show episodes
 
Artwork

1
The McCartney McAlphabet

David Ephgrave and Clary Saddler

Unsubscribe
Unsubscribe
Månedlig
 
An A to Z of the life and solo career of Sir Paul McCartney, hosted by David Ephgrave & Clary Saddler. Clary & David chart a comprehensive(ish) alphabetical course through the Wings frontman’s post-Beatles career, covering everything Another Day to Zoo Gang. A post-Beatle Paul McPodcast.
  continue reading
 
Some of today’s most topical issues polarise people. In Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole, Lily invites guests with different perspectives to explore critical issues - from technology, food, to mental health and capitalism - and their relationship to the environment. The podcast emerged from the research Lily did for her book ('Who Cares Wins: A Thousand How to Protect the Planet You Love: A thousand ways to solve the climate crisis: from tech-utopia to indigenous wisdom') Season One explores th ...
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow extends his personal conversations with some of the world’s most exciting songwriters as he delves beyond the melodies and lyrics to discover the stories behind the songs. What really makes a great song? Gary Barlow has written some of the most beloved of the last few decades, and in this new series he meets fellow musicians and songwriters to get the inside story on what really makes the magic happen in the studio. From Barry Gibb to MNEK, Paloma Faith to Robbie Williams and man ...
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Season 3 of Who Cares Wins offers a triptych of episodes that all explore how our inner landscapes shape our outer landscapes. For this third episode, Lily spoke with Merlin Sheldrake about how the leading edge of science asks us to shake up our perspectives on reality and our place and possibilities within it. They also discuss different species' …
  continue reading
 
Following on from our conversation and meditations from Plum Village, we now share a meditation led by Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, poet and teacher, who founded Plum Village, and is often known as the "father of mindfulness." More free meditations like this one can be found via the Plum Village a…
  continue reading
 
Season 3 of Who Cares Wins offers a triptych of episodes that all explore how our inner landscapes shape our outer landscapes. For this second episode, Lily spoke with Dr Gabor Maté about authenticity, compassionate self-inquiry, and how our internal reality shapes our way of relating to the world. Dr Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician who has writ…
  continue reading
 
Following on from the conversation between Sister True Dedication and Kate Raworth, here is a short meditation from Sister True D. More free meditations like this one can be found via the Plum Village app. Sister True D is a Zen Buddhist nun ordained by Vietnamese peace activist and monastic Thich Nhat Hanh (known affectionately by students as 'Tha…
  continue reading
 
Season 3 of Who Cares Wins offers a triptych of episodes that all explore how our inner landscapes shape our outer landscapes. In episode one, Lily speaks with pioneering economist Kate Raworth and Sister True Dedication. Kate is the author and creator of Doughnut Economics: an economic model that balances between essential human needs and planetar…
  continue reading
 
In the final instalment of their three-part exploration of Paul McCartney's 1984 musical film, 'Give My Regards to Broad Street', David & Clary discuss the movie & album in more detail, taking in the Wings/solo remakes: ‘Wanderlust', 'Ballroom Dancing', 'Silly Love Songs' and 'So Bad'.Av David Ephgrave and Clary Saddler
  continue reading
 
Clary and David continue their three-part deep dive into Paul McCartney's 1984 movie and album, 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'. In Part 2, they explore the film in more detail, taking in the Beatles musical remakes: ‘Good Day Sunshine’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘Here, There and Everywhere’, ‘For No One’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘The Long and Winding Road’.…
  continue reading
 
David and Clary begin their three-part deep dive into Paul McCartney's ill-fated 1984 film and accompanying hit album, 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'. In Part 1, they discuss four songs and two instrumental pieces that were newly released as part of the project: 'No More Lonely Nights', 'Not Such a Bad Boy', 'No Values', 'Eleanor's Dream', 'No M…
  continue reading
 
This week we are sharing a conversation Lily had with her dear friend and mentor, the late John Burton, who sadly left this world earlier this year. This release is timed to coincide with COP15 (biodiversity) which is happening in Montreal, Canada. John Burton was a co-founder of The World Land Trust and dedicated his life to conservation and prote…
  continue reading
 
We are delighted to share a few bonus episodes coming off the back of COP 27 in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh. In this episode, Lily reflects on the COP27 outcomes - both positive and negative - with the pioneering activist Tzeporah Berman. Tzeporah co-founded Stand.Earth, led successful logging blockades in British Colombia; and more recently launched th…
  continue reading
 
