The Local Authority is a podcast by Local Government Chronicle. Each month, the podcast will ask fundamental questions about how local government needs to adapt to fulfil its full potential and best serve local populations. It will see LGC assemble a small panel of significant figures from the sector to discuss one specific issue per episode. All will have a focus on the future, with the emphasis being on innovation, fairness, policy change and place leadership. Between launch in May 2021 an ...
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The Last Province is your source for discussion about Legend of the Five Rings lore and competitive play. Brought to you by long time players Daniel Tickle, George Maney, and Robert Denton.
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Welcome to my podcast, where the descriptions are brief and the content is full Cover art photo provided by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@edgarraw
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Welcome to the Flashbang Gaming Podcasts! A weekly gaming debating podcast featuring @Joe_LGC (Joe) and @EdMcdougall99 (Edward). Episodes will be uploaded here every Saturday!
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Exploring all things genetics. Dr Patrick Short, University of Cambridge alumnus and CEO of Sano Genetics, analyses the science, interviews the experts, and discusses the latest findings and breakthroughs in genetic research. To find out more about Sano Genetics and its mission to accelerate the future of precision medicine visit: www.sanogenetics.com
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CRES presents the Let’s Get Coffee Podcast hosted by Jeremy Vanderloop.
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EP 157: Bridging genomics, business, and equity in healthcare access with Mark Taylor of LGC Group
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0:00 Invitation to The Genetics Podcast meet up 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:25 Welcome to Mark 3:10 Introduction to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 4:05 Mark’s roles with the NIHR in strategic partnerships 7:35 Challenges patients face in accessing NHS resources and the NIHR’s efforts to streamline availability 13:25 How …
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Episode 96 - A Brief History of the Spider Clan
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The Spider Clan is a faction from old L5R that had more than a little controversy behind it's creation. Today the guys will discuss how the clan came to be and their lore. Additionally they discuss Bobby's new Halloween fiction "It Refused to Remain Dead" The fiction is available at: https://www.legendofthefiverings.com/it-refused-to-remain-dead/ O…
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EP 159: Engineering macrophages to tackle rare disease with Noam Baumatz of Noga Therapeutics
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Noam and discussion of his motivation to drive rare disease forward 03:00 Noam’s daughter Noga’s experience of rare disease, including an 8 to 12 month journey to diagnosis 05:10 How the experience of his daughter receiving a genetic diagnosis motivated Noam to take change into his own hands 10:12…
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EP 158: Research Roundup with Dr Veera: Discoveries in neurogenetics, evolution, cardiac arrhythmias, and more!
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0:00 Invitation to The Genetics Podcast meetup 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:30 Welcome to Veera 3:20 The evolution on skin color in humans and their ancestors: Discussion on how a retrotransposon—often called a "jumping gene"—within the ASIP gene (agouti signaling protein) influenced the evolution of skin pigmentation in humans and their an…
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One of the government’s first acts on coming to power in July was to launch a consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework in a bid to deliver its ambition of 370,000 homes a year over the course of this parliament. Proposed changes include a new methodology for housing targets, a move towards more strategic planning and a revi…
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We hope you will join us at our first (of hopefully many!) in-person podcast event! Please use this link to sign up.توسط Sano Genetics
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EP 155: Adeno-associated virus as a delivery vector for genetic eye disease treatment, with Paul Wille of Abeona Therapeutics
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0:00 Invitation to our first in-person podcast event 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:20 Welcome to Paul 2:53 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) biology and its advantages over other viral vectors 5:20 The gene therapy landscape and options for therapy development and delivery 6:49 The limitations of working with AAV to deliver gene therapy, includin…
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This episode is sponsored by Brightwood. Brightwood Capital is a $6 billion private credit firm that specialises in providing customised senior debt capital to sponsored and non-sponsored U.S. businesses in five core industries within the middle market. This episode was recorded live at the LGC Investment and Pensions Summit which was held between …
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EP 154: Pioneering early disease detection through wearable devices and regular monitoring with Dr. Mike Snyder
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0:00 Introduction 1:00 Overview of Mike’s background and contributions to genomics and preventative medicine, as well as how he first became interested in deep data collection for health monitoring 4:20 The use of various tools, including smartwatches, blood tests, genetic testing, and more, to create a comprehensive view of an individual’s health …
