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The Laidback Bike Report is about people. Bent riders ride interesting bikes, go to interesting places and have interesting stories. That's the basis of this monthly podcast which is the audio version of our YouTube webcasts found here: https://goo.gl/CHOOgX. Sure, we'll talk about products and have tips and tricks for you but each month our show is built around an interview. We'll continue to get the personal side from folks adventure riding around the world. We will delve into the minds of ...
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In a unique weekly podcast, Edith Bowman sits down with a variety of film directors, actors, producers and composers to talk about the music that inspired them and how they use music in their films, from their current release to key moments in their career. The music chosen by our guests is woven into the interview and used alongside clips from their films. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist/soundtracking-with-edith-bowman-episode-132-mary-j-blige/pl.u-6mo4l9mhpzG6x https://play.spotify.co ...
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I'm on a journey to become a household name just like the authors I love. This podcast is my story, documented in detail. Everything from the way I eat, the exercise routine I follow, and my approach to getting attention in any form, I'll share here—failures and successes alike. If you follow along, you're free to borrow anything you'd like for your own journey. jodyjsperling.substack.com
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Can we learn to make smarter choices? Listen in as host Katy Milkman--behavioral scientist, Wharton professor, and author of How to Change--shares stories of high-stakes decisions and what research reveals they can teach us. Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab, explores the lessons of behavioral economics to help you improve your judgment and change for good. Season 1 of Choiceology was hosted by Dan Heath, bestselling author of Made to Stick and Switch. Podcasts are for inf ...
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Music industry veteran Benjy Mudie does a deep dive into what makes the music world tick. From interviews with leading artists, songwriters, publishers, radio DJs, label insiders, and producers, to stories from nearly 50 years in music. Sometimes funny, and often irreverent and controversial. He'll take you inside the backrooms and the back stages of the South African music industry. The concerts, the parties, the politics, the hedonism, the highs and lows of a headlong career. Along the way ...
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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is Daniel Blumberg, who might, by the time you're listening to this, have picked up a BAFTA for his incredible score to The Brutalist. It's Friday morning as we record this, so who knows what Sunday will bring (or indeed Oscar Night)? Regardless, Daniel has done an extraordinary job of providing the sonic backdrop …
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Monet was nearly blind when he painted his most iconic works. Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team. Joe Biden lost several presidential bids. Donald Trump filed bankruptcy. No one who has achieved greatness ever did so without massive work, constant failure, and weighty self-doubt. My guest on today’s episode is Barbara Rudla…
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We have such a treat for you on our latest episode, as we bring you the conversation Edith had awith writer, director and star of A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg, in the latest of our Soundtracking Everyman Film Clubs. Also featuring a brilliant turn by Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain tells the story of two cousins who visit Poland to honour their family's…
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We have another of our Soundtracking Everyman Film Club shows for you today, which we thought we'd share as a bonus episode to mark the extraordinary recognition the musical drama Emilia Perez has received. Landing a whopping 13 Oscar nominations, Emilia Perez tells the story of a Mexican lawyer who is offered an unusual job of helping a notorious …
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Today, I want to discuss a kind of apostrophe I've heard referred to as The Solomon Principle. If you're not familiar with apostrophe, it is a rhetorical device of addressing an imaginary audience. The Solomon Principle is a form of apostrophe that arises from seeking wisdom above all else, and with this practice, you today, begin a dialogue with y…
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We take the show on the road to Colorado to visit Electric Bike Outfitters in Denver. CEO Jason Livingston gives a tour of his facility then begins a detailed tear down of a hub and a mid-drive motor. We get to see what's inside each type of e-assist and Jason shows us how to properly lubricate and maintain each for long term use. With e-assist saf…
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We've lamented the decline of the 2 wheeled recumbent bike over the last number of years on this webcast. The Cruzbike has been an exception and more recently Dana Lieberman's Bacchetta has reappeared on the scene. Today we talk to Stefano Bonazzoli in Italy where he is now promoting his beautifully designed Slyway Ultra carbon fiber bike. He tells…
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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is composer Gary Yershon, who joins us to reflect up 3 decades of collaborations with Mike Leigh, and more specifically Mike's latest movie, Hard Truths. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, and David Webber, the plot follows the plight of a depressed and nay-saying woman and the relationship with her j…
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For those of you who enjoy written publications, this essay is housed on All Things Novel. Feel free to subscribe there and read most weeks something new and entertaining. I don’t touch on marketing much over there. It’s my art outlet. If you want to support the Audiobook Omnibus. Here’s the link. Becoming A Household Name is a listener-supported p…
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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is Jason Reitman, director and co-writer of Saturday Night. The story follows producer Lorne Michaels and a team of writers, comedians and crew as they prepare for the 1975 premier of Saturday Night, which of course became Saturday Night Live. Remarkably, and in keeping with the spirit of the show, composer Jon Bat…
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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Brady Corbet and Guy Pearce, respectively director and star of multi-award winning film, The Brutalist. In it, Adrien Brody plays a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his …
