The Vision Collectors

The Vision Collectors

*Do you believe it's possible to know the future? *Deep in the heart of the countercultural 60s, when the boundaries of consciousness were being explored and pushed forward, when human achievements were coming thick and fast, a psychiatrist and a rather un-counterculural science journalist, prompted by a terrible disaster, carried out a peculiar experiment with time.. *Writer SAM KNIGHT comes to the Bureau to tell their strange story and that of The Premonition Bureau - an attempt to harness the intuitions of the British public in order to predict - and possibly avoid - disasters. *Visions of the future, foresight, foretelling, divination and prophecies have populated myth, literature and history - the notion that time is not linear is even gaining currency in science, but is it really possible to anticipate what has not yet happened? *We talk about all this and about writing, listening, the placebo and nocebeo effects, about psychic research. voodoo death phenomenon and the writing of his wonderful book. *Sam's book 'The Premonition Bureau' https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571357567-the-premonitions-bureau/ *Sign up for the Bureau of Lost Culture bulletin https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/N0ZYoFu/BOLC *The Story of the Brompton Time Machine https://soundcloud.com/the-real-tuesday-weld-1/the-brompton-time-machine Jeff Edwards - the last child to be pulled from the Aberfan wreckage.

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The Road to Rebellion - Part 1

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The Shadow of the Counterculture

The Shadow of the Counterculture

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24 Mai 1h

21st Century Mutoid Man: Joe Rush - Part 2

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The Revolutionsts: How The Counterculture Turned to Terror

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20th Century Mutoid Man: Joe Rush - Part 1

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