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EP 153: How genomics is re-writing the taxonomy of disease with Lon Cardon, President and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Lon 01:51 Lon’s involvement in the very first GWAS and what drew him to large-scale genomics research 03:32 Was moving away from candidate genes towards GWAS and data sharing initially a controversial idea? 05:25 What Lon believes has driven collaboration and data sharing within research communiti…
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EP 152: Unlocking the secrets of gene regulation with Nadav Ahituv, Director of the Institute of Human Genetics at UCSF
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01:15 - Introductions 02:02 - How our understanding of the non-coding genome has evolved throughout Nadav’s career 04:56 - Our current understanding of non-coding genome grammar 07:40 - Is there a missing piece to the common variant, common disease paradigm? 10:25 - Introducing ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and human accelerated regions (HARs) 12:…
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Episode 95 - The River of Gold, Part 2
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Today the guys discuss the latter half of the River of Gold fictions that Bobby wrote along with some news and discussing what they have been up to recently. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"…
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EP 151: Understanding cell ageing and its role in disease with Marco Quarta Co-founder and CEO of Rubedo Life Sciences
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Marco 02:00 The areas Marco focused on during his academic career and what motivated him to found his first company 03:18 How our understanding of ageing has changed over the past two decades and some of the current big questions in ageing biology 06:01 How to get a clearer picture of the ageing p…
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EP 150: Cracking the biological code of aging with Martin Borch Jensen, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Gordian Biotechnology
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Martin 01:35 How a particularly large Indian meal resulted in a book about intermittent fasting and the biology of ageing 05:10 The biological mechanisms behind intermittent fasting, and whether it’s been established to extend life expectancy in humans. 10:13 What we know (and what we don’t) about…
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The search for good savings with Martin Reeves, Mark Smith, and Ebony Hughes from Impower
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Continually looking for savings and efficiencies in the quest to balance the books has become a way of life for local authorities. But striking the balance between achieving savings in the short term without storing up more problems for the future is challenging and can require political and managerial bravery. In this episode of The Local Authorit…
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EP 149: Sequencing 33 million samples to support the UK’s COVID-19 response with Tony Cox, CEO of UK Biocentre
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Tony 02:00 What Tony was expecting going into the role of CEO at UK Biocentre, and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed his plans 03:38 Receiving a phone call from the UK government in March 2020 asking the UK Biocentre to stop all of its projects and focus on sequencing COVID-19 samples 05:12 The UK…
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EP 148: Advancing veteran health through the Million Veteran Program with Dr. Mike Gaziano, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
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0:00 Intro 2:00 Mike’s career prior to the Million Veteran Program (MVP), how Mike got to work on MVP, and important milestones in the project's evolution 8:30 Future goals for the Million Veteran Program in expanding and diversifying the research cohort 11:00 The roles of various omics in advancing the project's development 14:30 The most meaningf…
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EP 147: From research to delivering precision medicine in the clinic with Scott Weiss, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Scott 01:55 Scott’s career highlights to date, ranging from epidemiology to the genetics of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 04:56 How and why Scott decided to transition into genetics 06:30 The advances in our understanding of the genetics of asthma and COPD over the past 2…
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EP 146: The biology of aging with Austin Argentieri, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Affiliate Member of the Broad Institute, and Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Austin 01:42 What is aging and how should we think about it? 03:50 Discussion of Austin’s recent breakthrough paper on aging, including the questions he set out to answer, and the outcomes of the research 06:32 How Austin’s work focuses on using large-scale population proteomics data to create acc…
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Daniel 02:04 Defining rare disease in the age of personalized medicine 04:57 Key touchpoints with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) when developing a new medicine 09:27 Improvements over the course of Daniel’s career when it comes to incentivizing and making the path t…
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EP 144: Research Roundup with Dr. Veera: breakthroughs in developmental disorders, Parkinson's, SLE, and Alzheimer's
