Jon Turney

Bristol

Books, science, jazz. Writing @londonjazz and https://t.co/ZCyf8ft0wB Staying here for the jazz. Other stuff migrating to bluesky... (slowly)

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Articles

Henry Gee: The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire - Why Our Species is on the Edge of Extinction review - survival instincts

1 month ago | theartsdesk.com | Jon Turney

Henry Gee’s previous book, A Brief History of Life on Earth, made an interestingly downbeat read for a title that won the UK’s science book prize. He emphasised that a constant feature of that history is extinction. Disappearing is simply what species do. A few endure for an exceptionally long time (hello, horseshoe crabs), but all suffer the same fate in the end. Some at least go down as ancestors of succeeding species. Many more just vanish.
Philip Marsden: Under a Metal Sky review - rock and awe

2 months ago | theartsdesk.com | Jon Turney

Working on materials was basic to human culture from the start: chipping at flint to make a hand-axe; fashioning bone or wood; drying hides. In time, people discovered that some materials, especially when put to trial by fire, were special: harder, shinier, more attractive, or more deadly. Philip Marsden is interested in those materials, yes, but especially in the now-buried traces of their excavation.
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz: More and More and More review - fuel for thought

Nov 6, 2024 | theartsdesk.com | Jon Turney

If you are bothered about climate change – and who isn’t? – you’ll soon come across references to the “energy transition”. Example? Look, here’s one in this week’s New Scientist, a full-page ad from Equinor, the rebranded Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant. Why is Equinor, now styling itself an energy company, still exploring for new oil and gas deposits?
A Conversation With Bekah McNeel on Apple Podcasts

Aug 6, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Jon Turney |Bekah McNeel |Bethany Cseh

Bethany and Jon chat with Bekah Mcneel about her book This Is Going To Hurt: Following Jesus In A Divided America
A Conversation With Jonathan Merritt on Apple Podcasts

Jul 30, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Jonathan Merritt |Bethany Cseh |Jon Turney

Nat, Bethany, and Jon chat with Jonathan Merritt about his latest book My Guncle And Me.
A Conversation With Brian McLaren on Apple Podcasts

Jul 8, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Brian D. McLaren |Jon Turney |Bethany Cseh

Nat, Bethany, and Jon chat with Brian McLaren about his new book Life After Doom
A Conversation With Ryan George on Apple Podcasts

Jun 24, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Ryan George |Jon Turney |Bethany Cseh

Jon, Bethany, and Nat Chat With Ryan George about his book Hurt and Healed by the Church: Redemption and Reconstruction After Spiritual Abuse
Kelly Clancy: Playing with Reality - How Games Shape Our World review - how far games go back

Jun 23, 2024 | theartsdesk.com | Jon Turney

For a couple of decades, the free video game America’s Army was a powerful recruitment aid for the US military. More than a shoot-em-up, players might find themselves dressing virtual wounds, struggling to co-ordinate tactics with their squad, and facing other supposedly realistic aspects of active service. The realism, of course, had one strict limit. If you died, you could reset the game and play again.
A Conversation With Bill Carter on Apple Podcasts

Jun 17, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | William Carter |Jon Turney

Jon and Nat chat with Bill Carter about his book Thriving On A Riff: Jazz And The Spiritual Life
A Conversation With Cait West on Apple Podcasts

Jun 10, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Cait West |Jon Turney

Jon and Nat chat with Cait West about her new book Rift: A Memoir Of Breaking Away From Christian Patriarchy