Disclaimer time. If you're looking for an explanation of the ins and outs of TCP/IP or packet switching this is not the podcast for you. This is about how Brian has used printers, photocopiers and the internet down the years to get the libertarian message across. The key thing - for Brian, at least - has been how to keep the costs down.
Along the way, we talk about LA Pamphlets, Brian and the libertarian big cheeses, universities in the late 1960s, the Royal Festival Hall's dreadful acoustics, how to sell tickets to student plays, the difference between the Libertarian Alliance and other free market think tanks and Crossrail. We even manage to find time right at the end to talk about Deidre McCloskey.
Brian quotes
"I've learnt from experience that when people say things in public they generally mean them."
"I was just observing the absurd antics of the Lenins with hair who were infesting this university in this completely delusional state of mind."
"The Royal Festival Hall was built at a sort of 2000-year low in acoustic competence."
“…look at Boris Johnson. You get the impression that his latest wife occupies about half of his head.”
“Most men are very frightened about boring people about what they do and tend to be very evasive about it.”
Notes
Week Ending 24 December 1922
Week Ending 17 December 1922
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What the Paper Said: Week Ending 26 November 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 19 November 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 12 November 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 5 November 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 29 October 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 22 October 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 15 October 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 8 October 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 24 September 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 17 September 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 1 October 1922
What the Paper Said: Week Ending 10 September 1922
Brian and I chat for the last time
Brian and I chat about how lucky we are to NOT live in the Middle Ages
Brian and I talk about Northern Ireland
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