Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show

Fevzi and Nick take a look back at some of the key moments of 2011 including the Arab Spring and some of President Obama’s achievements or otherwise, along with some of their usual off topic banter… Both Nick & Fevzi wish you a very happy New Year, and hope to see you on the other side. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi and Nick are about as festive as, well, Scrooge. Ponytails, why we both had them, and why we don’t any more; then Nike Air Jordans and why you don’t want them, particularly if you’re going to pay $600 to pick them up on Ebay. Then we look at the brutal regime of Kim Jong Il, the dangers of propaganda, and how lucky we are to live in slightly less oppressive regimes. Finally, the one bunch of people we dislike even more than Kim Jong Il: London ’s overpaid tube drivers and their stranglehold on the capital. There’s no Bethlehem , just Gotham City ! Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi and Nick not surprisingly devote most of the show to wrestling with the mighty chasm that has developed between the UK and Europe . Britain stands alone on the sidelines of a critical agreement between the other 26 EU countries, and only time will tell whether Britain has played a masterstroke or lost the gamble of the century. Do Fevzi and Nick have the answers? No- but that doesn’t mean they haven’t got an opinion. Oh, and for much needed light relief, the Tom Robinson band and Nick’s musical ignorance Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Dinosaurs, whether they existed, and whether Nick should fire an employee for thinking they didn’t; the banking system and why Fevzi won’t listen to the news any more; and what Nick does for a day job. We finally got to proper news about half way through the show with political posturing from our leaders in the EU, diplomatic posturing from Iran and the rest of the world’s weary responses; and at last some upbeat stuff: a better set of unemployment statistics in the US. For the inside track on how two grumpy men think the world works, listen on! Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Black Friday – where did it come from, why are we so seduced by retailers, do we really need pepper spray and should we burn all our possessions? Then, the military in Egypt and the symbolism of tanks; and Robocop comes to Korean prisons. All of which ended up being a discussion about the philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, and whether Nick would talk to a computer when he’s feeling miserable. Want to tell us your opinion? Have your say at tro@gadgetdetective.com Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

On this week’s show, policing protests in the park (apologies to Tom Lehrer!) as we compare Occupy Wall Street in the US and the UK; plus the rules on squatting and whether we’d like protesters in our own garden. Plus, does Australian PM Julia Gillard fancy Barack Obama like a blushing schoolgirl, and we apply varying degrees of scientific rigour to the ‘faster-than-light’ experiment results at the CERN laboratory. We round off with an undeservingly brief look at the UN’s reaction to Iran ‘s nuclear programme. Science, squatting and ‘Stralia, all in one jam-packed hour. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

In this edition: France ’s President Sarkozy puts his smallish feet well and truly into his mouth with unguarded remarks about Israel ’s Netanyahu. We ask whether there is a crisis of personal leadership in Europe, Palestine deals with rejection from statehood by the UK, there’s a radioactive mystery in the Czech Republic, and why Fevzi won’t get up for women on the Tube. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Hear Fevzi & Nick sidetracked into a debate on whether new nations, worlds, and Universes could be created in cyberspace which are every bit as real as those that we currently inhabit. Is, in fact, our own reality any more than a highly advanced form of the Sims, created by future human beings, or are we perhaps holographic projections from the edge of the Universe? No drugs were used in the making of this program. Dealing with matters more terrestrial, Nick & Fevzi discuss whether Iran can in the long run, be prevented by military mean, from developing nuclear weapons; and if not what we should do, and should Israel give up its own nuclear weapons. Having solved the Middle East’s problems in less than 20 minutes, and with only minutes to go, the British duo move onto whether the leader of Greece is a hero of democracy or a duplicitous player. Got something to add to the debate? Then email tro@gadgetdetective.com Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

This week, Nick broadcasts the entire show dressed up a Beetlejuice, complete with makeup. With the pleasantries out of the way, Fevzi & Nick swap hats to debate whether it’s right that company directors’ pay rose by 50% in the past year whilst many of their staff have taken pay cuts Are new rules agreed to give daughters of British monarchs equal rights to the throne a nonsense given the fundamentally elitist nature of the monarchy in any event? Nick depresses Fevzi by claiming that we’re all in for a depression of 1920s magnitude, whilst Fevzi decides to look on the bright side with no real reason other than that he chooses to. Finally, don’t forget you can get consumer tech advice from the excellent “Free Tech Advice” forums at www.GadgetDetective.com – End of gratuitous plug! Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi proves from the get go that he has learned nothing from last week’s show, and further that he pays little or no attention to what the illustrious Nick has to say. Courses from tonight’s menu include: An apology to Rich in Carson City and others for last week’s double speak Why America has returned to its old ways and now fights “smart” wars by proxy Blackberry Crumble “Now please wash your hands” – the story of dirty phone calls California’s Dream Act & sunbeds Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi & Nick accompanied by a glass of wine, a hot water bottle and a light bulb that gives off daylight, get flummoxed by their own technology before eventually getting their revenge…. Topics discussed; Steve Jobs RIP – What did he bring to Apple and why did it divide the world into two tribes. Why are British ministers using Twitter for confidential communication, particularly when it makes it so easy for the USA to monitor British government communications. Another nuclear reactor springs a leak, this time in Scotland. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi Turkalp & Nick Saalfeld discuss: Will the assignation of al-Qaeda’s Al-Awlaki help or hinder America’s “war on terror”? What would Bin Laden have to have done to have been taken alive? Was Karzai forced to abandon his “peace talks” with the Taliban because the US has lost the war in Afghanistan, and the Taliban know it? With share prices down by as much as 25% since the end of June, are we looking at recession for the rest of our working lives? Now that Man’s faith in technology has led us into global disaster, should we redouble our faith in tech, or think again? Politician’s wife convicted for stealing husband’s mistresses kitten. Claims she couldn’t recall having taken the kitten. With news that Princeton scientists have invented a flying carpet, we reflect on how yet again science is emulating art. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Topics discussed include: Will NASA’s satellite kill? Global financial meltdown, and should we allow Greece to sink and the World’s banks to go bust? Have the Italian’s really discovered Faster Than Light particles? Why science is intrinsically better than religion. Please could you include these topic headings on the podcast description? Should the Palestinians have their state recognised by the UN? Why America has been put in an impossible position by Israel. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Topics discussed: What does having a face like a smacked arse actually mean? Has the War on Terror been worth it? Should the UN grant membership of a Palestinian state? Paris’ ban of Muslims praying in the street. Apple France outlawing the “Jew or Not Jew” app. There are now three genders to choose from when applying for an Australian passport. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.

Fevzi Turkalp & Nick Saalfeld with news and views from the other side of the pond. Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.Help support Fevzi & Nick From the UK Show by going to Talk Radio One and making a contribution.