David & Clary dive into The Fireman's 2008 critically acclaimed album 'Electric Arguments' (recorded by Paul McCartney & Youth). Part one dissects the first nine tracks: 'Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight', 'Two Magpies', 'Sing the Changes', 'Travelling Light', 'Highway', 'Light from Your Lighthouse', 'Sun is Shining', 'Dance 'Til We're High' and …
  continue reading
 
…and just like that we have finished Series 2 of Who Cares Wins. This season sought to look at some of the social roots underneath the climate crisis - from women’s equality to paternal rights; from Mother Earth to capitalism. What a journey it has been: from LA to the Atacama Desert… from the Amazon Rainforest to Afghanistan. Lily welcomed some in…
  continue reading
 
We’re rounding off our Extraordinary Women episodes..and almost the series… with one extremely special woman, Sonia Ramos. Last week on the podcast Lily started her journey into the Atacama Desert where she spoke with Cristina Dorador, a Chilean microbiologist, who is now working on re-writing the Chilean constitution… Cristina has worked closely w…
  continue reading
 
Who Cares Wins Presents another Extraordinary Woman, Cristina Dorador. Join Lily as she starts her journey into the Atacama Desert in Chile. The Green Tech industry is now booming but what are the implications for the lands that they are mining for lithium? Cristina Dorador is at the forefront of science. As a microbiologist, she is researching and…
  continue reading
 
Who Cares Wins Presents another Extraordinary Women, Zarifa Ghafari. Zarifa - one of Afghanistan’s youngest female mayors to ever be elected, had to flee the country to Germany last year when the Taliban regained power. She's been tirelessly advocating for women’s rights in a country with one of the highest gender gaps between men and women globall…
  continue reading
 
Who Cares Wins Presents Nemonte Nenquimo, the first in our special Extraordinary Women episodes. Nemonte Nenquimo is a Waorani woman, mother and leader, who has dedicated her life to the defence of Indigenous ancestral territory and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. She is the co-founder of the Indigenous-led nonprofit organisation Ceibo …
  continue reading
 
Today Lily wants to take a more radical turn on this season’s topic, and share her conversation with renowned political commentator and Author, Douglas Murray. He has written several best selling books - such as The Madness of Crowds, and his most recent book, The War on the West and has been critical of our culture’s increasing focus on gender and…
  continue reading
 
Continuing our conversations on Fatherhood this week, Lily chats to Will McDonald from the Father's Institute. They describe themselves as the 'Father's think and do tank'. Will is so insightful into the reasons why having a male influence/ figure in a child's life will not only benefit the Father- child relationship but exponentially help the Moth…
  continue reading
 
A delightful conversation to share with you today with Podcast royalty, Chris Sweeney. So far in this series of Who Cares Wins, we've heard many different female perspectives and in these next few episodes I want to dig into the male experience - of being queer, of Fatherhood, acknowledging privilege and why equality will benefit us all.. Chris has…
  continue reading
 
Lily speaks to two globally influential women today. First, Chelsea Clinton, born into a political dynasty, daughter of Bill and Hillary, and now global health advocate. They discuss the impact of climate change disaster on existing gender inequalities in the USA, before we hear from the wonderful Ugandan youth activist Vanessa Nakate- who's countr…
  continue reading
 
What would be the environmental impact of having more women in positions of political leadership? Joining Lily today to explore this question amongst others, is a woman who has created monumental changes across the globe. Christiana Figueres has been at the forefront of international environmental policy, including as the lead negotiator of the His…
  continue reading
 
This week we look at some of the barriers to girl’s equal access to education and family planning. Joining Lily is an inspirational young activist from the UK. Outraged by the idea that one in ten girls were missing out on their education due to 'Period Poverty’, at the age of 17, Amika George started the #freePeriods Campaign. An activist, a chang…
  continue reading
 
Joining Lily today is climate change veteran, Dr Katharine Wilkinson and we ask, why is the fight for gender equality essential if we want to mitigate climate change? Katharine is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world” according to Time magazine. She is co-founder and executive director of the All We Can Save …
  continue reading
 
Joining Lily for the start of this brand new series of Who Cares Wins is the comedian, author, icon of Feminism and host of the global hit podcast, The Guilty Feminist. It’s Deborah Frances White. They talk Feminism, Climate Change and Mother Earth herself. Credits Producer: Kelsey Bennett Audio Editor and Designer: Kit Milsom Music by Cosmo Sheldr…
  continue reading
 
