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Derek Conlon has been playing the piano since his first encounter with the instrument in his home in Dublin, age 4. Piano playing became his life. Bringing him around the world and introducing him to characters and situations we can only imagine. Several years ago, Derek's life changed when he was an unwitting victim of a Polonium poisoning plot, hatched by the Russians in the London hotel where Derek worked. EPISODES: This podcast is about the Poisoning, Dublin in the 80s, Songwriting, avoi ...
It's November 2006 and piano player Derek Conlon is unwittingly sucked into one of the world’s most notorious assassinations when ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is attacked with the nuclear poison — Polonium 210, in London’s 5-Star Millennium Hotel. Witness, suspect and possibly a target of the Russia state, Derek Conlon’s fate hangs in the balance. From Sky News StoryCast.
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Player Piano | A weekly conversation decoding HBO's Westworld
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Player Piano | A weekly conversation decoding HBO's Westworld
Player Piano Podcast
A weekly conversation recapping HBO's The Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor will do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of HBO's new sci-fi epic.
A New Song - Exchanging a driving licence - Woke - 2021 so far
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POLONIUM PIANO PLAYER PODCAST
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The Christmas Episode Featuring Two Original Songs - Our Man In Wuhan - A Brief History Of 2020
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A Short Podcast For a Busy Time Of The Year Song Titles Don't Close Your Eyes and A Christmas Lullaby ©2020 Have a Great Christmas and a Happy New Year
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Episode 3 Series 2 Lost in Generations (A Rant) - An Interview with Nick The Postman - Advice from Sir Lawrence Lockdown & an Original Song
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Todays Original song is called Hold me Tonight Check out my PPP Facebook page for updates on the Christmas album of songs featured in Series 1 Plus a bonus Track- A newly written Christmas Song!
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Series 2 Episode 2 At home with the Garthwaite's - An Empty House - What's in a name?
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If you would like to be a guest on the show Get in touch via Twitter or Facebook. If you have any comments let me know too!
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Series 2 Episode 1 Sailing with Alan Parsons - The Avon Lady - Original Music
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Original Music Working with Alan Parsons Job offers
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Episode 6 Interview with Documentary Producer Robert Mulhern.
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An Interview with Sky/DocOnOne Award Winning Producer Robert Mulhern Story for the Day "Not all Plain Sailing" Original Music by Derek Conlon
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Episode 5 Sam Fox Damien Cooke Music and Chat
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My weekend with Sam Fox A chat with Sax Supremo Damien Cooke An update about RTE Radio 1 Polonium & The Piano Player as well as some Original Music & The Story for the Day contact me at derekjconlon@icloud.com
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EPISODE 4 - Interview with Jon Courtney BGT Winner
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Based on the original Storycast , Sky News podcast; "Polonium & The Piano Player"Is the world moaning more?Interview with BGT Winner 2020 Jon CourtneyA couple of original songs.Hope you enjoy Episode 4( Derek is available for interviews or if you would like to be a guest on his podcast, get in touch- derekjconlon@icloud.com )#skynews #polonium #pia…
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EPISODE 3 - George Clooney's Double.
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Based on the original Storycast , Sky News podcast; "Polonium & The Piano Player" Interview with Newly Signed Synth/Rock Duo Cymatica "Clannad, you can't have it" , He's George Clooney's double. Original songs, Critics & Reviews. Hope you enjoy Episode 3 ( Derek is available for interviews or if you would like to be a guest on his podcast, get in t…
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EPISODE 2 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother; Nails Mahoney.
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Based on the original Storycast , Sky News podcast; "Polonium & The Piano Player"Growing up in Dublin in the 70s & 80s, some of your questions about the polonium poisoning and a chat with my brother, radio host; Nails Mahoney.( Derek is available for interviews or if you would like to be a guest on his podcast, get in touch- derekjconlon@icloud.com…
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EPISODE 1 - Bumping Into The Israeli PM.
