. Over the coming months, you can enjoy full talks, panels and listening parties from bluedot – including headline speakers from our Mission Control arena, and intimate chats in our Notes culture tent. In this episode, you'll be hearing Helen Pankhurst in conversation with Laura Bates, the author and creator of Everyday Sexism. This talk was one of three hosted by Helen at bluedot 2022 as part of our Pankhurst Sessions afternoon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the bluedot podcast, with Chris Hawkins. bluedot is finally back! And after an extraordinary return to Jodrell Bank this summer, we're excited to be able to share some of the many highlights of this year's bluedot 2022. Over the coming months, you can enjoy full talks, panels and listening parties from bluedot – including headline speakers from our Mission Control arena, and intimate chats in our Notes culture tent. We took the bluedot podcast onstage at bluedot 2022, and this In Conversation recorded live features Chris Hawkins in conversation with A Certain Ratio, discussing the past, present and future of one of Manchester's most iconic bands. bluedot returns to Jodrell Bank from the 20th to the 23rd of July 2023, with early bird weekend tickets on sale now at discoverthebluedot.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the bluedot podcast. bluedot is finally back! And after an extraordinary return to Jodrell Bank this summer, we're excited to be able to share some of the many highlights of this year's bluedot 2022. Over the coming months, you can enjoy full talks, panels and listening parties from bluedot – including headline speakers from our Mission Control arena, and intimate chats in our Notes culture tent. This episode is a full recording of a special Tim's Listening Party, recorded on the Friday of bluedot 2022, with Kelly Lee Owens in conversation with Tim Burgess discussing the fantastic. LP.8 bluedot returns to Jodrell Bank from the 20th to the 23rd of July 2023, with early bird weekend tickets on sale now at discoverthebluedot.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the bluedot podcast. This is the third instalment of our In Conversation miniseries of talks and panels in Manchester, powered by our friends at bruntwood. In this live discussion, we pose the question 'how does culture build community?'. Hosted by bruntwood's and The Oglesby Charitable Trust's Kate Vokes, and featuring Band On The Wall's Gavin Sharp, Inga Hirst from the Royal Exchange Theatre and actor and spoken word artist Boshra Ghgam, this panel discusses Manchester's cultural milestones, and wider implications of what culture can do for a city, and vice-versa. Explore the rest of our bruntwood In Conversation miniseries on the bluedot YouTube channel or on the bluedot podcast, wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teresa Anderson is an award-winning physicist and director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, which she founded in 2010. Alongside Tim O’Brien, Teresa spearheaded the campaign to make Jodrell Bank a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an accolade it received in 2019. Teresa co-founded Live From Jodrell Bank in 2012 and the series of shows featured Elbow, Sigur Ros, The Halle and more, expanding into the weekend of science and music you now know as bluedot, in 2016… Welcome to the bluedot podcast… with Professor Teresa Anderson! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a unique collaboration of electronic legends and indie favourites - the past and present combining to create something futuristic and extraordinary. La Planete Sauvage – the soundtrack to an iconic 1973 film – is a project that sees The Radiophonic Workshop and Stealing Sheep join forces, for an album released to mark 2021’s Delia Derbyshire Day. And this July it comes to bluedot for a very special performance on the Sunday of this year’s festival. This is the bluedot podcast with the Radiophonic Workshop and Stealing Sheep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She’s the producer, songwriter and DJ whose avant-garde techno pop has seen her release three extraordinary albums to date. The most recent – LP.8 – was released earlier this year. Her combination of ethereal, atmospheric and at times industrial has seen her win fans in Bjork, St Vincent and John Cale, all of whom she has gone on to collaborate with. Having joined us at bluedot in 2019, she returns as part of our Friday line-up this July alongside Spiritualized, Kojey Radical, Groove Armada and more. Welcome to the bluedot podcast… with Kelly Lee Owens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Pankhurst is a celebrated women’s right’s activist and author – a Special Advisor on Gender Equality to the leading global aid organisation CARE International, and has served as a fellow of the London School of Economics, a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan and as Chancellor of the University of Suffolk. She is also of course the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement. She has continued their legacy with a number of initiatives including Olympic Suffragettes and GM4Women 2028, and we recently spent some time with her at a special In Conversation talk at Manchester’s Circle Square, powered by our friends at Bruntwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of bluedot’s partnership with our friends at Bruntwood, we’re curating a series of special In Conversation talks at Bruntwood venues across the country, hosted by me – Chris Hawkins. The first of these recently took place featuring Tom Heap, the author and writer behind 39 Ways To Save The Planet and a regular fixture on Countryfile. We spoke with Tom to a live audience at Bruntwood’s Bright Building at Manchester Science Park, and you can now enjoy the live recording of that talk in full here on the bluedot podcast. For more information about bluedot In Conversation, powered by Bruntwood, visit discoverthebluedot.com/inconversation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They’re the Brighton-founded project of songwriter Dana Margolin, whose prolific creative output has seen her go from a solo, self-releasing songwriter to the front woman of a Mercury Prize nominated band. That Mercury nomination, in 2020 for their album Every Bad, is followed by the new album Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky. Welcome to the bluedot podcast with Porridge Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She’s the Manchester-based producer and songwriter whose extensive career has seen her carve out a unique sound that takes in psychedelia, folk and space rock, making her