It's The BBG (Big Bald Gammon), Not The BBC

Richie Allen is a terrific radio journalist. 

I don't always agree with him (who gives a fuck what the dumbed down media say, I research what I want to know), but last night after a few days of long hours, I finally got to bed about 3am and even at 4am I was cracked up in bed. 

When Richie wants to be funny, he can turn it on like a tap. It's just that usually he's quite serious and incisive.

Not this show though.

The sketch where two Chinese takeaways get talking to each other is off-the-charts funny, and there are few pleasures better than being too amused to sleep, irrespective of how tired we might be.

My Last Gift To My Children Will Be To Kill Myself

‘"My last gift to my children will be to kill myself"’ on Audioboo

A classic example of heartless capitalism and the endless charge for profits over people in the UK today. You may notice the caller refers to UK Column and thus you can be sure she knows exactly what is going on in the UK with its calls for war, protection of banksters, corporations, Royalty and security state.

Is Doctor Who The BBC's Most Reliable Content?

Cliff High being interviewed for three and a half hours with no advertisements by Chris and Sheree over at Truth Frequencies Radio. I might even start to watch the Doctor Who series after hearing earlier that it gets the Cliff High endorsement. With thanks to Oracle Broadcasting.

Pointilism's Point: Part II

Well that was just rubbish that last attempt so while I figure out the technical stuff here's an embedded player for you.

Pointilismspoint by charlesfrith

Chinese Business Podcast

China Doll

As I mentioned in the last post I came across a terrific, no-nonsense podcast on doing business in China. Most successful non Chinese business people are way too timid to tell it like it really is out of eagerness not to offend their hosts and thus potentially losing the all important government favour.

James McGregor the author of the best selling 'One Billion Customers, Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China', seen by many as the defining book for new ventures in China is the exception to the rule. McGregor isn't frightened of being frank about the idiosyncrasies of the Chinese, but in a way which as he explains is both humorous and done with real affection for the people.

One of the major themes covered in this podcast is the cultural narrow mindedness of huge companies setting up in China such as ebay and Yahoo, and why they have failed so far in their efforts, usually through trying to impose the same business model from the U.S.

This relates to the 'Think global act local' issue, an idea I've long felt is misleading and misguided. It's also a a separate post in itself and one that I intend to cover which should, I guess be called, think local act local. In the mean time here is the podcast which gives me a chance to try out a new widget. Listen to James describe how Western arrogance ignored the intelligence of the maths champion of China when buying an internet business. This is how real people talk. Gorgeous stuff.