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Derek Conlon's first podcast after his very popular Sky News Storycast podcast: Polonium & The Piano Player. ( Derek is available for interviews or if you would like to be a guest on his podcast, get in touch- derekjconlon@icloud.com ) #skynews #polonium #pianoplayer
With relations between London and Moscow deteriorating, Derek Conlon escapes to a new life, but destiny and the nuclear poison appear to have decided his fate. Narrated by Diana Magnay. Written and produced by Robert Mulhern. Production support by Chris Scott, and Dave Terris. Musical credit: "Olive" by Jake Chudnow, Original instrumentals by Derek…
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PART 3: Victims and suspects
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As one of the biggest police investigations in British history gets underway, Derek Conlon is astonished to learn that he too has been poisoned. But having crossed into the world of espionage, that’s only the beginning of his problems. Episode 4 released Monday August 3, 2020. Narrated by Diana Magnay. Written and produced by Robert Mulhern. Produc…
A former KGB agent takes us deep into the world of the Russian spies who have just poisoned Alexander Litvinenko and piano player Derek Conlon using a miniature nuclear weapon. (Episode 3 released 27th July). Narrated by Diana Magnay. Produced by Robert MulhernDoor Sky News
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PART 1: A Nuclear Connection
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is lured by Russian agents to a meeting in a 5-star London hotel. What happens next will change his life, the relationship between the UK and Russia, and suck the hotel's piano player Derek Conlon into a world of espionage and murder. (Episode 2 released Monday 20 July). Narrated by Diana Magnay. Produced by Robert M…
Two Russians agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is not the only victim? From Sky News StoryCast.Door Sky News
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Player Piano | A weekly conversation decoding HBO's Westworld
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S03E01 "Parce Domine" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week we do a light re-entry into the orbit of the world of Westworld. Because of the social distancing mandate, this episode had to be recorded remotely and Trevor's beautiful bari…
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S02E10 "The Passenger" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Trevor and Dan go into full analysis mode debriefing the season finale of what turned out to be a rocky second season of an ambitious series. This week we discuss the show's i…
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S02E09 "Vanishing Point" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Trevor and Dan discuss whether or not Ford has a coherent ideology (and/or bad breath); the problem with how we talk about free will; what more, if anything, we now know about…
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S02E08 "Kiksuya" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Trevor and Dan discuss the value of inferred beliefs vs. revealed religion, the beautiful new music in this episode (of which the Lakota language is the lead instrument), the …
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S02E07 "Les Ecorches" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Trevor and Dan have their first argument on the podcast and somehow end up joining hands in prayer anyway. They also discuss Dolores's controversial stance on backups and what…
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S02E06 "Phase Space" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. Though QA got Westworld's temperature control systems up and running, Dan and Trevor were not so lucky this week. The AC died in Dan's studio before taping, turning it into a sweat lodg…
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S02E05 "Akane no Mai" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor decipher the exotic tapestry that was the show's first foray into Shogun World. They weigh in on Dolores and Teddy's on-again/off-again relationship, ask if sel…
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S02E04 "The Riddle of the Sphinx" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor gush over the directorial debut of co-showrunner and -creator Lisa Joy. They try to decide who the Sphinx is and what riddle it's asking, ponder the possibility…
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S02E03 "Virtù e Fortuna" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor counsel each other to deal with their mystery fatigue and parse the few reveals in what was a generally disappointing episode. They ask all the grouchy question…
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S02E02 "Reunion" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor enter the pearly synthetic gates of this season's second episode. They discuss the impossibility of true freedom in a domesticated mind and theorize on the true…
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S02E01 "Journey Into Night" - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. We're not going to lie, we felt a bit like old Bernard this week trying to get our thought machines working at Westworld speed after that two-year cryogenic slumber. That is, our minds …
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Annihilation Bonus Episode
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. In this bonus episode, Dan and Trevor discuss Annihilation, the new film by sci-fi auteur Alex Garland based on the excellent novel by Jeff Vandermeer. Is it a masterpiece? A misstep? O…
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Blade Runner 2049 Bonus Episode
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Dan and Trevor go see Bladerunner 2049 and then make word sounds at each other trying to convey what they just saw. SPOILERS ABOUND.
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110: The Bicameral Mind - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor say goodbye to the season by going into full analysis mode on that super-sized finale as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on including: the para…
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109: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor worked themselves into a fugue state trying to decode this increasingly complex narrative as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in episode 9 in…
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108: Trace Decay - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor do a thorough recap of the eighth episode as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on including: the black box problem of high-level technology, AI a…
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107: Trompe L'Oleil - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor do a thorough recap of the entire pivotal episode as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on including: the problem of evolutionary exclusives, uplo…
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106: The Adversary - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor recap a few of the episode's key scenes as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on including: apperception, the vanishing line between android and h…
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105: Contrapasso - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor go deep, recapping the episode's key scenes as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in the episode including: the Cogito as both foundation of ce…
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104: Dissonance Theory - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor go deep, recapping the full episode and decoding a few of its clues as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in the episode including: the ethics …
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103: The Stray - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor go deep, recapping the full episode and decoding a few of its clues as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in the episode including: the bicamer…
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102: Chestnut - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor go deep, recapping the full episode and decoding a few of its clues as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in including: the contagious nature o…
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101: The Original - Player Piano: A Westworld Podcast
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Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. Recap starts at 09:14 Broader conversation starts at 1:56:52