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My guest on today’s episode is Steve Pieper. He’s the founder of AMMO. If you’ve always wanted to earn a living as a full-time author, Steve’s program is the best pathway I know of, and thousands of authors agree. Is AMMO Write For You? If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a gr…
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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is James Mangold - a returning hero - who joins us to discuss his Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. And, as a bonus, we also have a wee chat with Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez in the movie, in what's a simply divine performance. Starring Timothee Chalomet, A Complete Unknown follows Dylan's early success …
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This is a pivot within a pivot within a pivot. Same game, new strategy. Maybe I try too many things. Maybe I’m a cautionary tale. You decide. In the meantime, if you’d like a copy of The Luke In Time Mysteries Audio Omnibus, starting at just $1, grab one. With Love, Jody J. Sperling Get full access to Becoming A Household Name at jodyjsperling.subs…
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Happy New Year, my friends. I hope this podcast has been the gift you needed this year, and if you’re in a gift-giving mood and want to reciprocate, grab a copy of The Luke In Time Mysteries Audio Omnibus, starting at just $1. You’ll be happy you did. My guest on today’s episode is Angie Hanson. She’s the author of Chapters of A Resilient Heart. He…
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Our latest guests in yet another bonus episode of Soundtracking are director John Crowley, writer Nick Payne and leading lady Florence Pugh, who joined Edith for a special Q&A to discuss their new film, We Live In Time, which is on general release now. In a beautiful, funny meditation on life, death, relationships and parenthood - among many other …
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Our latest guests on an exceedingly busy period for Soundtracking are Robert Eggers and Chris Columbus, respectively the writer/ / director and producer of Nosferatu. A remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name, the film stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular character, with Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralp…
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Following Edith's chat with Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, the second of our Christmas Soundtracking offerings to you sees the wonderful Cynthia Erivo return to Soundtracking to discuss her performance as Elpheba Thropp in Wicked. We spoke to director John Chu and composer Stephen Schwartz around release, but we're delighted to have got a little t…
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Merry Christmas my friends. I hope this podcast has been the gift you needed this year, and if you’re in a gift-giving mood and want to reciprocate, grab a copy of The Luke In Time Mysteries Audio Omnibus, starting at just $1. You’ll be happy you did. Here’s a link to the AMMO program if you want to learn from Steve the marketing genius. Here’s the…
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First things first: many apologies to Rafael Marmor, producer of Will & Harper, who Edith's producer Ben criminally fails to namecheck in his script to this live show at Everyman Broadgate with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele ... and RAFAEL MARMOR!!!! This is the first of a festive bundle of chats about film and music. And, boy, is it a goodie: as Edit…
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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Barry Jenkins and Lin Manuel Miranda, who join us to discuss their work on Mufasa, which serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2019 remake of the 1994 classic. Set after the events of the original, it sees Rifiki the Mandril recount Mufasa's origin story to Simba's daughter Kiara, with a little help fro…
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In this episode, I talk with Neil Twa of Voltage about dropshipping, being a CEO of your own business and life, and the balance of family, self-care, and legacy. If Voltage sounds like a good fit for you, learn more here with Neil’s free book. Use the discount code HOUSEHOLD at checkout. And if you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audio…
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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Sam Yates, Tom Bateman and Daisy Ridley - respectively the director, writer and star of the neo-noir thriller, Magpie. In an idea originally developed by Daisy before husband Tom penned the script, it tells the story of a wife left at home with a newborn baby while her husband accompanies their daughter to a f…
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In this episode, I break down all the things digital marketing and conventions to sell books. It’s audacious, ludicrous, silly and sincere. Can I reach 8 billion readers? Find out now. If you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audiobook Omnibus, you can join the project here. Contribute what you want, and you’ll get three audiobooks right…
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We are so excited to bring you our latest bonus episode of Soundtracking, as two of our favourties Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig join Edith to discuss Luca's glorious new film, Queer. Based on a novella by William S Burroughs, it tells the story of Lee who, after fleeing from a drug bust in New Orleans, wanders around Mexico City';s clubs and be…
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In this episode, I’m talking to E.H. Drake, author of Blood Herring. I encourage you to read her work. She’s captain of a vivid imagination. If you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audiobook Omnibus, you can join the project here. Contribute what you want, and you’ll get three audiobooks right now. Get full access to Becoming A Househol…
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As promised, it's a double dose of Soundtracking to start your week following our episode on Black Doves with Keira Knightley and Joe Barton. Now it's the turn of Zoe Saldaña, star of another Netflix vehicle, Emilia Pérez. Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, the film tells the story of a feared cartel leader who enlists a lawyer to help her di…
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Keira Knightly and Joe Barton join Edith to discuss Joe's thrilling take on the espionage genre for Netflix, Black Doves. Keira stars (alongside Ben Wishaw's assassin, Sam) as Helen, the wife of a senior politician, who exploits her relationship with her husband to leak state secrets to a mysterious organisation call the Black Doves. As well as som…
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We have a Kneecap bonus episode for you on our latest episode of Soundtracking, as writer director Rich Peppiatt, composer Mikey J and the three band-members and stars of the film join Edith to discuss their brilliant comedy drama. Based largely on truth, it tells the story of the Republican, Irish speaking hip-hop band as they establish themselves…
