RTÉ Report on Declan Rice Transfer DJ Solid Snail 2023-07-06 | Shamelessly nicked from here:sportbible.com/football/declan-rice-arsenal-rte-ireland-transfers-943709-20230706
Wu-Tang: An American Saga out of context DJ Solid Snail 2021-10-08 | Still the best show on television.
Radio 1 Club News (2/4/98) DJ Solid Snail 2016-08-25 | Written by Chris Morris. Performed by Michael Alexander St. John.From Blue Jam series 2 episode 2.
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 4 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 3rd November 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded in Belfast.
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 3 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 27th October 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded at Lancaster University.
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 2 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 19th October 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded at Plymouth University.
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 1 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 12th October 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Robbie Williams and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Aired 14th August 2008 on BBC Radio 4.Journalist Jon Ronson accompanies singer Robbie Williams to a UFO conference in Laughlin, Nevada. Williams has a genuine interest in the paranormal and has been researching UFO sightings and abductee stories.Among the people whom they meet are Ann Andrews, who believes her son is an indigo child placed on Earth by aliens to save the world, and Dr Roger Leir, who claims to have metallic objects that are not from this planet.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b4wv0
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 5 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 10th November 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded in Greenwich.
Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun: Show 6 DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-21 | Broadcast 17th November 1993 on BBC Radio 1. Recorded in London.
Jon Ronson On... Undeserved Rewards DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-20 | Series 7 Episode 4. Aired 25th April 2013 on BBC Radio 4.We like to think we live in a fair world - but writer and documentary-maker Jon Ronson investigates the way in which the least deserving often win the greatest rewards.Writer Helen Keen opens the programme, describing how she won an award for comedy she wrote about working class life in a gritty northern town - but, when she met the judges, she sensed that her 'poshness' disappointed them and made her less deserving of the award.Jon meets comedian Bob Mortimer who admits that, when he was a criminal barrister in Peckham, he couldn't resist asking his clients if they were guilty. Astonishingly, he says, all fifteen hundred admitted their guilt. Nevertheless, he fought their cases in court and a huge proportion of them walked free. He was rewarded for his success but it cost him dear on other more profound levels.South Hampstead Synagogue sounds like an unlikely site for misplaced rewards. Jon travels there to meet a charismatic young rabbi who had a novel idea to increase youth attendance. Kids won raffle tickets for turning up and joining in. The competition ran over a year, culminating in a grand draw. The prizes were massive. Emotions were running high. But things went drastically wrong, leaving the children asking "how could God let this happen?".Finally, Jon talks to ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, who added fictitious flourishes to his news stories. He embellished details, put words in people's mouths and created poignant touches about his interviewees' lives. He knew it was wrong but his lies started earning him huge respect from his bosses and readers - until the whole façade dramatically unravelled.Producer: Lucy GreenwellA Unique production for BBC Radio 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0r54
Jon Ronson On... Pride DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-20 | Series 7 Episode 5. Aired 2nd March 2013 on BBC Radio 4.Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson with more fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition.If you discovered that Hitler was a fugitive on the run, you might call the police. But what if, when he met you, he exclaimed how much he loved your work. Graham Linehan opens the programme with this conundrum, which tells you nothing about Nazi escapees, and everything about what too much pride in your work can do to your morals.Having a surfeit of pride wraps its tendrils around us, it can affect whole lives - as was the case with Anna, who always held her much loved grandparents up as role models for a long happy marriage. That was until her grandfather died and they discovered a box of cassettes in his office, revealing a secret so shocking it changed Anna's entire understanding of her family.Luke Wright is a performance poet who once fell foul of his pride when he tried to impress a band he greatly admired. He planned to seduce them with his wit so that they'd want to be his friend. Things began to go awry but pride, that most domineering of masters, forced Luke to struggle on. The gap between his imagined evening and the one that was actually happening widened to epic proportions.There's a lesson in there somewhere - one that comedian Helen Keen learnt the hard way. A good degree from Cambridge University meant she felt she was sure to walk into a successful career. When she found herself doing filing in a dead end engineering firm in London, she took matters into her own hands and tried to become a spy. MI5 must have collectively raised an eyebrow as she set about trying to convince them of her credentials by weaving together some far-fetched untruths.Producer: Lucy GreenwellA Unique production for BBC Radio 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s4szv
Jon Ronson On... Being Normal DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-20 | Series 7 Episode 3. Aired 18th April 2013 on BBC Radio 4.As a new edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published this year, writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson travels around the UK meeting people whose behaviour might be considered normal, but may soon fall under the criteria of some brand new disorders.He goes to a competitive eating competition in Bristol to speak to a man who has been obsessed with his weight. And he visits Adam Buxton, who may be a candidate for "intermittent explosive disorder" as he is prone to losing his temper in an explosive way.Psychiatrist Dr Joanna Moncrieff says she believes the DSM is amplifying a tendency to label more and more people as having health problems. While Dr Jeffrey Lieberman, president elect of the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSM, defends the manual saying it does not attempt to pathologise normal behaviour such as anger but look at repeated behaviour.Jon also hears from David Aaronovitch who was sent to a psychiatrist by his parents for being a shouty teenager and he wonders if, these days, he would be misdiagnosed? Finally Jon speaks to Alex Trenchard who tells his story for the first time of how his obsession with his music festival resulted in a prison sentence.Producer: Lucy GreenwellA Unique production for BBC Radio 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rw4q3
