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December 2023

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Programme December 2023 - - - - - - - December Words conclude - Please scroll down   - - - - - - Pocket Thinking 20 minutes maximum concentration just isn't true!  Listen to these words. We can do better.  4 minutes - - - - - - - - Interview in English  -   Dr Kathryn Ferry -- Interview in English - Her latest book - The Old Convent East Grinstead .  English convents were not only praying and reading the Bible. For many women, convents were a door to a much better and totally rewarding life as well.  Listen to this very intersting inerview. 18 minutes . - - - - - - - Interview in English -  Dr. Susanne   KANNENBERG,  Guinea pigs. Stop being a monster.   Dogs maybe man's best friend. But, guinea pigs hate us with passion.  Especially children.   25 minutes. - - - - - - - Interview in Deutsch -  Manfred   GEIGER  - Berge und Abenteuer.  Mountains and adventures.    Leben am Seil. Hä...

November 2023

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November Words November is a sandwich,  A sandwich of dark and black with a thin slither of light as a filling.  November touches eternity.  November reaches out to the extremes of our understanding.  November is bigger than the whole and as powerful as the whole. Darkness to darkness.  But, remember, when it gets dark the morning always comes.   November Programme HUGHES, Rebecca  - Village life in Eastoft in Yorkshire in England.  Silver linings in even the darkest of clouds.  2022 °°° PAIGL,  Hansi - Musik ist mein Leben.  September 2021 - Deutsch. °°° SIWY, Marty -     Cemeteries and Thoughts   (2020)  Englishr °°° BREUER, Heide - Creative pure.  Pottery, writing,  painting,  and more. Very interesting. °°° Heinrich Thaler  Interview in Deutsch  -  His latest book, Irgendwohin und Zurück.  German. °°° KLOUCEK, Rainhard - Secretary General Pan Europa, Wien. Intervie...

October 2023

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  October Issue 2023,   -  Alexandra Lanz  -  Hansi Paigl  -  Carlos Mazaria  -  Rosy Evans -  Andrea Klar  -   Emil Kashka  - Bruce Duncan - - - October Words - - - -  -   October is the month of the year that marks the coming of darkness.  The two sides of darkness.  The natural darkness and the supernatural darkness.  The darkness of the ongoing year and the darkness of   spirits.  Neither can be without each other.  Shorter days mean longer nights for the great sleep of nature, and, longer nights for the spirits to freely rome.  Halloween is just one example.  October is the month of the spirits.  October quickly goes.  The spirits go home.  Nature carries on with its sleep.   Our October Programme Listen and Read - Alexander Lanz -  A story of miracles, firsts, pain and survival! - - - - - - -- - - - PAIGL,  Hansi - Mus...

September 2023

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September Words    September.  The end of summer dreams. Back to reality.  The start of  routine. Stretching far into the future.  Monotony.  September is the new, too.  A new class.  New friends.  September is the time for moving on. Adventure. An unknown future.  Expectations.  Hopes.  September is, in its own special way, the real sart of our years. Listen and Read - Listen to this short sketch about Jan de Cock.   His life behind bars. In and out of prisons.  All over the world.  Friends he has made.  The good he has done, and the time he was arrested in China, beaten up, and thrown into prison. This is an interesting listen and read. Christian Harford - A Trucker's Life - Listen to this interview about life on the road.  More to it than many can imagine . - - - Sayings  of High Wisdom - Number 1 - Sayings from Tyrol -  From my collection of sayings - - - - - - - - RAINER, Wolfg...

August Edition 2023

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August Words We've reached August again.  It was waiting all the time.  And now, having climbed this slippery hill, we have come to the top of the year.  The days are drawing in, the nights getting longer, and the smell of the north is high up on the wind. There is a chill in the air.  Summer is losing its strength.  All that is left is our annual slide downhill  to the end of the year and Christmas.  We can't escape Christmas. It will always be with us wherever we go.  A certaintity.  But, next August is a certainty, too.  Enjoy the coming months.  They  will come and go whatever we do! Our August Programme Listen to Heide Breuer . A very rich life of creating.  Many different but very close directions.  Pottery.  Writing - a new book is on its way.  Music -especially piano. Travelling and living in countries near and far.  Backpacking in Africa! + + + +  Hören Sie Heide Brauer zu. Ein sehr reiche...

2023 July Edition ° Martin Schlamberger and Yordanka Naydenova ° Alexandra Lanz ° Vanessa Mdluli and Pavitra Tottokara ° Lisl Fischer ° Michael and Judith BASCH ° Marty SIWY ° Petra Novak ° Dr. Kathryn Ferry ° July Speaking °

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  Martin Schlamberger and Yordanka Naydenova  discuss their stories.  Highly interesting.  Everything from bars to yoga to travel.  This is a story of brilliant action that takes in the world.    Interview in English.  Radio Orange, 28. July 2023   - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - Alexandra Lanz - Life is the sweetest of all.  A true story of lost years, suffering and miracles.  Listen and read. English - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vanessa Mdluli and Pavitre Tottokara   A moving interview about the struggle to help prevent the ultimate irreversable tragedy.  Femicide. - - - - - - - - -- - - Lisl Fischer im Gespräch mit Nigel A. JAMES.   Ihr Garten und alles, was dazugehört.  Ein sehr überraschender Cocktail aus allem, was man sich vorstellen kann, und noch viel mehr.  Interessantes Gespräch.   Deutsch Lisl Fischer in discussion with Nigel A.  JAMES.  Her garden and a...