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In this episode, I’m talking to Dr. Shane Simonsen, author of Taming of Apocalypse. I encourage you to read his work. He’s a stellar writer. If you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audiobook Omnibus, you can join the project here. Contribute what you want, and you’ll get three audiobooks right now. Get full access to Becoming A Househol…
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Though he's now retired, Geoff Adams spent his professional career creating music and video for many children's shows you may remember. Being an avid recumbent rider since the 1990s he also brings those amazing talents to bear on the laidback world he loves. From lowracers to trikes we discuss it all with Geoff and share the laughs and lighthearted…
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Our latest episode of Soundtracking sees a return to the podcast for director Edward Berger and composer Volker Bertelmann to discuss their new film, Conclave. Stariing Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini, the story sees a Cardinal organize a papal to elect the next pop and finds himself investiga…
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In this episode, I’ve got something very special for you. Podcast Host Andy J. Pizza shared the first episode in his True Fan Series. It’s number 476, and you can find it here. I encourage you to listen to all of Creative Pep Talk. It’s stellar. If you got excited about the Luke In Time Mysteries Audiobook Omnibus, you can join the project here. Co…
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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are director John M Chu and composer and lyricist Stephen Schwarz, who join me to discuss John's take on Stephen's classic stage show, Wicked. Set in the Land of Oz, largely before Dorothy's arrival from Kansas, it follows the story of Elphaba beginning her path to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, and her un…
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In yet another bonus episode - boy, are we busy - we're bringing you a Soundtracking Everyman Film Club, recorded live at Screen on the Green in Islington, north London. This time, director Ian Bonhôte and composer Ilan Eshkeri join Edith to discuss their collaboration on Ian and Peter Ettedgui's beautiful documentary Superman: The Christopher Reev…
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Lloyd Ross (founder/owner Shifty Studio/Records) and Warrick Sony (partner Shifty Studio/founder Kalahari Surfers) Throughout the turbulent Eighties Shifty Records forged an uncompromising, if solitary, trail through the South African music business. Founded by avid music fan, Lloyd Ross, the studio and its accompanying label was responsible for cr…
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I have novels. You can get them here. Is AMMO Write For You? If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a great program to help clients), AMMO is unlike any other program on the market. You’re going to have to work the program to find success, and bestseller status likely won’t hit i…
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Bit of a legend alert for you, as our latest guest on Soundtracking is none other than Ridley Scott, who, of course joins me to discuss Gladiator IISet 20 years after the original, it stars Paul Mescal - and that's all what we'll say about the plot. We think you have a fair idea of what it's all about ...…
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I have novels. You can get them here. Is AMMO Write For You? If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a great program to help clients), AMMO is unlike any other program on the market. You’re going to have to work the program to find success, and bestseller status likely won’t hit i…
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Armin Ziegler has toured in many places around the world with his recumbent bikes, trikes and velomobiles. This Swiss adventurer has a well regarded collection of travel blogs that have entertained bent riders for many years. As with many velomobile riders he had been stopped by curious police a number of times always ending in a friendly chat and …
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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is Malcolm Washington, son of Denzel, who joins Edith to discuss his directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, which he also co-wrote and will be available to stream on Netflix on 22nd November. Based on the play by August Wilson, The Piano Lesson is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of The Great Depression, a…
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We've been spoiling you on Soundtracking recently with plenty of bonus episodes, and we have another one for you today in the shape of the legend that is Steve McQueen. Steve joined Edith in front of an audience at Screen On The Green in Islington, London, as part of our Soundtracking Everyman film club to discuss his new film, Blitz. Starring Saoi…
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I have novels. You can get them here. Is AMMO Write For You? If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a great program to help clients), AMMO is unlike any other program on the market. You’re going to have to work the program to find success, and bestseller status likely won’t hit i…
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We're bringing you another of our Soundtracking Everyman Film Club's today, recorded in front of an audience at Everyman King's Cross. The guests on this occasion are Sir Ian McKellen and Anand Tucker, star and director of Patrick Marber's The Critic. Based on a novel by Anthony Quinn, The Critic tells the story of a powerful theatre critic in 1930…
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We have bonus episodes coming at you thick and fast on Soundtracking, as Laurent Bouzereau joins Edith to discuss his Disney Plus documentary, The Music Of John Williams. Featuring interviews with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Chris Martin, Seth McFarlane and Kate Capshaw, Laurent's film casts a shining light on the career of a true cinematic lege…
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We have a bonus episode of Soundtracking for you today, as none other than Hugh Grant joins Edith to discuss his brilliantly creepy performance as the sadistic Mr Reed in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods's horror thriller, Heretic. Heretic tells the story of two young female Mormons who turn up at Mr Reed's house in an attempt to convert him. What ensues…
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I have novels. You can get them here. Is AMMO Write For You? If you’re an author with a handful of books published (or you’ve published nonfiction and have one book with a great program to help clients), AMMO is unlike any other program on the market. You’re going to have to work the program to find success, and bestseller status likely won’t hit i…
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