Words To That Effect
Words To That Effect is a narrative storytelling show that explores the intriguing places where fiction, history, science, and popular culture intersect and inspire. From the Victorian past to utopian futures, dinosaurs to detectives, zombies to mummies.- Conor Reid
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21: The Invention of Time
Time, as we understand it today, was only really invented in the Victorian era.
We take it for granted today that our phones and watches and other devices are accurate to the second.
That time zones are clear and fixed – when it’s ...
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20: Domestic Noir
Why Are There So Many Crime Thrillers With 'Girl' in the Title?
Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, Luckiest Girl Alive, Final Girls... There's no shortage...
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19: Climate Change Fiction (Utopia, Pt2)
This week's episode continues on from the last episode. So, if you haven't listened to that, head on over to Episode 18 first. From the history of utopia in the last...
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18: What Is Utopia? (Utopia, Pt 1)
This is a story of three journeys, by three people, in three very different times. But each of the journeys ends in the same area in the west of Ireland. And each jo...
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17: The 10% Brain Myth
Do we use only 10% of our brain capacity? (Hint: No)
“It is estimated that most human beings only use 10% of the brain’s capacity. Imagine if we could ac...
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16: Transhumanism, Fiction, and Immortality
This is an episode about who we are as humans. And, more importantly, where we are going. About a future in which technology and biology have merged in ways that ...
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