66 episodes
The Last Tuesday Project The Last Tuesday Project
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- Society & Culture
A group of friends get together once a month thanks to the wonder of modern technology to discuss one topic. That topic can come in the form of either a question, a subject, a claim, or a statement.
The thing is, only one of us knows what that topic is going to be. That person shall henceforth be known as the Dimbleby. (It's a long story.)
The Dimbleby has two topics in their pocket. They tell us the first one and then the rest of us have the opportunity to veto it based on a majority vote. If we veto the first topic, we hear the second topic. We cannot veto the second topic.
You know, just to add a little bit of jeopardy to the whole thing.
From that point on we have an hour to each research the topic. We can do it whatever way we want to, either through the internet, or books, or going to the library, or shouting across the road at your neighbour...
Once the hour is up, we get back together again and talk about it. The Dimbleby guides us, asks us questions on what we've researched. At the end of it we come to a conclusion. Or not, as the case may be.
That brings us to the point of The Last Tuesday Project. This is less about the conclusions we come to, although they can be fun and interesting. It's more about how we get there.
Doing this sort of research - looking for evidence, sifting through the crap - is something anyone can do. We don't want to tell you what to think, and we're loathe to say that we want to tell you how to think. What we want to do is give you the tools so that you can come to your own conclusions without being swayed by biased information. Being able to detect fact from fiction, science from pseudoscience, brilliant ideas from bullshit.
One group of friends, one topic, one hour to research.
Welcome to The Last Tuesday Project.
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Disgust: Interview with Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere
Welcome to another TWOsday! And this time, we're trying to be a bit more professional... with an interview. Welcome to this extra episode of The Last Tuesday Project!
Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere, guest on Episode 37, was kind enough to give us an interview on his specialist subject... disgust. The discussion takes twists into linguistics, history, and our resident pharmacists' experiences with unsavoury moments at work.
Do you like what we do and want to show your support? Well, you can now give us a helping hand via Patreon! Just go to https://www.patreon.com/LastTuesdayProject. And now we're on Ko-Fi, too - https://ko-fi.com/lasttuesdayproject. If every listener gave us a dollar a month, Jane will be able to afford a new 100% polyester jumper from Primark. #JumpersForJane
This month's icon uses an image from page 40 from the book 'Two Summers in Greenland' by Riis Carstensen and Andreas Christian, found on The British Library Archive on Flickr.
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With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music. -
The Fall Of The House Of Tuesday
Mystery within mystery. Misery with misery. And historic references to straw hats and gin? It can only be The Last Tuesday Project!
Hayley and Alex are joined by two Guest Tuesdays! First we have Cathryn, pharmacists and friend of Hayley; and second we have Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere, historian and lover of disgust. This month we take a brief look at weird faces before moving on to a certain 19th century poet...
Do you like what we do and want to show your support? Well, you can now give us a helping hand via Patreon! Just go to https://www.patreon.com/LastTuesdayProject. And now we're on Ko-Fi, too - https://ko-fi.com/lasttuesdayproject. If every listener gave us a dollar a month, Jane will be able to afford a new 100% polyester jumper from Primark. #JumpersForJane
This month's icon uses an image from page 40 from the book 'Two Summers in Greenland' by Riis Carstensen and Andreas Christian, found on The British Library Archive on Flickr.
Want to get in touch? We're on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, you can email us at podcast@lasttuesdayproject.com.
With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music. -
Hiding In The Shade, Because Gingers
Holidays, health, passive-aggressive pharmacists and ALL THE CATS. It's business as usual for a TWOsday at The Last Tuesday Project!
This month, Alex talks about coming off antidepressants, Jane tries to smuggle codeine into Greece and Hayley looks fondly upon a dead puffin. Plus all the usual off-beat chat that you'll come to expect from an outtakes episode.
Do you like what we do and want to show your support? Well, you can now give us a helping hand via Patreon! Just go to https://www.patreon.com/LastTuesdayProject. And now we're on Ko-Fi, too - https://ko-fi.com/lasttuesdayproject. If every listener gave us a dollar a month, Jane will be able to afford a new 100% polyester jumper from Primark. #JumpersForJane
This month's icon uses an image from page 92 from the book 'Three Pretty Sisters. A romance of modern Paris, etc' by Leonard Linden, found on The British Library Archive on Flickr. It was modified by Alex Brown.
