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Podcast of the Week The Best Bits Podcast is a weekly movie (or fillum) podcast hosted by Irish screenwriters Will Collins & Kevin Lehane wherein they pick their favourite film scenes from randomly selected, weirdly specific theme …

Welcome back to HeadStuff’s Podcast News Roundup, your go-to place for podcast news and recommendations. This week’s roundup features HeadStuff’s Podcast Of The Week and also looks at TED Talks Daily's mystery episode, whether Spotify…

Welcome back to HeadStuff’s Podcast News Roundup, your go-to place for podcast news and recommendations. This week’s roundup features HeadStuff’s Podcast Of The Week and also looks at the funding given to RedCircle, Spotify's new podcast…

NO ENCORE's movies-and-music side project returns with a film that is definitely not a David Bowie biopic, honest. 1998 cult sensation Velvet Goldmine is up for discussion! What's with Ewan McGregor's accent? What kind of career has…

Video, computer and online games have in the past suffered a poor reputation in terms of mental health. Gaming has been stereotyped as having a detrimental effect on emotional levels and mental health. However, this thinking looks to be…

In this week's episode Rebecca talks about Wikipedia's birthday on the 15th January. The international birthday event will be Global (but virtual). The hosts also discuss how to thank someone for the work they do on Wikipedia, from…

Episode 99 of Fireside - The epic finale of Norse Mythology. The doom of the Gods. Kevin tells how it happened. Or how it will happen. Has it happened yet? ?

Rebecca and Fionnuala introduce the concept of the WikiProject. They discuss in more depth the WikiProject: Women in Red - What the project is, the purpose behind it and the difficulties in turning Women on Wikipedia from red to blue.…

In this first episode of the podcast, our intrepid hosts Rebecca (Wikipedia editor with too much time on her hands) and Fionnuala (Not a wikipedia editor) explore what Wikipedia is and what are the fundamental "rules" that govern it. Even…

Episode 98 - Norse Mythology is unique in that it has a beginning...and a definitive end. In this episode of Fireside Kevin builds the tower of cards that would collapse with the story of the shining God Baldr, and how his death led to the…