Summary
Kate Maltby, Lucy Powell, Zoe Strimpel join Shahidha Bari. Virtue Rewarded is the subtitle of Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela, which began as a conduct book before he turned it into the new literary form of the novel. Playwright Martin Crimp has taken this book as the inspiration for his latest work When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other. Shahidha Bari & guests debate consent then and now + news of the £40,000 Artes Mundi 8 Prize which is awarded tonight in Cardiff.
The Artes Mundi 8 shortlisted artists are Anna Boghiguian (Canada/Egypt); Bouchra Khalili (Morocco/France); Otobong Nkanga (Nigeria/Belgium); Trevor Paglen (USA); Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand). The exhibition runs at the National Museum Cardiff until Feb 24th 2019. New Generation Thinker Des Fitzgerald reports.
Martin Crimp's play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other is directed by Katie Mitchell and stars Cate Blanchett. It runs at the National Theatre in rep until March 2nd 2019.
Producer: Luke Mulhall
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right? |
| 0:23.3 | It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream. |
| 0:28.8 | Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:37.3 | Hello, you. Yes, you with the inquiring mind and the artistic hair. Thank you for downloading |
| 0:44.1 | this podcast. We promise to keep you company as you trek the lonely path to work, laugh with you |
| 0:50.4 | as you loll in the bath and whisper sweet somethings into your ear as you drift into sleep. |
| 0:56.2 | I'm Shahid Abari and I think you and the Arts and Ideas podcast from BBC Radio 3 are just meant to be together. |
| 1:04.3 | Think of it as a love letter heading straight to your brain, delivered to you in just a moment after this. |
| 1:17.2 | Why does music move us? How does it do it? Well, if these are questions that have been firing you up, I've got the very podcast for you. I'm Tom Service from BBC Radio 3 and from |
| 1:23.5 | Schubert symphonies to video game music, from how to start a piece of music and when to end it. |
| 1:28.8 | From background music to Birdsong, from Beethoven to Beyonce, from Bach to the future. |
| 1:35.5 | Thank you very much indeed. |
| 1:36.9 | The Listing Service podcast is your guide to how music works. |
| 1:41.0 | Add all kinds of music to, the mastery and mechanics behind the magic. |
| 1:46.0 | Just search for the listening service on BBC Sounds and learn more about the music we all love. |
| 1:52.0 | Imagine a rich and powerful man preying upon a younger female employee. |
| 1:58.0 | He corners her at work, assaults her and threatens to ruin her reputation if she resists |
| 2:03.6 | his advances. |
| 2:05.0 | In 2019, it's the kind of experience you might read about on Twitter, attached to the hashtag |
| 2:10.2 | Me Too. |
| 2:11.3 | In the 1740s, though, it was the literary sensation of a decade, a novel called Pamela by Samuel Richardson. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.