June 2023

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Scroll down for June Words Christian Rinder.   Listen and read.  This is a  very interesting story. An end of war cominghome. Christian Rinder was not the only one happy. Others as well.  A very moving story. Michi Wrizal An interesting discussion with Michi Wrizal and Nigel A. JAMES. Life  in the Austrian small country town of Retz. An interesting A to Z.  In English.  Rebroadcast on Radio Orange, Vienna, on Friday the 23rd of  June 2023.  Listen and enjoy. - - - - - -  - PAIGL, Hansi - Musik ist mein Leben.  September 2021 - Deutsch Hören Sie sich dieses interessante Interview an.  Hansi Paigl.  Ein Entertainer mit einer bunten Vergangenheit und einer dazu passenden Gegenwart.  Er hält uns bei Laune. Listen to this interesting interview.  Hansi Paigl.  An entertainer with a colourful past and a present to match.  Keeping us happy.  - - - - - - - - - A. J.  Cronin Listen to this short in...

May 2023

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Fast Food - by Nigel A.  JAMES May!   May is here again.  The door way to summer.  Hot summer days are just round the corner.  May is a month for poets; A fine May day! A silent May day!  A beautiful May day.  Birds, flowers, and so on.  A call for help.  Mayday  Mayday! SOS!  We are sinking.  August day  August day, Help us!  This just doesn't work.  May is a May day party. A celebration. A Maypole is somethig to dance round.  A May Pole is a baby born in Warsaw in May.   Why celebrate work?  A marching day.  A month of asking.  May I do this, that, or, whatever?  Come what may.  May is here again. May it be hot, may it be cold.   May May be just as it pleases!  May I buy you a drink?   A May or May not Meeting- by Nigel A.  JAMES - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Listen to Jan de Cock A Life Behind Bars Jan de Cock has spent his life in ...

April 2023

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April.  April is different.   April is the month that bridges the gap between the long haul of winter and the fine downward slope towards summer.  April is the sweetest of all.  April is the energy we need.  April is life.  So, put out your hand and touch the hand of April.  Feel it and breath it,  April is here!  - - - - - - - - - - - - Listen and Read!  The True story of Paris Maderna.  He reinvented the bike and fell on his head.  An amusing short story. - - - - - - - - - - - - Vanessa Mdluli and Pavitre Tottokara Listen to this amazing discussion.  Femicide - A nightmare conclusion of suffering and despair. Listen to the efforts being made to prevent this ultimate irreversable tragedy.  A very moving discussion. Edgar Edgar.  A young Viennese singer, guitarist, and song writer. Listen as Edgar talks to us about his work.  Tracks, too.  A musical treat. Edgar.  Ein junger Wiener Sänger, G...

March 2023

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March, 2023. An introduction.  Christmas has long since gone into the past.  We are now moving fast into spring.  Easter is just round the corner.  New inspiration, and growth and new ideas; and, of course, the revival of the old.  Everyone has a story.  Leave no stone unturned; let everyone speak. Their topics are their topics. It our job to ask and leave space for their answers. Ask and let speak!   Please enjoy March.  Nigel A. JAMES, Talk 49 from Vienna. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Magdalena Pfeifer Hören Sie Magdalena Pfeifer und Nigel A. JAMES, wie sie über die Kunst des Kurzfilmemachens sprechen.  Es geht um mehr als nur eine Kamera zu bedienen! Listen to Magdalena Pfeifer and Nigel A. JAMES discussing the art of making short films.  It's more than just pointing a camera!   Broadcast on Radio Orange, Vienna on 31 March 2023 - - - - - - - - - - - An Old Wooden Spoon Listen to this ancient very useful piece of Hungari...

February 2023

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Stephan Edgar im Gespräch mit Nigel A. JAMES . Hören Sie sich dieses Interview an. Spontane Lieder. Ein interessantes Projekt, ein Sänger, auf den man achten sollte!  Gesendet Radio Orange 24.Feb.2023 Stephan Edgar talks to Nigel A. JAMES. Listen to this interview. Spontaneous songs. An interesting project, A singer to look out for!   Also listen on Spotify - follow 49 Talk or Nigel A JAMES Broadcast on Radio Orange on  23rd of February, 2023 Listen to this on YouTube _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Carlos MAZARIO - Listen to this very interesting talk.  Pigeon Fancying. There's more to pigeons and racing than we think.   Broadcast on Radio Orange on 17. February 2023 Listen on YouTube Listen on SPOTIFY - Follow 49 Talk and search Carlos Mazario - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -  - - Click here for a  brand new edition of Full Stop. Number 4 . A selection of short stories written and read by Nigel A. James. Listen and be surprised.  Stories from life. A new...

January 2023 - Our Programme - Click here

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Michi Vrzal - Town and Country    (on Tram 49 on Radio Orange) Listen to Mich's interesting account of her new life in the little village of Retz in Austria. Impressions,  sounds and the very friendly people.  There's lots to do in Retz and Retz has tradition.  Wine, church, cinema, and more. Listen to Michi Vrizal on our YouTube channel   (Interview only) Listen on Spotify Hristina LAZAROVA Hören Sie sich dieses interessante Interview an: Singen, Oper, Mozart, Italien und eine aufregende Zukunft, in der Träume wahr werden. Dieses Interview wurde erstmals am Freitag, den 20. Januar 2023, auf Radio Orange gesendet.  Hristina Lazarova singt in Wien auf der Feurich Performing Stage am 12. Februar um 11.00 Uhr.  Die Feurich Performing Stage befindet sich in der Mariahilferstrasse 51. 1060 Wien. Listen to this interesting interview, Singing, opera, Mozart, Italy, and an exciting future of dreams coming true. This interview was first broadcast on Radio ...