Episodes
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026 Asteroids
This week, asteroids are our stepping stones towards the Super Bowl, Sonic the Hedgehog and a trio of German anarchists. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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024 Warwickshire
We spent Christmas in the historic county of Warwickshire, home of Luddites, bears and no less than six motorways. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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023 Songs to Listen to Before a Date
Suffering from pre-date jitters? We might just have the answer... in song form, of course. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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022 Octopuses
They do impressions, change colour, squirt ink, they may even have a sense of humour… but what song best embodies these supremely intelligent invertebrates? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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021 The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells, Claude Rains and now Johnny Depp have all brought him to life, but what song best unmasks this most elusive villain? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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020 Curtains
We lift the curtain on rumours that Aphex Twin lives on Elephant & Castle roundabout and examine the Randian undercurrents of an easy listening staple. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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019 Robots
We venture to the very frontier of advanced robotics: the Teasmade; the Wetherspoons app, no technology is beyond us. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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018 Calendars
Everyone's favourite time-honoured grids get the TRIN treatment in this, our landmark eighteenth episode. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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017 Songs of the Summer 2017
We're joined by Pitchfork journalist Laura Snapes to help us choose the defining summer anthem for 2017. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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016 Mark Zuckerberg
He's the most ruthless computer programmer (and the fifth richest person) in the world, but what song defines him? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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015 Norway
Does Norway have the stamina to keep its head held high? Or are there dark forces at work in the national psyche? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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014 Fields of Wheat
Was it the Tory plan all along for Theresa May's admission of crop-stomping naughtiness to go viral? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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011 Shepherd's Bush
We go behind the scenes at West London's Bushstock Festival to find a song for this often overlooked corner of the city. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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010 Hedges
Finally, a song to soundtrack the humble hedge... or is it? Does our panel even really know what a hedge is? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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009 Outsiders
Is Emmanuel Macron more David or Goliath? Is it up to us to decide if we're an outsider or not? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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007 The Sixties
This week's tricky topic sees Nathan blurring the lines between kitchen-sink drama and Middle Earth and Sarah determined to take psychotropic drugs. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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006 Songs You Can't Listen to Anymore
On this week's show we revisit tunes best left alone, like those soundtracking the death throes of New Labour, and those beloved of Top Gear-worshipping proggers. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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004 Steam
This week we're picking up steam by considering the authenticity of the female orgasm and whether there's a place on disco dancefloors for the avant garde. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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002 Warren Beatty
This week we assess the sexual accomplishments – and the unlikely dalliance with electroclash – of Hollywood legend and Oscars cock-up merchant Warren Beatty. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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001 The Solar System
This week we're joined by singer-songwriter John Joseph Brill as we travel thirty-nine light years from Earth to the newly discovered Trappist-1 solar system, but not before heading down the pub for some chips. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017
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The Rest is Noise is a podcast on a mission to assign songs to every concept, person, people, place or thing in the universe...
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Martin Dickie
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