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0:00 Introduction 1:40 A recurrent de novo mutation in a noncoding region of a small nucleolar RNA gene that has been identified as one of the most common causes of neurodevelopmental disorders This pathogenic variant escaped notice for years because it was not located in a protein coding region of the genome It now shows potential as a target for …
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Episode 94 - The River of Gold
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With the release of the River of Gold board game, Bobby has been at it again. Today we discuss the first three parts of the fiction series, written by Bobby and narrated by Heather Jinmaku. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativeco…
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EP 143: Harnessing human data in drug development with Jakob Steinfeldt, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Pheiron
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Jakob and background on Pheiron 02:14 What made Jakob decide to start Pheiron, what the company does, and how his scientific background inspired him to found a start-up 5:24 Jakob’s excitement and inspiration around the power and potential of machine learning 07:07 Cardiology and heart failure as …
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BONUS: This episode is from the LGC Investment Series Podcast which brings you exclusive content from our LGPS focused event series. In this episode, deputy editor of Local Government Chronicle Martin George is joined by is Phil Triggs, Tri-Borough Director of Treasury and Pensions at Westminster City Council, and Jo Donnelly, Secretary to the Sche…
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EP 142: From genome to bedside: How genetics is transforming modern medical practice with Dr. Andrea Gropman
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0:00 Introduction 1:40 Andrea’s background and how she got into the field of genetics, neuroimaging, and metabolic disorders 4:00 Insights into Andrea’s clinical practice, including the diverse families and patients she serves and her approach to clinical decision-making 6:30 How genetics and genomics have changed the diagnostic journey in the last…
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What does the Labour landslide mean for local government?
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Last week Labour won the general election and a new government is in place. To discuss what this might mean for local government, including devolution, council funding and planning reform, LGC editor Sarah Calkin is joined by an expert panel: Charlotte Alldritt, founder and former chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy and political a…
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EP 141: Bringing genomics to the clinic with Lori Orlando, Associate Prof at Duke University
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Lori Orlando 03:00 Lori’s career: From mathematical modelling to genetics and family history 05:11 The study that revealed 20% of the general population is at a higher risk of disease than average and needs preventative care 07:36 The first five diseases that Lori started analysing through informa…
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 1:00 Welcome to Ben Goldacre 02:22 Ben’s open data projects at the Bennett Institute and the challenges they aim to tackle 04:03 Using Electronic Health Records (EHR) to help the National Health Service improve care 06:18 The importance of software development within healthcare data and how to manage salary scales…
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EP 139: Rare disease breakthroughs using tRNA with Michelle Werner, CEO of Alltrna and CEO-Partner of Flagship Pioneering
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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast. 01:00 Welcome to Michelle. 02:00 Sstop codon diseases and how are they characterised 03:45 Diseases caused by premature stop codons in haploinsufficient genes. 04:35 The role of transfer RNA technology in finding solutions for premature stop codon diseases. 06:16 How Alltrna is engineering tRNAs which can bind to…
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0:00 Introduction 1:45 Almut’s research experience, including two recent publications on genome-scale metabolic reconstruction human microorganisms Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of 7,302 human microorganisms for personalized medicine APOLLO: A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction resource of 247,092 diverse human microbes spanning multiple…
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EP 137: Mavis Machirori on promoting equity, diversity, and social justice in genomics research
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0:00 Intro 1:30 Mavis’ career arc, from starting as a midwife to researching medical innovation and technology with an emphasis on advocacy and equity 7:00 Systemic issues that are easily overlooked in medical research and advancements Webinar: Participant Diversity: Increasing the Impact of Biomedical Research Webinar 10:00 Addressing Eurocentrici…
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The rising costs of home to school transport with Rachael Shimmin, Roger Gough, and Liz Davidson from Qroutes
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Home to school transport has become an increasing pressure on council budgets as a combination of increases in demand from pupils with special educational needs and a lack of supply push up costs. In this episode of The Local Authority, LGC in association with Qroutes, would like to explore how councils can reduce costs whilst ensuring children rec…
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0:00 Introduction 2:00 Allison’s personal journey to researching epilepsy and ring chromosome 20 syndrome 4:00 Biggest challenges families face with ring chromosome 20 syndrome 11:00 Incidence and prevalence of r(20) syndrome, and how we can improve data reliability 21:00 Applying next generation sequencing to r(20) syndrome gene research 29:00 Eng…
