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"end": 36.56, + "text": " I'm Rianne and with me, I have Eli." + }, + { + "start": 36.56, + "end": 40.0, + "text": " Eli, what is in your podcast box of Loveliness this week?" + }, + { + "start": 40.0, + "end": 41.32, + "text": " Well, hello." + }, + { + "start": 41.32, + "end": 44.88, + "text": " This is Books and Authors, a podcast that brings together episodes" + }, + { + "start": 44.88, + "end": 47.0, + "text": " from a couple of radio four programs." + }, + { + "start": 47.0, + "end": 50.400000000000006, + "text": " One is called Open Book and mainly talks to authors about books" + }, + { + "start": 50.400000000000006, + "end": 52.52, + "text": " that they've written or are working on." + }, + { + "start": 52.52, + "end": 54.84, + "text": " And it also takes in a literary scene" + }, + { + "start": 54.84, + "end": 56.88, + "text": " and goes to book festivals and things like that." + }, + { + "start": 56.88, + "end": 58.92, + "text": " The other show that contributes to this podcast series" + }, + { + "start": 58.92, + "end": 61.0, + "text": " is called A Good Read, which brings in two guests" + }, + { + "start": 61.0, + "end": 62.6, + "text": " to talk about books that they love." + }, + { + "start": 62.6, + "end": 65.56, + "text": " But the nice thing about this podcast is it combines these two shows" + }, + { + "start": 65.56, + "end": 67.64, + "text": " and it was single fee called Books and Authors." + }, + { + "start": 67.64, + "end": 69.52000000000001, + "text": " So it's two for the price of one kind of." + }, + { + "start": 69.52000000000001, + "end": 71.12, + "text": " The episode we're about to hear has got" + }, + { + "start": 71.12, + "end": 74.96000000000001, + "text": " comedian Phil Jupiter's talking about a book on Dada" + }, + { + "start": 74.96000000000001, + "end": 77.96000000000001, + "text": " and comedian Robin Inz, who's from Infinite Monkey Cage." + }, + { + "start": 77.96000000000001, + "end": 80.80000000000001, + "text": " He's talking about Soviet era science fiction." + }, + { + "start": 80.80000000000001, + "end": 83.24000000000001, + "text": " Here it is, Books and Authors." + }, + { + "start": 83.24000000000001, + "end": 85.56, + "text": " Hello, with me today, two comedians." + }, + { + "start": 85.56, + "end": 89.08, + "text": " This first Phil Jupiter stand up poet and improviser" + }, + { + "start": 89.08, + "end": 94.08, + "text": " for 18 years, team captain on BBC 2's pop quiz Nevermind the Bus Cocks" + }, + { + "start": 94.08, + "end": 97.8, + "text": " and a regular guest on shows such as QI on television." + }, + { + "start": 97.8, + "end": 100.4, + "text": " And I'm sorry I haven't a clue on the radio." + }, + { + "start": 100.4, + "end": 102.2, + "text": " He's currently on a nationwide tour" + }, + { + "start": 102.2, + "end": 105.0, + "text": " with his stand up show Dupricity." + }, + { + "start": 105.0, + "end": 108.28, + "text": " With Phil, it's Robin Inz, who with Professor Brian Cox" 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274.92, + "text": " and Richter." + }, + { + "start": 274.92, + "end": 277.88, + "text": " And what I love about him is that he's not frightened" + }, + { + "start": 277.88, + "end": 279.52000000000004, + "text": " to blow his own trumpet during the book." + }, + { + "start": 279.52000000000004, + "end": 283.56, + "text": " During the book he does say, of course I created one of the," + }, + { + "start": 283.56, + "end": 286.0, + "text": " I created the first surrealist film." + }, + { + "start": 286.0, + "end": 288.20000000000005, + "text": " And he didn't because the Italian futurist" + }, + { + "start": 288.2, + "end": 289.44, + "text": " did that in 1909." + }, + { + "start": 289.44, + "end": 292.88, + "text": " And he's, his first film was in 1921" + }, + { + "start": 292.88, + "end": 295.4, + "text": " and there was a German surrealist that did a film in 1920." + }, + { + "start": 295.4, + "end": 299.28, + "text": " So the pump enough hyperbole of an artist saying," + }, + { + 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