Voormalig agent van bureau Warmoesstraat Appie Baantjer, werd schrijver en oogstte miljoenensucces met zijn thrillers. De inmiddels 85 jarige Baantjer is op bezoek in het radioprogramma Simek 's Nachts, dat (onregelmatig) ook op podcast wordt uitgebracht. Interviewer Simek is nog steeds een beetje uit vorm - vind ik. Ook met Baantjer weet hij zichn iet zo een houding te geven, maar de oude schrijver is zo geweldig innemend dat tussen de vragen door dit een prachtig mooie podcast is geworden.
Baantjer leren we kennen als een krasse tachtiger en een man van bescheiden meningen en eenvoudige genoegens en een milde, maar toch recht voor zijn raap spreekstijl. Hij hield er niet van zijn pistool te dragen. Hij wilde dat de inspecteur in zijn boeken nooit vloekte, nooit sloeg en nooit zou schieten. Hij houdt van modeltreinen. Hij hield van zijn overleden vrouw en hij heeft er vrde mee dat ze geen kinderen hadden. Het sympathiekste is wel dat hij onthult dat hioj geen zaken aankon, als hij voor de verdachte geen gevoel kon opbrengen.
Wat dan? Nou, ik heb oplichters gekend die heel charmant waren. Simek grijpt zich aan het charmante van Baantjer vast en probeert in de bescheiden versie iets groots te vinden. Hoe komt het dat je geen charmeur van vrouwen was, net zoals je vader? Appie laat zich niet uit het veld slaan, maar waarom kan die Simek niet ophouden als hij ziet dat het niet past?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Inspired minds (DW-World)
Here is an entirely new podcast I discovered: Inspired Minds. This is a radio program (or is it exclusively a podcast?) by the international, English Language, section of Deutsche Welle, the German quality radio and TV. Host Breandáin O’Shea speaks each week with guests from Europe's culture, thought and political scenes. Currently the latest show features an interview with Peter Cowie writer about cinema. Breandáin and Peter mainly touch upon the great filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Just as the other issues of Inspired Minds, this is a podcast that lasts around 15 minutes, which is a very digestible format. Cowie is an engaging speaker. Not only does he love Bergman's films, he also enjoyed writing his biography, even if he did not exactly fall in love with Bergman as a person.
In addition to a biography about Bergman, he also wrote biographies about Francis Ford Coppola and Orson Welles. Freely, Cowie makes comparisons between these film makers and how it was to work with them and write about them. Excellent quality podcast.
Just as the other issues of Inspired Minds, this is a podcast that lasts around 15 minutes, which is a very digestible format. Cowie is an engaging speaker. Not only does he love Bergman's films, he also enjoyed writing his biography, even if he did not exactly fall in love with Bergman as a person.
In addition to a biography about Bergman, he also wrote biographies about Francis Ford Coppola and Orson Welles. Freely, Cowie makes comparisons between these film makers and how it was to work with them and write about them. Excellent quality podcast.
World History according to David Kalivas
David Kalivas renewed his nearly podfaded World History Podcast. In addition to the lectures, he now delivers also a couple of short monologues that seem pure podcasts. In one of these he reveals the stretch of his enterprise: World History until 1500 CE. I wonder how he is going to continue. Sofar he has paid attention to some of the old civilizations (Indus Valley, China, Egypt, Mesopotamia) and a couple of lectures about the end of this era.
For example he speaks of Bartolomé de las Casas, the Spanish clergyman who wrote about the repulsive occurrences in the New World. Kalivas engages in the question whether the Spanish committed a genocide in the Americas. He doesn't think so, but whatever they did, it had 'genocidal consequences'. Mostly unintended, especially considering that is was mostly disease that finished the indigenous peoples off.
One of the podcasts seems to kick off the series and enters the issue of evolution of man. Kalivas puts creationism and Intelligent Design in their place and by choice, without becoming ideological, chooses the scientific approach. Very well; and how do we continue from here? One thing is for sure: I am waiting for Kalivas to give us more.
For example he speaks of Bartolomé de las Casas, the Spanish clergyman who wrote about the repulsive occurrences in the New World. Kalivas engages in the question whether the Spanish committed a genocide in the Americas. He doesn't think so, but whatever they did, it had 'genocidal consequences'. Mostly unintended, especially considering that is was mostly disease that finished the indigenous peoples off.
One of the podcasts seems to kick off the series and enters the issue of evolution of man. Kalivas puts creationism and Intelligent Design in their place and by choice, without becoming ideological, chooses the scientific approach. Very well; and how do we continue from here? One thing is for sure: I am waiting for Kalivas to give us more.
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