the quintessential bluedot artist. After the incredible success of her 2021 album Flock, she returns to bluedot this July after her first appearance back in 2017. Welcome... to the bluedot podcast – with Jane Weaver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. In his new book The Joy of Science, the acclaimed physicist and bluedot favourite, Professor Jim Al-Khalili presents 8 short lessons on how to unlock the clarity, empowerment, and joy of thinking and living a little more scientifically. In this brief guide to leading a more rational life, Professor Al-Khalili invites readers to engage with the world as scientists have been trained to do. The scientific method has served human-kind well in its quest to see things as they really are, and underpinning the scientific method are core principles that can help us all navigate modern life more confidently. Discussing the nature of truth and uncertainty, the role of doubt, the pros and cons of simplification, the value of guarding against bias, the importance of evidence-based thinking, and more, The Joy Of Science shows how the powerful ideas at the heart of the scientific method are deeply relevant to the complicated times we live in and the difficult choices we make. Professor Jim Al-Khalili joins us now for a special In Conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the UK’s best loved dance acts, the three-time GRAMMY-nominated Groove Armada have been a mainstay of club and chill-out culture for over twenty years. Since the release of their debut Northern Star and the iconic Vertigo, which tipped them into household name territory, they’ve been synonymous with a sound that’s traversed house, pop, disco and hip-hop, equal parts up and down tempo. And over the course of their nine studio albums, they’ve worked with an extraordinary array of collaborations and guest vocalists including Richie Havens, Angie Stone, Candi Staton, Neneh Cherry, PNAU’s Nick Littlemore and Bryan Ferry. Their latest album – 2020’s fantastic Edge of the Horizon – featured collaborations with the likes of the legendary Todd Edwards, and finally receives a live tour this summer, what is billed as the band’s final ever stretch on the road. Our Friday night headliners at bluedot 2022, this July we welcome Groove Armada to beneath the Lovell Telescope for a career-spanning live set and joining us now is Tom Findlay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lanterns on the Lake are a Mercury Prize nominated, critically acclaimed and adored Newcastle band, whose work has seen them collaborate with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and tour with the likes of Explosion In The Sky, Yann Tiersen and Low. We’re so excited to welcome Lanterns on the Lake to join Saturday’s Lovell Stage line-up at Bluedot 2022 this July. And Hazel from the band joins us now for a special In Conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They’re an award-winning, legendary Scottish band whose twenty-five year career has produced ten incredible albums, unique collaborations with the likes of Clint Mansell and Nine Inch Nails, and a prolific history of soundtracking for films and tv, including the 2006 documentary film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait and Mark Cousins’ 2015 piece Atomic. Following the Mercury Prize-nominated As The Love Continues, their tenth album and their first to hit number one in the Album Charts, we’re thrilled to welcome Mogwai to headline bluedot 2022 this July. And Stuart Braithwaite joins us for a special In Conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded live at COP26, A Punk Rock Approach to Solving the Climate Crisis is a special panel talk with Dale Vince, Fay Milton (Savages) and Claire O’Neill (A Greener Festival), hosted by John Robb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy the full live recording of Chris Packham in conversation with John Robb, at our Plate Up! collaboration with The Vegan Society at COP26 Glasgow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How easy is it to become vegan? And what is veganism really like? For many, fear of the unknown or misapprehensions about what a vegan lifestyle is like, are a barrier to trying it out. Gone are the days of limited vegan options, and a plain or unexciting diet – it’s now possible to explore a vegan diet that’s even more adventurous and exciting than a meat-based one, as well as being better for the planet. And outside of food easier to dip your toes into a vegan lifestyle than you’d think, with beauty, fashion and healthcare industries all creating new vegan-friendly alternative ranges. In the first two episodes of this series we explored the animal welfare roots of veganism, and its place in fighting climate change… In this final episode of Plate Up, in association with The Vegan Society, we’ll be exploring the exciting future of vegan food, some practical tips to starting a plant-based life, and how businesses and local communities can be at the forefront of the fight against climate change, working together to connect closer to nature and the environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we’ll be diving into veganism for climate change – the main challenges facing the environment, the role of diet and farming practices, and the alternatives that could save the planet… We’ll be speaking with climate change expert Andrew Simms, one of the founders of the Green New Deal in the UK, and the creator of the now world-renowned Earth Overshoot Day, and finding out why veganism could play a role in fixing almost every food-related cause of the climate crisis – from biodiversity loss and deforestation to food security and water scarcity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To coincide with Cop26, taking place in Glasgow, this miniseries will be delving into the role that veganism can play in the future of our planet. Over the next three episodes we’ll be speaking with climate change scientists, sustainability experts and notable vegans to discuss how adopting lifestyle changes can make a difference to the future of our blue dot… From the roots of the vegan worldview, to our current climate crisis, and some of the solutions veganism and sustainable lifestyles could provide. In this first episode we’ll be introducing what veganism mean in 2021 – what it represents, how it might be different to what you think, and how wide-ranging the vegan lifestyle is. We’ll be uncovering the background to modern veganism, and the ethical perspectives that have become the foundation for the vegan way of life. Enjoy the episode and don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.