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With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music. -
Not-So-Innocent Bystander
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Sounds like you guys letting us carry on making this podcast. Welcome to The Last Tuesday Project!
This month Jane has grabbed the reins and landed us with a duo of deep questions. We veto the first question on male hormonal contraception (partly because Hayley's too drunk). Instead, we are forced at knifepoint to accept question of Genovese Syndrome, also known as the Bystander Effect, and how it has been affected by social media.
Bystander Effect Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect Murder of Kitty Genovese Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese 37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police; Apathy at Stabbing of Queens Woman Shocks Inspector New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/37-who-saw-murder-didnt-call-the-police-apathy-at-stabbing-of.html What the Kitty Genovese Killing Can Teach Today’s Digital Bystanders New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/retro-report-bystander-effect.html A Call for Help: What the Kitty Genovese story really means. New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/10/a-call-for-help Social Media: Avoiding the Bystander Effect The Corvalis Advocate https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2018/social-media-avoiding-bystander-effect/ Filming an emergency on your phone or camera? Know your rights before you press record ABC Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-19/what-you-need-to-know-about-filming-an-emergency/9267910 Why do people take pictures at crash scenes? BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45839351 Our phones make us feel like social-media activists, but they’re actually turning us into bystanders Quartz https://qz.com/991167/our-phones-make-us-feel-like-social-media-activists-but-theyre-actually-turning-us-into-bystanders/ Outrage As Bystander Stops Assault Instead Of Filming It Waterford Wispers https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2018/07/30/outrage-as-bystander-stops-assault-instead-of-filming-it/ The Courage of Bystanders Who Press 'Record' The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/04/the-courage-of-bystanders-who-press-record/389979/ The Impact of Social Media on the Bystander Effect Medium - Tanzie Bodeen https://medium.com/@tbodeen/the-impact-of-social-media-on-the-bystander-effect-55aa51d0d82 Dr Richard Firth-Godbehere - Disgust: new emotion, old experience? (Stories of Psychology 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktx5Vxjr5mw
This month's icon uses an image from page 92 from the book 'Three Pretty Sisters. A romance of modern Paris, etc' by Leonard Linden, found on The British Library Archive on Flickr. It was modified by Alex Brown.
Want to get in touch? We're on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, you can email us at podcast@lasttuesdayproject.com.
With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music. -
Kitty Bloddy Pissy Issues
Welcome along, one and all, to a mini TWOsday episode of The Last Tuesday Project!
Scheduling has not permitted us to record anything extra special for you guys this month, but here are some outtakes from episode 35, featuring Alex, Hayley and Jane. Enjoy!
Do you like what we do and want to show your support? Well, you can now give us a helping hand via Patreon! Just go to https://www.patreon.com/LastTuesdayProject. If every listener gave us a dollar a month, Jane will be able to afford a new 100% polyester jumper from Primark. #JumpersForJane
This month's icon uses an image called Doctor Syntax With The Bookseller from the book 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax: in search of the picturesque ... Fifth edition, with new plates' by William Combe, found on The Archives of Ontario on Flickr.
Want to get in touch? We're on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, you can email us at podcast@lasttuesdayproject.com.
With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music. -
Subliminally Poisoning Flash Cars
More often than not, we take our time. But this time we're going for a quickie. It's shorts episode of The Last Tuesday Project!
Alex, Hayley and Jane are asking each other some short-sharp questions this month, questions that are interesting but probably wouldn't fill an entire episode. Hayley asks about exploding cars, Alex wants to know if it's OK to flash in a gallery, Jane makes us morph with binaural beats, and then Alex has the audacity to ask about poison cabinets. Plus, Jane reveals her spirit animal.
Do you like what we do and want to show your support? Well, you can now give us a helping hand via Patreon! Just go to https://www.patreon.com/LastTuesdayProject. If every listener gave us a dollar a month, Jane will be able to afford a new 100% polyester jumper from Primark. #JumpersForJane
This month's icon uses an image called Doctor Syntax With The Bookseller from the book 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax: in search of the picturesque ... Fifth edition, with new plates' by William Combe, found on The Archives of Ontario on Flickr.
Want to get in touch? We're on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, you can email us at podcast@lasttuesdayproject.com.
With huge thanks, as usual, to Strong4Life for the use of his music.