
Ben Cooper
@booper
BBC radio and podcast producer, 90s aficionado, and aspiring northerner. Probably taller than you. Tweets are my own, however misguided and/or rare they may be.
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30-04-2008 06:30:18
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📻 Listen back to Nicola Benedetti's feature on BBC Radio 4's show Profile to hear from Nicola, her family and colleagues discussing everything from her love of the Bee Gees and commitment to music education, to her new role as our Festival Director. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…


A real joy to produce this episode (apart from struggling to condense his life and career into 14mins) From Whitchurch High School to LAFC, via Southampton FC, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸. Featuring George Burley, Kevin Bond, Guillem Balague and Elis James. FA WALES Gareth Bale


Profile: Hanif Kureishi After suffering a fall that has left him paralysed, the famous playwright, screenwriter and author has begun sharing his thoughts with the world from his hospital bed. Listen to the Profile podcast on BBC Sounds. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

🚨 The 1975's Matty Healy has a public service announcement for Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher of Oasis 🚨 (the full interview is up on our YouTube: youtu.be/yqzQkxZjo0A)








Bill Gates is on the Climate Question podcast: how Bill Gates stay positive when the news reports the opposite 🎧➡️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…


Demand for the precious metals that make up our car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines is growing. China is leading the green tech revolution but there are allegations of worker and environmental abuses. Graihagh Jackson🌎 investigates 🎧 bbc.in/4bQ32zn




On this week's episode of Rethink for BBC Radio 4, Ben Ansell asks if we're witnessing the end of liberalism. Featuring Michael Gove, Jon Cruddas, Edmund Fawcett, Prof Catherine de Vries (Università Bocconi), and Prof Sarah de Lange (Amsterdam University) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The piece can be read at the link below. Thanks to Catherine de Vries, Sarah de Lange, Edmund Fawcett, Jon Cruddas, and yes Michael Gove for the Rethink episode inspiring this - and especially to Ben Cooper for producing it. benansell.substack.com/p/politics-wit…

