´óÏó´«Ã½

« Previous | Main | Next »

Podcast Notes: Congo, Loudness Wars and Throwing Yourself at Men

Post categories:

Chris Vallance | 13:39 UK time, Tuesday, 29 January 2008


If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast, by far the easiest way to get it, click here: This week we featured:


  • Kenyan Blogger Daudi Were of spoke to us about the recent violence (the interview is short because of a poor mobile connection - please visit his blog for more information)

  • Award winning photographer and tells us about living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Thanks Graham for the tip)

  • Grammy Winning record producer/mixer and why lack of dynamic range is bad for music. Thanks to for permission to podcast a clip of his music - which is, we should stress, filled with dynamic range. (Thanks to Vince for the tip!)

  • Lilly McElroy an artist

  • Nathalie of Philobiblon (WARNING contains a mildly rude word if that sort of thing upsets you)

  • Professor Rob Fergus, part of a team lead by Antonio Torralba that developed the , explained it to us

  • And Jamillah Knowles with a report on

As an added treat the video below is by and very clearly illustrates their side of the "Loudness War".

If you have a suggestion for next week's programme please email podsandblogs [at] bbc.co.uk

You can suscribe to the podcast via iTunes: MyYahoo: Googlereader It's always available in itunes first thing in Tuesday morning. Ideal for the Web2.0 commuter.

NB We hate the fact that our podcasts are only available for 7-days - but those are the rules - so please download early for your later listening pleasure.









Comments

  • No comments to display yet.
Ìý

´óÏó´«Ã½ iD

´óÏó´«Ã½ navigation

´óÏó´«Ã½ © 2014 The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.