Pop Star Philosophy
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Broadcaster and comedian Steve Punt scours the archives to exhume the often pretentious and opinionated philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.
With the help of music journalists Paul Morley, Kate Mossman, DJ and record producer Ras Kwame and surprising soundbites from the archive, Steve explores the concept of the pop star as philosopher. From pop star hobbies, to politics and theories of aliens and the Illuminati, Steve explores the attempts of pop stars to make sense of a chaotic world.
Presenter: Steve Punt Producer: Georgia Catt.
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:54.0 | Hi, I'm Riana Dylan, and this is seriously. |
| 1:00.0 | One of the things I like about comedy is it often provides the purest snapshot of an era. |
| 1:05.0 | You can tell a lot about a decade from what they laughed at. |
| 1:08.0 | So here's Peter Sellers in 1958 as a pop star. |
| 1:12.0 | Well now, Mr. Iron, what are your plans for the future? |
| 1:16.0 | Well, I don't know. |
| 1:18.0 | What, what is that? |
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