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3 of the best: Podcasts
Spellcaster: The Fall Of Sam
Bankman-Fried Wondery
(7 x 30 min episodes)
Once the big cheese in cryptocurrency – and the world’s richest man under 30 – former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried suddenly found himself destitute and un- der arrest last year. Questions about his authenticity as an altruistic businessman followed, which this Bloomberg-authored podcast investigates.
Nature Sounds Apple Music Sleep
It’s a shame we can’t always be within nature’s warm grasp. With that in mind, this playlist combines crystal-clear audio recordings of the great outdoors to soothe the most anxious of us. Whether you’re into water sounds or birdsong, close your eyes and disconnect. The next best thing to the real one. Top Tracks:, Nature Sound Bath Wilderness (Nature); Lianas, Water Lily (Nature); Magnetic Moon, Highlands (Nature)
3 of the best: Playlists
Gayotic with MUNA Headgum
(60-90 min episodes)
Devised as a way to let the straights know about queer lives beyond June, and, by their own admission, grab more cash, in- diepop trio MUNA’s freefalling ramblings are back for a second season. Guests so far include Tegan & Sara and Lucy Dacus.
Gaming Final Fantasy XVI:
What’s in a name? Last month, the 16th instalment of the mainline Final Fantasy series was released. While I could use this space to talk about its brilliant action, beautiful design and ‘meh’ story, I’d rather focus on one tiny detail. Clive. The main character’s name is Clive. Safe to say the internet has had a field day with that one.
Japanese media has a history of laughable English translations, from light novel titles that contain a book’s entire plot to seemingly random mishmashes of English words for video games, like Bravely Default. And vice versa, you probably know someone with a kanji character tattoo – it means strength, brah – that translates to “I love eggs”, or whatever.
Objeks & Tings Message Heard
(12 x 20 min episodes)
Launched to commemorate the 75th anni- versary of Windrush and supported by the Caribbean Heritage Museum, this show- and-tell miniseries invites Caribbean peo- ple to talk about objects central to their identity as both Caribbean and British.
The same way we might mistake a boring Japanese name for something cool-sounding, ‘Clive’ might sound like someone who’s an absolute badass over there. This isn’t the first time Square Enix has used a really banal English name (sorry to all the Clives out there), or one that sounds like word salad. Here are some of my favourites…
Guy, FFII. Literally just a guy. Who talks to beavers. Galuf Halm Baldesion, FFV. What a mouthful. Edward “Edge” Geraldine, FFIV. Edward? Fine. Edge? Too much. Geraldine? Too little.
Daryl & Duncan, FFVI. Definitely on the Clive wavelength.
by Modern Biology Spotify
Sound recording continues to evolve when it comes to capturing the organic sounds of our environment, aptly named Field Recording. Leaving a profound imprint on contemporary music production through genres such as deep techno and vaporwave, sound artists use mushrooms, trees and plants to create ‘organismic’ sounds. Top Tracks: Omni Gardens, Watering Plants; Modern Biology, Mottled Spurge; Ian Hawgood, A Song For The Humble Bee
Plant Lullabies
Cecil Harvey, FFIV. Not an English colonialist but a beautiful, white-haired paladin.
Angeal Hewley, FFVII – Crisis Core. Makes me think of ‘congeal’, or someone from Brooklyn pronouncing ‘angel’.
Questis Trepe, FFVIII. Bless you? Zell Dincht, FFVIII No. Seymour Guado, FFX. This guy is a secondary villain. Seymour is not a good secondary villain name.
Shelinda, FFX. I guess it’s better than ‘Helinda’?
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Bonus: Not one to laugh at, but there’s at least one Welsh name in the series: Owain, FFVI HANNAH COLLINS
Slow Heat Noods Radio
Laguna Loire, FFVIII. Sounds like an adult performer, or rubbish hard-boiled detective.
Not a playlist, more of a radio takeover. Bristol-based independent station Noods Radio presents daily shows from “misfits, dancers, collectors and selectors”. This one is dedicated to the warm weather: soul, hip-hop, broken beat and jazz, it’s all here for your unwind days. Window open, music blaring, and calmness. Top Tracks: Khruangbin, Chocolate Hills; Ural Thomas, Smile; Manduka, Naranjita
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