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Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...introduction to the album. The construction of Imperial Rome A large scale model shows us how Imperial Rome once looked and we also learn some of its fascinating history. Aqueducts in Rome A look at how aqueducts were a great engineering achievement in Imperial Rome. The Aurelianic wall The renewed threat of barbarian invasion led to the construction of the Aurelianic...
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Audio 57 mins
Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...introduction to this album. Segregated schooling for sight impaired young people Peter White, BBC disability affairs correspondent, revisits the school for visually impaired young people he attended when he was growing up. Mainstream schooling for sight impaired young people Peter White meet two sight impaired students who attend a mainstream school in the Midlands. From...
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Audio 2 hrs 32 mins
Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...introduction to this album. Nature Spaces An allotment in Handsworth, Birmingham as an example of a nature space. Allotment holders talk about the ecological, sociological and community benefits of allotments. Shared Spaces Some problems that can arise from differing viewpoints emerging in a shared community space, and possible threats to such spaces. Nature Formations...
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Audio 1 hr 50 mins
The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary
Science, Maths & Technology

The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary

...introduction... Introducing Linux Some say Leenix, some Leenux, some say Linux. So how do you say it? Linux - Origins Richard Stallman broke free of the closed proprietary world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point...
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Audio 32 mins
Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...introduction to this album. Mental Health on Orkney Service users and practitioners discuss the constraints imposed on mental health care by the remote, dispersed nature of the Orkney Islands. Impact of 'The Troubles' How 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland have shaped the city of Belfast and the lives of some of its inhabitants. Legacy of 'The Troubles' The mental health...
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Audio 1 hr 55 mins
War, Intervention and Development
Nature & Environment

War, Intervention and Development

...introduction to this album. The Sierra Leone Sanctions Debate A discussion of sanctions, with specific reference to Sierra Leone, and how they have an impact on the population concerned Pushing too hard for elections An appraisal of the elections in Sierra Leone and a debate on whether they were pushed through at the expense of democracy Civil war in Sierra Leone Looking...
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Audio 2 hrs 11 mins
Social housing and working class heritage
History & The Arts

Social housing and working class heritage

...introduction to this album. Social housing: winners and losers Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters' estate? Social housing: fighting for survival Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and the Excalibur estate to save their homes from demolition. Social housing: sense of place...
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Audio 1 hr 30 mins
Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...introduction to this album Origins of the modern concept of mind A detailed discussion about the Aristotelian concept of the soul and the Cartesian concept of the mind by Susan James Issues facing contemporary philosophy of mind A detailed discussion about various approaches to contemporary philosophy of mind focusing on the computational view Ancient philosophers' views...
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Audio 5 hrs 8 mins