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EP 135: Integration of newborn sequencing programs into healthcare systems with Dr. Ingrid Holm
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0:00 Introduction 1:30 Ingrid’s initial interests in genetics, paediatrics, and newborn screening 2:45 How the original BabySeq project, a pioneering newborn sequencing program got started, how it’s going, and the launch of BabySeq2 8:45 Lessons from BabySeq1 and goals for BabySeq2 10:30 Potential societal and long-term considerations for those inv…
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EP 134: Prenatal genetic testing and the future of AI in genetic counselling with Kira Dineen, host of DNA Today
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0:00 Introduction 1:00 The backstory of how Kira first started DNA Today in 2012, when she was still in high school! 3:30 Some of Kira’s favourite topics she has discussed on DNA Today, including the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, and the story of a Glee actress with down syndrome 10:00 Kira’s best practices for podcasting, from over 10 years of experi…
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It's 3pm on 03 May, and the local election count is on. In the LGC news room for this special Local Authority episode, LGC deputy editor Martin George is joined by editor Sarah Calkin and reporter Caitlin Webb to talk all things results: what do we know so far, what trends are at play and what local issues have been influencing results? Which are t…
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Episode 93 - Embrace the Story
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Breakup of the Embracer group, a new series of articles about L5R's history, and a discussion of the scope of Fantasy caps off today's episode of The Last Province "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/…
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EP 133: Insights into pharmacogenomics and increasing diversity in genomics research with Dr. Emma Magavern
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0:00 Introduction 2:00 The value of an English Literature degree in designing and analysing research studies in medicine 3:45 Emma’s entrance to pharmacogenomics and her transition from practising physician to genetics research 6:00 How the East London Genes and Health program is increasing representation of diverse populations, namely South Asians…
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0:00 Introduction 1:00 George’s upcoming big projects, including developing full recycling, renewing energy, creating bioweather maps, and harnessing citizen science 6:45 Progress in engineering viral resistance in humans, including thoughts from pre- and post- pandemic 11:00 A swapped genetic code that prevents viral infections and gene transfer b…
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EP 131: The potential of somatic genomics in drug discovery and development with Jake Rubens
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0:00 Intro 0:40 Jake’s experiences as a serial entrepreneur starting five companies with a basis in genomic science 5:30 Opportunities for research and drug development in the realm of somatic science 9:20 Somatic evolution and how it provides valuable insights into disease mechanisms 12:30 Advantages and disadvantages of studying germline genome-w…
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Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 1:20 How polydactyl mutations can inform research on non-coding variant mechanisms The importance of low-affinity binding between transcription factors and targets How these lessons can help us improve our understanding of drug and target discovery See Veera’s January round-up for more information: https://www.gwasstor…
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EP 129: Patient advocacy for genetic ALS and FTD with Jean Swidler, Executive Director of End the Legacy
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0:00 Introduction 0:45 Jean’s personal experiences with family members with genetic ALS 10:00 Jean’s thoughts on the barriers and facilitators to providing treatment for those with genetic ALS 13:20 Insights into C9orf72, a common genetic determinant of ALS, and how it can also be associated with FTD 16:10 Jean’s experiences as an active advocate f…
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Local elections special: Colin Rallings on why Tories could lose half the seats they are defending. Also, do people care about mayors?
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The local elections are just around the corner, with everyone in England and Wales able to vote in either council, metro mayor or police and crime commissioner elections, or a combination of the three. With the Conservatives behind in national polling, the increasing importance of independent candidates, and some bellwether mayoral and council cont…
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Episode 13 - Bad Thanksgiving Candy
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Today the guys sample three different kinds of weird Thanksgiving ""flavored"" candy while reminising about better times. Today's episode was sponsored by NordVPN, Honey, Grammerly, Spotify, Raycon, and Spotify.توسط Daniel Tickle, George Maney, Robert Denton III
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0:00 Introduction 1:05 Insights into the PD GENEration’s (a programme from the Parkinson's Foundation) milestones and progress points for the upcoming year 3:30 The shifting attitudes and perspectives of neurologists and healthcare workers at the PD GENEration 5:50 Insights into Nacho’s work with the genetics of Parkinson’s disease 10:20 Barriers a…
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