This was one of the items on a recent BBC Radio 3 Night Waves edition.
Thinking like Sherlock Holmes SkyDrive folder
SkyDrive seemed to of changed things since I last uploaded a file. I would appreciate it if somebody could download this just to confirm that it's possible to download. Thanks.
Thinking like Sherlock Holmes
BBC Radio 3 Night Waves
22 January 2013
duration approx. 10 minutes
Maria Konnikova says that Sherlock Holmes can offer us the key to a
world where we use our brains to their full potential.
Matthew Sweet finds out whether emulating the opera loving, pipe-smoking,
detail-connecting detective might help him transform his ways of thinking.
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Hi there all,
First thanks for the comments about downloading from SkyDrive OK. As for Bruce's download. With four good downloads against one bad I'm sure you understand when I ask are you sure it's not something your end? You say it 'seemed' like a minute. How long is the mp3 you downloaded exactly?
I have thought about asking if any group members would prefer something like a distro of my SkyDrive. It's just under 25GB and I have a 32GB Compact Flash (CF) card doing nothing. A 32GB USB stick would be easier for those without something like a card reader but alas I don't have a 32GB USB stick.
I can't think of any reason why anybody would want it as a distro though. I know at one time they were handy for those still on dial-up/narrowband. Maybe I just don't have the imagination to see any other reason.
For those who don't know what a distro is. It's a collection of files with a theme e.g Sherlock Holmes radio and podcasts. The files are usually on a burnable CD/DVD and these discs are sent by post. It needs a bit of setting up at the start with a list of those that want the distro. If you're on the list then the distro arrives and you receive the address of the next person on the list so you can send it on.
Thanks for the BBC Scotland file Douglas. I try to do a BBC search of 'Sherlock Holmes' once a week because some iPlayer files are only available for that time. The 21st January edition of Book Cafe is on iPlayer still but there's no mention of Maria Konnikova on the page even though it lists four other things that featured in the programme. No wonder the BBC search didn't pick it up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pwvhj/The_Book_Cafe_21_01_2...
I've never listened to the Baker Street Babes (BSBs) podcast Bob. To tell you the truth when I first heard of the BSBs I went to their web site and I think the website had not been up long and so the one and only thing I read was a sort of introduction. In that introduction the f*** word was used for no apparent reason. Now I'm no prude and I'll scream the word out myself if let's say I was doing some work on my own and whilst using a hammer I hit myself accidentally on the thumb.
In my earlier years I rarely heard bad language from females. Things seem to of changed these days and I don't mind that. But still surely there's a difference between using it for a reason, like my example, and using the word for no apparent reason. I might even use the word myself in speech for no real reason but if I had to write down what I'd said for some reason then I'd drop the word.
The BSBs website has moved on since then. That time I noticed the f*** word the site was very simple like something from 5-10 years ago. It's changed now and I can't find that introduction piece. I noticed the new site about a month ago when another site linked to it because of Lyndsay Faye's reading of The Blue Carbuncle.
Are the BSBs podcasts filled with f*** words Bob? I've tried to listen to Big Finish podcasts in the past for anything on their Holmes series but I couldn't put up with what seemed like regular 'in-jokes'. The only Holmes podcast I listen to is I Hear of SH Everywhere. Just before Xmas I came across the MR James podcast 'A Podcast to the Curious' where the two presenters do the scholarly thing and tackle one MR James story each podcast. I'd like to see a Holmes podcast in the same vein. For anybody into MR James I do recommend the podcast.
Well I think that covers everything for now.
Jake
I'm not a fan of the "Babes," as their podcasts tend to be disorganized and more fannish than scholarly. They do, however, have the occasional intelligent guest. I do listen to Scott Monty's "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" regularly, although that, too, occasionally strains for content.
I first heard of this book through the NY Times Book Review section. The author knows her subject well.
I've uploaded an extended interview that she gave "The Baker Street Babes," podcasted by them as Episode 36 in their series.
The interview is quite good, although the "Babes" can be a bit juvenile and silly at times.
Baker Street Babes interview of Maria Konnikova
BTW - the Margaret Dale ballet mentioned at the end of the interview DOES exist. It starred Kenneth MacMillan (no mean choreographer in his own right) as both Holmes and Moriarty. It was performed regularly by the Sadler's Wells Company and a copy of the choreographic annotation is in the NYC Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Thanks for this, Bob. I hope to see you in 1895 sometime.
Didn't, you get to 1895 yet?
Nope. I am shamelessly optimistic, however.
It downloads fine. Thanks
No problem with the download here, either, 10 min 25 sec. Thanks, Jake. Mike
Thanks Jake. No problems here either. The same lady gave another interview on BBC Radio Scotland's lunchtime programme "The Book Cafe" on 21st January. The presenter is Clare English. I've compressed it to less than 5MB so hopefully it will upload here. I haven't got organised with SkyDrive or anything similar yet.
130121 Book Cafe_ How to Think Like SH.mp3
The file downloaded fine for me and the mp3 seems intact--it shows as 10:25 in length. Many thanks.
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