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Ravi Naik
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Radio and podcast producer. I make the Law Show and Rethink for BBC Radio 4. Writer and Journalist. Come for the writing, stay for the dad jokes.
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Okay #Booksky - here's the opening of my novel, Bucket List Island, about two dog walkers who go on the run after finding 23 bags full of drugs and money washed up on a beach. Tracy is a chain smoking compulsive liar who might have been an 80s pop star, Manesh is a despondent 20 something. Enjoy!
Did you know, anti-migrant protesters and people who want billionaires and corporations to pay more tax share IDENTICAL mindsets.

...and UK political parties are after their vote.

Find out more on Rethink with @benansell.bsky.social
on BBCRadio4 at 4pm.

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... winners and losers
Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On this week's Rethink: why the future of aviation is cleaner, NOT faster. With @benansell.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4
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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink: how can flying be less polluting?
Aviation is fiendishly difficult to decarbonise - but how can it be made cleaner?
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September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Why is holding up a placard that says "Free Gaza" legal protest, yet one that reads "Palestine Action" is not?

Find out on Rethink on BBC Radio4 when @benansell.bsky.social
explores the meaning of terrorism.

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...the meaning of terrorism
Is the word 'terrorism' overused, and what do we mean when we use it?
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September 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
US tariffs have left many countries wondering what President Trump will do next. But should the UK align more closely with China? Listen to Rethink on BBC Radio 4 with @benansell.bsky.social

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... the UK's relationship with China
Should the UK seek closer diplomatic and trade links with China?
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June 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On The Law Show on BBC Radio 4 now: how can the UK ensure warnings about avoidable deaths are heeded? Presented by @joellegrogan.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, How can avoidable deaths be prevented?
Should a government body be created to make sure 'state-related deaths' are prevented?
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June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Should convicted murderers be forced into the dock for sentencing?

The Law Show on BBC Radio 4, with @joellegrogan.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Should killers be forced to attend sentencing hearings?
Victims' families want convicted killers forced into the dock for sentencing.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How can we build 90 thousand homes a year? and is "affordable" housing really affordable? Rethink...social housing with @benansell.bsky.social on @BBCRadio4 at 4pm

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...social housing
What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
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May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Why are the details of people with no criminal convictions on the Police National Computer? And how private prosecutions in England and Wales are under review after the Post Office scandal. On today's Law Show on BBC Radio 4 with @joellegrogan.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Wrongful convictions: why private prosecutions face reform
How should private prosecutions change following the Post Office scandal?
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May 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Can I sue if my private details are part of a data breach?

Find out on The Law Show with @joellegrogan.bsky.social on BBC Radio4 now.

and you can listen to the podcast here:
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BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, My data's been stolen in a cyberattack - can I sue?
UK retailers have faced cyberattacks - but what if your data is part of a breach?
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May 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@sanjeevbhaskar.bsky.social I saw this cookbook and thought of you.
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Is there a German word for when you had a free moment in the past, and thought,
"I'll just do that paperwork, because it'll make my life easier later on."
Then you forget what you've done, only to be overjoyed a few weeks later when it's already done.
April 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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hear hear
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Adam Ant’s Prince Charming costume in is the Victoria & Albert Museum’s collection and quite rightly too. You can see many of its 19 components at the V&A online & very impressive they all are too. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O159723...
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Severance theory: Lumon is a medical company looking for the ultimate emotional painkiller. Imagine: productivity unaffected by grief, divorce or any kind of mental distress of an outie. Hence the test that is Cold Harbor. #Severance #Lumon
March 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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who is this rorschach guy and where did he get all the pictures of my parents fighting.
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Forget Inflation, GDP and Trump tariffs, there are other ways the global economy can be controlled.

Behind the scenes, the world has economic choke points – and those are being squeezed.

Find out who's doing the squeezing on Rethink on BBCRadio4 and BBCSounds.

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... the global economy
Forget tariffs, what are the systems and raw materials that underpin the global economy?
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February 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Prime Minister says we're on the cusp of an AI revolution in healthcare - but does the promise live up to the hype?

Rethink on BBC Radio 4 today at 4pm and on BBC Sounds

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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...medical data
The PM says the NHS is well placed for an AI revolution in healthcare - but is it?
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February 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Hey, everyone. Let's share Rose's website as far and often as possible. Her name was scrubbed from NASA's website thanks to orders to erase women in STEM. Rose fought through poverty and homelessness, and every time I look at the moon, I think of her.

www.rosedf.space/explore
Home | Rose DF - Astronomer & Aerospace Engineer
Welcome to the personal site of Astronomer Rose DF. Connect with her for STEM outreach initiatives, and find all contact information here.
www.rosedf.space
February 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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John Wagner, Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra knew the score.
I think about these two panels almost every single day.
February 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Being entertained by Ben Stiller responding to unsuspecting people who talk about Severance

Who said comedy is dead
February 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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pulled my back so bad that I told my family I might need a wheelchair like Professor X, and my son said “yeah more like Professor XXL” and goddammit I don’t deserve this abuse
February 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Huge thanks to @marcusbrig.bsky.social for a great, open, freewheeling interview. Also for recommending Barry's tea to me... inews.co.uk/culture/come...
Marcus Brigstocke: ‘My porn addiction was shameful. It changed how I treated women’
The comedian explains his new stand-up show exploring modern masculinity – and why all men need good male friendships
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January 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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One of my very fave Rethinks coming up this afternoon and quite timely too - on AI and intellectual property. I wonder how it feels for OpenAI to have gone from hunter to hunted?

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January 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
On Rethink at 4pm : Feeding the AI machine and a program that poisons it.

with @justineroberts.bsky.social, @ravenben.bsky.social, @theglazeproject.bsky.social, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social Cerys Wyn Davies @neil1310r.bsky.social presented by @benansell.bsky.social

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January 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM