Self styled ‘little old lady’, Ro Jackson, talks about how the St Albans Sustainability Festival gave her the inspiration and the information she needed to take some big steps to make her home fossil…
This time Clive and Anna talk about Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with specific examples of manufacturing, healthcare and driverless cars. How clever are such technologies and how much do we…
It is often suggested that Gen Z young people who have grown up with Social Media are not particularly concerned about their Privacy but maybe they just don’t realise how much about themselves they ar…
Podcast creator and producer John Cushing explains to Local Life the production services that he and his colleague Michael Weadock are providing to a multitude of different sports after a working life…
Clive and his daughter Sarah reveal how they won the 2020 BBC Children in Need competition with prizes including having an online chat with Dr Who herself – Jodie Whittaker – and got to visit the real…
Clive talks to local music technology student and club DJ Hannah about the development of music technology from vinyl records through CDs to downloads and streaming. Plus the development of pop and ro…
We hear from Philip Le Riche about the joy of repairing things and why it is so important for our planet. Another part of our series in the lead up to the COP26 climate conference next month
Young people born in this century – Generation Z – are understandably concerned about the implications of Climate Change. Following the recent publication of the latest IPCC report on Climate Change C…
Clive and Hannah discuss the future of cars. From 2030 – less than 9 years away – you will no longer be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car. So electric cars will be dominant but will everyone want…
Do young people listen to radio or do they prefer PodCasts? That is the question Clive put to Anna who is perhaps unusual for her generation as she does listen to radio programmes but also to PodCasts…
Well actually, it isn’t. And if you ‘click on one’ as invited, you could soon be handing over access to all your banking details. Darren Ward of HCC Trading Standards explains how the scammers use a…
Bill Gates’ new book, How To Avoid A Climate Disaster is not an easy read. If you read for pleasure or for escapism, I suggest you do not add this sobering book to your pile of bedtime reading. Bill G…
Clive and Honor discuss how clever dogs are with particular reference to Honor’s dog Max as an example. Developers of Artificial Intelligence systems say that they have now reached a level equivalent…
It appears that times are changing and most of us are more likely to be glued to our screens than engrossed in a book. I’ve been as guilty of this as anyone during lockdown! Not so long ago, I used t…
In this podcast Clive and Anna discuss how they use Digital Personal Assistants like Alexa, Google and Siri. Clive feels embarrassed talking to his phone but is that second nature to young people like…