In this bonus episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily Cole presents a blended, thought provoking audio journey on the topic of indigenous wisdom and what we can learn from these remaining cultures about climate change and how to protect the natural world. So in this episode, Lily speaks to 11 indigenous leaders and youth activists from across the globe by …
  continue reading
 
For this bonus episode, Lily explores the issue at the centre of the climate crisis: fossil fuels. Lily also looks at green washing, and the new dangers posed by net-zero pledges. Lily shares insider access - and analysis of the infamous Edinburgh TED Countdown Summit from October 2021, where CEO of Shell Ben van Beurden was pressed on the company’…
  continue reading
 
For this bonus episode, Lily spoke to the physicist and best selling author Carlo Rovelli, about the more fundamental questions: what is reality and how much do we understand it? In this intriguing discussion of consciousness, climate science, quantum physics and doubt, the possibilities widen ahead of us. Some of Carlo’s books relevant to this dis…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow talks to the international superstar Barry Manilow about his life and career. Reluctant to take centre stage and preferring the life of accompanist and arranger, Manilow graduated to singing his own songs after writing advertising jingles and working in American television on an early forerunner of an X Factor style talent show. He talk…
  continue reading
 
In episode three of Gary Barlow’s ‘We Write the Songs’ Gary talks to Jeff Lynne. Not only a songwriter, but also producer, sound engineer, instrumentalist and singer. The two discuss the inspiration behind the Electric Light Orchestra, how Lynne works in the studio to achieve his tracks, how the musical ideas are born and how he writes his lyrics. …
  continue reading
 
The legendary Sir Paul McCartney talks to Gary Barlow about the art of songwriting and what it was really like to work with everyone from John Lennon to George Martin to Kanye West. He reveals how he and John Lennon only began writing songs because other bands were performing the same covers as them at The Cavern Club. He shares the powerful influe…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow gets personal with one of the most successful song writers of all time. Max Martin has made hits for Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Celine Dion and more. He's won ASCAP's Best Songwriter of the Year eleven times and sold more than 140 million records. He's al…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow and Sheryl Crow share the stories behind the songs - and there are alot of them! Sheryl has sold over 50 million records and won 9 Grammys. Follow her journey from singing backing vocals on Michael Jackson's Bad Tour to composing a Bond theme. She explains how her songwriting changed as life evolved from battling Breast Cancer and Depre…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow chats to Sam Fischer - the Australian songwriter behind the viral hit ‘This City’ which has been streamed over 275 million times. Apart from creating his own music he also writes for other artists including Clean Bandit, Jennifer Hudson and Demi Lovato. Sam revealed how he went from being broke and dropped by his first record label to t…
  continue reading
 
Sam Smith and Gary Barlow sit down to uncover the stories behind the songs. Since exploding onto the music scene in 2012, Sam has won four Grammy Awards and an Oscar whilst consistently topping the charts with their legendary lyrics and vocals. Sam shares their soul so honestly with Gary - revealing how they wrote anthems like 'Stay With Me' and th…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow talks to illustrious artist Paloma Faith about her award winning career including her five platinum selling albums; the latest 'Infinite Things' a lockdown creation. Paloma shares her creative process and how she came to the music industry, her insatiable drive and what it was like working with Prince, Pharrell Williams and Diane Warren…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow chats to MNEK, a modern musical icon amongst the LGBTQ+ community and award winning artist, producer, and writer. He reveals how he wrote the number 1 hit ‘Head and Heart’ with Joel Corry and how he got discovered as a songwriter at just 14 years old. With billions of collective streams and millions of global fans, he explains what it’s…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow chats to superstar John Legend about his extensive collection of awards including what it’s like to be one of fifteen people with an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony award). John is not only a singer and songwriter, he is also a record producer, actor, film producer, theatre director, and philanthropist. Gary explores John’s early i…
  continue reading
 
Gary Barlow extends his personal conversations with some of the world’s most exciting songwriters as he delves beyond the melodies and lyrics to discover the stories behind the songs. Talking to the songwriting genius Barry Gibb from his home in Miami, Barry reveals what it was like to work with Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. He also reveals how …
  continue reading
 
Loading …

Hurtigreferanseguide

Copyright 2024 | Sitemap | Personvern | Vilkår for bruk | | opphavsrett