{"id":1344,"date":"2023-03-25T23:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2023-03-25T23:14:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:14:49","slug":"terri-whites-compelling-new-podcast-plus-jerry-springer-kim-petras-and-bimini-bon-boulash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/terri-whites-compelling-new-podcast-plus-jerry-springer-kim-petras-and-bimini-bon-boulash\/","title":{"rendered":"Terri White\u2019s Compelling New Podcast, plus Jerry Springer, Kim Petras and Bimini Bon Boulash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There\u2019s been a couple of podcasts that have been suggested to The Great British Podcast Newsletter <\/em>in recent weeks that have been entirely made by AI. Made in AI<\/strong><\/a>, a satirical comedy co-written and co-produced using artificial intelligence. And then there\u2019s Synthetic Stories<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>where <\/strong>not only has the script been made by AI, but also the description, the music, the artwork accompanying the podcast and even the voice introducing the episode. Unnerving, both of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Climate Question<\/strong><\/a> podcast looks at whether artificial intelligence can help farmers adapt to the threats posed by climate change. ELEVATE Your World<\/strong><\/a> looks at the possibilities that AI can help in the creative process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For a deep dive into the ethics of artificial intelligence, I would recommend listening to DeepMind: The Podcast<\/strong><\/a>, presented by Dr Hannah Fry, which looked at the opportunities and ethical dilemmas posed by AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just in case you are wondering, this newsletter has not <\/em>been written by AI (although to be honest, the AI would say that.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTABLE NAMES ON PODCASTS THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have listened to a great guest on a podcast, let us know by filling in <\/strong>this form<\/strong><\/a> and it might get featured in an upcoming newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are our podcast picks for the week ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want your podcast featured, or you have an excellent recommendation, all you need to do is fill in this <\/strong>simple form<\/strong><\/a>. It might get featured in this newsletter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Accusations of a cover up are often thrown about on social media, but what about stories of actual cover ups dating back decades? <\/p>\n\n\n\n This new series, presented by historian and presenter Giles Milton and producer Sarah Peters, looks at the strange disappearance of a deep sea diver on a Cold War mission seven decades ago. This story is so strange that the official truth of what happened is expected to be concealed until 2057, a hundred years after it first took place. The first three episodes are available to listen, with the rest of the series currently available on subscription, and the first episode features an interview with the possible last person who is still alive connected to the incident, an interviewee that Milton has been tracking down for twenty years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis story is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th Century,\u201d says Milton. \u201cIt is so sensitive, so secret, there are people out there still covering up the truth. I\u2019m going to find out why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terri White: Finding Britain\u2019s Ghost Children<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>\u201cThere is a crisis amongst our kids that we all need to be talking about,\u201d says the journalist Terri White at the start of her new podcast. More than 100,000 schoolchildren are regularly absent from school, often referred to in the news as \u2018ghost children.\u2019 Children may be absent because of mental health reasons or because of educational needs, but some of these children are likely to be vulnerable. And not only that, but there are a possible 100,000 additional children who are not registered and are unaccounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n White knows the importance of schools in terms of safeguarding. Having experienced neglect and abuse as a child, she found school as a sanctuary and a place of safety. Following the murder of six year old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, White investigates what can be done to ensure that other children can be protected, a problem that has worsened after the schools closed during the pandemic. New episodes are out every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n