Jon Ronson On... Brainstorming DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-20 | Series 7 Episode 2. Aired 11th April 2013 on BBC Radio 4.Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for the second episode of his latest series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition.In this programme, he looks at brainstorming and asks whether it really works.He travels to Latvia to investigate the story of how media PR agency Inspired came up with a bizarre idea after a mobile phone company asked them for a concept to advertise their new tariff. Their brief was that it had to have a superhero theme. The agency decided then to fake a meteorite landing in a field outside Riga by digging a giant hole in the middle of the night and setting fire to it.Jon finds out what happened when the stunt backfired.He also speaks to the author Susan Cain who says forty years of research into brainstorming in groups has shown it doesn't work.And Jon considers other brainstormed ideas that have gone wrong - such as the decision by the American restaurant chain Hooters, known for its young waitresses dressed in revealing outfits,to go into the airline business.Finally Jon asks whether we should listen more to quiet, thoughtful introverts who say little in brainstorming meetings, rather than the extroverts who shout loudest?Producer: Lucy GreenwellA Unique production for BBC Radio 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rr7zq
Jon Ronson On... Confirmation Bias DJ Solid Snail 2015-02-20 | Series 7 Episode 1. Aired 4th April 2013 on BBC Radio 4.Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for another five-part series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition.In the first programme, he investigates confirmation bias - or why so many people look for evidence that confirms their pre-existing beliefs.Jon believes he may be susceptible to confirmation bias himself. Over the last two years he has kept noticing that the time on his phone is 11.11. After looking on the internet, he found out there are many other people also doing this, including Uri Geller who first started noticing the number 11 over twenty years ago. Jon has also discovered that a particular community of people believe 11.11 is a sign for a new spirit guide who will come to earth, coincidentally known as Monjoronson. He speaks to the owner of the Monjoronson web domain, Ron Besser, and asks if it is possible that Jon himself is the spirit guide they're looking for.Jon talks to other people who have been affected by confirmation bias, including an Oxford academic who believes her fate can be determined by looking at two lip balm pots.The journalist David Aaronovitch says he believed the delusions he had while suffering intensive care psychosis after a routine operation were real.Lotfi Raissi, the first person to be charged in connection with the September 11th attacks, tells Jon he believes his arrest was down to confirmation bias because he fitted a certain profile. A judge found there was no evidence to link Raissi to any form of terrorism.Finally Jon speaks to the lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, who believes people who are prone to confirmation bias are more likely to be recruited to police forces.Producer: Lucy GreenwellA Unique production for BBC Radio 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rlrjz
Robert M. Pirsig NPR Interview (July 12, 1974) DJ Solid Snail 2012-07-12 | Shortly after 'Zen' was published, Connie Goldman talked with Robert Pirsig at his home in St. Paul, Minn. Pirsig discusses his process in writing the book, at times working four hours before he arrived for his day job writing technical manuals. Originally broadcast on July 12, 1974.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612364
Douglas Adams on David Letterman (14 February 1985) DJ Solid Snail 2012-07-09 | Douglas Adams on Late Night with David Letterman, plugging 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish'.
Veep - Chris Morris Newsreader Cameo DJ Solid Snail 2012-07-01 | Chris Morris appears briefly as a newsreader on episode S1E7 of Armando Iannucci's HBO series "Veep", an episode he also directed.
Dr. Katz - Laura & Ben: An Intimate Portrait DJ Solid Snail 2012-07-01 | A short interview with Jon Benjamin & Laura Silverman, before the 'An Evening with Dr. Katz: Live at the Comedy Central Stage' show, 15th May 2007.
Steve Coogan interview by Mark Radcliffe (Radio 1FM, 17th January 1994) DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-20 | Coogan appears on Radcliffe's 1FM show to plug The Day Today.
KSANs Post-Altamont Broadcast DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-20 | From the Gimme Shelter DVD:Recorded December 7, 1969, KSAN's four-hour post-Altamont broadcast fielded calls from a range of people who attended the event and a few who helped organise it. Among those included in the excerpts that follow are Sam Cutler, Road/Production Manager for the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour; Emmett Grogan, a leader in San Francisco's counter-cultural movement; and Sonny Barger, then head of the Oakland chapter of the Hell's Angels. Stefan Ponek, the host of the original show, has recorded new introductions to the material especially for this Criterion DVD release."Well done, Sonny..."
Jon Ronson On... The Comfort of Strangers DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-15 | Series 1 Episode 5. Aired 11th January 2005 on BBC Radio 4.From Jon's website:"Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition. Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience. The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel."http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml
Jon Ronson On... How to Be Invisible DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-15 | Series 1 Episode 2. Aired 21st December 2004 on BBC Radio 4.From Jon's website:"Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition. Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience. The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel."http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml
Jon Ronson On... Going West DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-15 | Series 1 Episode 4. Aired 4th January 2005 on BBC Radio 4.From Jon's website:"Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition. Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience. The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel."http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml
Jon Ronson On... Positive Thinking DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-15 | Series 1 Episode 3. Aired 28th December 2004 on BBC Radio 4.From Jon's website:"Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition. Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience. The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel."http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml
Jon Ronson On... Magical Moments DJ Solid Snail 2012-06-15 | Series 1 Episode 6. Aired 18th January 2005 on BBC Radio 4.From Jon's website:"Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition. Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience. The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel."http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml
