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John Fuller-Carp, the Machiavellian head of chambers at Forecourt Buildings, is determined to become a QC and will perform almost any moral contortion to achieve his goal. When left-wing Ruth Quirke, rumoured to be a High Court judge's daughter, applies to join his chambers, Fuller-Carp's imagination goes into overdrive and promotion seems inevitable. However, his attempts to project a 'New Labour' image cut no ice with Ruth, and the two are soon at each other's throats.

The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words); his wife, Beverley, a celebrated novelist; and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen. Together they will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant.

In 2045, friction has been engineered out of existence. But for two exiles on opposite sides of a broken world, the noise is just beginning. San Francisco is a paradise of perfect efficiency. AI "Mirrors" handle difficult conversations, and "Auto-gigs" project soulless concerts into empty clubs. Samir Patel is drifting. His marriage didn’t end with a fight, but with a quiet negotiation between algorithms. Now an exile in his own life, he tends bar at Maelzel’s Exhibition—one of the last holdouts for human-made music in a partitioned California.

From a former U.S. House spokesman and Senate speechwriter, a group of junior staffers working on Capitol Hill find themselves in the middle of a political standoff in this satirical novel. Iowa Farm boy Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C., joining a group of employees working for a...

Ireland’s original independent left leaning news, politics, and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and still punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts, Martin McMahon and Tony Groves as they delve into the news of the day, pull apart the spin and challenge you to be an activist. This is the non-corporate, ad free, non-plastic-podcast reality that the medium is made for. There will be shenanigans!

Welcome to dinnerlads – a warm, crispy rewatch podcast dedicated to Victoria Wood’s classic sitcom, dinnerladies. Each week, we revisit every episode from the canteen, serving up laughs, hot takes, and gravy-thick appreciation for one of Britain’s best-loved comedies. Grab 7 rounds of white, a coffee and join us on the fire escape.This podcast contains audio clips from the original series, used under fair dealing provisions for the purposes of criticism and review. All clips remain copyright their respective owners. Full attributions are provided in individual episode show notes. Hosted ...

Want an escape from every day life? Listen to a professional performer and a professional barista talk your worries away in The Chambers Brothers! A modern take on all things movies and otherwise!

NYC comedians Joe Nunnink and Trent Mabry read the Wall Street Journal because one of them gets it for free at work.

Chambers of the Occult is a paranormal and true crime podcast hosted by J, a real-life tour guide at the Winchester Mystery House.Each episode explores chilling hauntings, unsolved crimes, strange legends, and eerie historical oddities, featuring a rotating cast of guests including current and former haunted-house tour guides, creatives, and paranormal enthusiasts. Blending firsthand experience, dark humor, and curiosity, the show offers a fresh perspective from people who live and work around the uncanny.If you’re into ghost stories, true crime, and a little chaotic fun, step into the dark....

Each week, Eli invites a guest to convince him to like a piece of popular culture.

Dive into the whimsical world of Robert Chambers, a contemporary of Lovecraft, whose collection of weird supernatural tales leans more towards humor than horror. Join the narrator, an adventurous employee at the newly opened Bronx Zoo in New York, as he embarks on a quest to procure an array of rare and extraordinary animal specimens for the zoo. From the merely extinct to the wonderfully bizarre, his escapades are filled with unexpected twists and delightful encounters, including the inevitable romance with a captivating woman. (Summary by Peter Eastman)

Every day many of us report to a box where strangers will judge, bully or abuse us. We'll fritter away at largely irrelevant tasks or worse at meaningful tasks reduced to absurdity by rules and procedures that don't just defy logic, they call into question the very ability of organizations to do anything but make the world a worse place. Some people call this work. We call it the Depression Chamber. **The identities of our interviewees are protected with voice changers and pseudonyms to allow for honesty without retaliation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing ourselves to the world as well as our guest Freya!! P.S Daphne goes NUTS!!!!!!

The Oppression Chamber Podcast is hosted by comedians David Boyle, John Dore and Izzy Ali. Listen in as they actively destroy their “careers” one podcast at a time. Joining the fun are some of Australia’s most unstable comedians.

... or TDCoRS for the cool kids, is a semi regular foray into podcasting from a couple of reprobates better suited to cleaning cars at busy intersections wearing squirrel outfits. Putting that aside, we did this... Already, we apologise, but no, we won't pay psychiatry bills. In future, there'll be topics of all sorts, from chives to wampeers, and so on. Grab some sustenance, choose a comfortable nesting area and settle down in style to the vocal jousting of Ramachandra and Sweetcorn. tdcors@gmail.com SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!!!!

Violating your earholes while pairing pints with classic horror, GenX style. Paul and Alec drink in the work of literary masters amidst collapsing scenery and pop culture digressions. Open all hours. www.shbeercast.com

The alligator had a good life, but his neighbor was a little a**hole. His neighbor just happened to be a squirrel. Not all squirrels are a**holes, but this one was. What was the poor alligator to do? He did what anybody would do: went into his garage and built a 60mm machine-gun, a flamethrower, and a grenade launcher, with which to deal with the problem. Then, suddenly, things got crazy.

A group of geeks discovers just how very, very small our universe really is.

A podcast by football supporters, for football supporters.Come for the banter, stay for the laughs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bria’s Banter is 20-30 minutes of lively comedic sarcasm between friends and family. As it is all in good fun, this podcast serves as a (sometimes cheeky) reprieve from the animosity of our current culture.